The chief eunuch gritted his teeth hard.
"Your Majesty, please think twice. If word of today's incident gets out, it may have an impact on your prestige."
This was a blatant threat. Ji Heng couldn't hold back any longer. He directly drew the sword from the waist of the guard beside him. Before the chief eunuch could react, he felt a chill on his neck.
His eyes widened. Before, he had only seen this young emperor always following the guards and thought he was easy to bully. Now he realized his own shortsightedness. This was no one to be trifled with! It seemed that the one who was truly easy to bully was himself.
Wait a minute. It had been investigated before that the young emperor had never learned martial arts. Then where did he get such a fast speed?
While he was deep in thought, the young emperor had lost his patience and his tone was a bit impatient.
"What? Now that things have come to this, are you still going to stop me?"
The chief eunuch's legs began to tremble. With his life on the line, how dare he continue to stop the emperor?
His voice was also very shaky.
"Your... Your Majesty, please calm down. This lowly servant doesn't dare. This lowly servant was only thinking about Your Majesty at first."
"Humph, you dog! Hurry up and untie the Concubine Dowager for me! If anything happens to the Concubine Dowager, all of you will be buried with her."
Everyone knelt down in unison. The people who had been fighting just now were also subdued by the guards.
Concubine Dowager Mo had been in a coma. Ji Heng was worried and ordered all the imperial physicians to be summoned.
Seeing the hesitant looks on the faces of those imperial physicians beside the bed, annoyance flashed in his eyes.
"Can't you people even figure out what's wrong with Concubine Dowager Mo?"
"Your Majesty, there's really nothing we can do. It seems that Concubine Dowager Mo doesn't want to wake up on her own."
"How is that possible? The Concubine Dowager is just tired and asleep. Aren't you people afraid that the Empress Dowager will hold you accountable when she returns?"
Everyone in the palace knew that the Empress Dowager and this Concubine Dowager had the best relationship. If the Empress Dowager found out what had happened today, I'm afraid everyone would be in big trouble.
The leading imperial physician was silent for a long time. Finally, he remembered someone.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Physician Sanqi will return to the palace today. If we let the divine physician come, Concubine Dowager Mo will surely be fine."
The young emperor's complexion gradually improved. He almost forgot such an important thing.
"Then why don't you hurry up and invite the divine physician here."
Just as he was speaking, a person came to the entrance of Jingxiang Palace on his own initiative. "I heard that there was a major incident in the palace. I knew His Majesty would look for me, so I came on my own."
Seeing his figure, the young emperor let out a sigh of relief. "Hurry up and take a look. We don't know what's wrong with this Concubine Dowager."
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious."
Sanqi reached out to feel the pulse. After a while, his face became solemn.
"The Concubine Dowager really doesn't want to wake up. The only way now is to find someone she cares about the most. If we keep delaying like this, I'm afraid the Concubine Dowager's life will be in danger."
Hearing this, Ji Heng frowned. "The Concubine Dowager's family has already passed away. Now we can't find anyone she cares about the most. Isn't there any other way?"
"Your Majesty has forgotten that there is still one most important person. Presumably, the Empress Dowager has already received the news and is on her way back."
The young emperor was stunned for a moment before he remembered his mother.
However, he originally planned to solve this matter quietly and didn't want to alarm his mother.
But now, the most important thing was Concubine Dowager Mo's life.
He sighed. "Someone, hurry to the palace gate to pick up the Empress Dowager."
"No need, Your Majesty. This grieving one is already here."
Everyone turned their heads and saw a beautiful figure approaching from afar. Sanqi told her the general situation.
"Empress Dowager, you'd better hurry. If it's too late, I may not be able to save the Concubine Dowager."
Shi Muyuan wasn't a fool. In modern times, there was the term "vegetative state". Moreover, in modern times, there were at least instruments to support the patient, but in this era, there were no such instruments at all. She took a deep breath, waved her hand, and first told everyone to retreat.
When there were only her and Concubine Dowager Mo left in the room, she walked to the bedside, grabbed Concubine Dowager Mo's hand, and her voice was a bit choked.
"Why couldn't you hold on a little longer? You're my only friend here. What am I going to do in the future?"
The person on the bed remained motionless and still lay there quietly.
She still continued to say fiercely, "If you don't wake up, I'll just keep guarding you beside the bed. I don't believe you'd be willing to leave me alone here to face so many wolves and tigers."
Maybe the last sentence was a strong enough threat. The fingers of the person on the bed twitched slightly. Then, a pair of familiar eyes met hers.
"You have the guts to say what you just said again. I didn't expect that after I've done so much, you'd still want to be stupid."
Seeing that she had woken up, Shi Muyuan forgot everything else and directly hugged her.
"Do you know... If you never woke up in this lifetime, I might not even have a single friend."
Concubine Dowager Mo had just woken up and her eyes were still a bit hazy, but her tone didn't weaken.
"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."
Hearing this, Shi Muyuan raised her head. Her eyes were already filled with tears, but when she saw that she had woken up, she still laughed.
"You really scared me to death."
"I really didn't expect that the decisive and ruthless Empress Dowager would one day cry her heart out because of me, a concubine in the harem."
At this time, she still had the mood to tease her. It seemed that she was really okay.
Shi Muyuan pouted and picked up the handkerchief to wipe away her tears.
"Aren't you, Concubine Dowager, capable of taking on ten opponents single - handedly? Even Concubine Dowager Xiao couldn't do anything to you back then. How come a few small fries managed to knock you down completely?"
Feeling that her dignity was being challenged, a person can be killed but not humiliated. Concubine Dowager Mo became excited.
"This was just an accident. How could I have expected that they would launch a sneak attack from behind? If they had fought me face - to - face, they definitely wouldn't have been able to knock me down."
Seeing that she was still being stubborn, Shi Muyuan felt helpless and simply changed the topic.
"Someone! Hurry up and check on the Concubine Dowager to see how she is!"
The people outside filed in one by one. In particular, Pei'er ran in first. As soon as she came in, she knelt down in front of the bed.
"It's Pei'er's fault. I came so late that the villains were able to succeed. If I had come a little earlier, I would definitely have been able to save you, Your Ladyship, and you wouldn't have suffered."
Seeing the little girl crying non - stop, Concubine Dowager Mo felt a bit of a headache.
"Why are you crying? I'm fine, aren't I? Those who are afraid of me ending up like this are still alive and well. Do you think I'll die before them?"