Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The emperor agreed.

Yinyin went to the side, took a piece of paper, wrote a few words in a mysterious manner, and handed it to Eunuch Wu.

"Eunuch Wu, please keep this for me. If Father says he had a dream, then you can show it to him."

The emperor spoke up, "Why be so cautious?"

“We should be more careful,” Yin Yin said. “That dream was so real that I was still shaken when I woke up.”

"Father is the Son of Heaven. If you also dream of this, then you must take it seriously."

The emperor didn't take these supernatural tales seriously, but he didn't say anything bad about Yin Yin either.

To show how much she valued it, Yin Yin specifically said, "I will stay in the palace tonight."

"If you want to stay, then stay. I'll have the imperial physician check your pulse to make sure you're safe," the emperor said. He had other things to do, so he didn't keep her any longer and sent her directly to her palace.

When it was time to rest in the evening, the emperor looked at the painting, hesitated for a moment, but still did not tell Eunuch Wu to put it away.

Yinyin estimated that it was about time, so she quietly got up, went to the palace maid who was keeping watch over her, pressed her acupoints to help her sleep more soundly, and then opened the window a little and went out almost silently.

Yinyin could walk the route from her residence to Xuan Shi Hall with her eyes closed. She knew where people could hide and the patrol times of the Imperial Guards, so she didn't reveal her whereabouts along the way.

Upon arriving at the rear hall of Xuan Shi Hall, Yin Yin confirmed that the emperor was asleep before removing the hairpin from her hair and helping to open the window.

The young eunuch on night duty was resting his chin on his hand, trimming the candle wick, his eyes somewhat unfocused.

Yinyin decisively made him fall asleep in that position, so that when he woke up, he would only think that he had accidentally lost his senses.

Yinyin walked outside the curtain, listened carefully, and only after confirming that the emperor was fast asleep did she lift the curtain and use the silver needle she had prepared earlier to pierce an acupoint on the emperor's head.

She deliberately lowered her voice, pretending to speak in a boyish tone.

“In April, a dragon will rise from the ground in Xibi City, followed by a celestial phenomenon of a celestial dog eating the sun.”

"Rumors will surely spread among the people as a result, Your Majesty should prepare in advance."

Yin Yin repeated this twice. Seeing the emperor frown, she realized he had heard her clearly, and then she put away her needles and prepared to leave.

As soon as she reached the imperial desk, Yin Yin saw the painting she had brought into the palace.

Her eyelids trembled, and she simply placed the painting directly beside the emperor's pillow.

After doing all this, Yinyin used the prepared silk thread to tie the window bolt. When she got outside the window, she put the window bolt back in place, then pulled hard to break the thread. That would finish today's business.

On her way back, Yinyin hung the remaining silk thread on a branch under a bush in a secluded spot, making it look like her clothes had been torn, and then went back to rest without worry.

The next morning, Yinyin guessed that the emperor still had things to deal with, so she didn't rush over.

No sooner had she finished her breakfast than Wu Gonggong's apprentice arrived.

"Princess, His Majesty requests your presence at the Xuan Shi Hall."

"Father, is there nothing to do today?" Yin Yin said, then pretended to suddenly realize something and got up to go outside.

She hurried to the Xuan Shi Hall, gave the emperor a perfunctory bow, and asked, "Father, did you summon me here because you also had a dream yesterday?"

The emperor was lost in thought, the painting before him.

Hearing Yin Yin speak, he looked at her after a long while: "It does match the note you left yesterday."

Yin Yin breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly put on a worried look: "Does that mean something bad is really going to happen to Xi Bi?"

Then, Yinyin murmured, "I wonder if anyone else has had this dream too."

"There shouldn't be any more," the emperor said without offering any explanation to Yin Yin's confusion. "I have already summoned the Imperial Observatory and also asked someone to bring the cabinet ministers here for a meeting."

"You've dreamt about this matter these past two days; are you somewhat frightened?"

Yinyin nodded without hesitation: "Almost instantly, the world changed. There were cries of despair and collapsed houses everywhere. Although I couldn't see clearly, I was indeed a little scared."

The emperor reassured her, saying, "The court has made timely arrangements and will certainly not let things develop as you dreamed."

After saying that, the emperor asked, as if casually, "Did you dream about the earthquake directly? Was there anything else special about it?"

Yinyin pretended to think carefully: "I think I heard a man talking to me, but I don't think I've heard such a voice around me before."

The emperor couldn't resist getting up and taking a few steps toward her, then stopped and turned his gaze back to the scroll painting.

"If you haven't heard it before, that's fine. If you hear that sound again in the future, then come and tell me," the emperor said, adding, "I have also heard a similar sound. I'm afraid this sound might have something to do with our dreams."

Yinyin nodded in agreement and was about to take her leave when the emperor spoke again.

"Go back and rest well today, and you can also offer incense to your father."

Yinyin tilted her head, as if she didn't understand why her father was suddenly brought up, but she still agreed in a good-natured manner.

As Yinyin left Xuan Shi Hall, she saw a group of important court officials walking towards her.

She watched these people enter before leaving the palace with peace of mind.

With the emperor's instructions and the need to perform, Yin Yin went straight to the room where her parents' memorial tablets were enshrined as soon as she returned to the mansion.

When it came time to offer incense, Yin Yin naturally gave one stick to each of her parents, showing no favoritism.

The earthquake happened in April, which isn't that long ago.

After the emperor believed this, he acted swiftly.

He first allocated money and grain to the nearby cities, and then, claiming that he had received a dream from heaven that an earthquake would occur, he ordered all the residents of the Xibi City area to move to open spaces and set up camp in April.

Even the idea that a celestial dog would devour the sun after the earthquake was spread by imperial decree.

Of course, the emperor had it carefully packaged and presented as evidence of his divine right of kings.

Few people, including common folk and even court officials, believed the emperor's propaganda.

However, because the emperor showed extraordinary seriousness in this matter, the officials also became tense and took it seriously.

March was still rainy, but as soon as April arrived, the sky cleared up.

The people of Xipi City strongly objected to the emperor's autocratic rule, but the emperor directly mobilized a large army to go there.

Because of this, the people of Xibi City felt that they had no choice but to submit to the court, and the scholars of Xibi City wrote many articles criticizing the emperor.

With the help of those who were interested, these articles quickly spread, and even restaurants and taverns in the capital were discussing the matter.

The court officials were naturally aware of this matter, and they had tried to advise the emperor, but he was "stubborn to do as he pleased" and refused to listen to them.

They did find many people to persuade the emperor, and even Yin Yin herself had people she couldn't refuse.

The Empress and the Crown Prince had already gone to persuade him, but Yin Yin went out of the way to make a round, though in reality she was there to inquire about how the Emperor's arrangements were going.

The emperor was under considerable pressure for making such a big commotion. He had some doubts, but he trusted the emperor more than anything.

Yin Yin's father's painting was kept in the Xuan Shi Hall and was always placed within his reach so that he could open it and look at it at any time.

At the end of April, despite the countless noises outside, the fact that it hadn't rained for a whole month and was even getting hotter made some of the elderly people in Xibi City feel that something was amiss.

At this point, these respected elders began to take the initiative to help the officials and soldiers manage the people under their jurisdiction.

On the last night of April, the people of Xibi City were fast asleep in their tents when they suddenly felt a strong tremor and even heard the sound of a landslide.

The ground really shook!