mtl008 Chapter 315: Signs of a Stroke
Chapter 315: Signs of a Stroke
When the emperor saw the empress dowager indifferently holding the broken rope in her hand, the anger in his heart was like a volcano and could no longer be contained.
"Queen Mother, good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished in the end. God will not let off those with cruel hearts."
The direction in his words was too obvious.
The Queen Mother's heart tightened when she heard this, remembering the sudden heart palpitations she had suffered late at night a few days ago. She asked in a trembling voice.
"You...what do you mean?"
The emperor stared at the anxious empress dowager and spoke word by word.
"News from the Imperial Mausoleum: Your beloved son died in the bed of a butcher's daughter."
"Little Fourteen was the Great General King appointed by the late Emperor himself. How could he possibly die before me?"
The empress dowager grabbed the emperor's hand with such force that the emperor couldn't break free.
"Your Majesty, I know you've been overthinking things since you were little, and you're jealous that Little Fourteen is favored over you. But no matter what, he's still your brother, so don't joke about this kind of thing."
There was a tremor and a plea in her voice.
The emperor waved towards the door and gave orders with a stern face.
"Su Peisheng, come in and tell the Queen Mother about what happened at the Imperial Mausoleum."
"The slave obeys."
Su Peisheng recounted what had happened at the imperial mausoleum farm without any hesitation.
Seeing that the empress dowager was sitting on the couch in a daze without saying a word, he took out a confession from the box and placed it on the small table.
"Your Majesty, this is the butcher's daughter's signed confession. If you don't believe me, you can take a look at it."
The Queen Mother opened her eyes wide and spread out the confession, but unfortunately her vision was blurry and she could not see the words on the paper clearly.
Xiao Shisi did mention in his letter that he had married a butcher's daughter who was fertile and tolerant, but what does this mean?
She hurriedly called Sun Zhuxi over.
"Zhuxi, come and show me what's written on the paper."
Hearing the trembling in his master's voice, Sun Zhuxi obediently took the confession and read the contents quickly by candlelight.
Sun Zhuxi's face turned pale. The Fourteenth Master was his master's life.
This, this, this...
"Zhu Xi, read it out loud to me!"
"Yes, master."
Sun Zhuxi had served the Queen Mother for many years and understood that her master must have known about the accident of the Fourteenth Master.
She cleared her throat silently and took a deep breath.
"I, the humble concubine Hu, fully confess to the above matters!"
After Sun Zhuxi finished reading, she looked at the empress dowager worriedly.
"Master, you..."
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother calmly waved her hand and said, "You all should leave. I want to be alone for a while."
The emperor noticed that the force pulling his sleeve had weakened and he was the first to step out of the hall.
"Su Peisheng, have Zhang Wuwei wait outside Shoukang Palace."
Although the Empress Dowager's actions chilled the Emperor, he could not allow her to die just as he left Shoukang Palace.
The emperor cannot bear the curses of the people of the world.
If the Queen Mother really didn't care about his face, then he had no choice but to use that method.
Sun Zhuxi locked the palace gate with his own hands and checked it carefully again before standing guard outside the hall with a worried look on his face.
After the death of the Sixth Prince, the master put all her energy on the Fourteenth Prince. Now that the Fourteenth Prince is gone, she is worried that the master may have lost hope of living.
She thought about it again and again, then went to the small room to brew a pot of sweet milk tea.
"Master, you didn't eat much for dinner, would you like to have some milk tea?"
"Milk tea?"
The Queen Mother murmured softly.
Sun Zhuxi explained softly.
"Yes, it is...my favorite milk tea. I specially put a lot of honey in it."
"Every time Little Fourteen comes back from the Shangshufang, he drinks a cup of milk tea prepared by me."
"It's a pity that Little Fourteen can no longer drink milk tea with me."
The Queen Mother picked up the warm milk tea with red eyes, poured half of it on the ground, and then took a big sip herself.
"Little Fourteen, Mother has tasted it, and it still tastes the same as it did back then. You can use more."
As she was speaking, she felt like vomiting and vomited all the milk tea she had just drunk.
The Queen Mother seemed to be possessed by a demon and took another big gulp.
He drank and vomited, vomited and drank again, and did this several times until not a drop was left in the whole pot of milk tea.
Sun Zhuxi took the teacup from the empress dowager's hand with concern and advised in a low voice.
"My lady, if you feel bad, just cry."
"You are always like this. It makes me feel very distressed."
"Zhuxi, my little Fourteenth is gone. Ever since he could talk, he has been thinking of me. No matter what he got, he always thought of me, his mother."
"The Emperor says I'm partial, but how can I not feel sorry for such a sensible child..."
Intense pain spread from her heart, and the Queen Mother could no longer hold it in.
She threw herself on the small table and let out a loud wail, the heart-wrenching sorrow contained in it was heartbreaking to hear.
Sun Zhuxi quietly retreated and stood guard at the door.
About a quarter of an hour later, she saw that the noise in the house was getting quieter and quieter, so she brought in a basin of hot water.
Just after wrung out the handkerchief, Sun Zhuxi found that the person on the small table was no longer moving.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Someone, come! Send someone to get the imperial physician."
Sun Zhuxi and another nanny worked together to help the empress dowager back to the bedroom. She was about to take care of the empress dowager's face, but was surprised to find that there was no trace of tears on her face.
There was no water mark on the clothes at the tip of the chin.
As soon as Zhang Wuwei came in, Sun Zhuxi explained his discovery to him.
"Aunt Zhuxi, let me take the Empress Dowager's pulse first."
The emperor had already agreed to let him go back home to reunite with his family after New Year's Eve.
Unexpectedly, before the boxes were packed, Su Peisheng called him to the outside of Shoukang Palace in a hurry and asked him to wait.
Although Zhang Wuwei didn't know what happened inside, he guessed from Su Peisheng's anxiety that the emperor and the empress dowager must have had a dispute.
Feeling the pulse beating from his fingertips, his eyelids twitched. The pulse showed that the Queen Mother had fainted due to excessive grief.
Zhang Wuwei silently lamented his miserable fate in his heart. He might not be able to go home for a while.
Sun Zhuxi saw Zhang Wuwei withdraw his hand and hurriedly asked.
"Doctor Zhang, how is the Empress Dowager? Is it serious?"
"Aunt Zhuxi, the Queen Mother is very emotionally unstable and needs to rest. I will prescribe some tranquilizers right away."
Zhang Wuwei picked out what he could say and said it out loud.
Before leaving, he whispered a reminder in accordance with his duty as a doctor.
"Aunt Zhuxi, ancient books say that anger is harmful to the body. I'd like to ask you to comfort the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager's pulse was weak and slippery, as if she were having a stroke.
Zhang Wuwei did not dare to hide the news. As soon as he left Shoukang Palace, he went straight to Yangxin Palace and reported the news to the emperor.
"You said the Queen Mother's condition is not good and the outlook is not optimistic?"
"Your Majesty, the pulse feedback is indeed so."
Zhang Wuwei did not dare to suggest that other imperial physicians go to Shoukang Palace for treatment.
After a long time, the emperor said nothing and waved his hand to let him go.