"No way!" Feng Guiyao immediately pulled back her face, "Feng Lingyue, what do you mean by this? Do you really love Xiao He that much? You won't allow any other woman to get close to you? If you had the confidence, he would always like you. What are you afraid of me getting close to him for?
Think about it yourself. What do you have? You used to be a princess, but now, you're just a fake. Are you really going to marry him? He is the wise and wise Great General Tianbao. His young age makes him famous, and his future is limitless. How can a fake princess like you help him? On the contrary, you will drag him down. It would be better to let him fall in love with me, and then ask royal father to break the engagement, and have me marry him. This is the best arrangement for both of us, don't you think? "
"…" Feng Lingyue bit her lips and slowly nodded.
"That's it. For now, I can only think of these two things. Go and do it well. I'll tell you in the future if you think of anything else." Feng Ziyao blinked her big watery eyes, as if she was speaking innocently.
"Alright." Feng Lingyue nodded, her heart breaking.
"Princess, Princess, Empress …" "It seems like the Empress isn't going to make it!" At this moment, Sherry hurriedly ran out.
"What …" As Feng Lingyue heard this, she suddenly rose and ran towards the hall, turning back as she did so. "Thirteenth Little Sister, I will promise you. Don't forget what you promised me."
"Don't worry." Feng Yang said, his lips curled up into a cold smile.
"Cough, cough, cough …" "Ling Yue'er, Ling Yue'er …" The queen lay on her deathbed, coughing out of breath.
"Xueli, go quickly and get the imperial physician, go quickly!" Feng Lingyue hurriedly instructed as she gripped the empress's scrawny hands tightly. 'Why? Why is the imperial physician looking and drinking the medicine, but still unable to recover?'
"Ling Yue'er, did you hear something?" the queen asked, looking at her.
"No, I also thought she heard something, but when I spoke to her just now, I realized that she didn't hear anything at all. She was seen by Xueli just now, and she said that she was here to see if Imperial Mother was feeling better."
"Heh …" The empress laughed mockingly and said, "See if my illness is better? "She's used to doing these things on the surface. This time, she's going to cough, who did she show it to?"
"Muhou, you don't need to worry about her. I've already sent her away. Lie down and rest, the imperial physician will arrive soon." Feng Lingyue helped the empress lie down, burying all her sorrow and unease in her heart.
Very quickly, the imperial physician arrived. He checked out the empress's pulse and wrote out a prescription, Feng Lingyue had been by his side the entire time. When the imperial physician left the empress's chamber, he followed and called out:
"Doctor Liu, please wait."
"Princess." Imperial Physician Liu clasped his hands in greeting.
"Imperial Physician Liu, tell me the truth. How is my mother's health? Why hasn't it improved at all?" Feng Lingyue asked.
Imperial Physician Liu's heart trembled slightly. "Princess, the empress's depression has caused her to become a disease that affects her internal organs. If you prepare yourself mentally, the Empress might …" There won't be many more days left. "
"What …" Feng Lingyue only felt her vision turn black.
"Princess, please don't be too sad. Take good care of your body." Imperial Physician Liu sighed in his heart. The water in the palace was so deep, yet the Eleventh Princess was so fussy. She was too simple. It looked like she really couldn't bear to see her like this.
"Imperial Physician Liu, y-you try your best to think of a way to keep my Imperial Mother alive a bit longer, I'll count on you …" Feng Lingyue took off the golden hairpin and handed it to Imperial Physician Liu as she spoke.
Imperial Physician Liu pushed the golden hairpin back and said, "Princess, this humble subject absolutely cannot accept your things. This lowly servant will do everything in my power to make sure that the empress … "Live a little longer."
Except, it was up to the empress dowager and the emperor to decide when and how the empress would die. The princess was too naive to think of such things.
Xining palace.
The empress dowager was pruning flowers while Zhou Chengdi sat on the side, drinking soup and coughing from time to time.
The empress dowager gave the scissors in her hand to Wen mama. "Your dragon body doesn't feel well, so there's no need to pay respects to an old woman like me. Take good care of yourself."
Zhou Chengdi smiled and said, "Your son is already much better these two days. He can't be lacking in filial piety. Your son is the ruler of a nation. He has to show the way for his daughter and the rest of the world."
"Esteemed Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Liu is here." At this moment, the eunuch outside reported.
After a while, Imperial Physician Liu walked in and knelt on the ground. "This lowly servant pays his respects to Your Majesty, Esteemed Empress Dowager."
"How is the Queen?" the Empress asked.
"In reply to the empress dowager, this humble servant has just treated her. The medicine the empress drank has completely ruined her body. She won't live for long." Imperial Physician Liu was extremely respectful as he spoke.
Zhou Chengdi put down the bowl in his hand and asked, "Did the people from the Changchun Palace notice anything?"
"No one noticed that the medicine was placed in the daily meal of the empress." Imperial Physician Liu reported truthfully.
"Before the day of the Queen's funeral, don't let anyone else enter the palace, lest they discover anything." Zhou Cheng Di instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty. This lowly subordinate understands." Imperial Physician Liu left cautiously.
A useless queen could only end in death.
The empress dowager sighed. "Emperor, have you thought about which imperial concubine to bestow upon you after the funeral of the empress?" "As for the matter regarding the crown prince, it's about time to make a decision. The crown prince's position has been vacant for a long time, and the various princes are eyeing him covetously. The officials are fighting in the open and in the shadows, so it's not a good idea to maintain the stability of the imperial court."
"Your son has always been thinking about the things that your mother was worried about. I had originally wanted to reinstate the crippled crown prince, but the empress failed and caused Feng Ming to be exiled. Now that the crown prince has been reinstated, your son won't dare to be careless anymore." Zhou Cheng Emperor said worriedly.
"What you are worried about, is what I am worried about."
"When Yun Zheng returns from San Lian, my son will be announcing to the world the new empress and the new storage king's candidate." Zhou Chengdi said.
"Esteemed Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Thirteenth Princess requests an audience." At this time, someone came to report.
"You're here?" The empress dowager turned around to look at the emperor. "You seem to have distanced yourself from Thirteen recently. Is it because of that matter with Eleven?"
"I've always loved this child the most. Since she was young, she was weak and very considerate. Although she didn't arrange all eleven events by herself, I always felt that they had something to do with her. I wanted to distance myself from her and let her reflect on them." Zhou Chengdi said.
"Since we're already at the door, let her in. You have so many children, you have to be distant from them and be close to them. Children are truly filial to you, so you as an emperor are not acting for nothing." Her Majesty spoke her opinion.
"Then let her in." Zhou Cheng Di said.