Sherry sat to one side and watched over her.
The next day, it was Consort Xi's turn to attend to the ailing patient.
Sherry returned to the palace and stared at the servants and two babies. She only felt relieved after checking that there was nothing dirty around them.
However, things are not quite stable in the Hall of Mental Cultivation!
"Your Majesty, first you had Consort Qi, then you favored Consort Nian, and now you have new favorites Consort Shun and Consort Ji. What, am I the only one who deserves to watch you favor others?"
"How could you treat my son so coldly? Even the late Emperor praised my Hongli highly. How could you, as his father, prefer to promote that incompetent Hongzhou to suppress my Hongli?"
"Look at you, you've finally gotten your comeuppance! Now you're lying here, hehehe..."
"Your Majesty, blame me if you must. You didn't love my son and me, so this calamity is your retribution! Don't worry, Consort Nian and her children are with you down here, hahaha..."
"As long as my Hongli can successfully ascend the throne, you will have died a worthy death! The palace is full of our people, so Your Majesty can rest assured!"
"Really?" A hoarse voice suddenly came from the bed.
The ferocity on Consort Xi's face froze for a moment, then quickly turned into disbelief.
Turning her head, she saw Yongzheng looking at her coldly, as if he were looking down on an ant. She couldn't help but take a step back, and her body trembled instantly!
"Guards!" Consort Xi turned around and shouted, but the area outside the palace remained quiet.
"I have awakened, and you seem quite unhappy?" Yongzheng lay there, speaking with some shortness of breath.
Consort Xi's expression changed, and she suddenly lunged forward, grabbing the quilt to cover Yongzheng's face.
Suddenly, Consort Xi collapsed limply.
A man in black helped Yongzheng up.
Where is Su Peisheng?
"He was imprisoned by... the Fourth Prince on charges of plotting against the Emperor! The Empress arranged for people to stop him, so he didn't suffer any real harm!"
"Summon Liu Yuduo!" Yongzheng narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at the person who had fainted on the ground.
"Physician Liu was dismissed by the Fourth Prince on the grounds that his medical skills were not proficient and that he had held back!"
"Ah! My good son, oh—" Yongzheng was instantly enraged and vomited several mouthfuls of dark blood as he spoke.
The guard Zi Mao made a gesture, and several more went out.
Before long, Ye Tianshi, Xu Lingtai, Xue Shengbai, and Liu Yuduo arrived one after another.
Xue Li watched as the imperial physicians performed acupuncture, massage, and herbal medicine.
The news coming from outside is that something bad has happened to the Emperor!
It was obvious to the naked eye that Hongli was overjoyed.
He didn't notice the inscrutable expressions of the court officials, or rather, he deliberately ignored them.
After all, his life had been smooth sailing for the first half of his life.
I've never suffered any hardship or injustice.
After the death of the legitimate son of the Prince Yong's mansion, he was the only one who gained the favor of Emperor Kangxi.
Furthermore, she was raised by her late father, the Imperial Noble Consort, during her childhood.
Even though his mother was not favored.
There were advantages and disadvantages. At that time, no one paid attention to him and his mother, so he grew up safely and peacefully.
When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he performed ancestral rites on Yongzheng's behalf on many occasions!
The treatment he received was incomparable to that of the other princes.
In addition, the Niohuru clan, also eager to serve the emperor, had long followed him!
Therefore, he could not accept the slightest grievance, which is why in later generations, his personality was such that he wanted all kinds of praise to be bestowed upon him.
He can't stand seeing others better than him.
He wrote 40,000 poems in his lifetime, but none of them were worth mentioning. However, he stamped the seals of all sorts of historical figures on their paintings.
It was almost as if he was saying outright that it was his masterpiece...
However, at this moment, Yongzheng treated him with coldness one after another.
How could he possibly tolerate repeatedly failing and succeeding?
Let's just take the risk!
In fact, Yongzheng was not wrong. Historically, Yongzheng fell ill and eventually punished Jia Shifang.
Jia Shifang was originally a wandering sorcerer, the same type as those who practiced alchemy.
However, his insatiable greed at the time caused Yongzheng's illness to relapse.
Although Emperor Yongzheng's condition improved after Jia Shifang treated him, it would worsen whenever Jia Shifang was not by his side.
The recurring nature of his illness led Emperor Yongzheng to suspect that Jia Shifang was controlling his condition, thus causing him to distrust Jia Shifang.
During the Kangxi era, there were incidents of itinerant sorcerers interfering in political turmoil (such as the Zhang Mingde incident).
This led Emperor Yongzheng to develop a sense of resistance or distrust towards itinerant sorcerers.
When Jia Shifang appeared and treated his illness, Emperor Yongzheng might have been reminded of these historical events, which made him more vigilant and suspicious.
This time, Hongli simply went all out and didn't bother with any gradual approach.
It was direct poisoning, of course, an enhanced version of erysipelas.
So Emperor Yongzheng fell into a deep sleep and never woke up!
Meanwhile, the imperial physicians were secretly working to save him.
Therefore, Emperor Yongzheng looked unwell, but his illness was not fatal.
The longer it goes on, the more it damages one's vital energy; if it weren't for the antidote pill from Shirley...
Even if Emperor Yongzheng were to wake up, he would be barely clinging to life!
With the help of massage and acupuncture, Yongzheng gradually stopped spitting blood.
Her complexion visibly became rosier.
He didn't speak so weakly.
However, on his way there, Hongli was delayed by an urgent report from the previous dynasty.
He went to handle state affairs again, tears streaming down his face!
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Yongzheng immediately burst into laughter.
What was the reaction of the women in the harem?
"The empresses and concubines are all spontaneously praying for the emperor's well-being, Consort Shun..." Zi Mao hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
"Consort Shun takes care of the twins every day."
"Ha, knowing how to protect the child, that's smart!"
Yongzheng said nothing more and fell into a deep sleep.
Zi Mao hesitated for a moment, exchanged glances with the other imperial physicians, and finally withdrew.
Sherry held her child and fell asleep peacefully.
Good days are just around the corner, how can I not be at ease!
However, when Yongzheng got up again that night to administer acupuncture, he learned that Hongli had already gathered a group of court officials.
They did it under the guise of praying for him.
He was still alive when he held a banquet and wept bitterly in front of his court officials.
"He can act even better than that actor!"
Upon learning the news, Emperor Yongzheng coldly rebuked him.
The imperial physician, the secret guards, Prince Yi, Prince Zhuang, and their entourage also knelt on the ground.
"Thirteen, sixteen, my safety is in your hands!"
Yongzheng shook hands with his two younger brothers and then went to sleep.
"Your Majesty, we will not fail in our mission!" Yunxiang and Yunlu bowed and knelt in unison.
"Your Majesty, when Consort Shun was attending to you during your illness, she patted your forehead!" Zi Mao thought for a moment and then mentioned it.
Then Yongzheng paused for a moment, and murmured, "So it was her!"
Yongzheng waved for them to leave, then gazed intently at the palace.
What he didn't tell everyone was that he saw the past and the future when his soul left his body!
If initially he was merely disappointed by Hongli's actions, now that Hongli dared to commit patricide, he wouldn't mind killing his son first!
Moreover, such a son is the biggest stain on his life!
His soul left his body, and he felt as if he had gone to many places.
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