My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

As soon as Cui Qimo came out of the morning court, Eunuch Li came up to him and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has been waiting for you in the Imperial Study for a long time."

"Did she talk about something?" Cui Qimo's heart skipped a beat. The Queen Mother would not go to the Imperial Study to wait for him for no reason.

"The Queen Mother looks very unhappy. I dare not ask."

Could it be because of that rebellious son? !

Cui Qimo was thinking as he walked and did not see the queen coming towards him.

"Your Majesty, I have specially prepared some red bean porridge and was just about to send it to Your Majesty's study." The Queen bowed.

"I have no appetite, Queen, please go back!" Cui Qimo was in a bad mood and disliked the Queen.

"Your Majesty..." The Queen wanted to say a few more words, but Cui Qimo suddenly became furious.

"As the master of the harem, do you have nothing to do all day? You have to endure this today and that tomorrow. Do you want to make me die sooner so that the prince can ascend the throne one day earlier?"

The queen was so frightened that her red bean porridge spilled all over the floor. Her face turned pale and she knelt down with a plop. "Your Majesty, please calm down. I just want to serve you well. I have no other intentions. Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down..."

She kept kowtowing, unable to figure out what she had done wrong.

It was not until her forehead was bleeding that Cui Qimo said sternly, "If the queen has nothing to do, why not spend more time teaching the prince. The prince of a country does such despicable things and still wants me to clean up his mess. How does he look like a crown prince now?!"

Cui Qimo left quickly, and the queen collapsed to the ground.

Is the Emperor planning to depose the Crown Prince?

Otherwise, how could he say such cruel words.

"Go, tell the prince to come see me immediately. Go quickly—"

In the imperial study room.

The Queen Mother was heartbroken. "I know you have a grudge against Jing'er. He was indeed wrong in this matter and shouldn't have disobeyed the order. But he is your son and my grandson after all. Is your heart really that hard?"

"Mother, don't you see clearly yet? He is a wolf with evil intentions." In front of the Queen Mother, Cui Qimo tried hard to control his anger.

"What I see is that no matter how hard he tries, you think he is going for your throne." The Queen Mother stood up excitedly, "For so many years, I have never asked about the affairs of the court. How you treat the children is a family matter as well as a court matter, so I have never interfered too much. Now that we have come to this point today, let's talk it out."

"As an emperor, you can suppress Prince Jing, and I can't say much. But you are also a father. You can tolerate any despicable things done by your other sons, so why can't you tolerate Jing'er? In your eyes, everything he does and says is wrong? Besides, although he disobeyed the emperor's order in this matter, it was only for the purpose of investigating the case. Why should he be punished severely?" When the empress dowager said the word "severe punishment", her lips were trembling.

"Mother! Don't always treat him as a child. He is already 23 years old and has a very active mind! And this matter, do you really think he is just investigating the case?" Cui Qimo raised his voice, "He is deliberately targeting the prince, targeting the prince!"

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, "What does this have to do with the Crown Prince?"

Suddenly, she became excited again, "Speaking of the prince, you gave that woman to him to humiliate him. I allowed you to do that before. Now I want to ask the emperor, what do you think? If a woman like that enters Prince Jing's mansion, it will bring shame to the royal family!"

"I advise you, mother, not to worry about this anymore. I know what I am doing." Cui Qimo's face was gloomy, and his tone was a little fierce. "Come here, send the queen mother back to the palace."

"Good, you are very good. You actually speak to your biological mother like this!" The Queen Mother staggered and lost her balance. If Cui Qimo had not been quick, she would have fallen to the ground.

He looked ashamed, "Mother, please forgive me for being impatient and offending you with my words."

The Queen Mother shook his hand away and said, "Go away. I can't bear it!"

With the support of Nanny Kuang, she staggered out of the imperial study step by step.

Cui Qimo stared blankly at the trembling back of the Queen Mother. At that moment, he felt that his mother had suddenly aged a lot.

Back at Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother lay on the couch, staring blankly at the incense rising from the incense burner in front of her, and murmured, "Am I too old and useless to be favored by the Emperor?"

Nanny Kuang's eyes were red. She squatted in front of the empress dowager and held her hand tightly. "Don't let your imagination run wild. The emperor was just angry for a moment and spoke a little harshly. The emperor has always been very filial and still cares about the empress dowager in his heart."

The Queen Mother could not let it go. Thinking of Cui Qimo's harsh words just now, she felt upset and dizzy. "Forget it. I can't control my grandsons' affairs, and I don't want to control them. Let him do whatever he wants..."

Before Xu could finish, the empress dowager suddenly felt difficulty breathing, her limbs became numb, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the couch, losing consciousness.

“Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Her Majesty the Queen Mother…” Nanny Kuang was so anxious that she almost fainted. “Quickly call the imperial physician—”

The imperial physician was unable to arrive in time, and Nanny Kuang suddenly thought of the Princess of Jing who was imprisoned in the side hall. In recent days, hasn't everyone been saying that the Princess of Jing learned the true teachings of the medical immortal in her sleep?

She squatted beside the Queen Mother and said, "Your Highness, it will probably take a while for the doctor to come here. Please forgive me for taking the initiative. Please ask Princess Jing to come and take a look first."

Mei Xueer ran over with Nanny Kuang and saw that the empress dowager had a dull expression, crooked mouth and eyes, and foaming at the mouth. It was obvious that she had suffered a stroke.

"Madam Kuang, please lend a hand." She calmed herself down, "Slow down, be gentle, let the Queen Mother lie slightly on her side. Nanxing, bring a thinner and softer pillow. Hey, be careful, try not to shake your head..."

She gently unbuttoned the empress dowager's collar and the belt around her body, and told Nanxing to open the window immediately to allow air to circulate.

"Madam Kuang, the Queen Mother has suffered a cerebral stroke and needs timely treatment, otherwise she will be in danger. If Madam Kuang believes me, I will treat the Queen Mother immediately." Mei Xueer said.

Madam Kuang was a little hesitant. She didn't dare to make the decision. She had just acted in a hurry and had tried every possible means to find Mei Xueer. Now that Madam Kuang had gradually calmed down, she began to have some concerns. "How about we wait a little longer?"

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Yuanpan from the Imperial Hospital hurried over with a medicine box.

Cui Qimo also rushed to Shoukang Palace upon hearing the news. He sat aside with one hand supporting his forehead, his heart was in turmoil, and he no longer had the domineering aura of an emperor.

His intuition told him that he had angered the Queen Mother, which was why she fell ill.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Yuanpan knelt down and apologized. "The Empress Dowager was so angry that she suffered a stroke. I am not sure that I can wake her up. Even if she wakes up, it's still..."

"What? Come on, tell me!" Cui Qimo suddenly looked up and shouted.

"Your Majesty, my medical skills are limited. Even if the Queen Mother wakes up, she will not be able to recover. She may be slurred speech, or lose her memory, or even unable to move, or all of the above. The situation is still unclear..." Zhang Yuanpan's voice became lower and lower.

Cui Qimo stood up and kicked Zhang Yuanpan on the shoulder. "I don't care what method you use, you must treat her immediately. You must cure the Queen Mother, no matter what medicine you use. If anything happens to the Queen Mother, I, I will depose you!"

"I will do my best." Judge Zhang got up, not even bothering to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, and wrote a prescription, asking his apprentice to boil the medicine quickly. He took out a silver needle and gave the empress dowager acupuncture.

"Father, can you let me try?" Mei Xueer at the side suddenly spoke.

Only then did Cui Qimo notice that Mei Xueer was also in the room.

"It was you." There was undisguised disgust in his eyes. "It was you who went to the palace to talk to the Queen Mother about Prince Jing? You have hurt the Queen Mother to such an extent, and now you are satisfied?"

Mei Xueer said: "I, I just want to devote all my energy to healing the Queen Mother."

"Just you? Who do you think you are? Someone, kick Princess Jing out of the palace! Without an imperial decree, Princess Jing is not allowed to enter the palace!"

Immediately a eunuch came up and dragged Mei Xueer away.

Nanny Kuang wanted to say something, but after opening her mouth, she looked at the anxious and angry emperor and didn't dare to speak.

Mei Xueer, who was being dragged out, turned back and shouted to Zhang Yuanpan: "We still need to prick the Shenmai acupoint and Yanglingquan acupoint..."

Judge Zhang paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that the Empress Dowager's limbs were numb, so shouldn't these two acupoints be pierced?

He was concentrating on acupuncture, so he just nodded slightly and continued to give acupuncture to the empress dowager.

Although Mei Xueer was dragged away, she received 3 points of heartfelt gratitude from Judge Zhang.