The Queen Mother was delighted to hear that Jiang Yi was pregnant. Although she had prepared herself for becoming the Empress Dowager, she had not expected it to happen so early. She quickly looked at Jiang Yi lying on the couch, feeling somewhat worried. "Why hasn't the Queen woken up yet?"
The imperial physician hurriedly said, "The Queen was just frightened..."
"How could you be scared?" The empress dowager looked at the emperor with some blame, thinking that it was the emperor who scared Jiang Yi.
The emperor then asked someone to tell the empress dowager what Gu Zhili had just done.
The Queen Mother was also surprised and said, "Ever since he broke off the engagement, I know he is not as obedient as he appears to be, but what he did today was too foolish."
"It was he who got involved with the third daughter of the Jiang family, and it was he who wanted to cancel the engagement. Now, it seems like someone else is forcing him to do so."
"It's true that only when something bad happens can one reveal a person's true nature. He's so selfish and cowardly, I'm afraid he's not even worthy of being a human being."
"So I ordered him to be beaten to death." The emperor said sinisterly.
The Queen Mother: "What did you say?"
"This...this is a bit too...too much."
The emperor said, "It's too late. He's probably dead by now."
He quickly added, "And if it weren't for Gu Zhili, Xiaoyi wouldn't have fainted. Gu Zhili almost caused Xiaoyi to have a miscarriage. She had just become pregnant and was at her weakest. If anything had happened..."
The Queen Mother quickly changed her tone and said, "He is too abominable. Ten of him are not worth one of my good grandsons. It is too easy for him to die like this."
At this time, Jiang Yi woke up slowly. She looked around blankly and her first words were: "Where is my third sister?"
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