Children of Loulan

The queen was already extremely anxious at this moment, and she was eager to know what had happened to make the maid so frightened. However, Mu Lian interrupted the maid's report one after another, making her even more impatient.

The queen could no longer bear it and stood up,

Mu Lian was frightened by the queen's sudden anger. He quickly bowed his head to apologize and quietly stepped aside.

At this time, the palace maid recovered a little, and she said in a trembling voice:

"Your Highness, it's... it's... it's Aunt Taji... something's happened!"

After saying this, he lowered his head again, not daring to look directly into the queen's eyes.

After learning about Madam Taji's accident, the queen stood there frozen as if struck by lightning, her hands tightly grasping the collar of her clothes, as if she wanted to crush the thin fabric. Not long ago, she had just seen Madam Taji; and the head of the Imperial Hospital had clearly told her that Madam Taji still had more than a month before the poison took effect!

The queen could not accept such a cruel reality. She still held on to a ray of hope in her heart. She suppressed her grief and despair and asked in a trembling and low voice with suppressed tears:

"Mammy... is she still alive?"

These few short words weighed heavily on the queen's heart like a heavy burden, and every syllable was filled with endless pain and sorrow.

Mu Lian's heart tightened. She knew what Aunt Taji meant to the queen, so she instinctively supported the queen the moment she heard the news, fearing that she could not bear such a huge blow.

Hearing the queen's words full of sadness, the maid's face turned pale and her body trembled slightly. She did not dare to hide anything, so she took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and reported to the queen everything she had seen and heard in the imperial garden.

Originally, she went to the laundry department as usual to retrieve the queen's outer robe. However, when she was about to reach the edge of the imperial garden, suddenly, a shrill scream broke the silence. This sudden scream made the maid shudder and her heart rose to her throat, but her strong curiosity still drove her to muster up the courage to walk in the direction of the sound.

When she got closer, she was horrified by the sight - she saw that Madam Taji and her personal maid were crushed to the ground by a large stone, blood splattered everywhere, and they were obviously lifeless. The maid was frightened out of her wits, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground. After a while, she came to her senses, and crawled back to the palace to report the news to the queen.

As for what happened, why did Madam Taji suffer such a fate, being smashed into a bloody mess by a huge stone, the maid was also confused and had no idea. At this moment, her heart was still filled with fear.

After hearing the maid's answer, the queen's body trembled violently and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Mu Lian, who was standing beside her, reached out and supported her. The queen's face was as pale as paper, her lips trembled slightly, but her eyes looked at Mu Lian with unusual determination, and she said in a low and powerful voice:

"Help me over there. I want to go see Madam in person!"

It was as if these words had exhausted all her strength.

Mu Lian tightly grasped the Queen's arm, her heart filled with grief and worry. She knew what Mammy meant to the Queen, but now that Mammy had passed away, the most important thing was the Queen's health. So, she wept and whispered:

"My queen, please accept my condolences! But now that Mammy has left us, if you saw that scene with your own eyes, I'm afraid you would not be able to bear the blow. It would be better to wait for a while until the people below bring Mammy back. It might be better to see her then."

Mu Lian's implication was obvious. From the maid's description alone, it was clear that Mammy must have looked horrible. If the queen could wait until the servants had properly handled Mammy's body before meeting her, it might alleviate some of the pain and sorrow in her heart.

Mu Lian originally wanted to comfort the queen first, but the opposite happened. Not only did his words fail to calm the queen's emotions, but they added fuel to the fire, causing the queen's anger to burn instantly.

The queen was so angry that her face turned red. Her beautiful eyes turned scarlet and she stared at the door, as if she wanted to see through it. Then, she used all her strength and yelled at the top of her voice:

"Let's go...I will go and see Madam off in person!"

The sound was so loud that it caused the entire palace to tremble slightly.

Mu Lian, who was standing by, had never seen the queen look so scary before. She was so frightened that she was speechless. She quickly reached out to support the queen, who was about to fall, and then turned around and shouted at the outside of the house:

"Someone, come quickly! Hurry up and prepare the sedan chair. The queen wants to go to the imperial garden!"

When the queen and her entourage arrived at the scene, it was already crowded with people. There were guards holding weapons, imperial doctors carrying medicine boxes, and some palace maids and eunuchs. When they saw the queen's sedan chair, they knelt down without hesitation and saluted, shouting in unison:

"Your humble servant, servant, humble subject, pays homage to Her Majesty the Queen!"

However, in the face of everyone's greetings, the queen seemed to have heard nothing. Her beautiful but empty eyes were always fixed on the place covered with white cloth not far ahead. After she stepped down from the sedan chair, Mu hurried forward to support her shaky body. The queen walked towards the white cloth with a staggering step and trembling...

Seeing the queen so heartbroken, the people kneeling on the ground lowered their heads and dared not utter a word. They stared at the queen silently, their hearts filled with sympathy and pity.

When the queen came to the white cloth, her eyes were attracted. She saw that the originally pure white cloth was now stained with shocking blood. The blood was like blooming red plums, which was particularly dazzling against the white background.

The queen tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes, stretched out her slightly trembling hands, and slowly reached out to the red-stained white cloth. Her fingers tightly grasped a corner of the white cloth, as if she wanted to uncover it, but she was a little hesitant.

Mu Lian, who was standing by, knew the queen's inner pain and fragility. He was afraid that the queen could not bear such a blow. So he quickly reached out and held the queen's hand, looking at her with concern and anxiety, and whispered: "My queen..."

The queen sensed Mullen's worry, but she did not stop. She knew Mullen had good intentions, but she had to face the nanny who had taken care of her since she was a child.

The queen's eyes were still fixed firmly on the scarlet on the ground, as if she could see every bit of her past with Mammy through the blood. She gritted her teeth and said to Mu Lian in a calm tone:

"take away!"

Hearing the queen's calm voice, Mu Lian looked at the queen with tears in her eyes and full of worry. She knew that the queen was suppressing great pain in her heart at this moment, but she really couldn't stop the queen, so she slowly took her hand away. At the same time, she was concentrating on the queen's every move, so that if anything happened, she would catch the queen at the first time!