They made the right bet.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine, the remaining poison in the Emperor's body has been cleared. As long as he rests well, he will surely recover in time."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“Amitabha, Amitabha!”
The empress dowager clasped her hands together and chanted Buddhist mantras continuously. A lot of things had happened during this period of time. The empress dowager, who had been well-maintained, had a lot more white hair on her head overnight.
Zhao Yuancheng, who had just been detoxified, had little energy. He smiled at the empress dowager and his eyes fell on Fu Qianyu who was not far away.
He raised his arm towards her with great effort. Seeing this, Fu Xiyu hurried forward and knelt on the footstool. She reached out and held the emperor's hand. When she leaned closer, she heard the emperor whisper in her ear: "I'm sorry."
To be honest, Fu Qianyu didn't feel any ripples in her heart about the word "I'm sorry".
But after so many years in the deep palace, her acting skills have been honed to perfection, and her tears fell like pearls from a broken string while she spoke.
In his blurred vision, Zhao Yuancheng raised his other hand and slowly wiped away the tears on Fu Qianyu's face, smiling gently: "Don't cry."
The Empress Dowager had not had a good night's sleep these past few days because of Zhao Yuancheng's health. Now that he had woken up, Fu Qianyu advised that she and the imperial physician would take care of him, and asked the Empress Dowager to go back and rest first.
The Queen Mother had already been exhausted, and now seeing her son wake up, her heart was at ease and her body felt even more tired.
After returning to Ci'an Palace, he was served and asked to rest. He fell asleep after a while.
In the Zichen Palace, Zhao Yuancheng had not had any food or water for seven days and was already starving. Fu Qianyu half-sat on the edge of the bed and fed Zhao Yuancheng spoonful by spoonful of the clear porridge.
Her voice was choked with sobs but also filled with joy: "The imperial physician said that you are weak and cannot eat meat for the time being. You can only drink some porridge every day."
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