Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

The Old Summer Palace.

When the earth was shaking, Emperor Yongzheng Yinzhen was holding a small court meeting in the imperial tent. There were not many people in the tent, only eleven or twelve in total.

Just as everyone was still worrying about whether an earthquake would come, the next thing they knew the earth was shaking. Yinzhen's face suddenly changed drastically, and he hurried out of the imperial tent under the escort of Su Peisheng and Prince Zhao Honghui.

At this time, there were cries of surprise in the Old Summer Palace, but there was no panic. It was because the earthquake here did not seem to be that serious!

"Huang Ama..."

Yinzhen patted his eldest son's hand in a comforting yet fearful manner, then turned to the court officials and instructed, "Tell the Ministry of Revenue to allocate grain and supplies for disaster relief first, and then investigate the damage in the capital in detail after the aftershocks subside."

Fortunately, the people who participated in the refuge brought a lot of food and drinks, which they originally wanted to use to persist in the original exercises. Now they came in handy, but some people with poor financial conditions still had far from enough food. Now it was the turn of the court to use them.

Afterwards, rice porridge was cooked and distributed in various shelters. The amount was not much, just one bowl per person. Those who were hungry went back to eat their own food.

After the aftershocks completely subsided, according to statistics, tens of thousands of houses collapsed in this earthquake, and even more than 30 palaces in the Forbidden City were damaged. Fortunately, there were not many casualties, which gave Yinzhen some comfort.

Yes, even if the court had notified them in advance, there were still four to five hundred casualties in this earthquake. Most of them were mountain dwellers who fled to the mountains and were unknown to the court, as well as a dozen lazy people who would rather lie at home than walk a long way, and a hundred or so stubborn gentry who were resentful of the court. There are countless other examples like this!

But both the imperial court and the people were quite satisfied with the result. After all, the casualties from the great earthquake several decades ago were dozens of times more than this one!

Afterwards, the copper coins that the people deserved were distributed as usual, and the lottery was carried out as usual. The actual silver that was earned barely comforted the hearts of some people who were still worried.

In addition, the silver for disaster relief was also distributed normally, as in the past.

This time the earthquake was nothing but a story of loud thunder and little rain, but the voices praising the Qing Dynasty and Emperor Yongzheng are increasing among the people. This is because everyone knows the truth about the previous court drill!

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After the great earthquake in August of the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, the former dynasty and the people went through a long period of peace as if they had agreed upon it. Tsarist Russia, Galdan Tseren who fled to the Tianshan Mountains, and various coastal areas did not cause any trouble at this time.

In this peaceful environment, time flies and two years have passed in a flash.

In February of the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, Prince Li died and was posthumously named Prince Lihe.

Less than three months later, in mid-May, Prince Zhi passed away in depression and was posthumously named Prince Zhiyi.

The two old enemies who had fought for most of their lives were buried next to each other in adjacent mausoleums after their deaths. This was not a deliberate arrangement by Yinzhen, but a request by Prince Zhiyi Aixinjueluo Yunti on his deathbed. Although the reason was - "The second brother and I have fought for most of our lives. When we are in the underworld, we will continue to fight. He has been buried in peace, but how can I let him go?"

Then, the newly appointed Prince Li and Prince Zhi were so shocked that they looked like they had swallowed a fly. The tombs of Prince Lihe and Prince Zhiyi were less than a hundred meters apart, and every worship was a disaster!

The deaths of Prince Rikō and Prince Naoki heralded the end of the old era and the advent of a new era. Starting from the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the older generation began to pass away one after another.

First it was the Imperial Father's Dowager Consort Rong, and then it was the Imperial Father's Dowager Consort Hui. The Ministry of Rites had just sent away the two princes, and right after that, it also sent away the two old dowagers. What's more important is that the Empress Dowager has not been in good health since the beginning of winter, and has been suffering from major and minor illnesses. The imperial physician said that it would take a year and a half to cure her!

Compared with the previous ones, the Empress Dowager, who was the biological mother of the current emperor, was becoming increasingly weak. Emperor Yongzheng Yinzhen and Prince Zhao Honghui were really anxious. They entrusted all state affairs to Prince Yi and Prince Xian, and ran to Shoukang Palace to serve the emperor for two or three months.

The Empress Dowager tried to persuade and lecture them, but the father and son seemed not to understand what she was saying and just stayed in Shoukang Palace, which made her feel mixed emotions.

She was truly relieved and truly moved, but she was too ashamed to face the ancestors of the Aisin-Gioro family for ignoring the affairs of state for the sake of a woman in the harem!

In response, Yinzhen said that it was not that exaggerated. His thirteenth and fourteenth brothers handled minor matters themselves, while he had to take care of major matters. As the king of a country, how could he completely ignore the affairs of state?

Similar explanations have been given many times, but once people become emotional, they will only hear what they want to hear. This is also the fundamental reason why Yinzhen no longer explained and let the Empress Dowager do whatever she wanted!

By the beginning of spring in the eleventh year of Yongzheng's reign, the Empress Dowager's health had improved slightly. Under her determination to drive them away, the father and son had no choice but to leave Shoukang Palace. However, the Empress was lucky enough to stay.

Apart from the Empress, the only two people who were fortunate enough to stay in Shoukang Palace to serve her were Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing, and Concubine Hui. The Empress Dowager was not willing to see the rest of the concubines.

It was okay for others, they would just envy her for a while, mutter a few words and then it would be over. However, Concubine Hua of the Yikun Palace was sad for quite a few days. It was because, among the concubines, except for the Empress, her family background was the highest. Now she was not liked by the Empress Dowager, she was extremely sad!

To make matters worse, her elder brother Nian Gengyao was severely reprimanded by the emperor for acting carelessly and accepting bribes. He was even stripped of his position as general and is now just a small lieutenant general.

There was a fire in the backyard of the Nian family. Nian Shilan was so anxious that she wanted to kneel in front of the Yangxin Palace for a long time to plead for her second brother, but she was stopped by her own son, the seventh prince Hongmin.

"Mother, there are rewards for merit and punishments for faults. The Emperor did nothing wrong! Second uncle's fate was caused by his carelessness. The Emperor has already let him off once. Now the Emperor's mother is not in good health. The Emperor is already in a bad mood. If you make him unhappy again, I am afraid that you will be implicated."

Nian Shilan pursed her lips, and for a moment she seemed a little depressed. "Your second uncle is my biological brother, how can I ignore him?"

"Don't worry, mother. With you and your son here, my second uncle and the Nian family will not be seriously injured. The emperor is not a person who vents his anger on others. My second uncle has been punished this time, but it will be over. As long as he changes his ways, there is no need to worry about not being able to be reused in the future."

The key to the matter is whether my second uncle can sincerely mend his ways. If he dares to do it again, not only will he forget about being reused, but he won't even be able to keep his position as lieutenant general for long!

Hongmin believed that he was born in the Nian family, and he could not bear to see the Nian family make mistakes and implicate his mother!

"Mother, please write a letter to my eldest uncle. For now, let's make sure my second uncle lives in peace. With my second uncle's temper, what will we do if we don't care about him and he complains to the emperor?"