Chapter 259 - Languid Arrest (2/2)

Lei Xing knit her eyebrows and then said, ”Well...I don't know if that's a good idea...”

”Why not?” The Emperor asked also knitting his eyebrows.

Lei Xing looked at him and hesitantly said, ”Well...the last time he was here...when she sent for him. She was really angry and...well, he was the reason she went into a fit, I think? Maybe, I don't know...”

When the Emperor frowned, Lei Xing quickly added, ”Oh, he said he had nothing to do with it though...I will still ask or do you want to talk to him yourself?”

”No...It's fine. Actually, that Voice I told you about already told me the doctor had nothing to do with my mother's condition. I just thought that perhaps he would be able to help her current condition since the Imperial physicians are lost...”

Lei Xing nodded and then removed his arms from her waist, ”Just stay like that for a bit...” She said when the Emperor looked at her questioningly. She put a little distance between them and tried to contact Doctor Lou.

{...Hellooo? Doc?...Doctor? Wake up! >_

”It doesn't work when we're touching...” Lei Xing explained when the Emperor gave her a weird look, ”I don't really understand it either...He doesn't really explain these things.” She added before he could ask any questions.

Lei Xing tried for a bit longer and then said, ”He's not responding...”

”There is no rush...She'll probably wake up soon enough on her own.” The Emperor said with a sigh.

The doors then opened and the servants came in with dinner.

”Forget that for now...” The Emperor said as he got up pulling Lei Xing with him and then walked her to the table as the food was laid out.

Crowning a wonderful day with a wonderful meal for Lei Xing.

{...That reminds me...I really have to give these chefs a raise ~(ꈍ ᴗ ꈍ)~...}

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While the rest of the palace peacefully slept that night, those in the Empress dowager's were in a full panic mode.

The Empress dowager had slept for the full day and the Imperial physicians were not sure what to do about it. Although her heart rate sped up here and there, it was not dipping to irregular lows like it was last time. So the Imperial physicians were not too worried.

They simply set some medicinal herbs going in the smoke pot in an attempt to calm and relieve her.

Everything was quiet and peaceful that night, until Song mama who was on shift watching the Empress dowager suddenly screamed, ”Your majesty, Stop!”

The physicians outside the room raced inside to find Song mama struggling with the Empress dowager on the bed. As they got closer, the physicians realized that Song mama was actually trying to pull the Empress dowager's hands from her throat...where she was strangling herself.

One of the physicians promptly joined in with Song mama's struggle, ripping the Empress dowager's hands off of her neck, leaving bloody gashes behind. The Empress dowager kicked and struggled with them, her hands wanting to go back to her neck.

But then all of a sudden her eyes flew open and she instinctively kept struggling thinking it was still the shadows grasping at her. The physician and Song mama continued trying to restrain her until the other physician noticed her eyes were open and exclaimed, ”She's awake!”

Song mama and the other physician whipped their heads to her face, saw her eyes open, and they promptly released her.

”Your majesty, are you o-okay?” Song mama tentatively asked. The Empress dowager did not respond and just laid there taking deep breaths, staring up at her bed canopy. Now they were not even sure if she was actually awake. She did not respond to any of their calls..

One of the physicians quickly brought over a bowl of water with a cloth and handed a wet cloth to Song mama. Song mam took the cloth and then went to clean the wounds on the Empress dowager's neck.

But as soon as the cloth touched her neck, the Empress dowager immediately slapped her hand off as she barked with a croaky voice, ”Don't touch me!” while she weakly retreated further into the bed, glaring at them.

”Your majesty, we ha~”

”Get out!” The Empress dowager barked.

”Your majesty bu-”

”I said Get out! Get out! Get out!” The Empress dowager continued shouting with increasing irritation as she threw her pillows and blanket at them. To avoid worsening her condition, the three people helplessly withdrew. It was only when they reached the outer area of the room, out of direct view of the Empress dowager that she stopped screaming and just quietly laid there, hugging herself.

One of the physicians promptly left to inform the head physician of the new development. While Song mama and the other physician stood there in the room, out of the Empress dowager's sight, too worried to leave the obviously unstable Empress dowager alone.

They truly could not understand what was going on with the woman.