When a person is about to die, the light comes back to him.
When this tone of voice completely relaxed, it was time for Empress Dowager Yu to give up and go west.
Sons, daughters-in-law, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, all gathered around the bed. For a dying old man, passing away in the company of his children and grandchildren was considered complete.
But, among so many people, who is really sad for her?
Even the only daughter was full of resentment towards her. At this moment, her face was full of tears and her eyes were red, looking at her as if she were looking at an enemy.
Empress Dowager Yu's mind was as clear as ever. She seemed to have had a long nightmare, and at this moment, she completely woke up.
Why has she lived like this in her life?
The past moments that had been buried in the bottom of my heart came to mind one after another.
She recalled the time when she was young and confident, the wonderful time when she met and fell in love with Emperor Jianwen, the mutual sympathy with her good friend Gu Xianzhi, and the vow she had made to change the world's treatment of women through her own efforts.
His harshness allows all women in the world to go out of their homes to study and practice calligraphy...
Since when did her aspirations and ideals gradually become blurred?
Since when did she put more and more of her energy and effort into fighting in the harem?
Since when did she start to become dark, twisted and greedy?
It was this cold and ruthless harem that wiped away all her ambition and enthusiasm. It was Emperor Jianwen's treachery and greed for beauty that completely chilled her heart...
Two turbid tears fell from the corners of Queen Mother Yu's eyes.
However, among the people gathered around the bed, no one reached out to wipe her tears.
They were all waiting for her to die.
Empress Dowager Yu suddenly took a deep breath and opened her mouth to say: "You all retreat, leaving only the queen. The Ai family would like to have a few words with the queen alone."
Sheng Hong said without thinking: "My sons and ministers will also stay."
Empress Dowager Yu no longer had the energy to be angry. She looked at Sheng Hong and said, "The Ai family will die at any time with this look. What else is the emperor worried about?"
This may not be the case.
Sheng Hong was extremely wary of Empress Dowager Yu, and his face showed the respect of a filial son: "My son really can't bear to be away from his mother."
Empress Dowager Yu's breathing became rapid, and a strange blush quickly passed over her decayed face: "The Ai family wants to talk to Xie Mingxi alone."
"Since the Queen is so insistent, I think she has something important to tell her alone." Xie Mingxi's voice sounded faintly: "This is the Queen's last wish. The Emperor will fulfill the Queen's wish!"
Sheng Hong frowned slightly, looked at Xie Mingxi for a moment, and agreed reluctantly.
Sheng Hong led A Luo out first.
Xiao Yuhan and Yin Xiaoxiao looked at each other and each led their children out of the dormitory. Soon, everyone left completely.
Only Princess Changping stood stubbornly by the bed and refused to leave.
No matter how much she hates her, she is also the only daughter of Empress Dowager Yu. When she was dying, Empress Dowager Yu actually wanted to leave Xie Mingxi to talk. How could she not be angry or annoyed?
Queen Mother Yu said intermittently: "Changping, you also go out."
Princess Changping's eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was somewhat sad and unintentional: "I won't leave! My mother is about to close her eyes. Why can't I, a daughter, stay with my mother?"
Queen Mother Yu seemed to sigh and said in a low voice: "Changping, do you want to see the Ai family die in peace?"
Princess Changping: "..."
Princess Changping was completely crushed by this heavy blow, and tears burst out instantly.
Princess Changping turned around and walked out, her back stiff.
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Finally there were only two people left in the dormitory.
Xie Mingxi stood by the bed, looking down at the old woman who was about to die: "Now that there is no one else left, if the queen has anything to say, just say it!"
Queen Mother Yu looked steadily at Xie Mingxi, who looked calm: "Xie Mingxi! I force you to drink the secret medicine in the palace. You will never be pregnant again in this life, and you will never give birth to a prince."
"You hate me to the core in your heart, you torture me in every possible way, and drive me to a desperate situation with a soft knife."
"Fights in the palace are what they are. You fight to the death and kill them all. I have nothing to hate. I just want to tell you that back then, the late emperor and I were deeply in love with each other. He once vowed to love only me forever."
"But within a few years, he broke his oath. In order to inherit the throne, he began to bring concubines into the palace and gave birth to concubine princes. One after another..."
Empress Dowager Yu paused, with a sarcastic sneer in her eyes: "After I gave birth to Changping, that old poisonous woman personally brought a bowl of tonic soup. A few years later, I found out that there were such ruthless people in the palace.
The medicine will make a woman never able to have children again..."
Having said this, Queen Mother Yu coughed violently several times, and her face turned red from holding back.
Xie Mingxi looked cold and unmoved: "Is this all you have to say?"
Queen Mother Yu coughed until tears and runny nose ran down her face. She was extremely embarrassed, but the corners of her mouth raised: "Xie Mingxi, I know you hate me."
"I'm about to die. No matter how much you hate me, it doesn't matter to me. It's a pity that I can't see with my own eyes the day when the love between you and Sheng Hong fades to the point of falling out..."
How pitiful and despicable!
Xie Mingxi twitched the corner of her mouth, leaned down slightly, and looked down at Queen Mother Yu: "You stayed with me specifically just to say this."
"Unfortunately, you thought wrong."
"I simply took the infertility medicine. Firstly, it was to rescue the master as soon as possible. Secondly, it was because Sheng Hong had already taken such medicine when he was in Shu."
Queen Mother Yu took a breath and her eyes suddenly opened wide.
Xie Mingxi smiled slightly, leaned down a little lower, and said slowly: "No matter how pitiful and pathetic your fate is, it is just your fate."
"It's really pitiful and pathetic for you to try to force your own fate on me."
"Sheng Hong doesn't care if he has any heirs. He told me that A'luo is enough for us in this life."
"Back then, he was the vassal king and became a vassal in Shu. No one cared whether he had any heirs. Unexpectedly, things were unpredictable. Step by step, he was pushed to the throne and became the emperor."
"That's okay. We don't have a son, but we have A Luo."
"The two of us have long made up our minds to create a precedent for Da Qi and make A Luo the crown princess. In the future, A Luo will be the first female emperor of Da Qi."
"We are both young and married, and have ten or even decades of life together. We have a lot of time to make leisurely plans for A-Luo."
"It's such a pity that you won't see that day."
Queen Mother Yu's face turned red sharply, as if all the blood in her body was rushing up. She stretched out her hand with all her strength and pointed at Xie Mingxi: "You...you...you..."
I said you three times in a row, but I didn't even squeeze out the second word.
There was a sweet smell in my throat again.
Queen Mother Yu opened her mouth, and a large mouthful of blood gushed out. Her eyes gradually dimmed, and soon she lost all her energy.
