When Princess Minghua saw the emperor come in, she instantly calmed down.
The crying stopped abruptly, and her tears fell down in strings, looking particularly pitiful.
"Father, you...are you really going to kill me?" Princess Minghua asked with her head down and sobs.
She didn't dare look up at him. She knew how much he longed for a prince.
At this moment, fear surged into her heart. On the one hand, she couldn't believe that he would kill her.
But on the other hand, my father is the emperor, and it is said that emperors are ruthless.
Her father had indeed killed more than a dozen of his brothers, but she had never thought that the emperor would kill her.
Perhaps it was his endless doting on her in the past few years that made her overestimate her position in her father's heart.
The emperor looked at her with boundless regret and sorrow in his heart.
He always thought she was young and that he only had one daughter. When she was still in her infancy, he had taken care of her day and night.
Even though he felt sorry that she was a princess, he still devoted all his efforts to her and was often worried that his only child would leave him.
He carefully raised her and when she came of age, his worries about her early death finally dissipated.
She was like a young seedling, and he and the Queen Mother spent countless energy on her.
But it was his first time raising a child, and he raised her in the wrong way.
Everything that happened to her today might not be caused by him.
"Minghua, this time, the Emperor cannot forgive you. It is my fault that you are so cruel now. The Emperor will forgive you in the future, but our fate as father and daughter has ended in this life."
Although the emperor hated her in his heart, he might not also hate himself.
Princess Minghua was stunned, her eyes widened, and then fear rose in her heart.
"Father, father, I really know I was wrong, father." Princess Minghua grabbed the emperor's sleeve.
Just like she held him back countless times when she was a child, the difference was that this time her face was covered with tears and fear.
"Father, I promise that I will never target the Xu family again, let alone take action against them. I really don't dare to do that. Father, please don't kill me, Father, Father! I still have a lot of things to do. Didn't you say you would see me get married and start a family? I'm only seventeen now. Father, you can exile me or imprison me, but please don't kill me! Baoer really doesn't want to die. I'm so scared, Father."
Princess Minghua burst into tears, the fear of death making her unable to calm down.
She finally realized that her father was serious this time.
The emperor couldn't bear to look at her anymore, as she would never understand the feelings of being a parent.
By killing her he was also punishing himself.
The emperor pulled Princess Minghua's hand away, looked at Chief Steward Zhang, and signaled him to take action.
It was the first time that Manager Zhang saw such a sad look on the emperor's face, and his hand holding the wine bottle trembled.
The emperor asked him to give the cup of wine to the princess.
"Your Majesty, Princess Minghua has already consumed the poisoned wine."
The emperor said nothing more, but just stood there.
"Your Majesty?" Chief Steward Zhang looked at the emperor.
"No problem, I'll walk around by myself."
The emperor thought a lot, including the prince he had been waiting for for a long time in the queen's belly. Today, that child turned into a pool of blood.
The princess whom he had loved for more than ten years was now sentenced to death by him.
The Queen Mother's health was now declining, and he knew in his heart that she might pass away soon.
He immediately became a real lonely man, with only the queen and the eldest prince left.
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When Xu Lingyi heard that Princess Minghua was dead, she was in a trance for a few seconds, and then she was filled with joy from the bottom of her heart.
"If I had known it would be so easy, I should have let her die sooner."
Li Xu in the sky prison should probably be killed, and it’s time for her to say goodbye to her past life.
In this life, her father, brother, mother, sister-in-law, and all the Xu family members will not suffer the same fate as in the previous life.
The gloom in her heart disappeared completely at this moment.
In the future, I will raise my children well and do what I can.
A few days after Princess Minghua's death, the Queen Mother passed away.
Before she died, she looked at the eldest prince with love.
"Xi'er...Xi'er." The Queen Mother called out.
Xu Lingyi placed the eldest prince next to her.
The Queen Mother took Xu Lingyi's hand and said, "Queen...I want to...thank you. In the future, I will serve the Emperor again..."
She passed away before she could finish her words.
"Mother!" The emperor was heartbroken.
The empress dowager's funeral was extremely grand, and it goes without saying that the emperor was very filial to his mother.
Xu Lingyi had a miscarriage due to a false pregnancy, and the emperor specifically told her that she did not need to keep vigil.
"This is also what the Queen Mother meant. It's freezing outside, and you just had a miscarriage. How can you bear it if you kneel outside? The Queen Mother and I know your filial piety. Just take care of yourself."
After a month, not only the concubines and ladies in the harem, but even the emperor had lost a lot of weight.
Xu Lingyi was shocked when she saw the emperor after many days.
In the darkness, the emperor hugged her tightly, "Queen, I only have you and Xi'er now."
"Your Majesty, I and your child will always be with you, Queen Mother..."
Xu Lingyi's voice choked with sobs. She also pretended to be extremely heartbroken at this moment, "The Queen Mother's spirit in heaven would certainly not want to see Your Majesty like this. For the Queen Mother's sake, Your Majesty must also take care of your health."
The emperor hugged her tightly and said, "Wait until the Queen Mother's mourning period is over, and then give birth to a few more children for me."
The emperor knew that this was also the empress dowager's dying wish.
She would not give the emperor time to miss Princess Minghua and the Queen Mother, so it would be just right for her to get pregnant after a while.
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One day, when Xu Lingyi was diagnosed with pregnancy again, the emperor was attending the morning court.
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