Prince Yu stepped out the door and put his arm around her shoulder.
His tall figure completely blocked Gu Jiangli's view, preventing her from seeing what was happening inside the room.
This was also Prince Yu's purpose; he simply did not want the emperor to see Gu Jiangli again.
So as not to make the emperor even angrier when he thinks about how Gu Jiangli schemed against him today.
"I believe you. We don't need to return the box. Let's go."
Gu Jiangli was half-embraced by Prince Yu as they walked out. "Hey? Shouldn't we greet His Majesty the Emperor? Otherwise, I'll seem like I have no manners."
When they said this, the two of them were already ten steps away from the emperor's house.
"No need. His Majesty is well aware of the proper etiquette you show him."
"So, you two actually knew what was going on?"
Gu Jiangli began eavesdropping outside the door just as Prince Yu began threatening the emperor.
She listened attentively and saw Prince Yu, who exuded a sharp and piercing aura, for the first time.
Prince Yu dared to utter such words, which sounded like they could easily lead to the execution of nine generations of his family, in order to protect himself and the child in his womb. This shows that Prince Yu truly wanted to protect her.
As he got further and further away from the emperor's house, Prince Yu slowed his pace.
“I know, the Emperor and I both know. You deliberately moved His Majesty from the next room to this room, wasn’t that just to get him involved?”
"Actually, if you had simply knocked Xu Zhuo unconscious, and then Lan Shuang brought the mistress into the house and found that only Xu Zhuo was there, and then had someone find the letter buried in Lan Shuang's courtyard, that would have been enough to accuse Lan Shuang of trying to frame you."
"You brought the emperor in here to make him uncomfortable, and also to see how he treats the Yu Prince's family, is that right?"
Gu Jiangli chuckled, "Your Highness, you're so clever, you've put me in a difficult position."
"Your Highness, you are far too audacious. Do you know that you are plotting against the Emperor?"
Gu Jiangli tilted her head back, and seeing that Prince Yu's expression did not show any blame, she said:
"So what if he schemes against him? Didn't he scheme against the prince too? Your Highness, your infertility was inextricably linked to the emperor! His intentions were far more malicious than mine."
"You know this too?" Prince Yu asked, somewhat surprised.
Gu Jiangli waved his hand, "It's about 70-80%. Your Highness, think about it. You can't touch women, that's a psychological issue. The doctor examined your body and said you can't have children, that's a physiological issue. Am I right?"
Prince Yu stared at her. "Yes, you're right. His Majesty has indeed laid a hand on me once."
What exactly did he do to you?
Prince Yu lowered his head, his thoughts drifting back to those years.
"When I was eighteen, the emperor held a palace banquet, and my father and I went together. A few days after we returned, I fell ill and became unable to move my limbs or get out of bed."
“At that time, we searched for doctors everywhere, but they all said they couldn’t cure me. Coincidentally, an old man from Miao territory who used Gu poison passed through the capital and said he had a way to cure my illness, but the price was that I could never have children again.”
"At the time, he also comforted me, saying that although I could not have children, it would not prevent me from getting married and taking concubines."
Gu Jiangli understood when she heard this.
The emperor wanted the Yu family's property, but he dared not kill him directly, fearing that his father would become suspicious and threaten the emperor's throne.
Therefore, the only option was to take a different approach, causing Prince Yu to fall ill and thus cut off his lineage. Once Prince Yu died, the plan would be complete.
At the time, Prince Yu was paralyzed, and upon hearing the old man's words, he must have agreed without hesitation.
In his mind, he was not supposed to touch women, and he probably never even considered getting married and having children.
Now there's a way out that can cure his body, but the price is to throw away something he never had in the first place. He has no reason to hesitate.
The emperor at that time was probably only in his twenties, yet he already possessed such cunning; he was indeed no ordinary man.
"So he cured you, and you recovered your health. To prove the truth of what this doctor said, you searched all the doctors in the capital to examine your pulse again, and the results were all the same: your body could no longer have children."
Prince Yu nodded; what Gu Jiangli said was exactly what he was about to say.
Why did he fall ill, and why did a previously unheard-of expert in using Gu poison happen to appear? It must all be the emperor's doing.
Gu Jiangli sighed somewhat.
He's psychologically unable to touch women, physiologically has sperm problems, and his own sister doesn't want him to have children.
Oh my god! The buffs are all stacked up!
She placed her hand on Prince Yu's shoulder and patted her chest with her other hand, giving off a sense of comforting her brother.
"Your Highness, with me here, you can rest assured about the issue of having offspring."
She never thought her arrival was that important before, but now she sees that she is simply Prince Yu's savior!
For Prince Yu, who was surrounded by open and covert attacks from all sides, it was truly arduous for him to overcome numerous obstacles and give birth to a child.
Prince Yu smiled gently, his eyes filled with tender affection.
The night was growing deeper, but Gu Jiangli's bright smile was like the dazzling sun, making his heart slightly warm.
A pair of large hands tightly embraced Gu Jiangli, and Prince Yu's head rested on the crook of her neck, where she could feel his warm breath.
"Your Highness?" Gu Jiangli called out softly.
Prince Yu lowered his voice and said, "Before my father passed away, I told him that I was unable to have children, but he said that having children was arranged by God, and that what is destined to be will be."
He also told me that if I marry in the future, I should treat my wife the way he treated his mother. Whether she is spoiled and willful or gentle and considerate, as long as I treat my wife well, God will not let me down.
“My father didn’t lie to me, he really didn’t lie to me.”
Gu Jiangli raised her hands and hugged him back.
"Your Highness, I told you long ago, someone as good as you can't possibly be childless."
The baby will be born in a few months.
"Your Highness, you've already threatened the Emperor like that. He probably won't take action anytime soon. But what about after our child is born? What if he harms the child again?"
Gu Jiangli no longer concealed the fact that she had been eavesdropping outside the door.
Prince Yu's eyes darkened.
The emperor has five children, and the crown prince has just turned twelve this year.
"If he dares to lay a hand on our children again, I will kill his crown prince first, and then kill the remaining princes one by one, so that he can experience what it means for parents to bury their children, and what it truly means to have no descendants."
The icy voice seemed to emanate from a thousand-year-old frozen pool.
Gu Jiangli had no doubt that if the emperor really had any evil intentions, Prince Yu could really send people to storm the palace and kill all the princes.
But she wasn't afraid of him at all, given his fierce nature; such ruthlessness was necessary in front of the emperor.
“Your Highness, you are truly reliable. If you had threatened the Emperor directly like that, I bet he would have surrendered immediately.”
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