Wan Jinlan felt cold all over under the emperor's gaze and knelt motionlessly.
"Mother, in order to clarify the truth of that day, the maids in Ci'an Palace and the servants around Princess Qi..."
The Queen Mother was furious, and her voice was so loud that the palace maids outside the palace could hear it.
"Emperor, am I your enemy? Do you wish to kill me?"
Emperor Jian'an endured it for a moment, seemingly giving in. "My mother has lived in the harem for many years and doesn't understand the current situation. I hope she can live out her days in Ci'an Palace."
Although the Queen Mother was the one who did something wrong, she did not accept the Emperor's kindness at this time. "Then the Emperor told me that the King of Qi is in imminent danger. What should you, as his brother, do?"
Emperor Jian'an sat at the table and said, "I have already sent people to find a doctor for Brother Feng among the people. Brother Feng is lucky, and I believe that he will be blessed by heaven."
The empress dowager stared at the emperor, but the emperor did not meet her gaze. He lowered his eyes so that people could not see what he was thinking.
The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and stagnant, and the palace servants all lowered their heads, fearing that they would be implicated.
"I will take Huang Mama, the traitorous slave, back with me."
Nanny Huang's expression changed drastically, and she looked anxious, "Your Majesty, please save this servant!"
Emperor Jian'an's expression remained unchanged. "Eunuch Wen betrayed his master and contacted the rebels. He is guilty of treason and sentenced to death."
The silent Eunuch Wen bowed his head to express his gratitude, without any sadness on his face.
The Queen Mother's lips trembled. "Back then... he risked his life to rescue you from the chaotic enemy."
The emperor was unmoved, "Madame Huang can be taken back with her."
The Queen Mother walked up to Eunuch Wen with a sad face and patted his shoulder gently.
Eunuch Wen smiled nonchalantly and said, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself in the future. I will not be able to serve you any longer."
The Queen Mother had tears in her eyes and her body swayed, so the palace maid hurried to support her.
The people in the Empress Dowager's palace took the terrified Nanny Huang back. As for Wan Jinlan, he naturally followed the Empress Dowager to Ci'an Palace.
There were only a few people in Ci'an Palace. Nanny Huang was kneeling in the middle, feeling terrified and confused.
Nanny Huang didn't understand why His Majesty would abandon her?
"Please spare my life, Madam, please spare my life"
The Queen Mother's eyes were sharp and vicissitudes of life. "Tell me, why?"
"Don't be optimistic. How you die depends on how you explain it." Aunt Xia Liu, who was standing beside the empress dowager, looked at Nanny Huang with disgust and hatred in her tone.
The Empress Dowager knew that the Emperor agreed to let her bring the person back, either because he was confident that Nanny Huang would not tell anyone, or because if he told her anything, he wanted her to know it.
Nanny Huang knew that there were many ways to die in the palace. Some were extremely painful, leaving people in excruciating pain for several hours, while others were quick and easy.
She trembled her lips and said, "Old slave, old slave deserves to die. I did this for Sui'er."
At this point, Nanny Huang's face changed. The emperor abandoned her because he must have been angry with her because of something in the past.
She was so stupid that she thought that since she had served the emperor for so many years, the emperor would treat her as his confidant.
Nanny Huang's face was ashen. "This old servant is Sui'er's biological sister."
Nanny Huang's words made all the palace people present look at her face, trying to find similarities with Sui'er.
After a while, the Queen Mother said, "Take him to the side hall. I have something to ask you."
Wan Jinlan didn't know what Nanny Huang said before she died, but the agonizing wails she heard were too agonizing, and the expression on her mother's face when she returned made her panic. In just a quarter of an hour, the Queen Mother seemed to have transformed into an old, dying person.
"Mother, are you okay?" Wan Jinlan worriedly helped the empress dowager sit down.
The Queen Mother looked dazed, regretful, resentful and sad.
It turns out the emperor already knew about it. Is it true that the grace of raising a child cannot compare to the grace of giving birth and blood?
It was predictably disappointing. Just like his despicable mother, he had despicable and vicious blood flowing in his veins.
Wan Jinlan had been in the palace for two hours and didn't know how Xiao Feng was doing, so she was naturally worried.
Since she couldn't rely on the Empress Dowager, she could only return to the palace and take a risky tactic.
"Mother, I am going back home. Please take care of yourself. I will come back another day."
The Queen Mother was exhausted, regretting the past and worried that Xiao Feng would really die. She heard the news brought into the palace by Nanny Li that her daughter-in-law had not yet consummated her marriage with her son, and her son could not even leave behind a bloodline.
She grabbed Wan Jinlan's hand, her voice choked with sobs, tears in her eyes, "I insisted. If you have any trouble in the future, go to Lumingfang..."
Although the Queen Mother gave such instructions, she did not think Wan Jinlan needed it. If Feng'er was gone, there would be no need for His Majesty to deal with Wan Jinlan.
The Empress Dowager felt a pain in her chest and was breathless with grief. It was because of the past and present actions of Emperor Jian'an, whom she had raised for many years and treated better than her own son. It was also because her son, whom she owed so much, was now on the verge of death, but she could do nothing and had to wait for the bad news.
She regrets and hates.
If Sui'er were still alive, she would not only skin her alive, but also grind her bones into ashes.
Her "good son" has been hiding for many years, and now he tells her the past through Nanny Huang's mouth, which shows that he has nothing to fear.
The Queen Mother suddenly fell over, holding her chest.
Wan Jinlan was horrified, "Mother, Mother."
She held the person in her arms, looked at the empress dowager's current condition, and checked her breath with trembling hands. In an instant, her face turned pale.
"Call the imperial physician."
She knew that even if the imperial physician came, it would be useless.
Wan Jinlan felt regretful and always felt that the Empress Dowager's accident was closely related to her.
If she had not reported the matter to the empress dowager, the empress dowager would not have quarreled with the emperor over this matter, and would not have died suddenly afterwards.
"The Empress Dowager has passed away."
The imperial physician didn't expect it to be so sudden.
Wan Jinlan was overwhelmed by regret.
If she hadn't been so clever as to throw the matter to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother wouldn't have died suddenly today.
Apart from bringing her to the mansion early to consummate her marriage with Xiao Feng, the Empress Dowager never asked anything of her and was always kind and amiable to her.
The emperor and his concubines came hurriedly, and Wan Jinlan was squeezed into the outermost corner.
Watching the emperor angrily scolding the palace maids in Ci'an Palace and the trembling and submissive imperial physician, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"The Empress Dowager suffered from insufficient blood circulation. Her heart pulse was not smooth within a short period of time, which led to her sudden death." The imperial physician said tremblingly while kneeling.
Tears welled up in the emperor's eyes, and he choked out, "Mother."
Wan Jinlan came closer and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the King of Qi is still lying in the palace. I will go back and inform him."
The emperor waved his hand and let her leave.
The carriage stopped at Prince Qi's mansion. Butler Wang was lingering at the door. Seeing that she had finally returned, he hurried forward to greet her.
"Princess, the prince is having another attack."
Butler Wang didn't know what had happened, but he felt that it was not good that the princess had been summoned to the palace for several hours and had not come out. Now seeing that her face was blue and her eyes were red and swollen, he asked, "What happened in the palace?"
"The Queen Mother has passed away."
As she finished her words, the death knell in the palace began to ring.
When she walked into the room, there were exactly twenty-seven sounds, no more, no less.
Butler Wang was horrified.
Yu Qi in the room was running around anxiously, and the imperial physician was also sweating profusely.
The skilled knife-wielder that the Duke of Zhenguo had found for Wan Jinlan had already entered the room. The knife in his hand was very thin, and the blade shone brightly, having been boiled in white wine.
The best medicine and bandages for wounds are all ready.
Seeing his hand holding the knife trembling, Wan Jinlan said, "If you do it well, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold. If you fail, I will not blame you."
The man holding the knife was shocked and suppressed all his panic and worry.
A moment later, the knife came down and a small piece of red flesh with blood flew to the ground.
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