After more than ten years of trying to have a child, every doctor told him indirectly and tactfully.
He had no hope of having any offspring in his lifetime.
If an ordinary doctor had said this today, the emperor would never have believed it.
But he knew that the man in front of him was the best doctor in the world.
"Doctor, are you sure?" The emperor's eyes were red, and he stared at the person in front of him without blinking, confirming again.
He seemed extremely nervous.
"Are you questioning my medical skills?"
The emperor shook his head: "It's just that none of my wives and concubines have given birth to children for many years... That's why Li...
The old doctor's pupils shrank, and he interrupted him: "You already have a wife or concubine at home? Then you...you are an adulterous couple? But she doesn't look like one, it's you..."
The old doctor didn't say anything else, but there was a hint of contempt in his eyes when he looked at the emperor.
The emperor was speechless for a moment.
"I was poisoned by an aphrodisiac a few days ago, and it was Madam who saved me. Madam is my lifesaver. If it weren't for her, I would have died by now."
In order to prevent this person from misunderstanding Xu Lingyi, the emperor started to explain.
The old doctor thought it made sense when he heard this, but he felt a little regretful. He squinted his eyes and looked at the emperor, then at Xu Lingyi.
"Is that so? Then, just pretend I never said anything just now, and you never heard it either. If you are destined to have no children, don't force it. Having no children is nothing, but repaying kindness with hatred is a crime that will be struck by lightning."
"I saved you. If I don't like you, you can't force me to do that just for the sake of having an heir."
After the old doctor finished speaking, he felt uneasy again. This man looked like someone who valued his offspring very much.
"Since this matter is caused by me, I cannot commit any sin and will definitely handle it to the end. If this little girl is willing, I will not interfere."
"But if you force her, I won't let you go. After all, I'm not just good at medicine... I have ten thousand ways to poison you."
The emperor nodded, and he spoke solemnly, "Old Doctor, Li is a human being, not an animal. He naturally knows this. Although Li longs for children, he is not a person who will do anything to achieve his goal, and he will not force her to have a child. Don't worry, old doctor."
Before he knew that she might give birth to a child for him, he had already planned to bring her into the palace, regardless of the child.
Perhaps it’s more because of her appearance. Everyone loves beauty.
Her looks are part of who she is.
Her melancholy temperament also made him more curious.
Besides...they both have the same experience.
Now... he felt even more that they were a destined couple.
He would only work harder to impress her and make her willing to follow him.
"Then you can leave now. I don't think your injuries are serious..."
The emperor shook his head. "I have enemies outside. Besides, I have always had feelings for Madam. Madam is already mine, so I have a responsibility to her."
The old doctor snorted coldly, his expression turning cold. "Don't you already have a wife and concubine at home? How can you still care about her and be responsible for her? Do you want your savior to be your concubine? How will your wife cope with this?"
What the old doctor wanted to say was exactly what Xu Lingyi wanted to say.
"Sir, please leave as soon as possible. I will never become your concubine."
Xu Lingyi's expression was much colder at this moment, and she looked as if she wanted to keep strangers away.
The emperor was silenced, and his heart sank a little.
"Li's legal wife... I have no feelings for her. She was my brother's fiancée. If my brother hadn't passed away, she would be my sister-in-law now."
When he succeeded to the throne, he was still young, and it was his mother who took charge of the government.
My mother was a daughter of the Cui family. Since the Cui family already had a queen dowager, they wanted to have another queen.
At that time, the Cui family had only one woman of the same age as him, the queen. The others were either still infants or had already married off.
Even if the queen didn't want to marry him, he didn't want to marry her either.
But at that time they had no say.
So she was forced to marry him, and he was equally forced to marry her.
Until now, the emperor still knew in his heart that the queen only cared about his deceased brother.
She had never liked him.
He had originally intended to deal with the Cui family when he returned to Beijing this time. The family was powerful enough to threaten the imperial power.
When he was young, he was unable to resist, but after he got married and took power, he began to take back power step by step.
Over the years, he has eliminated many aristocratic families.
In the past, he showed mercy to the Cui family many times because the family was his outsider.
However, the Cui family has become more and more ambitious. Not only do they want to interfere in the adoption of the royal heir, but now they even want to harm him.
The Cui family can no longer stay, and the queen must be deposed.
It’s not because of childlessness, nor is it because of love between men and women.
Just because she is a daughter of the Cui family.
"You kid, you can even marry your brother's fiancée?" The old doctor widened his eyes.
"This marriage between Li and her was wrong from the beginning. Now that her family is plotting to murder me, and she's secretly helping, it's destined that our positions and interests are clashing, and our relationship is about to end."
"It has nothing to do with anything else, let alone the fact that you, Madam, being with Li will hurt her."
The Cui family was so audacious that they were dead in the eyes of the emperor.
The Queen Mother was his biological mother. The Joseon Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, so he could not do anything to the Queen Mother.
But the queen's dethronement was a foregone conclusion.
The old doctor's expression brightened considerably. "So you're saying that you'll soon be without a wife, and you want to marry her as your principal wife?"
The emperor glanced at Xu Lingyi's expression, and her face remained unchanged.
He felt disappointed.
Maybe he didn't do well enough.
The emperor nodded: "Just as the old doctor said."
He stroked his beard and said, "That's about right."
"If you really like this girl, go and give it a try."
He turned to Xu Lingyi and said, "Little girl, he actually looks quite good. He's very handsome and has a good appearance. And his family background..."
"My family is very prominent, with a grandmother and mother. My grandmother is very kind in her old age, and my mother... my mother will live in a separate courtyard in the future and won't be with us all the time. If you marry Li, I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice."
The old doctor couldn't help but applaud after hearing this: "How can you be so prominent? Is your family a high-ranking official?"
The emperor agreed and decided not to reveal his identity for the time being.
If he had just said he was the emperor.
Even if she didn't want to, she would probably have no choice but to enter the palace.
In this way, even if he entered the palace, she would still be afraid of him and resist him.
Now that he had the time and opportunity, he wanted to cultivate feelings with her in an ordinary capacity and let her understand him.
So that she won’t just treat him as the emperor after his identity is exposed.
It's lonely at the top. Even the emperor is a lonely man and he still wants to have a happy marriage.
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