There is no way out, so we can only move forward, step by step.
After the carved door was closed, the trace of light that was still in the passage disappeared. She could only walk forward in the dark. She held the wall with one hand to avoid it, and walked slowly in. After walking about twenty steps, she finally saw There is a corner, and behind the corner, there is another secret door.
She pushed open the secret door, and inside the door there was dim light and an obscure breath.
This is a dark room with no windows on all sides. Four palace lanterns are burning in the room, but it is still dim. On the inside, against the wall, is a flat couch. Lying on the couch is a frail old man. That person is none other than The current emperor.
The last time I saw him was at a palace banquet, he was so high-spirited, but it had only been so long before he had aged so much.
She rushed forward, quickly grabbed the emperor's wrist pulse, and listened carefully. The frown finally slowly smoothed out. Although the emperor looked old and had a weak breath, he had no serious illness or signs of poisoning.
The current appearance must be caused by being imprisoned in this dark room, feeling depressed and angry for a long time. In addition, the air in this dark room is blocked, which is really not good for the body, which is why he is so weak.
Feeling that someone was beside him, the emperor's closed eyes suddenly opened, and his pupils were filled with wind and snow. After seeing the person, the wind and snow dissipated, and his eyes were filled with surprise.
"Yun Yu? Yun Yu? Is it really you? Am I dreaming? You are finally, finally willing to enter my dream. Yun Yu, you still hate me, right?"
Seeing him like this, Yuan Qiu felt sour in his heart, but the past, after all, was the past, gone like smoke.
She held the emperor's hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, I am Yuanqiu, and I am your daughter-in-law, Xia Yuanqiu!"
The emperor's confused eyes gradually became clearer. He could see the person clearly and his memory was restored.
He struggled to get up, looked at Xia Yuanqiu in front of him, and sighed: "My child, why are you here?"
"Your Majesty, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
The emperor shook his head: "I was poisoned by the traitor's cartilage pill. My limbs are weak, but it's not serious. I won't die for a while."
No wonder he looked so weak and had been poisoned by the Cartilage Pill.
"Your Majesty, haven't all of your meals been tasted by your chamberlain? How did you fall into Zhu Sheng's trick?"
A hint of cruelty flashed through the emperor's gloomy eyes: "It's the queen. She colluded with that treacherous son to plot my empire. I hate myself so much. I hate myself for being so soft-hearted and failing to dethrone her early and let her Living in this position, one is constantly making waves.”
He and the queen were originally a political marriage. They had just gotten married that year, and he was still a prince. Because he was framed by a greedy official, he was sent to the Lingyan Kingdom by his father as a hostage, but the queen, the princess at the time, refused to follow him. And when he left, the already weak relationship between him and her disappeared.
Later, a war broke out between Xiliang and Lingyan. His father also saw clearly the true face of Greedy Official and sent experts to pick him up and return to the capital. However, he volunteered to invite troops to attack Lingyan. He returned with a great victory and was captured. When his father was appointed as the crown prince, he wanted to depose the crown princess at that time, but because of his father's intervention, and because his mother and the empress were from the same clan, he was concerned about the left and right, so he stopped the matter.
He didn't want to mention these past events again, he could only sigh at the impermanence and rapid changes in the world.
"But the Queen Mother is your biological mother, how could she let the Queen imprison you?" Xia Yuanqiu was puzzled, very puzzled.
The emperor shook his head: "I'm afraid the empress dowager is also imprisoned."