The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 502 - 460: Darkening

The Empress Dowager has passed away!

When this news spread across the palace, everyone was bewildered.

This day is the Empress Dowager’s birthday!

Birth and death on the same day, this is truly a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone stunned!

In the Wei Family’s residence in the Capital.

Upon hearing the news, the Eldest Princess immediately fainted.

She indeed resented her mother’s secret schemes and machinations, but she never wished for the Empress Dowager to die.

Wei Dingjiang received the news and remained silent, quietly staying by the Eldest Princess’s side.

Wei Huo, after a brief shock, let out a long sigh.

No one knew what this sigh signified.

Inside the palace, in Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager had already been dressed and placed in a coffin, lying in the main hall of Cining Palace.

Incense had been set up.

Emperor Xia knelt silently on the prayer mat, his expression solemn, devoid of any emotion.

Tears?

None!

To be honest, Emperor Xia had never imagined that the Empress Dowager would take this path.

His words of reproach remained unsaid.

He had even planned to find another way to fix the blunder the Empress Dowager had caused.

But now, the Empress Dowager is dead!

On her birthday, she hanged herself.

No matter if Emperor Xia executed all the palace maids, matrons, and eunuchs in Cining Palace, it couldn’t change the fact that had already occurred.

With her death, the Empress Dowager nailed a wedge between Emperor Xia and the Wei Family.

Once, the royal family and Wei Family could be said to be inseparable.

Although the Wei Family and the royal family were wary of each other, when faced with external enemies, there was absolute trust between the two. It was precisely because of this absolute trust that Daxia could rise and stand against Great Yin and Beili.

But now, the Empress Dowager used her life to destroy this absolute trust.

No matter how eloquent Emperor Xia might be, he could no longer hope for the Wei Family to maintain absolute trust in the royal family.

"Mother, they say children are the debts of past lives!"

"In this life, being parents is to repay those debts."

"I have never been unfilial to you. I respect you, love you, am devoted to you, obey you, and you treat me like this?"

Emperor Xia lowered his head, murmuring to himself.

Since ascending the throne, he had faced many situations and endured many hardships.

Yet all previous hardships paled in comparison to the current situation.

Most importantly, there is no solution to the current dilemma.

"Your Majesty!"

Just as Emperor Xia had been kneeling in Cining Palace for a long time, Chen Lian hurriedly entered from outside, "Prince Yi requests an audience!"

Prince Yi, Emperor Xia’s uncle, currently oversees the Ancestral Mansion.

Upon hearing Chen Lian’s report, Emperor Xia slowly stood up.

Due to kneeling for such a long time, when Emperor Xia stood, his legs trembled slightly, nearly causing him to fall to the ground. It was only with Chen Lian’s support that he managed to stand upright.

"Your Majesty, you must take care of yourself!"

As the chief eunuch serving Emperor Xia, Chen Lian had initially been just a close servant eunuch by Emperor Xia’s side, until Emperor Xia ascended to the throne, whereby he was promoted accordingly.

He was well aware that if anything untoward happened to Emperor Xia, he too would meet his end.

A change of emperor means a change of court officials!

Even if a new emperor arises, generally the civil and military officials in court will not have significant changes, but the palace attendants will certainly be replaced by the new emperor’s people.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, please accept my condolences!"

Upon seeing Emperor Xia, Prince Yi first performed a salute before speaking those words.

"Uncle, if you have something to say, just say it!"

Emperor Xia looked towards Prince Yi, his expression very mournful.

His mother had died, and in such an unbecoming manner.

As the Empress Dowager of Daxia, the most noble woman in the empire, what had she gone through to choose to hang herself?

With her death, the Empress Dowager not only severed the trust between Emperor Xia and the Wei Family, but also pinned Emperor Xia on the pillar of unfilial disgrace.

It is often said that to kill is to target the heart!

The Empress Dowager’s move was even more ruthless than targeting the heart.

"Your Majesty, I’ve come to inquire about the funeral arrangements for the Empress Dowager!"

"Proceed according to the Ministry of Rites’ procedures!"

Emperor Xia didn’t even think about it; he no longer had the mental energy to ponder these futile matters.

"Your Majesty, according to the Ministry of Rites, the Empress Dowager’s sudden death means she cannot be interred in the Imperial Mausoleum!"

"Then do not inter her!"

Emperor Xia responded immediately without any hesitation.

Originally, the Empress Dowager’s calculation against Wei Wushang, aiming to harm Yuan Bao, had already left Emperor Xia dissatisfied and resentful towards her. Now, using her life, the Empress Dowager managed to further harm Emperor Xia one last time, and it’s imaginable how deep the resentment in Emperor Xia’s heart must be.