That's how the young emperor was at that time.
Gu Jiangli's face was streaked with tears, her heart in turmoil.
She suddenly understood why the emperor hadn't been able to move on all these years. It wasn't just because everything he cared about had been destroyed by his own mother, but also because he had personally caused the fire to take their lives. What bothered him even more was that Consort Yu never heard his explanation before her death.
Setting the fire was not his intention; he did not want them to die, but Consort Yu never had the chance to know this.
He feared that Consort Yu chose to die because she was so disappointed in him, and that she threw herself into the fire with hatred in her heart.
He didn't hear what Consort Yu said to him as she ran into the fire, and he worried that she might be blaming him.
Although this disaster was not his intention, it was ultimately caused by him.
How could he possibly get over it? How could he possibly untangle this knot in his heart?
He will be plagued by self-blame and guilt for the rest of his life.
This nightmare torments him every night, preventing him from sleeping.
Gu Jiangli felt as if a stone was lodged in his chest.
She thought she had figured out the root of the emperor's unresolved depression, but what the emperor was experiencing was far more painful than she had imagined.
She lacked the confidence to get the emperor to come out.
If this happened to her, she wouldn't be confident she could get through it.
Gu Jiangli looked at him with concern in her eyes.
The young emperor coughed up blood, then lost consciousness and collapsed.
Afterwards, heavy rain fell from the sky, and the fire at Mingyang Palace was extinguished the next day.
They found several corpses in the fire, as well as the late emperor whose body was half burned but who was still clinging to life.
The late emperor did not die in the fire.
The imperial physician said he had about ten days left to live.
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