Seeing that the crown prince had left, the two soldiers exchanged a glance, released the empress, and quickly followed him out.
The empress was also released by the soldiers, and she almost fell because she lost her balance.
"Your Majesty! Are you alright?!"
The Emperor was lying on the couch when he saw the Empress fall down. He was very anxious and wanted to help her up, but he was too weak to do so. He could only sit by the bed and watch anxiously.
"Your Majesty, please don't move, I'm fine."
The Empress slowly stood up, and after a moment, walked to the bedside and sat down to comfort the Emperor.
"I'm so sorry you had to suffer!"
The Emperor looked at the Empress with great heartache. Her face was pale and sickly from the poisoning, and she had lost the youthful beauty she had when she first entered the palace.
He suddenly realized that perhaps he had made a mistake in bringing her into the palace.
"I am not wronged! I was born into a poor family, just the daughter of a minor official. Fortunately, I was favored by the Emperor and brought into the palace. In this ruthless place, he has genuinely protected me. I know all of this."
The Empress held the Emperor's hand, smiled gently, looked at him tenderly, and spoke softly.
"When the Empress Dowager wanted you to make Consort Xiao Empress, you went against the majority and made me Empress. Even though you faced difficulties from the Xiao family, you did not back down. I have seen your feelings for me."
"I have always known that you were not in control of your own destiny, so I never blamed you when the child died. Fortunately…!"
As the Empress finished speaking, tears finally welled up in her eyes and fell.
A dignified emperor, who had no shortage of women, yet he promoted her father several ranks just to bring her into the palace, and defied the Empress Dowager in order to make her Empress.
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