The Queen Mother looked quite excited, but the Emperor frowned.
He didn't speak for a long time, and finally he spoke with a sigh.
"Mother, I have seen your tricks many times. Don't do it again in the future."
He lowered his eyes, and with his bony hands he once again picked up the chess piece on the board, his eyes fixed on the unfinished game in front of him.
"I admit that I did use many tricks to send some women to your harem, but I only have one wish, which is that you can have a child to inherit your kingdom in the future. I also hope to have a legitimate grandson. I know you don't want to hear it, but I can't help it."
The Queen Mother was filled with emotion and wiped her tears with a handkerchief as she spoke.
The emperor sighed. He was no longer surprised by this.
"This time, I can swear to heaven that I didn't orchestrate it. It was the master himself who said it, and then he passed away. They say that the dying speak good words. In my opinion, the master couldn't bear to see the emperor childless, so he revealed the secret before his death."
In the past, the Queen Mother also said with certainty that the girl from a certain family would definitely be able to give birth to a prince for him.
But those were all the Queen Mother's unfounded visions, and this time it came from the Master's mouth.
The emperor didn't believe it, but the empress dowager was completely convinced.
She now wants to bring Xu Lingyi into the palace.
"Emperor, don't you want a prince? You're nearly thirty now. Some people who married earlier in your age would have grandchildren in a few years, but you don't even have a princess, let alone a prince. Do you really not like children?"
The Queen Mother's soul asked.
The emperor lowered his eyes, and his dark pupils darkened.
Ordinary people like to have many children and grandchildren and want offspring, and he, as an emperor, is even more so.
But many things are not something he can get just because he wants them. The emperor had accepted his fate ten years ago.
"As you know, mother, I have never had any interest in women, let alone allowing them to get close to me. Furthermore, I have been poisoned by a strange poison that no one can cure. The divine doctor at Medicine King Valley has already said that I will never have children in this lifetime."
"What kind of miracle doctor is this? He's just a country doctor. How can you trust what he says?"
The empress dowager was stubborn. She had had a smooth life in the previous few decades and the late emperor was particularly fond of her. She also gave birth to two princes safely. The eldest son was named the crown prince as soon as he was born and high hopes were placed on him. The younger son had been in poor health since childhood.
The late emperor placed him in a temple, partly to pray for him and hope that he would grow up safely.
Secondly, I am afraid of investing too much emotion, which would only add to my sorrow if the child dies of illness in the future.
She and the late emperor focused more of their energy on teaching the prince, but unexpectedly, the prince died of illness before he even got married.
On the contrary, the youngest son, who had been in the temple, became stronger day by day, so the late emperor named him the crown prince.
This is the current emperor.
The Empress Dowager had no idea what the Emperor had experienced in the temple, but she knew that he never liked women to get close to him.
She had once arranged for a palace maid to teach him about human relations, but the emperor was furious and drove the woman out. After hearing this, he took a bath ten times in his room.
After that, every time she tried to send a woman to the emperor, she failed and the emperor became estranged from her.
She felt that something was wrong with the child at that time, but she was afraid that the late emperor would know about this and appoint another prince, so she kept it secret.
Many women were also placed in the emperor's backyard to conceal his activities.
The empress dowager only felt relieved when the previous emperor passed away and the emperor ascended the throne.
But as the emperor grew older, he still never touched any woman. He treated all the women in the harem as nothing and avoided them like the plague. To this day, the emperor is still a virgin.
Whenever the Queen Mother thought of this, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Please consider this as your mother's last plea to you to bring this woman from the Xu family into the palace."
The Queen Mother's eyes were red, and her voice was earnest. "Don't you have any pity on your mother? Perhaps in a few years, I will also follow the late emperor. If I can't see my grandson before I die, I will die with regrets."
She had been competitive in the harem all her life. When the late emperor was alive, she defeated all the women in the harem and gave birth to two sons.
After the death of the previous emperor, her son also successfully ascended the throne.
She has been a winner in life all her life, and everything has gone smoothly for her. How could she accept that someone else would take advantage of her and her child?
She absolutely cannot accept it.
The emperor put down the chess piece in his hand, his brows furrowed, his eyes deep and serious.
"Mother, I am truly powerless regarding the matter of an heir. I will never be able to satisfy you in this lifetime. You should let go of this obsession as soon as possible and stop being so obsessed with it. I am already selecting candidates for adoption, and I will never take another woman into the palace and delay their marriages."
This was the first time the emperor spoke so decisively. He was like a stubborn stone, unmoved by anything he said.
The Queen Mother covered her face and wept. She tugged at the Emperor's sleeve and said, "I absolutely disagree. You haven't even touched a woman, so how can you conclude that you can't have children? I think you've been fooled by that so-called miracle doctor."
"You're not even thirty yet, and I gave birth to you when the late emperor was thirty... You absolutely cannot be adopted now. How can I accept that?"
The Empress Dowager came today full of hope. Before coming, she had planned to ask the Emperor to take Xu Lingyi into the palace, but after coming, she only hoped that the Emperor would not adopt a child.
The emperor sighed helplessly, "Mother, please don't mention this matter anymore. I have made up my mind. In fact, I am unwilling to accept it, but I am truly infertile. There is no hope of having a child of my own in this lifetime. I have accepted it, and please accept it as soon as possible."
The emperor persuaded the empress dowager to leave.
After the empress dowager left, the emperor pressed his brows hard.
He didn't like the Queen Mother's behavior, but she happened to be his biological mother.
"Liu Jinzhong, go check." The emperor's face was as gloomy as water and his voice was indifferent.
Liu Jinzhong knew that His Majesty suspected that someone was deliberately instigating the Queen Mother, so it went without saying who to investigate.
Liu Jinzhong was very quick, and the emperor also learned what was happening in Xu Mansion at the moment.
"Your Majesty, this Miss Xu is truly insane. She actually dared to whip her own grandmother today. I heard a few months ago that she was killing innocent people and bullying her siblings. The news spread throughout the capital. No wonder she is so famous now."
Liu Jinzhong dared to speak like this because he guessed that the emperor must not like the woman recommended by the empress dowager.
The emperor stretched out his bony hand, lowered his eyes and looked at the other records of Xu Lingyi.
The secret guards didn't spend long on the investigation, so naturally the investigation wasn't in-depth. Most of it consisted of other people's comments about Xu Lingyi, the most common of which was her questioning Xie Huaixing in the street about breaking off the engagement.
The emperor turned to the story of Xu Lingyi. Other things were not discussed for the time being, but what happened in Xu Mansion today was true.
He frowned. Xu Lingyi happened to be the type of woman he disliked the most.
Because of that man, he didn't like any woman to get close to him, and he especially hated all arrogant and vicious women.
He would never allow such a woman to enter the palace.
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