"Good boy, since you can't bear it, then send some medicine to your second brother later. Ama thinks your second brother will be happy." With no way out, what else can the unfortunate child do?

Tana was fooled. "Really? Then Tana will ask the court doctor for the best medicine so that my second brother can get better soon."

"That's right! Father and mother are doing this for your second brother's own good. Some children really cannot be taught without being beaten, and your second brother is such a person." Honghui fooled his own daughter without changing his expression. His hands at his sides had already clenched into fists, and he couldn't wait to whip him.

Afterwards, after Yongrui happily left the study room, which was "hell" to him, he was pinned to the ground and beaten as soon as he stepped into the front yard gate, even by his father and mother together.

Yes, my mother also took action, although the force she exerted on my body felt like a tickle!

But Ama's strength was not small. He taught him earnestly while beating him. And with his elder brother's ambiguous eyes that seemed to be begging for mercy but were actually just watching the fun, Yongrui was simply speechless.

Well, isn't it enough for the eldest brother to be motivated among the two brothers? He is the second son, the second son! !

Yongrui once again used the excuse of not wanting to compete with his biological brother in order to escape the hard days of studying hard, but how could the three people present help him get what he wanted?

"Does your eldest brother want you to give in? Ah? Yonghu, tell me, do you need your second brother to give in?"

Yonghu looked at his foolish second brother with murderous intent, and said with gritted teeth: "Yongrui, my good second brother, do you look down on your elder brother, or do you look up to yourself? Ha!!"

Yongrui shuddered for no reason, and then he heard his elder brother, who always followed his father's lead, sneer and plead with his father, "Father, why don't you let your son take care of my second brother's homework? Go to the palace and talk to the Royal Mafa, Royal Mama, and Ukumama, and ask them to turn a blind eye for a while. Without the support of others, my second brother will surely be reborn soon, right?"

"Brother... Father, don't..." Don't do that! Father still has some leeway when he whips the whip. If it's the big brother with a dark heart and cruel hands, how can he have a good life?

However, Honghui dashed his hopes: "Well, the eldest brother is like a father, your second brother will be in your charge for the time being. As for the elders, Ama will try to delay it. Ha, it's time to take good care of him!"

Then from April to July, from the beginning of summer to the beginning of autumn, Yongrui almost fell into a sea of ​​suffering. It was because Yonghu had some tricks up his sleeve!

For example, if you fail to complete the daily curriculum, you will be punished by copying it eight or ten times at the very least, or be spanked with a cork at the worst. Yes, it was a spanking, which didn't hurt, but was definitely humiliating.

Anyway, Yongrui could not bear this kind of humiliation, so he went to the Yangxin Palace, Chengqian Palace and Shoukang Palace to file complaints and ask for help many times, but it was all in vain.

The elders are heartbroken, but the imperial edict that Ama had requested in advance was in the hands of the eldest brother. No matter whether it was the Royal Mama or Ukuma, even the Royal Mafa who wrote the imperial edict himself, they could not go back on their word. After all, the king’s words are not a joke!

This was not the only method used. Under heavy pressure, Yongrui had to change his previous laziness. Only after he had initially achieved his elder brother's established goals was he tactfully rescued by Yinzhen, who could no longer bear it.

As for how he was rescued? Haha, my eldest brother was brought up by the Emperor Mafa. He was either in the study or in the Yangxin Palace, so there was no time to mess with him!

……

In early August of the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, Emperor Yongzheng established the Grand Council. From then on, all military and political power was in the hands of the emperor.

In the following days, Honghui seemed to be lost in thought. I wonder what he was worried about all day long?

What do you think he was worried about? It turned out to be the earthquake in mid-August that had troubled the emperor for a long time, caused countless casualties, and caused heavy losses of houses and money!

Many minor earthquakes in the past were very vague in Honghui's memory, but this major earthquake, which was said to have killed and injured as many as 40,000 to 50,000 people, flashed in his memory from time to time, and he never dared to forget it!

August 19, 19th, was a time so unforgettable that one would never dare to forget it. The closer it got to that day, the more anxious Honghui became. But he couldn't tell anyone about it, because who would believe it? Who could believe it?

On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, news came that animals had escaped from the livestock farm in the Old Summer Palace, and Honghui knew that his opportunity had come.

After pretending to investigate, he went to the Qinzheng Hall with a bit of anxiety in his heart and explained his findings one by one.

"Father, the peacocks, cats, dogs and other animals in the livestock area are running around for unknown reasons. Ants, snakes and insects are also fleeing in groups. The water well in the Old Summer Palace has suddenly become turbid, and bubbles are coming out from time to time..."

"Oh? Could it be that it's happening in one or two places?" Yinzhen did not connect these strange phenomena with the earthquake for a moment.

Honghui shook his head: "That's not the case. There are strange signs almost everywhere. Think about it, haven't there been such signs before every earthquake in previous years?"

"What? Earthquake?"

Yinzhen immediately put down the memorial in his hand, stood up anxiously, and asked half-believingly, "Will there really be an earthquake?"

"Every time there is an earthquake, I will carefully observe the phenomena before and after. This time everything matches up. The earthquake may happen in the next few days..."

Before he could finish, Yinzhen called Su Peisheng loudly, "Send the Imperial Observatory's chief envoy!"

After a while, the envoy came to the emperor with a worried look on his face. He greeted him respectfully, but thought in his heart: What is the important matter that His Majesty summoned him here today?

"Has the Imperial Astronomical Observatory detected any earthquakes recently?"

His heart tightened, and he carefully organized his words, "Although there are some strange phenomena, no earthquake has been detected."

Honghui shook his head secretly. Without Zhang Heng's seismometer, the Imperial Observatory would be useless!

"There have been a lot of strange phenomena recently. If it's just the Old Summer Palace, it's not a big deal. But if there are many such phenomena in the capital, we have to be cautious! Father, please send people to investigate everywhere in the capital. It will be too late if the earthquake really occurs."

Yinzhen lost his composure and ordered anxiously, "Su Peisheng, quickly send people to check everywhere in the capital to make sure there is no mistake!" Since it involves an earthquake, no matter how much trouble it takes, it is not excessive!

On the next morning, that is, on August 16, the Sticking Rod Office brought news of a series of strange phenomena in many places in the capital, which put Emperor Yongzheng and all the civil and military officials in the court into a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, although there are many strange phenomena in the capital, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory has not detected any earthquakes. If we make a big fuss and ask the people to take shelter, but the earthquake has not yet occurred, will it damage the majesty of the court?"

"Your Majesty, every time there is an earthquake, not only do houses collapse, but also countless civilians are killed or injured. Now there are strange phenomena happening in the capital. We should not be afraid of ten thousand but be prepared for the worst!"

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