CH 11

“What happened?!”

Empress Ji Handan hurried to Tai Ning Palace.

At the court meeting just now, Empress Dowager Li Ningyan was fine. Who would have thought that she passed out just after returning to Tai Ning Palace?

In the Tai Ning Palace, several imperial physicians who were in charge of the daily care of the Empress Dowager were already busy.

“Her Majesty……”

“No courtesy, no courtesy; it’s important to heal my mother!”

Empress Ji Handan stood outside the curtain, pacing left and right, waiting for the result of the busy imperial physician inside.

She looked left and right, but did not see the figure of the medical sage.

“Where’s the Medical Sage?!”

“Replying to Your Majesty, a few days ago, the old medical sage almost fell down after healing the empress dowager. The Empress Dowager took pity on the old doctor, who worked very hard, so she granted the medical sage a few days off.”

Standing on the side, the chief eunuch, who had been serving the Empress Dowager, said tremblingly.

“How is my sister?”

At this time, the panicked general Li Lin came to Tai Ning Palace, grabbed a maid and asked.

Seeing the Empress Ji Handan, he hurriedly saluted.

“Don’t be too polite, be quiet!”

Ji Handan waved her hands, looking solemnly behind the curtain.

“The minister obeys the order!”

Li Lin stood aside nervously and waited.

After a while, an old doctor came out with a medicine box, ready to salute.

Empress Ji Handan said, “Don’t be too polite, just speak directly.”

The old doctor quickly said, “Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is out of danger. This time, the Empress Dowager was excited when she heard the good news. In addition, the Empress Dowager became ill from overwork, which caused her heart rate to become unstable, and she fainted suddenly.”

“Fortunately, there is a medical prescription left by the esteemed doctor for first aid, but the esteemed doctor once said that this medical prescription treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and it will fail sooner or later.”

After talking, the present esteemed doctor’s voice became lower and lower, and he didn’t dare to continue.

But, needless to say, everyone knew the meaning behind it.

Empress Ji Handan’s expression was slightly cold.

General Li Lin’s expression changed.

They all thought of what Lin Xuan had said, “The Empress Dowager is dying.”

Then she thought of what Lin Xuan said, “The Emperor of Wei Kingdom is dying soon”, and within a few days, the Emperor of Wei Kingdom died.

This kind of means, this kind of foresight, was too terrifying.

The Empress Dowager Li Ningyan granted the medical sage a vacation in consideration of the report that the Chief Eunuch had just made. Maybe it was more than just a holiday.

Others didn’t know, but Empress Ji Handan knew it all too well. Her mother was very kind, and she was afraid that the medical sage would stay here to be buried with her, so she gave the medical saint a little time to escape in advance.

With the method of her mother, Li Ningyan, she would definitely prepare everything for the esteemed doctor..

The most important thing was that Li Ningyan, the empress dowager, should have been deceiving her all the time when she got along with her, making her think that she was fine.

Empress Ji Handan thought of the fish she brought back last time. It was fish made by Lin Xuan, and it was also her mother’s favorite dish.

But when she was there, she didn’t take a few bites at first.

Later, seeing the bamboo slips she left for review, she reluctantly ate a few more mouthfuls, and I’m afraid she didn’t finish them all.

Her mother had been hiding it all the time, and she couldn’t bear to worry about her!

“Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is tired!”

The chief eunuch of Tai Ning Palace whimpered a little.

“For a long time, the Empress Dowager reviewed the bamboo slips sent from all over the world day and night. She had very little rest time every day. The food was hot and cold. I don’t know how many times the servants persuaded her before the Empress Dowager ate a few bites.”

General Li Lin was furious, and grabbed the collar of the chief eunuch. “You are talking nonsense, isn’t there an esteemed physician who is treating the Empress Dowager?”

Ji Hantan glanced at Li Lin, who immediately let go of the collar of the chief eunuch.

The chief eunuch whimpered and said, “The medical sage has magical skills. After coming here, the Empress Dowager’s health has indeed improved a lot. She hasn’t fainted for several months. But during this time, the Empress Dowager has done a lot for the invasion of Wei’s 300,000 troops. There are several more bamboo slips to be reviewed.”

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“Do you know what will happen if a person who is tired and tense all year round, whose body is like a dilapidated hut, suddenly relaxes?”

Lin Xuan casually touched a piece of wood in her hand to the built mini hut.

The tiny thatched cottage suddenly collapsed.

“He will die!”

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“No matter who is replaced in this position, he will be exhausted.”

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“Let me see, the Empress Dowager should have had chest tightness, palpitations, and even fainting episodes recently. Needless to say, she is tired, and her eyes are dark. These are all signs of sudden death.”

“To be honest, even if it were a fairy who was as busy as the Empress Dowager, she would die.”

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“She can’t make it through.”

“I reckon that the medical saint would often persuade the Empress Dowager to rest more, but she would not listen, so no matter how powerful the medical saint was, he would not be able to save her.”

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Half a month ago, in the small courtyard of Yongle Lane, the words Lin Xuan had said emerged one by one, becoming clearer and colder in the minds of Ji Handan and Li Lin.

Even the old medical sage can’t save the Empress Dowager.

Is this really the case?

The answer they already knew.

Because the esteemed doctor just now explained the final diagnosis of the old medical sage.

The Empress Dowager Li Ningyan arranged the escape plan for the old medical sage in advance, which also showed that the Empress Dowager was aware of all this.

The one who was really hidden was her, the invincible empress Ji Handan, on the battlefield.

Legendary Empress?

Ridiculous!

Ji Handan suddenly had a feeling that the world was about to collapse.

“You have me, don’t worry about going out!”

She could hear this sentence every time she came back from the war in the north and went to war.

Now, the person who said this sentence was lying behind the bead curtain, and this time she was out of danger, but she didn’t know if she could hear this sentence again before she went out next time.

“Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, is awake, but she should not talk too much, she needs to rest.”

An imperial doctor came out, and before he had time to wipe off the sweat from his forehead, he came to Ji Handan to report.

Ji Handan immediately passed the imperial physician, walked into the beaded curtain, and saw the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan lying on the bed with a face as pale as paper.

Her heart seemed to have been pierced by a needle.

“Empress Mother!”

Ji Handan knelt and sat in front of the bed, holding Li Ningyan’s hand that she wanted to raise.

“Daughter is here, the imperial doctor said that you are fine, just rest up for a few days, and I have sent someone to find the medical saint and come back.”

“Well, I’m in good health, I’m fine.” The Empress Dowager, Li Ningyan, forced a weak smile. “The doctor is old, and his legs and feet are inconvenient. He has already prepared a prescription for me. We better not bother him, ah?”

Ji Handan held the Empress Dowager’s hand and said, “Don’t worry, Empress Mother, we won’t disturb.”

Unexpectedly, at this time, Empress Dowager Li Ningyan was still looking at the place where the bamboo slips were reviewed daily. “You go back and do your work. I will get up later and review the bamboo slips. There are still some that must be reviewed and sent out.”

“You don’t have to worry about these things, my mother. I will take care of them. You can rest at ease and review the bamboo slips when your health is better.”

Ji Handan’s heart felt sour. She never expected that the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan would still be thinking about these things at such a time.

Really, no help?

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“Hopeless.”

“Oh, it’s not completely hopeless.”

“But it’s useless to tell you these things.”

…

What Lin Xuan said to Li Lin later that day came to the mind of Empress Ji Handan.

Ji Handan could only grasp a life-saving straw. Lin Xuan, maybe he can cure my mother’s illness!

She put the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan’s hand back on the bed. “Mother, rest at ease, and when you are more energetic, I will take you to see a doctor.”

Empress Dowager Li Ningyan smiled. “Okay.”

She knew that her daughter was worried about her, but who else in this world could compare to the old doctor.

But, no matter what, the old medical sage was not involved again, so she felt relieved.

Her eyes once again looked in the direction where she reviewed the bamboo slips.

“Empress Dowager, please sleep for a while, and I will review the bamboo slips.”

“Good……”

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