Su Wanyan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but was interrupted by Yu Nanqing: "Be good, Yan'er, I'll be quick."

"..." Su Wanyan was speechless: "Alright."

She stopped worrying and leaned back onto the bed.

Watching his departing figure, Su Wanyan couldn't help but smile. She looked up, reached for the herbal collection on the bedside table, and lay on the bed reading and waiting.

However, after only a short while, the book slammed onto Su Wanyan's sleeping face with a "thud," but it didn't wake her up.

The next day, at dawn.

The fire in the Qingxin Hall of the palace was finally extinguished.

Rather than saying it was extinguished, it's more accurate to say that the fire had burned down to the skeleton, and only stopped on its own when there was nothing left to burn.

All the eunuchs and palace maids who helped put out the fire were covered in soot and dirt.

The concubines who rushed to investigate did not sleep all night, watching from afar as the magnificent Qingxin Palace gradually turned into a pile of ruins.

A short while later, two eunuchs carried out a corpse from inside. The corpse was charred black and unrecognizable, making it impossible to confirm that it was the body of Emperor Yuanhe.

Consort Lin was the first to rush forward, but when she saw the corpse, she still couldn't believe it and took two steps back, covering her nose.

Not only did she not believe it, but the concubines who rushed forward with her also did not believe it, because the charred corpse was completely unrecognizable.

It wasn't until an old eunuch covered the corpse with a piece of silk embroidered with dragons that Consort Lin felt a chill and collapsed.

"Your Highness! Your Highness the Imperial Concubine!" The palace maid beside Imperial Concubine Lin hurriedly helped her up, only to see that Imperial Concubine Lin's face was deathly pale.

"Impossible!" Consort Xian frowned, simply unable to believe that Emperor Yuanhe could have died just like that. He was the ruler of a country; how could he have been wiped out by a fire?

She stepped forward angrily and slapped the eunuch across the face: "Useless dog of a servant, do you know what you're doing? Get this rag away right now!"

The eunuch covered his face, how could he dare!

Compared to Consort Lin and Consort Xian, the Empress was extremely panicked, especially by the charred corpse, which she dared not even look at.

Could the incense in the incense burner be discovered?

However, the next second, she comforted herself, it doesn't matter, the fire burned everything away, there would be no evidence left.

Moreover, Su Wanyan herself said that it was just ordinary incense.

Despite her fear, Xia Yunshang had no choice but to compose herself and step forward: "Consort Xian, I know you don't want to believe it, and I don't want to believe it either, but..."

But the facts are right in front of us.

Consort Xian turned around and glared coldly at Xia Yunshang, interrupting her: "Even if the palace is infected, Qingxin Palace is guarded by the Imperial Guards, and there are also personal imperial bodyguards on duty. How could they not save the Emperor if the palace is on fire! This is not the Emperor at all!"

After saying that, she pointed at a group of palace maids and eunuchs: "How dare this charred corpse, which I don't know where it came from, call itself the Emperor! Where is the real Emperor! Why aren't you going to find him!"

As she spoke, she suddenly realized, "Oh right, where is Eunuch Liu? Shouldn't he be serving the Emperor? Where is he? Go find him quickly!"

"yes……"

How could Consort Xian possibly believe that if Emperor Yuanhe were gone, how would she survive in the harem?

The Empress has the Xia family, Consort Lin has the Empress Dowager, what does she have?

She had nothing; the Emperor Yuanhe's favor was everything to her. Now that the Emperor Yuanhe is gone, she and her son have nothing left!

The Empress clenched her fist hidden in her sleeve, but still couldn't help asking, "Are you sure this is... the Emperor?"

Actually, she wanted to confirm whether Emperor Yuanhe was really dead.

The matter was so sudden that even she had doubts.

The eunuch trembled and crawled on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty... this is what we found on the dragon bed..."

They couldn't possibly have gotten the location of the dragon bed wrong, and who else could be lying on it besides Emperor Yuanhe?

Ignoring the argument between the Empress and Consort Xian, Consort Lin steadied herself, gripping her personal maid's hand tightly. Still shaken, she turned and whispered, "Go, take me to the Empress Dowager..."

Although the Empress Dowager has been feeling unwell these past few days, she has been lucid most of the time.

This matter must have already reached the Empress Dowager's palace. What follows is a struggle for the throne. The Empress Dowager will not allow her to give up that vacant position. She cannot lose her composure and must first sound out the Empress Dowager's opinion.

The news of Emperor Yuanhe's death spread throughout the capital in less than an hour, shocking the entire city.

The pandemic, coupled with the death of Emperor Yuanhe, caused the people's panic to reach a new level, and their desire to leave the capital became even stronger. However, at this time, there was no one left to issue the order.

Just as the people in the city were in an uproar, a piece of news spread among them like a refreshing rain.

The two dukes, Chang and Shun, have sent people to find a cure for the epidemic. The doctors in the two dukes' mansions are now working together to develop the formula, which is currently being tested on those infected within the mansions. If it can cure the epidemic, they will share it with the people.

Upon hearing this news, the previously restless people instantly shifted their focus, as if they had seen a glimmer of hope, and everyone began to flock to the Duke's mansion.

At this time, the gates of the Duke's mansion were tightly closed, and there was not a sound coming from inside.

The panicked people who arrived at the Duke's mansion should have been shouting and asking what was going on.

However, there was a group of people who inexplicably directed the people to remain calm.

The Duke's Mansion has said that if the prescription can cure the epidemic, they will share it with the people, meaning that the Duke's Mansion will never abandon the people.

So, reassured by these people, many people waited silently in front of the Duke's mansion.

In the afternoon, an inconspicuous servant quietly left through the back gate of the Duke of Shun's mansion.

He came to deliver the prescription.

There is no prescription for curing the disease; the prescriptions are for strengthening the body's foundation, nourishing blood and qi.

The previous prescription was for a type of nerve-related medication; this prescription can help alleviate the discomfort caused by the medication.

Another point is that although the medicine can be eliminated through the body's metabolism, there is no need for an antidote. So even without this prescription, you can just use whatever you have to get by.

However, Su Wanyan considered that if someone investigated this matter in the future, it would be better to be cautious. She did add a lot of good things to the prescription so that no one would notice anything amiss.

Yanshou Palace.

The Empress Dowager is behaving strangely today. She is usually awake during the day, but today she has been in a deep sleep.

Perhaps due to illness, the Empress Dowager looked extremely weak, her gray hair tied in a small bun, as she lay quietly on the bed.

Consort Lin took the place of the old nanny and served her diligently.

She panicked when she saw Emperor Yuanhe die, but now that she has arrived at Yanshou Palace, she has calmed down.

It's a good thing that the Empress Dowager is now in a coma; she can calmly sort out the whole story.