The eldest princess snapped out of her daze and hurriedly grabbed the Empress Dowager's hand, "Mother, it's fake, it must be fake. If Consort Chen were really pregnant, she wouldn't have been so secretive in front of Physician Lin just now!"
"Mother, my brother never goes against your wishes. He was so openly protecting her just now. He must have been bewitched by her!"
"If this woman is not eliminated, she will become a great threat. Let our daughter punish her, shall we?"
The eldest princess spoke urgently, while the empress dowager's expression darkened.
"Tan'er, first find out if she is really pregnant. If she is not pregnant, I will grant you permission to execute her directly."
The eldest princess revealed a triumphant smile.
"Mother, rest assured, I will not allow Consort Chen, that vixen, to continue to bewitch Brother Huang's mind."
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The emperor, instead of taking Gu Jiangli to Jinghe Palace, led her to Delan Hall, where Gu Jiangli was.
He dismissed everyone, even Lotus was kept outside the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Gu Jiangli just stared at him, waiting for him to speak and ask a question.
In her opinion, the emperor's actions just now were somewhat unexpected.
The emperor looked at her for a while, and finally spoke:
What are your plans next?
Gu Jiangli was taken aback.
She had thought the emperor would ask about the child, but it turned out not to be that.
"Your Majesty, what do you intend to do?"
The emperor's eyes narrowed. "The eldest princess still harbors resentment towards you and may still try to harm you. When that happens, you can put on an act and say that she caused your child to die, and that will smooth things over."
"Imperial Physician Lü is my man. He will join forces with you to pin the blame for the miscarriage on the Princess. That will end the matter of your false pregnancy. As for the Empress Dowager..."
Gu Jiangli was completely confused at first, but gradually she understood.
"Wait..." She raised her hand to interrupt His Majesty's next plan.
The emperor paused. "What's wrong? Do you have a better idea?"
"So Your Majesty believes that I was just faking a pregnancy to escape the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess's targeting of me?"
No wonder the emperor was so calm, so calm that he didn't seem like someone who was about to become a father.
It turns out he didn't believe he was pregnant at all!
"Otherwise what? The contraceptive soup was personally prepared by Physician Lü, and I personally watched you drink it. You can't get pregnant."
Gu Jiangli shook his head and smiled bitterly.
She then thought that even though the emperor thought she was faking her pregnancy, he still disobeyed the Empress Dowager's orders to help her, which showed that his heart had changed quite a bit.
In this way, the arrival of this child might not be so unacceptable to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, as the most trusted physician in the palace, has Physician Lü ever told you that the effectiveness of the contraceptive decoction is only about 80-90%?"
The emperor's expression gradually revealed shock.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that what's in my belly is the remaining 'one or two'."
The emperor rose from his chair, staring at her with utter disbelief, then at her stomach.
"You...you're really pregnant?"
Gu Jiangli nodded and answered with utmost solemnity, "Yes, Your Majesty is indeed pregnant, and Your Majesty will soon become the Emperor."
The emperor swallowed hard and staggered back half a step.
"How could this be, how could this be..." he murmured to himself.
"Does Your Majesty truly not want this child? Do you still believe, as before, that he will be a burden to you, preventing you from leaving this world peacefully?"
The emperor clutched his forehead, deeply distressed. "You don't understand."
"When will I understand? When will Your Majesty be willing to tell me?"
His shoulders slumped limply, filled with exhaustion.
"Haven't you heard? The princes of the Yun Sheng Dynasty never live past the age of thirty-five."
Gu Jiangli said softly, "I know." She had already heard the system's introduction when she first arrived.
"What troubles the Yun Sheng royal family has never been these coincidences, but the incurable mental illness they have carried since birth."
"If he were born, he would surely suffer from the same heart ailment as me for the rest of his life. He would never be able to grow up like a normal child. Do you understand?"
Gu Jiangli felt a surge of satisfaction after hearing this reason.
That's what the emperor was worried about.
He really is a good person.
Because she was worried that her child would not have a good life, she would rather he not have been born.
He didn't want any child to become like him, constantly tormented by pain.
At that moment, she suddenly understood the system's purpose in bringing her here.
Heart disease is destined to be hereditary, but since she has the system, the child she gives birth to will definitely be healthy.
Only she can break this tragic genetic pattern.
Gu Jiangli reached out and gently grasped his trembling arm.
"Your Majesty, he won't. He will be healthy and lively. He will come to us safely and in the happiest state."
The emperor's eyes reddened. "How can you guarantee that?"
"Your Majesty, please believe in me and in this destiny. He must have exerted a great deal of effort to come here under the influence of the contraceptive potion. He wants to be your child, so please do not refuse him."
Gu Jiangli gently comforted her.
She wanted the emperor to accept the fact that he would have a child.
A person as good as him deserves to have descendants.
The emperor's expression became dazed, as if he were seriously considering Gu Jiangli's words.
"Really?"
Gu Jiangli answered firmly, "Really."
Then, his movements were gentle and slow. He wrapped his arms around Gu Jiangli's waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and asked with a slightly choked voice:
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