Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 96

"Your Majesty, the duke's your blood nephew! He hasn't even married yet. It can't be that you'd just see him go like this?" Old Lin rushed forward and sobbed. 

The emperor who was originally deliberating over something was interrupted by him instantly. He lowered his head and said helplessly, "Old Lin, stand up first. How is it possible for this emperor to not care about Yuanxian. Simply for the fact that he suffered from this injury for the good of the common people, even if he wasn't this emperor's nephew, this emperor couldn't just ignore him. But Imperial Physician Wu's medical skills is amongst the best in the Imperial Hospital. If even he is helpless, then this emperor truly is at a loss. Even if this was announced to the world and this emperor was to call on and recruit the best physicians across the world, it would still prove to be too late now."

That was indeed the truth and no one present could find any fault with it. Pei Yuanxian had already fallen into a coma. There wasn't even the slightest tinge of blood in his lips. If it weren't for his excellent martial foundation, perhaps he would've long been gone by now.

"Sob, sob... poor duke..." hearing the emperor's words, Old Lin completely lost his poise and image and began to cry. The emperor and the rest of the ministers felt helpless but couldn't scold him. What no one expected was in the midst of his sobs, Old Lin suddenly crawled up and grabbed onto the emperor's trousers and said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, it looks like the duke truly can't hold on anymore. Old Lin has heard that young men who head to the afterworld without having married would be laughed at and made a joke out of. I'm begging Your Majesty to please take pity on the duke and grant him a good marriage as to let him leave and go into the afterlife with full glory and not be bullied by others. Oh, Your Majesty..." Old Lin, the shameless old man, actually hugged onto the emperor's legs like a rascal. He might as well be wiping his tears and snot all over the emperor's trousers, but the emperor was not in the mood to mind his attitude. He was already stunned and dumbfounded by Old Lin's words.

He was already about to die and still wanted to marry in a Wangfei? With Pei Yuanxian's status and identity, the Wangfei wouldn't be able to be anyone with a low status either. But which minister would be willing to give up their main children to the fire pit and marry a dying man? Wasn't he being too excessive?

"Begging Your Majesty to please grant this request!"

The emperor and the ministers all felt their foreheads darken as they felt this matter truly wasn't appropriate. It was natural for the old man Lin to be this preposterous, but as the Ironclad Commander, even Tianshu actually knelt on one knee and cupped his fist and requested the same preposterous proposal. 

"Asking the emperor to please grant the request!" Under Tianshu's leadership, the Ironclad Guards both inside and outside the room all knelt down in unison as their petition reverberated throughout the room. 

The emperor's complexion immediately changed. The ministers also didn't look well either but they didn't dare to express anything. It was only a long while later that the emperor suppressed his belly full of dissatisfaction and said, "It's not that this emperor doesn't want to satisfy you, but rather, with Yuanxian's status, not just any Ger or woman would be worthy of marring him. This emperor doesn't believe any of you would be happy with settling with just anyone either. As for the ministers and officials' main children... you'll have to excuse this emperor for speaking bluntly, but which family would be willing to push their daughters and sons into the fire pit? Although this emperor is the monarch, I can't neglect and disregard the wishes of my beloved subjects."

This matter was truly too unreliable. He couldn't believe they would actually bring this up.

"Then is Your Majesty willing to simply let your nephew pass on to the other side and be bullied by others? As Your Majesty said, the duke only suffered from this injury for the sake of the thousands of common people fighting the flood. Now that he is at the brink of death, if even this small regret of his can't be appeased, then how do you expect his soul to rest in peace?"