"Grandmother, the palace is more suitable for you to recuperate. The conditions here in Huangjue Temple are really a bit harsh. I don't want you to suffer so much. Why don't you return to the palace or return to the Saint King's Mansion?"
"Imperial great-grandmother...will...will visit the Holy King's Palace." Little Ajing stretched out his little hand towards Empress Dowager Du.
"Great-grandmother." Xiao Wu hurried forward and grasped the slightly raised hand of Empress Dowager Du. He said in a childish voice, "Let's go back to the palace. You've lived here for a long time. It's time to go home."
Empress Dowager Du did not expect that her brother could speak clearly and fluently at such a young age, but little Ajing could not speak clear and complete sentences. She felt very upset.
He tilted his head to glance at Feng Yanzhi, his eyes full of dissatisfaction, and quickly shifted his gaze to Xiao Lingyu, "Yu'er... I... how many days do I have left?"
If Empress Dowager Du hadn't felt so unbearable with every word she said, she wouldn't have referred to herself as "I".
"Yu'er?" Feng Yanzhi looked at her.
Xie Wanyi and Feng Jinyu also turned their heads to look at her.
Xiao Lingyu suddenly felt the pressure and hurried over to check Empress Dowager Du's pulse.
The warming and nourishing medicine had no effect at all. My internal organs seemed to be in worse condition than last night, but not by a very significant degree.
It seems like life is slipping away.
Xiao Lingyu withdrew his hand. "Father, I'm not sure yet. I'll have to check your pulse tonight to confirm. Now, please don't talk. Drink some porridge and get some rest..."
Xiao Lingyu took Xiao Wu back to the next courtyard. "Mother, why do we have to wait until night to confirm?"
Xiao Lingyu said, "There's something strange about your great-grandmother's pulse, but I can't quite pinpoint what it is. It's gradually weakening. Let's check it again tonight. If it weakens again, then Queen Mother can calculate how many days your great-grandmother can survive."
Xiao Wu's eyes widened. "How do we calculate this?"
"This involves arithmetic. Mother will teach you."
"Oh, then I must study hard."
Su Xing asked the mother and son to come back, put down the memorial, and carried Xiaowu on his shoulders.
"Xiao Yu, has the Empress Dowager woken up? Is she feeling better?"
Xiao Wu interrupted, "Father, the Imperial Great-grandmother's tone is just as dull as it was last night. She doesn't want to return to the palace and wants to stay in Huangjue Temple."
Su Xingyi frowned slightly, "So, does that mean the Empress Dowager won't be able to hold on for many more days?"
Xiao Lingyu nodded, "I'll take her pulse again tonight and I'll know exactly how many days the Empress Dowager can hold on."
Dongfang Yinzhang, who was in the dark, saw that the couple did not say anything else, and it seemed that they did not notice anything unusual that day.
If the Empress Dowager had not died in time and could have lived for a few more days, Feng Yanzhi would not have realized that it was man-made.
But why did he dream that day?
Isn't this a bit strange?
Could it be that the sound of his phoenix-tail zither that day caused him to hallucinate?
Dongfang Yinzhang was worried that Gu Yunshu would get impatient, so he didn't wait until night and went straight to the second courtyard of the Gu Mansion in the suburbs of Beijing.
"Brother, did I fail, or did Yu'er revive her again?"
"She's not dead yet."
"What?" Gu Yunshu's face darkened. "I actually missed. This shouldn't have happened. She was clearly dead. I should have pinched her a little longer."
Dongfang Yinzhang patted her shoulder and soothed her, "The abbot is knowledgeable about medicine. She should have had a breath left that night because he intervened in time. However, she didn't die, but she didn't live long. Yu'er couldn't cure her. Yu'er and Ayi didn't realize her sudden critical illness was caused by someone else. They thought she was just scared by a nightmare."
Hearing this, Gu Yunshu's eyes darkened. She felt somewhat unwilling that he hadn't killed her outright. "It was a relief for her that she didn't die immediately."
"Ryan, it would have been a relief for her to just die. You must have been in a lot of pain and suffering back then, right?"
The scene of that year instantly emerged in Gu Yunshu's mind, and her hands subconsciously touched her waist. She was drugged and bled to death in pain.
"Her internal organs were severely damaged, and every word she spoke was excruciatingly painful until her life gave out. This was retribution for her."
Although Gu Yunshu was unwilling, the old hag was destined to die, so she had avenged herself.
"Feng Yanzhi didn't have a nightmare, so he didn't have any doubts?"
"He also dreamed that night that you were asking for his life."
Gu Yunshu was surprised. "How is this possible? Is someone secretly helping me? Could it be Yu'er?"
Dongfang Yinzhang shook his head. "Impossible. She was in the palace that day, and no one knew about our plan. The only possibility is that he heard the Phoenix Tail Tune I played while setting up the formation that day, and that's why he had the hallucination."
Gu Yunshu thought for a moment and said, "We definitely can't hide our departure from Beijing from Ayi and Yu'er. They will definitely be suspicious."
Dongfang Yinzhang smiled and said, "Suspicion also requires evidence. Ayi did send people to investigate the Bai family's young mistress. Even if the Bai family's young mistress is acquainted with you, it doesn't mean that the Empress Dowager's illness is related to you. Moreover, Ayi will not investigate further after finding the Bai family. After all, the Empress Dowager has many chronic illnesses..."
Gu Yunshu felt that she had to hide and conceal it from her son in order to avenge her murder.
"We are staying here now, and will return to the Prince's Palace when we hear the news of her death."
Empress Dowager Du finished her dinner with difficulty under the service of Feng Jinyu and Xie Wanyi.
After resting for half an incense stick of time, she let Xiao Lingyu take her pulse.
At this time, everyone in the room was there, quietly waiting for Xiao Lingyu's diagnosis results.
Xiao Lingyu took the pulse again and found that it was the same as she guessed.
The Empress Dowager's life was gradually fading away, slowly and evenly. If nothing unexpected happened, she would die in five days.
Xiao Lingyu withdrew his hand. The room was strangely quiet and no one dared to ask.
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