Comprehensive film and television: Extreme reversal and inevitable death

The emperor is in a coma and there is no one in the court who can take charge of the situation. At this time, only the queen, who is a minor, has the qualifications and ability to stabilize this chaotic situation.

Yixiu lived up to everyone's expectations. She invited the Empress Dowager to send a letter* and first ordered the third, fourth and fifth princes to jointly assist in the government affairs. She then invited the twelfth son of the late emperor, Prince Lu, to assist in the administration.

He then ordered people to summon several princes of the royal family and cabinet ministers who were close to the emperor into the palace to take care of him, and they were not allowed to leave without permission.

At the same time, she ordered all palaces to keep their gates closed, not to walk around without permission, and not to pass on messages privately.

After this series of orders were passed down, peace finally returned to the court and the harem.

All the court officials knew that the emperor's health would not improve, and they were now hoping that he would get better soon. As long as he woke up and had time to say a few words, and the candidate for the crown prince was decided, they would feel at ease.

Seeing this, Gao Wuyong sighed. He was indeed a very capable eunuch, and he knew that the emperor's last thought before he fell into a coma must have been to block the news.

But the problem is, Your Majesty, you have been unconscious for too long this time! Even if I wanted to, I simply couldn't do it!

Three days was the longest time Gao Wuyong could buy. If he delayed any longer, he would be the first one to be dragged away by the ministers who could not see the emperor to be purged from the court.

Yixiu acted like a devoted person who didn't care about state affairs, didn't favor the Third Prince, and only cared about the emperor's health. In addition, she was able to stand up in time to stabilize the government, so her reputation improved a lot for a while.

The court officials only thought that she was a truly virtuous person. They had heard in the past that the emperor and the empress were not in harmony, and before that, there were rumors that the empress was unkind that spread from nowhere. Now they thought that they must be false.

So after putting on a show and successfully gaining the respect of the court and the public, what is the Queen doing now?

She was sitting alone by the bed, quietly waiting for the emperor to wake up.

After treatment by all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau, they all agreed that the emperor should be able to wake up tonight. Of course, it is hard to say how long he will be awake.

The clock ticked away, and at a quarter past the hour of Xu, the emperor struggled to wake up.

As soon as the emperor opened his eyes, he saw Yixiu taking a nap on the bed. Seeing that she looked tired and it didn't seem fake, the emperor was really touched.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

Yixiu pretended to be awakened and shed tears of joy in front of the emperor. Then she wiped the emperor's face and washed him up briefly. Then she immediately ordered the ministers waiting outside the hall and the three princes to come in.

When the emperor woke up this time, he had already confirmed that he was physically weak and mentally deficient. He saw the court officials gathered together and a group of imperial doctors all lowered their heads and pretended not to exist. How could he not know that his time was up?

Therefore, after feeling unwilling, I had to let go of the anger in my heart.

While he still had energy, he first asked briefly about the court affairs of the past few days. When he learned that the three princes were now handling state affairs together, he was quite surprised. Then he took the memorials of the three princes and looked at them one by one. Finally, he decided on Hongli as the crown prince.

The third brother is kindhearted and doesn't know how to adapt; not to mention the poor health of the fifth brother, the memorials he wrote in recent days look like they were written at the last minute and he was in a hurry. If no one helps him, there will be a lot of mistakes.

Only the fourth brother was diligent and worked hard, looking like a king.

After the next emperor was announced, the emperor's spirit became visibly weaker, so he hurriedly asked the imperial physician to give him acupuncture to keep him alive.

After dealing with the affairs of state, he now only has one last thing to deal with.

The emperor wanted to take Yixiu with him.

After all, he had seen Yixiu's methods. Therefore, the emperor, who suddenly felt a little fatherly before his death, was afraid that after his death, Yixiu would control the government and turn Hongli into a puppet emperor.

It was precisely because of this that he thought of taking Yixiu away, which would also solve a future trouble for Hongli.

However, since ancient times, there has been no reason for an innocent empress to be buried with the emperor after his death, so he dismissed the court officials and waited until there was no one around before calling Yixiu in.

"Xiao Yi, I know my time has come. But I miss you so much and can't bear to leave you..."

Yixiu sat on the edge of the bed, letting the emperor hold her hand, while she covered her face with a handkerchief with the other hand. In the emperor's eyes, she looked as if she was crying.

After confirming Yixiu's deep love for him again, the emperor felt satisfied and had more confidence in his next plan.

The emperor stroked the white jade bracelet on Yixiu's wrist, and as he recalled the past, a hint of melancholy appeared on his face.

"Xiao Yi, I still remember what I once said to you: 'I wish we could stay together like this, day and night.' Now I am leaving, Xiao Yi, are you...are you willing to accompany me on this journey?"

The Yangxin Palace fell silent for a moment, and the emperor was not in a hurry, for he knew very well that this matter was both difficult and embarrassing.

After a few breaths, Yixiu suddenly withdrew her hand from the emperor's grasp.

"Of course I—"

As the emperor's anticipation gradually grew, Yixiu finally put down the handkerchief in her hand and stopped covering the upturned corners of her mouth.

"Of course I don't want to. What are you thinking about, Your Majesty?"

"Queen, you!"

Without waiting for the emperor to say anything, Yixiu had already brought the bowl of medicine from the table, pinched the emperor's chin and poured the medicine into the emperor's mouth.

The emperor was choked by the medicine and kept coughing. He wanted to try to resist, but his life was already at the end, so how could he fight against Yixiu?

It's just a futile struggle.

The bowl of hot and bitter medicine was soon finished. Yixiu put down the bowl and blew on her scalded fingers with heartache.

The emperor covered his neck tightly with both hands and kept shouting "Ahhh" in his mouth. His voice was low and unpleasant, like a dying crow in the woods.

"Your Majesty, I have added a lot of bitter almonds to this bowl of medicine. How is it? Does it taste good?"

Yixiu gently wiped the medicine stains from the corners of the emperor's mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at the emperor's eyes wide open, veins bulging on his forehead, and his expression of wanting to curse but unable to, and she laughed happily.

"Your Majesty, Yixiu loves you so much! I know that you have always been thinking about Queen Chunyuan, so while you are still alive, I will let you taste the same good taste that Queen Chunyuan had in the past."

"Oh, oh, poisonous fu..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will take you to see your sister right away. Look at you, why are you crying with joy?"

At the last moment of his life, the emperor still had his eyes wide open and died with his eyes open.

But Yixiu didn't care at all. She personally collected the emperor's remains and even sealed his eyelids, which could not be closed, with needle and thread.

She never asked anyone else to take care of the emperor's funeral.

Everyone in the palace said that the Empress loved the Emperor so much that even after the Emperor died, she still did her best to accompany him more.

Yixiu said: I think you are right!

On October 8th of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the emperor died.

The fourth prince Hongli succeeded as the new emperor and honored the previous emperor's wife, Ulanara Yixiu, as his mother, the empress dowager.

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Letters from the Empress Dowager: Things that truly represent the Empress’ power, must not be used lightly. Once used, their authority would be as great as the Emperor’s edict.