Chapter 1233: The Death of Liu Hong! [2]

"Does the Grand Tutor believe this handling of the matter is appropriate?"

Empress Dowager Dong cast her gaze toward Yuan Kui, who had remained silent throughout.

Yuan Kui raised the tablet in his hand and nodded: "It should be so. Empress Dowager, your handling of the matter is not inappropriate. This old minister seconds the motion."

Empress Dowager Dong, seated upon the dais, nodded with a satisfied smile.

However, just as Empress Dowager Dong was about to speak.

A series of hurried footsteps suddenly echoed through the hall.

Regular Attendant Zuo Feng walked into the side hall with rapid strides, his face filled with panic as he rushed toward Empress Dowager Dong, who was seated in the main position, and knelt on the ground with a thud: "Empress Dowager, regarding His Majesty..."

The gazes of Yuan Kui, Cui Lie, Zhang Wen, and Ma Ridi, who were kneeling within the hall, all snapped toward Zuo Feng.

The expression of Empress Dowager Dong, seated in the main position, also changed; she hurriedly stood up and said: "Go to the main hall!"

"Jian Shuo, go immediately to bring the Crown Prince."

Saying this, Empress Dowager Dong hurried out of the side hall.

Yuan Kui and the others did not dare to delay and immediately followed in Empress Dowager Dong's footsteps.

The group headed toward Liu Hong's bedchamber.

At this moment, the doors to Liu Hong's bedchamber were wide open, and numerous imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital were kneeling on both sides with their heads bowed, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

When Empress Dowager Dong and her party arrived inside the hall, each of them pressed their heads tightly against the floor.

"How is His Majesty? How is His Majesty?"

As soon as she entered Liu Hong's bedchamber, Empress Dowager Dong hurriedly asked.

The newly appointed Head of the Imperial Hospital knelt before Liu Hong's sickbed: "This humble subject deserves to die, this humble subject deserves to die. My medical skills are insufficient, and I am unable to turn the tide. His Majesty... I fear..."

Empress Dowager Dong ignored the Head of the Imperial Hospital kneeling on the ground.

By now, there was no one in the imperial court who did not know that the Emperor's illness was beyond cure; what remained was merely a matter of time. ===== CHAPTER 1235 =====