The Empress Dowager thought she was hallucinating.
He hurried over.
Gu Jiangli on the bed had already opened her eyes. Although she looked haggard, she had a smile on her lips and was gazing at the emperor with deep affection.
"Consort Gu...you...you're really awake," the Empress Dowager whispered.
The emperor seemed not to hear, sitting stiffly on the edge of the bed as if afraid of disturbing his sweet dream.
Trembling hands carefully touched Gu Jiangli's face.
Gu Jiangli's trembling eyelashes brushed against his fingertips.
The tingling sensation brought the emperor back to his senses.
"Li'er, you..." The emperor's words choked in his throat, unable to be uttered.
His eyes were red, and he was almost in tears.
"Your Majesty, you've lost weight..."
How long had it been? The emperor's face was pale and bloodless, his eyes were sunken, and his eyes were filled with black.
His face looked haggard, and Gu Jiangli couldn't bear to look at him.
Upon hearing her voice, the emperor seemed to awaken from a dream, bent down, and embraced her.
He didn't say a word, his body was trembling violently.
In an instant, feelings of worry, fear, and terror poured out, and Gu Jiangli could fully understand what he had been going through during this period.
Gu Jiangli did not hear the emperor's sobs, but she felt a warm flow on her shoulders and neck.
She reached out and hugged him back, comforting him.
"Your Majesty, I'm back... Your Majesty, I'll never leave again."
The emperor remained silent.
He nodded at the nape of her neck.
"Your Majesty, you have suffered."
Thinking of the emperor's haggard face, she wanted to say something to comfort him, but found that those words of comfort were meaningless.
She would stay by the emperor's side with love until the moment of his death.
That's enough.
The emperor shook his head again and said in a low, hoarse voice, "I know you will come back."
The warm breath near his ear made Gu Jiangli feel a pang of heartache.
She could imagine the kind of belief the emperor held while waiting for a "corpse" to wake up.
"I will always be with you and will never leave you."
The Empress Dowager was both surprised and delighted as she watched all this.
I was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
She ran out in a panic, almost tripping over herself because she was walking too fast.
The imperial physicians outside were lined up in several rows, waiting.
Because the emperor had not eaten for a long time, the empress dowager was worried that he was getting sick, so she ordered the imperial physicians to stay in the Yunguang Palace and wait for his summons.
The Empress Dowager opened the door and shouted, "Imperial Physician! Quickly! Come in!"
None of the imperial physicians were surprised.
They naturally assumed that the emperor had a health problem.
They even knew in their minds what medicine the emperor needed to take.
But what they saw when they entered the room left them all dumbfounded.
Gu Jiangli leaned on the emperor's shoulder, drinking hot porridge.
She looked a little tired, but she was still a perfectly alive person!
The group of imperial physicians looked as if they had seen a ghost, and even forgot to kneel and pay their respects.
"You... how is this possible?" a royal physician said, trembling.
"There's clearly no pulse! This can't be!"
The emperor did not get angry at their rude behavior.
Her gentle demeanor was completely different from when she was acting crazy.
As the emperor fed Gu Jiangli porridge, he said:
"I am in a good mood, so I will pardon you quack doctors and prescribe some mild medicine to nourish your bodies."
The imperial physicians stood frozen in place, each seeing fear and confusion in the other's eyes.
The Empress Dowager stepped forward, tears welling in her eyes.
Seeing that Consort Gu was still alive, she was no less happy than the emperor.
Right now, she also has to speak up for these imperial physicians:
"Your Majesty, it is indeed good news that Consort Gu has woken up. Let the imperial physician examine her body to see if there are any other problems."
"This group of people can even diagnose Li'er's pulse wrong, what can we expect from them?"
One by one, the group of people said that Li'er was dead.
He hasn't settled this score with them yet.
"But Consort Gu's illness is strange and has come on suddenly. Does the Emperor not want to know the reason and find the real culprit?"
The emperor's hand movements as he fed the porridge suddenly stopped.
Overwhelmed by the joy of Gu Jiangli's sudden awakening, he almost forgot that Li'er had always been in good health.
There haven't been any problems during these months of pregnancy.
This sudden accident must have been caused by human intervention.
Although he already disliked these incompetent imperial physicians, he had to admit that the Empress Dowager was right.
The emperor pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll give you one more chance. Come over here and have your pulses checked."
The imperial physician, his body hunched over, approached with careful steps.
Gu Jiangli obediently extended her hand.
She also wanted to know what conclusion the imperial physician would reach.
She was well aware of her own physical condition.
She had always been very healthy; this accident was entirely due to the system.
Could the imperial physician diagnose the underlying cause of the tampering done by the system?
Sure enough, a troubled look appeared on their faces.
The group whispered among themselves, trying to come to some conclusion.
In the end, they brought out the oldest and most senior imperial physician again.
"Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, it seems that Consort Gu has been... eroded by a kind of slow-acting poison, which is why she is in this state now."
Upon hearing the word "poison," the Empress Dowager tensed up completely.
"You check Consort Gu's pulse every day, haven't you noticed?"
The imperial physician said:
"Perhaps it's because the daily dose of poison is so small that it's not easily detected. Also, Consort Gu has always been in very good health, so it's possible that the poison was masked..."
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