Chapter 114 The Empresss Grief (Part One) (2/2)
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still remember how His Majesty left me alone in our wedding chamber on our wedding day. What a stigma for me! I know His Majesty hates me because Lady Jin, his beloved one, cannot be the Empress because of me. For all these years, I have tried my best to be a good wife as well as a good mother. Have I shown any sign of jealousy when young girls are selected as His Majesty's ladies each year? If His Majesty is so cruel to me, what's the significance of my title, Empress?”
Upon hearing those words, the maid standing by the Empress's side said immediately, ”Your Majesty, please don't say something like that.”
The Empress lay back against the bedhead. Her hair fell over her shoulders, and her eyes were red. She said after a long while, ”Why can't I say something like that? Since I am under house arrest in this Palace now, who will have any chance to tell His Majesty what I said? I'm afraid His Majesty is not willing to hear any news about me.”
The Empress became so distraught after she finished speaking that she coughed repeatedly. The maid panicked and inquired about the Empress worriedly, ”Oh, my! Your Majesty is so sick. But the imperial physicians always make the same prescriptions when they come to check you. It seems as though those medicines won't take any effect.”
A bitter smile emerged on the Empress's lips. ”What is the use in taking the medicine? I'm afraid His Majesty would be happy if I died immediately.”
”No! No! No!” The old maid responded hurriedly. ”That's nonsense. Please stop talking about death, Your Majesty. Buddha and Gods, please forgive Her Majesty. Her Majesty is so heartbroken that she has said something out of her mind. Please don't take it seriously.”
The Empress leaned forward a little and coughed again. Then she straightened her body and asked, ”I ordered you to send a message to the Grand Councilor. Did you do that?”
The maid replied in a hurry, ”I have already sent a messenger. Lady Li has found a physician for you, but His Majesty won't allow any other physicians to see you. His Majesty said the imperial physicians from the Imperial Palace are the best in the world. Physicians from outside the Imperial Palace are no match for them. Lady Li is trying to find a way...”
The Empress nodded, and stayed silent. She lay on her bed, sleepless. She just stared at the ceiling until tears welled up in her eyes again.
Seeing the Empress shedding tears on her bed, the maid turned around and sobbed silently, too.