With the intention of threatening Jia Xu's family if he failed.
Guo Jia strode out of the Bedchamber with his head held high.
Liu Xie watched Guo Jia leave, boundless drive rising within him as well. I cannot afford to slack off anymore either!
After all, even his subjects were working so hard. What excuse did he, the Son of Heaven, have to be lazy? His future was at stake!
Liu Xie headed straight for Zhen Mi's Qingli Palace. He needed to make a baby!
Without a baby, no amount of promising grand feasts would do any good.
But after entering Qingli Palace, just as he reached the doors to Zhen Mi's sleeping quarters, he heard sobbing from inside. Liu Xie immediately recognized Zhen Mi's voice.
"What happened?"
Liu Xie's heart tightened. He beckoned over a palace maid standing outside the room and asked, "Why is Lady Zhen crying?"
Worry showed on the maid's face. "Your Majesty, news arrived from the Noble Lady's family yesterday. Her second elder brother passed away ten days ago."
"Since receiving the news, the Noble Lady has refused food and drink and has been crying on and off. None of us can persuade her."
Startled, Liu Xie looked up at the tightly shut doors.
No wonder she's crying so bitterly. Someone in her family died... and I didn't even know. Liu Xie felt that he had been rather lacking in his concern for Zhen Mi.
Although he had no real feelings for Zhen Mi, her second brother had died and he had not even known, yet he was still thinking about dangling empty promises before her... He truly was the very definition of a scumbag.
Liu Xie could not help feeling his cheeks grow slightly hot.
But now that he knew, he naturally had to