Chapter 34 - The Empress Death
Chapter 34 - The Empress Death
In the Capital city, The Empress took her final blow from the poison in her body. she collapsed and bursting out some blood from her mouth. The physician goes into the empress palace straight away to check, but all of them in unison give up. They can not cure her diseases as they do not know the origin of the diseases
The Nanny, who is personally attending to the Empress needs, sends an express letter to summon His Majesty emperor to attend her death bed. She also sends a letter to the empress mother to go inside the palace. Physician He is coming to check the condition of the empress when he finds out about arsenic poisoning inside her body. However, He cannot understand why all the physician cannot find the poison in her body.
The problem now is the condition too severe and all her organ start to fail. It will be difficult for Physician He to reverse the effect from the arsenic. He kept the news to himself and join with the other physician to give up. He is a hundred per cent sure about his knowledge. Physician He decides to go back to his quarter and writes a letter to the majesty of the king. He cannot let the truth buried due to his negligence. He asks the courier to send it with express to his majesty. He wants the majesty to know about the truth behind the empress death.
The night is really dark and Madame Ni feels so anxious. she could not sleep and feel something bothering her inside her heart. She paces back and forth inside her room while her personal Nanny looks over her anxious madame.
"Do you want me to boil some lotus dessert to calm you, madame?" the Nanny is offering her madame.
"No... I cannot swallow anything. I feel something wrong inside my heart but I did not know the source," Madame Ni is sitting down on her chair.
"I will get you some hot tea. Master just got some fresh Fuyi tea... I will brew it for you for calm down," Nanny is informing her before leaving the room.
it is not taking her a long time to come back with a cup of hot tea in her hand. she puts it on the table nearby of her madame. She waves the teacup cover to remove the tea leaves before drinking the tea to calm her nerves.
Suddenly, there is a eunuch in hurry to relay the letter from the nanny. He will escort the empress parent to the empress palace. he needs to rush them to go inside the palace as the empress time is limited.
The teacup is falling on the floor after she hears the eunuch task to pick them up. Her face complexion turns to a white pale face. She cannot think anything after hearing her own blood fighting for her life. Her tears start to fall to her cheek to think about her daughter condition.
Master Ni is in rush to get his wife. He already changes into his official court robe and goes to his wife chamber. He saw her still in shock and immediately, instructs her personal nanny to help her with her official robes to enter the Palace. the Nanny and another maid are helping her to change as she still in shock to hear the news. They are working so meticulously and fast to prepare her madame to be ready to enter the palace.
Master Ni is holding his wife and put her in the carriages. they cannot delay anymore to enter their daughter palace, especially since the country is in chaos at the moment due to the raging war treat from their neighbour country. Their carriage already ready in front of the mansion. They are in rush to get into the palace.
In the Empress Palace, the physician is constantly checking her condition. However, her breathing becomes shallow and her pulse weakens by a minute. Ni Lang cannot wait anymore and blow her last breathe alone on the bed. Her personal maid and Nanny are bowing and crying out loud in front of the dead body. The body of Ni Lang lays soullessly on the bed with her eyes closes. the physician is checking her breathe and pulse to make sure for the last time before putting the coin on her lips and cover her face with silk white laces before he joins the crowd of eunuch and other physicians to bow in front of her.
They all treat her with respect on her death bed. she will be remembered as a kind, virtuous and wise Empress. Ni Lang deserves all this respect as she always respects everyone during her life. she still the mother of the nation who dedicated her life to the palace and his majesty the king. The only person, who is celebrating at the moment, is the main culprit.