"After seeing your brother today, spend more time with your mother every day. She loves you the most, so she will probably listen to you..." Yue Xiyuan was very worried that the Empress Dowager was just putting on a brave face.
“We’ve been out for quite some time now, let’s go back to Chengqian Palace.” Yan An and the other three returned to Chengqian Palace.
"Sister Ran, please eat a little. If you don't eat, how will you see the Emperor when he wakes up? If you don't eat, I won't come to your Shou Kang Palace starting tomorrow." Jiang Luo was also afraid that the Empress Dowager's health would collapse, so she threatened her.
"Mother, shall Xi'er and Lady Yan accompany you back to Shou Kang Palace? Xi'er has recently heard many interesting stories. Doesn't Mother love listening to Xi'er tell stories the most? Please, Mother~" Yuexi often acted coquettishly towards the Empress Dowager. Whenever Yuexi acted coquettishly, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to go along with her in everything.
The Empress Dowager nodded, and Yuexi and Jianglu helped her back to Shou Kang Palace.
Su Jingzhan took the Emperor's pulse again, and it was still the same as always. It seemed that the Tianshan Snow Lotus was definitely a must-find.
"Eunuch Wang, these pills are freshly made by me. Please give these to His Majesty first." Yan An took out the antidote pills she had made last night from her sleeve and handed them to Eunuch Wang.
"Yes, this old servant understands."
"An'an, I'm going to see Mother Empress first. Do you want to come with me?" He should still inform the Empress Dowager about matters of the court.
"You go first. I'll discuss it with my senior brother and see if there are any other options. Besides, the Emperor has been lying here for days without eating or drinking, which isn't good. I'll give him some nutrition."
"Okay, I'll take you home later tonight."
"good."
Su Jingzhan, standing to the side, curled his lip and snorted... "Another dose of dog food." Wang Gonggong, standing to the side, thought, "Hmm... truly a match made in heaven."
After the Empress Dowager and her entourage returned to Shou Kang Palace, they dismissed the maids and eunuchs, leaving only Rong Mama behind.
Yuexi knelt down on the ground with a thud, "Please punish me, Mother."
The Empress Dowager helped Yuexi up and held her hand. "Xi'er, the palace is not as peaceful and simple as it seems. You should not go to Yanfu Palace anymore. It was my fault before. Since she doesn't acknowledge you, I shouldn't have let you know about this matter, and I shouldn't have let you go looking for her again and again. You have suffered all these years. From now on, Xi'er will be my own daughter."
Since An'an had taken a fancy to the jade pendant at her waist yesterday, she had a suspicion. Today, Yuexi appeared in Chengqian Palace. How could she, who had been in the harem for many years, not understand that Xi'er was so naive and must have been used by that mother and son? Poor Xi'er, abandoned since childhood, and now being used again. The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh again and again.
"Mother..." Yuexi nestled in the Empress Dowager's arms and burst into tears.
"Mother..." "But Mother, my brother..."
"His Majesty was tricked by the spices offered as tribute by the Yan Kingdom. This assassination attempt on the Yue Kingdom will surely be met with retribution. When your brother recovers, he will settle this score with the Yan Kingdom. So, Xi'er, you don't need to worry." The Empress Dowager knew what Yue Xi was about to say and immediately interrupted her.
Even if the jade pendant wasn't the direct cause of the emperor's poisoning, it wasn't entirely unrelated. If evildoers heard this, even if Yuexi was the princess of Yue Kingdom, she couldn't bear the crime of assassinating the emperor.
"I will remember your teachings, Mother." Yuexi understood the Empress Dowager's good intentions and said no more.
"The Regent has arrived."
"Mother, have you eaten yet?" Yue Xiyuan saw that Yue Xi was still crying and knew that the child must have apologized to the Empress.
"Not yet. I've already asked Granny Rong to prepare. Why didn't An'an come with us?" The Empress Dowager hadn't seen Yan An and thought something had happened to her.
“An’an and Jingzhan are discussing a way to detoxify. Your subject has already asked Eunuch Wang to prepare a meal for them.”
"That's good. Stay and have a meal with me."
During the meal, each person was preoccupied with their own thoughts, and none of them ate much.
"Mother, I won't disturb you, Fourth Prince, and Lady Yan any longer. I'll come to pay my respects to you again tomorrow." Yuexi knew that Fourth Prince must have something to discuss with Mother. Although they didn't avoid her, she was partly responsible for the matter. If she knew anything, she didn't know what kind of conspiracy Consort Chen and Third Prince were plotting. She had to be on guard, so it was better to stay out of it.
"Alright, then Xi'er, go back first. Be careful on the way, and remember what I told you today."
"Xi'er understands, thank you, Mother."
The Empress Dowager gave Rong Mama a wink, and Rong Mama took out a box from the bedroom. The Empress Dowager opened it, and on top were some gold and silver jewelry. There was also a hidden compartment at the bottom, from which the Empress Dowager took out an imperial edict.
"Fourth Prince, this imperial edict was prepared by your elder brother long ago and has been kept with the Empress Dowager. Your elder brother said that if he were to die one day, he would make this edict public and pass the throne to you, so that he would be at peace with you sitting on the throne. I know you have no desire for the throne, but I also know that your elder brother is likely in grave danger this time. Yue Zhixiao is also eyeing the throne covetously, and he will probably be implicated in your brother's poisoning. How can such a ruthless and cunning person be emperor! We must make plans for the court."
The Empress Dowager knew exactly what was going on...
"Mother, my brother is still in a coma. With An'an and Jingzhan here, we are sure we can find an antidote in the future. Please keep this imperial edict with you for now. I can still handle matters in the court."
"Very well, if you were to ascend the throne now, I'm afraid there would be gossip throughout the land. It just so happens that Sister Luo is here today, and An'an's coming-of-age ceremony is just a month away. Before you came, Sister Luo and I discussed it. Since you two are already in love, I will issue a decree that you two will hold your ceremony on the sixteenth of June next month. How about that?"
In Chengqian Palace, after Yue Xiyuan left, Yan An used the excuse of relieving himself to flash into the operating room. Since the emperor was not eating or drinking all day, he would suffer from insufficient energy and malnutrition, and it was very likely that he would not live to see the day when the Tianshan Snow Lotus was found. Yan An prepared an intravenous nutrient solution using amino acids, fat emulsion, glucose, vitamins and other nutrients in proportions required by the body. Then, he flashed out of the operating room again.
"Junior sister, what is this?" Su Jingzhan saw that Yan An was holding a water bag and a package of something he didn't recognize. These were things he had never seen before.
"This is intravenous nutrition solution, containing all the nutrients a person needs to live normally. Now that His Majesty cannot eat or drink, he can no longer get nutrition from the outside world and can only rely on this to sustain him. This packet contains a single-use intravenous infusion needle, which can only be used once. I will teach you how to administer it to His Majesty."
Su Jingzhan was still very surprised. He understood the wonder of this thing. After all, a large number of people like the emperor who could not eat did not live long because they could not maintain a normal body due to lack of nutrition.
“Alright.” Su Jingzhan remembered that his master had said he wanted him to have a match with Aunt Qi’s disciple so that Aunt Qi could see how powerful her master’s disciple was. Su Jingzhan looked at Yan An and shook his head; he wouldn’t make a fool of himself.
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