Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

When the news of Emperor Shengwen's illness spread, people in the court and the country were immediately in a panic.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Fang Qige, was guarding outside Emperor Shengwen's bedroom, with a large number of imperial physicians waiting behind him.

The Queen Mother walked quickly over, holding the hands of two maids, with an extremely ugly look on her face.

All the glory of her life was due to Emperor Shengwen. Every fifteen years that her son ascended the throne, she enjoyed fifteen years of prosperity.

Although she had suffered a lot in the past, now she doesn't even remember the taste of bitterness.

If anything happens to Emperor Shengwen, how can she guarantee her future wealth and glory?

"What do the Imperial Hospital do? His Majesty is so ill, are you all dead?"

The Queen Mother glared at Fang Qige and all the imperial doctors, her eyes flashing with fierce anger.

Fang Qige's face turned pale, and he faltered as he explained, "Please calm down, Queen Mother. I have tried my best, but the Emperor's condition is really complicated..."

The Queen Mother interrupted him angrily before he could finish, and swept the tea set on the table to the ground, with pieces scattering everywhere.

Her eyes were wide open, and there was anger in them, as if they were going to devour everything.

All the doctors fell to their knees in fear, not daring to breathe.

"Mother, please calm down."

A calm and gentle voice came from the side.

The Queen Mother looked back with anger on her face at the beautiful and graceful woman behind her.

Crown Prince Chu Hantian was standing respectfully behind the woman.

It was Emperor Shengwen’s Queen Lin Xiaotang.

"Queen, you are also to blame for His Majesty's illness!"

The Queen Mother was particularly displeased with Queen Lin at this moment.

Empress Lin bowed to the Queen Mother with her eyebrows lowered and said softly:

"Your Majesty, please take a rest for a while. Your Majesty will be much happier if you see your Majesty."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red and she hurriedly ran towards Emperor Shengwen, calling out "Your Majesty, my son" repeatedly.

Queen Lin turned around respectfully and glanced at Chu Hantian.

Chu Hantian understood what she meant, and quickly came to the Queen Mother, holding her up with his hand:

"Grandmother, my father just fell asleep. I have something to tell you, but I don't know if I should tell you."

When the Empress Dowager saw Emperor Shengwen with his eyes closed and his face as pale as gold, she felt indescribable panic in her heart.

She grabbed Chu Hantian's wrist and said, "It's already this late, just say what you want to say."

Chu Hantian patted the back of the Queen Mother's hand soothingly and said softly:

"My father is seriously ill, and my mother and I may not be able to fulfill our filial duties by the side of my grandmother. I dare to ask my grandmother to order my aunt, Princess Shouning, to come to the palace and keep her company."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother turned around and looked at Chu Hantian carefully.

But there was nothing unusual on that handsome face.

Chu Hantian's words hit the mark exactly what the Queen Mother was thinking.

The Empress Dowager was unhappy that Shouning was punished to be confined to her house during the plum blossom viewing banquet.

Although Shouning often ordered the princess's confidants to visit her in the palace, they were not Shouning herself after all.

After not seeing her for these few days, the empress dowager missed her daughter even more. In addition, Emperor Shengwen was ill, so she was a little at a loss.

"That's fine. Shouning is the emperor's only biological sister. The emperor is seriously ill, so it's only natural for Shouning to come to the palace to visit him!"

The grandfather and grandson made the decision at Emperor Shengwen's bedside.

The Empress Dowager's decree was immediately passed out of the palace at a rapid speed.

Wang Chun bent his body and served quietly beside Emperor Shengwen's bed, with no expression on his face.

Emperor Shengwen placed one hand in the brocade quilt, tightly gripping the golden hollow eggshell, with blue veins on the back of his hand.

The Queen Mother sat by the bed, reached out and touched Emperor Shengwen's other hand, tears welling up in her eyes:

"Your Majesty, you must not be in any danger. The Queen Mother still depends on you to take care of her in her old age..."

She suddenly paused and looked up:

"Someone, go to Dingbei Palace and call Ning Xin back to me immediately!"

Queen Lin did not stand up after hearing this.

Chu Hantian gently comforted the Queen Mother again:

"Grandmother, the Imperial Hospital is more than capable of treating my father's illness. Ning Xin also has to treat Prince Dingbei, so she can't get away."

The Queen Mother's eyebrows were raised, and her face turned cold:

"What are you talking about? Is Yue Yuan's life more important than the emperor's life?"

Chu Hantian looked embarrassed and hesitated:

"Grandmother, please calm down. Yue Ran has the Dingbei Army in her hands. The safety of the northern border of Great Chu is in her hands alone. If we rashly recall Ning Xin, I'm afraid Yue Ran will feel resentful."

The Queen Mother felt a tightness in her chest when she heard this. She poked Chu Hantian’s forehead with her finger, and the pointed jeweled armor almost poked into the corner of Chu Hantian’s eye:

"How could the emperor, who is so wise and powerful, give birth to a useless crown prince like you! How could a dignified prince be afraid of a mere cavalry general? If this were to be spread out to others, it would be a huge joke!"

Chu Hantian's expression did not change. Queen Lin quickly glanced at the corner of her son's eyes and lowered her eyelids again.

"My grandson is dull, please calm down, Grandmother."

Chu Hantian lowered his head obediently, showing an appropriate expression of helplessness.

When the Queen Mother saw him like this, her dissatisfaction with Yue Ran grew stronger.

Just as he was about to explode, someone outside the bedroom spoke:

"Mother, what the prince said makes sense."

As the words came out, Princess Shouning hurried into the bedroom. She was dressed in plain brocade clothes and without even a hairpin or ring on. It was obvious that she was in a panic when she entered the palace.

When the empress dowager saw her daughter, she immediately found her backbone. The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly beside Emperor Shengwen's bed.

Queen Lin sat quietly beside Emperor Shengwen, watching the Queen Mother tightly holding Princess Shouning's hand, then turned to look at Chu Hantian.

Chu Hantian nodded slightly.

Two childish voices came from outside the bedroom:

"Grandma, Shaoer (Tianer) pays his respects to you."

Then two children, about seven or eight years old, entered the bedroom. They were very cute and dressed in gorgeous clothes. They knelt down and paid their respects to the empress dowager obediently.

They were Princess Shouning's twins, Chen Shao and Chen Tian.

When she saw the pair of adorable grandchildren, the empress dowager's heart melted immediately. She quickly hugged each of them in her arms, calling them her dearest children non-stop.

The originally quiet bedroom of Emperor Shengwen was now extremely lively.

Wang Chun still stood in the corner with an expressionless face, motionless and silent, like a dummy.

"Shou Ning, why don't you agree to let Ning Xin enter the palace?"

The Queen Mother recovered and asked Princess Shouning again.

Princess Shouning straightened her expression and stepped forward to hold the Queen Mother's hand:

"Mother, it's not that I'm suspicious, but Ning Xin has been in Dingbei Palace for almost a month."

"I heard that Yue Ran treated Ning Xin with great courtesy, sending all kinds of good things to Ning Xin's yard as if they were free."

"Ning Xin has received so many benefits from Yue Ran. If Yue Ran asks her to do something... Mother, I am worried about her!"

The Queen Mother opened her eyes wide upon hearing this, and subconsciously wanted to refute:

"No way, Ning Xin has never been wronged in the palace!"

Princess Shouning shook her head slightly:

"Mother, think about it. Ning Xin has to be humble and careful in the palace, but she is about to be worshipped in the Dingbei Palace. People's hearts will change!"

She then sneered:

"Moreover, if Yue Ran was really loyal, she should have sent Ning Xin back to the palace this morning. But now it's already past noon and she's still pretending to be deaf and dumb. Mother, you must be on guard!"

The Queen Mother frowned and pondered for a moment, and gradually began to doubt Ning Xin.

"Your Majesty has given Yue Ran too much power and allowed her to marry freely. But now, we can't control her!"

The Queen Mother was filled with resentment.

Although her mother's family, the Marquis of Cheng'en, enjoyed the emperor's favor and had no worries about wealth and status, none of their children became successful.

My brother's sister-in-law, the wife of Marquis Cheng'en, came to the palace a while ago and asked if it was possible to marry Yue Ran to the eldest son of Marquis Cheng'en. This way, the next generation of the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion could be protected and they could even get involved in the military.

His Majesty is seriously ill this time. If we can take the opportunity to punish Yue Ran for depriving her of her right to marry, then the opportunity will come to Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion!