Soon, Shen Yubai received the message from Jinhua. He raised the corner of his mouth and said to Guimian who was waiting beside him:
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing."
This east wind must blow at dawn tomorrow morning.
Dawn.
Emperor Yong woke up in his bedroom. The eunuchs and palace maids came forward to serve him. His first words were:
"How is the Queen Mother?"
Coincidentally, since that day when he issued the imperial decree to lock Huiming and the youngest son of the Jiang family, who was known as a Buddhist, into Lingyin Temple to pray for the empress dowager, the empress dowager's condition really eased, her body got better day by day, and even her mind became much clearer.
After the Queen Mother regained consciousness, she asked where Xiao Jiuer was and why she didn't come to see her, the Imperial Grandmother.
He was worried that the Queen Mother still hadn't recovered from the fact that she didn't see Xiao Jiuer as Xiao Jiuer, so he could only mumble and say that Xiao Jiuer had gone to the temple in person to fast and pray for her.
The Queen Mother loved Little Jiu'er the most, and she was displeased when she heard this. She said that there was nothing wrong with her body, so why bother making the child suffer by making such a fuss? Was she trying to embarrass her? She asked him to call Little Jiu'er back immediately.
The old lady couldn't eat or sleep well because she couldn't see her precious grandson.
Emperor Yong had no choice, and seeing that the empress dowager seemed to have no memory of her serious illness, he asked someone to invite the Ninth Prince into the palace and went to the Cining Palace again.
This time when the Queen Mother saw Jiang Xiancao, she was very kind and pleased, holding her hand and calling her Xiao Jiuer. She was not at all crazy and excited like before, saying that this was not a sign of her grandson.
When Emperor Yong saw how much his mother had changed, he immediately became suspicious. His mother had suddenly fallen ill and then gone mad. Then the imperial teacher Huiming came into the palace and said that Xiao Jiuer's soul had been replaced. All of this was a setup, planned in advance.
He is the true dragon emperor, the supreme ruler, and his mother and son have become pawns of the person behind the scenes. How can he swallow this?
He has been having people secretly investigate these days, and the entire harem is under lockdown. He has checked everyone who has access to the empress dowager over and over again.
In the end, it was discovered that several concubines had violated palace rules in private, but either they were doing so to benefit their families or to pave the way for the princes they gave birth to. It had nothing to do with anyone trying to harm the empress dowager.
He thought about it and decided that the only person who could plot against the Queen Mother in the harem without leaving any trace was his own queen.
Without sufficient evidence and certainty, he could not easily depose the empress even if he was the emperor.
Not to mention, Empress Sun is the prince's biological mother.
If you want to touch the Queen, you have to touch the Crown Prince. If you want to touch these two people, you have to free up your hands to deal with the Queen's family first, and first take down the Right Prime Minister, who is your strong backer.
If it is not done properly, it will shake the foundation of the country.
Therefore, although Emperor Yong knew that the Queen was involved in this matter, he still kept silent on the surface and only asked people to take good care of the Queen Mother.
The people serving the empress dowager had long been replaced by his most trusted palace maids, and he also sent imperial guards to guard outside the empress dowager's bedroom.
Hearing the Emperor asking about the Queen Mother's health, Eunuch Sun smiled and bowed, saying:
"The Empress Dowager is blessed with good fortune. The judge just visited her at the Cining Palace and said she's almost recovered and in very good spirits. As long as she rests well for a while, she'll be back to normal..."
Before Eunuch Sun finished speaking, a palace maid came in hurriedly and knelt under the dragon bed:
"Your Majesty, something happened in the Cining Palace!"
Emperor Yong's expression suddenly changed. He stood up abruptly, parted the bed curtains, and glared at her:
"What happened? Tell me clearly!"
"A voodoo doll was found under the Queen Mother's bed..."
The maid's voice was trembling. "That doll had the Empress Dowager's face painted on it, and her birth date was even pasted on it. The Empress Dowager fainted from fright when she saw it. Fortunately, the judge took the Empress Dowager's pulse and said that she was just frightened and would be fine after drinking some calming soup. But that doll, that doll is still moving..."
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