Chapter 42: The Oil Runs Out and the Lamp Runs Out

"Your Majesty is here." Empress Wen still used that soft voice, but Emperor Yan couldn't feel the joy in her tone for his arrival.

Tsing Yi didn't dare to disturb the emperor and queen with his wishes, so he led the little girl out of the room, and the palace maids who accompanied him also withdrew from the room, leaving the emperor and queen alone space.

"Wan'er, it's not good for me, I always let you suffer alone." Emperor Yan held Empress Wen's hand and felt guilty.

Empress Wen knew her physical condition very well, she didn't want to say anything to explain Emperor Yan, and she didn't have the energy to take care of his feelings anymore.

"What Your Majesty said, it is that the concubine is in poor health, and it always disturbs Your Majesty."

"Wan'er!" Emperor Yan didn't like that she was always so alienated from herself, obviously they were a close young couple, and now that she was so sick, she wanted to say such things that poked his heart.

"Rest well, I'm here to watch over you." Emperor Yan didn't want her to say hurtful things again, and he was afraid that he couldn't control his emotions and let the relationship between the two deteriorate.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is here and wants to come in to visit the queen." Juan's voice rang out outside the door, while Concubine Xian was still waiting in the main courtyard to announce it.

Emperor Yan wanted to ask Empress Wen if she wanted to let Concubine Xian in, but when she closed her eyes, she said softly, "Your Majesty, let's go and see it, the concubine is a little tired after drinking the medicine, and I want to rest for a while." ”

"It's okay, Wan'er, you can rest, I'll come when I go." Emperor Yan took her words, asked Mama Tang to take care of them carefully, and got up and went to the main courtyard.

"I've seen Your Majesty." When everyone saw Emperor Yan appear in the main courtyard, they immediately got up and saluted.

Emperor Yan sat down on the main seat with a gloomy face, and his eyes swept over the palace maid Wen'er beside Concubine Xian, who immediately pulled Wen'er to kneel down with a white face and ask for guilt.

"Your Majesty is happy and angry, the concubine doesn't know that it was someone from the queen's house who came to invite Your Majesty, this bold palace maid intercepted it without the concubine's knowledge, it was the concubine who was not strict, please punish Your Majesty."

Concubine Xian's words were beautiful, not only to clear up her relationship but also to take the initiative to blame her for not being strict with the queen, and the palace maid stopped the queen's mother, all of whom were made by the palace maid herself, and she had nothing to do with herself, so she abandoned the car to protect the handsome.

Wen'er knew that she had been abandoned by her master before she came to Siwan Academy, and now she had no choice but to plead guilty but to kneel and beg for mercy.

"The slave and maid are guilty, please spare your majesty! The slave and maid are guilty, and Your Majesty spares her life! ”

Wen'er slammed her head on the ground, and soon her forehead was torn off, and bright red blood began to flow down her forehead from her sideburns.

Emperor Yan was full of gloom, where could he endure a little palace maid's begging for mercy, but it made his mood more and more manic.

"Come on, drag it down and kill it with a cane!"

"In the future, if anyone dares to disrespect the queen, this will be the end."

After speaking, he strode towards the inner courtyard, although Concubine Xian was not implicated by Wen'er, but Emperor Yan's words were to her, he was blaming her, blaming her for not being able to go to Empress Wen's side as soon as Empress Wen fainted.

Yuan Yuan nested in Yuan Zhentian's arms and looked at Concubine Xian, then looked at Concubine De, took Yan Huai's hand beside him and whispered, "Yan Shenzhi, I want to see my aunt." ”

Yan Huai took her hand and took her to Empress Wen's room without saying a word, Concubine De and Concubine Xian looked at the figures of the two of them without saying anything, obviously wanting to see Empress Wen, but without Emperor Yan's approval, no one dared to act rashly.

Juan, who accompanied Emperor Yan to the inner courtyard, went and returned, and said to the few people who were still waiting in the main courtyard, "Your Majesty has an order, please go back to your own courtyard to rest first, Grandpa Guo has worked hard today, you should also go back to rest first." ”

"Father-in-law, can you allow this palace to go and see the queen's mother, this palace is really relieved." Concubine De was the first to come, and it was true that she was worried about Empress Wen's body, but Yan Huai did not allow her to go in to visit Empress Wen and blocked her in front.

Concubine De spoke, and Concubine Xian also echoed the situation, "Yes, father-in-law, if you can't see the queen's mother, the palace will also feel uneasy, why don't your father-in-law ask Your Majesty again to see if the queen's mother is willing to see us?" ”

"Two mothers, Your Majesty is in a bad mood right now, you two should go back." Juan really didn't want to talk to them anymore, so after conveying Emperor Yan's words, he returned to the inner courtyard to wait.

Concubine De and Concubine Xian also knew that entangled would only anger Emperor Yan, so they could only leave with the palace maid first.

Mama Tang was waiting for Queen Wen to drink medicine, and she was willing to take a plate of candied fruit to coax her in front of her, "Auntie drink the medicine obediently, eat the candied fruit after drinking." ”

The tone of the little girl's coaxing child made Queen Wen smile unconsciously, and touched her soft little face, "Auntie listens to our hearts." ”

Seeing that Queen Wen drank the medicine, she was willing to cover her with a thin quilt intimately, and then volunteered to tell Queen Wen a story to coax her to sleep.

If Empress Wen was not sick at ordinary times, Emperor Yan would also follow the little girl, but Empress Wen is in a very bad situation now, and he doesn't want the little girl to talk about until Queen Wen rests, so he asked Tsing Yi to send the little girl back to Jiyue Courtyard to rest.

Yuan Yuan didn't make any noise, she knew that Empress Wen was sick and had to rest well, so she whispered goodbye to Empress Wen and left the room.

Glancing at Empress Wen, who had fallen asleep, Emperor Yan glanced at Yan Huai and motioned for him to follow him.

The father and son walked to the small garden not far from Empress Wen's room and stopped, Emperor Yan looked at the night sky with sparse moons and stars, sighed and asked about Empress Wen's situation.

"Prudence, what does the imperial doctor say about your mother's situation?"

As early as half a year ago, Yan Huai had a detailed understanding of Empress Wen's condition, the poisoning was too deep, if it weren't for the ginseng medicine hanging, she would have been unable to return to the sky, and she fainted again and again, almost draining her body.

"The oil is out of the lamp."

The imperial doctor didn't dare to say such a rebellious thing, but Yan Huai knew that from Queen Wen's face alone, it could be seen that her life was slowly draining.

The four words "oil exhaustion lamp" were too heavy, and Emperor Yan almost couldn't breathe, but he was not an imperial doctor, and he didn't know the art of Qihuang, so there was no other way but to accept it numbly.

"Be cautious, spend more time with your mother, I will definitely find a way to save your mother." Although there was little hope, Emperor Yan still wanted to hold on to the hope of the end of the day.

"Father, until now, you have refused to thoroughly investigate the poisoning of your mother? Even if the queen mother is going to die because of this, you can't compare to the power of the harem of the previous dynasty! Yan Huai couldn't help but roar.

What's the point of always deceiving yourself like this? Isn't he afraid that the Fu family and the courtiers will persecute him? Isn't he afraid that the Guo family will threaten his position as emperor with military power?

On the one hand, he gave the Fu family and the Guo family enough favor, and on the other hand, he showed deep affection for Queen Wen, but in fact, what he loved the most was the power in his hands.

was revealed by his son, and Emperor Yan scolded unhappily, "Shut up! You know what! Do you think I don't want to investigate thoroughly? If it is really checked, the harem of the former dynasty will definitely be in chaos, how can I risk the Yan family's century-old foundation! ”

Words are not speculative, Yan Huai didn't want to talk to such a selfish and hypocritical father anymore, so he casually bowed and asked to leave, and strode out of Siwan Courtyard.