In the Southern Palace, Gu Jingxi has been staying with the palace for many days. His father is seriously ill and Chu Muhen has not returned. All the affairs in the palace are handled by him. For a person who is already sick and weak, he has been working hard for many days and his body is a little tired.

Can't live.

But he couldn't be seen by others. He could only brew a bowl of medicine that was painful to the bottom of his heart and pour it into his mouth in the dead of night.

In the past, his imperial brother accompanied him when he drank medicine. After the emperor left, Chu Muhen accompanied him. Although Chu Muhen forced him to do some things he didn't want to do, in the end, he was still kind to him.

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Always give him a candy when the medicine is bitter...

Now, he was the only one left. He lowered his eyes, his eyes were quiet, he clenched his hand, hid the medicine bowl at hand, and then returned to his father's palace.

"Cough cough cough..."

The man on the dragon bed coughed twice more and vomited a mouthful of blood. The imperial doctor who had been standing by him immediately came forward to check, felt his pulse, shook his head, then walked to Gu Jingxi, knelt down.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive tonight. Please leave a will, Your Majesty."

The imperial doctor knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

Gu Jingxi glanced at the person on the bed. It was strange that at this moment, he could not shed a single tear. His eyes were only red, but he did not cry. He raised his eyes and let the tears in his eyes fall.

The tears slowly faded away, "Your Highness... I understand."

He could only answer, "I understand." Apart from this, what else could he say.

When the imperial doctor retired, Gu Jingxi slowly walked to the bed. The person on the bed had no strength to breathe. There was only air coming in and no air coming out. Every breath seemed to use a lot of effort.

The person on the bed has tears in his eyes. It is the delusion of survival before death. When life comes to an end, there will always be nostalgia, but even so, you have to let go.

"Father."

Gu Jingxi lowered her eyes, her voice trembled, and slowly knelt down, "Father...it's me."

The person on the bed moved the corner of his mouth and said a few words, but the voice was too soft. Gu Jingxi had to bend down and get closer to the person on the bed to hear the voice clearly.

"Jingxi, I... know that you are Jingxi, child."

With a low and feeble word, Gu Jingxi's eyes trembled, and his hair covered his eyes. Tears shone in his eyes, which revealed all the fatigue. He gritted his teeth and said nothing.

The person on the bed paused for a long time before speaking again, "I... will hand over the Southern Kingdom to you. Until Jingxu returns, you will be the legitimate one."

"Keep the throne and wait for your brother to come back. Be sure not to hand over the throne to your... emperor... uncles, otherwise, you... will die."

This sentence made Gu Jingxi clench her lips and teeth, her eyes were red, and she said firmly, "Father, don't worry. Jing... Xi will be safe."

The old emperor smiled, his eyes slowly losing their light, like dead wood, "Well, I...don't worry, it's just...Jingxu, Xu..."

At the end, he left the word "Xu" and closed his eyes. He also let go of Gu Jingxi's hand and opened his mouth slightly, as if there were still some unfinished words.

Gu Jingxi stood beside the bed, standing quietly, with her hair down and a bit gloomy. The imperial doctor came in from outside the house with medicine. When he saw the person on the bed, he immediately put down the medicine bowl and said, "Your Majesty is dead!"

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This sentence immediately spread outside the house, and all the attendants in the house knelt down. The guards guarding the house also knelt down, and all the officials who had been guarding the door knelt down.

"Your Majesty ascends to heaven, the prince succeeds to the throne, and all officials kneel!"

I don't know who shouted, and everyone outside knelt down, "The prince succeeds to the throne, long live the new emperor."

Gu Jingxi was still standing in front of the bed. He bent down and covered his father's face with a piece of white cloth. His fingers were white and his face was not good. "Father, Jingxi will guard this place."

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"Wait a minute, he is not the Crown Prince and cannot succeed to the throne."

Suddenly, there were noisy sounds and quarrels outside the hall.

"Fourth Prince, what are you doing? You can't enter, Fourth Prince!"

The guards outside immediately stopped him, but were stopped by the person who came with a sword. Gu Jingxi turned around, only to see that someone had already come in.

Unexpectedly, it was Gu Qingyuan, his fourth uncle who had always been "loyal" to his father and the emperor whom he had always respected and loved.

"Uncle Four Emperors, what's the matter?"

Gu Jingxi stood in front of the dragon bed, her eyes were scarlet, but she looked at the visitor calmly, "Uncle, I will take the throne now. I...will not hold the uncle disrespectful, so please step aside."

Gu Qingyuan smiled sarcastically, "Jingxi, stop pretending. Uncle Huang has watched you grow up, and the look in your eyes and Jingxu's are too different."

Gu Qingyuan glanced at the person on the dragon bed who was half covered with cloth, and smiled coldly, "Jingxi, all the officials are out there, why don't you admit it?"

Gu Jingxi narrowed her eyes without retreating at all, standing indifferently, "It doesn't matter if it's Jingxi, but it doesn't matter if it's not... Jingxi."

He looked at the person in front of him and his voice was silent.

"So, His Highness is admitting that he is no longer the prince!"

Gu Qingyuan's eyes were gloomy, he pulled up a seat and sat down. With a wave of his hand, he opened the door. Kneeling outside were the civil and military officials who hurried over. They knelt in the corridor outside and heard the conversation clearly.

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Gu Qingyuan continued to ask: "Then may I ask, Your Highness, if you knew at that time that it was His Highness the Crown Prince who was sent to the North Kingdom."

Gu Qingyuan's voice was low, and he showed no mercy when questioning Gu Jingxi. Obviously, he wanted to force Gu Jingxi onto a road from which he could not turn back...

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