The news of Empress Dowager Mo falling ill reached Prince Jin's Mansion, and both Ah Jiu and Wufu were worried, just about to enter the palace when both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager sent word that there was no need to enter the palace.
The Emperor's command was for Ah Jiu to reflect and not enter the palace to disturb the Empress Dowager during her recuperation. The Empress Dowager's message was to assure him not to worry and to stay home and accompany Wufu well. It was just a minor illness due to age and a cold, nothing to make a fuss about.
However, the secret lines from the palace revealed that after the Emperor went to Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager suddenly fainted and urgently summoned the imperial doctors, and that a little eunuch at Cining Palace was beaten to death by the Emperor.
How great must his anger have been to issue such an order? And what happened inside Cining Palace that caused the Emperor to be so furious?
