Chapter 381 The ground is shaking!
“What’s wrong?!”
In the cold winter days, both Zhu Zaijing and others in the capital got into the warm quilt early, doing happy things Sweet dreams, looking forward to a better future.
But in the quiet and warm moment, the earth shook for a while, like a slap in the face, directly knocking people to the spot.
Zhu Zaijing suddenly sat up from the bed and looked at the frightened concubine Li Xuanshi beside him.
Zhu Zaijing's face was more serious than ever before. He gently comforted Li Xuanshi and said warmly: "It's okay, go to sleep."
But then Zhu Zaijing stood up alone and pulled up the robe hanging on the screen. Put it on your body.
Even though Li Xuanshi was in shock at this time, seeing that her men had already gotten up, of course she couldn't just obediently continue to lie on the couch.
So Li Xuanshi also immediately stood up and helped Zhu Zaijing straighten the robe on his body, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Zaijing left. He went to the candlelight outside the screen and sat on a chair. Waiter Li Xuan poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him.
Zhu Zaijing took a slight sip, and then looked at Li Xuanshi, who had been serving him carefully. Zhu Zaijing's voice became a little gentler, "Maybe it was an earthquake. But I hope I am wrong."< br>
Zhu Zaijing was very confused at this time. These years of smooth sailing had gradually given Zhu Zaijing an "arrogant heart", which made him dismissive of many so-called difficulties and thought that the world There is nothing he can't settle anymore.
So, Zhu Zaijing gradually became lost in this mentality, so much so that he forgot some really fatal things.
This late-night earthquake gave Zhu Zaijing a very bad premonition.
Zhu Zaijing suddenly remembered the Jiajing earthquake he heard about before traveling through time!
Zhu Zaijing could not remember exactly which year of the Jiajing period this earthquake occurred, but he knew that the earthquake had a very large impact, and the death toll estimated by later generations was as high as 830,000.
Moreover, more than a hundred states and counties across the country were damaged by this earthquake to varying degrees, which shook the entire north!
So, in the quiet night at this time, after Zhu Zaijing was awakened by the sudden shock, he began to feel inexplicably anxious.
After all, this is ancient times when transportation and rescue capabilities are very lacking. There is no lifting equipment, no life detection equipment, and no aircraft that can deliver rescue supplies in the air to save lives for the people in the disaster area. Water and food and life-saving medicine.
It can be said that such a disaster would be unimaginable in this era!
Zhu Zaijing couldn't sit still. He looked at Li Xuanshi and said, "Change my clothes! I want to go out."
Thinking that the weather outside was so cold, Li Xuanshi originally wanted to persuade him, but when she saw it, After meeting Zhu Zaijing's serious gaze, she immediately swallowed her words of persuasion obediently, and then began to change Zhu Zaijing's clothes.
After Zhu Zaijing put on his clothes, as soon as he came out of Li Xuanshi's small courtyard, Meng Chong and the guards from the mansion followed him.
When Zhu Zaijing decided to change his clothes, they were all summoned by the slaves in Li Xuan's court at the same time.
Meng Chong stood in the snow in front of the courtyard with his nose red. When he saw Zhu Zaijing coming out, he immediately greeted him, "Your Majesty, where are we going so late?"< br>
Zhu Zaijing said: "Go to the special area of the capital. Send someone to wake up Mr. Gao, Mr. Zhang, and Hai Rui. The earthquake just now made me very uneasy. I want to go to the outer city to have a look."
When Meng Chong heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He also felt the earthquake just now, but he didn't think about it deeply. Now after hearing Zhu Zaijing's words, Meng Chong immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. Meng Chong bowed quickly: "I will send someone to call them right now."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "Let's go there first."
Zhu Zaijing took advantage of the faint white light on the snowy night and stepped on the creaking snow on the ground. He walked quickly outside the palace, then got on the carriage and hurried toward the outside of Chongwen Gate under the protection of the guards in the palace. go.
On the way to Zhu Zaijing, there were sensitive and witty people in the capital who could no longer sleep at this moment.
Emperor Jiajing was sitting on the futon where he was meditating. He also felt the earthquake just now, and he could clearly see the swaying curtains and other decorative furniture in the monastery.
After seeing these movements, Emperor Jiajing's heart suddenly sank.
He knew that such a movement was definitely not something he could achieve through his cultivation of immortality. But if it could cause such a movement, then it must be Heaven and Earth.
So Emperor Jiajing was in a bad mood at this moment. He knew very well that if something terrible happened outside, even if all the officials were intimidated by his majesty and did not dare to speak, the people of the world might just say it. He would say that this was due to his "immorality".
If an emperor is considered "immoral" by the people of the world, then even if he still has supreme power, it will be difficult for him to gain the respect of the people who were supreme before.
Because even if the people are "stupid" and "short-sighted", they will not respect the "immoral" emperor.
Even if an "immoral" emperor still has power in his hands, when he wants to use these powers to do something, the resistance will become unimaginably great.
This shows how terrifying the destructive power of "immorality" can be to a superior!
It can directly shatter "faith" and turn a "wise king" into a "foolish king".
This was absolutely intolerable to Emperor Jiajing, who was obsessed with saving face.
You must know that Emperor Jiajing was a more conceited emperor than Emperor Wen of Han.
Now a disaster is going to push him to the edge of "immorality". How can he bear it?
Huang Jin, Chen Hong and other eunuchs of the Ceremony Supervisor, after feeling the earthquake, whether they were serving in the Yuxi Palace or waiting in the Ceremony Supervisor, they all came in a hurry at this moment. He arrived outside the monastery and waited for Emperor Jiajing's orders.
After Emperor Jiajing was silent for a long time, he said: "Who is on duty in Xiyuan today? Call him!"
When Huang Jin and others were about to respond, Chen Hong immediately said: "My slave, go right now! "
Huang Jin and the other eunuchs and eunuchs were slightly startled when they glanced at Chen Hong, who was so keen on being conspicuous.
Huang Jin got up at this time and went to the monastery. He asked Emperor Jiajing carefully: "Emperor, do you want me to call the prisoner of Qintian Prison?"
Emperor Jiajing said with disgust: "What do they know? Go and call Immortal Tao and Immortal Lan. They are much better than the people in Qintian Prison."
Huang Jin replied yes in a low voice, and then went to call someone.
(End of this chapter)