Alas, this couple, though they were emperor and empress, enjoyed the greatest honor in the world.
But they never changed their original intention!
The couple looked exactly the same in Lingnan, even after arriving in the capital and entering the deep palace.
The emperor was devoted to the empress, and every year on her birthday, he would personally prepare gifts for her.
It has been five years now, and the Empress's dressing case already contains four jade hairpins of different flower shapes.
Even though the Emperor was away on campaign this year and busy with war, he still took the time to carve a hairpin and ordered someone to send it over a long distance to celebrate the Empress's birthday in advance.
Ah, such deep affection, Your Majesty is truly blessed.
Xie Yuan: ...Yes, it is indeed a great blessing!
However, having too much good fortune led her to extremes, and she was also afraid.
"Hmm! The war in the Northwest is going well, and His Majesty should return to court soon!"
During the time the emperor was away in the capital, Xie Yuan had to adjust his mindset.
She absolutely could not show the slightest abnormality, and even more so, she could not let Helian Jue know that she already knew about the double coffin.
There was absolutely no rift between them; they remained the same as before.
Oh no, it should be even better, after all, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
However, Xie Yuan soon received bad news:
"What! The Sage has contracted a strange illness in the Central Plains and suddenly fell into a coma?"
Xie Yuan was completely stunned when he saw the shadow guard kneeling in front of him.
How could that be?
Helian Jue was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, how could he be "seriously ill and in a coma"?
If something were to happen to him, wouldn't I be in trouble—
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