"Your Highness, you're awake." Yun Gu cried with joy and hurriedly picked up the medicine from the bedside table. Xiao Lingyu took it and scooped a spoonful to the Empress Dowager's lips. "Grandmother, let's drink the medicine first, and then Yu'er will accompany you for breakfast."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Du realized that she might have been in a coma for a long time. She opened her mouth and her throat hurt, and she had no strength to speak.
Seeing this, Xiao Lingyu asked Yun Gu to come forward to help pry open the Empress Dowager's mouth and feed the medicine into her mouth.
Empress Dowager Du wanted to live, so she swallowed the medicine while enduring the burning pain in her throat, and sweat broke out in her ears.
After drinking a bowl of medicine, the Empress Dowager was so tired that she couldn't even open her mouth.
Yun Gu felt increasingly heavy-hearted, thinking that the Queen would not be able to hold on for many days.
Xiao Lingyu took the silver needle handed to him by Mo Shu and applied acupuncture to his Hegu and Shaoshang acupoints.
Feng Yanzhi was getting a little impatient and couldn't help but go into the room.
"Mother."
Empress Dowager Du looked over when she heard the voice and saw Su Xingyi walking in with Xiao Wu in his arms, following behind Feng Yanzhi, and closing his eyes tiredly.
She really didn't want to see him. Her terminal illness was caused by his mother.
"Mother."
"Royal Grandmother."
The familiar and pleasing voice reached her ears, and Empress Dowager Du slowly opened her eyes.
It really is her Ah Yu!
A Yu came to see her with his wife and children.
Empress Dowager Du just took a look and closed her eyes tiredly.
Even if she disliked Ayi, she couldn't let Ayi see it.
A Yu and little A Jing still have a long way to go. Now that she is gone, who can protect them?
Feng Yanzhi no longer held out hope after seeing this. His mother truly didn't have much time left. "Yu'er, how is your grandmother doing now?"
"The Imperial Grandmother has just woken up and is weak. She shouldn't talk too much. Swallowing will cause pain in her throat. These acupuncture points are to relieve the pain and make it easier for the Imperial Grandmother to have breakfast."
Feng Yanzhi thought of Shangguan Ruian's ruthlessness in his dream. He couldn't even withstand it, let alone his mother.
Xiao Lingyu pulled out the needle and called softly, "Grandmother, try swallowing your saliva now to see if your throat still hurts."
Empress Dowager Du opened her eyes and tried to swallow, finding the pain had eased considerably. "Not... okay,... bearable."
"Ms. Yun, bring breakfast quickly."
Feng Jinyu walked forward, holding little Ajing's hand. "The Emperor's sister-in-law asked me to feed the Emperor's grandmother."
Xiao Lingyu immediately stood up and gave him his seat.
"Mother, did you miss breakfast?" Xiao Wu rushed over. "I think I heard your stomach growling."
Xiao Lingyu smiled, "Then Xiaowu will accompany mother to have breakfast?"
"Okay." Xiao Wu pulled Xiao Lingyu and walked out.
When they reached the courtyard, he let go of Xiao Lingyu and turned back to the room to pull Su Xingyi out. "Mother, it seems that Father didn't have breakfast either."
Back in the next yard, Xiaowu held his little cheeks and watched his parents eat.
After Xiao Lingyu finished a bowl of rice, he asked, "Mother, will the Imperial Great-Grandmother be able to get better?"
Xiao Lingyu put down his chopsticks. "Your great-grandmother is old and has a chronic illness. As you saw just now, she has difficulty opening her eyes. Her condition is quite serious."
Xiao Wu frowned, "What will happen if the great-grandmother continues like this?"
Su Xingyi felt that it was time to talk to Xiaowu about birth, old age, sickness and death. "Xiaowu, listen to your father tell you a few stories and you will understand..."
After Empress Dowager Du finished her meal, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Feng Jinyu hurriedly asked Li Yuanliang, Old Lu, and the imperial physician to take Empress Dowager Du's pulse.
The diagnosis was still the same as yesterday, with no possibility of cure.
Feng Jinyu handed little Ajing to Xie Wanyi, "Wanyi, you and little Ajing stay here to guard the Empress Dowager. I'll be back after seeing the Emperor."
"Yes, my lord."
"Father, the Emperor's wife, the Imperial Physician, and Elder Lu all have the same diagnosis. Grandmother's condition is unlikely to improve this time. I suggest bringing her back to the palace."
"No." Feng Yan refused immediately.
We can hold out for a few more days in Huangjue Temple, but once we return to the palace, my mother may not survive until the next day.
"Father, the Imperial Grandmother has lived in the palace for most of her life. Now that her condition has worsened, she will surely be willing to return to the palace to recuperate."
Feng Yanzhi thought about his mother's temperament and realized that Yu'er was right.
But when she returns to the palace, she dreams of Shangguan Ruian. He can stand up straight, but her mother cannot, unless she keeps her eyes open and doesn't sleep.
"Then when your grandmother wakes up, let's ask her if she wants to return to the palace."
"good."
On the other side, Xiao Wu listened to Su Xingyi's stories about birth, old age, sickness and death with a half-understood look. He lowered his eyes and thought for a long time before saying to the couple, "My son doesn't fully understand, but this is Huangjue Temple, not home. I think my great-grandmother wants to return to her own home and let her children and grandchildren see her off."
The couple looked at each other after hearing this.
"Xiao Wu, when your great-grandmother wakes up, let's ask her if she wants to rest in Huangjue Temple or return to the palace?"
"Your Majesty." At this time, Wang Danei came over with a stack of memorials. "These are the memorials that have just been delivered."
"Father, please review the memorials carefully. Mother and I will go to visit Huangjue Temple and then visit our great-grandmother."
Xiao Wu pulled Xiao Lingyu away without looking back.
"Xiaowu, wait."
Xiao Wu stopped and asked, "What's wrong, Father?"
Su Xingyi raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say before that you wanted to help father share the affairs of state? Now is your chance."
Xiao Wu was startled and said with a smile, "Hehe... Father, I can't even read a few characters yet, so I can't help you with the burden. Now you have to rely on your own efforts."
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