Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

Chapter 658 Vomiting blood

When the bells in the imperial city rang, temples and Taoist temples outside the imperial city, such as Guo'an Temple and Xi'an Temple, began to ring their bells. Empress Dowager Li, who was sleeping peacefully, was awakened. The bells seemed to ring in her ears one by one. She sat up straight and saw Nanny Li standing beside her bed with an extremely grim expression. She said word by word with sorrow in her eyes: "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager - passed away!"

Empress Dowager Li's body softened: "What did you say? The Queen..."

Empress Dowager Li's hands trembled slightly, tears streaming from her eyes. Suddenly, she ran off the bed in a panic: "Mingzhu! Go see Mingzhu..."

It was too late. Nanny Li, supporting Empress Dowager Li, hurried to Zhou Chengqiong's room. The door banged open, only to find Zhou Chengqiong—the once-dignified Princess Mingzhu—laying lifeless on the bed. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were half-closed, clearly poisoned. Empress Dowager Li, overcome by the shock, fainted without a breath. Naturally, the Xi'an Temple erupted in chaos.

The next morning, Master Buyu entered the palace. He led a group of monks from the Guo'an Temple to the palace to meet with Emperor Shenwu. As he saw the Emperor's originally black hair turn snow-white, his heart trembled. After coming to his senses, he slowly said, "Amitabha, I, Buyu, would like to see a friend off for the last time! I hope Your Majesty will grant this permission!"

The divine emperor's eyes were as calm as a deep pool of stagnant water. He raised his hand slightly and said, "Accurate!"

Buyu then stayed in the palace for a full 49 days. He led the monks in chanting sutras and praying for blessings in the Qianzheng Hall every day. The sutras of hope for life came out of their mouths over and over again, just to help the souls of the deceased to be reborn and accumulate blessings.

A mourning tent was set up outside the Qianzheng Hall. The concubines, princes and princesses, and ladies from the imperial family came to the outside of the Qianzheng Hall to mourn according to ancestral customs. The hall was covered in mourning, and the people kneeling and mourning extended all the way to the palace road.

The prince knelt at the front in the hall. Besides being extremely grief-stricken, he also had to pay attention to his father's condition at all times. There were wailing sounds inside and outside the hall, but Emperor Shenwu was already in tears. It turned out that people could not shed tears when they were extremely sad.

He stood alone before the icy jade coffin, gazing at Lan Qingwu's peaceful sleeping face. A sharp pain gnawed at his heart, turning his face pale. He stared at the black and white world with despair, a single thought welling up in his mind: He wouldn't let Lan Qingwu leave! He didn't want to endure this bone-chilling cold alone, day after day! He didn't want to endure this excruciating pain alone!

The Shenwu Emperor's phoenix eyes gradually turned red. He ignored the many royal relatives, civil and military ministers, and ladies of nobility outside the palace, and suddenly shouted softly, "Crown Prince!"

The Crown Prince had been paying attention to the expression on Emperor Shenwu's face. When he heard his father's desperate voice, his whole body trembled. He immediately threw himself to Emperor Shenwu's legs, hugged his calves, raised his head and looked at him pleadingly: "Father! Father... Have you forgotten what you promised Mother? Mother is still here, her last words are still ringing in my ears! Have you forgotten? She was worried that Yueyue would suffer as a woman, she was worried that Xiaoqi would continue to be so stubborn, and she was also worried that her son would be unloved... Father... Father, look at us! Your son has already lost Mother, and he must not lose Father again!"

The words in Emperor Shenwu's heart were choked by the Crown Prince's earnest plea. He looked at the Crown Prince with tears streaming down his face, and then at the Seventh Prince and Seventh Princess, who were so sad and helpless as if they had lost all their support. Their eyes were red and swollen, and their faces were haggard. They raised their heads from their grief and looked at their brother and father with some confusion and helplessness.

Emperor Shenwu opened his mouth but no words came out. He only felt the blood surging in his chest and he felt suffocated. The next moment, Emperor Shenwu's body trembled slightly, the blood surged up, his throat felt a burning pain, and he could no longer hold back and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Father!

"Father!

"His Majesty!"

The Emperor fell straight down. The Crown Prince was horrified and quickly stretched out his arms to support the Emperor. He shouted sternly: "Imperial Physician! Send for the Imperial Physician!"

The mourning hall was in chaos. Several princes were panicked and at a loss. Concubine Jiang had collapsed to the ground in shock. She muttered, "Your Majesty...are you going to follow the Empress now?"

Emperor Shenwu collapsed. The imperial physician diagnosed him with a heart disease caused by excessive grief. If he did not take good care of himself, he might not live long. This was unacceptable to the crown prince and others. Obviously... obviously his father had always been in good health and rarely had even minor illnesses. But at this moment, Emperor Shenwu was lying there with a pale face. His pale and lifeless appearance made several imperial doctors shake their heads when they saw him.

The Crown Prince's face darkened. "What do you all mean by shaking your heads? If anything happens to our father, I'll hold you responsible! Use whatever medicine is necessary. Go get the prescription!"

Nie Wushuang walked at the end of the group of imperial physicians and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He thought of the pair of black dragon and silver phoenix fish. If one died, would the other survive on its own? Such determined fish would even die for love if they stumbled upon another of their own kind, let alone in this situation!

However, Nie Wushuang looked at the prince and his companions, thinking that perhaps their children could keep the suicidal emperor for a while!

Heart disease is the most difficult to cure, and Emperor Shenwu is in great pain and depression, his emotions are out of balance, and his heart knot is difficult to untie. I'm afraid...

After Emperor Shenwu was given acupuncture by Imperial Physician Zhao, he slowly woke up, but his eyes were slightly open. He didn't want to talk or see anyone.

At this time, the seventh princess could no longer hold back and burst into tears. Her voice was so sad that it made people feel sad when they heard it.

Emperor Shenwu felt even worse. He forced himself to sit up, "Yueyue..."

The Seventh Princess threw herself into the arms of the Emperor Shenwu, sobbing uncontrollably, "Father! Father... Yueyue is scared! Yueyue doesn't want anything to happen to you again. Now that our mother is gone, you can't abandon us anymore! Father..."

The Seventh Prince also cried bitterly and threw himself into the arms of the Emperor Shenwu, "Father...Father..."

The Crown Prince finally couldn't help himself and threw his arms around his younger brother and sister, throwing himself into the arms of the Emperor Shenwu. "Father, we will always be with you! Please accept my condolences! Queen Mother would never want to see you grieving so excessively! Queen Mother's funeral isn't over yet, she's still waiting for you to see her off!"

Emperor Shenwu felt his little daughter trembling with fear, his youngest son on the verge of collapse, and the crown prince holding back tears of grief. He finally reacted. Emperor Shenwu opened his arms and held all three children in his arms. Tears flowed from his phoenix eyes as he thought of Lan Qingwu asking him to look after the children for a few more years. She was worried about them and she couldn't let them go!

"Weak, weak, I listen to you, listen to you... Don't blame me, don't blame me..."

The four of them hugged each other tightly. Li Xiang couldn't help but feel his eyes moist at the doorway. He wiped his eyes gently with his sleeve and said to Prince Ding and Concubine Jiang outside, "Please rest assured, Concubine Jiang and Your Highness Prince Ding. Your Majesty has the Crown Prince's counsel and is concerned about the Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess. He has recovered. I believe that Your Majesty will soon recover from his grief."

After the people surrounding the hall had left, Master Buyu frowned slightly and came to the bedroom of Emperor Shenwu. After Li Xiang reported, Emperor Shenwu summoned Master Buyu. No one knew what Master Buyu said to Emperor Shenwu. In short, after that day, Emperor Shenwu gradually cheered up, and after taking the medicine, his spirits improved a lot.