"Tianzhen, come here a moment. I have something important to tell you." Xu Tianran beckoned with a solemn expression.
Xu Tianzhen, who had been having the servants pick flowers, froze for a moment.
As the most favored princess of the Sun Moon Empire,
she enjoyed every possible affection.
Usually,
Even Imperial Father spoke gently to her and rarely lost his temper.
That went doubly for her Imperial Brothers.
If she said she wanted the stars today, her brothers would find a way to pluck them down for her by tomorrow.
Yet today, her Imperial Brother Xu Tianran was speaking to her in such a serious tone.
Could Imperial Father be...
A bad feeling immediately rose in her heart.
"All of you, leave us. My Imperial Brother and I have something important to discuss."
"Without my permission, no one is allowed to come near."
Though her face was full of suspicion, she dismissed the servants and obediently walked over to Xu Tianran.
Only after all the servants had left
Xu Tianzhen asked, "Imperial Brother, there are no outsiders here now. Hurry up and tell me what's so important."
"Is Imperial Father on the verge of dying again? That's impossible. Just yesterday, the imperial physician told me Imperial Father was doing reasonably well and everything was under control."
Xu Tianran looked constipated. Isn't that all because of Chen Mo's pill?
Imperial Father had been on the verge of death.
Yet after taking that pill, he could hold on for another few years.
Poor Xu Tianran had already had his dragon robe made, only for this unexpected turn of events to arise.
What infuriated him even more was that,
with Chen Mo being the culprit, not only could he not retaliate,
he even had to give his sister to him.
How could that