The Empress Dowager's words were absolutely right, and Kangxi thought so too. However, his emotions made him hesitate. Since the Empress Dowager had spoken, he could not act willfully. As the ruler of the country, he should not be swayed by personal feelings, and he could not afford to make mistakes in important matters.
After glancing at the delivery room, Kangxi suppressed his emotions, responded to the Empress Dowager, and then turned to go to Kunning Palace.
As Kangxi walked toward the inner palace, he happened to bump into Xia He, who was carrying dirty quilts and clothes. He noticed a glaring bright red stain on the exquisite fabric and his eyes narrowed, realizing that it was because the Empress had vomited blood.
He was extremely surprised. Had the Empress really become like this?
Upon entering the inner room and seeing the Empress, Kangxi felt immense pity for her. He touched Niohuru's face and then went outside to question the group of imperial physicians.
"Is the Empress's illness truly incurable?"
At this moment, apart from Physician Chen in Chengqian Palace, all the other physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy gathered in Kunning Palace. After examining the Empress, they all felt a chill in their hearts.
Faced with the Emperor's question, all the imperial physicians knelt down without saying a word. The head of the Imperial Hospital, kneeling at the front, spoke with a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Empress has been suffering from a lung ailment, exacerbated by excessive worry and anxiety, which has weakened her body. Since Her Majesty fell ill, the imperial physicians have been treating her while simultaneously trying to recuperate. However, despite taking medicine, Her Majesty has continued to overwork herself with official duties, causing a minor ailment to develop into a serious one. Her Majesty's lung disease is now far too severe, and we servants are simply incompetent and powerless to help!"
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy was an old man over seventy years old. Although he was very old, he was in good health. He was highly skilled in medicine and usually only took care of Emperor Kangxi's health. He was the most skilled doctor in the Imperial Medical Academy.
Kangxi knew about Imperial Physician Liu, and now even he said there was nothing he could do; perhaps the Empress truly…
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