The First Step, Taking Control of the Harbor District (III)

The dark guard nodded, but the hesitation in his heart still made him ask something he should never have said.

"Your Majesty, forgive this subordinate for speaking out of turn, but the Empress is about to give birth. Isn't it too dangerous to send her over there now?"

Xu Tianran said nothing. He simply stared quietly at the Dark Guard before him. "What do you think?"

The Dark Guard immediately shut his mouth. He knew Xu Tianran was angry, and understood that some things were neither his place to say nor his place to ask.

After bowing respectfully, he hurried to the Empress's bedchamber.

Once everything had returned to calm, moonlight finally illuminated the entire hall. The Current Emperor remained as steady as ever, but his expression was no longer as spirited as before. Instead, it was filled with an almost imperceptible deep-blue hue.

"Now that you've come, don't even think about leaving my grasp."

Xu Tianran raised his right hand and fiercely clenched the moon in his palm.

The bedchamber was on the third floor. Ever since Ju Zi became pregnant, she and the Current Emperor, Xu Tianran, had not seen each other for nearly nine months.

Although she had invited Xu Tianran over to rest here, so that things would at least look proper on the surface, he always found countless excuses to decline.

Since he refused to come, Ju Zi saw no reason to invite him again. She stayed alone in the bedchamber every day, occasionally going outside the palace for a walk.

"That's the situation, Empress War God. His Majesty seems determined to capture Jiang Yuheng."

"This subordinate believes this move is too reckless. If Frost Dragon Butterfly were such an easy target, he wouldn't have ruined our plans time and time again."

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