"Empress!" Zhaoxia leaned closer, peeked a little, and quickly wanted to help her uneasily.
"No need." The queen sighed. She opened her eyes and looked at the courtyard again, unable to close them. She murmured: "I am a little tired. You all should leave..."
"Don't follow me, let me rest for a while!" After saying that, the queen turned around and left, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zhaoxia didn't hear what the little chamberlain said, and when she saw the queen turning around and not letting anyone follow her, she felt a little uneasy. However, she had followed the queen for a long time, and she knew that although the queen seemed to be merciful, she did not hesitate at the critical moment. Don't dare to follow.
"Your Majesty, are you in a bad mood?" A female official came over and asked Zhaoxia quietly as she watched the queen disappear into the inner hall.
Zhaoxia suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, but only said: "Maybe I haven't had a good rest. My queen has been coughing a few times at night these past few days, which makes me really uneasy."
"Let's ask the kitchen to make some throat-lubricating soup tonight. I won't eat spicy food in the past few days, so as not to make the queen even more uncomfortable."
Upon hearing this, everyone's attention was drawn to the side.
They all talked about recent events, as if their days were no different from usual.
"It's been a bit cold lately. You and I should pay more attention to it, so we don't get sick, which will cause trouble for the queen." A female official reminded them when they stopped.
The people who gathered around were all stunned and responded. According to the palace rules, no one with an illness should be around the noble person, so as not to get over the illness.
This is actually a result of hard-earned experience. Although some diseases are contagious and some are not, noble people cannot afford to gamble and are forbidden to do so.
In fact, with their status, even if they get sick, they can be treated by someone, which is considered a privilege in the palace.
The lower-ranking chamberlains and maids-in-waiting count one by one. If they are sick, they have to be moved out, and they can only come in again when they are well.
As for how to "get well", how to get better, and who will treat the disease, it all depends on one's own means and luck.
If you know the people in the imperial hospital and have a good relationship with them, then the imperial doctor will not come to treat you. Asking an apprentice to help treat you can also save lives.
And if you don't have this face and connections, you will have no choice but to endure it if you get sick. If you can't survive it, you will die.
But even the people around the queen have a respectable position, and they are not afraid of just waiting to die if they are sick, but who wants to get sick?
Besides, the position next to a noble person is so precious. It’s just a minor illness, and there won’t be any major changes in a few days or more. If the illness is more serious, it lasts for a few months and half a year. I’m afraid that the position will be gone after the illness is cured, and it will be like a carrot. , but don’t wait for anyone.
Thinking of this, the female officials all felt that they should add some clothes or go into the house, and then they dispersed.
"It's hidden." Zhaoxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried.
The grandson was just registered some time ago. Although this was a great joy and everyone was happy and had smiles on their faces, "high-level people" like Zhaoxia already felt a little uneasy.
It was precisely because of this uneasiness that they preferred to see a harmonious relationship between the emperor and empress. That's why Zhaoxia would say something nice after the emperor sent someone to deliver something, so that the empress would also feel relieved.
They are nothing more than expectations, but expectations may not come true, or even be unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten.
After entering the inner hall, the queen sat on a soft cushion. She felt exhausted and didn't want to move, speak, or even see anyone.
Even recalling the past made her feel a little tired.
It was quiet in the inner hall. She was like a wood carving and clay sculpture, just sitting there. If she were not still breathing, the eunuch who came in would probably feel that there was no one here.
"Empress." Yu Han walked up to the queen and said softly.
The queen, who was looking at the inner hall in a daze, blinked and slowly moved her eyes towards Yu Han.
"You came."
Seeing Yu Han's appearance, the queen didn't take it seriously. Originally, there were many talented people around her, but after twenty years of wasted time, she didn't prepare for a rainy day, and she had been out of work for a long time. Therefore, Yu Han was very busy recently, and he had to take charge of everything.
This person who had been with her a long time ago was someone she trusted. The queen was confident in everything he did. Today, she even gave Yu Han a lot of autonomy, allowing Yu Han to adapt to changes.
"The ancients said that if you don't plan for a while, you can't plan for a lifetime. This is true. I am indeed slacking off, but who would have thought that there is a grandson?"
Seeing that the Queen's face was really ugly, Yu Han's eyes flashed with worry and he said, "But what happened?"
"Look at this." The queen handed over the note she had been holding tightly in her hand.
Yu Han immediately took it and unfolded it to take a closer look.
Although the light in the inner hall is a bit dim, you can still see the words on it clearly if you look closely.
At this sight, Yu Han's expression also changed. He looked carefully and repeatedly, but did not speak immediately.
The queen just sat and waited quietly for a long time before she said, "Old man, I've set my sights on my grandson again. Yu Han, what do you think I should do now?"
There seemed to be two clusters of wildfire burning in her eyes. She wanted to burn others to death, but she seemed not to care if it would burn herself to death. She said coldly.
"Tell me, can I win over some ministers?"
Yu Han carefully took the fire folding piece from the side, lit the fire, and burned the note bit by bit, even removing the ashes.
He then put away the fire certificate, looked at the queen, and bowed to answer.
"Mother, you are a little too anxious."
Yu Han spoke slowly, as if it was such a big deal that he couldn't lose his composure.
In fact, Yu Han's heart shrank when he saw the note, and he has not recovered now. But he knows that the matter is at this point, and there is no point in being anxious. On the contrary, it may mess things up.
The more things like this happen, the less anxious you are.
When the queen heard this, she looked at him and was silent.
Yu Han bowed down calmly, knocked his forehead on the brick, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being so bold. It's been twenty years, Your Majesty, and there are almost no Queen's people left in the outer court."
"Even if there is, it will be gradually eliminated by the emperor."
Time is not only a butcher's knife, but also a sharp weapon that can completely chill people's hearts.
Thanks to the old master's blessing, the Queen Empress also had some useful people in the outer court. Moreover, the Queen was the original wife of the current emperor, and the couple came all the way from the prince and princess.
At the beginning, the husband and wife had encountered suppression, encountered difficulties, and supported each other. If the queen had no one available, she would not have been able to help her husband at that time, and she would not have been able to be a good wife who could free her husband from any worries.
But twenty years have passed since then.
Especially after the tragic death of the prince's family, the prince's power disappeared, and the queen's power bound to it also suffered a devastating blow.
"I have to admit that although the emperor has many shortcomings and insatiable desires, his power and governance are still quite powerful. In the past twenty years, he has been operating like an iron bucket. Only recently has the cracks appeared due to his old age. But your Majesty, your The target is too big, if you make any move now, the Emperor will be alert."
"I'm afraid something terrible will happen soon."
Saying that, Yu Han knocked hard and heard only a soft sound.
(End of chapter)
