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"Mother, your child is Sheng'er! Does Mother really not want your child anymore?"

For a moment, the Empress Dowager was once again confused: "Are you really my Sheng'er? Shouldn't you still be a child?"

The child, stunned, exclaimed, "Mother, I'm a child too!"

As she spoke, she burst into tears: "Does Mother really have the heart to leave her child alone in this desolate place?"

Right after he finished speaking, the Empress Dowager, who was originally in the oasis, felt dizzy and the scene under her feet kept changing.

Left with no other choice, she closed her eyes to fight off the intense dizziness.

After the Empress Dowager closed her eyes, the scenery beneath her feet changed from a vibrant oasis to a desolate desert, and in an instant, it transformed into a field of white bones.

Finally, when she opened her eyes again, she was holding the so-called Sheng'er in her arms, and there were countless tiny insects under her feet.

The two stood atop a steep mountain peak, which, strangely enough, was only wide enough for one person to stand on.

The Empress Dowager looked down and saw that the child was in her arms with tears streaming down his face.

Startled, she was about to throw it away when she saw tiny insects crawling everywhere below, looking around as if searching for food.

Finally, as if they had planned it, the insects all started climbing up the mountain peak at the same time.

The scene shifts, and Chen Nan pulls the silver needle out of the Empress Dowager's chest, then turns and unfolds Hongze's shirt.

Hongming closed his eyes, his face flushed, and said, "Chen Nan, if you do this, won't the Empress Dowager blame you when she finds out?"

Chen Nan blushed slightly. To be honest, given the Empress Dowager's favor towards him, he wasn't sure the other party would find fault with him.

However, he didn't know how to explain to Hongming, nor did he directly say that the Empress Dowager wouldn't blame him at all.

The only alternative way to put it is: "You're overthinking it. I'm just treating patients and saving lives; I don't have any ulterior motives involved."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Hongming sneered and said, "You should save people first. After this is over, I'll see how you explain yourself."

At this moment, Hongming sensed a sense of crisis from the Empress Dowager, a sense of crisis that was even stronger than the one he had felt in the court last time.

She wasn't stupid; she was perfectly aware of her own feelings for Chen Nan.

She could also sense Chen Nan's feelings for her; the two were just one step away from confessing their feelings.

However, when facing the Empress Dowager of Northern Wei, the highest authority in Northern Wei, Hongming instinctively felt a sense of unease.

Just as she was imagining things, Hongze suddenly opened his mouth wide and spewed out black water.

"Eunuch Wang, quickly bring in a basin!"

Bang!

Eunuch Wang burst in, not caring at all about the two of them. He rushed to the washbasin in the corner, grabbed an iron basin, and came to Chen Nan's side: "Your Highness, the basin!"

Chen Nan placed a basin in front of Hong Ze and carefully collected the filth that Hong Ze had sprayed out.

It took Hongze quite a while to stop vomiting.

There was a small worm jumping around in the basin, constantly hitting the edge of the iron basin.

"What...what...what is this thing? How could there be something so terrifying inside General Hongze's body?"

Eunuch Wang exclaimed in surprise.

In all his years of life, he had never heard of such a method as sending a worm into a person's body.

Chen Nan felt that the insect was very familiar, just like the Miao region in his previous life.

"This was probably done by people from Dong Qin."

"I'm actually quite curious now, just how many spies and assassins from other countries does our Northern Wei still have!"

The most skilled physician in the Northern Wei Imperial Hospital is actually from the Eastern Qin. If this gets out, the Northern Wei will be utterly humiliated.

Wang Gonggong felt a chill run down his spine; to enter the Imperial Medical Academy, one had to undergo rigorous screening and selection.

He knew deep down that the Imperial Physician could not possibly be from Eastern Qin, otherwise he would not hold such an important position.

However, he was curious about how the Imperial Physician had learned techniques that were only available in the Eastern Qin region.

When he looked at the Empress Dowager, he noticed that her clothes were not properly fastened at the chest. He quickly closed his eyes and said, "Your Highness, Empress Dowager, this... I'm afraid it's not quite right?"

Although he was a eunuch and could not engage in sexual relations, he still felt something after seeing it.

However, he did not expect Chen Nan to be so bold as to treat the Empress Dowager in such a way in public.

"What's wrong, Eunuch Wang?"

Chen Nan looked toward the Empress Dowager following the sound, and only then did he realize that he had not dressed her properly after finishing his hair-tying.

He coughed twice: "Eunuch Wang, the Empress Dowager's treatment is not yet complete. Don't make a fuss and disturb my thoughts!"

How could Eunuch Wang not know that Chen Nan must have treated the Empress Dowager first? This was just his excuse.

However, at this moment, he couldn't say much: "Then Your Highness, don't forget to make sure the Empress Dowager has some dignity when the time comes."

With a resentful look on his face, Eunuch Wang walked out of the room. He really wanted to see how Chen Nan had treated him.

Why was Hongze able to cough up blood immediately, while the Empress Dowager remained unconscious in bed?

The only difference was that the Empress Dowager's breathing was much more stable than before.

Chen Nan completely stripped Hongze naked and kept inserting silver needles into his body: "Tonight I will guard you with you. Hongze, don't move. We will change positions every half hour."

"By sunrise tomorrow, things should be back to normal."

Upon hearing that his brother would be back to normal by tomorrow, Hongming smiled, though his eyes involuntarily lingered on the Empress Dowager.

A conflicting feeling welled up inside her; she didn't know whether she hoped the Empress Dowager would wake up or not.

Chen Nan, who had just inserted the silver needles, noticed Hongming's unusual behavior and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Me? No...it's nothing." Hongming couldn't let Chen Nan guess his true intentions, so he casually gave a few perfunctory words.

Chen Nan had no time to think about what Hongming was thinking at this moment; his primary task was to wake the two of them up.

While Chen Nan was treating the two, on the other side, on the only road from Northern Wei to Daqian, a man and a horse were galloping at full speed.

He was dressed in black, and in the darkness, only his heavy breathing could be heard.

The only thing visible was a yellow package on its back.

And from time to time, you could hear voices urging the horses on.

Inside the prison, Liu Banggua and his two grandsons sat facing each other.

Liu Shadan looked at the two of them with a silly grin on his face.

Suddenly, his face changed, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The two men's expressions changed, and they quickly stepped forward: "Idiot, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Shadan stiffly raised his arm and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Grandpa, so close! I was so close!"