Many of the few maids and maids in the emperor's palace have withdrawn.

"The imperial doctor said that His Majesty needs to rest, and the Queen has also rested."

"It's time for the Queen to have a good rest."

Several chamberlains outside the palace whispered to each other.

Seeing the people exiting, the waiters standing on the other side frowned.

"Why did you come out?" one asked.

"The imperial doctor is here." The person who exited said with a bit of indifference, "Don't worry, the queen can't even leave the palace now."

The two maids closed the palace door and nodded to the queen.

"Ms. Cheng, do you know what you are talking about?"

The queen then lowered her voice and said to Cheng Jiaoniang with an angry expression,

"Adoption! How dare you say that!"

She paced back and forth.

"The imperial line has fallen by the wayside!"

"Adoption is not." Cheng Jiaoniang shook her head and interrupted her, "Adoption is inheritance of incense, how could it be left behind?"

She also smiled when she said this.

"If we don't inherit the imperial line, we will fall behind."

The sane King Ping ruined the country. If it had been the sane King Qing, he would have been in power for forty-five years.

The queen stopped and looked at her.

"Incense?" she said, "It would be fine if His Majesty had no heirs, but now His Majesty still has heirs. You talk about Jia Nanfeng, you talk about Emperor Hui, why did Emperor Wu insist on passing the throne even though he knew his son was stupid? That is his heir.

, is his bloodline, is his incense offering!"

"You can also adopt an adopted son," Cheng Jiaoniang said.

"Adopted sons can also have disputes." The queen gritted her teeth and said angrily, "I don't want your majesty to share incense with others, and I don't want to cry in front of the prime minister and officials. What does it mean for me to do such a thing?

If I have the face to meet my ancestors, how can I have the face to face the people of the world? I would rather go with Your Majesty as a married couple than bear this infamy." [Note 1]

Cheng Jiaoniang looked at her.

"The infamy is not the fault of Empress Dowager Cao," she said. [Note]

Those insults were all attributed to the emperor and ministers who did such things.

The queen was startled.

"In short, no!" She said, rolling her sleeves, "No matter who wants to bring up this kind of thing, I will never bring it up."

"Only you, the Queen, can really bring up this kind of thing." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "Ministers, please don't speak first."

My ministers, no good, first.

The queen looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.

She said ministers, it’s not good, first, but not ministers, it’s not possible, that means...

Heavy footsteps sounded outside the door.

"Your Majesty." The palace maid's voice sounded outside.

Before he finished speaking, the curtain was opened.

Seeing the intruder, the queen's face turned pale.

"Bold!" she shouted.

The waiter didn't have much fear on his face, but he gave a polite salute.

"The Queen Mother asked Madam Cheng whether your Majesty's illness can be cured? Can it be alleviated?" he said.

He broke into the queen's resting place without permission and asked questions over her. The queen's face was gloomy, and she could not hide a trace of embarrassment.

Cheng Jiaoniang glanced at the queen.

"If you go back to your Majesty, you can't," she said.

"If you can't, please ask the lady to come out of the palace." The chamberlain said.

Cheng Jiaoniang responded and saluted the queen.

"Your Majesty, take care of me," she said. "I'm already so much better. It's better not to fall short. You still have to use the medicine you need."

The chamberlain frowned and glanced at Cheng Jiaoniang and the Queen.

A palace maid came in at the right time holding a medicine bowl.

"Mother," she said with tears in her eyes.

……………………………………………..

"You mean the Queen stopped taking the medicine?"

the Queen Mother asked.

The chamberlain nodded.

"Ms. Cheng showed it to her and persuaded her to continue taking medicine," he said.

The Queen Mother snorted.

"Who are you putting on for? You can die if you want." She said with a bit of disdain and disgust, "What's the rush? It'll happen sooner or later."

No one dared to answer this, and all the servants bowed their heads.

"Has anyone been sent out?" the Queen Mother asked again.

The waiter responded.

"The slaves sent it out personally," he said.

The Queen Mother nodded and felt relieved, and then smacked her with hatred.

"Chen Shao! Shu Zi! I'm so angry!"

…………………………………………..

The palace door was closed, and the queen seemed to have exhausted all her strength, leaning on the couch and closing her eyes.

Someone poked his head out from behind the curtain on the side, looked around, and then turned around.

"Empress." Concubine An knelt down beside the queen's bed, raised her sleeves and covered her face in tears.

"Okay, I'm not dead yet." The queen said calmly with her eyes closed.

Concubine An immediately stopped crying, and there were no tears in her eyes. She raised her head to look at the queen, and then looked around.

"Look at whatever you are looking at and say something if you have anything to say. I am not at the point where I don't even dare to speak or listen to anything." The queen still closed her eyes and said.

Concubine An laughed, knelt and moved forward.

"Empress, what did Mrs. Cheng say?" she asked.

The queen laughed, opened her eyes, and when she was about to speak, she saw Concubine An, and couldn't help but frown.

"Can you be more serious about pretending to commit suicide? At least put a red mark on your neck?" She said, "And since you said you want to go on a hunger strike, can you wipe the snack residue from the corners of your mouth?"

Concubine An smiled and hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe her mouth.

"I'm not here to see you, don't be afraid," she said.

The queen looked at Concubine An.

"I sometimes don't know what you are thinking. Are you brave or stupid?" she said.

The young and beautiful Concubine An showed a charming smile.

"I am stupid, I am not very courageous. I am very scared now. If Your Majesty and your empress die, I will also die," she said.

The queen sneered.

"So, you still plan to die after me?" she said.

"So your Majesty, you must take care of yourself." Concubine An said calmly.

Probably only such a person could allow her to arrange this scene against the imperial concubine.

Really...

The queen stretched out her hand and pressed her forehead, exhaled and sat up. There was no trace of the anger, panic and anxiety on her face.

"Ms. Cheng naturally said what she should say." She said, "She is a smart person, she knows what to say, and she also knows what I want to hear."

An Fei frowned and couldn't understand her words.

"When a wise man speaks, he always says what the other person wants to hear," the queen said.

Concubine An understood.
To be continued...