Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

In the harem, people were in a state of panic. In the Yangxin Palace, the atmosphere was also depressing.

The emperor stood in front of a huge painting of vast mountains and rivers, lost in thought.

Li Yu had just received some information from his men and returned to the palace when he saw the emperor holding a red pen and drawing a glaring red circle on the landmark of Junggar.

"Did the Queen Mother send someone here to inquire about the news?"

Li Yu lowered his eyebrows and replied honestly, "Since the Queen Mother woke up, she has sent people to summon you these days. Maybe there is something important."

The emperor sighed softly and said with confidence, "The war is about to break out in the front, I think the Empress Dowager must have heard something.

I don't want to go, of course I have my reasons. I have been patient for a long time, bearing the reproaches of the Empress Dowager and the admonitions of the concubines, and enduring the humiliation of sending my sister to marry, and finally waited until today.

I must send troops to pacify the Dzungar Khanate, in order to get rid of this major worry."

Li Yu did not dare to comment on military and political affairs, and just continued to stand by with his head down.

Suddenly, Jinzhong's panicked and hurried voice was heard outside the hall, and he was seen stumbling into the hall, not caring about his tilted hat, and sliding to his knees.

"Jinzhong, the emperor is busy with state affairs. How dare you be so reckless and disturb him?"

Li Yu frowned and started to reprimand the emperor before he got angry.

Jinzhong knelt anxiously, "I know I am wrong, I am guilty, but Your Majesty, there is news from the Cining Palace that the Empress Dowager is dying.

Concubine Ling is serving beside us, and I don’t know what to do. Please go over and take a look.”

The emperor suppressed his anger, his eyes filled with worry, and he hurried to the Cining Palace in his carriage.

At this time in the Cining Palace, the empress dowager was lying in a brocade quilt, her face as pale as snow and her breath barely surviving.

Wei Yanwan, wearing a qingyu plain pattern double-breasted Manchu dress, stood aside, wiping her tears.

With the voice of "The Emperor has arrived", the empress dowager's tightly closed eyelids on the bed moved slightly, and Wei Yanwan also hurriedly bowed to greet her.

"How is the Empress Dowager?" The Emperor lifted Wei Yanwan's hands with his powerful hands and asked anxiously.

Wei Yanwan's eyes were misty with tears, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother heard about the unrest in Junggar and was worried about Princess Duanshu's safety.

I dared not disturb the emperor from handling state affairs, and could not get any useful information. The empress dowager could not stop thinking more and more, until she became so angry that she fainted.

Your Majesty, it was I who failed to take good care of the Queen Mother. Please punish me."

Wei Yanwan spoke softly and even though she admitted that she had done something wrong, she could not be blamed in any way.

As expected, the emperor did not say much and only comforted her with a few words.

"The Emperor... Is it the Emperor who is here?" The Empress Dowager's voice, old and slightly hoarse, sounded softly.

The emperor immediately leaned over to the Queen Mother's bedside and said, "My Queen Mother, your son is here to see you."

After removing her armor and rings, the Queen Mother raised her skinny and wrinkled hands with difficulty, as if she wanted to grasp the corner of the Emperor's clothes to confirm the authenticity of the person in front of her.

The emperor raised his hand to signal Wei Yanwan to leave, and then sat alone beside the bed, allowing the empress dowager to hold the corner of his clothes.

Wei Yanwan choked up as she responded, and quietly cleaned up the remaining medicine bowl beside the couch before quietly retreating.

There were only mother and son left in the hall. Everything was silent for a while, except for the empress dowager's gentle breathing that was still rising and falling in a very regular rhythm.

"The Empress Dowager doesn't take good care of herself, maybe she wants to tell her son about Hengchui.

My son insisted on sending troops to Dzungar this time in order to suppress Dawachi and bring back Hengchu. "

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and said anxiously, "Emperor, I know your good intentions.

But Kedawazi is your brother-in-law after all. If we can negotiate a peace agreement, wouldn’t everyone be happy?

The swords on the battlefield are merciless, Hengchui has been miserable enough, I don't want her life to have any more twists and turns."

The emperor's eyes were filled with coldness, "The Queen Mother is too soft-hearted. Although Dawachi married Hengchu, my son never regarded a traitor like him as his brother-in-law.

I will issue an order to have the frontline soldiers do their best to protect Hengchu. I have already backed down once before, and this time, I will never negotiate."

The Emperor had never rejected the Empress Dowager so decisively before. For a moment, she was stunned and sad.

"Well, the emperor sees that I am bedridden and dying, so he doesn't even want to consider my feelings?"

The emperor lowered his eyelids to hide the expression in his eyes, "The Queen Mother is too concerned about Hengchu."

"Too worried? I see, it's clear that you have never considered Hengchui as your own sister!"

The Queen Mother became so excited that her hands were shaking. "Even Hongshi in the past, although incompetent, was sincere in his treatment of Hengchu!"

"Why did the Empress Dowager mention a person who was disliked by the previous emperor? Could it be that the Empress Dowager regrets supporting me to become the emperor?"

The emperor suddenly stood up and easily broke free from the empress dowager's tight grasp on the corner of his clothes.

"Yes, if the Empress Dowager had chosen Hongshi, given his personality, I think he would have been willing to be a puppet emperor. It's a pity that Hongshi doesn't have the life to fight with me.

However, there is still a grown-up Hongzhou in Prince Guo's mansion. If the Empress Dowager wants to support her own son, it's not too late now..."

The emperor became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and every word he said began to hurt people's hearts and he spoke without thinking.

"Emperor! If you still care about the mother-son relationship, you shouldn't say these hurtful words to me!"

The Queen Mother felt heartbroken and dizzy. She didn't know where she got the strength from, and she said in a wailing voice, "The Junggars are rude and vulgar. I only have one question.

If something happens and Dawachi threatens the emperor to withdraw his troops or even surrender by threatening Hengchu's life, what choice will the emperor make?

The emperor took a deep breath, his eyes as steady as a rock, and replied without hesitation, "My son will do his best to protect Hengchu.

But if Dawachi really threatened like this and dared to make these rude demands, his son would have to consider the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.

The country is more important than anything else. If my son is forced to choose between the country and the emperor, I will not sacrifice the interests of the Qing Dynasty and negotiate with the traitors. "

The Queen Mother shuddered, shaking a few times as if she had fallen into ice, and then she smiled bitterly.

"He is indeed a good son that I have taught. He is indeed a man of character that the late emperor recognized."

The woman who was once so graceful and elegant now couldn't help feeling sad due to her weakness and powerlessness because of her poor daughter.

After the emperor vented his anger, he looked at the fine lines that were growing around the empress dowager's eyes, and a feeling of pity slowly grew in his heart.

He finally suppressed his helplessness, bent his body, and said in a deep voice, "Madam, rest assured and recover from your illness. After I pacify Junggar, I will definitely bring Hengchu back."