"No matter what happens, I will hold on until the day the child is born."
Gu Jiangli felt a bitter taste in her throat. Looking at him as if he were giving her parting words, she felt terrible.
"Your Majesty will enjoy a long and blessed life, and will surely see your children grow up, get married, and have children of their own."
The emperor smiled, but his smile was tinged with bitterness. "Being able to see the child born with my own eyes is my greatest wish."
Gu Jiangli felt extremely bitter.
For the emperor, witnessing the birth of his own child became his reason for living.
This is just too tragic.
She didn't speak, so the emperor continued:
"By the way, don't let anyone else know about my illness."
Gu Jiangli nodded:
"Your Majesty knows that apart from the people in the room and Physician Lü, no one in Jinghe Palace knows that you fainted today."
"The Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess won't know, and the news won't leak out. Just listen to Physician Lü and focus on recovering."
She understood the emperor's intention.
He kept the news of his worsening condition a secret, simply because he wanted to protect her.
If the news were to leak out, the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess's group would become even more arrogant and would certainly be more ruthless towards the child in her womb.
Thinking of this, Gu Jiangli's heart tightened. She really didn't want to see the emperor leave because of this disease he was born with.
That's so unfair to him.
"Your Majesty, I did not tell you beforehand that I had sent Physician Lü to find a skilled physician outside the palace to secretly treat you. Will you blame me?"
The emperor was slightly stunned, and for a moment he was in a daze.
"The physicians outside the palace..." he murmured.
"Yes, perhaps there really is someone outside the palace who can cure your illness, so I took the liberty of giving the palace token to Physician Lü."
"It's alright." A gentle smile bloomed on the emperor's pale face. "I'll do as you say."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Jiangli felt relieved. The emperor had begun to plead for his life, and she believed it wasn't too late.
"Oh, right, and what about the priests..."
"If Your Majesty trusts me, then let me conduct the interrogation."
"But you are pregnant."
"It's alright, the child is in good spirits. It's just interrogating a criminal, it won't take much effort."
The emperor chuckled helplessly and said, "Alright, whatever you say."
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