Gu Jiangli was startled by her words.
It wasn't that she was afraid her curse would come true, but rather that she knew the word "curse" was a taboo subject that the emperor absolutely could not mention!
Because in the emperor's eyes, he had never had an heir because of a "curse"!
Sure enough, when she turned her head, she saw that the emperor's face had turned gloomy.
He silently placed her in Hehua's arms, then walked to Du Xiuwen and squatted down.
"A curse? Were you just cursing me?" The chilling voice sent a shiver down Gu Jiangli's spine.
Du Xiuwen stared at him fiercely, "So what if it is!"
Gu Jiangli rolled her eyes.
It's over. She could have died immediately, but now she's probably in a situation where she can't even die.
The next second, the emperor grabbed her jaw with one hand and drew a long sword from the guard beside him with the other.
Without a word, he twirled the long knife in his hand with a flourish, and Du Xiuwen let out a scream as blood gushed from her mouth.
Lotus reacted quickly, "Your Majesty, don't look!"
A warm hand covered her eyes, preventing her from seeing such a bloody scene.
But Du Xiuwen's shrill screams were clearly heard by her.
The emperor threw down his long sword and said coldly, "The last time I heard a curse, I immediately executed the person who cast it. I never imagined that a dead man's curse would still be effective for so many years."
"Now I understand that the curse of the living is far less effective than the curse of the dead. You will not die, but you will suffer a fate worse than death as you watch my child grow up healthy and become the new sage ruler!"
"Take her away, don't let her die."
The guards dragged Duxiu from the ground and carried her outside. Even though she had lost her tongue, she was still muttering incessantly.
The emperor stood up, changed his expression, and came to Gu Jiangli's side, pulling her away from Hehua's embrace.
"My beloved concubine, it's alright, it's alright."
He offered two words of comfort, but Gu Jiangli's stomach was not as unharmed as he had thought.
She grasped the emperor's hand with some force, and said with a frown:
"Your Majesty, it seems... something has come up."
The emperor's expression changed drastically: "What's wrong?!"
"I think... I'm about to give birth."
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