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Emerald Flower floated into Ziyang Palace like a ghost, finding that dragging her feet made her feel a bit lighter.
Hehe, she had finally consumed eight pills. Tomorrow was the night of the full moon, and as long as she took the last one, she would be able to ascend to immortality.
With a thud, she collapsed onto the bed, or more accurately, onto Leng Qinghuai.
"Your Majesty, you're being restless again," Leng Qinghuai said coldly, looking at the "unknown object" pressing down on him.
Typically, when Leng Qinghuai wore such an unhappy expression, it meant he was about to get angry.
In the past, Emerald Flower would have taken the hint and left at this point.
But today, Emerald Flower showed no reaction, only mumbling weakly from under the blankets, "Consort, I wanted to tease you... but I really don't have the strength... If you throw me out now... then..." Her voice was soft and intermittent.
Leng Qinghuai turned to sit up and lit the candles in the room.
Only then did he see that Emerald Flower on the bed had clearly lost a lot of weight; her face was sharp, her lips were pale, and even the dark circles under her eyes were particularly pronounced.
This was nowhere near the energetic Emerald Flower who had once vowed to win him over.
"That medicine is problematic!"
Emerald Flower trembled all over, clutching tightly at his clothing as she urgently pleaded, "Don't go, don't go! Just wait one more day, and I can ascend to immortality with you!"
Suppressing the pain in his heart, Leng Qinghuai gently stroked her forehead.
Her forehead was drenched in cold sweat, yet her body felt as hot as a furnace. Watching her suffer so much while feeling powerless caused a sharp ache in Leng Qinghuai's heart.
Tears fell from his eyes involuntarily, landing on her forehead like sparkling jewels.
"Please don't take that medicine anymore, promise me?" His voice was filled with tenderness and concern.
Emerald Flower had never seen Leng Qinghuai so serious and gentle before. He always smiled at everyone in Dongliang Kingdom but rarely spoke more than a few words to her.
But today, his eyes were filled with love, shining brightly in the candlelight.
She wiped away her tears and choked out, "I won't take it anymore. If Consort doesn't like it, then I won't."
She hated to see Leng Qinghuai cry and disliked it when he was angry; she only wanted to see him smile. As long as he could be happy, she would willingly give up everything for him.
The pain and turmoil in Leng Qinghuai's heart surged like a tide, and he could clearly hear the sound of his own heartbeat.
At this moment, all he could do was sigh repeatedly and hold Emerald Flower tightly, hoping to ease the ache within him.
Even though he was to face tribulation and ascend tomorrow, he did not want Emerald Flower to be sad; he only wished for her happiness, just like before, when she could joyfully call him her "foolish ruler."
If fate could be chosen anew, he would rather completely remove himself from Emerald Flower's life.
On the night of the fifteenth, the full moon hung high in the sky, its light tinged with an eerie shade of red.
Emerald Flower gazed at the last pill in the box with a complicated expression.
She was terrified of the excruciating pain that accompanied taking the pill. One moment she felt as cold as if trapped in an ice cellar, and the next, she burned as if engulfed in flames. The suffering she had endured throughout her life paled in comparison to the torment of these past few days.
"Your Majesty, this is a decisive moment; do not hesitate any longer..." Green-Robed Taoist urged sharply.
"Let's do this!" Emerald Flower steeled herself and, with a gulp, swallowed the pill.
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