The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1283: It’s Ultimately Just One Death!

Chapter 1283: Chapter 1283: It’s Ultimately Just One Death!

"Empress Dowager, please forgive me, but I must return to my estate. Miss Lin is waiting for me to accompany her to gather herbs for medicine, and had it not been for the Emperor summoning me to the palace, I would have delayed Miss Lin’s plans, and she might have become angry with me,"

he said.

Empress Dowager: "..."

What did that mean? Was she, his proper Empress Dowager, now less significant than an outsider?

It should be said that Sui Zimo always nominally was her grandson, right? And who was Lin Caisang but a female physician hired by Sui Zimo?

Though she had gained some fame, she was after all just a commoner. How could she be compared to the noble Empress Dowager?

Moreover, the implication of Sui Zimo’s words was a criticism of the Emperor himself, suggesting that the Emperor had delayed him and Lin Caisang from going to gather medicine.

"Zimo, are you saying that you aren’t even willing to accompany your Empress Dowager for a single meal now? Hmm?"

If Sui Zimo didn’t want to stay, she was all the more determined to keep him here, to see if he truly did not regard her, the Empress Dowager, with any respect!

"It is not that Zimo is unwilling, it’s just that..."

Sui Zimo’s lips curled into a mild smile as he looked at the Empress Dowager.

"Miss Lin is lacking an herb for preparing the Imperial Breath Pills, which needs to be gathered today, hence the urgency,"

"Imperial Breath Pills?!"

Even the Empress Dowager couldn’t help but gasp when she heard these three words.

The Imperial Breath Pills were highly poisonous, not because they acted quickly, but because without the antidote, the poisoned would suffer for days and nights without rest.

Furthermore, she had heard the method to refine the pills varied, and so did the antidote, and if you were not the poisoner, you simply couldn’t find the cure!

"Sui Zimo, you—"

Her complexion shifted, and she looked at Sui Zimo with a trace of fear in her gaze.

Was this an indirect threat towards her?

What did he think? That she would poison him if she made him stay?

Although she had entertained the idea, Sui Zimo was already poisoned; what difference would one or two more poisons make? It was merely a matter of dying sooner or later.

After all, it would be death either way!

"Empress Dowager, if there are no matters that require attention here, this grandson shall take his leave," Sui Zimo said, not at all bothered by how upset the Empress Dowager looked, as he stood up, bowed to her, and then left.

"Empress Dowager, Prince Mo is being far too presumptuous! Does he have no regard for you, his Empress Dowager, at all?" The nanny could not stand idly by any longer, hurling another insult at Sui Zimo’s retreating figure.

"In this servant’s view, Empress Dowager, you should immediately have the Emperor hold Prince Mo accountable for his actions. It would serve to curb his increasing arrogance and prevent him from turning the palace upside down! He..."

"Shut your mouth!"

The Empress Dowager glared at her.

Did Sui Zimo already know the secret of his birth and now sought to confront her and the Emperor openly?

She would not accommodate Sui Zimo’s wishes. She would just let him stew, even if he knew his true lineage, even if he knew he was not a descendant of the Sui Family, what of it? He, Sui Zimo, should never hope to discover his true identity!

"Go, summon the Emperor to my palace!" she ordered.

It seems she could no longer allow that female physician to reside in Sui Zimo’s estate; she must be brought into the palace.

She had disagreed with the Emperor’s decision initially, but now it seems...

Let it be under her authority to summon the woman into the palace to reside in her own quarters. That way, no one could object, and after all, couldn’t she, the mighty Empress Dowager, summon a female physician into the palace for treatment?