[Qing Chuan] The Empress Dowager Raising Cubs Daily

The concubines were one step ahead of the queen and witnessed this horrific scene.

Their faces paled, and their faces were frightened.

Especially Yipin, who was more than five months pregnant, was not feeling well, and she was still complaining about the troubles caused by the exercise.If it hadn't been for the empress dowager and empress who initiated this event, concubine Yi would have been sick and refused to participate.

Thinking of this, Yipin's complexion turned pale.

If she was still in the hall at this moment, she might be crushed down... Yipin shuddered and subconsciously hugged her stomach.

It was the queen who noticed Yipin first.

After realizing that her face was pale and precarious, the empress hurriedly asked someone to support Yipin, and at the same time ordered everyone: "Everyone support each other and go to the open space! Be careful, don't fall!"

The concubines, maids and eunuchs woke up belatedly.

Their hearts trembled, and they responded urgently, supporting each other and moving to a more open and safer area.

The palace was in a mess, and the capital was even more overwhelmed.

The drill turned into actual combat, which was beyond everyone's expectation.

The common people were panicked but also a little fortunate. When the earthquake stopped for a while, they took the gold and silver, took their family members, and moved to a safer area according to the command of the yamen servants.

According to the training during this period, the yamen servants organize the transfer of the elderly, women and children while organizing the rest of the strong labor force, or identify the slight cries for help in the collapsed building, and then start digging for rescue, or make simple stretchers to send the injured victims to Go to various hospitals for treatment.

The orderly, decisive and neat arrangements of the yamen servants also dissipated the last trace of worries of the people. It was clearly an earth-shattering earthquake, but everyone calmed down and tried their best to do what they should do.

Of course, after all the dust settled, the people who gathered in twos and threes finally had time to talk about this coincidence.Someone shouted: "It's unbelievable! Our house has collapsed! If we come out later, I'm afraid we will all be trapped inside!"

"That's right, my man is too annoying and doesn't want to participate!" A woman patted her chest in fear, "If I hadn't insisted on letting him participate, hey! I'm afraid he would have to be buried in it."

"That's right!" The other woman answered yes, and then looked around for a moment: "Speaking of which, is Cui Jiugui, who lives next door to your house, in trouble?"

"Yeah, fortunately his wife and children escaped."

"Fortunately!" The women who listened with pricked ears patted their chests and let out a sigh of relief.

There are those who escaped with joy, and naturally there are also those who are desperate and sad.

For example, there is a man next to him who has lost his wife and children, kneeling in the ruins with a numb face, crying bitterly while looking at his wife's dead body.

Some people slapped themselves fiercely: "Stupid! Stupid! If I had come out earlier, I would have taken out everything!"

Others were busy persuading: "It's good to save one life! Look at the scale of this time, how many people died in the last earthquake!"

"Hiss—if we stay indoors."

"That's right... Speaking of which, why did you choose today for the exercise?"

At this point, everyone's voices stopped abruptly.

The people looked at each other, and soon someone said: "This exercise is not today, it has been a month?"

"But never before..."

"And it happens to be today, at this hour."

Everyone was amazed.

There are also doubts about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.Regarding the emperor's proposal to conduct a disaster prevention drill, although few courtiers thought it would be useful, no one was willing to ruin the emperor's mood on these trivial matters, so they just followed the trend.

But... it just happened! ?

The courtiers seemed to have thousands of ants scurrying around in their hearts, and they just wished to ask clearly.

In fact, Kangxi was not much calmer than them.

You must know that this earthquake is even more serious than the last one. Nearly one-third of the palaces in the Forbidden City collapsed, not to mention the capital and the surrounding houses. The only thing that is fortunate is that the death and injury rate in the capital is extremely low. No more than a hundred people died from the earthquake, and the rest of the injured were rarely disabled.

only……

If you think this means that the earthquake is small?That would be dead wrong.

The earthquake affected not only the capital, but in the next few days the imperial court received news of disasters from all over the country.From Shengjing in Liaoning in the east to Anyang in Henan in the west, the earthquake affected Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan and other places, thousands of miles of land were hit unprecedentedly.

In Jizhou, countless people and animals were crushed to death, the ground was cracked and deep ditches, houses collapsed, and the people did not dare to live at home; in Wanping County, five city gates were destroyed with a single bang, thousands of people died inside the house, and their flesh and bones were turned into mud; In Sanhe County, there are even more corpses on the pillow, except for crying and moaning|groaning, it is rare to see standing figures...

All the data are showing the horror of this disaster.

When Kangxi received the memorials sent back from other places, he also saw the report of the governor of Shuntian Prefecture on this matter - many people stood in front of the yamen, wanting to erect a monument for the official who proposed the exercise.

Kangxi's heart skipped a beat.

He immediately rushed to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to inquire about the matter: "Emperor Niang, I intend to spread the word about your proposed disaster prevention drill."

Qiqige was taken aback.

She waved her hands again and again: "Aijia is just a suggestion, in fact, if there is credit, it should be guaranteed!"

Kangxi was slightly taken aback.

He looked puzzled: "How did this matter get in touch with Baocheng?"

Qiqige patted her chest.

Thinking of this incident, she also sighed endlessly, and explained to Kangxi: "That child Baocheng had nightmares for several days in a row last month."

"Nightmare?"

"That's right! It's a nightmare about earthquakes." Qiqige said cautiously.She didn't believe in gods and Buddhas in the past, but after experiencing such miraculous things as she traveled through, Qiqige felt that Baocheng had a prophetic dream, and it seemed nothing!

Kangxi's mouth was dry, and he couldn't hide his excitement.

Although he was a little puzzled as to why he hadn't achieved such a prophetic dream, did Baocheng being the crown prince prove that he was gifted by heaven?Does it mean that Baocheng is destined to be the heir of the Qing Dynasty?

Kangxi looked complicated.

At the same time, he was also a little annoyed: "Why didn't the Queen's mother tell my children at the beginning..."

Just saying this, Kangxi shook his head again.

He laughed at himself: "It's because I was confused, but I blamed it on the Queen's mother."

If Baocheng had told himself that there would be an earthquake...would he have believed it?Will it be announced to the world?Kangxi thought about it for a while, and he could imagine how much commotion would happen and how much panic would be caused by the people.

How can the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty be convinced by a child's words?How to convince the world?If the earthquake hadn't happened, Baocheng would be branded as wanton and ignorant, making fun of the common people all over the world.

He won't do this kind of thing.

Kangxi closed his eyes, and quickly, decisively and calmly came to a conclusion.

Qiqige looked worried: "The emperor..."

She took Kangxi's hand and muttered: "The queen and Baocheng didn't hide it from you on purpose, the main reason is that this matter is too outrageous and unbelievable, and the Ai family didn't believe it either."

Qiqige stayed in the Qing Dynasty for too long.

She vaguely remembered that there was a big earthquake during the Kangxi Dynasty, and after experiencing the last big earthquake, she couldn't help remembering it as the last time, and she never thought that there would be another one.The biggest reason for agreeing to the exercise is firstly to relieve Baocheng's nightmare, and secondly to prevent other disasters from happening.

I don't even know, let alone Kangxi?

Kangxi cheered up and shook his head: "No, if it hadn't happened, I... how could I believe it."

He smiled bitterly: "Perhaps God thought I was not a good emperor, so he didn't want me to dream, but he pityed the people of the world, and let Baocheng have that dream."

Qiqige's heart twitched slightly.

Even after hundreds of years, even if most of the people in the country are angry at the indisputable Qing Dynasty, there is no denying the achievements of Kangxi.Compared with the Qianlong Dynasty, which was flourishing in the literary prison, Kangxi was more open-minded and magnanimous. He often adopted lenient righteousness in politics, and he also had the courage to accept all kinds of people in learning. Scholars have been greatly respected.

But now, Kangxi is doubting himself.

Qiqige hugged Kangxi tenderly, and her eyes couldn't help turning red: "No, you have done a good job, Emperor, you have to cheer up and don't take others' words to heart."

The tip of her nose was sour, but she shed tears before Kangxi.

Kangxi was still a little sad at first, but when he found out that Huang Erniang was crying, he was a little bit dumbfounded.He hurriedly wiped Qiqige's tears with a handkerchief, cheered up: "Emperor Niang, don't worry, who dares to talk nonsense about me?"

Kangxi left in a hurry.

There were still countless things to deal with in the court, and Kangxi stayed up all night for several days, focusing on everything wholeheartedly.

Soon Kangxi also issued an edict of guilt.

At the same time, he also mentioned in the article that the prince dreamed of a catastrophe, so he carried out the capital exercise with the support of the empress dowager.

For a time, everyone in the capital was a sensation.

Although a small number of people questioned that the emperor was trying to build momentum for the prince, more people believed it was true.After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only five years old, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and even the common people in the world really cannot imagine the necessity of the Emperor to build momentum for the Crown Prince.

The prince's body was shrouded in a halo.

Kangxi hugged the queen and Baocheng, and said the news from outside the palace with a smile on his face: "I heard that there are still many people going to the temple to pray for the emperor's mother and Baocheng."

Baocheng felt heavy in his heart.

Listening to the conversation between Han Ama and Huang Erniang, and thinking about his news about the heavy losses in various places, Baocheng was a little restless, and murmured sullenly: "Your minister is not so powerful."

"If...if the son-in-law said it..."

"Obviously, more people can be saved... Khan Ama doesn't need to write an edict of guilt, does he?"

Kangxi and the queen looked at each other, and Qiqi laughed out loud.Kangxi held Baocheng in his arms, feeling Baocheng's warm body: "Silly boy, you are only five years old!"

"But--"

"As the emperor, I naturally have to resist everything." Kangxi laughed harmoniously, "When you become the emperor in Baocheng, you must stand in front of everyone, understand?"

After a pause, Kangxi laughed again.

He pinched Baocheng's nose and murmured in a low voice: "If you commit an imperial edict, you will lose some face. If you lose face, you can appease the common people. What a bargain!"

Baocheng: ...

The queen pinched Kangxi's waist: "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense."

Kangxi laughed and skipped the matter.

The empress changed the subject accordingly: "By the way, your majesty, sister De concubine is pregnant."