"Yi Ming, Yi Ming..."
He rushed to the bedside, shaking his frail body and slapping his face repeatedly.
"Yiming, wake up! Don't scare Uncle Chen! Yiming, wake up!"
He called to him frantically, but he didn't move. He put his hand under his nose, but he wasn't breathing.
"ah……"
He roared like a madman, his voice like the howl of a wild beast in the mountains.
The Empress Dowager composed herself, and upon hearing his shout, she took two steps forward and slapped Rouge across the face.
"You lackey, you've gotten yourself into big trouble."
Rouge knelt there, bewildered, not understanding what had happened.
Empress Qi frowned and looked directly at her.
Is there any hope?
She looked at Empress Qi with a questioning gaze.
"This servant does not understand what you mean."
She dared not answer her rashly.
Empress Qi took a deep breath.
"This child is very likely the Crown Prince's offspring..."
With just that one sentence, Rouge knew what she had to do.
She hurriedly got up and was about to go inside when Leng Chuchen grabbed her collar tightly.
A murderous glint appeared in his normally deep eyes.
"You are so cruel. How could you bear to kill a four-year-old child?"
After saying that, he suddenly swung his arm and struck Rouge's face hard.
Rouge staggered back several steps, blood instantly gushing from her mouth and nose.
"Your Highness..."
She wanted to step forward to explain, but Leng Chuchen was about to step forward again when Empress Qi stepped forward.
"stop."
Leng Chuchen glared at Empress Qi as if she were an enemy, gritting her teeth and uttering a single sentence.
"You killed my son, I hate you..."
Empress Qi's face turned ashen in an instant. Leng Chuchen turned back at that moment, returned to the bedside, picked up Yiming, and walked outside while letting out a low growl.
"I will not let a single one of those who killed my son go unpunished..."
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