Chapter 1180: Chapter 1174: Borrowing Seed
“Indeed, if there really is a matter of life and death, Imperial Physician Cui would surely call us all in.”
As they were speaking, the great door opened, and Imperial Physician Cui ca out, his head covered in sweat.
He looked as if he had aged ten years.
The other imperial physicians hurriedly approached him and asked, “Is the Empress alright?”
Imperial Physician Cui shook his head and waved his hands, saying, “It’s nothing, nothing.”
If it’s nothing, why do you look as though your mother has died?
“What actually happened?”
Imperial Physician Cui continued to shake his head, clearly indicating he would not speak of it.
There was nothing anyone could do, and they could only stop asking.
Since the Empress had not told them to leave, they could not go and just stood in the courtyard, continuing to gossip.
anwhile inside the palace, the Empress was weeping bitterly, and King Jin stood silently by her side, apparently still not recovered from the shock.
He was infertile, it turned out he was truly infertile.
He had thought before, if he, a man, were infertile, it might be better to just die, but now that it was true, he seed to lack the courage to die.
If he died, what would his mother do? He was the hope of the Ducal Residence, and what about those hundreds of people in the Ducal Residence? And what about Prince Jin Residence?
So he really couldn’t die.
“Mother, don’t cry anymore. Since I cannot have children, I will think of a way to adopt one. Didn’t Prince Qin just have two sons last year? I will talk to father emperor about adopting one.”
“Shut up,” the Empress scolded fiercely: “Even if I have to smash my head and die, I won’t bear to see Sheng Qiaoyue’s face.”
“But…” King Jin choked the rest of his words in his throat.
He had looked down on Prince Qin his whole life, how could he willingly do such a thing?
Even if he had no one to care for him in his old age, he didn’t want to adopt a son from Prince Qin, but what other choice did he have now?
“There’s still a way.” After the Empress had cried enough, she gradually regained her composure.
“What way?” King Jin quickly asked.
“Your infertility must not be known.” The Empress stared fiercely at King Jin with bloodshot eyes and gritted her teeth: “This must never be known, Imperial Physician Cui… I trust he dares not speak out, after this matter, I will have soone silence him!”
The Empress’s eyes revealed a frightening madness, startling King Jin into shivering.
“Mother, what are you thinking?” King Jin asked in shock with wide eyes.
“You must have a descendant, you must have a son.” The Empress’s eyes beca increasingly frantic.
King Jin sensed sothing terrible was about to happen, and he forced a painful smile, saying: “But I cannot have children…”
The Empress took a deep breath, gathering great courage before finally speaking those words.
“No matter, mother will find a way to get you a child…”
With a clatter, King Jin stumbled and fell to the ground.
He looked at the Empress in shock, his face full of disbelief.
A surrogacy?
How would that even work?
“No… Mother, you must be joking with your son, right?”
“Mother is not joking with you.” The Empress, heartbroken, stood up from her stool and reached out to help King Jin.
“My child, you have suffered, don’t be scared, your mother can manage everything for you, it’s okay if we can’t have children, we can…”
“No, it’s not okay!” King Jin shouted loudly.
The noise from King Jin was so loud that even those outside heard it.
Everyone stopped whispering. No other sound ca from the room.
“What happened now? Why is King Jin so loud?”
Inside the room, the Empress felt nothing but bitterness in her heart.
She didn’t want to do this either, but was there any other way?
If King Jin couldn’t procreate, then the imperial throne would definitely not include King Jin.
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