"You had no idea that there was no poison in that soup. You drank it so readily because you hoped that you could die peacefully after drinking it, right?"
"He clearly suffers from a heart condition, but he never takes his medicine. Is he hoping to die from a heart attack sooner rather than later?"
"Whether it's Consort Lan or the Eldest Princess, you don't care who wants to harm you or who sent you poison, as long as you don't commit suicide, that's enough, right?"
"Whether the Empress Dowager lives or dies is irrelevant to you, since you'll be dying soon anyway."
"You don't allow the concubines in the harem to bear your children because you will die soon, and you can leave this world more freely without offspring."
"You want to die, is that it?"
Gu Jiangli rattled off a long string of words like scattering beans, and the emperor listened silently before raising his head.
Something unusual flickered in those black pupils.
She had never understood the source of the aloofness that always lingered in the emperor's eyes, but today she understood.
That's people who want to die deliberately distancing themselves from everyone who is living life earnestly.
She now understood that the emperor knew the princess's ambition and her thoughts, but he never intervened because this was exactly the outcome he wanted.
No matter how much Gu Jiangli tried to remind her, she couldn't stop a heart that wanted to die.
Therefore, the emperor was able to drink the bowl of soup that Lan Huier brought him completely.
"Your Majesty... after learning that it was the Empress Dowager's soup that was poisoned, you weren't disappointed, were you?"
The emperor lowered his head and looked away from her eyes.
He seemed utterly exhausted, rubbing his forehead as he asked in a deep voice, "Gu Jiangli... what exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Jiangli squatted down, folded his hands, and rested his head on his forearm, looking up at the emperor's face.
Above the small table, their eyes met.
"Your Majesty, I want you to live, to live with the desire to live."
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