After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

Zheng Xiyan arranged everything and walked into the deep and solemn bedroom alone. The flickering candlelight in the hall illuminated the aging face of the empress dowager. She seemed like the last withered leaf in autumn, still hanging on the branch, but having lost its former vitality and color.

When the Queen Mother heard the footsteps, she slowly opened her heavy eyes. The majesty and kindness in her eyes were no longer there. Instead, they were replaced by endless coldness and despair. She was unable to move her body, and could only make hoarse sounds of "ah...ah..." from her throat, like the whimpering of the cold wind passing through dead branches in winter.

Her body trembled slightly under the thin blanket, and every struggle seemed so weak. She tried to grab onto something, but in the end it was nothing.

When Zheng Xiyan saw this scene, her face remained calm. She slowly walked over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and gently held the empress dowager's withered hand in her palm, her tone gentle but firm: "Mother, His Majesty has passed away. I know you are sad, but your health is the most important. I have already instructed the royal physician to do his best to treat you. His Majesty is gone, you must not fall down again..." After she finished speaking, a faint smile inadvertently appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she thought to herself that this might be a favor from fate to her. She wanted to see who could stop her now.

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's eyes became even angrier and saliva involuntarily flowed from the corners of her mouth. "Ah, ah..." Her eyes turned bloodshot due to anger and unwillingness, as if blood could drip out, and she stared at Zheng Xiyan.

Zheng Xiyan felt the burning gaze, the corners of her mouth turned up, revealing a smug smile, and she sighed softly, "Mother, why are you looking at me like this? But what did I do wrong?"

"Ahhh..." The Queen Mother raised her arm and stopped in mid-air, but fell down again after just a few seconds.

Zheng Xi watched all this without changing her expression, and said in a cold voice: "Over the years, you, like His Majesty, have never stopped doubting me. When I was pregnant with Ji'er, you knew that His Majesty intended to harm me, but you did nothing. You are His Majesty's mother, and it is understandable that you favor him, but it costs me my life... Over the years, I have endured too much."

At this point, Zheng Xiyan's eyes gradually became deep and complicated. She seemed to be talking to the Queen Mother, or more like talking to herself: "I shouldn't hate you, but every time when it's late at night, the feeling of being used and abandoned will surge like a tide, and I can't let it go. It was you who pushed me into this deep palace, making me a victim of the power struggle between you and your son, a chess piece that can be discarded at any time."

However, after the hatred, Zheng Xiyan's eyes regained their former calmness and determination: "But now, you are seriously ill, and I am willing to let go of the past. I will do my best to let you enjoy your last days. Mother, please rest assured, I will live up to your trust and protect this country."

After she finished speaking, she gently tucked in the corners of the quilt for the Empress Dowager, turned around and left, leaving the Empress Dowager alone. In the dim candlelight, she quietly looked at her departing back, with a barely perceptible glimmer of tears in her eyes.

"Ah...Chen...Chen'er..." The next moment, the Empress Dowager fainted again, her face was very pale.

"Empress Dowager..." The palace maids panicked. Zheng Xiyan said calmly, "Quickly call Dr. Yang!"

Imperial Physician Yang was taking care of the patient inside. Zheng Xiyan ordered people to call all the palace servants of Shoukang Palace and replaced the guards of Shoukang Palace.

Zheng Xiyan stood above, looking down at all of them, and said in a cold voice: "His Majesty passed away, and the Queen Mother was too sad, which led to a stroke. From now on, all the people in Shoukang Palace will be under my command. Have you cleared it?"

"Yes, slave/slave obeys your command!"