Chapter 563: Getting Rid
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Emperor Minghua’s name was Qin Shuo, but this name had not been mentioned in many years. When he heard Empress Qin call him that in a moment of desperation, Emperor Minghua was stunned for a long time.
Seeing him like this, the cold smile in Empress Qin’s eyes could barely be hidden. “Why? Is the incomparably noble Emperor going to punish me for my disrespect? Why don’t you depose me as your Empress too? I can go in peace then.”
“Do you have to speak like this when you see me?” Emperor Minghua was helpless. He even forgot to talk in third person. He didn’t know what to do with Empress Qin.
“I’m terrified.” Empress Qin pretended to kneel down.
“Alright, alright. I won’t let anyone call him over.” How could Emperor Minghua bear to let her really kneel down? He hurriedly stepped forward to support Empress Qin, but the latter quickly dodged his hand and almost lost her balance. She coughed for a long time.
“Where’s Imperial Physician Wu? What did Imperial Physician Wu say? The Empress is so seriously ill. Where is he? Why didn’t I see him!” Emperor Minghua couldn’t lose his temper at Empress Qin, so he pointed at the people around him and scolded.
Empress Qin couldn’t be bothered to watch him go crazy here. She held the palace maid’s hand and returned to the house, and the hall door closed in front of Emperor Minghua.
“Since you’re unwilling to see the imperial physician obediently, 1’11 still invite Huai’er over. Not to mention anything else, his aunt is about to pass away. He has to take a last look, right?” Emperor Minghua said deliberately, but when he heard the sound of porcelain shattering from the house, his eyes lit up.
The fact that she still had the strength to smash the porcelain meant that the situation was not as bad as he had imagined.
Emperor Minghua walked away with his hands behind his back. Before he left, he even said to Hua Hong and Lu Liu, “She refused to let the imperial physician take a look. That’s because she’s throwing a tantrum. You have to take good care of her at the side. Even if you have to immobilize her by tapping her acupoint, you have to make sure that she swallows her medicine. You have to help her recover.”
“Your Majesty, actually, the Empress—” Hua Hong was about to speak when Lu Liu pinched her arm fiercely and swallowed the rest of her words.
Emperor Minghua took a deep look at Hua Hong and left without saying anything.
Not long after Emperor Minghua left, Imperial Physician Wu and the other five or six imperial physicians were ushered into the Empress’s bedroom, saying that they wanted to take care of the Empress nearby.
Needless to say, it was all Emperor Minghua’s doing.
“Ever since that incident, the Emperor’s attitude towards the Empress has changed.” A little palace maid whispered to another little palace maid. They were in charge of brewing medicine in the small kitchen. At this moment, there was no one in the small kitchen, so they whispered.
The green-robed palace maid shushed her. “You’re too bold. You actually dare to talk about the Emperor and the Empress behind their backs!”
Seeing that the little palace maid was frightened, the green-robed palace maid looked around and said in a low voice, “However, there’s only the two of us here. If you really want to say something, tell only me. Remember not to say anything else in the future.”
The little palace maid had just been transferred to the small kitchen not long ago. Seeing that this Big Sister in green was so kind, she was much more relieved, but her words were still much more restrained. “1 guessed it myself. Usually, when I’m working elsewhere, 1 heard from the ladies of the other palaces that the Emperor rarely comes to the Empress’s place. He only comes on the first and fifteenth day of every month. He won’t be able to see her the rest of the time.”
“Isn’t this because the Empress is sick? The Emperor and the Empress are childhood sweethearts, so of course he has to come and take a look.” The green-robed palace maid said, “What’s strange about this?”
“Didn’t you notice? They said that in the past, when the Emperor came to the entrance of the Imperial Concubine’s Hall, the Imperial Concubine always claimed that she was sick and didn’t see him, but she wasn’t really sick. This time, she was really sick. Instead, she dragged her sick body out to welcome him. In the past, the Emperor was always furious, but today, he was especially considerate. Not only did he send the imperial physicians over, but he also specially instructed us palace maids to serve her well. The Emperor is really good!”
When the green palace maid heard this, her expression was a little unnatural. She felt that the Emperor and the Imperial Consort that the little palace maid mentioned were not like that, but she still patiently led the little palace maid to say many things.
After the little palace maid finished brewing the medicine and hurriedly carried the bowl to the Empress’s residence, the green palace maid stood up. She pulled the small bag on her head and unbuttoned her dress. Her neck moved, and with a few cracking sounds, she revealed the black clothes inside.
If the little palace maid was here, she would have realized that the green-robed palace maid from before had already turned into a saber-wielding guard of the palace.
The guard flipped onto the roof and met the few secret guards on duty on the roof.
When the few of them saw him, they shivered and looked at the palace maid uniform in his hand.
Although they did not say anything, their eyes were filled with words. “1 didn’t expect you to be such a palace guard!”
The guard:”…”
He could not protect his integrity.
The guard flipped through a few palaces and arrived at Emperor Minghua’s bedroom to report the news he had obtained.
“In that case, the Empress is really seriously ill?!” Emperor Minghua sat up with a serious expression.
“That’s what the palace maid said,” the guard reported in detail. “Moreover, she also said that everyone suspects that the Empress did not fall sick by chance, but that she was poisoned by one of the people in the harem..”
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