At that time, a loud thunder suddenly sounded on a sunny day. The thunder was so loud that it startled the entire palace and even the entire capital city, and everyone heard it.
People were talking about how strange it was to hear thunder in the capital during a drought.
The sound of the sycamore tree being split apart along with the thunder during the drought was also quite loud. Many people in the palace heard it and speculated that something had been struck by the thunder.
But what exactly was struck? Almost everyone in the palace was curious.
At this moment, the palace servants of Kunning Palace carried a messy tree and walked onto the palace road.
When the people in the palace saw this, they suddenly realized what was going on.
Just like that, the news that a thunderbolt struck a big tree in Kunning Palace in broad daylight spread.
Rumors are like this. Once they reach everyone's mouth, they will be exaggerated. The more they spread, the more outrageous they become, and the further they are from the truth.
The news that a lightning bolt during a drought had struck a large tree in Kunning Palace spread, and it eventually became the news that a lightning bolt during a drought had struck Kunning Palace.
As the story spread, it turned into a thunderbolt in a drought that struck the main hall of Kunning Palace and almost struck the queen and the little princess.
When the news reached Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager was having dinner with Yao Jinse.
After hearing the news, both mother and daughter were overjoyed.
When the Empress Dowager heard that thunder in a drought almost struck the Queen and Princess Anguo, she was so shocked that she could hardly believe her ears.
"What did you say? Was there really a thunderbolt that hit the main hall of Kunning Palace?" The Empress Dowager confirmed repeatedly.
The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "How dare I deceive the Empress Dowager? This is absolutely true."
"Someone saw people from Kunning Palace carrying out the pillars of the main hall that were struck by lightning."
"They said that the Queen and Princess Anguo were in the main hall at the time, and the lightning almost struck them."
When the Empress Dowager heard this, she sighed deeply and said, "How could it be so close?"
Yao Jinse waved to the eunuch and asked him to leave.
"Mother, even if it didn't hit, this thunderbolt in a drought would be enough for the Queen to bear." Yao Jinse smiled meaningfully at the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager nodded: "Jinse is right."
Since ancient times, in all dynasties, anyone who was struck by lightning would be considered to have committed a heinous crime and was punished by heaven.
Even common people are like this, let alone the queen.
If the emperor or empress was struck by lightning, they would be considered unworthy of their position and that God was expressing his displeasure.
If this triggers public opinion, it is possible that the throne and the empress's position will be lost.
That's why Yao Jinse said that.
The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment and said, "I will add fuel to her fire."
That night, a young eunuch on duty secretly gossiped to other palace servants, saying that a thunderbolt during a drought almost hit the queen and the little princess, and that it must be bad luck for them and that it had caused displeasure from heaven.
God is sending down a thunderstorm on the Queen and her daughter. This thunder is a punishment from heaven.
On the other side, Xia Zhengqi was very busy in the Qianqing Palace.
Recently, the war in the northern border has reached the moment of a decisive battle.
The most powerful tribe in the northern border gathered together the other three tribes, and with the determination of either I die or you die, launched a decisive battle with the coalition forces.
Whether the goal of unifying the northern border can be achieved depends on this one move.
Xia Zhengqi summoned several important officials and advisers, temporarily established a military command center in the Qianqing Palace, and held meetings and discussions day and night.
Several ministers lived and ate in the Qianqing Palace without taking off their clothes.
Military reports from the front lines were delivered to the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes.
Whenever a military report came in, Xia Zhengqi would lead several ministers to discuss countermeasures urgently.
At dinner time that day, Eunuch Debao finally waited until Xia Zhengqi had a moment of leisure time, and then hurried forward to report.
"Your Majesty, this morning, a thunderbolt struck, striking Kunning Palace."
Xia Zhengqi had just swallowed a mouthful of porridge when he hurriedly asked, "What? Was it Kunning Palace that was struck by the thunderbolt this morning?"
"What's the situation? Do you know where the impact was?"
Debao said with a relaxed expression, "No one was hurt. It just hit a sycamore tree in the yard."
"I even went to see it. The sycamore tree, which was as thick as a bowl, was split in half."
Xia Zhengqi breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that no one was hurt."
Then, he raised his eyes and asked, "By the way, Queen, Miao'er, and Wanyin, were you scared?"
Debao smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I've checked on them. Her Majesty said they're fine. The children were just a little frightened at the time, but they forget things easily. They'll be fine after a while."
Xia Zhengqi put down his bowl and chopsticks: "That's good, it seems my Miao'er is still tough."
"Debao, go to the storehouse and pick out a few strings of oriental pearls and two pieces of top-quality old mountain ginseng. Send them to the queen to calm her nerves."
"Pearls are the best for calming nerves."
"Tell the Queen that I'm really too busy here to visit them. Tell the Queen and Princess not to blame me."
"As soon as I have time, I will go to Kunning Palace immediately."
Debao replied yes and turned to leave.
The queen also knew how difficult it was for Xia Zhengqi and didn't want to disturb him. After accepting the gift, she asked Debao to tell her that she and her daughter were fine and he didn't need to worry.
The Queen played with the newly acquired Dongzhu and asked Li Ma, "What is the princess doing?"
Nanny Li shook her head, looking helpless. "Still playing with the beads, but now I'm flipping through a book while I play with them."
Xia Miaoyuan had been tinkering in his room all day, and after dinner he went straight into his bedroom.
This time, she thought of looking up information.
I wonder if there is any record of this seven-colored magic pearl in any book.
So she took Xiao Wanyin into the Queen's study and searched everywhere.
After a lot of effort, she finally found a few books about gods, myths and legends on the bookshelf.
She locked herself in her bedroom and searched carefully one by one.
However, after flipping through page after page, I couldn't find anything useful.
Xia Miaoyuan looked at the colorful magic beads in his hand and felt extremely lost.
Xiao Wanyin was already sleeping on the bed.
The next morning, Nanny Li finally woke Xia Miaoyuan up with great difficulty.
She asked a palace maid to hold her up while she combed her hair.
Xiao Wanyin dressed neatly and carried a small schoolbag. She came to Xia Miaoyuan, touched her face, and said distressedly, "Miao'er, why do you look so bad?"
"Can you still go to school like this?"
Xia Miaoyuan tossed and turned for most of the night, and when he woke up in the morning, his chubby face was dark and gloomy, with two big dark circles under his eyes that were very obvious.
The girl, who was originally as pretty as a piece of jade, now looked very bad, which was very incongruous.
The queen looked at Xia Miaoyuan's complexion and said distressedly: "Miao'er, you didn't sleep well last night, why don't you take a day off."
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