Gu Jiangli's eyes reddened and tears welled up.

She had imagined a thousand ways for the emperor to surprise her, but she never expected him to go to such lengths.

These thousands upon thousands of Kongming lanterns and countless red lanterns would have required a great deal of time and effort even for an emperor to complete.

All this preparation was just to give her a beautiful moment she will never forget today.

"Li'er, do you...like it?"

An opening like an emperor's probe.

His eyes held a great deal of expectation.

A clear spring in Gu Jiangli's heart rippled continuously.

In this situation, she could only utter two words:

"like."

The emperor felt a moment of relief, and his happiness was visibly evident upon hearing that she liked it.

Gu Jiangli was pulled into a warm embrace.

"Li'er...I'm glad you like it."

It's more than just liking.

Today's scene is enough for her to never forget for the next hundred years.

This was the most shocking gift the emperor had ever given her.

She placed her hands on the emperor's back, returning the gesture with the same warmth.

Gu Jiangli's eyes welled up with tears as she gazed at the red and yellow lights mingling in the sky and before her, her heart filled with emotion.

"These gifts that Your Majesty thoughtfully prepared for me are the most delightful gifts I have ever received."

"As long as Li'er is happy...as long as Li'er is happy..."

"I like it, I like it."

Gu Jiangli kept muttering to himself.

She pulled away from the emperor's embrace; she wanted to see his face.

If he were the emperor, she could indulge in a one-time affair with him.

Just this once.

When this thought popped into my head, it was accompanied by a sharp pain in my chest.

The emperor's joy gradually turned into panic.

"Li'er?"

"Cough...cough..."

Gu Jiangli suddenly coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, staining his clothes red.

"What... happened...?" Gu Jiangli stared in disbelief at the blood at her feet.

She couldn't believe she had vomited it out herself.

"Li'er!" The emperor's voice suddenly became shrill.

Gu Jiangli wanted to tell the emperor not to be anxious, but she couldn't control her body at all and collapsed against him.

The crimson blood was more glaring than a red lantern.

Gu Jiangli was picked up by the emperor and carried into the house at lightning speed.

"Summon the imperial physician!!!"

The emperor's frantic shouts rang in her ears.

The Kongming lanterns in the sky still shone with a warm light.

She didn't want to leave this little courtyard, didn't want to leave that beautiful scene.

But she was placed on the bed in the inner room.

The beautiful view receded further and further away from her until it was completely shut out by the window.

The sound of hurried, disorganized footsteps gradually rose around them.

The emperor held Gu Jiangli's hand tightly, and he kept calling her name in her ear.

But I couldn't grasp her consciousness.

The last thing Gu Jiangli saw before she closed her eyes was the emperor's extremely tense and pale face.

"Li'er!"

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When the Empress Dowager arrived, she saw the Emperor standing in the corridor outside the house with blood on his hands and a fierce and malevolent aura.

The violent aura emanating from him made everyone hold their breath and dare not approach.

Only the Empress Dowager dared to step forward and ask, "Your Majesty, what exactly happened?"

But the emperor ignored her question.

His eyes were staring blankly into the direction of the room.

The Empress Dowager had never seen the Emperor like this before, and immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

Just then, a royal physician happened to walk out of the house.

After stepping across the threshold, the imperial physician didn't even dare to raise his head and immediately knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty... Consort Gu... is in critical condition. If we administer acupuncture now, we might be able to save the child in her womb."

The Empress Dowager was terrified and wanted to find out the details.

The emperor, however, kicked the imperial physician to the ground.

"You haven't explained what exactly happened to Consort Gu, yet you're already thinking about leaving the mother and the child behind? That's absurd!"

The emperor's words were laced with murderous intent.

If it weren't for the fact that the imperial physician was still able to save Gu Jiangli's life, he probably would have already killed him.

The imperial physician was so frightened that he knelt down properly again, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty... Consort Gu's blood and qi are depleted, her pulse is disordered, and her spirit is scattered... She is on the verge of death, but the baby in Consort Gu's womb is still moving and there are signs of premature birth."

"If Your Majesty allows me to perform acupuncture to reverse the fetal movement for Consort Gu, the baby in her womb will surely be born safely."

The imperial physician risked being beheaded to say these words.

He knew how much the emperor valued Consort Gu, and he also knew how important the child in Consort Gu's womb was to the emperor and the empress dowager.

Judging from Consort Gu's pulse now, she is already in an irreversible state of death.

Although the cause is unknown, Consort Gu is doomed to die.

If they could save the child in their womb, the emperor might be more at ease, and they could escape accountability.

But the emperor grabbed the imperial physician by the neck and forcibly lifted him off the ground.

"Listen, I'll only say this once: I don't care about the child! I want Consort Gu alive! If anything happens to her, you will all be buried with her! Do you understand?"

The emperor practically gritted his teeth as he said those words.

The imperial physician was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He nodded repeatedly, "I understand... I understand..."

The imperial physician staggered back into the room.

The Empress Dowager stepped forward with a worried expression. Some questions and words of comfort that had been buried in her heart could not be uttered after seeing the Emperor's extremely gloomy face.

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