Chapter 1132: Grand Finale: Return of an Old Friend (40)
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Gao Zhan stroked his completely white beard and shook his head, saying, "I did everything I could to save her life. This body was already on its last legs, but she had a strong will to live. Perhaps she had something to regret, and she refused to let go of her last breath. With that last breath, I used the golden needles to seal her acupuncture points and saved her life, but it only saved her life."
"Grandfather, what does this mean?" Gao Yang asked. He had been away from home for many years. When he embarked on his official career, he went against the Gao family's ideals and was expelled. He had not had any contact with the Gao family in many years. The word "Grandfather" made Gao Zhan tremble slightly.
"What this means is that she might sleep forever. Although she's breathing and has a pulse, she'll never wake up, and she'll never be able to open her eyes. Maybe she'll wake up, but..." He looked at Gao Yang, "just like the young master of the Ye family whom you treated, no one knows what she'll look like after she wakes up."
In other words, after Shen Miao wakes up, she might become as stupid as Ye Hongguang. However, it is more likely that she will just continue to sleep like this year after year, and will never open her eyes to look at Xie Jingxing until she dies of old age.
"That's just..." Ji Yushu swallowed the words "living dead". But even if he didn't say it out loud, the people around him understood what Gao Zhan meant.
"In that case," Gao Zhan asked Xie Jingxing, "Your Highness, are you still willing to wait?"
"It doesn't matter how long it takes." Xie Jingxing said, "She has fulfilled her promise and will wait for me to return. What if I wait for her for the rest of my life? Her life is mine. Even the King of Hell cannot take it without my permission." As he spoke, his eyebrows were cold and stern, with the icy coldness of Emperor Yongle, but he still had his own arrogance, and he didn't care about anything.
Everyone was silent.
Shen Miao closed her eyes and could not hear these sounds. She seemed to be sleeping very soundly. Luo Tan said, "Go out and let her rest for a few days. She hasn't had a good rest in the past year."
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Xie Jingxing treated the two babies very well.
His long-time colleagues and friends were stunned by his patience. It's said that young fathers, despite embracing parenthood, often resist raising children due to their inherent carelessness and lack of attention.
And Xie Jingxing's personality has nothing to do with "gentleness and patience".
But he did go beyond everyone's expectations. He spent every day with the two children. He personally took care of their poop and piss without complaining, and he was even picky about the wet nurse. A grown man, he wanted to be involved in every detail. The two children now only had nicknames, both given by Xie Jingxing: one was called "Chu Yi" and the other was called "Shi Wu".
Everyone thought the nickname was too arbitrary, but Xie Jingxing argued, "The moon is at its fullest on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month. Besides, it's none of your business what my son's name is. Get lost."
Everyone had no choice but to leave.
But you can ignore everything, ignore the name, ignore how he takes care of the baby, you still have to do what you have to do.
The Yongle Emperor's edict of succession was known to the entire court. Now that the world was at peace, Xie Jingxing was also to ascend the throne. The ascension to the throne would take its natural course, but what about the empress?
Who to establish?
Shen Miao is still lying there, perhaps she will never wake up in her lifetime, or perhaps she will be an idiot when she wakes up. There has never been a precedent for such a queen in the past dynasties.
It doesn't seem likely. The days ahead are too long, and people's hearts change. Xie Jingxing can be said to be loyal to Shen Miao now, but who can tell in the future?
Luo Tan was deeply distraught when he heard the news. The Shen family army had returned with the Daliang army and had not yet reached Longye. Therefore, he did not know what had happened to Shen Miao. As Shen Miao's only relative, Luo Tan did not want to see Shen Miao suffer any injustice. He was even more unwilling to accept that Shen Miao had given everything but received nothing.
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