"That’s right, Empress Dowager, the Retired Emperor has been talking about you a lot lately. How about you go and see the Retired Emperor? The sedan chair has already been prepared for you."
Eunuch Fu said.
The Empress Dowager didn’t even need to prepare herself, as Eunuch Fu had already prepared the sedan chair to the Supre Palace, leaving the Empress Dowager without any excuses to refuse.
Empress Dowager: "..."
Her eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and she had a nagging feeling that sothing bad was about to happen.
Could it be that the Retired Emperor had dug a pit and was just waiting for her to fall into it? If that was the case, she needed to consider whether she should really go to the Supre Palace.
However, with Eunuch Fu standing right in front of her, it seed impossible to say that she wouldn’t go.
"What’s wrong with the Retired Emperor?" she asked.
She naturally knew that imperial physicians occasionally entered the Supre Palace, but she had no way of finding out the specific situation.
Could it be that the Retired Emperor was about to...
If the Retired Emperor was truly dying, she would indeed want to see him. Perhaps there might be so unexpected surprise; after all, what if the Retired Emperor had sothing that could increase her own forces?
"The Retired Emperor is ill," Eunuch Fu said.
"Hmm, then I should indeed go see him," the Empress Dowager said imdiately, her interest piqued.
Ideally, if the Retired Emperor was near his end and wanted to give her so last instructions, then she would be profiting without any effort. Who wouldn’t want to get benefits for free?
Eunuch Fu watched the Empress Dowager eagerly heading towards the Supre Palace, scratching his head.
Does the Empress Dowager think the Retired Emperor has sothing important to instruct her or is entrusting her with his grand plan for restoration?
Look at her walking with a spring in her step, not like a woman in her fifties at all.
Just earlier, she needed palace maids to help her walk even a single step, but now, anticipating so gain, she was moving faster than a young person.
One wonders, when she enters the Supre Palace and finds out there’s no gain but that she’s there to care for the ill Retired Emperor, will she be so angry that she faints?
He watched the backs of the Empress Dowager and the palace maids, quickly following them.
...
Supre Palace.
Once the Empress Dowager entered the Supre Palace and saw the Retired Emperor lying motionless in bed, she felt a pang of unease in her heart.
"What’s happened to the Retired Emperor? How did it co to this?"
She leaned in to look at the Retired Emperor on the bed. His face was terrifyingly pale, and even in his sleep, he was groaning as if in pain. How had it co to this?
This was the Retired Emperor, who could have hard him in the harem?
Moreover, there were several Imperial Concubines accompanying the Retired Emperor, but where were they now? Not a single one was to be seen, which was clearly abnormal.
"What happened here? What happened to the Retired Emperor to make him like this?" She turned and looked at the two young eunuchs on the side, asking.
The two young eunuchs raised their heads, glanced timidly at the Empress Dowager, and then turned their gaze to Eunuch Fu.
They were sent by the Emperor to watch over the Retired Emperor, so they naturally weren’t afraid of the Empress Dowager. Without a word from Eunuch Fu, they wouldn’t answer any of her questions.
"In response to the Empress Dowager, the Retired Emperor has been injured; the bones in his legs and arms are broken, and several ribs are fractured as well. Just this morning, he even coughed up blood," Eunuch Fu calmly described the Retired Emperor’s current condition.
Injuries and coughing up blood were all part of the usual process; these were all problems the Retired Emperor had brought upon himself, and no one else could be blad for it.
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