Chapter 281 Rumors are spreading

At that time, a thunderclap suddenly sounded on a sunny day. The thunderclap was so loud that it startled the entire palace and even the entire capital.

People were talking about how strange it was that thunderclaps sounded in the capital.

The sound of the sycamore tree being split apart along with the thunderclap was also quite loud. Many people in the palace heard it and speculated that the thunderclap had hit something.

But what exactly had it hit? The curiosity of almost everyone in the palace was aroused.

At this time, a palace maid from Kunning Palace walked onto the palace road carrying a messy tree.

The people in the palace suddenly realized what was going on.

Just like that, in broad daylight, the news that a thunderbolt struck a tree in Kunning Palace spread.

Rumors are like this. When they are spread, they will be exaggerated. The more they are spread, the further they are from the truth.

The news that the thunderbolt hit the tree in Kunning Palace spread, and it became that the thunderbolt hit Kunning Palace.

It spread again, and it became that the thunderbolt hit the main hall of Kunning Palace, and almost struck the empress and the little princess.

When this news reached Shoukang Palace, the empress dowager was having dinner with Yao Jinse.

After hearing the news, both mother and daughter were overjoyed. Hearing that

the thunderbolt almost struck the empress and Princess Anguo, the empress dowager was so shocked that she could not believe her ears.

"What did you say? Did a thunderbolt really hit the main hall of Kunning Palace?" The Empress Dowager repeatedly confirmed.

The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "How dare I lie to the Empress Dowager? It's absolutely true."

"Someone saw the people in Kunning Palace lift out the pillar of the main hall that was struck by thunder."

"They said that the Empress and Princess Anguo were just in the main hall at the time. The thunderbolt almost hit the Empress and the princess." When

the Empress Dowager heard this, she sighed and said, "How could it be just a little bit?"

Yao Jinse waved to the eunuch and asked him to leave.

"Mother, even if it didn't hit, this thunderbolt was enough for the Empress to bear." Yao Jinse smiled meaningfully at the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother nodded: "Jinse is right."

Since ancient times, in every dynasty, anyone who was struck by lightning would be considered to have committed a heinous crime and was punished by heaven.

This was true for ordinary people, let alone the Queen.

If the Emperor or Queen was struck by lightning, they would be considered to be unworthy of their position and that Heaven was displeased.

If this caused public opinion, the throne or the position of Queen might be lost.

That's why Yao Jinse said this.

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said: "Wait for me to add fuel to the fire."

That night, a young eunuch on duty whispered to other palace servants that the thunderbolt almost hit the Queen and the little princess, and that it must be because they were unlucky and caused Heaven's displeasure.

The heavens are sending thunderstorms to the empress and her daughter. This thunderstorm is a punishment from heaven.

Meanwhile, Xia Zhengqi is 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 has gathered the other three tribes and united them. With the determination of either I die or you die, they 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 ministers and advisers, and temporarily formed a military command headquarters in the Qianqing Palace, holding meetings and discussions day and night.

Several ministers lived and ate in the Qianqing Palace without taking off their clothes.

One after another, military reports from the front line were delivered to the Qianqing Palace like snowflakes.

Every time a military report came, Xia Zhengqi would lead several ministers to discuss countermeasures urgently.

At dinner time that day, Eunuch Debao finally waited for Xia Zhengqi to have a moment of rest, and then hurried forward to report.

"Your Majesty, this morning, a thunderbolt struck, and it happened to hit Kunning Palace."

Xia Zhengqi just swallowed a mouthful of porridge and asked hurriedly: "What? The thunderbolt that hit Kunning Palace this morning?"

"How is the situation? Do you know where it hit?"

Debao said with a relaxed expression: "No one was hurt, it just hit a sycamore tree in the yard."

"I went to see it specially. 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, were the Queen, Miao'er, and Wanyin scared?"

Debao smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I went to see it. The Queen said they were fine. The children were just a little frightened at the time, but they forget it easily. They will be fine after a while." Xia Zhengqi

put down his bowl and chopsticks: "That's good. It seems that my Miao'er is still tough."

"Debao, go to the warehouse and pick out a few strings of oriental pearls and two good old ginsengs, and send them to the Queen to relieve their fear."

"Pearls are best used to relieve fear."

"Tell the Queen that I am too busy here to visit them. Tell the Queen and the Princess not to blame me."

"I will go to Kunning Palace as soon as I am free."

Debao replied and turned to leave.

The Queen also knew that it was not easy for Xia Zhengqi and did not want to disturb him. After accepting the gift, she asked Debao to tell her that she and her daughter were fine and not to worry about them.

The Queen played with the newly received Dongzhu and asked Li Ma, "What is the princess doing?"

Li Ma shook her head and looked helpless: "She is still playing with the bead, but now she is playing with the bead while flipping through a book."

Xia Miaoyuan had been playing in her room for a day, and after dinner she went straight into her bedroom.

This time, she thought of looking up information.

She wondered if there was any book about this seven-colored magic bead.

So she took Xiao Wanyin into the Queen's study and searched everywhere.

After much difficulty, she finally found a few books on gods, myths and legends on the bookshelf.

She locked herself in the bedroom and searched carefully one book at a time.

However, after flipping through page after page, she couldn't find anything useful.

Xia Miaoyuan looked at the colorful magic beads in her hand and felt extremely lost.

Xiao Wanyin had already fallen asleep on the bed.

The next morning, Nanny Li finally woke Xia Miaoyuan up.

She asked a palace maid to hold her up and finally 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 go to school like this?"

Xia Miaoyuan struggled for most of the night. When she got up in the morning, her chubby face was dark and dark, and she had big dark circles under her eyes, which were very obvious.

The girl, who was originally delicate and beautiful, had a very bad complexion, which was very discordant.

The queen looked at Xia Miaoyuan's complexion and said distressedly: "Miao'er, you didn't sleep well at night, why don't you take a day off."