The air around them seemed to freeze for a moment before Yinzhen's icy voice rang out: "Consort Xi, do you know you're talking to someone?"
Qian Shengyan lowered her head and closed her eyes. She had guessed that this scene would happen, but she still felt a slight pain in her heart.
She understood Yinzhen's thoughts. He was angry and left now, and would come back to see her when he was calmer tomorrow. But no one knew that Lady Wuya would die tomorrow!
Being angry today is the beginning of being scolded tomorrow. I'm afraid that even Yinzhen will regret his momentary anger.
Not to mention how history will record this mother and child!
If it weren't for Hongli, and to prevent him from having a father who would be stigmatized as unfilial, Qian Shengyan wouldn't care about Yinzhen at all; she wouldn't care if he went off to eat shit!
But Qian Shengyan couldn't stand idly by. She simply knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I have spoken recklessly and beg for your punishment."
She gritted her teeth, crawled two steps on her knees, and leaned closer to Yinzhen, whispering, "But I still have to say, Duke Zhuang once said, 'We will not meet again until we reach the Yellow Springs!' But now, digging a hole to see one's mother is being hailed as a beautiful story, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!..."
Yinzhen shook off her hand, remained silent for a moment, and then turned and went into the inner palace again.
Qian Shengyan breathed a sigh of relief, but remained kneeling on the spot. After a while, Su Peisheng came out from inside, smiling broadly as he asked Qingxue to help Qian Shengyan up. He then bowed and scraped as he invited her to come in and sit down and rest.
Qian Shengyan staggered slightly as she entered the hall. Qingxue quickly placed a cushion on the chair and then helped her sit down with a look of heartache.
The people in the hall had different gazes, but Qian Shengyan seemed not to notice, and simply closed her eyes to rest.
Soon, a group of imperial physicians filed in, and the inner room became lively. Before long, a palace maid brought in the prepared medicine. Qian Shengyan, sitting outside, could hear Yinzhen's firm words: "Let me do it. I will feed the Empress Dowager the medicine."
"Get out! Get out!" Uya was still shouting desperately when, in the next instant, the sound of porcelain shattering rang out, accompanied by exclamations from many people: "Your Majesty!"
Ulanara instinctively stood up, but before she could move, she heard Yinzhen say in a deep voice, "Brew another bowl of medicine."
"Your Majesty, your hand..." Su Peisheng's worried voice rang out, and Ulanara involuntarily took a few more steps, but everyone heard Yinzhen say, "It's nothing, just a little burned." He paused, and his voice carried a hint of anger, "What are you dawdling for? Go and brew the medicine. If the Empress Dowager's condition doesn't improve, you will all come to me with your heads!"
The inner hall was bustling with activity, but the outer hall remained quiet.
These blockheads...
Qian Shengyan sighed inwardly, raised her handkerchief and pretended to press it to the corner of her eye: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial, I am truly moved."
As soon as she spoke, Ulanara realized what was happening and immediately said, "His Majesty is so filial to his mother, we are no match for him."
"His Majesty personally tested and fed the Empress Dowager the medicine, even burning his hands in the process. His filial piety is truly moving. I believe the Empress Dowager will recover soon!" This was Geng Shi, who had overdone it.
Upon hearing this, Qian Shengyan couldn't help but glance at Madam Geng.
If this gets out, what if Lady Uya kicks the bucket tomorrow...?
Fortunately, Ulanara understood and immediately added, "The Eternal Heaven will surely feel the Emperor's filial piety and reduce the Empress's suffering!"
That's well said. Dying quickly means less illness. Qian Shengyan couldn't help but nod quietly. In an instant, everyone in the hall praised Yinzhen. The imperial physicians in the room weren't fools either, and they all joined in praising the emperor. Some even cried tears of joy, saying that seeing the emperor reminded them of those filial people in history books, and they were truly moved.
Qian Shengyan was convinced; when it came to flattery, everyone in the palace was the best.
Yinzhen was completely going all out. He stayed in Yonghe Palace all day. When Wuya refused to eat, he refused to eat with her. When Wuya refused to drink medicine, he had people brew it again and again and send it over. He tasted it himself first and then personally fed it to Wuya's lips.
At first, Uya could tolerate the large number of people, but later she became so angry that she kept cursing, even saying "You inhuman, disloyal and unfilial thing."
At that time, all the concubines gathered around the sickbed, intending to take good care of the patient. However, upon hearing what Uya said, they were all so frightened that they knelt down. The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground with their heads down and eyes lowered, wishing they had never had such ears.
"Empress Dowager is delirious from illness. Her son is Yinzhen, not Yinti." Yinzhen said calmly, and then handed the medicine bowl to Wuya's lips.
As expected, the bowl was smashed again. Uya was exhausted and hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day. She was indeed very ill and was panting heavily, unable to breathe. She just stared at Yinzhen but couldn't say another word.
Yinzhen's face was full of worry: "This won't do... Imperial Physician Liu!"
An old man with white hair and beard responded.
"You are the head of the academy, the person the late Emperor valued most. Tell me, what should we do about the Empress Dowager's condition?" Yinzhen asked.
Beads of sweat covered Liu's forehead, whether from exhaustion or fear, it was hard to tell. He kowtowed, his voice trembling slightly: "This... Her Majesty the Empress Dowager refuses to take the medicine, even a divine prescription won't work!"
"We still need to think of a way..." Yinzhen stood up, his brow furrowed with worry. "Could we make it into pills and feed them to the Empress Dowager?"
"This..." Imperial Physician Liu dared not answer. As the Empress, Ulanara could only offer her advice: "If Your Majesty is afraid of bitterness, how about using some candied fruit with the medicine?"
"Fourteenth Prince, Fourteenth Prince..." Uya said, panting.
Yinzhen's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice, "I know that my fourteenth brother has angered the Empress Dowager due to his filial impiety, but... I hope that the Empress Dowager will spare his life for the sake of his young age!"
While saying "please spare my life," the real meaning was clear—if Uya really didn't want to live, then Fourteen's life was also unnecessary.
Uya choked, her face turning ashen. She waved away everyone who approached, panting as she glared at Yinzhen: "You are unfilial to your superiors and unkind to your inferiors. One day, you will die..."
Before she could utter the word "death," Qian Shengyan interrupted Wuya's curse with a cry of "Oh dear!" She ran over crying and grabbed Wuya's hand that was pointing at Yinzhen, shouting loudly, "Your Majesty, I will not allow you to talk about yourself like that!"
Everyone: ...
"Even if Your Majesty the Empress Dowager wishes to follow the late Emperor, you should think of your son! The late Emperor is gone, and you are their only elder and relative now!" Qian Shengyan cried out with great skill and emotion.
She couldn't take it anymore. What kind of people were in this room? They just stood there watching the Emperor and the Empress Dowager argue without even trying to stop them!
Do you think everyone would look better if the Empress Dowager pointed at the Emperor and berated him with words like "death and burial place"?
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