The Dragon's Flower Vol 6 - Vol 9 (END)

Vol 7 Chap 237 - Your guts are especially strong today!

A/N: I will be changing (Qi) to (spiritual energy) from this chapter onwards

XH 237 - Your guts are especially strong today!

Everyone was overjoyed when the 20th Emperor finally awakened, except for the person himself.

With a neverending gentle smile, Doctor Bai said that the Emperor was healthy with all his injuries cured. 

All except for one thing. 

"I suggest that Your Majesty stop using aphrodisiac drugs. Your Majesty may have taken a small dose per intake, but after accumulated for years had overworked your organ and diminished your dragon vitality. Your fertility is almost nonexistent."

The Emperor knew that he never used aphrodisiac and immediately understood that it was Concubine He that fed him aphrodisiac in soup almost every night. His depression became severe after knowing the truth. 

He had treated Concubine He so well, in an attempt to win her heart after hurting it when he forcefully took her away from her first love. But that pair of dogs dared to make him wear a green hat, even dared to aim for his life and throne!

The Emperor does not know how long he had laid on the bed, his soul tired and viewed life with blank eyes, wallowing in his depressing thoughts until someone slapped him across his face. 

An eunuch that happened to be inside the room got the chance to witness it and let out a sharp gasp. He quickly kneeled down fearfully, not knowing what to do except for begging for forgiveness and mercy.

The Emperor stared blankly at his Empress, who was staring down at him with a gaze that could freeze a person right down to their soul. 

"Are you sad because your eldest son died or because your favorite concubine betrayed you?" Her words were filled with sharp knives, unleashing her mockery and used it to mercilessly stab into his defenseless heart.

He could only blankly stare at her, as he does not have the energy or will to answer her. His mind was swimming in a dazed state, not in the right mind to supply an intelligent answer. 

"Did you forget you are the Emperor? Everyone in this Kingdom depends on you but you waste everyone's time by laying on the bed, caught up in your own misery. Your ministers plead for you to get well, plead for you to stay strong, but you continue on disappointing them the longer you stay this way. If you don't want to take responsibility as an Emperor, then pass your throne to one of your sons! No one will bother you on what you want to do after that!"

By now, every servant inside and outside the room kneeled down fearfully. Oh, my great Empress, your guts are especially strong today!

However, it was all thanks to the Empress' strong guts that the Emperor finally allowed himself to recover! 

He eased the ministers' worries, calmed down the restless citizens, and then put up a bounty on Liu Chu Chu throughout the Four Kingdoms.

Only with her death and her corpse as proof will the rewards be given. The reward was special, which was that the person will be given a chance to have his one wish granted by the Emperor. 

It was a reward that many would salivate for.

As the Crown Prince had died, the next candidate must be picked. Originally, the second in line would be the Second Prince, but his candidacy was no longer valid. The Emperor had to decide which of his remaining sons will be the next Crown Prince.

"The eighth brother will do well," His third son said before the Emperor could even say he wanted him to be the next Crown Prince.

"We had heard he had recovered his mind and is happy for him, but he is still too young." His eighth son was also naive and ignorant of how politics worked. It would be the same as sending a cute lamb right to the hungry wolves.