Chapter 2 Rebirth from Thunder
The eyes of tears are filled with tears, the road of divine capital is gone, and the sound of the terrifying terrain is far and wide.
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Zhongnanhai, Yingtai, Hanyuan Hall.
This is a humble room that looks cramped no matter how you describe it. It looks particularly vulgar and short in the Forbidden City with pavilions and towers everywhere, and cannot attract people's attention at all. But even such a secluded place cannot hide the bleakness, despair and solemnity that emerges from it.
In the air flowing everywhere, a dying figure was lying on a broken bed, moaning with all his might. Looking around, there was nothing else except the broken bed and a simple set of tables and chairs. This shabby and the extravagant desire of the Forbidden City formed a sharp contrast, making people feel an illusion that these are clearly two worlds.
In fact, the two are all in the same blue sky, and the gracefulness of the woman in front of the bed has revealed this. If you look at the dying person on the bed carefully, you will find that he is wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe. Yes, this is the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Empire - Aisin Gioro Zai Tian. After the failure of the Reform of 1898, he has been trapped here for ten years. "I want to fly without wings, and I want to cross without boats." In the midst of suffering, he gradually headed towards his own end.
That elegant and luxurious woman is also very human. She is the queen of Emperor Guangxu. Although Longyu was the honorary name of Xuantong after Guangxu's death, in the novel, for the convenience of writing, they are collectively called Longyu. This is a couple with their own worries. Even due to long-term isolation, they cannot even have a different dream in bed. But after all, they are still husband and wife...
Watching the emperor's appearance of life worse than death, and looking at his painful and pale face, Longyu couldn't speak for a long time. However, she didn't know that although the emperor was in serious condition, it was not so bad. It only worsened after taking a cup of "Caila" from the eunuch Li Lianying, the chief eunuch.
Obviously, the root of the problem lies in this cup of "Taila" - when Cixi was dying, in order to prevent Guangxu from making a comeback, Li Lianying and Yuan Shikai conspired to incorporate their private medicine into the "Taila" that Cixi kindly gave to Guangxu. The cause was the sad and angry words recorded in a diary of Guangxu, "If I regained power... I will definitely kill Yuan Shikai and kill Li Lianying." When the panic of the end of the world approached, someone chose to take the lead.
The medicinal properties of "Caila" gradually began to occur. Guangxu's moans gradually stopped, but his face was still twisted, and beads of sweat rolled out from his forehead. This medicine is mainly used to stimulate human body functions and strengthen metabolism. It will not have much effect or effect on ordinary people, nor is it an obvious poison. However, the emperor's long-term illness and weakness and kidney deficiency are severe. How can his weak body and bone withstand such a tiger and wolf medicine? Longyu never thought that the emperor's condition had improved on the surface, but in fact this was his last time.
"Help me get up, I want to leave... go." The emperor opened his eyes, and Longyu followed the instructions and slowly helped him get up.
As she walked in front of the window, the sky suddenly became darker, and she looked like it was about to snow again. Longyu vaguely saw white mist rising above the emperor's head, but the sweat beads on his forehead became more and more obvious... "Your Majesty, you need to take care of yourself." She let go of her hand that supported Guangxu, took out her handkerchief and wanted to wipe the sweat for the other party.
Unexpectedly, a lightning bolt came in from the window, and her eyes could see clearly. The end of the lightning hit the emperor's head. Under the light, the emperor's face was pale, his eyes shone straight, and his hair stood up. Under the reflection of the mist above his head, it became more and more mysterious and thrilling. It was time to speak quickly. At that time, before she could scream, a muffled thunder rang out in her ears, "Room" shocked the sky, as if she was about to overturn the small Hanyuan Palace.
"Emperor............" Accompanied by Long Yu's crying, the emperor fell straight to the ground.
Lightning, thunder, and crying alarmed everyone outside. They rushed in and found that the emperor had fallen to the ground, while the queen was yelling "Emperor..." next to her. Everyone was shocked. The emperor who had no power was still the emperor after all. The eunuchs rushed forward and rushed to the broken bed.
"Hurry... Please ask the imperial doctor." Longyu was in chaos.
The famous Jiangsu doctor Du Zhongjun and others who have been serving in the palace recently rushed over, walking along the way, speculating all the way - could the emperor be almost done?
As soon as he hit the emperor's pulse, his face changed drastically, his eyes were solemn, but he was full of confusion.
"Mr. Du... the emperor's pulse?" Another imperial physician looked at the emperor's expression, then looked at Du Zhongjun's strange face, and asked carefully. The emperor seemed to be unable to do it, but he was not as brave as Du Zhongjun, and he dared to say directly that "it can't last four days."
"Mr. Li, you come and take the emperor's pulse. I feel a little..." Du Zhongjun stood up and cast his eyes for help onto Doctor Li. He stretched out his hand and took the pulse... As soon as an expert took the pulse, he knew if it was there. Unexpectedly, after Doctor Li took the pulse, the expression on his face was even more surprised and stunned.
"Emperor... What's wrong with him?" Under the service and massage by several eunuchs, Longyu had already come to his senses from the shock just now. "I just helped the emperor stand in front of the window for a while, and suddenly there was lightning and thunder. The emperor was probably scared by the thunder and fell to the ground..." Longyu had clearly seen lightning strike Guangxu, but this statement was too terrifying. She only said that she was frightened by Minglei.
After hearing Long Yu's words, the two imperial doctors still looked at each other, looking at me, I looked at you, I couldn't speak for a long time, but the shocked expression did not change at all. The queen's face suddenly became gloomy, and her tone became low: "Two sirs, tell the truth to the Ai family, the emperor..."
The two imperial doctors looked at each other again, and it took a while before Du Zhongjun mustered up the courage to say: "Return to the Queen's words, Weichen and Lord Li have just taken the pulse for the emperor. The emperor's pulse is stable and there is no major problem..."
"It's not a big deal? Why is the emperor unconscious?" Longyu was furious, "You dare to deceive the Ai family!"
The two of them knelt down with a pounce and kowtowed repeatedly: "What we said is the truth, the emperor's pulse is indeed not abnormal... Maybe, maybe it was because he was frightened and he was temporarily unconscious."
"Really..." Longyu was skeptical, "What did you do just now?" After thinking about it, he first held back all the irrelevant people.
The two of them looked at me again, and I looked at your embarrassing scene. After a while, Du Zhongjun seemed to have made a particularly important decision and said a sentence popped up from his teeth: "I see that the emperor's pulse is still better than the past, and it seems... it seems that the dragon body is no longer injurious..."
"You mean..." Longyu is not a fool. While savoring the words "still better than the past", he was thinking hard, "Can the emperor recover from other diseases..."
"I... I dare not speak nonsense, at least... I don't see from the pulse, but I don't have serious illness..." After that, the two kowtowed repeatedly.
As if to confirm their judgment, the emperor, who had been unconscious for a long time, suddenly opened his mouth and made an extremely faint sound: "Water...water...give me water..."
"Emperor..." Long Yu was overjoyed and didn't bother to bother with them. "You retreat first. Those who dare to speak out will be killed without mercy..."
"I'm leaving!" As if they were amnesty, they hurriedly wiped away the sweat from their foreheads and fled from Hanyuan Palace as if they were flying.
"Emperor..." Listening to the screams in the dark, Lin Guangyu only felt his headache and his whole body was sore, and he felt unspeakable. "The earthquake has been made, I was probably pressed into the ruins? I heard that when the building of the liberal arts building, a Feng Shui master said that it was expensive to press on the dragon vein... Now it seems clearly nonsense... Alas... Why do I think about these useless things, or how to get out? I don't know when the disaster relief personnel will arrive. If it comes too late, I will be trapped to death... So thirsty... water... water... give me water..."
The boiling water poured into Lin Guangyu's teeth, warm and refreshing. I was saved? Where is it now? Are you in the ambulance?
Lin Guangyu opened his eyes with difficulty, but what caught his eye was a woman in Manchu costume, with a teacup in her hand.
"Your Majesty... are you awake?..." Seeing Guangxu open his eyes again, Longyu's hung heart returned to his stomach, "I was so scared just now."
"Where am I...I...?" Lin Guangyu couldn't believe his eyes. There were medical staff wearing Manchu clothes in the world. He also "The Emperor" whispered. Did they make a mistake?
"Your Majesty, this is Hanyuan Palace..."
"Hanyuan Palace?" Lin Guangyu heard the other party's words clearly, but couldn't figure out what it was, so he had to ask again, "I...I...have you made a mistake? Who are you...?"
"I am the queen... can't you even recognize me?"
"Queen?" Lin Guangyu looked down and was so scared that he was so scared that he was wearing a yellow robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon. Is this a dragon robe? I...what is wrong with me? God! He couldn't help but grab his hair with his hands. "Oh..." A strong sense of pain came clearly from the scalp. This was not a dream! No, his hand clearly grasped something, thick and slightly rough. He grabbed it and saw that, my god - isn't this a braid? When he pulled his hand, the headache became more and more severe. The braid actually grew on his head?
Surprised, fearful, helpless... Lin Guangyu couldn't say a word, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was so big that he could stuff an apple.
Longyu also felt dizzy and powerless frustration. Think about the scene at that time - it's OK, lightning hit the emperor, the emperor fell to the ground, and then there was thunder...
Thunder? Yes, thunder! Could it be that lightning and thunder scared the emperor silly? No, it is winter now, so how can there be any thunder? Have you never heard of the words "Winter thunder bursts of summer snow, I dare to leave you with you"? But even if you hear the thunder, is it still false?
"Who am I?" Lin Guangyu could no longer believe his eyes and ears. He turned his gaze to Longyu, hoping to get a confident answer from her. The incident was too incredible and too shocking.
"Who am I?" The three words hit Longyu's heart like a heavy hammer. She was stunned for a long time, and she was speechless. She didn't know where to start. Finally, she had to squeeze out a sentence, "You are the emperor! Your Majesty, don't you even know me?"
"Emperor? Should I call myself me?" Lin Guangyu's thoughts slowly began to calm down. Judging from the names he wore in a dragon robe and the woman said, he should be the emperor, and she should be his queen.
"I? Yes!" Long Yu was happy, and the poor emperor finally woke up.
Looking at his braids and the other party's Manchu clothing, Lin Guangyu asked carefully: "Aren't you acting?"
"Acting?" Longyu frowned. Why did the emperor get there? But he still answered, "The Empress Dowager and the emperor are sick recently. How could they act in the palace?"
Empress Dowager? Which empress dowager? Lin Guangyu's thoughts are getting faster and faster. It's not that old man Cixi, right? Try it first and then say: "What's wrong with her old man, Lord Lady?"
"I'm sick!"
"Where is Li Anda?"
"He just used 'Caila' to serve the emperor, and he has already gone back..." Longyu met Li Lianying on the road.
Dizzy! When he saw that the other party had no abnormal reaction to the three words "Li Anda", Lin Guangyu knew that it was broken. This empress dowager was really the old guy Cixi, and only Guangxu called Li Lianying "Li Anda". Judging from this, he was Guangxu. Oh my God, I am Guangxu! I have traveled through time!!
Out of professional sensitivity, Lin Guangyu has a lot of knowledge about historical fiction novels, but he didn't expect that time travel would happen to him. Could it be that earthquake caused this result? He remembered the rumor that the liberal arts building was built on the dragon vein again. Is it true?
"How many years has it been in Guangxu today?"
When Longyu heard this, he further confirmed his judgment. The emperor lost his memory after being struck by lightning. Not only could he not remember who he was, but he could not remember what day he was today. Look at these words, they didn’t look like they were crazy about gaining and losing their hearts. What should we do?
"This is October 21, 21, 24th year of Guangxu."
Although Lin Guangyu couldn't calculate what date October 21st was on the Gregorian calendar, he could immediately know in the 34th year of Guangxu. Isn't that 1908?
"1908...1908..." He murmured to himself. This year, Guangxu and Cixi died one after another. In another three years, the Qing Empire will perish. Could it be that he could not escape the fate of death? Depressed! Hate! Fear! - God, why are you so unfair?
Seeing the emperor stunned again, Longyu had basically confirmed his judgment - the emperor was struck by lightning and had a little amnesia, but the situation did not seem to be serious. At least the emperor's body seemed to be getting better, and he was not as panting as before and had tried his best. Although the voice was not loud, he could hear that this was a sound full of energy, which was definitely not something that a terminally ill person had.
"Your Majesty, you just fell down, so I probably can't remember some things. Let me tell you all the same."
Can't remember? Lin Guangyu could only smile bitterly in his heart. This is not ordinary. He has clearly possessed his spirit and thinking and traveled through time.
Chapter completed!