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Rong'er thought to himself: The empress dowager has spent her entire life thinking about the rivers and mountains in the Great Qing Dynasty, and with the persistence of her entire life, she has walked the last leg of her life. After living in the empress dowager's palace for more than twenty years, we have long gotten used to the empress dowager's teachings, but from now on, we will never hear of it again …

In December, the weather grew colder and colder, and the Grand Empress Dowager's illness seemed to have worsened. When she was almost awake, she would often fall into a deep slumber.

Lama Gu lightly tapped on the shoulder of the empress dowager, while Rong'er quietly sat by her side, accompanied by her wet nurse. The palace was quiet. Rong'er suddenly remembered that this kind of silence had been going on for quite some time. It was just that the emperor would usually wait upon them.

The empress dowager raised her head slightly. ”All of you continue chatting, don't mind This Dowager.”

”Yes, Old Ancestor.” ”Yes,” Madame Su Ma La loudly answered, quietly sighing as she looked at Rong'er.

Rong'er shook his head helplessly. Recently, the empress dowager had been hallucinating. Her hearing wasn't good anymore, but she kept feeling that someone was talking.

Rong'er looked up at Aunt Su. ”Aunt Su, have you arranged lunch tonight?” Do you need me to take care of you again? ”

”There's no need to trouble yourself. The arrangements have been made!” ”Sigh!” Su Ma La sighed heavily. ”What's the point of arranging things well? The Old Ancestor has been unable to eat anything these days.” Su Ma lowered his head to look at the filial manor. His eyes were slightly red. ”If this goes on, even if you don't eat anything, you will still get into trouble.”

They all looked sad. ”Aunty Su, the Emperor has something to do this morning. He said that he'll be here at lunchtime, so he'll have to wait until the Ancestor is here before he can eat more.”

”His Majesty has been filial and filial for more than ten days now. Sun is waiting on the Old Ancestor. ”

Ever since her illness had worsened, it had made it easier for Xuan Ye to attend to her in person every morning at the empress dowager's palace. At the same time, he had also withdrawn from the morning assembly, so aside from occasionally having to deal with other matters, he spent most of his time at the Tzu Ning Palace. The empress dowager seemed to have become more reliant on Xuan Ye, as well as on the empress dowager.

The empress dowager saw that she had no appetite. Xuan Ye smiled as he held the dish up to the empress dowager's mouth. ”Imperial Grandmother, come and pay for the green stir-fried winter bamboo shoots. It tastes extremely good!” Furthermore, this winter bamboo shoot had already appeared on his body. The body also has its benefits. ”

The empress dowager glanced at the dishes before her and shook her head. ”Grandson, don't trouble yourself! This Dowager knows, This Dowager won't be able to live for long. ”

”Royal Grandmother, what are you talking about? ”Look at you, you must have lived a long life. You are still in your seventies, it's still too early.” Xuan Ye hurriedly replied, ”Come on, you can eat this first.”

The empress dowager shook her head as she stared at Xuan Ye and laughed softly, ”Grandson, you've already grown up like this? It was so good, so good! Grandson, call your royal brother, Fu Quan, and Chang Ning back to the palace.