Fu was bedridden. At first, she just felt hot and weak. After ten days, her cough became more and more severe. The imperial doctors stayed in the inner courtyard and asked the palace maids about her condition day and night.
One evening, she was coughing as usual. The maid wiped her face with a hot towel. Mu Shanggong anxiously advised: "Your Majesty, please hold back your coughing. How can you bear it?"
With a wow sound, Fu suddenly vomited. When she opened her eyes, she saw the faces of the people around her changed drastically. The maid took the towel and hid it behind her. Fu took a breath and gritted her teeth and said: "Show me." The maid dared not disobey the order and carefully took out the towel. There was a bright red blood stain on it. Fu fainted when she saw it.
Not long after, Chai Rong came to the inner courtyard again and questioned the imperial doctors. At this time, Fu woke up faintly, but she didn't open her eyes and heard Chai Rong scolding the imperial doctors on duty outside.
At this time, an imperial physician was anxious and blurted out: "Your Majesty, the Queen's pulse is just weak. This is not a disease, it is the end of her fate. We can only treat the disease, how can we save her?"
Fu Shi felt even more panicked when she heard this. She vaguely remembered a Taoist priest in hemp clothes who came to her house many years ago. He was a fortune teller and said that her chin was not well formed and that she was destined to have a bad ending and a bad death.
Thinking of this, she was very sad. She was usually a very optimistic person, but at this moment, she felt that the world was dark, and an inexplicable fear surged into her heart, pressing her to the point of suffocation. She shouted hard: "Official, official, save me!" But her voice was very soft.
At this time, Mu Shanggong's voice said: The official just left.
Fu coughed weakly twice and asked: Is the emperor going to Shouzhou? When will he leave? I want to see him. Send someone to call the emperor.
Mu Shang Gong wiped her tears and choked up, saying: I will go call Cao Tai right away and ask him to go out and look for the emperor.
Yeah. Fu exhaled, stared at the top of the hood, and said, "I'll wait for him."
After a while, Fu stretched her hand out from under the quilt again. Mu Shanggong, who had just opened the curtain, stepped forward and grabbed her hand. Fu looked pale and haggard, completely lacking her usual calm and dignified temperament. She was indeed very pitiful. She asked faintly: Am I going to die
Mu Shang Gong hurriedly said: No, the queen will live a long life, and everything will be fine once she recovers from her illness.
Don't lie to me. I know I'm going to die. Fu's voice was weak and intermittent, and full of sadness. The imperial physician in Tokyo is the most skilled. But I don't want to die, I don't want to die.
Mu Shang Gong said: Your Majesty is still able to speak, don't think the worst of it.
Fu Shi did not look like she was going to die, but she felt like she was going to die. She was more energetic than she had been in the past few days because she was sad. At least she was not sleeping all day. She said: Even if I am the queen, I have done nothing. If I die, people will forget me very quickly. I want to see the emperor. I will tell him to help me up and do my makeup.
Of course Mu Shanggong and others didn't want to listen. Given the Queen's current condition, such a request was just nonsense.
After an unknown amount of time, she was so tired that she fell into a sleep again. At this time, the eunuch Cao Tai came in with his back bent. Seeing that the queen was asleep, he did not disturb her but knelt down in front of the bed.
Fu was not sleeping soundly and woke up soon. She opened her eyes and saw Cao Tai kneeling there. She was surprised and asked: "I am not dead yet, why are you kneeling there?" After a while, she seemed to remember why she asked Cao Tai, so she asked: "Did you see the emperor?"
Cao Tai said carefully: "I have seen you, Madam Queen. The Emperor will leave for Shouzhou tomorrow. I wonder if he will come tonight."
The old eunuch had gray hair, a slightly pointed face, fine white skin without many wrinkles, and a thin body. He didn't look like a man at all. But at this moment, he had a serious face, with two vertical lines between his eyebrows, as if he was thinking about something. At this moment, he raised his head and looked at Mu Shanggong. Mu Shanggong was very familiar with these actions, and hurriedly called the maids serving beside him to leave quickly.
If Cao Tai wanted to tell the Queen something about the Emperor in private, she would not even want to ask Mu Shanggong to listen, so she didn't know if this was the best option.
Cao Tai looked back and saw that there was no one outside the curtain, then he said: There are some things I don’t know whether I should say or not.
Fu said faintly: Let’s go on.
Cao Tai hesitated for a moment, and it was not appropriate for him, a eunuch, to tell her not to tell anyone in front of the queen. He could only hint: "They are all out, then I will tell you."
He paused and continued: I walked to the hall in the front yard. There were guards standing outside and several ministers inside. The door was open. I stood by the door to listen to what the emperor and the ministers said. If it was not important, I would ask for an audience. Then I heard Wei Renpu say that if the queen died, there would be no funeral. Because the army's attack on Huainan had just begun, it was unlucky to hold a funeral in the army.
Fu stared and said anxiously: They also think I am going to die
Cao Tai said: There was an imperial physician who could not speak and said something that should not be said. The emperor believed the imperial physician's diagnosis, so the queen did not need to worry. When the illness is cured, the imperial physician will be punished. I have already written down his name.
Fu coughed for a while and then asked: What else did they say
Cao Tai's voice was even lower: "The emperor said that the prince of Wei has a daughter, and he is going to marry the prince of Wei's second daughter. The Fu family's favor is still undiminished. However, the queen mentioned that she wanted to marry your sister to Guo Shao, the commander of the Hujie Army. He has also made great contributions in Qinfeng, and it won't take long for him to establish his rank. I'm afraid this matter can only be abandoned and Guo Shao can only be broken. Of course, I dare not mention this matter in front of the emperor.
Fu was angry and sad: How could you think of marrying my sister when I'm not dead yet
Cao Tai remained silent and said nothing nice. He felt that telling the queen the truth was out of gratitude for her kindness, and he was willing to pay the price of possibly angering the emperor. If he was not really on the queen's side, and if he was just trying to gain benefits from serving her, then to put it bluntly, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. What can he rely on after the queen dies? Why bother saying these things
But the emperor was right. If he was willing to remarry Fu Ermei, it would be a favor to the Fu family. For the Fu family, it made no difference whether Da Fu was the queen or Fu Ermei.
Fu choked up and said: If I die, won't any of you be truly sad? Cao Tai, are you also ready to join my sister
Cao Tai remained silent. If the queen really died, he would have to live, so of course he would have to rely on the new master of the harem. However, he had worked so hard for the queen and finally gained her trust. Now her master was gone, and all his efforts were in vain. How could he not feel bad? Moreover, Queen Fu treated him well, and he was grateful in his heart, so he must have felt bad too.
Brother Guo Shaoshao came to save me, Fu suddenly murmured.
Cao Tai said: He is just a military commander. No one will threaten the Queen. You should rest and recuperate. It would be great if you can recover.
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