Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Emperor Yuan's eyes dimmed instantly, and he sat down beside the bed without saying a word, looking at the Empress Dowager, whose face was as pale as paper.

The Empress could no longer hold back her tears, and she said sadly, "Is there really no other way? ...Yuanzheng Guo."

Upon hearing the sound, Guo Yuanzheng quickly stepped forward to feel the patient's pulse, but quickly withdrew his hand and shook his head at the Empress.

Everyone in the hall was silent, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

The system sighed: [If the Queen Mother's illness had been discovered earlier, perhaps the host could have used medication to control the condition, allowing her to live another ten years. By then, she would have died of old age.]

After hearing this, Emperor Yuan deeply regretted not insisting on letting Jiang Yueyang come to treat the empress dowager.

When the Queen saw Emperor Yuan’s distressed expression, she knew he was blaming her and felt very distressed.

She walked over and put her arm around Emperor Yuan's shoulders to give him strength, choking with sobs as she said, "Your Majesty, this is not your fault."

If the situation is really as Xiaogua said, I can only blame the Queen Mother for harboring a grudge against Lord Xiaojiang and causing harm to myself.

The Prince of Yan, the Prince of Qi and others also knew that Emperor Yuan had mentioned to the Queen Mother that he wanted Jiang Yueyang to treat her, but the Queen Mother refused.

Seeing the Queen Mother lying on the bed, one couldn't help but feel that fate was playing tricks on him.

Jiang Yueyang's eyes turned red when she saw that Emperor Yuan suddenly looked older. She couldn't bear to look at him and looked away.

Suddenly, she thought of something and said in surprise: [Little Melon, I just thought of something that can save...]

[The interstellar medical cabin can save the Queen Mother, but the money to purchase the medical cabin is ten years of Da Xia’s income.

Is it worth spending so much money to save someone who can only live for 10 to 20 years at most? Does Daxia still want it? Besides, the host doesn't have that much money.

The system deliberately told the emperor the last two questions. Saving the empress dowager would require depleting Daxia's treasury, and the people would inevitably suffer.

So, what will the emperor choose?

Jiang Yueyang: [I don’t have that much money, but…]

[Don't say but.] The system interrupted her again, [Everyone has their own destiny, and it's beyond your control.]

Jiang Yueyang was silent for a while, then sighed and didn't speak again.

Everyone else present looked at Emperor Yuan in silence, wondering what choice he would make.

If he chose the Queen Mother...

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Yuan slowly asked, "Can the Queen Mother wake up?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ling'er hurried in.

Li Fuquan was the first to see Gu Ling'er and shouted in surprise: "Your Majesty, Miss Ling'er is here."

Emperor Yuan and the others immediately showed joy on their faces. Gu Ling'er's arrival seemed to have given them a glimmer of hope.

Gu Ling'er quickly walked to the bedside, looked into the empress dowager's eyes, and took her pulse.

Everyone stared at her nervously, holding their breath.

Gu Ling'er frowned and thought for a moment before slowly saying, "The Empress Dowager is terminally ill. I have no way of waking her up. For now, I can only try using Lingxi Pills. But... even if the Empress Dowager can wake up, she won't have much time left."

"No matter what happens next, I'll leave it to Miss Ling'er now." The Queen looked at her with hope in her eyes.

The prince also said: "I owe you the Lingxi Pills."

As the prince's voice fell, Emperor Yuan stood up and bowed to Gu Ling'er.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, and Gu Ling'er was also surprised.

Gu Ling'er came back to her senses, but didn't say anything. She just took out a small medicine bottle from her sleeve and poured out a pill.

She pinched the empress dowager's chin and put the Lingxi pill in, then gently lifted it up, and the Lingxi pill was swallowed.

Then she took off the silver needles on the empress dowager's head and changed the acupuncture technique.

The system explained: [Gu Ling's acupuncture method can speed up the effect of various medicines.]

Upon hearing this, the imperial physicians present all raised their eyebrows and looked over, carefully taking note of Gu Ling'er's acupuncture techniques.

Just when Gu Ling'er was performing acupuncture, the Left Prime Minister and Lord Wei became worried and came together.

They saw Gu Ling'er giving acupuncture to the Empress Dowager, and without disturbing her, they patted Doctor Zhou on the shoulder and called him aside to ask about the Empress Dowager's condition.

Doctor Zhou answered truthfully, "The Empress Dowager is terminally ill. There is nothing we can do to help her."

"What does Lord Xiao Jiang say?" Lord Wei asked.

"Master Xiao Jiang can't do anything about it."

Doctor Zhou hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "However, we learned from Lord Xiao Jiang's thoughts that there is something called a medical cabin that can save the Empress Dowager."

Seeing his frown, Prime Minister Zuo keenly sensed something was wrong and asked, "Is there something wrong with the medical cabin?"

Doctor Zhou shook his head. "There's nothing wrong with the medical cabin, but it would cost me ten years of Daxia's income to buy it."

"Ten years! This is absolutely not possible!" Lord Wei disagreed without even thinking about it to spend so much money on a medical cabin.

He continued, "The surrounding forces are already eyeing us covetously. If we spend all our money and the enemy attacks, Daxia will be in danger, and the people will be in danger!"

Zuo Xiang nodded. He would never let this happen!

At this time, a voice full of surprise came from the other side of the bed, and the Empress Dowager woke up.

"Mother."

"Royal Grandmother."

The emperor, empress, prince and others gathered around and called out in unison, their faces filled with joyful smiles.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Emperor Yuan and the others with heavy eyelids and asked weakly, "What's wrong with Aijia?"

The emperor, empress, prince and others did not reply, but looked at her with moist eyes, and some of them even wiped away tears secretly.

When the Queen Mother saw them like this, she understood everything.

She slowly looked at Guo Yuanzheng and asked, "How much time do I have left?"

"At most three months."