085 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” died

After that day, the emperor never came to Shoukang Palace to see the Queen Mother again.The doors of Shoukang Palace were also ordered to be closed, and no concubines were allowed to come here without permission to pay their respects. Even the number of people serving in the palace had been reduced by half. Only Aunt Yumin could serve at the side of the Queen Mother. The remaining maids could only do sweeping work outside the inner hall, and the Queen Mother could not even see her.

The once glorious Shoukang Palace seemed to have turned into a cold palace overnight. Aunt Yumin couldn’t help crying when she looked at the huge difference in Shoukang Palace.She vaguely sensed that someone was trying to harm the Queen Mother because of her sudden madness, but the doctors she invited said that the Queen Mother showed no signs of poisoning and there was nothing wrong in the palace. It was as if the Queen Mother was suddenly frightened and went mad. There was nothing wrong with it.

But because of this, Yu Min became more convinced that the Queen Mother was harmed by others. Unfortunately, she had no evidence, so she could only take good care of the Queen Mother and hope that one day she would return to normal.

The door of the inner hall was suddenly opened, and a beautiful figure walked in. She took off her cloak to keep out the cold and placed it on the couch beside her, then walked slowly towards the bed.Yu Min’s pupils shrank, and her voice became louder unconsciously, “Empress?! You, you…why are you here?”

Yan Zhaozhao chuckled, and the bright smile on his face seemed to melt the snow outside the palace, making people feel a sense of warmth.”Auntie forgot? I’m here to take care of you.”

Aunt Yu Min was stunned for a moment, then she reacted quickly and then said in a low voice: “Your Majesty, you can’t do this. The Emperor has already ordered that no concubine can enter the Shoukang Palace without permission, and she will be punished if found out!” She lamented that the Queen could have such a rare intention, but she couldn’t break the rules after all.”It’s fine if the Queen Mother has slaves here. Your Majesty, please go back quickly and be careful not to be discovered.”

Yan Zhaozhao still stood there and asked softly, “May I ask my aunt, am I still a concubine?”

Yu Min was startled, then smiled knowingly after realizing it.The emperor’s decree explicitly prohibited all concubines from coming to pay their respects, but the queen was the mother of a country, so she was not considered a concubine. How could there be any place in the entire harem that the queen could not go to.

Yan Zhaozhao naturally took the medicine bowl in Yu Min’s hand, “Auntie, I am relieved. I heard that the emperor has been busy with government affairs recently and has no time to pay attention to matters like Shoukang Palace. The emperor has not ordered anyone to guard the door of Shoukang Palace. How can I not come to take care of my mother?” She smiled softly at Yu Min and behaved gracefully.Sitting elegantly on the bed, he carefully fed the soothing decoction in his hand into the Queen Mother’s mouth bit by bit, “Besides, my aunt has to take care of this huge Shoukang Palace by herself, so I guess she must be exhausted. My aunt is an old man who serves the queen mother. If she has suffered so much, she will probably feel distressed when the queen mother recovers.”

Yu Min’s eyes were slightly red. After spending decades in this harem, she had already seen through the warmth and warmth of people in this palace.Most of them stood by and watched things that had nothing to do with their own interests, and even added insult to injury, but for the first time, they saw the person who was helping them in times of trouble.

Yu Min, who knew the emperor’s character and had never complained about him, could not help but feel resentful under the strong contrast at this time.If the emperor could have listened to the Queen Mother, got along well with the Queen, and treated each other with respect, he would not have such a dissolute reputation now.

Yu Min sighed secretly in his heart, and saluted Yan Zhaozhao sincerely, “I thank you, the Queen, for your consideration.”

“Get up.” She seemed to suddenly remember something, “When I came here, I ordered the imperial kitchen to stew the blood swallows. It should be almost ready now. I asked my aunt to go to the imperial kitchen. I wanted to use some for my mother.”

There was no way Yu Min could disobey him. After Fu Shen bowed, he went to the imperial dining room to serve the blood swallow in person.

As soon as she left, Yan Zhaozhao walked to the Queen Mother’s bed without any delay. Seeing that she still looked dull, he lowered his voice and asked softly: “Does the Queen Mother still remember Chun Fei Yan Zhiyi?”

The Queen Mother probably didn’t hear clearly, and still stared blankly ahead, shaking her body slightly from time to time, as if she couldn’t hear Yan Zhaozhao’s words at all.She had no choice but to ask again patiently, and patted the back of her hand with her fingertips.

The Queen Mother seemed to be sensitive to hearing Yan Zhiyi’s name, or perhaps smelling her title. Her eyes were suddenly startled, and she suddenly avoided Yan Zhaozhao’s hand and made a shut-up gesture towards her.

“What’s wrong? Is the Queen Mother afraid of Concubine Chun?”

The Queen Mother lowered her voice, looked around to make sure there was no one else here, and then whispered: “Don’t say that name, she…she will hear it!”

Yan Zhaozhao frowned and continued to follow the Queen Mother’s words, “There is no one here, she won’t hear it. Tell me, why are you so afraid of her?”

She was still frightened, her eyes evasive, “She, she will hear… She has glowing bugs that can hear me!” When she finished speaking, she seemed worried that she would be heard if she spilled the beans. She suddenly opened the quilt and buried her head deep in it, and kept mumbling, “I didn’t say, I didn’t say…”

After saying this, Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t help but become more confused.What is a glowing bug?Why is the Queen Mother so afraid of this bug?

She suddenly remembered the fireflies that Xie Ciyan had taken her to see in the countryside, and thought to herself, could the so-called glowing bugs be the fireflies?But what is there about those kind of fireflies that makes the Queen Mother so afraid?Since it will not harm humans and is even afraid of humans, how can it hear what the Queen Mother says?

Perhaps there is only one possibility, that is, the glowing bug is not a firefly, but a bug that would scare the Queen Mother.

Yan Zhaozhao wanted to continue asking what kind of insect it was, but no matter what she said, the Queen Mother turned a deaf ear and kept saying that she had not revealed anything about the insect.

She sighed softly, guessing that Yu Min would be back from the imperial kitchen soon, so she had to give up and wait until tomorrow to continue inquiring.

After serving the Queen Mother and eating the stewed blood swallow, Yu Min gave the Queen Mother some calming decoction.Seeing that it was late, Yan Zhaozhao returned to Fengyi Palace first.

On the way, she also asked Biluo to quietly go to Jinyuan, and asked Xie Ciyan to find out what bugs in the world could both emit light and cause harm to the human body.If the guess is correct, the Queen Mother will go crazy to this point. In addition to the poison mixed with cinnabar and datura, there are also the so-called luminous bugs that are hindering it.

Yan Zhaozhao vaguely felt that she had already touched the door called the truth.

That night, Yan Zhaozhao lay on the bed and had a good rest.When she was feeling groggy, a loud noise suddenly came from her ears. She sat up suddenly and listened carefully, and it turned out that the death knell was tolled.

Eight times in a row, the sound of the death knell was heard continuously, startling everyone in the harem.

The Queen Mother passed away.