This morning, as soon as I woke up, the palpitations that I hadn't felt for a long time came back again. Yin Xiaoman felt flustered and confused for the entire morning.

The inexplicable panic made her hands and feet cold, her heart pounding, and she couldn't even hold the kitchen knife.

"I feel a little uncomfortable. You guys can prepare lunch. I'll go lie down in the room for a while." She put down the vegetables she was cutting and said to Qiao Mai.

"You should go quickly. Do you want to go to the clinic for a check-up? Why do I feel that you don't look so good today?" Qiao Mai hurriedly walked to her side with a worried look on his face.

"Maybe I didn't sleep well last night. I'm going to take some medicine." Yin Xiaoman didn't even have the energy to explain. He waved his hands randomly and went back to his bedroom.

Her behavior scared the whole family.

As soon as Dabao went out, he drove the two younger ones out of the house and told them to play outside. No one was allowed to talk under the window and disturb their mother.

Erniu quickly poured a cup of warm water and brought it in.

After swallowing a few pills for treating heart palpitations and sending her daughter away, Yin Xiaoman lay down on the bed.

But the medicine had lost its effect at this moment, and waves of panic made it difficult for her to even breathe.

Yin Xiaoman sat up from the bed and decided to go and take a look at the space.

Normally, if she was sick, she would not choose to do this. After all, if something happened in the space, no one would be able to see her, and she would have no chance to call for help.

But now, she couldn't care less.

Yin Xiaoman closed his eyes slightly and silently said in his heart: "Go to the space."

But that familiar feeling of dizziness did not come.

She opened her eyes with a little surprise and found herself still sitting in the bedroom, motionless.

She rubbed her temples, closed her eyes again, and said again: "Go to the imperial kitchen."

But there was still no movement.

She frowned.

This was a situation that had never happened before, including when she was not allowed to enter the imperial kitchen at the beginning.

At that time she could only enter her own little house, but when she was thinking of other places, at least it could take her to that gray place.

As for the situation where one cannot even enter the space, it has never happened before.

What exactly went wrong?

Yin Xiaoman thought hard, trying to find out what was different today from usual.

Maybe it’s because I’m in a bad state today and not in good health?

After thinking about it, this is the only possibility.

She lay back on the bed and forced herself to fall asleep. Maybe this problem can be solved if I feel refreshed after a good night's sleep.

Her heartbeat was still accelerating, and it felt like it would jump out of her throat at any moment.

Yin Xiaoman felt his tongue starting to go numb, and his hands and feet were so cold that he felt as if he had returned to the winter when he first came to this world.

She tried hard to force herself to sleep, but how could she sleep in this situation?

Lying in bed, she began to feel cold all over and shivered.

Yin Xiaoman longed for sunshine more than ever before. He just wanted to bask in the sun to get rid of the coldness all over his body.

She got up from the bed and walked out of the room with great effort.

We came to the center of the yard, where there was a big stone. I had it brought back specially so that I could put stone slabs on top to dry the vegetables.

It was July, the time of the year when the sun was at its hottest. Yin Xiaoman walked up to the stone, grabbed the cracks with his hands, and placed his whole body in the scorching sun.

However, the chilling feeling not only did not subside, but became increasingly stronger.

An inexplicable panic surrounded Yin Xiaoman. The fear that surged from the bottom of her heart made her tremble uncontrollably.

At this moment, she didn't care whether what she was about to do would be discovered by others. She glanced around and found that the two younger ones had run away, while the two older ones were staying in the kitchen with Qiao Mai.

Yin Xiaoman went around behind the stone and squatted down.

She closed her eyes again and silently said in her mind: "Go to space."

No response.

She clenched her fists.

"Go inside."

Still no response.

"…to the warehouse."

Again, there was no movement.

Yin Xiaoman couldn't control her tears.

She couldn't hold it in any longer and sobbed aloud: "Go to the imperial kitchen. Send me to the imperial kitchen. Or, send me to any place where I can see Lichun!"

She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the familiar dizziness with the most pious attitude.

However, before the dizziness came, she felt dizzy first!

She just felt as if someone had hit her head with a stick. The blow made her head buzz, her knees went weak and she fell to the ground.

She couldn't open her eyes at all, and her mind was in a state of chaos.

Countless pieces of rubble and heavy objects hit her, but she could not feel the pain, only a strong sense of oppression.

The vision in my mind was distorted, the air was being sucked out of me, and I felt like a bean that someone had placed in a pot and was stir-frying repeatedly.

She wanted to speak, wanted to shout, but not a syllable came out. My throat seemed to be strangled by something and even my breathing stopped.

"An earthquake... the sky collapsed, and the imperial kitchen was gone."

Yin Xiaoman was filled with despair.

He was completely unaware that his entire face was wet with tears.

After shouting out these words silently, he fell into a deep coma.

Health center, outside the ward door.

Shen Qingyun gently closed the door of the ward, then grabbed Liu Chang's white coat and said, "Are you sure your sister-in-law is okay?"

Liu Chang also had a worried look on his face.

Faced with the battalion commander's questioning, he hesitated for a moment and still did not dare to say anything too final.

"From all the tests, my sister-in-law is fine. Her pulse, heart rate, and blood tests all showed no problems. She also didn't have any scratches or scrapes on her body.

I also asked Qiao Mai and Da Bao, and they didn’t see my sister-in-law fall either…”

"You've already said all this. Stop talking nonsense and just tell me why your sister-in-law fainted and why she couldn't wake up."

Shen Qingyun interrupted Liu Chang irritably and asked again.

The expression on Liu Chang's face became even more bitter.

He didn't even know why his sister-in-law fainted, so how could he know when she would wake up?

He recalled the details carefully, then raised his head and looked at Shen Qingyun a little uncertainly. He whispered, "Captain, do you think my sister-in-law is in a state of terror?"

"Haunted? What does that mean?" Shen Qingyun frowned even more tightly.

"When we arrived, my sister-in-law kept mumbling, saying there was an earthquake, there was an earthquake. Dabao and Qiao Mai also said that they heard her mumbling when they found that my sister-in-law had fainted.

You say, why do you think of an earthquake when everything is fine? Was this a dream I was having, and I couldn't tell the difference between the dream and reality, so I scared myself to death? ”

"Nonsense!" Shen Qingyun glared at him.

"Your sister-in-law fainted in the yard. How could she fall asleep in the yard? I think she had heatstroke. It's not impossible that she fainted under such a strong sun. Don't talk nonsense with me here. Go and take a good look at your sister-in-law to see if she has heatstroke. Go quickly!"

"Sister-in-law didn't have heat stroke, really, I'm sure. She didn't have any symptoms of heat stroke..."

Liu Chang could not tolerate anyone questioning his professional level. Even if the person was the battalion commander, he still had to make a few arguments.

But looking at Shen Qingyun's anxious expression, he said a few words, then wisely shut up and walked back to the ward.

Behind him, where no one could see, Shen Qingyun's brows were twisted into a knot.

Liu Chang said that his wife was having a nightmare. Although he did not admit it, he was still shocked when he heard it.

Others may not know, but he, who sleeps in the same bed, knows that his wife has been a little uneasy for a long time.

At first he thought it was because she was not used to the two old people leaving.

Later I found out that it was more than that.

Xiaoman seemed to be hiding something in her heart, which kept her in a state of anxiety.

Many times he could feel her suddenly waking up in the middle of the night and looking very nervous. Every time she said it was nothing and she was just dreaming.

Shen Qingyun had asked her several times before, and she always said that she was a little nervous because she was thinking about leaving the island.

So he always thought it was not a big deal.

After all, Zhongshan Island is different from other places. After spending ten years on the island almost isolated from the world, anyone would feel uneasy if they suddenly had to change the environment.

Not to mention his wife, even he, who has the opportunity to go off the island several times a year, still feels that there are too many unknowns when thinking about his future life and dares not think too deeply about it.

If you think too much, you won’t be able to sleep all night.

Shen Qingyun originally thought that there was no need to persuade people about this kind of thing, and that once they got off the island, they would slowly adapt and everything would be fine.

But now he didn't dare to think so.

He felt particularly regretful at this moment, always feeling that he had ignored his wife's feelings before.

Only the wife of the person knows that Xiaoman has always been a person who keeps things to herself. The fact that she doesn't show it doesn't mean that it's not a big deal in her heart.

I was too careless and confused every day. Even though we were together day and night, I paid too little attention to my wife.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingyun felt even more guilty and annoyed.

Yin Xiaoman woke up the next morning.

When she opened her eyes and saw white all around, she was stunned for a moment, then she realized - this should be a health center.

She closed her eyes again, and the events that happened before she fell into coma flooded into her mind again.

But at this moment her consciousness was clear, and she could tell what was reality and what was imagination.

Yin Xiaoman truly felt that a major earthquake had occurred in the palace and the imperial kitchen had collapsed.

Her former world just...collapsed.

Lying on the bed, tears instantly filled my eyes. She had to quietly bury her head in the quilt and wipe it off bit by bit.

"woke up?"

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded above her head, and then a big hand pulled a corner of the quilt: "Don't bury your head in it, the air is not good."

"Yeah." Yin Xiaoman responded obediently, then raised his head.

"Go home," she said to the man, her voice filled with deep weariness.

Hearing this sound, Shen Qingyun felt so distressed that he subconsciously clenched his fists.

But he didn't dare show any trace of it in his expression.

His voice became gentler, and he whispered, "You just woke up, why don't you wait a while before leaving? I'll ask Liu Chang to come over and check on you."

Yin Xiaoman shook her head, her voice soft but firm: "No, let's go back. I don't want to stay in the hospital any longer."

Hearing her say this, Shen Qingyun said nothing more and reached out to pick her up.

If it were in the past, if a man hugged her like this again, Yin Xiaoman would definitely make a scene with him. It was too embarrassing. As an old couple, doing this would only make people laugh.

But at this moment, her whole body seemed to be exhausted and she had no strength at all.

She knew that even if she wanted to walk, she would not be able to take more than a few steps. Instead, she would look tired, which would make people even more worried.

She didn't say anything, acquiesced to the man's actions, and just closed her eyes again.

Seeing her like this, Shen Qingyun's eyes became more worried.

The island is too small and nothing can be hidden from everyone. Yesterday, Yin Xiaoman suddenly fainted at the door of his house, shocking everyone.

So as soon as they saw the two of them coming out of the clinic, someone ran to report the news. At this time, the two of them had not yet reached home, but people who knew them had already gathered at the gate of the hospital to watch.

Seeing them come back, everyone's expression was filled with concern.

But at this moment, Yin Xiaoman just felt empty inside and had no interest in anything around her. She listened to the man socializing with his neighbors and friends, but she didn't even want to open her eyes.

Seeing that she was feeling uncomfortable, even though everyone was still concerned about her health, no one really went up to disturb her.

Shen Qingyun put her back on the bed in the bedroom. After making sure that she was fine, he quietly closed the door and walked out.

Then he moved a stool and stood guard at the door.

The moment the door was closed, Yin Xiaoman opened his eyes.

She struggled to sit up.

She could feel the man at the door, but she also knew that this was not the right time, as someone might come to visit her at any time out of concern.

But she couldn't care less.

The anxiety in her heart made her unable to care about so many things.

Where is her apprentice?

How big is the area affected by this earthquake? Is her Lichun in danger?

Yin Xiaoman just felt like her heart was rotting. She now wishes she could use her own life to replace her apprentice!

She regretted it more than ever before, regretted it so much that she wanted to die!

Two years ago, Lichun had reached the age to leave the palace legally.

It was because of her that the girl had been delayed until now.

If Lichun couldn't escape this disaster this time, Yin Xiaoman felt that he might not survive.

The disciple died because of her... When this thought came to his mind, the suffocating pain made Yin Xiaoman feel that it would be better to just take a knife and kill her directly, which might be more straightforward.

She closed her eyes again and said silently in her heart: "Go to the imperial kitchen."

The voice was extremely firm.

That familiar feeling of dizziness came over me again.

When Yin Xiaoman opened her eyes, she found herself back in her little house in the palace.

Everything in the room was the same as yesterday, nothing was unusual.

The cakes on the table were still fresh, and the seal of the jar of rice wine in the corner was not damaged at all.

But Yin Xiaoman didn't feel any joy at all.

Because she has always known that her little house is a very mysterious existence.

For example, time here seems to be relatively still, and nothing will break down.

But it was not the case with the imperial kitchen. If the things placed there during the Beginning of Spring were not taken out quickly, they would get cold and the snacks would become hard.

Moreover, she once asked Lichun tentatively, but Lichun obviously didn't know the existence of her cottage. She told Yin Xiaoman that her previous room had now been arranged to be occupied by another palace maid.

To the extent that I didn’t dare to pass by that place for a long time after the beginning of spring, and every time I passed by, I felt uncomfortable for a long time.

But for Yin Xiaoman, this house has always existed.

So she understood that just because the things in this room were intact, it didn't mean that everything was safe in the palace or the imperial kitchen.

She used her mind again and uttered the three words "Imperial Kitchen".

The feeling of dizziness appeared again, but when she opened her eyes, she found that she was outside the courtyard gate.

The transparent barrier was once again set up between the palace and the imperial kitchen.

She could see everything inside clearly, but she couldn't get close at all.

But even through the barrier, she could see how shocking the scene inside was!

Half of the wall facing the outside of the imperial kitchen collapsed, and the tiles on the roof fell to the ground and were shattered into pieces.

The earthquake occurred at lunch time, and there should have been quite a few people in the imperial kitchen at that time.

From the broken walls and ruins, we can see the fear of the people at that time.

Pots and pans were scattered all over the floor, and things were thrown around randomly everywhere.

The only thing that made Yin Xiaoman feel at ease was that in this place where fire was most taboo, despite encountering such a disaster, there was no fire.

At least as far as she could see, there was only mud and water on the ground, and no signs of blackening from fire.

This shows that the evacuation was organized at that time, and the palace servants did not forget to extinguish the stoves when they left.

Yin Xiaoman prayed silently in her heart——

Since they were able to evacuate in such an orderly manner, does that mean that apart from the collapse of the house, there were no casualties?

Then her little disciple should be safe as well, right?

Shen Qingyun quietly put his ear to the bedroom door and listened, only to find that there was no sound inside.

This should be Xiaoman falling asleep again, right?

He raised his hand to wave away the child who came closer again, wanting to go in and see if his mother was better, and stood guard at the door like a door god.

Before leaving, Liu Chang specifically called him over and told him that his wife was too worried.

At the same time, he was also advised not to ask anything for the time being and give Xiaoman some time to rest.

She said that what she needed most now was not to vent, but to calm her mind and nerves, and that anything could be dealt with after she calmed down.

So, he decided to do nothing today and just stay here to prevent those ignorant people from coming and disturbing his wife's peace.

Thinking of this, Shen Qingyun straightened his back and sat up straighter.

But at this moment, he saw Dabao, who had just been driven away, walk in again, and he couldn't help but show a bit of annoyance in his eyes.

He waved him off again.

But unexpectedly, Dabao pointed behind him.

Only then did Shen Qingyun see Qi Feng who had been blocked by the door.

He was stunned for a moment.

In the morning, before Xiaoman woke up, Qi Feng went to the clinic to visit her.

He also heard what Liu Chang said.

It is also because of this that he can stay at home to take care of his wife.

Naturally, this big brother will take care of all the matters in the camp.

But at this moment Qi Feng came home.

That solemn expression was one that Shen Qingyun had never seen on his face before.

He couldn't help but straighten his expression.

Shen Qingyun stood up from the bench and asked solemnly, "Brother Qi, what happened?"

"There's an earthquake." Qi Feng's voice was low and hoarse, with an almost inaudible tremor in it.