I Am This Type of Woman

90.1

In the end the news that Emperor Yunqing was seriously ill did not spread outside the Palace, the Empress ordered the palace gates closed to prevent the news leaked out. The Crown Prince residence and the Second Prince residence were both heavily guarded as the Empress could trust her own sons but not the people around them.

The Empress did not normally interfere in palace matters, but in this critical moment she displayed her fortitude. That year when she married the then Crown Prince, his position was in imminent danger, but she had remained with him without any complaint. After years of standing side by side through trials and tribulations, at this age she was still the most trusted woman in the Emperor's heart, her wits and capability was indisputable.

The imperial doctors had not come out since entering the Great Moon Palace, they were escorted by the Empress' people even when retrieving medicine and the entire imperial hospital was sealed.

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One shichen later, Emperor Yunqing woke up. He saw the Empress was weeping next to the bed, he wanted to get up but found himself without strength. "Empress, what's wrong?"

* 1 shichen = 2 hours

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" The Empress was glad that the Emperor had woken up, she hurriedly beckoned the imperial doctors to check his pulse.

Only then that Emperor Yunqing noticed something was amiss, but his mind was in a chaotic mess that even his words came out in a stutter, "Empress, why are there so many people surrounding zhen?"

"Your Majesty, please allow weichen to check the pulse."

"Stay away, zhen is fine. No need." Emperor Yunqing did not like to hear himself sick, he furiously tried to scold but the scolding came out broken, "Zhen, zhen doesn't need pulse check. All of you doctors, withdraw!"

The Empress noted his face was distorted and his speech slurred, she vaguely felt things were not good. She gently took his hand, "Your Majesty, please let them check. Take this as making qieshen feel better, will you?"

* qieshen 妾身 = This Concubine. 妾 usually means concubine, but even main wives called themselves qie or qieshen.

The Empress' eyes were brimming with tears, Emperor Yunqing's anger gradually subsided. In their many years of marriage, he scarcely saw her tearing up. The imperial doctor standing next to the Empress was also the one they both trusted, Emperor Yunqing stopped rejecting.

Seeing him softened, the Empress cast the imperial doctor a look as a gesture.

The doctor carefully stepped forward, after a salute he placed his hand on the Emperor's wrist. Also as carefully he squeezed the arm and observed the pupils, then turned at the Empress to make a sign with his eyes. The doctor then told the Emperor, "Your Majesty, your condition requires a quiet resting."

"Resting, resting. All you know is always telling zhen to take a rest." Emperor Yunqing scolded, "Zhen is the emperor, how can zhen take a rest."

The Empress didn't expect Emperor Yunqing would suddenly exploded in anger, she talked to him softly to calm him down. After he had fallen asleep, she covered him with a blanket and walked out to ask the doctor, "His Majesty's health, what is actually happening?"

"Replying to the Empress Niangniang, weichen is incompetent." The imperial doctor knelt down, "His Majesty has overworked himself, weichen suspects it is a stroke."

"What did you say?" The Empress was a little overwhelmed by the blow, her body swayed, "Can it be cured?"

"Weichen can only try the best using accupuncture to unblock His Majesty's accupoints. If His Majesty is willing, this should make it possible to get up and walk." The imperial doctor was very tactful. "It's just that, afraid that His Majesty would not agree with the treatment."