"Why did Mother faint?"
He put his hands behind his back and said slowly, "Go and call Chen Weizhi."
"The Empress Dowager fainted from shock; she'll be fine after a rest."
After Chen Weizhi finished taking the pulse, he was about to take his leave when Xiao Lanchuan rubbed his forehead and said, "I think the Empress Dowager is quite seriously ill. Let's give her some acupuncture."
The Empress Dowager had actually woken up long ago, but wanted to continue pretending to be unconscious to see how Xiao Lanchuan would react.
She never expected that he would let Chen Weizhi give her acupuncture, and each needle was more painful than the last, so painful that she hurriedly opened her eyes.
"My son."
Xiao Lanchuan looked at her and praised, "Huaizhi's medical skills are getting better and better. When you have time, give those people outside acupuncture a few times, so they won't keep calling out at night and bother me."
Chen Weizhi thought of those few gruesome human pigs and silently responded.
Upon hearing the mention of the human pig, the Empress Dowager exclaimed in horror, "My son, why are there such terrifying things in your palace?"
It has no nose or eyes.
I almost scared her to death just now.
"Your Majesty is unaware that it was those few who assassinated me."
"Oh, really?" the Empress Dowager said angrily. "Then have you found out who the mastermind is?"
Xiao Lanchuan smiled at her and slowly replied, "...Never."
The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief without making a sound.
God knows how scared she was when she heard that Xiao Lanchuan was alright.
If he finds out, both she and Yi'er will be in danger.
"Then they should all be strangled, why are they still alive?"
Xiao Lanchuan sighed and said, "Mother, you don't know, but I've been having insomnia for the past year. However, I slept very well last night. It seems they are quite useful to me after all."
That's really perverted.
Thinking of the fate she had foreseen, the Empress Dowager became even more determined to join forces with Yi'er to kill him, otherwise she would be the one to die.
Nan Zhi recuperated in Changqiu Palace for a month, thinking that Xiao Lanchuan would come to see her. However, he never came after that day. Instead, the Empress Dowager and Consort Qin Jingyi came once.
When the Empress Dowager arrived, she was dignified and elegant, with a smiling face and a kind expression.
"So it was you who took the sword for the Emperor?"
Nanzhi nodded and lowered her eyes: "Yes, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager smiled even more gently: "He is a loyal and devoted servant. Reward him."
Namgyal was rewarded with many gold and silver ornaments.
After she knelt to express her gratitude, the Empress Dowager held her hand and said softly, "Good child, you have a beautiful face, and now you are favored and live in Changqiu Palace. Your future is limitless."
As expected of a seasoned palace intrigue master, every word she utters is a test.
Nanzhi replied with trepidation, "This servant dares not."
"What's there to be afraid of? As long as the Emperor likes you, I will like you too."
However, the Emperor has no heir, which worries me greatly. If you can bear him an heir, you will be worthy of the title of Empress.
Nanzhi knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, this servant dares not presume to do so."
The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "You silly child."
As she spoke, she looked behind her and said, "Imperial Physician Ji, take a look at her and see if she's feeling any better."
Physician Ji stepped forward, had Nanzhi sit down in a chair, and began to take her pulse.
Nanzhi looked terrified and uneasy.
The Empress Dowager found it increasingly unacceptable.
A slight smile appeared on her lips, but the resentment in her eyes could not be concealed.
Originally, with Xiao Lanchuan injured, she and Yi'er could have changed the dynasty.
But this reckless palace maid ruined their plans.
Xiao Lanchuan brazenly placed her in Changqiu Palace, and since she was pretending to be a kind and benevolent mother, it was not appropriate for him to lay a hand on her.
But she was still worried.
Although she had already given Xiao Lanchuan a poison that would prevent him from having children, Consort Qin Jingyi had been pregnant once, and even if she had lost the pregnancy, it still planted a seed of unease in his heart.
She had to ensure that none of the women who came into contact with Xiao Lanchuan would be able to conceive.
Fortunately, after examining her pulse, Physician Ji shook his head at her.
The Empress Dowager then comforted Nanzhi, saying, "Take good care of your injuries. If you wish, you can come to me later."
The Empress Dowager is not in a hurry to kill her; she is currently in a precarious situation and must act cautiously.
After she left, Nanzhi subtly curled her lips into a smile.
Xiao Lanchuan placing her in Changqiu Palace probably shows he doesn't trust her enough.
Was he trying to test her, or was he trying to test the Empress Dowager?
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager maintained her dignified demeanor and dared not lay a hand on her; otherwise, she wouldn't have enough lives to survive.
No heir...
Wasn't she the one who fathered Qin Jingyi's child?
Imagine how interesting her expression would be if she found out one day that she was pregnant with Xiao Lanchuan's child.
The fact that the Empress Dowager had visited Changqiu Palace had already been reported to Xiao Lanchuan in great detail.
At that moment, Xiao Lanchuan was playing with the hand bones that had been cut off from the human pig. The hand bones were strung together, but he had grown tired of playing with them and was somewhat losing interest.
Hearing Nanzhi's reaction piqued his interest.
She actually refused to become empress, and did not consider herself superior because of her status as his savior.
She's really interesting.
When he heard that Nan Zhi had her pulse taken by Physician Ji, his eyes paused slightly.
When Nanzhi was injured and fainted, Chen Weizhi had already taken her pulse.
Her body is too weak to conceive.
His good mother, indeed, cannot tolerate a woman who can bear his child.
He had suspected in his past life that he had a health problem.
He had no interest in that kind of thing. In his previous life, Qin Jingyi became pregnant because she couldn't stand the loneliness and sought out someone else, then pretended to be his child.
The Empress Dowager lost her composure and took action against Qin Jingyi.
He was so enamored with the care she gave him that he didn't realize it at the time.
In this life, he initially doubted that it was just a dream and couldn't believe that those things had happened.
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