Chapter 77 Terrible Thoughts
After hearing this, Mo Yunzhu's heart was shaken violently. She felt something was wrong, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, Prince Lan also went to the palace to visit the Queen Mother before. He was supposed to stay to keep vigil, but he was not in good health, so I let him go back." Eunuch Gao said.
"Well, Huo Lan is in poor health, so don't bother yourself with him. Doctor Ji, when you have time, go to Prince Lan's mansion and help Huo Lan. This child is pitiful. The Queen Mother even asked me to take care of him more during lunch yesterday. Alas."
Mo Yunzhu was shocked. Two days ago, she went to see the Empress Dowager and the Emperor went with her. And he went to see the Empress Dowager again yesterday?
The emperor was not so diligent in the past. Sometimes he didn’t visit the empress dowager for half a month.
"Your Majesty, did you have lunch with the Queen Mother yesterday?" Mo Yunzhu asked.
The emperor nodded and said, "The Queen Mother specially sent someone to call me to have lunch with her. Alas, I haven't been with her for a long time. Now that I think about it, it's a good thing that she came to see me yesterday, so I was able to see her for the last time."
As the emperor spoke, his face became sad and he began to sigh.
"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences." Eunuch Gao immediately said worriedly.
"Yunzhu, you are the Queen Mother's most beloved girl. Now that the Queen Mother is gone, you must come to the palace to see me more often in the future." The Emperor looked at Mo Yunzhu and said.
Mo Yunzhu cursed in her heart. Even though this old man always talked about the care of the elders for the younger ones, how could she not see the beastly thoughts in the eyes of this old pervert?
She still had a very scary thought in her mind at the moment. She was a little afraid to think about it, but she urgently needed proof.
"What? You don't want to?" When the emperor saw Mo Yunzhu didn't say anything, his voice suddenly became cold.
"Yunzhu dare not, Yunzhu obeys your order." Mo Yunzhu could only give in, "Your Majesty, Nanny Qin is feeling a little unwell. Can Yunzhu take Doctor Ji to see Nanny Qin?"
"Madame Qin has done her best for the Queen Mother. She is also extremely sad this time. Doctor Ji, you and Yun Zhu should go and see her."
"I obey your order."
Soon, Mo Yunzhu and Doctor Ji left Yu Garden and returned to Ci'an Palace.
Along the way, black and white cloths had been hung up, and the servants and palace maids of the Yulin Army had all changed into plain clothes. Although people were coming and going, the atmosphere seemed even more heavy and sad.
In Nanny Qin's room, she cried until her eyes were red again, and the little palace maid kept persuading her.
"Mammy, Doctor Ji and Miss Mo are here."
"Let them in quickly." Nanny Qin wiped her eyes and said hurriedly.
After Doctor Ji and Mo Yunzhu entered the house, Nanny Qin asked the palace maid to close the door and leave.
"Doctor Ji, you, you must accept my condolences and take care of yourself." Nanny Qin looked at Doctor Ji and started crying again.
Doctor Ji suddenly burst into tears and choked with sobs.
Mo Yunzhu was also sad, but she still said, "Madam Qin, do you know what the emperor and the queen mother talked about at lunch yesterday?"
Nanny Qin was stunned for a moment and then said, "Actually, it was the Queen Mother who invited the Emperor to come here yesterday. The Queen Mother wanted to arrange your marriage with Prince Lan and hoped that the Emperor would not delay it. The Queen Mother said that she was not feeling well and hoped to see you get married. She would die with peace of mind."
Mo Yunzhu's heart instantly tightened, and she asked anxiously, "What did the emperor say?"
"The Emperor refused, saying that he needed to renovate Prince Lan's Palace and would let you get married after it was completed. He also said that the Queen Mother's health would improve and we could wait until that day. Anyway, we parted on bad terms in the end."
Nanny Qin said uncomfortably, "My dear Miss, the Queen Mother said that the Emperor has taken a fancy to you. Is that true?"
Mo Yunzhu's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and she said in a cold voice, "Yes, Nanny Qin, do you really not know how the Queen Mother died?"
Nanny Qin shook her head and said, "Last night, after the Empress Dowager went to bed, I also went to bed. In the morning, when I woke up and opened the door, I found that the Empress Dowager had not breathed. I immediately called for help, and the imperial physician came and said that she died of a serious illness. In fact, I didn't quite believe it."
"Mammy, why don't you believe it?" Doctor Ji asked anxiously.
"Although the Queen Mother was in a bad mood yesterday because of the Emperor, she was very sober and not feeling unwell. How could she pass away so suddenly?"
"Can the imperial physician use a silver needle to test for poison?" Mo Yunzhu asked immediately.
"I did, but it didn't turn black. I also checked her body and found nothing wrong. I also checked and found no scars on the Queen Mother's body. It's really strange."
Mo Yunzhu frowned, and Doctor Ji asked again, "Mammy, the Queen Mother wants you to bring something to me?"
"The Queen Mother has already instructed us to do this." She turned around and took out a black box. "The Queen Mother asked me to give this to you."
Doctor Ji looked at the black box, and his old eyes turned red again.
"Miss Mo, this is what the Queen Mother left for you. She said it a long time ago." Nanny Qin took out a royal concubine bracelet with a hint of emerald green.
Mo Yunzhu knew at first glance that it was of great value. The jade had a fluorescent sunlight green color and was made of icy material, and was as beautiful as a painting of a Jiangnan water village.
"The Queen Mother really treats you as her own granddaughter." Nanny Qin said, "She said that you have brought her the most joy in her life and made her not lonely in the palace when she grows old. But Miss Mo, it's best not to let the eldest princess see this bracelet. The eldest princess asked for it, but the Queen Mother didn't give it to her. She gave her a less beautiful one instead."
Mo Yunzhu's tears instantly flowed down. No matter how hard her heart was, it could not withstand such a gentle attack.
"Mammy, I suspect that it was the Emperor who did this to the Empress Dowager..." Mo Yunzhu's eyes became colder and colder. She put the bracelet directly on her hand and covered it with her sleeve, because she was not at ease no matter where she put it.
As soon as these words came out, Doctor Ji and Nanny Qin's faces changed drastically, but Nanny Qin immediately said anxiously: "Actually, this servant also thinks so. It's not such a coincidence. But if it's really the emperor, the empress dowager's revenge..."
"Mammy, who is the thin man next to the emperor?" Mo Yunzhu suddenly thought of the man who looked extremely uncomfortable.
"That is Eunuch Yan, the emperor's personal bodyguard, but he sometimes appears in public. He is a martial arts master. I heard that more than 20 years ago, he killed countless people in the martial arts world and then disappeared. In fact, he was taken in by the royal family." Doctor Ji knew it very well.
"Miss, if it were the emperor..." Doctor Ji immediately shook his head and said, "You, you must not do anything rash."
"After I see the empress dowager's body, I will know if it is the emperor." Mo Yunzhu's hands were already clenched tightly, she felt for sure it was the emperor.
Because the Queen Mother would definitely remind the Emperor that she was Prince Lan's fiancée and his daughter-in-law, but how could such a lustful Emperor listen to her?
After the Queen Mother died, she and Prince Lan had to observe mourning, and the wedding date was far away. Even if he couldn't lose face and take her as his concubine now, he had at least a year, and he would definitely try his best.
Moreover, after the incident, the emperor had reminded her twice to postpone the wedding.
Mo Yunzhu felt extremely disgusted when she thought of this. She also felt deeply upset for the Queen Mother and blamed herself immensely.
The Queen Mother should not have known that the Emperor had a crush on her. Although she was told not to ask the Emperor, she invited the Emperor to lunch because she was worried about her. I'm afraid she didn't expect that this would bring her own death.
Is the emperor really such a cruel person?
Mo Yunzhu was extremely heartbroken. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths before she calmed down.