The huge palace was very quiet. The maids in the courtyard lowered their heads one after another, all of them looking ugly, as if something big happened that would lead to beheading.
Concubine Jing's whole body was already limp. Xuan Qianchen supported her. The two women looked at each other and hurriedly walked towards the inside of the palace.
At this moment, Lin Qingwan only regarded herself as an outsider. After all, the incident with Concubine Jing had just happened, so naturally she felt a little unhappy.
Unexpectedly, after entering the room door, the room was already full of people. The emperor and the queen were at the bedside, followed by several other concubines. King Zhao and King Jin had also arrived, and several princes were waiting. The man at the end of the bed touched his tears with his sleeves.
Concubine Jing paused slightly, her face stiffened, and Xuan Qianchen also frowned, obviously not expecting this to be the case.
It stands to reason that if they were notified at the same time, the time they would arrive should be very different. How could this happen?
While he was lost in thought, King Jin had already turned to look at the three of them, and shouted angrily, "Concubine Jing and Prince War still know that they are here? I thought you two had forgotten the existence of the Queen Mother and the kindness that the Queen Mother had to you. Thank you!"
Hearing this, the others also turned around. Whether it was true or false, they all looked at Xuan Qianchen and Concubine Jing with a bit of scrutiny.
Xuan Qianchen's brows moved slightly. At this time, he did not want to engage in a verbal dispute with King Jin. Instead, he strode up to the emperor and saluted, "Father, how is the Queen Mother?"
The emperor, who had always been indifferent to emotions and anger, now had red eyes and his body was shaking very much. He stretched out an arm to support something on his side, barely keeping himself steady.
He took a deep breath, and his voice was a little unsteady when he spoke, "The Queen Mother... is dying."
After saying this, his whole body seemed to have been drained of strength, his eyes were a little hollow, and a teardrop flowed from the right eye.
Lin Qingwan didn't expect that the emperor who was still bullying her in the morning would become like this now. She frowned and began to observe the expressions of other people around her.
Upon hearing the emperor's words, Xuan Qianchen's chest seemed to have been stabbed hard by something, and it instantly became bloody and bloody.
He understood that his father held a high position, and although he was cautious and good at playing with people's hearts, he had sincere respect for the Queen Mother.
He promoted filial piety in the world precisely because of his filial piety towards the Queen Mother. So the sadness at the moment was probably all sincere, and those tears couldn't be faked.
The queen looked sideways at the emperor, her lips moved slightly, and after thinking about the words in her mind, she slowly approached the emperor, "Your Majesty, don't be too sad. The Queen Mother will probably be worried if she knows that the emperor is like this..."
"The Emperor's love for his mother is enough to move everyone in the world. God has eyes and will definitely not let the Queen Mother die like this."
The Queen Mother is not the Queen's biological mother, so she said these words just to please the Emperor and show her virtuous character.
But how can the emperor hear this at this moment? She was almost in tears, and her whole heart was clenched. He flapped his hands on the table next to him and couldn't help but say: "It's all my fault. If it was me...if I had discovered my mother's condition earlier, it wouldn't be like this."
"I still remember that when we were young, my mother and I were not favored. We, mother and son, had a bloody journey to get to where we are today... Who knew that our mother would leave like this!"
The queen opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say. After all, this was the first time she saw the emperor like this, and she was a little surprised.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the nun on the side of the bed tent, "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother! What do you want to say?"
Only a weak voice was heard, sounding like he was dying, "Qian Chen... where is Qian Chen? And Concubine Jing... are they... are they here?"
Mammy's tears couldn't stop pouring out, and she nodded in panic, "Here it comes, here it comes! Queen Mother, please go and invite the King of War and Concubine Jing in now!"
With that said, she exited from the bed tent and hurriedly spoke to everyone, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother wants to see Concubine Jing and His Royal Highness the War King!"
Concubine Jing was already crying. She let the maid next to her support her, and the nanny continued: "The Queen Mother wants to see Concubine Jing this morning. Please go in quickly!"
Hearing this, the emperor, who was in a bit of a breakdown, frowned for a moment, and then said angrily: "What's going on with you, mother and son? Why are you here so late today? Don't you know the importance of this matter?"
The sudden voice startled Concubine Jing. She backed away slightly, looking at the emperor's angry face, her tears fell even more fiercely, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault, it's my concubine's fault... But... But it's not my fault... No one came to tell me to come over. It was just...just now that a young eunuch came to tell me that I knew about the situation of the Queen Mother!"
When these words were said, the angry emperor naturally did not believe it and continued to accuse, "You are still trying to find those reasons in front of me at this time! Am I too pampering you?"
Concubine Jing's body trembled, and she knelt down with a "thud" sound. Her voice was hoarse and choked with sobs, "Your Majesty, others don't know, don't you know? The Queen Mother has protected Chen Concubine and Qian Chen over the years, just like Chen Concubine's biological mother. , How could I lie about this kind of thing?"
"If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can go to my palace to interrogate me. Since this morning, no one from other palaces has come to tell me the news. I... How could I lie about the Queen Mother?"
This is indeed true. Over the years, the Queen Mother has always been ill. Most of the time, the concubines have been waiting at the bedside. Even the Queen has only been here a few times.
The emperor finally calmed down. He pursed his lips slightly, frowned and turned to look at the eunuch beside him, his eyes cold and somewhat questioning.
The eunuch's surname was Liu, and everyone in the palace called him Eunuch Liu. Seeing the emperor staring directly at him, his throat twitched and he quickly lowered his head.
"What on earth is going on?" The Nine-Fifth Lord spoke again, angrily.
"Your Majesty, forgive me! This... servant did send someone to spread the news, but... but... Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will investigate strictly when I go down, and punish those disobedient servants severely. Let's see if they dare in the future. Don’t dare to slack off!”
Eunuch Liu was vague and didn't say anything for a long time. If it were normal times, the emperor would have seen the flaw. But at this moment, everyone was sad and the Queen Mother's situation was too urgent, so he didn't say much. think.
Seeing that the emperor did not ask further questions, Eunuch Liu secretly wiped the sweat on his head and looked at King Jin.
