Imperial Palace, Empress Dowager's Palace.
Since returning from the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the Empress Dowager's illness hadn't improved, often mistaking people, and even revealing many secrets of the Former Dynasty that couldn't see the light of day.
The Emperor was both angry and helpless, he could only order others not to disclose the secrets, or else they would be executed without mercy.
The palace maids and Imperial Physicians were terrified, quickly kneeling on the ground to agree.
On this day, early in the morning, the Emperor came to see the Empress Dowager again. As he entered, he asked the Old Palace Maid: "How is the Empress Dowager's condition?"
The Old Palace Maid frowned deeply and knelt on the ground to answer: "This maid reports to the Emperor, when the Empress Dowager took the medicine, she could sleep for a while. Once the medicine's effect wore off, her eyes widened in fear and she dared not sleep. It pains this maid greatly to see her like this."
