Following Baili Yingfeng to the entrance of the imperial mausoleum's sleeping quarters, Miao Nanyan saw many imperial concubines and royal family members waiting outside the hall.
As the evening breeze blew, Miao Nanyan brushed aside the strands of hair that were obscuring her eyes and looked at the person kneeling on the ground.
Judging from their attire and age, the group at the head of the group should be the Imperial Concubine Dowager.
Consort Jingyi, with a sallow complexion, knelt on the left side of the doorway.
Wearing a plain-colored palace dress embroidered with camellias, and draped with a thin, light gauze veiled in gold thread, with her hair piled high in a bun adorned with gold, pearl, and jade hairpins, Consort Li, looking weary and sorrowful, knelt in the middle of the doorway.
There were also a few young royal princes who looked completely unfamiliar to Miao Nanyan, but whose bone structure was somewhat similar to Baili Yingfeng's.
The royal children's hair and clothing were not very neat, suggesting that they had received the imperial decree at the last minute, got up in the middle of the night, and rushed to the imperial mausoleum in a panic.
"Mother..."
The younger prince choked up.
"Your son is unfilial, unable to fulfill his filial duties before you, sob..."
"Mother, sob sob sob..."
Baili Yingfeng looked at the people kneeling on the ground with disgust. They usually didn't seem to care much about Empress Dowager Hesheli. Who were they pretending for now?
[Miscellaneous items.]
Miao Nanyan had never heard that Baili Yingfeng had so many brothers.
She saw one imperial physician after another emerge from the bedchamber, shaking their heads with sorrowful and solemn expressions.
No one spoke; everyone seemed lost in grief, and the atmosphere was very somber.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager invites the King inside."
The old nanny who served Empress Dowager Hesheli walked out of the bedchamber with sunken eyes and a sorrowful expression. She swayed and seemed unsteady on her feet, so she held onto a pillar beside her.
"Come in with me." Baili Yingfeng glanced at Miao Nanyan.
All eyes fell on Miao Nanyan, and the pupils of Consort Jingyi and Consort Li suddenly dilated.
[This is... Miao Nanchen?!]
Isn't she already dead?
"yes."
Miao Nanyan nodded slightly and followed her inside.
"Chen Yuan, have all the imperial physicians stand guard at the entrance, and no one is allowed to leave."
"You stay at the door and arrest anyone who eavesdrops or is suspicious."
After speaking, Baili Yingfeng's sharp gaze swept over the people kneeling outside the hall.
Miao Nanyan was slightly stunned. It seemed that Baili Yingfeng's relationship with the people kneeling on the ground was not good, and had become extremely cold. Otherwise, he would not have spoken so ruthlessly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Chen Yuan nodded and led his guards to stand watch at the door.
Miao Nanyan followed Baili Yingfeng inside and saw Empress Dowager Hesheli lying on the bed, with a brown-yellow gauze curtain hanging down, separating her from the outside world.
"Mother, you are so healthy, how did you suddenly fall ill?" Baili Yingfeng walked to the bedside and asked with sorrow.
Empress Dowager Hesheli opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
"Miao Nanyan, quickly go and see your mother."
For some reason, he placed his hopes on the woman in front of him, even though the imperial physicians of Northern Liang were helpless with his illness.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Miao Nanyan arrived at Empress Dowager Hesheli's bedside, she was about to kneel down to pay her respects when Baili Yingfeng stopped her, saying, "Time is of the essence, take a look quickly."
Miao Nanyan then stopped being so formal.
The moment she lifted the veil, she was stunned. The Empress Dowager was breathing heavily, her eyes were sunken and she looked extremely haggard, and her face was a terrifying purplish-black.
Could it be poisoning?
Baili Yingfeng also saw the appearance of Empress Dowager Hesheli and was stunned. Although his mother was no longer young and beautiful, the one in front of him was so sickly.
Who exactly harmed his mother?!
The veins on Baili Yingfeng's forehead bulged, his anger and sorrow were clearly visible.
Is there... any hope?
Baili Yingfeng managed to ask the question with difficulty, clenching his fists.
Miao Nanyan took out a pulse-taking pillow from the medicine box and, holding her breath, took the pulse of Empress Dowager Hesheli.
...
In the backyard of Huichuntang Medical Clinic on Chang'an Street in Nanyang, Yun Duoduo was still in shock.
Her ears were filled with all sorts of sounds, sounds and timbres completely different from human speech.
What exactly happened?
How could she understand what the white goose was saying?
Yun Duoduo looked around and her gaze fell on Sun Huohuo, who was playing in the water in front of the fish tank in the corner.
"Hey buddy, we're complete strangers, why are you shoving me like that?"
A sharp, slightly angry voice came from the fish tank.
"This little goldfish is so pretty. Tell me, what's your relationship with Xiao Jinyu?"
Sun Huohuo picked up a goldfish from the fish tank and looked at it, talking to himself. He remembered that he hadn't seen Xiao Jinyu, the captain of the Imperial Guard, for a while.
"Hey, hey, hey, put me back right now!"
"I have no grudge against you. I was swimming here peacefully, and you just had to come over and touch me!"
The little goldfish stared wide-eyed at Sun Huohuo, frantically wagging its tail.
"Oh no, I can't breathe anymore, I'm going to suffocate, I can't catch my breath..."
The little goldfish gradually lost its strength, and the amplitude of its tail swaying decreased.
Sun Huohuo stopped holding the fish and quickly threw it back into the water.
"Oh, I'm home, I'm home. It's so much more comfortable in the water."
"What an impulsive guy!"
Yun Duoduo was still in shock. She had just understood what the big white goose was saying, but now she was hearing what the little goldfish was saying?
She ran out like a madwoman, crossed the front hall, and stood on Chang'an Street, watching the passersby, pigs, dogs, cattle, and horses...
Suddenly, the noise around me intensified.
A flatbed truck passed by her, carrying several pink and white piglets.
"Hmph hmph hmph, whew whew, gurgle gurgle..."
Several piglets swayed back and forth on the flatbed cart.
"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!"
The flatbed cart suddenly stopped, and several piglets bumped into each other.
"Don't push me!"
After avoiding the crowd, the flatbed truck continued its journey.
"Ah, ha, this little flatbed cart is really great."
"Are you all asleep? Don't sleep, get up and chat for a bit!" One little pig nudged the dejected little pig next to it.
[So this is what a pig's voice sounds like—very deep and resonant.]
As if to verify something, her gaze searched for any creature other than humans.
A chattering lark chasing its mother for food, a mischievous dog being chased by its father, and a proud cat meowing, wanting to snuggle up to its girlfriend…
Yun Duoduo scratched her head. [Wow, not only has the medicine box been upgraded, but the language system has too!]
She can understand animal speech!
Moreover, she can understand everything, whether it's white birds flying in the sky, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, cats running on the ground, or goldfish swimming in the water.
[Emma, will giving her a wand allow her to use magic in the future?]
Nanyang is truly a magical place.
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