"Now that I've become a vengeful ghost, I can haunt you forever. No matter where you go in the future, I will be by your side, and I will watch everything you do forever."
"Hahaha, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!"
"I'm not alone. Once I find my mother, I'll bring her with me."
"Let's come to the Cining Palace together and take your life..."
The Empress Dowager suddenly opened her eyes and sat up straight in bed.
Wang Mama, who was keeping watch outside, quickly came in upon hearing the noise.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
"Granny Wang..."
The Empress Dowager's tone carried an undisguised fear: "Has she come? Has she come to take my life?"
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager." Granny Wang looked towards the palace, her gaze finally settling on the window that had been blown open by the wind.
"Your Majesty, please do not be afraid. It is raining outside. The wind blew the window open. This old servant will go and close the window now."
After Wang Mama finished speaking, she walked towards the window.
At that very moment.
A loud bang echoed in the sky.
A flash of lightning accompanied by a clap of thunder.
The empress screamed in terror.
"ah……"
Granny Wang suddenly stopped and turned around in the direction of the scream.
The Empress Dowager sat on the bed, her face pale with fright. She placed her hands helplessly on her cheeks, and her eyes lost their light.
Granny Wang hurried back and embraced the Empress Dowager.
"Your Majesty, do not be afraid. This is all her own fault."
"The Emperor had already ordered her to be put to death long ago."
"If she hadn't bribed the guards to fake her death..."
"Where would I have another chance to come and repay you?"
"As a princess of the Yuan Kingdom, she betrayed her country and plotted to murder the Empress Dowager. She deserved to die. This has nothing to do with you."
The Empress Dowager seemed to have been somewhat persuaded by Wang Mama's words.
Her emotions had just calmed down.
Another clap of thunder sounded outside the window.
"ah……"
The Empress Dowager was so frightened that she curled up in Wang Mama's arms, muttering and repeating the same sentence over and over again.
"Get away from me, don't come after me, get away from me..."
Seeing her mentally unstable state, Granny Wang was afraid that she might ramble on and say something she shouldn't.
"Someone, come quickly, light all the candles!"
"Summon the imperial physician..."
On a stormy night, the Cining Palace was instantly illuminated.
"Your Majesty, even ghosts are afraid of light. Look how bright our Cining Palace is right now, no ghost would dare to come here."
"Really?"
The Empress Dowager raised her head with some skepticism and peeked through the crack.
"Really, really," Wang Mama said with certainty. "If Her Majesty the Empress Dowager doesn't trust others, doesn't she trust this old servant?"
At that very moment.
Physician Xie braved the storm to reach Cining Palace.
Seeing the scene before me.
He paused, walked to the Empress Dowager's bedside, knelt down, and took her pulse.
Imperial physicians emphasized observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation.
In fact, when Physician Xie saw the Empress Dowager, he had already made up his mind.
Taking a pulse is just to confirm one's own guesses.
He took a pill from his medicine box and gave it to the Empress Dowager with warm water. After that, the Empress Dowager's mood stabilized considerably.
In no time at all.
The Empress Dowager's breathing was even, as if she had fallen asleep.
Granny Wang pulled Doctor Xie aside.
When only the two of them were left together.
Granny Wang spoke slowly.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
