Chapter 454 - 12.62
"Yes, I was crazy and cruel enough to throw my beloved wife to the Cold Palace. There is no difference in you, Mother. You deserve to bear the same hell that you created for my wife." Huang Shu said coldly. "I also want you to rot in that Cold Palace and die out of starvation. I’m sure you can’t last long."
Before he left, he glanced at the box of buyun leaves on the table. He clenched his fist to steel his heart, then he called the guards outside.
Three guards came and witnessed the sight of Empress Dowager Aixi and Emperor Xianliang. The Empress Dowager looked too shocked to react, while the Emperor’s face was cold and unfeeling.
Huang Shu ordered these men first, "Go open that box and shove the Buyun leaves in Empress Dowager’s mouth. Ensure she eats everything, even if she pukes it out, keeps shoving it, and chugs her with water. I want to make sure that she drinks everything, just like how she poisoned my wife."
Empress Dowager Aixi reacted wildly when she heard that. She couldn’t believe her son would be so cruel.
"Huang Shu, you dare doing this to your old mother! You know I did this for you! I did this for the nation! You are blinded by him!" Empress Dowager struggled when two guards tried to hold her down.
"What are you two doing?! Don’t you see that I’m Her Majesty Empress Dowager Aixi!? You will be executed for harming me!" Empress Dowager struggled with all her might to no avail.
But the guards became a bit hesitant after Empress Dowager announced her title as a threat.
"Do not hesitate. This is the order of the Emperor, the son of heaven. Empress Dowager Aixi has harmed my wife and future Empress to secure her power. This counts as an attempt at regicide. I order you all to punish her."
Thus, the guards didn’t hesitate anymore. They held Empress Dowager’s old body even though she kept struggling. She screamed, calling Huang Shu with swear words unfit for her status as Empress Dowager.
Meanwhile, the other guard clenched her jaw and shoved the Buyun leaves on her throat before chugging her with water. In just a chug, Empress Dowager started feeling nauseous and lost her strength immediately.