C73

News of the disaster spread to the harem, rumours spread to each other in disorder;

Grandmother's Calm Department strategy, the women in the palace of peace.

"Master!" Ronger was in his room taking care of Rongxian. Xiaoqing rushed in and said in a low voice, "To be precise, the Pingxi Kingdom is rebelling."

Rong'er was startled in her heart, how could Little Qing know? She hurriedly asked, "How did you know?"

"My lord, now all the palace maids know. The king of Pingxi has rebelled since the end of last month."

Rong'er understood that Wu Sangui's army had marched all the way south, invading Hunan, Sichuan. There was no wall without wind, and it was normal for news to be sent to the palace.

"Mistress, what should we do?" Xiaoqing was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Rong'er looked at Xiaoqing with a perplexed expression and asked, "What do you mean by 'what should we do?'" What does the king's rebellion have to do with us? "

Ah, master, some of the older officials say they were the ones who said there was a traitor in the Ming Dynasty and that the late emperor took the Manchu army and invaded Beijing. Some of the eunuchs say that this year there has always been a prince in the capital who has called for the Han people to unite and drive them out of the country, saying that it is impossible for the Manchu people to stay as Han people in the Jiang Shan.

"Nonsense!" Rong'er said angrily. Rong'er knew that those early years were only around fifty years old, and were all people who had experienced the changes in the Ming and Qing dynasties, if they were allowed to continue blabbering in the palace, then the harem would become unstable again. Rong'er looked at Xiaoqing and said, "The southern rebels, the imperial army will go after them.

Master, you don't know, Xiaoqing heard that the reason why our Qing Dynasty was able to smoothly replace the Ming Dynasty was because Wu Sanguan betrayed the Ming Dynasty. If he was loyal to the previous dynasty, perhaps the Qing Dynasty would not have been able to make it into the city either. Little Qing whispered.

"Xiaoqing, you don't want your head anymore, right? You dare to say such outrageous words in the imperial harem?" Rong'er couldn't help but be enraged in her heart when she heard Xiaoqing continue to speak like this, and she couldn't help but shout out.

Seeing Rong'er's sudden temper, Xiaoqing knew that she was truly angry. She softly murmured, "It wasn't just Xiaoqing who said this, everyone is saying it in private."

Rong'er thought that if the news kept spreading like this throughout the imperial harem, it would be more disturbing, so he decided to discuss it with the empress dowager and discuss what to do with her.

Rong'er went to the empress's East Warm Pavilion and told her in detail about the rumors that had been spread. When the empress heard this, she also knew that it was urgent, so she quickly went with Rong'er to see the empress dowager.

After a while, the eunuch replied and the old ancestor let them in. Rong'er and the empress entered the hall and saw the empress dowager leaning against the warm brick bed with a face full of fatigue. She looked at the two of them and asked, "Why are you two here? Didn't you say hello in the morning?"

Rong'er hurriedly replied, "Old Ancestor, the palace has already received news of the Pingxi King's rebellion. Rong'er and the empress have come to inform the Old Ancestor, so they need to make some preparations."

The empress dowager closed her eyes and smiled. Slowly, she said, "You're really thoughtful. However, This Dowager already knows about this. That's right, paper can't contain fire. If it happens, someone else will find out."

"Then we'd like to ask the empress dowager to make an early countermeasure to prevent the rumors from messing up the minds of everyone in the palace." Rong'er hurriedly replied.

The empress dowager pondered for a moment, then looked at Rong'er and Empress, before slowly saying, "This Dowager only wants to ask you one question. Do you think the Great Qing will die?"

Rong'er and Empress Dowager hadn't expected the empress dowager to ask such a question. The two hurriedly knelt down and replied, "How could chenqie believe that the Great Qing would die?"

The Empress Dowager laughed. "It's a pity that what you think is useless. You have to make the people in the palace think this way. But how can the people in the palace believe that the Great Qing won't die, and your influence on them is very important."

Rong'er and the empress exchanged glances. They didn't quite understand what the Old Ancestor was saying.

The empress dowager looked at them and smiled. "All of you can leave. Come by tomorrow at the usual time. The empress will notify all of the harem women to come tomorrow. Do you understand?"

The empress quickly nodded her head and said, "Your consorts has decreed it."

The empress dowager smiled and nodded. "Alright, the two of you can go back and rest. It'll be hard for you both to eat with a stomach."

Rong'er looked at the empress dowager. Apart from his tired expression, he didn't have any other emotion written on his face. Had the empress dowager achieved success in her heart? Why didn't his expression change? Could it be that he had already thought of a countermeasure?

The next morning, everyone went to the Tzu Ning palace. Even the empress dowager came, and the empress dowager dismissed all the palace maids, leaving behind only the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the palace masters, and Aunt Su. The empress dowager sat on her throne and smiled as she looked at everyone. "I believe you've all heard about it. This Dowager won't hide it from you. What do you think about the Pingxi King Wu Sanguan's rebellion?" The empress dowager looked at everyone.

Everyone fell silent and no one dared to reply. The empress dowager continued, "Are you afraid too?" Still no one spoke.

The empress dowager smiled and said slowly, "The reason why I called you all here today is to tell you all that it is useless to be afraid because you are all women of the emperor. If the emperor wins, you will all die as well!" The empress dowager exhaled a long breath and continued slowly, "So, you all have to hope that your majesty will win, right? This harem must not have any mistakes. This one has clearly told you today: The Emperor will definitely win. Why would my old woman dare to say such words? From what I saw with my own eyes, the two emperors Taizong and the Great Ancestor took down the mountain and river, I have confidence in the Great Qing Dynasty, so I dare to say that today. You want the Great Qing to win, you want the Emperor to win, so you have to say it this way, to whom? Everyone in the palace ate and drank and slept according to the instructions. Wasn't he just a thief? Which generation has no traitors? O lords of the palace, do not be the first to panic, you panic because you are not confident, you are afraid. Today, this is what this one tells all of you. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will definitely protect this great clear river and mountain with their lives. " The empress dowager finished speaking and looked at the people seated below. She asked, "Do you understand what this one has said?"

Rong'er finally understood what the empress dowager meant. Raising his head, he said to the empress dowager, "Old ancestor, Rong'er understands what you mean, we can't panic, if we panic, the enemy might not do anything to us, but our internal affairs are in disarray. To us, the most important thing is that as long as we believe in one thing, the emperor will definitely win! When the people of the palace see that the masters are relaxed, it does not seem like they are in trouble at all. Thus, they would think that the imperial court is very confident, and that's why the masters that should be afraid of us are so calm and collected. "

"Un, right!" The empress dowager nodded and smiled, her tone still steady. "Noble Lady Rong is right, this is exactly what This Dowager meant. Who should we be afraid of in the face of danger? It's you masters, but the masters don't seem to be afraid at all. What does that mean? This means that this is not a problem at all, so the masters are not afraid. " The empress dowager smiled and nodded. He then looked at everyone. "Do you all understand?"

"Understood, I shall follow the teachings of the old ancestor." Everyone said in unison.

The empress dowager smiled and nodded. "This is a difficult challenge our emperor has faced ever since he came to power. You are all women of the emperor, so you have to support him and trust him. He'll give you a safe and stable place. You can trust him completely!"

Other than the fact that she looked a little tired, she didn't show any signs of unease or worry. She couldn't help but recall the words the emperor had told her before, saying that he admired the empress dowager for her age. Back then, Taizong Emperor Taiji had collapsed, and when faced with the ambitions of the crowd, the empress dowager had steadily guided his child onto the throne of the empress dowager, allowing him to sit in the mountains of the river.

Since the palace already knew, in order to show the peace within, the empress dowager had ordered the imperial palace to be lifted as well, only to be examined more closely as they were leaving the palace, and everyone knew that the empress dowager was right. Besides making the people nervous, there was nothing good about it at all, so life in the imperial harem was as usual.