A month later, Yonglian suddenly fell ill, and Mingyu rushed to his side upon hearing the news.
"Imperial Physician, you must examine him carefully!" Mingyu felt a pang of pain in her heart when she saw Yonglian lying on the bed, barely alive.
Upon hearing Mingyu's words, the imperial physician immediately knelt down and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I have done my best, but the prince's asthma attack came on suddenly, catching me completely off guard. I'm afraid I am powerless to help..."
"Get out of here! Go and call the Imperial Hospital again, quick!" Mingyu rarely lost her temper like this, but even with the entire Imperial Hospital brought over, they were still powerless to help Yonglian's condition.
Mingyu wept bitterly and even fainted. When the eunuchs saw their mistress collapse, they had the imperial physician examine Mingyu before sending her back to her palace.
When Mingyu opened her eyes again, she found Hongli sitting by her bedside. It was clear that the emperor had been with her while she was unconscious.
"You fainted from crying after learning about Yonglian's illness. I know that Yonglian's passing has saddened you greatly, but he is gone now, and I am also very heartbroken." Hongli placed his hand on Mingyu's hand and began to comfort her.
Mingyu then remembered that her son was no longer alive, and immediately threw herself into Hongli's arms and burst into tears again.
"Your Majesty, Yonglian is such an obedient child. I never imagined that one day I would be the one to bury my son."
Hongli held Mingyu in his arms and continued, "I know everything you have said. I will posthumously honor Yonglian as Crown Prince Duanhui. In this way, Yonglian's spirit in heaven will rest in peace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Only then did Mingyu realize that Hongli had intended to make Yonglian the Crown Prince, but now that Yonglian was gone, what use were all those titles now?
On the other hand, Xueying always felt that Yonglian's death was suspicious, so she summoned the imperial physician who had treated Yonglian to ask him questions.
Xueying took a sip of tea, then asked the kneeling imperial physician, "I want to know why Crown Prince Duanhui died so suddenly?"
The imperial physician said, "When I examined the Crown Prince that day, I found that he had inhaled a large amount of reed catkin powder. The Crown Prince suffers from asthma, which is why he could not be saved immediately."
Xueying pondered the imperial physician's words for a moment, then said, "Inhaling a large amount of reed catkin powder?"
"Yes, and in my opinion, the Crown Prince's inhalation of this powder did not happen overnight. In other words, these symptoms need to accumulate day by day before they become so severe that I am helpless when they occur."
"Then where did the Crown Prince inhale the reed catkin powder from..." Xueying seemed to be talking to herself.
When the imperial physician heard Xueying ask this, he thought for a moment and then shook his head.
"You may leave. You may only tell me about this matter today; do not tell anyone else." Xueying had already learned most of the details, so she ordered the imperial physician to leave.
"Your subject obeys." The imperial physician took his leave.
Meanwhile, the scene inside Jingyang Palace was quite different.
"Haha, good! Now that Yonglian is finally dead, my Yongcheng will no longer be blocked behind him and have no hope for the future." Consort Jia was overjoyed after learning of Yonglian's death. Now that Yonglian was gone, her son Yongcheng was very likely to be made crown prince.
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