Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

When Li Wei saw this, his heart sank suddenly.

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually solidified. After a long time, he suddenly turned around and asked Li Wei: "Did our sister fall asleep again?"

Li Wei opened his mouth to speak, but looking at his earnest eyes, he could not tell this cruel fact.

"Queen mother?"

"Mother!"

Zhu Biao and An Qing, who were close, also noticed something strange about Queen Ma. Even after calling her mother a few times, Queen Ma made no sound. They were sure that the mother was gone. Their voices instantly changed from soft calling to pained. Heartfelt.

The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs quickly knelt down in fear.

All the imperial doctors also knelt down and began to cry, fearing that they would not be able to express their grief because they were too slow.

"The Queen..."

"Shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted suddenly, looking across the crowd with ferocious eyes. The cries of Zhu Biao, An Qing, and many imperial doctors suddenly stopped.

"Our sister is just sleeping. If anyone dares to disturb our sister by shouting again, I will kill him!"

The palace maids and the imperial doctors such as Zhao Xuan were immediately at a loss. An Qing was still sobbing. Zhu Biao spoke to Zhu Yuanzhang with tears streaming down his face: "Father, the queen mother has already passed away."

"Nonsense! Your mother is just tired. She will be fine tomorrow if she takes a nap!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone and waved his hands vigorously, "You all get out! Don't disturb our girl's rest!"

Zhao Xuan and others looked at each other and looked at Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao suppressed his grief and said: "Father..."

"Biao'er, please go back quickly. Don't delay the government affairs. Just let me accompany your mother here. Come on, you guys should go too, all of you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him and waved his hands away.

Li Wei sighed softly and advised: "Your Highness, let's retreat first."

In this situation, it would be better for Zhu Yuanzhang to stay alone with Queen Ma.

With tears in his eyes, Zhu Biao looked at him, then at the imperial doctor and others who were waiting for instructions, and had to force himself to stand up.

Seeing this, all the imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Wei also helped An Qing, who was sobbing uncontrollably, to his feet.

Under the leadership of Zhu Biao, everyone retreated together.

Zhu Yuanzhang held Empress Ma's warm hand and raised it in front of him, forced his cheeks to smile, and murmured in a low voice: "My hand is still warm, sister is just asleep. Sister, sleep well, we will stay with you, we I will always be with you..."

The room fell silent, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang's own low murmur.

Everyone exited the hall. Zhu Biao stopped his tears and said to the imperial doctors, "You all should go back."

"My condolences, His Royal Highness."

Zhao Xuan and other imperial doctors couldn't help but feel happy when they heard this, and then they pressed the button forcefully, bowed to Zhu Biao and left with sad faces.

Zhu Biao had no intention of dealing with them at this time and just waved his hand gently.

All the imperial doctors left one after another, leaving only Zhu Biao, Li Wei and An Qing standing outside the hall.

After they left, Zhu Biao looked at An Qing, who was sobbing in Li Wei's arms. He sighed and said to Li Wei, "You guys should go back too and take good care of An Qing."

Li Wei hugged An Qing tightly, looked up at Zhu Biao, and said with some worry: "His Royal Highness, you must also take care of yourself. Your Majesty may not be interested in government affairs these days, so you must hold on."

"Don't worry, I understand." Zhu Biao said softly.

Li Wei nodded, then helped An Qing and left together.

"I don't have a queen anymore..."

On the carriage, An Qing raised his head with tears in his eyes, looked at Li Wei and said.

Li Wei felt very uncomfortable seeing her like this, so he could only hug her tightly, hoping to comfort her.

It's extremely cold in the capital tonight, maybe because of the snow in the past few days, or maybe because of Queen Ma's departure.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Wei covered Anqing with a quilt and wiped away the tears from her eyes.

Anqing cried until very late last night and didn't fall asleep until the early morning.

Li Wei himself also stayed up all night, but during this special period, he didn't bother to catch up on his sleep. He asked Xiaoqing, Xiaohong and the others to change his clothes and go out early in the morning.

In Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the silent Queen Ma without blinking, and his heart gradually became cold along with Queen Ma's hand.

The hand that he had been holding in his arms was now as cold as ice and could not be warmed no matter what he did.

The morning sunlight streamed in through the window and shone on his stiff cheeks, waking him up from his sluggish state.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and glanced at the sunshine, then stood up suddenly, put his head in front of Queen Ma, and called softly:

"Sister, it's dawn!"

Seeing that she was motionless, Zhu Yuanzhang pushed her with trembling hands:

"It's dawn, it's time to get up, wake up quickly, sister!"

"Wake up quickly, you can't leave us! We can't live without you!"

"what……"

Zhu Yuanzhang kept shaking Queen Ma's already stiff body, shouting heartbreakingly, and finally couldn't help crying.

When the maids and eunuchs outside the palace heard the cry, they all kept their heads down in silence. No one dared to go in, let alone persuade. The morning court was off for several consecutive days, and the news of Queen Ma's death spread rapidly. The ministers who heard the news had different reactions.

All the noble generals headed by Tang and Feng Sheng were deeply saddened after hearing the news.

These generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world had all received favors from Queen Ma in the past. When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, he took them to fight everywhere, and their wives, children, and children were all taken care of by Queen Ma. Their clothes and shoes were often sewn by Queen Ma and many female relatives.

Zhu Yuanzhang was strict in governing the army, and his generals were often punished. It was Empress Ma who interceded and saved many people.

It can be said that half of their loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang was due to Queen Ma's favor.

As for the civil servants, although they received much less favor than the founding military generals, the civil servants showed more grief than these military generals. They gathered outside the palace gate early and burst into tears. When the military generals learned of this He rushed over immediately.

In the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Li Wei was sitting in the lobby with his brows furrowed. He could faintly hear the cries of the civil and military ministers here, but he knew better that the volume of these people's cries was not proportional to the grief in their hearts. He was sure Most of these people were just pretending, and their actual grief was not even as great as his own.

When Li Wei was irritated by the hypocrisy of these people, Wang Jie hurried in and saw that he was still sitting in the Yamen without moving. He suddenly said anxiously: "Sir, why don't you cry?"

"Why are you crying? Your Majesty is grieving and ignores government affairs, and you don't care either. Do you want us to do anything like this tomorrow?" Li Wei scolded.

Wang Jie was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to reply.

"Hey, forget it, I will go into the palace to see His Highness the Crown Prince in a moment. It's time for you to stop and don't delay your official duties!"

Li Wei sighed helplessly.

"Yes." Wang Jie respectfully agreed.

After Wang Jie withdrew, Li Wei also got up and left the Ministry of Industry and went to the palace.

When passing by the palace gate, Li Wei couldn't help but frown deeply when he saw these crying and howling ministers. Although he also understood that these superficial efforts were indispensable, seeing them crying even worse than Anqing, he couldn't help but frown. He felt disgusted!

Li Wei ignored these people and hurried into the palace with a heavy heart.

Many of the ministers who were kneeling in pain looked strange when they saw him like this.

In Kunning Palace, the door was closed. Zhu Biao waited anxiously. After a while, a young eunuch opened the door and walked out with a food box.

"How is it?" Zhu Biao asked eagerly.

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty still hasn't seen anyone." The young eunuch saluted.

"Has your father eaten?"

"No."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he became even more worried. He was about to go in by himself, but the young eunuch quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty said you won't see anyone!"

Zhu Biao paused, his face anxious but helpless.

After a while, Li Wei also came here and greeted Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao casually waved his hand to excuse him, and then asked eagerly: "Father, he doesn't eat or drink, and he doesn't see anyone. It's not going to work like this. Is there anything you can do?"

Li Wei sighed: "Give your Majesty a few more days, just deliver meals on time every day."

Zhu Biao still frowned upon hearing this.

"Don't worry. Your Majesty has made it all the way to this day and will not fall down so easily. On the contrary, Your Highness, you must maintain good governance during this period." Li Wei advised again.

"Hey, okay."

Zhu Biao sighed and agreed softly.

Then Li Wei added: "Your Highness, I saw the civil and military officials of the imperial court gathered outside the palace gate and cried in grief for the empress. It is not an option to continue like this. The government affairs of the imperial court cannot be delayed. I think it is better to let them go back to work."

Hearing Li Wei's words, Zhu Biao also nodded lightly. He also understood these things. He had suppressed his sadness in order to maintain the government. How could these ministers be more sad than him?

"When someone comes, go to the palace gate and convey the decree. Tell them that your Majesty understands the wishes of the ministers, but the affairs of the government are more important. He orders the ministers to return to their respective offices and not to delay official business."

Zhu Biao called the eunuch and gave instructions softly.

"Yes!" The little eunuch took the order and left in a hurry.

Outside the palace gate, as the young eunuch repeated Zhu Biao's words loudly, the officials stopped crying and left in twos and threes.

On Xungui's side, Huang Bin, Zheng Yuchun and other generals walked with Li Shanchang with sad faces.

Although they didn't cry as much as the civil servants just now, they were really sad in their hearts.

"Hey, I didn't expect that such a good person as the Queen would pass away so early. God is really blind!"

Huang Bin sighed sadly.

"Yes." Zheng Yuchun also agreed.

Li Shanchang also had a sad look on his face. After the two of them finished speaking, he sighed softly: "I heard that it was Li Wei who diagnosed and treated the queen this time. Unfortunately, he failed to save the queen again this time."

Huang Bin, Zheng Yuchun and others also shook their heads and sighed when they heard this.

However, some people think differently.

"When I saw that boy entering the palace just now, he didn't show any signs of sadness. I think he didn't try his best to heal the queen at all!"

Sun Ke, the governor of Qian, complained a little.

He has a very good relationship with Lan Yu and has taken orders under Lan Yu many times, so he is very hostile to Li Wei. (End of chapter)