Chapter 214 – I Am the Empress Dowager, Who Am I Afraid Of? (part 7)

With the passage of time, Li Su was a little bored in the palace. No matter how beautiful the scenery here was, she would get tired of staying here for a long time. She wanted to play again. Wet Nurse Xu tried to persuade her, but Li Su wouldn’t listen at all.

Wet Nurse Xu did not dare to tell Emperor Long’an, because she knew that no matter what the empress dowager said or did, the emperor would not think that there was anything wrong.

Sure enough, Emperor Long’an heard that the empress dowager wanted to go out of the palace to play. He arranged things, saying that there was a mountain not far from the palace where the crape myrtle trees in the mountains looked like a fire when they bloomed. Now was the season when they bloomed. There was also an ancient temple in the mountain where the incense was strong and the vegetarian food was excellent.

Li Su wasn’t Buddhist, so she wasn’t very interested.

Emperor Long’an quickly promised that in a few months, it would be hunting season. At that time, they would go to the grassland for empress mother. Or maybe there was a chance to tour the south next year.

Wet Nurse Xu was afraid that Emperor Long’an would really want to make a southern tour, which would cost the people money. It would attract the dissatisfaction of the imperial censor, and she hinted at Li Su with her eyes.

Li Su rolled her eyes. It was not good to transmigrate into ancient times. It was inconvenient for her to play. “Forget about doing a tour of the south.”

But Emperor Long’an kept it in his heart, thinking that he must go to the south with empress mother in his lifetime. Right now, he could only feel sorry for empress mother.

After Zhao Defang heard about it, he was also excited to go together.

Li Su was too lazy to take him out, but Emperor Long’an said that Zhao Defang had been studying hard recently and was worthy of praise, so they should go with him.

Li Su then reluctantly agreed.

Zhao Defang glanced at Emperor Long’an gratefully. “Imperial brother is still the best!”

The imperial family was happy here, but some people’s situation was not so happy.

In a farmer’s house in the suburbs of the capital, Mrs. Fang slowly opened her eyes. After waking up, she was absent-minded for a moment. But soon, she understood her situation. She escaped from the Fang family’s house and managed to get out of the city. But, because of her discomfort, she fainted on the side of the road.

Mrs. Fang suddenly reacted. Her hands trembled and touched her stomach. Was her child still there?

“Madam, are you awake? Don’t move around. You just had a miscarriage, so your body is very important.” A woman walked in quickly and pressed Mrs. Fang back.

Mrs. Fang turned pale. “What did you say?”

“You’ve had a miscarriage.” The peasant woman looked at Mrs. Fang with pity. “Madam, where does your family live? I’ll ask my man to send a letter to your family so they can pick you up!”

Mrs. Fang didn’t have time to be sad. She couldn’t go back. She definitely couldn’t go back! She touched her wrist, only to find that it was bare. She touched her head again and discovered that the hairpin on her head was gone. She suddenly understood that, when she was in a coma, the peasant woman had taken all the valuables from her body.

There was no embarrassment on the peasant woman’s face. “Don’t take offense. I took the bracelets and hairpins on your body. You need to spend money to get a doctor to boil medicine. Our family doesn’t have any money.”

Mrs. Fang held back her anger and said, “Thank you. I was divorced from my husband’s family and I plan to go back to my parents’ house. Who knew… I can’t go back to my husband’s house. If you can send me back to my parents’ house, I will show my gratitude.”

“Where is your mother’s family?” The peasant woman’s eyes lit up when she heard the word gratitude.

“Yunzhou!” Mrs. Fang deliberately said somewhere far, far away.

The peasant woman didn’t know where Yunzhou was. Just as she was about to agree, there was a sudden coughing sound outside the window. The peasant woman immediately changed her tune. “That’s not good. It’s too far away. We can’t help you.”

“If you can send me home, my family will be very grateful.” Mrs. Fang pleaded deliberately.

The peasant woman immediately shook her head and waved her hands, repeatedly rejecting Mrs. Fang. “No, no. There’s a bowl of congee here, so hurry up and drink it! I have something to do in the field, so I have to go.”

After saying that, she ran away.

Mrs. Fang looked at her retreating back and sneered a few times. She looked at the so-called bowl of congee. It was just a bowl of water with a few grains of rice at the bottom of the bowl. The bracelet on her wrist was given by her cousin. It was said that it was a tribute from a vassal state. The empress dowager gave it to her cousin, and her cousin gave it to her.

Thinking of her cousin, Mrs. Fang thought of that letter again. Her Rong’er just said a few words. Whether she listened to her or did anything about it was their own family’s business. What did it have to do with Rong’er? Unexpectedly, the imperial family killed Rong’er just because of a few words from Rong’er.

Her Rong’er, her daughter, her hope in this life! She was gone! Mrs. Fang was filled with hatred when she remembered it. Just at that time, she found out that she was pregnant again. Those sluts probably knew that she was pregnant since there were a lot of things that were not suitable for pregnant women in the food delivered to her in the past few days. Mrs. Fang knew that those sluts would not allow her to give birth to a child safely, so she simply did nothing and ran away when the others were unprepared.

Mrs. Fang was just impulsive and ran out. She didn’t know what to do next, so she could only walk on the road blankly. But the fear from the past few days and her improper diet made her faint before she walked far.

Now that the child was gone, Mrs. Fang didn’t know what to do next. But she was unwilling to die like this. She wanted to take revenge. She wanted to take revenge for Rong’er and herself, and she wanted to take revenge on the most honorable mother and son!

Without hesitation, Mrs. Fang reached out and picked up the bowl and drank it. She had to live to get revenge.

Mrs. Fang rested for a few days and finally had some strength to get out of bed to move around. The peasant woman and her husband were not very on guard against her. After all, she was just a weak woman who just had a miscarriage. She could be pushed around with one finger. She was also penniless, so there was nothing to guard against. Therefore, Mrs. Fang had no trouble finding out what was going on in this family’s home.

What surprised Fang Yuanshi was that the peasant woman and her husband were the same. Only the daughter, Yu Xue, was cute and didn’t look like she was the peasant’s woman’s daughter.

Mrs. Fang suddenly felt movement in her heart.

A few days later, the peasant woman and her husband went to work in the field. The house suddenly caught fire and the couple rushed home to put out the fire. After the fire was put out, the couple found out that their daughter was missing, along with the woman! The couple cried to the heavens and the earth. They regretted their earlier actions!

The villagers helped, but they found nothing.

In Reaching the Clouds Palace, Li Su regretted staying in the palace for the 10000th time. What should she do when she went out to play? The crape myrtle flowers all over the mountains were really beautiful, the thousand-year-old temple was a classic, and it was cool in the mountains. She came on a whim and climbed the mountain herself.

She was very happy at the time, but the next day tragedy struck. Her entire body was in pain. It hurt to move even a little bit. She didn’t know that she was so unfit.

When Emperor Long’an learned that the empress dowager was unwell, he rushed over immediately and watched Li Su lying on the bed humming. Emperor Long’an was worried and angry. “Where’s the imperial doctor? Why hasn’t he come yet?”

“The imperial doctor has come, but the imperial doctor said that the empress dowager just needs to rest for a few days. The doctor can massage the acupuncture points to relieve the pain, but when the imperial doctor tries to massage, the empress dowager screams in pain,” Wet Nurse Xu said helplessly. She thought that the empress dowager was too delicate.

When Emperor Long’an heard this, he frowned. “Which imperial doctor was this? He’s so useless! Didn’t empress mother always ask Zhang Yuan to check her pulse? Quickly, let Zhang Yuanshou come here.”

Qin Li quickly ordered someone to go to Taiyuan hospital to get him.

At the hospital, Zhang Yuanshou had already learned about the situation of the empress dowager, and he had already thought about what to do on the way there.

But before he could speak, Emperor Long’an waved his hand. “Doctor Zhang Yuanshou, you are skilled in medicine. When father emperor was alive, he often praised you. Quickly check on empress mother and find a way to relieve her pain.”

Zhang Yuanshou was rather helpless. The pain the empress dowager was feeling was caused by a lack of exercise. The empress dowager would be fine after a few days. According to His Majesty, did he have to relieve the empress dowager’s pain immediately? He was not an immortal. How could he have such ability?

The degree of filial piety that His Majesty could show to the empress dowager was great. If he could not do anything, then he was afraid that His Majesty would think that he was incompetent. Maybe His Majesty was angry, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold the position of the head of the academy for long.

Zhang Yuanshou immediately knelt down. “Your Majesty, this…”

“It’s alright. There’s nothing serious with Us. Just wait a few days.” Li Su was a little helpless when she heard the conversation outside. Her cheap son. Everything was fine, but he was a little stubborn about her.

“Doctor Zhang, since you are here, take a look at His Majesty. We see that his face has not been very good these days, and his diet has not improved this,” Li Su said.

When Emperor Long’an saw that his mother was unwell, but she still remembered himself, he was very moved. “Empress mother, your son is in good health.” Perhaps it was because he was ignorant when he was a child and did not know how to resist, but he drank a lot of bitter medicine when he was growing up. Emperor Long’an was a bit biased against doctors and avoided them. According to the rules, his blood vessels were checked every 10 days to make sure that there was nothing wrong, and he hid whenever he could.

“Be obedient and don’t make trouble!” Li Su said lightly. Emperor Long’an immediately stopped talking, and sat there obediently. He let Zhang Yuanshou check his pulse.

Zhang Yuanshou was amazed. Then he calmed down and checked His Majesty’s pulse, then His Majesty’s blood vessels.

He managed to diagnose some problems. Fortunately, they were found in time and the medicine could be adjusted. Zhang Yuanshou sighed in relief.

“Is Our body alright?” Emperor Long’an’s eyes threatened Zhang Yuanshou.

Zhang Yuanshou did not look at Emperor Long’an, but said in the direction of Li Su, “The issue with His Majesty’s body is not serious, but there is some disharmony between the spleen and stomach. Although it is not serious at present, if it is not addressed now, then in the future…”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he immediately stood up. “Zhang Yuanshou, don’t be alarmist here…”

“We will hand His Majesty to you, Zhang Yuanshou. Take care of His Majesty’s body, including what medicines to take and what to pay attention to in terms of diet. Just do it all. A-Xu, during this time, go and watch over His Majesty. When Zhang Yuanshou says that His Majesty is fine, you will come back!” Li Su said directly.

“Empress mother, Wet Nurse Xu is the most capable person by your side. Who will serve you when she’s not there? Your son’s body is really fine. Don’t listen to Zhang Yuanshou’s alarming words,” Emperor Long’an said anxiously.

“Zhao Guangzhe!” Li Su called softly.

The people serving in the room immediately knelt on the ground because Zhao Guangzhe was the name of Emperor Long’an. In the entire world, only the empress dowager dared to call this name.

Emperor Long’an didn’t speak anymore. He knew that once the empress dowager called him by his full name, it meant that the empress dowager was really angry. “Empress mother, don’t be angry. Your son will listen to you.”