Chapter 31 Nightmare
In midsummer, the sky is clear and blue for thousands of miles.The vicious sun hung high in the sky, and after a gust of wind, a wave of heat rolled up from the ground, burning and suffocating.

Emperor Yuanhe was complaining to the empress that this year's summer was extremely difficult, and even the Tangshan Palace, which was always cool and comfortable, became like the furnace palace in Kyoto.

Eight basins of ice were offered in the main hall of Yuqing Palace, and the empress felt that the temperature was just right, but Yuanhe Emperor still found it too hot, and the dryness in his heart could not dissipate.

The queen was about to speak to persuade, when she suddenly heard a terrified cry from outside: "Qingyu Palace has collapsed, His Royal Highness is still inside, hurry up, save people!"

Emperor Yuanhe's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately looked at the queen, only to see that the queen had stumbled and ran out.

Qingyu Palace collapsed?how could be?

Yuan Hedi only thought it was ridiculous, but the noise outside was still there, he stood up with support, but before he could take any steps, he heard another violent collision.

Immediately afterwards, something hit his head, and he didn't feel any pain, but his eyes became pitch black, his body seemed to be bound by something, and he couldn't move.

He heard someone shouting, "It's not good, the Yuqing Palace has also collapsed, and the Holy Majesty is still inside, hurry up and save the Holy Majesty."

"My God, why is it raining now, and the people haven't been rescued yet."

"Thirty or so palaces, more than a dozen of them collapsed, more than half of the descendants of the phoenix and dragon were killed and injured, and even the Holy One was buried inside."

"My lord, my lord, my concubine has already lost her son, so she can't lose her husband anymore."

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Noisy human voices came and went in his ears, Yuan Hedi only felt a splitting headache, wanted to speak but couldn't open his mouth anyway, he was angry, angry and anxious, struggling desperately in despair.

"My lord, my lord"

At this time, Yuan Hedi heard someone calling him, which sounded like the queen's voice.Surprised and delighted, he shouted in his heart: Empress, I am here, I am here.

"My lord, my lord"

The queen's voice didn't stop, but he found that the indescribable sense of restraint suddenly disappeared. He could move his body and open his eyes, and he saw the anxious and worried queen at a glance.

"My lord, you are awake."

Yuan Hedi hummed, sat up while supporting the queen's hand, only to realize that the pajamas on his body were soaked.He raised his eyes and looked around, he was still in the Queen's Qiwu Palace, it seemed that what he had experienced before was a nightmare.

His body was sticky and greasy, and he was very uncomfortable. He said to the queen: "I want to take a bath."

The queen hurriedly asked people to prepare water.

Lying in the bathtub, the comfort brought by soaking in hot water made Yuan Hedi's tense mind relax. The previous nightmare was too real, and it reminded him of a burst of fear.

There is too much rain this year, so the trip to Tangshan should be avoided.

He informed the queen of his decision. Although the queen was surprised, she didn't ask much.Yuan Hedi looked at her carefully, and found that there were several silver strands growing out of her temples.

The queen is fifty-six this year, he is the same age as her, they are both old.

Coming out of Qiwu Palace, Emperor Yuanhe didn't go back to Qianyuan Palace, but instead went to the East Palace.The guards of the East Palace were shocked when they saw the Emperor Yuxuan stopped outside the East Palace, and they were about to go in to report after they realized it.

The great eunuch Liang Siyin who was following behind Emperor Yuanhe stopped him.

In May last year, the crown prince had a dispute with Emperor Yuanhe over the corruption case of the Zhizhou governor in Cangzhou. Emperor Yuanhe was furious and ordered the crown prince to contemplate for a year behind closed doors.

The crown prince is the crown prince, and the time limit has passed long ago, but Emperor Yuanhe still did not release the crown prince. Some people in the court are already betting whether Emperor Yuanhe will abolish the crown prince.

Since the prince closed his doors and thought about it, Yuan and Emperor's other two older sons, King Yu and King Qian, were in the Emperor's heart.Especially Qian Wang, whose mother is Concubine Shu, and his uncle's family is the hereditary Marquis of Wu'an, whose background is a bit better than the crown prince born by the queen.

After all, the queen was not the original wife of Emperor Yuanhe, but she followed Emperor Yuanhe who was still the king of Qi at the time when she was hiding in the mansion, and gave birth to his eldest son.

After the death of Empress Yuan, the position of Empress Yuanhe was vacant, and everyone thought Concubine Shu would be the next empress.Unexpectedly, Emperor Yuanhe actually conferred the concubine Chen, who gave birth to the eldest son, as the empress.

Soon after he was granted the title, his only son was made the crown prince.

The prince is 36 years old this year and has lived in the East Palace for nearly 20 years. When he was first established as the prince, his father still valued him very much. As the prince got older, the relationship between the father and son became worse and worse.

Especially in recent years, Emperor Yuanhe found that he was old and old, while the prince was in his prime. He even saw the shadow of his father in the prince. Envy, jealousy and unwillingness hovered in his heart every day.

When he was appointed as the crown prince, he had considered it carefully, the queen was docile and the Chen family was obedient, so he was more suitable to be the crown prince than the sons of other powerful mother clans.

Therefore, he didn't want to abolish the prince, but he also didn't want the prince to have too much contact with the courtiers.

After a year, seeing the eldest son again, Emperor Yuan He thought he was dazzled.This man in commoner clothes and shorts, who looks like a farmer, is still his gentle and jade-like prince.

At this time, he was leading the emperor's eldest grandson to work in the specially opened vegetable garden. The faces of the father and son, one big and one small, were tanned by the sun.Emperor Yuanhe was about to make a sound when he saw the princess in the Jingchai cloth skirt coming out of the room.

Seeing Empress Yuanhe, the Crown Princess was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately reacted, "See Father!" In order to remind her husband and son who were immersed in work, she deliberately raised her voice.

The prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor discovered that Yuanhedi had come, and the father and son hurriedly put down the water ladle and came to see him.

Emperor Yuanhe looked back and forth between his son and grandson several times, and finally reprimanded the prince slightly: "My white and tender grandson of the emperor was raised like a wild child by you."

After speaking, she pointed to the Crown Princess, "The Crown Princess is also from a wealthy family, but now she is dressed as a village woman. Why, I am short of the food and clothing of your East Palace?"

The princess hurriedly pleaded guilty.

Emperor Yuanhe snorted and walked towards the inner hall.

After entering, the eyes were wide open again, and there were four looms in the inner hall, and three court ladies were weaving on the looms quickly.Emperor Yuanhe glanced at the empty loom and asked the princess, "Is this yours?"

The princess quickly recognized it.

"Look at you, is this still the East Palace?" Yuan Hedi frowned, dissatisfied.

However, the prince looked straight at him without any fear, "I would like to tell my father, that our dynasty is based on agriculture, but as a prince, my son is supported by the people of the world. If it is not for the relative farming, I will never know that the people are not easy."

After hearing this, Yuan Hedi stared straight at the prince, unable to distinguish his expression.

After a long time, he got up and went out, walked to the door and threw a sentence: "After three days, I will go to the court to listen to the government."

The concubine was overjoyed, but the prince was still indifferent, and suddenly heard Emperor Yuanhe say: "The corruption case of Gui Zhiyao, the prefect of Cangzhou, I will leave it to you to re-investigate."

The prince finally smiled when he heard this.

Emperor Yuanhe let the prince re-enter the court to listen to the government, which was beyond everyone's expectations.When the tanned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood in the main hall, the courtiers thought that the crown prince had gone to Yunxi to dig coal.

(End of this chapter)

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