In Jingyang Palace, Empress Dowager Zheng leaned against a thick pillow, half-sitting and half-lying down.
Jiang Shaohua sat by the bedside, patiently and carefully attending to Empress Dowager Zheng as she drank her medicine.
The sorrow of losing her son in old age was fully evident on Empress Dowager Zheng's aged and dim face. In just a few days, Empress Dowager Zheng seemed to have aged a dozen years, with deep wrinkles forming at the corners of her eyes and on her forehead.
However, time is a good medicine that can endure all pain. Jiang Shaohua knew clearly that this weak and exhausted old woman would soon recover and continue her power struggle with Prime Minister Wang.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager," Mr. Zhao stepped forward quietly to report, "After General Wei entered the Jinluan Palace, he knelt long without rising, requesting severe punishment from the Crown Prince."
