Chapter 45: Your thoughtfulness is enough.

Xi Xizhi only took a glance before covering her own eyes, not daring to open them again. The emaciated arm kept reappearing in her mind. The buzzing sound of flies near her ears reminded her even more of how terrifying the Empress Dowager's death was.

An Honghan, being the most composed of all, remained expressionless. Perhaps he had already seen people die like that; to him, the Empress Dowager was just one of them.

The imperial doctor who had been treating the Empress Dowager for many days had already gotten used to this kind of scene. Although he still found it disgusting, it wasn't enough to make him vomit like An Ruoyan.

"Majesty, we have never seen such a strange disease before. How can a person's body begins to rot before they are even dead? We and the other imperial doctors have searched all the medical books in the Imperial Medical Bureau, but we cannot find a cure." Fearing An Honghan would blame them, the imperial doctor constantly defended himself.