armyinform Chapter 484 The Shenjing Earthquake
Chapter 484 The Shenjing Earthquake
Chapter 484 The Shenjing Earthquake
Time flies like water, and before you know it, another few days have passed.
And Jia Heng also learned from Qin Keqing that Pan Bingyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, had made some small moves against his father-in-law Qin Ye.
Eyes are set on the capital city, and the Beijing Procuratorate is in a state of turmoil. The six ministries, temple supervisors and hall officials have passed the examinations, and the consultation sheets and interview books issued by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials are gradually collected to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials for their reference. .
Jia Heng traveled between Jinyi Mansion, Wucheng Bingmasi, and Jingying, and went to Jinyang Princess' Mansion from time to time to see Li'er and... Yuanchun.
As for Mrs. Wang's marriage in Yuanchun, it seems that the prince gradually died down because of the prince's departure from Beijing. As for whether another wave of schemes is brewing, it is unknown.
February [-]th was Daiyu's birthday.
On this day, early in the morning, it was Jia Heng's turn to be in charge of the military aircraft. At dawn, he entered the palace garden, checked the military aircraft in the West Pavilion of the Hall of Martial Arts, and read the official documents of various provinces.
Not far away, several military aircraft drivers were sitting behind the case, busy with their work.
At noon, Dai Quan called Jia Heng to the Daming Palace to meet Emperor Chongping.
In the side hall of Daming Palace, Emperor Chongping, wearing a yellow dragon robe, was behind his desk, reviewing the memorials submitted by the Secretary of General Administration of various provinces, on which there were draft opinions from the cabinet ministers.
"My humble servant sees the Holy One." Jia Heng walked into the hall, and cupped his hands towards the calm and dignified middle-aged emperor.
Seeing Jia Heng entering the palace, Emperor Chongping put down the vermilion imperial brush in his hand, looked at Dai Quan who was beside him, and said with a gentle expression: "Look at your seat."
Dai Quan took the order, and then ordered the two small inner eunuchs to move the embroidery pier.
"Thank you, my lord." Jia Heng thanked her and sat down.
Emperor Chongping asked, "Jia Qing, where is Li Ge?"
Every time Li Zan went to a place, the local post station reported to Beijing, but this kind of news still lagged behind, not as fast as Jinyi Mansion's information.
Jia Heng said: "Return to the Holy Lord, the day before yesterday, the pigeons in the north passed the letter, and Li Ge's motorcade has arrived in Zhuozhou. I think that in the next two days, Li Ge should be able to reach Beiping Mansion."
Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "The sooner I sit in Beiping, the sooner my heart will be at ease."
Then, he picked up the teacup on the case, took a sip, and said: "Recently in the Beijing inspection, the six departments of the government have frequently attacked each other, and the atmosphere is smoky."
At the end, the emperor's tone was obviously not very good.
Jia Heng said: "I think that the Jingcha should not be delayed too much."
Frequently delaying the Beijing investigation plan for more than half a year, sometimes it will affect the country's normal handling of government affairs.
Emperor Chongping smiled and said, "I also plan to let Ducha..."
While speaking, Emperor Chongping suddenly felt dizzy for a while, and the teacup on the table fell to the ground.
"No, it's an earthquake."
Jia Heng was shocked, his complexion changed suddenly, he got up quickly, rushed towards Emperor Chongping who was behind the mahogany strip case, and said anxiously: "My lord, the ground has moved, you can't stay here for long, follow me outside the palace. "
Dai Quan, who was standing with his hands down, also swayed from side to side, with a frightened expression on his face.
Emperor Chongping also reacted, and under Jia Heng's pulling arm, he dragged him all the way out of the inner study of the side hall of Daming Palace.
Fortunately, the distance from the inner study to the outside of the hall is not far. Generally speaking, there are precious few seconds to escape from the earthquake to the real earthquake.
However, as soon as Jia Heng dragged Emperor Chongping out of the palace, he saw the side hall of Daming Palace shaking violently, and the tiles under the eaves were falling down like rain.
Jia Heng had no choice but to protect Emperor Chongping and walk towards the square.
At this moment, "whoosh..."
Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky, it was clearly a piece of blue brick that fell down, and smashed towards Emperor Chongping.
In desperation, Jia Heng pushed Emperor Chongping away, "My lord, be careful."
With a "bang", the brick fell and hit Jia Heng's shoulder. Jia Heng couldn't help but groaned.
"Zi Yu." Emperor Chongping was startled when he heard this voice, and turned his eyes to look, his complexion suddenly changed, just in time to see this scene.
At this moment, a group of eunuchs and court ladies poured out from the halls, buildings, and pavilions of the Daming Palace, with panicked faces, and gathered towards the square in front of the palace.
"Your Majesty." Jia Heng also dragged Emperor Chongping to the square.
Emperor Chongping turned around and looked at the swaying, brick-and-tiled palace, with a gloomy expression.
Earthquake, such disasters, is this God warning him?
Does he have something unethical?
Jia Heng said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, although this earthquake is not dangerous, we must be careful of aftershocks."
The ancient temple buildings used brackets and mortise and tenon structures, so they had excellent earthquake resistance. Although he did not have a measuring tool for this earthquake, it should not have been a major earthquake. The collapse of the palace was not seen in the Daming Palace, so there should be no Major casualties.
Of course, it is also possible that Shenjing City is not the center of the earthquake. As for the source of the earthquake, there should be a report in the local area soon after it arrives.
Speaking of which, natural disasters have occurred frequently in the past few years, and the place where Chang'an is located is also near the earthquake zone of later generations.
Emperor Chongping nodded, looked at the earthy-faced Dai Quan, and said in a deep voice: "Look around the harem, if there is a palace collapsed, report it quickly, and treat any casualties as soon as possible."
Dai Quan hurriedly led several inner eunuchs and guards, and left as ordered.
But at this time, before Dai Quan went to the harem, he saw a large number of inner eunuchs and palace maids surrounded by a graceful, graceful, graceful and quiet beauty in the direction of the harem.
It was Empress Song, who was concerned about the safety of the emperor, and came here at the first time.
Seeing from a distance that Emperor Chongping was safe and sound under the protection of a group of inner eunuchs and guards, he breathed a sigh of relief and called: "Your Majesty."
When Emperor Chongping saw Empress Song, he quickly asked, "Zitong, is there a palace collapsed in the Kunning Palace, and are there any casualties?"
"Your Majesty, some broken tiles fell from the southwest corner of Kunning Palace and injured several servants." Empress Song came close, her snowy face and skin pale as the sun, and she said softly.
Emperor Chongping asked again: "Where is Chonghua Palace?"
"The concubine has sent someone to look at it, but she hasn't come to report it yet." Empress Song said softly.
Then, after a while,
Emperor Chongping regained his composure, turned his head to look at Jia Heng, his eyes fell on Jia Heng's dusty shoulder, and asked with concern: "Ziyu, is your shoulder okay?"
Just now when he saw this young man desperate for himself...
"Thank you, Majesty, for your concern. I'm fine." Jia Heng cupped his hands subconsciously, but his brows frowned because of the injury.
This naturally fell in the eyes of Emperor Chongping, who also frowned.
Empress Song frowned and frowned, and asked, "Your Majesty, is this Ziyu?"
"When the earthquake happened just now, Ziyu was hit by a falling brick from the hall in order to save me." Emperor Chongping said in a complicated tone.
"Then you have to invite the imperial physician to come and have a look." Empress Song said hurriedly, her heart trembling slightly when she heard the words.
Emperor Chongping nodded, and called out: "Come here, please ask the imperial physician..."
Then, before he finished speaking, an inner eunuch came trotting from a distance, out of breath, and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor of Chonghua Palace has passed out, and his personnel is unknown!"
As soon as this remark came out, it was not much worse than the earthquake just now, and everyone gasped, with surprise on their faces.
Empress Song Yurong was also shocked, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty."
"Come here, let the imperial army lock the palace gate immediately, Ziyu and Zitong follow me to the Chonghua Palace." Emperor Chongping's complexion changed, and after a while, he quickly ordered.
If something happened to the emperor, it would be a great event.
"The minister obeys the order." Jia Heng responded without saying much.
Then, as Emperor Chongping headed towards the Chonghua Palace, Empress Song also led a group of eunuchs and maids to the Chonghua Palace.
At the same time, following the earthquake, the entire city of Shenjing fell into temporary chaos. In fact, not every house has the excellent functions of earthquake resistance and fire prevention that Daming Palace had prepared at the beginning of its design.
In Shenjing City, many old houses collapsed, injuring some people, while Wucheng Bingmasi and Jingzhao Mansion sent people to rescue the injured and clean up the rubble.
But as time passed, the officials of the five prefectures, the six ministries, and the temple supervisors in Beijing who came back to their senses from the earthquake couldn't help but all looked at the palace garden, inquiring about the safety of the emperor and the people in the palace.
However, Emperor Chongping ordered the palace gates to be closed, and various speculations spread like wildfire.
Chonghua Palace
On the open space in front of the hall, a large number of broken tiles and bricks were scattered in a mess, and a corner of the two side halls embracing the sleeping palace on the left and right also collapsed.
As for the court ladies and concubines in colorful embroidered clothes gathered in front of the palace gate, there was even the painful groaning of warriors and eunuchs, the scene was a mess.
"Your Majesty is here." Jia Heng shouted.
Seeing the Son of Heaven approaching, His Majesty Dan in front of the palace said, "Hula la..." A group of court ladies and eunuchs knelt down, not daring to lift their heads.
Emperor Chongping and Empress Song, surrounded by Jia Heng and the guards in brocade who came to protect them, approached the hall, looked up at the hall that had not collapsed, and asked, "Where is the emperor?"
At this time, a middle-aged inner eunuch who was kneeling on the ground in the crowd faltered and said: "Still sleeping in the palace... Director Xu has already gone in to check."
It turned out that when the earthquake happened, the Supreme Emperor was pampering the servants in the palace. Originally, all the eunuchs and maids were waiting outside, waiting to be summoned to serve after the incident. Who knew that there was an earthquake suddenly, and the tiles fell, which injured many people. people.
Xu Guan, the chief eunuch of the Chonghua Palace, had already led the eunuch in to rescue the emperor when the earthquake happened. After the aftershocks stopped, he helped to dress the concubine and the emperor. The concubine was fine, and she was crying , and the emperor... fainted.
Emperor Chongping's face was gloomy, and he was both angry and ashamed.
Sleep well, this is a nice way of saying it, but he doesn't know what it really means, which is to prostitute in the daytime and favor concubines.
It's still broad daylight... What kind of dignity!
Jia Heng's complexion became strange, and he thought to himself, "It's really an old man who is hoeing rice in the afternoon."
"Get out of the way, I'll go in and have a look." Emperor Chongping said in a low voice as he watched the eunuchs and court ladies surrounded by the crowd.
At this moment, when the eunuchs and maids walked around on their knees, the tightly closed vermilion palace door slowly opened.
Xu Guan, the Chief Eunuch of the Chonghua Palace, came out with two eunuchs in brown robes. He raised his eyes and saw Emperor Chongping. He saw panic on his old, ravine cheeks. He knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Passed out."
Emperor Chongping swayed, and Empress Song and Jia Heng hurriedly supported the emperor's arm on the left and right.
"Prince doctor, call the doctor quickly."
Urgent voices sounded from under the corridor eaves.
Immediately, an inner eunuch took the order and trotted all the way towards the imperial hospital in the front hall.
"Ziyu, Zitong, follow me in." Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice with a steely face.
Jia Heng hesitated for a while, and said hesitantly: "My lord, is my minister..."
If he saw some unbearable scene later, wouldn't he be guilty of a taboo?
However, this is also a strong signal that after the previous "rescue" incident in the study in the Daming Palace, the emperor has regarded him as a relative.
"It's okay, follow me in." Emperor Chongping said in a low voice.
Xu Guan just went in, so he went to clean up the mess, so the inside wouldn't be too ugly.
Then, with the support of Jia Heng and the guidance of the chief eunuch, Emperor Chongping strode into the palace.
At this moment, in this extravagantly decorated bedroom, the bronze tripods, jade vessels, and high tables were already swaying on the carpet in the aftermath of the earthquake, and they turned around the beams and columns covered by the yellow drapery, and bypassed a fallen bamboo and wooden cross. Two large screens for court ladies, you can see the dragon couch covered by bright yellow silk cloth, the curtain is raised, and several inner eunuchs surround the Supreme Emperor, not far away, a woman is disheveled and her hairpin is messed up, kneeling on the ground , shoulders trembling.
As for the Supreme Emperor, he is lying on the bed at the moment, covered with a quilt, and his personnel are unknown.
There is nothing unsightly, it is clear that it has been cleaned up.
Seeing the face lying on the dragon couch, Emperor Chongping's complexion changed, he approached the eunuch, and asked the inner eunuch, "How is the situation of the emperor?"
"Already strangled, still fainting." The eunuch's face was ashen with fright.
At this moment, Empress Song led the female officer and stood in the distance, her phoenix eyes turned upside down, she looked coldly at the disheveled young woman beside her, and said, "What are you still doing here, if you don't go down."
The young concubine heard the words, as if she had been pardoned, she raised her pear-blossoming, rainy and charming face, thanked her, got up, and left the palace.
While speaking, the eunuch's surprised voice came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the imperial physician is here."
After a while, amidst a series of hurried footsteps, five or six imperial physicians from the imperial hospital rushed into the hall and entered the inner room one after another.
"I have seen the Holy Majesty." A group of imperial physicians bowed down to the middle-aged emperor in front of the bed.
Emperor Chongping said anxiously: "Excuse me, come here and give the emperor a diagnosis and treatment."
Several imperial physicians got up quickly and surrounded the emperor, beeping for pulse, looking at eyelids for those who were looking at their eyelids, and after a while, those who were ordered to administer acupuncture by the imperial hospital were at a loss for a while, and they were in a hurry .
Seeing this scene, Jia Heng couldn't help feeling weird, but he didn't show it at all.
He thought to himself, "The emperor won't just die right now? However, this life can be regarded as tough, "shocked" to the point where the bed collapsed and the house collapsed... and my son and daughter-in-law saw this ugly scene..."
Thinking of this, he thought to himself, this thought is a bit disrespectful, and he couldn't help taking a peek at Empress Song's face from the corner of her eye, only to see that there was also a trace of weirdness on Empress Song's face, which was full of peaches and plums, beautiful and moony. color.
And Empress Song seemed to be aware of it, the clear phoenix eyes under Liu Ye's eyebrows turned, and the eyes were as clear as jade, and she couldn't help but glance at Jia Heng.
As a result, the two eyes met, and they both read something weird from each other's eyes.
Jia Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly lowered his gaze, making up his face.
Empress Song frowned, and there were hidden circles of ripples in the lake of her heart.
Secretly thought, this Jia Ziyu is so brave, he dared to ridicule the emperor, and even...peeked at her?
Just for a moment, she pursed her red lips, a little unnaturally, why wasn't she just mocking?
Presumably, Jia Ziyu saw it too...
But on the side of the Supreme Emperor, after a lot of busy work, the old man on the bed, who was unknown to the personnel, let out a long coughing sound, and his breathing gradually became even, but his eyes were closed tightly.
All the inner eunuchs gathered around and called for the emperor, but they still didn't wake up.
Doctor Li hurriedly stopped the inner eunuch's call, and said: "You can't force it, it will hinder the emperor's dragon body."
Emperor Chongping quickly asked, "How is it?"
Doctor Li turned to look at Emperor Chongping, bowed and said back: "My lord, the emperor's palpitations and fainting due to the earthquake are not serious, and he will be fine after a few days of recuperation. However, after all, the emperor has age, so he should exercise restraint... After this For one thing, you need to cherish yourself and take good care of yourself." Although the words of the imperial physician are taboo, the meaning is very clear, and it is still abstinence.
In fact, after such a toss, Emperor Longzhi's physical condition has begun to go downhill.
Emperor Chongping's expression changed, and he suppressed some messy thoughts in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "You guys can prescribe medicine."
Several imperial physicians began to take out papers and prescribe medicines.
Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment, and then said: "Doctor Li, Jia Ziyu also suffered some injuries to his shoulders just now, you can take a look at it later."
Doctor Li just put down his pen, glanced at Jia Heng, and said, "I obey the order."
Jia Heng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I just suffered some minor injuries, it's nothing serious."
"You are a military commander. Although you have a good foundation, you should not be careless." Emperor Chongping cast his gentle eyes on Jia Heng and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Jia Heng cupped his hands to thank him.
Then, Emperor Chongping and Empress Song came to the main hall and sat down on the chairs outside.
After a while, Empress Dowager Feng, Concubine Duanrong, Princess Xianning, and Wu Guiren and other harem concubines also came from Changle Palace, Shuyu Palace... to visit the Supreme Emperor with the support of court ladies.
"Emperor, how is your father?" Empress Dowager Feng asked Emperor Chongping as soon as she entered the palace with the support of the maid.
Princess Xianning, who was beside Concubine Duan Rong, nodded her head when she saw Jia Heng, and instead of exchanging winks, she also turned her concerned eyes to her father.
Emperor Chongping looked solemn, and said: "Father has just been rescued, and there is no serious problem."
As for the other side, there is not much to say.
Even if time goes by, there will be some palace secrets spread in the palace, at least they cannot be admitted from the mouth of the emperor.
While everyone was talking, Dai Quan came from the outside, came to Emperor Chongping, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, all officials are knocking on the gate of Anshun, begging for the safety of the saint."
"Tell them, I'm fine. I'll call the great scholars of the cabinet, the six ministers, the minister of Dali Temple, and the censor of Zuo Du to the Hanyuan Hall to discuss matters." Emperor Chongping got up and said in a deep voice, then looked at Jia Heng who was on the side , Said: "Ziyu, you also go with me, and the compensation after the earthquake is also inseparable from the Wucheng Bingmasi."
Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."
Emperor Chongping then looked at Empress Song and Empress Dowager Feng at the side, and said, "Empress Mother, on the side of Emperor Father, I will trouble Empress Mother."
Empress Dowager Feng nodded and said, "It's important for the emperor to take care of state affairs."
But Emperor Chongping didn't say much anymore, and went to Hanyuan Hall together with Jia Heng, Dai Quan and others.
(End of this chapter)