HCB Chapter 383: Oh No, the Earth is Shaking
Chapter 383: Oh No, the Earth is Shaking
The merits and fortune of Prince Qin's family are actually greater than those of the master and the late emperor combined.
Seeing Prince Ding pacing nervously at the entrance of the palace, Qingyun walked up to him and whispered to comfort him:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The prince and the others will be fine."
Prince Ding wanted to force a smile to show that he was not worried, but he just couldn't force a smile.
On the other hand, the Empress Dowager Cixi did want to cause some damage.
But the Empress Dowager Dong stared at her so closely that not even a fly could fly out of Shoukang Palace.
The Empress Dowager Cixi glared fiercely at the Empress Dowager Dong who was sitting at the gate of her palace.
"We are both the Queen Mother. I am also the Emperor's biological mother. What right do you have to stop me? Get out of my way!"
The Empress Dowager Dong sat calmly on the chair. Facing the provocation of the Empress Dowager Xi, she was not angry but just closed her eyes quietly.
He kept turning the rosary in his hand and silently prayed for Qin Min'an's family.
The Empress Dowager West was even more angry at the Empress Dowager East's behavior of not taking her seriously.
"Someone come! I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor! Someone go ask the emperor whether he cares if his own mother is bullied?"
The Empress Dowager Cixi yelled like a madman outside the palace gate, completely disregarding the demeanor of the Empress Dowager.
The former Empress Dowager Cixi, due to her humble background, was worried that her etiquette and upbringing would be criticized, so she always paid great attention to etiquette and rules.
But today I don’t care about that.
The Eastern Empress Dowager opened her eyes and looked at the Western Empress Dowager with disdain:
"You look like this now, how can you still have the dignity of a queen mother?"
The Empress Dowager laughed out loud as if she heard something funny.
"The Queen Mother of a country? Have you ever seen me as the Queen Mother of a country?
I know you have always looked down on me, thinking that I am of low birth and vulgar behavior...”
"Isn't it?"
Before the Empress Dowager West could finish her accusation, the Empress Dowager East interrupted her lightly.
The Empress Dowager Cixi felt a breath stuck in her chest, and her chest was heaving with anger.
The finger pointing at Empress Dowager Dong was shaking constantly.
The Empress Dowager Dong narrowed her eyes and looked at the Empress Dowager Xi.
Ever since Prince Ding came to the palace again and told her to keep a close eye on the Empress Dowager West's movements, the Empress Dowager East has been sending people to secretly keep an eye on her.
But no one found anything wrong with the Empress Dowager Cixi.
If there was something wrong, it was the Empress Dowager Cixi's temper.
Although the Empress Dowager Cixi would occasionally quarrel with her in the past, she would never be as crazy as she was today.
According to the reports from the palace servants who were spying on her, the Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to have been in a bad mood for more than a month.
He would beat and scold the palace maids at every turn, and would even beat them to death when he got too angry.
In the past, the Empress Dowager Cixi would occasionally lose her temper, but she rarely beat palace maids to death.
In this month, no less than ten bodies of palace maids have been carried out from the Empress Dowager Cixi's Shoukang Palace.
Even when the Seventh Prince and Concubine Yuan were found to have plotted to murder the Emperor, the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't act so abnormal.
Empress Dowager Dong didn't think that a person's temper would suddenly become strange. Something must have irritated her.
The Eastern Queen Mother narrowed her eyes, looked at the angry Western Queen Mother and said calmly:
"Don't shout. The emperor asked me to watch you. I am watching you on the orders of your own son. It's useless even if you shout at the top of your lungs."
His own son, whom he was so proud of, was on guard against him, and his mortal enemy was watching him.
Thinking about the son who used to obey me in everything, and then looking at my son now.
The disparity between the two made the Empress Dowager Cixi even angrier.
He was so angry that his eyes turned red, and he slapped his legs and howled:
"Unfilial son, unfilial son! How could I have given birth to such an unfilial son!"
The palace servants who were serving nearby were shocked and openly scolded the emperor for being an unfilial son and the empress dowager for being too out of control.
Nanny Gao and Caiwei looked at each other, then stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, to hold the Empress Dowager's arms.
Facing the empress dowager who was still howling loudly and accusing the emperor of being unfilial, Grandma Gao whispered a reminder:
"Queen, you must be tired. Let me help you go in and rest."
As Grandma Gao spoke, she applied a little more force to the hand that was supporting the Empress Dowager.
The angry Empress Dowager Cixi was brought back to her senses by the pain in her arm.
Hold on! She hasn't taken revenge yet, so she must hold on!
The Empress Dowager Cixi gritted her teeth and silently warned herself, then stopped making a fuss and allowed Nanny Gao and Caiwei to help her into the inner room.
The Empress Dowager Dong looked at the Empress Dowager Xi who had suddenly calmed down, her eyes slightly deep.
Inner room.
All the palace servants withdrew, leaving only Grandma Gao.
The Empress Dowager Cixi's emotions had calmed down by now, and she sat on the stool with an expressionless face.
He stared expressionlessly at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the bronze mirror.
"Granny Gao, you've seen it too. It's not that I don't want to disrupt their formation, but that the emperor has already been on guard against me."
Grandma Gao combed the Empress Dowager's shiny black hair with a fine ivory comb.
Hearing the Empress Dowager's words, the hand that was combing her hair paused slightly.
"Your Majesty, please don't panic. You lost your composure today. They will be more wary of you in the future."
The Empress Dowager sneered:
"Haha, be on guard. As long as I am the emperor's biological mother, I can stay in the palace safely.
One day, I will personally send my enemies to hell."
As the Empress Dowager Cixi spoke, she unconsciously clenched her right hand which was placed on the dressing table.
She held a golden hairpin in her hand.
The slight tingling sensation in the palm of her hand made the Empress Dowager feel much better.
Seeing this, Grandma Gao hurriedly comforted her:
"The Queen Mother has been in a bad mood recently. It just so happens that the young master has returned to the capital. Do you want me to invite him to the palace to accompany you?"
When she heard the word "young master" from Nanny Gao's mouth, the Empress Dowager Cixi's violent mood eased a little.
"I haven't seen him for a long time. Call him into the palace."
"Yes."
An hour later, the golden light in the hall dissipated.
After a while, the tightly closed palace door opened.
The Qin family walked out with tired faces.
The people guarding the door greeted them excitedly.
The emperor rushed to Qin Min'an and said:
"Prince, what's going on?"
Qin Min'an nodded under everyone's expectant eyes:
"Fortunately, the mission was accomplished and the formation was broken."
"Hahaha, good, good, that's great!"
The emperor clapped his hands and laughed excitedly. Seeing that Qin Min'an's family looked tired, he quickly ordered the palace servants to take them to rest.
Almost at the same time when the formation was broken, the back mountain of Taohua Village, thousands of miles away, suddenly shook violently.
The villagers of Taohua Village were shocked.
The village head was maintaining order among the water-carrying team. When he felt the ground trembling beneath his feet, he subconsciously shouted:
"Oh no, the ground is shaking! Everyone in the house, get out!"
The people queuing for water felt the earthquake and stood there in panic, not daring to move.
When an earthquake occurs, it is safest to stand in an open area.
The people working in the workshop in Taohua Village ran out of the workshop amid the roars of the village head.
As soon as I ran out of the workshop, the earthquake stopped.
The village head breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no houses collapsed and no casualties were reported in the village.
Patriarch Ye couldn't help but sigh:
“The last earthquake was during the drought more than ten years ago, but I didn’t expect an earthquake to happen again during this drought.
I wonder how many people will die in this earthquake."