"Yes."
"Do you still have that bowl of bird's nest?"
"That's all, the Empress Dowager drank it all."
Ye Qingcheng frowned slightly after hearing this.
Seeing this, the Emperor asked, "Doctor Ye, do you suspect there's something wrong with the bird's nest soup that the Empress Dowager drank?"
Ye Qingcheng nodded.
"Investigate! Investigate for me! Also, Granny Hua served poorly; give her thirty strokes of the cane. And all the other maids, take them away and beat them to death."
"Your Majesty, spare me... Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty..."
Upon hearing this, the maidservant Hua, who served the Empress Dowager, and the other maids all hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.
Seeing this, Ye Qingcheng sighed: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager shows no signs of poisoning. I only wanted to see the bowl of bird's nest because I suspected that some tonics might have been added to it. So this matter cannot be blamed on any of them."
After hearing this, the Emperor nodded and waved his hand, signaling the guards to release Granny Hua and the others.
"Dr. Ye, what about my mother?"
Ye Qingcheng sighed: "The tumor in the Empress Dowager's brain shows signs of spreading. I can still use acupuncture to control it, but I cannot wake the Empress Dowager up."
"What?" The emperor was immediately alarmed upon hearing this.
"Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. What I meant by not letting the Empress Dowager wake up was that I intentionally wanted her to fall into a deep sleep."
"What? In a deep sleep? Doctor Ye, do you really not want to save the Empress Dowager?"
Ye Qingcheng glanced at the Empress but ignored her, instead looking at the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, the reason why I want the Empress Dowager to fall into a deep sleep is to save her life."
"Save my life? Doctor Ye, I'm afraid you can't cure me..."
"Your Majesty, I have never had any grudge against you, so why do you always suspect me of having ulterior motives?"
"Hmph! I'm worried about the Empress Dowager."
"Alright, Your Majesty, let Physician Ye finish speaking."
"emperor…"
"Dr. Ye, please speak."
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is like this: the tumor in the Empress Dowager's brain has shown signs of spreading."
Now that the Empress Dowager is old, if she were to wake up, the headache might be too much for her to bear, so I thought I should let her sleep.
"In that case, wouldn't my mother become a living dead?" the Emperor said, his brows furrowed.
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