NOVEL NEXT Chapter 832 - 832: His Majesty's Emperor's health is gone!
Chapter 832: Chapter 832: His Majesty’s Emperor’s health is gone!
Empress immediately hurried to the phoenix chariot and went straight to Yanfu Palace as soon as she stepped out of the sky prison.
Upon arriving at Yanfu Palace, she didn’t wait for the processional guard to come to a complete stop before striding out of the phoenix chariot and directly into the main hall.
All of the palace maids and eunuchs within the main hall were terrified, and they knelt down to pay their respects one after another.
“Get out, all of you! Leave Little Xingzi.”
“Yes.”
After the palace maids and eunuchs had left, the pent-up anger of the Empress finally erupted!
“What exactly happened?”
Her sinister gaze made Little Xingzi tremble with fear, and he quickly lay prostrate on the ground, kowtowing desperately, “Empress, spare my life! Empress, spare my life, please! This servant doesn’t know what happened at all! Please spare my life, Your Majesty!”
Little Xingzi knelt down and kept furiously kowtowing, turning his forehead blue-black, and soon, fresh blood began to flow from his forehead. He seemed to be oblivious to it, still desperately kowtowing.
“Spare your life? A slave like you doesn’t deserve to live!”
Empress, furious, signaled with her eyes to the side, and two eunuchs rushed up quickly, firmly seized him and dragged him outside.
Little Xingzi was terrified and struggled violently, “Your Majesty! Your Majesty, this servant isn’t to blame for this matter! This servant heard someone talking outside, thinking it was Your Majesty returning, so I quickly walked out of the main hall…”
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“Wait!”
The Empress signaled for the two to release him, “Explain yourself clearly, when exactly did His Majesty go missing? What happened during that time? If you hide anything… hmph!”
“This servant wouldn’t dare, this servant wouldn’t dare!”
Little Xingzi, having narrowly escaped death, quickly crawled back and lay prostrate again, fervently kowtowing, “This servant heard some noise outside the great hall and went out swiftly to greet visitors. But it was eerily quiet outside, not a soul in sight. This servant then asked the Imperial Guards on duty, and they hadn’t heard anything either. This servant couldn’t understand, and upon returning to the main hall, that’s when I discovered… when I discovered…”
“How could such a grave mistake be made, and not a single one of you knew about it? Were you all just raised to eat without working?”
The Empress, angry, brushed her hand carelessly, and the eight-treasure lantern tower beside her collapsed with a crash, the colored glaze cups falling to the ground, shattering to pieces.
Shattered into bits all over.
“Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry. The urgent matter at hand is to quickly find His Majesty’s whereabouts,” said the imperial nanny who was by the Empress’s side, noticing that the situation was not good, and she hurriedly stepped forward to advise, “This servant thinks that Little Xingzi didn’t seem to be lying just now. The problem probably lies with that sound. Why didn’t the Imperial Guards outside hear anything, yet Little Xingzi, who was in the main hall, did? Your Majesty, what do you think…?”
The Empress quickly grasped the situation, “Nanny Liu, are you suggesting… there’s something amiss with this main hall?”
Nanny Liu quickly flattered, “Your Majesty is wise! You saw right through the heart of the problem at once.”
This remark made the Empress’s face look considerably better, and Little Xingzi in front of her was no longer as annoying in her eyes.
“What are you still standing around for? Must I instruct you on everything before you know what to do?”
Little Xingzi kowtowed in earnest, “Yes, yes, yes, this servant will immediately check this great hall thoroughly, even if it means digging three feet into the ground to find His Majesty’s whereabouts.”
After speaking, he scrambled up and rolled away.
Just as he reached the doorway, he turned back and looked, his gaze meeting Nanny Liu’s, and hurriedly paid his respect with a bow before leaving.
Once out of the main hall, he couldn’t help but wipe away the cold sweat.
“They say serving the Emperor is like living with a tiger, but in Little Xingzi’s view, it’s not as terrifying as the deadliest will of a woman… Oh well! Now I owe Nanny Liu a huge favor, I fear…”
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He shook his head and hurried out of the side hall to look for someone.
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“What? His Majesty’s health vanished, are you sure the news is not mistaken?”
Princess Consort Virtue sat upright in the chair, her body draped in mourning attire, but her gaze at the little palace maid in front of her was particularly sharp.
The little palace maid’s body shivered, then she calmed down: “This news came from Yanfu Palace, it should not be false.”
“Hmm, you may leave now. Nanny Fang, reward her.”
Princess Consort Virtue dismissed the little palace maid and then turned to Nanny Fang beside her: “Nanny Fang, what do you think of this?”
“Your Majesty, this could be our Prince Qing’s best opportunity to turn things around!”
Nanny Fang’s face lit up with excitement: “The Emperor has not yet been laid to rest, and the Empress hastily sent His Majesty’s concubines to the Imperial Enlightenment Temple, claiming it’s to pray for His Majesty, but in reality… Given such a serious mistake by the Empress, if they really can’t be found… Your Majesty, this is the best chance for Prince Qing, what do you think…”
Princess Consort Virtue’s eyes shifted slightly and she coughed softly twice: “Be careful. It takes a long time to build an army, but only a moment to use it. Remember to mobilize everyone who can be mobilized, and at such a critical time, do not be careless.”
Your Majesty agrees to Prince Qing’s actions?
Nanny Fang was overjoyed!
“Rest assured, Your Majesty, once this news spreads, we may not be the only ones taking action. Right now, we’re racing against time…” Having said that, she quickly took her leave.
Princess Consort Virtue stared intently at the direction from which Nanny Fang had left, and after a while, she sighed softly.
“Success depends on human effort, but the outcome is up to fate. Everything now depends on the will of heaven.”
The entire imperial court seemed to be immersed in mourning for the sovereign, yet behind this somber atmosphere, countless secrets were quietly played out.
People from every palace and hall began to move quietly.
And Liu Sisi, imprisoned in the sky prison, continued to worry about Niuniu’s illness.
“Water, water, mom, Niuniu is so thirsty…”
Niuniu kept crying out for water, but where could Liu Sisi find water for her in the present situation?
Her mind was in chaos, recalling first aid lessons from the past, she steeled her heart, bit down hard on her own finger, and once she tasted the blood, she put her finger to Niuniu’s lips.
“Niuniu, here’s water, hurry up and drink.”
Niuniu sucked a couple of times but seemed unaccustomed to the taste of blood, or perhaps the wound was too small and the blood too scant, so she shook her head, refusing to drink any more.
Liu Sisi made two more cuts and brought her hand closer. But Niuniu kept her mouth tightly shut, refusing to open up, leaving Liu Sisi desperate.
“Niuniu, drink quickly, Niuniu…”
“How are you saving the child like this? I still have half a bowl of water here; give it to the child to drink.”
An elderly voice suddenly came from the neighboring cell, it was the elder woman who had previously scolded her for her foolishness.
Liu Sisi was overjoyed and hastily expressed her thanks, carefully taking it and feeding it to Niuniu.
“Hmph! You as a mother, aren’t you afraid I might have poisoned the child?” The elderly voice sneered coldly, seemingly quite dissatisfied with Liu Sisi.
“Old lady, you and I have no enmity, and there is no need for you to poison a child. Besides, now that I’m in here, I don’t have any thoughts of getting out alive. I only hope that by following me, the child can suffer a little less…”
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