Chapter 1888: Chapter 1826: Coming to Light

On the cold winter night, Cining Palace was brightly lit, and the Empress Dowager suddenly fainted and urgently summoned the imperial physicians, alarming the Emperor.

A little eunuch, due to the loudness of his footsteps, was reproached by the Emperor for being heartless and disrespectful to the Empress Dowager. With a single decree, he was beaten to death, and swiftly lost his life.

Everyone was as silent as cicadas in winter, wishing to tiptoe to avoid provoking the Emperor and being dragged away for execution.

Several imperial physicians came, and their unanimous diagnosis was of anger attacking the heart, needing quiet recuperation. After the physician acupunctured the Empress Dowager, she awoke but appeared fragile and wan, alarming everyone.

Emperor Yan, witnessing this, felt irritated with indescribable emotions, dared not speak to the Empress Dowager, merely instructing others to take good care of her, and abruptly departed.

The clamorous Cining Palace quieted down.

Nanny Shui brought medicine to Empress Dowager Mo’s bedside, seeing her eyes closed, yet tears slid down from the corners of her eyes, making her heart ache with sourness and unbearable pain.

The Empress Dowager’s heart is bitter!

"Your Highness, it’s time for your medicine." Nanny Shui gently called.

"Take it away!" Empress Dowager Mo said weakly, what good is medicine for such a body?

"Your Highness," Nanny Shui put down the bowl of medicine, took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes, and advised, "If you don’t drink the medicine, how will the illness get better? Your Highness, you’re fighting with yourself, why bother?"

"What if I do recover? Only to be ruined again? What use is it for me to be well, a ruined body, filthy, ugly, disgusting, better to let the heavens take me away." Empress Dowager Mo said bitterly, tears flowing long.

"Your Highness, don’t be like this." Nanny Shui held her hand, saying: "You still have the Prince, and a long road ahead; you still need to help the Prince with the children. If those two children lose you, what will they do?"

Empress Dowager Mo shuddered and slowly rose, Nanny Shui hurriedly supported her.

"Your Highness, the Prince and they need you."

"Ah Jiu, he will despise me." Empress Dowager Mo looked at her, seeking refutation in her eyes.

"A son doesn’t despise a mother for being ugly; the Prince is pure and filial, how could he?" Nanny Shui held her hand and said: "If Your Highness mistreats herself, the Prince and they truly have no support."

Empress Dowager Mo closed her eyes, tears fell like beads from a broken string, she embraced Nanny Shui and cried: "Shui Xin, my heart is bitter, I am suffering!"

Nanny Shui gently patted her back, accompanying her tears.

Outside the hall, the north wind was chilling, and snowflakes were swirling.

The clamor of Cining Palace had spread the news to all palaces, secretly pondering why suddenly she was so severely ill.

The wind and snow were fierce, yet the dilapidated Cold Palace was filled with whispers.

"Huaner, come with me, last night’s plans failed, the Emperor and Empress Dowager’s people are investigating, in case..."

"There’s no ’in case.’ I’ve taken care of everything, they won’t find anything!" the woman called Huaner said: "The plan failed, but it achieved the desired effect, didn’t it? Look, the old woman couldn’t take it and fell ill. As soon as the Emperor left, her condition worsened, others might not know, but I do? They must have quarreled. It’s just a pity, I underestimated that Princess Consort of Jin, such strength; if all went smoothly, the show would be spectacular."

"Huaner," the man frowned, saying: "Don’t underestimate the Emperor, if the plan doesn’t work in one strike, it’s already leaving traces, and it’ll be discovered sooner or later."

He had strong and uneasy premonitions, they would be exposed sooner or later.

"Wait a bit longer, Brother Xing, wait..."

"Wait until when? Huaner, you say to wait time and again, but actually, you don’t want to follow me. You can’t bear to give up your empress status!" the man could contain it no longer and lowly growled.

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