The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

Fearing the recurrence of aftershocks, although the situation seemed to have calmed down, people still did not dare to approach dangerous areas such as house walls, let alone live in them. So they built tents in the imperial garden and lit fires to keep warm, ensuring that they could withstand the cold wind and snow and have a shelter from the wind and cold for the time being.

Xie Yaoqing was not injured, so she refused the imperial physician's diagnosis and asked the imperial physicians to treat the injured palace maids, eunuchs and guards first.

Xie Yaoqing did not ask too much about the situation on Xiao Chengxu's side. With Feng An around, he thought there shouldn't be any problems.

The situation inside the palace was relatively stable, but the situation outside the palace was unpredictable.

On New Year's Eve, everyone was looking forward to having a wonderful new year with the whole family reunited, but unexpectedly a sudden natural disaster disrupted everything.

It was dark at night, and there was no way to know the specific situation outside the palace. When the sun rose, I was afraid that it would only bring heartbreaking bad news.

Xie Yaoqing prayed silently, with a worried look on his face and a sigh in his heart, hoping that the disaster would cause as few casualties as possible.

There was a faint sound of crying in the distance, one after another, and it never stopped.

Some people were heartbroken for their companions who unfortunately died in the disaster and could not escape the misfortune; some people felt at a loss and helpless about this sudden natural disaster, and could not help but feel grief-stricken, choking and sobbing.

The wind was cold and the sky was gradually brightening.

Juexia came over with heavy steps, looking solemn, and reported to the queen in a low voice: "Your Majesty, a guard just came to report that the queen mother passed away last night."

Since the Empress Dowager was imprisoned in the Cining Palace, she lost her freedom. Later, when she learned that her niece had died and her family was ruined, she felt even more distressed.

Moreover, the secret that she had tried hard to hide for many years was also known by Xiao Chengxu, which caused a rift between mother and son, and Xiao Chengxu no longer regarded her as a mother.

The Empress Dowager knew very well that she might not be able to leave the Cining Palace for the rest of her life. She felt as if she was trapped in this square palace and unable to escape.

However, she was unable to take revenge on anyone, and her inner resentment and anger made her mental state gradually become crazy and her sanity began to deteriorate.

The people in the Cining Palace no longer regarded her as a noble queen mother and showed no concern for her. Even when the queen mother was sick, no one was willing to ask for a doctor, and her symptoms of madness became increasingly serious.

When the earth dragon turned over, the entire palace was in chaos. People fled in panic. No one cared about the safety of the empress dowager. They were all concerned about escaping for their own lives.

The insane and crazy queen mother may have tried to escape, but her body seemed to be useless and she didn't know where to run to save her life. In the end, she was buried under the rubble and died.

When the guards found the Queen Mother, her body had become horribly disfigured and her death was extremely tragic.

As the queen mother of a country, she ended up like this, which is really sad.

However, Xie Yaoqing did not have much time and energy to lament about an insignificant person, so he asked people to find an empty place to properly place the empress dowager's body and send someone to guard it. As for whether to hold a funeral for the empress dowager, it depends on Xiao Chengxu's decision.

Given the current situation, it is unlikely that the Queen Mother's funeral will be held in a grand manner. After all, it is a time of trouble, and natural disasters are often followed by man-made disasters, which require a lot of manpower and material resources to be invested in disaster relief. The government and the people are all busy with disaster relief, and have no time to deal with the affairs of a dead person. Therefore, the Queen Mother's funeral is likely to be kept simple, or even cancelled, to save money and manpower to better deal with the crisis at hand.

Even if the dead person was the empress dowager, who was not an ordinary person, the Qi family had no one in the previous dynasty, so who would care about the life or death of a powerless empress dowager?

Some ministers entered the palace before dawn to seek advice from Xiao Chengxu and request an imperial decree for disaster relief.

To appease the people, provide food relief, repair houses, rescue the wounded... there were so many things to do and Xiao Chengxu arranged them one by one. He issued ten imperial edicts in succession before he could barely breathe a sigh of relief.

He was already injured, and had been forcing himself to deal with matters related to disaster relief. Now that he was mentally slack, his energy and spirit were gone. Suddenly, everything went dark in front of his eyes, and then he lost consciousness and fainted.

Because he had been unconsciously repeating Xie Yaoqing's name, Feng An hurried to find Xie Yaoqing.

"Empress, something happened to the Emperor..."

It would be extremely disadvantageous for Xiao Chengxu to fall at this time. The person who could make the decision could not make the decision anymore. Even if there were still civil and military officials below, who could guarantee that there would not be any chaos? Xie Yaoqing put aside his personal grudges for the time being and went with Feng An to take care of Xiao Chengxu.

Xie Yaoqing came into the imperial tent and saw Xiao Chengxu lying on the bed with a pale face, his eyes closed, breathing weakly, and it seemed that he was breathing in more than out.

The imperial doctors gathered around, discussing the treatment plan.

Xie Yaoqing took a look, then turned to look at the imperial physicians present, and said in a very serious tone, "You must do your best to treat the emperor. If you need anything, just let me know. I will have everyone cooperate fully. The emperor's safety depends on you all, so please be cautious."