Mu Jingrui suddenly woke up from his sleep and sat up. The severe pain from the wound made him sober up instantly.
He looked around. The room was filled with joy, but his heart felt as if it had been cut into pieces.
"Husband, are you awake?"
Yin Yuqing was pouring water for Mu Jingrui at this time. When she turned around and saw that he had woken up, she immediately walked to the bedside and asked softly, "How are you? Do you feel better? The imperial physician said that you..."
"Where is the Crown Prince?" Mu Jingrui interrupted Yin Yuqing, his dark eyes without a trace of warmth.
Yin Yuqing was a little scared, and answered timidly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left an hour ago. Before he left, he asked me to tell you to rest and recover, and he will take care of the rest..."
Without waiting for Yin Yuqing to finish speaking, Mu Jingrui threw back the quilt, got out of bed, and walked out.
Seeing this, Yin Yuqing hurriedly stopped him.
"My husband, the doctor said your wound is very deep. You must not move. If it splits again, it will be difficult to heal."
Mu Jingrui looked down at the wound on his chest, and sadness and helplessness instantly spread throughout his body.
How could his injury compare to Shangguan Wanning's pain?
He walked out regardless of Yin Yuqing's attempt to stop him.
"Husband, just listen to the doctor. No matter how important the matter is, we should wait until dawn to discuss it...ah..."
Mu Jingrui impatiently shook off Yin Yuqing's hand.
She was caught off guard, staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground, looking at her husband with tears in her eyes.
Mu Jingrui didn't mean it. He wanted to go forward to support Yin Yuqing, but he stopped after taking two steps.
"You can rest by yourself. I know my limits."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Yin Yuqing stood there in a daze for a long time, then burst into tears.
Mu Jingrui came to the Prince's Mansion overnight, and Xiao Yujue was surprised to see him.
"Today is your wedding night, why are you..."
"Did the Queen Mother release Xiaoyan?" Mu Jingrui asked impatiently.
On the way here, he had made up his mind that if the Queen Mother went back on her word again... he would assassinate her.
Anyway, he couldn't save Mu Jingyan, and Shangguan Wanning had left him, so he had nothing to worry about anymore.
"I was just about to send someone to inform you. Just half an hour ago, the Queen Mother sent someone to bring Xiaoyan back."
"How is she now?" Mu Jingrui asked nervously.
Xiao Yujue's face changed slightly, and he lowered his head and sighed deeply. "The situation is not good. The Queen Mother chopped off her left ring finger, and the wound is festering. In addition, she has been worried for so many days, and she was too frightened and had a miscarriage. She is still unconscious now."
"I want to go in and see her."
Mu Jingrui's tone calmed down instead, and Xiao Yujue nodded.
The two of them came to Mu Jingyan's room together. Mu Jingrui clenched his fists as he looked at his sister lying on the bed with a face as pale as paper.
In order to rescue Mu Jingyan, the price paid by Mu Jingrui was too high.
"I know you feel bad. Don't worry, after Xiaoyan wakes up, I will go to the palace to meet the emperor and report the Queen Mother's crimes. I believe the emperor will make the decision for Xiaoyan. By then, your difficulties will be made known to the world. Princess An Ning will definitely understand."
When Shangguan Wanning was mentioned, Mu Jingrui's fist gradually loosened.
"You should go back first. After all, tonight..."
"Your Highness, I want to stay and take care of Xiaoyan tonight."
Xiao Yujue was stunned and patted Mu Jingrui's shoulder helplessly.
Staying to take care of Mu Jingyan was just an excuse. In fact, he wanted to leave a way out for himself so that when he explained to Shangguan Wanning in the future, he could prove that he and Yin Yuqing had never been husband and wife.
Xiao Yujue admired Mu Jingrui's infatuation, but also felt sorry for Yin Yuqing.
It was not until noon of the next day that Mu Jingyan woke up from his coma.
She opened her eyes and saw her husband and brother standing by her bedside. She couldn't help but burst into tears.
The days she was imprisoned by the Queen Mother were a nightmare that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
"Xiaoyan, don't cry, it's okay. You're back." Xiao Yujue hugged Mu Jingyan and comforted him softly.
Mu Jingyan clutched Xiao Yujue's clothes tightly and burst into tears.
"Your Highness, I'm so scared... When I lowered my head, I saw a dense mass of snakes... They wanted to bite me... I didn't dare to struggle, I was afraid of falling... Why, why didn't you and my brother come to save me for so long?"
"It's my fault. I didn't protect you well." Xiao Yujue's hatred towards the Queen Mother increased a little more.
"Brother..." Mu Jingyan's eyes were red and he looked at Mu Jingrui with tears in his eyes, looking very aggrieved.
"Don't think too much and rest assured. I promise that something like this will never happen again." Mu Jingrui gently touched his sister's head.
"Your Highness, I have something urgent to report." The chief eunuch said anxiously outside the door.
"Come in."
Xiao Yujue asked Mu Jingyan to lie back on the bed and carefully lowered the bed curtain. Just then, the chief eunuch walked in.
"What's up?"
"Your Highness, I just received news from the palace that the Queen Mother... passed away."
"What?"
Mu Jingrui and Xiao Yujue looked at each other, both of them were a little dazed.
"When did it happen?" Xiao Yujue asked nervously, "Why did he die suddenly?"
"According to our informants, the Queen Mother passed away at midnight last night. She committed suicide by taking poison."
Mu Jingrui suddenly felt dizzy and sat down on the stool, rubbing his temples with his hands.
Xiao Yujue was stunned for a long while before waving his hand to let the eunuch chief leave.
The Queen Mother committed suicide by taking poison, which was the final and cruelest revenge on Mu Jingrui and Xiao Yujue.
Especially for Mu Jingrui.
The death of the Queen Mother meant that there was no evidence to prove that Mu Jingyan was imprisoned. No one would believe that the Queen Mother would use such means to deal with her grandson's wife when she was alive.
"Jing Rui..."
"The Queen Mother is dead, who can prove it to Ning'er?" Mu Jingrui's thoughts were in a mess, his blood was boiling again, and his eyes were darkening.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be a way."
Xiao Yujue's consolation seemed pale and powerless. Mu Jingrui shook his head slightly and walked out of the room without saying a word.
He looked at the azure sky and recalled the scene of Shangguan Wanning pointing a sword at his chest.
They obviously love each other so much, why is it so difficult for them to be together?
The sudden death of the empress dowager caused an uproar in the court. The emperor did not announce the real cause of the empress dowager's death, but only announced that she died unexpectedly due to overwork.
In order to demonstrate his filial piety, the emperor held a grand funeral for the empress dowager, the whole country mourned, and state affairs were suspended for seven days.
Shangguan Wanning walked on the street and saw that the shops on both sides had hung white sails and the people coming and going were all in mourning.
She didn't expect that the Queen Mother would die so suddenly.
"Don't be sad. The empress dowager was old. Her sudden death was unexpected, but it was normal." Sun Jinyao said softly.
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