Chapter 61: The Aftermath of the Earthquake
Of course, Qi Wei will not say this to Kangxi, everything that happened today will only be swallowed by Qi Wei and will not be mentioned to anyone.
After Kangxi satisfied his question, he remembered the empress dowager and the empress dowager in the harem, as well as the queen Cheng Cobalt and others, so he ordered Liang Jiugong to send someone to check if there was any damage. Even if Kangxi doesn't care about his elders, he has to make an appearance on the surface.
However, after a while, the little eunuchs sent by Liang Jiugong all returned, and the news brought by the little eunuchs who were sent to Kunning Palace and Cining Palace did not let Liang Jiugong pay attention to it.
To be honest, although the earthquake looked very loud, it did not cause any major damage to the palace in the Forbidden City, so although Kangxi asked people to see if there was any damage, Kangxi still believed in his heart that the Empress Dowager should not be damaged, after all, there are so many people waiting, and the strength of the earth dragon turning over is not too great.
It's just that the news from Liang Jiugong surprised Kangxi.
The Empress Dowager actually went to the Imperial Garden to take a turn before returning to Cining Palace, and it happened that during the earthquake, the Empress Dowager walked to a rockery, and the rockery itself was not very stable, so the stones on the rockery rolled down and was about to hit the Empress Dowager, fortunately, the loyal protector of Su Mala next to him pushed the Empress Dowager aside, and the Empress Dowager was frightened, and Su Mala pushed her so that her leg touched the rockery, so the Empress Dowager was sick and injured.
As for Su Mala, after pushing the Empress Dowager aside, she was hit with a stone and fainted. However, Su Mala was a slave in the end, so when the Empress Dowager was also injured, the imperial doctors went to treat the Empress Dowager, and only Qiao'er, the little palace maid who served Su Mala on weekdays, stayed by Su Mala's side. At this time, Kangxi and the Empress Dowager couldn't take care of Su Mala.
Moreover, the little eunuchs sent by Liang Jiugong to the Tai Hospital also returned in vain, and it is said that all the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital went to the Empress Dowager.
The news from Kunning Palace shocked Kangxi even more, because Kangxi had reprimanded the queen when he came back from Kunning Palace before, so much so that the queen actually called all the people who served Cheng Cobalt to the main hall and reprimanded her, leaving only a little palace maid to look at the sleeping Cheng Cobalt, so that when the earthquake occurred, there was only a small palace maid beside Cheng Cobalt.
And the queen didn't remember that her son was still in the palace, until the grandmother beside the queen reminded the second prince that he hadn't come out, and the queen didn't find that Cheng Cobalt was still in the palace. Fortunately, the intensity of the earthquake was not large, but the furnishings in the hall swayed back and forth because of the earthquake, and Cheng Cobalt was smashed by the falling bed tent, and the little palace maid was loyal, even so she hugged Cheng Cobalt out, and when the queen found that Cheng Cobalt was still in the palace, the little palace maid was able to come out, and Cheng Cobalt was only startled. However, Cheng Cobalt kept crying, so the queen sent someone to ask for a doctor.
Kangxi learned that Cheng Cobalt was frightened here, because before the little eunuch came, the queen had already sent someone to the Tai Hospital to ask for a doctor, Kangxi knew that the queen would definitely be empty, so he hurriedly asked Liang Jiugong to send someone to send several imperial doctors who were good at pediatrics to Kunning Palace to treat Cheng Cobalt.
Kangxi saw that the affairs in the harem had only been dealt with, and hurriedly asked Liang Jiugong to find the ministers to learn the details of the earthquake.
Chuxiu Palace
When the earthquake came, Yun Yao was pulling a few befriended show girls to talk in the small garden of Chuxiu Palace. Because Yun Yao knew the time of the earthquake, she naturally would not let herself fall into danger. Therefore, Yun Yao didn't dare to stay in the house at all on this day.
And Yun Yao was already mentally prepared when she found out that the earthquake was coming, she was just worried about whether the uncle would be able to go smoothly. To be honest, since Yun Yao knew that his uncle was named a first-class guard, Yun Yao felt that he could live so long in his last life because of this uncle.
And Yun Yao thought that the secret guard from the first emperor in his previous life suddenly surrendered to Kangxi early in this life, Yun Yao didn't doubt the existence of a traverser at first, but except for this one thing, there was no change from the previous life.
Therefore, Yun Yao boldly guessed that the changes in the dark guard's life were caused by her, not that Yun Yao was narcissistic and thought that she could affect the court situation. In fact, in what life, although Yun Yao has not been favored in the harem, Yun Yao has not been subjected to much suffering. You must know that the concubines who have fallen out of favor in the palace are not even as comfortable as the big palace maids who have a good face. But Yun Yao didn't even get pampered.
Therefore, Yun Yao only suspected that it was the people left by her uncle Tu Hai who had been protecting her, but Yun Yao thought that since the death of Tu Hai in the twentieth year of Kangxi, Yun Yao herself felt that she was still not suppressed in the palace, and at that time she only thought that her cousin Nuo Min was protecting her for the sake of her relatives, but now that she thinks about it, even if her cousin is in love, it will not remain the same as when Tu Hai was alive, this is not to say that her cousin is mean, because this is also human nature, after all, the relationship has been far away.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Yun Yao still has a lot of protection in the palace, but it wasn't until Yun Yao found out that the secret guard seemed to have been taken over by Kangxi, and then the uncle was promoted to a first-class guard. Putting these two things together, Yun Yao couldn't help but doubt the identity of the uncle. And this time, Yun Yao sent a letter to his uncle to test him. After all, if there was no certain power in the palace, it would be difficult for Yun Yao's letter to be received by the uncle quickly.
As for Qi Wei's failure to receive the message in time, he would not be able to plan the credit for saving the driver, in fact, Yun Yao didn't care too much. Because Yun Yao knew that in fact, this earthquake was not particularly powerful, and the epicenter was not in the capital, and the capital only received the aftermath. Even the buildings of the Forbidden City were not particularly damaged.
Therefore, if the uncle can take the opportunity to save the driver, if he misses the opportunity, there is nothing, Yun Yao has a lifetime of memories, and then he has the opportunity to continue to seek Kangxi's trust. And Yun Yao knew that none of the main masters in the palace were injured in that life, so the rescue was not easy. Of course, Yun Yao didn't know that because of her butterfly, the fate of the harem masters had changed greatly.
And Yun Yao also knew that the final pick of this draft in her previous life was not held at all, and it was because of the earthquake in her previous life that this draft only selected a few daughters of petty officials, and there were no concubines with a strong background to enter the palace at all.
And Yun Yao is different, Kangxi made it clear that she must enter the palace, and even many people know that the news has been spread. Therefore, Yun Yao is sure that she will definitely enter the palace in this draft.
And this news was not passed on by Yun Yao herself, but by Kangxi in the open and secretly, so Kangxi would not blame Yun Yao at that time.