Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Ruyi nodded slightly and whispered, "Excuse me, Princess.

The Emperor is discussing matters with his ministers and cannot leave the Yangxin Palace for the time being, so he ordered me to come and take a look first.

What happened? Why did the Queen Mother get upset and develop a heart attack?"

Hengchu seemed to have something to hide, and remained silent. The few people retreated to the warm room on the other side of the hall, and then they listened to Hengchu slowly explain the cause of the matter one by one.

It turned out that the Queen Mother was worried and anxious during her illness, and somehow she suggested to the Emperor that Heng Chu and Ling Yun Che be married off.

The imperial maid Mao Qianling told Ling Yunche about this, and Heng Chu happened to hear it.

Hengchu had suffered enough from marriage in the past and did not want to marry again, so he brought Ling Yunche to Cining Palace to try to appeal to the Queen Mother and ask her to withdraw her intention.

But I don’t know what stimulated the Queen Mother, she suddenly became emotional and fainted.

Doctor Qi had already taken the Queen Mother's pulse and found that the shock she had received had affected her heart.

Coupled with the old illness that Shen Ke suffered from when she was assassinated in the cold palace, she is afraid that she doesn't have much time left.

Just as Hengchui finished speaking, Hengti's urgent exclamation came from outside the door, "Impossible!"

But in the blink of an eye, Hengti had already stepped on the high bottom of the flower pot, and walked quickly in front of the few people with her hairpins swaying.

Perhaps because he had rushed here from outside the palace, beads of sweat appeared on Hengti's forehead.

She was always well-mannered and didn't even bother to greet him. She just grabbed Hengchu's sleeve and said with sobs and grievance,

"Royal sister, a few days ago I clearly saw that after the Royal Mother saw you return safely, her face turned red and she was able to stand up and move around on her own.

The Empress Dowager was about to recover and would be able to walk in a few days, so how could she be suddenly stimulated to the point of being in danger of death? "

After asking the last question, Hengti was already glaring at Doctor Qi who was standing beside him, his grief and indignation evident in his words.

The two sisters hugged each other and cried bitterly, causing Hailan and Su Lujun beside them to also have tears in their eyes.

Only Ruyi, although her face was filled with grief, glanced at the imperial physician Qi standing beside her.

The two exchanged a subtle glance, and then Doctor Qi bowed nervously and answered in a deep voice.

Every word that Doctor Qi said was directed towards the Empress Dowager's mental illness, and he never mentioned anything else.

It was said that the Empress Dowager was already ill and had shown some improvement after treatment, but unfortunately it was only a flash in the pan.

Now that he has been stimulated again, the condition will recur and worsen.

Seeing that Doctor Qi couldn't give an answer, Hengti turned to look at Hengchui.

"Royal sister, you were beside the Royal Mother at the time. Tell Hengti, what on earth stimulated the Royal Mother?"

Facing his sister's questioning, Hengchu was also confused, "Maybe... maybe I asked the Empress Dowager to take back her decision and not let me marry Ling Yunche?"

There was a lot of uncertainty in Hengchui's words, which reminded Hengti of something.

Her eyes widened and she took a step back, "Could it be because of me... because I once told the Empress Dowager that when my brother arranged the marriage for Ling Yunche, you seemed a little strange.

That’s why the Empress Dowager mistakenly thought that you were in love with Ling Yunche and wanted to help you.”

Hengchui covered her mouth with a handkerchief, frowned, and whispered, "Hengti, you knew that the Empress Dowager shouldn't be emotionally unstable during her illness, so how could you say such irrelevant things to her?"

Hengti couldn't stop her tears.

It turned out that it was all her fault. She was the one who instigated the Empress Dowager to grant Hengchui a marriage. That’s why the Empress Dowager was upset when Hengchui refused the marriage proposal…

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but Hengti felt that something was not right, despite feeling guilty.

Before she could think about it, she saw Fujia running out of the inner room in a panic, "My dears, Doctor Qi, the Queen Mother..."

When the emperor arrived at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he saw the empress dowager half leaning weakly on the bed, without any pearls on her body, except for a dark ink-colored headband on her head.

The concubines in the room were already kneeling on the ground, each with a sad look on their face and sobbing sounds could be heard.

Hengti and Hengchui even lay on the edge of the bed, unable to stop their suppressed and tiny cries.

The Queen Mother held Hengchu and Hengti's hands tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance and nostalgia.

She wanted to tell her daughters something, but now in her dying moments, her old illness flared up, her mouth and tongue were numb, and she couldn't even utter a word.

It was not until this time that the Queen Mother suddenly began to suspect Qi Ru.

Seeing that Qi Ru kept his head down and huddled in the corner, not daring to look up at her, the Queen Mother suddenly guessed that Qi Ru might have drugged her.

In the Forbidden City, the only person the Empress Dowager could think of who could order Qi Ru around was the Emperor.

The Queen Mother was growing increasingly angry, but as she could not speak, she could only speak hoarsely and gesture randomly with her hands in the direction of the Emperor.

Everyone thought that the Queen Mother had something to tell the Emperor. Even the Emperor himself thought so.

All the concubines in the hall were ordered to leave, leaving only the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, Ruyi and the two eldest princesses in the hall.

The empress dowager's brows were wrinkled and she kept writing and drawing on the emperor's palm.

But her hands were already shaking and weak, and she couldn't write a complete word.

The emperor couldn't bear it and grabbed the empress dowager's hand, thinking that the empress dowager was instructing him about something. He hurriedly and considerately promised that he would treat Hengti and Hengchu well in the future to reassure the empress dowager.

Hearing the emperor's gentle words and admiring eyes, the empress dowager's originally nervous and crazy expression gradually relaxed, and her fingers stopped moving.

The person in front of her was no longer the Fourth Prince who used to call her mother and listen to her teachings.

He became a man who could cruelly plot against his adoptive mother, and a man who could put on such an innocent posture without any flaws before his death.

The Queen Mother would be wary of such a cruel, resolute and ruthless emperor even in her prime, let alone now when she is on her deathbed.

Forget it, things have changed and people have changed. The emperor has changed, and so have I.

Previously, the Queen Mother fought with the concubines of the previous emperor in the harem. Now, she has to do everything she can to control the emperor and his concubines.

Perhaps she should have learned to keep her original intention, take care of herself, and worry less about matters outside of her own life when the late emperor passed away and she ascended the throne of empress dowager.

Perhaps, in that case, she could still hold on to the emperor's filial piety and her own reputation, and grow old peacefully.

But the Empress Dowager is no longer the former Concubine Xi. The victory of slaughtering the previous emperor and supporting the new emperor has made her mood change too quickly.

Little do people know that when planning something, there is success and failure. For even the most powerful people, victory and defeat are common in the military.

A wave of phlegm rose up, and the empress dowager was finally too weak to struggle.

With attachment to her daughters and resentment towards the emperor, the empress dowager drooped her eyelids with helplessness and relief, and passed away.