The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 753 - 753 348 Truth (Second Update) _2

Chapter 753: 348 Truth (Second Update) _2 Chapter 753: 348 Truth (Second Update) _2 Empress Dowager Jing raised her hand to help him, “Speak up, what’s this about dying or not dying? You’re a longstanding servant by His Majesty’s side, he can’t do without you. I’m just too worried about His Majesty, I don’t trust what others say, I had to ask you.”

Eunuch Wei broke into a cold sweat, he did not dare to let the empress dowager help his humble body up. He quickly stood up, lowered his head, and said, “Your highness, what do you wish to ask? Feel free to express.”

Empress Dowager Jing asked, “What is the actual state of His Majesty’s health?”

Eunuch Wei had thought Empress Dowager Jing would ask about whether it was true that His Majesty and Empress Dowager Zhuang had reconciled. Who would have thought she cared about His Majesty’s wellbeing?

Feeling somewhat embarrassed for his misunderstanding, Eunuch Wei replied, “In response to your highness, His Majesty’s eating and sleeping habits have been a bit irregular recently.”

Empress Dowager Jing’s gaze shifted slightly, “Does he seem dazed and have nightmares at night?”

“Yes…” Eunuch Wei paused, “Huh? How does your highness know?”

Empress Dowager Jing sighed, “I guessed as much. Earlier when I spoke to him, he seemed somewhat out of sorts. I asked if he was staying up late reviewing petitions. He said there were too many. My guess is he can’t sleep, just like when he was a child. Whenever he was under great stress, he would have nightmares, and then he would want me to hold him until he fell asleep… After all these years, I thought he would have outgrown it.”

Eunuch Wei said, “Your highness worries for His Majesty.”

Empress Dowager Jing gave a bitter smile, “He’s my son, I raised him from infant, how could I not worry about him? Did His Majesty use the Calming Incense that I gave him? It is a prescription I obtained from a venerable monk. It can treat His Majesty’s insomnia and excessive dreaming.”

Eunuch Wei: “He used it.”

Empress Dowager Jing: “Really?”

Eunuch Wei scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, “He really did use it. If your highness doesn’t believe me, I can even find the incense ash for you.”

Empress Dowager Jing smiled, “No need for that, I trust you. In all of Huaqing Palace, besides me, you are the most sincere to His Majesty.”

Eunuch Wei bowed slightly, “Your humble servant is terrified.”

Empress Dowager Jing handed him a box, “This is new Calming Incense, the effects are better than the last one. Give it to His Majesty. I hope he isn’t troubled by nightmares anymore. If it works, come see me again. I have plenty more.”

Eunuch Wei accepted the box, “Yes.”

Empress Dowager Jing said, “I should go now.”

Eunuch Wei bowed, “I bid farewell to Your Highness.”

After Empress Dowager Jing left, Eunuch Wei took the petitions and Calming Incense to the Imperial Study Room and recounted his conversation with Empress Dowager Jing to His Majesty.

The emperor chuckled, “I don’t remember anything from my childhood. Why did you tell my mother my condition? You’ve caused her to worry.”

Eunuch Wei explained, “Your Majesty, the Dowager Empress could tell something is wrong. Wouldn’t it cause her even more worry if we kept her in the dark?”

The emperor shook his head, “Nevermind.”

Eunuch Wei smiled, “Then, about this Calming Incense…”

The emperor said, “Since it comes from my mother’s goodwill, let’s keep it. I’ll use it tonight.”

That night, Eunuch Wei lit the new Calming Incense given by Empress Dowager Jing for the emperor. The smell seemed no different from the previous Calming Incense, only stronger.

The emperor really did fall asleep quickly.

Eunuch Wei thought to himself that he would finally be able to get a good sleep and rest.

However, no one expected that the emperor would have another nightmare not long after falling asleep.

This time he did not dream about lying stiff in the bed unable to move while being butchered. He dreamt about slipping off a cliff but managed to grab a vine at the last moment.

Beneath his feet was a bottomless abyss. If he let go of the vine, he would plummet to his death.

He cried out in desperation, “Help—Help—”

Finally, someone came.

It was Empress Dowager Jing!

Empress Dowager Jing dropped to her knees.

He was on the brink of tears, indeed, a mother’s love is the greatest in the world.

But Empress Dowager Jing was not trying to pull him up, she took out a dagger and cut his vine.

“Ah—”

The feeling of free fall into the abyss jerked the emperor awake from his nightmare. He sat up, gasping for breath!

Eunuch Wei, hearing the commotion, came over with a lamp without even putting on his shoes, “Your Majesty!”

Seeing the emperor’s pale face and his body covered in cold sweat, he couldn’t help but be alarmed, “Did Your Majesty have another nightmare?”

“I…I…” the emperor clutched his chest, his body trembling uncontrollably.

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