Chapter 795: 368 Pit Empress (Second Update)_3 Chapter 795: 368 Pit Empress (Second Update)_3 The Emperor left for another meditation room to wait.
Empress Dowager Jing pushed open the door to her own meditation room, walked in slowly, and then swung her sleeve backwards, using her inner strength to close the door.
She opened the wardrobe, took out the black and white pills from a small box.
She pulled out the stopper from the white bottle and poured out a deep brown pill, wrapping it carefully in a white cloth.
After doing all this, she intended to leave, but she abruptly stopped.
Her gaze fell onto the small box, she glanced at the place where the imperial decree had previously been placed, and then at the two bottles —
Suddenly, she returned the pill to the white bottle and poured another pill out from the black bottle.
She took the pill from the black bottle and went to the mediation room next door.
The vegetarian dishes were all served.
The Emperor and she were sitting on cushions, with the Emperor personally serving her food.
“You eat it yourself,” she said.
“There is no emperor here, no dowager, only Honghong and Mother,” The Emperor picked a tender bamboo shoot for Empress Dowager Jing, “I remember Mother likes bamboo shoots. Now it’s not the season for bamboo shoots, only pickled ones are available. But when the winter bamboo shoots are available, I’ll order someone to dig a big basket.”
Empress Dowager Jing said, “Where can I eat that much?”
“Your Majesty, this is the mushroom soup personally brewed by Her Majesty!” The nun cheerfully presented a bowl of soup.
The Emperor said, “Mother, you should not work this hard.”
Empress Dowager Jing said,”You rarely visit.”
The Emperor solemnly said, “From now on, I will visit every day.”
Perhaps this statement touched Empress Dowager Jing deeply, as she didn’t look as cold as before.
She let out a sigh, picked up the soup spoon, and served the Emperor a bowl of mushroom soup.
“You all may leave,” she said.
“Yes,” replied the nuns and palace maids who were serving, as they retreated one by one.
“You too, step aside.” The Emperor said to Eunuch Wei.
Only two people were left in the meditation room, which was filled with the faint scent of sandalwood.
The so-called white and black pills were not insistently forced down by her. As long as they saw her when the pill took effect, remembered her deeply, that would be enough.
“Drink while it’s hot,” she handed the bowl of soup to the Emperor.
The Emperor took a sip and smiled, “Mother’s cooking skills are still as good as ever.”
“As long as you like it.”
“Your Majesty! The Empress Dowager is summoning you for a discussion.”
Suddenly the voice of Eunuch Wei came from outside the door.
Watching him, Empress Dowager Jing’s eyes were slightly moved. The Emperor was greatly touched by her yearning and reluctant gaze. He said, “I am eating, postpone the discussion to another day!”
“… Yes,” Eunuch Wei reluctantly acknowledged.
The Emperor raised the spoon and drank down the mushroom soup made by his mother, one sip at a time.
After having the mushroom soup, the Emperor put down the bowl and held his forehead, “Mother, I’m feeling a bit dizzy.”
Empress Dowager Jing lovingly gazed at him, “It’s okay, if you feel dizzy, just sleep for a while, you’ll be fine when you wake up.”
The Emperor lay on the table, looking groggily at Empress Dowager Jing. Before his eyes was her smile, in his ears was her voice, and in his nose was her scent.
All these deeply etched into his mind.
He had to remember this person, why, he didn’t know.
But he deeply remembered her.
On the carriage, Gu Jiao leaned lazily against the carriage wall: “I replaced the black pill with the white one, but then I switched them back.”
Gu Chengfeng turned pale with shock: “What did you say? You, you switched them back? So… the white bottle still contains the white pill, and the black bottle still contains the black pill?”
Gu Jiao nodded: “Correct.”
Gu Chengfeng sat there in shock: “Why would you do that?”
Gu Jiao said nonchalantly: “Because my godfather once said, in this world, there are always people who are too smart for their own good.”