Chapter 844 Falling Sick
"No need, just return to the capital. Baocheng is ill, how can I stay here peacefully?"
The Empress Dowager patted Emperor Kangxi's hand and said, "It is settled. I have made up my mind. Now we shall depart."
"Empress Huang..."
"Your Majesty, there's no need to say more. I'm the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince is ill. Do you think it's appropriate for a Empress Dowager to leisurely tour Khorchin? Furthermore, Baocheng has been raised by my side since he was little. How can I rest easy knowing he's ill now? Let's go, return to the capital."
The Queen Mother spoke, glancing off in the direction of Khorchin. "I've been in the capital for decades now. The capital is my hometown. Khorchin...if you want to visit, there's plenty of time."
Emperor Kangxi looked at the Empress Dowager deeply and finally sighed: "Yes, your son will listen to you."
After all, they did not set foot in Khorchin. When they were less than a day's journey away from Khorchin, they hurried back to Beijing.
The Queen Mother said nothing. She continued on the journey, acting as if nothing had happened. She continued to tell stories to Dabao and the other children and ate with them as usual. When the younger ones came to greet her, she continued to smile and chat, as if the incident hadn't affected her in the slightest.
If she hadn't fallen ill on the way, everyone might have believed that she didn't care at all.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager fell ill due to anxiety and excessive thinking. Now, we need to use some medicine to clear away heat and detoxify. The Empress Dowager also needs to be at ease." After taking the pulse, the imperial physician said worriedly.
"Look carefully, what's with that blister on the Queen Mother's mouth? Did she eat something she shouldn't have?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is just angry. Once the anger subsides, she will be fine. Your Majesty, please be at ease. Your condition will improve faster if you are in a good mood."
Emperor Kangxi sighed and said, "My Queen Mother, you are not feeling well. If anyone offends you, your son will definitely skin him alive!"
"Emperor, don't worry, I'm fine." The Queen Mother just smiled and said, "It's just a cold, how can it be so serious? Don't worry, I know my own body. Drink more water and I will be fine in a few days."
Seeing the empress dowager's increasingly haggard face, Emperor Kangxi finally knelt down and said, "I am an unfilial son. The Empress Dowager has suffered so much for me all these years, and now she has to endure this pain..."
They had depended on each other for many years, and although the person before him was not his biological mother, she was more like her than his own. Back then, his mother was not much younger than him, but she always stood in front of him and told him not to be afraid.
Now, she just wanted to go home, but as an emperor, he still couldn't let her do so...
"How can I be miserable? I am the Queen Mother of a country. What nonsense are you talking about, Your Majesty? How can you make me miserable?"
The Queen Mother laughed as she spoke, and patted Emperor Kangxi's hand. "I think I'm worried about the wine. Why did you send that girl out? I haven't seen her for two days. When the children asked, I didn't know what to say."
"Mother, the wine will be back soon. When she comes back, I will not let her go far away anymore. I will let her serve you."
"That won't do. I'm counting on her to give birth to a child for me. How can she stay with an old woman like me?"
"Empress Huang..."
Emperor Kangxi finally sighed, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Young Master is back, the Fourth Young Master is back!"
As they were talking, they heard the sound of a young eunuch coming in and answering.
"How dare you! If you disturb the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, you'll have to watch out for yourself!" Liang Jiugong glared at his impulsive apprentice viciously.
"Stop scolding him, hurry up and ask her to come in." Emperor Kangxi said.
“Yeah.”
"Girl, why are you acting like such a naughty boy? If someone doesn't know, they would think you are begging for food from someone's house."
The empress dowager sat up with a feeling of both laughter and tears, and then she pulled the hand that was warming the wine to look at it carefully.
Wen Jiu: "Empress Dowager, Jiu'er has missed you for the past two days. Now that I can finally see you, I feel relieved. Do you know what Jiu'er has been doing these past two days?"
The Queen Mother rubbed her forehead, which was warming the wine, and said, "You, who knows where you've gone?"
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