Chapter 545, The Queen Mother's Appearance
As the crisis of national destruction approached, Donglin's execution was extremely fast.
On the one hand, he hurriedly sent someone to notify Duke Yang to enter the palace, and on the other hand, he immediately ordered the palace maids to dress up the Queen Mother.
In Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was instantly dressed up in an extremely luxurious manner.
However, years of illness and extreme sunken body could not be cured in such a short time.
The palace maids in charge of dressing up were completely helpless in the face of the Queen Mother's haggard skin like dry tree bark and face like a dead wood.
Even though the Queen Mother was wearing luxurious silks and satins and a dazzling and exquisite headdress, she would inevitably arouse suspicion if she appeared in front of the crowd like this. When
the king heard about this, he immediately went to Cining Palace and angrily scolded: "A bunch of useless things! Didn't I already order her to eat well and recover?"
The palace servants were frightened and hurriedly knelt down to explain: "Recently, the Queen Mother has been eating extremely luxurious things such as blood swallows and ginseng. The servants have never treated her harshly. It's just that the Queen Mother's body is too seriously injured. This kind of recuperation time is only a few months. It is really difficult to see the effect quickly."
Yes, whether it is food supplements or medicinal diets, it usually takes a year and a half to see the effect.
But now, the Great Xia army is unstoppable, fighting almost every day, and advancing triumphantly all the way.
In just a few months, they have gathered under the imperial city.
How can the empress dowager have so much time to recover?
If she is well-served by an old lady on weekdays, she may be able to recuperate.
But the empress dowager has been blinded by poison for more than 20 years, and has lived a life worse than pigs and dogs. It is almost impossible to recover her complexion all of a sudden. ＷＷw.lＩｎＧㄚùＴχτ.nétWhen
the palace people were combing her hair, they only felt that the empress dowager was light and fluttering, as if only bones were left on her body, like a skeleton wrapped in a thin layer of flesh.
Her finger joints were thick, and they were covered with traces left by the years and suffering.
In this state, even if the most luxurious items were piled on her, she would be crushed, and carrying the heavy load would arouse suspicion.
"My Lord." Eunuch Mo quietly pulled the Lord of Donglin to a side hall.
"I heard that the witch doctor's worms can feed on human blood and make people look younger overnight. Why don't you ask the witch doctor to try it?"
The Lord raised his eyebrows, "Witch doctor?"
"Yes, as long as you feed the witch doctor's worms to the Queen Mother, she will soon be able to recover her appearance. When the time comes, carry her out. Who wouldn't say that you are filial and commendable, and you have raised your mother so well. The Queen Mother's appearance is gorgeous, which will be more convincing when you win the hearts of the people." Eunuch Mo said.
"If there is such a magical thing in the world, is there no consequence?" The Lord of Donglin asked.
Eunuch Mo said, "There are consequences. The insects eat the blood and essence of the people. The people who are trapped by the insects will not live for more than three days."
"I will think about it." The King of Donglin frowned and said.
At this time, the soldiers hurried in from outside, "King, urgent news from the front line, we have observed that the Xia army camp has been training and gathering troops, and they are ready to attack the city in the next few days!"
"What!" The King of Donglin's face changed suddenly.
Xia Siheng, a god of war, plus a demon god, wanted to attack the imperial city and the palace without any effort.
By then, the country and the throne would be gone, how could he survive!
The king immediately said to Eunuch Mo, "Go get a witch doctor!" The queen
mother sat in front of the dressing mirror, her sunken eye sockets were shrouded by the warm light reflected by the brass mirror, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, which made her look particularly charming.
The smile seemed to carry endless sorrow and sadness, and seemed to hide deep sarcasm.
How could they know that although she had been blind for so many years, her hearing was very good.
Even if the king was now talking in a low voice in the side hall, she could hear every word.
Sure enough, in less than half a day, Eunuch Mo brought a bowl of medicine with worms in it.
The Queen Mother carefully picked up the bowl of medicine and asked with difficulty, "Eunuch Mo, how many years have you served the King?"
Eunuch Mo rolled his eyes at her and said, "Forty years, why are you asking this? Don't you want to reunite with your good grandson?"
"Of course I do! Go to the cabinet on the east side of Cining Palace and bring down a brocade box, and I will drink this medicine." The Queen Mother smiled, her tone was calm, but there was a kind of determination in that smile.
Eunuch Mo threw the things in his hand and said, "There are so many things to do." He
casually pointed at the two eunuchs and climbed up to take down the dusty brocade box. Perhaps it had been left there for too long and had faded.
The Queen Mother said, "You give this to the King, and say it is his last chance."
Then, her gray eyes revealed a firm look, and she raised her head and drank the medicine in her hand!
"Bang!"
It hurts!
It hurts so much -
a heart-wrenching pain, as if thousands of insects were gnawing at her internal organs and flesh and bones. This was the most severe pain she had ever experienced -
the Queen Mother wailed, rolled to the ground, and screamed while holding her stomach.
Cold sweat mixed with blood from her mouth, wet the floor drop by drop, and rolled everywhere.
Her body kept shaking, and her originally pale face was now bloodless, like a dead tree about to be burned.
Everyone present was frightened and stepped back dozens of steps!
-
At that time.
Duke Yan turned around and arranged everything for himself, then took the Queen Mother to Xia Siheng's military camp! When
Xia Siheng heard that someone was coming, he immediately put down the training matters in his hands.
He personally led people out to greet them. The
ones who came were the radiant Queen Mother Donglin and the "traitor" Duke Yan of the Great Xia Dynasty!
He quickly concealed his excited expression and invited them into the military camp.
"Grandma!"
Xia Siheng stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the Queen Mother, and found that there was no light or focus in her gray eyes.
He couldn't help but look at Duke Yan beside him.
Duke Yan said, "The Queen Mother of Donglin was blinded by the enemy many years ago because she was trying to eliminate harm for the people. It has been more than 20 years."
"In the past 20 years, she has been abused and delayed for treatment by the King of Donglin. Now even if a god comes, her eyes can't be saved."
After saying this, he sighed heavily again.
If such a queen mother was born in Daxia, she would never be treated like this.
Xia Siheng's eyes were slightly hot. He tightly grasped the old woman's bony hand, and the doubt in his eyes did not diminish at all.
These hands have experienced vicissitudes, the joints are swollen and deformed, and the veins are bulging, but why is my grandmother's face so radiant?
The Queen Mother patted him, her eyes empty but moist, she trembled and stretched her hand into the air, "Heng... Heng'er."
Xia Siheng immediately placed his face in the old woman's palm and choked up, "My grandson is here."
His face was 80% like his biological mother.