Vol 8 Chapter 73 (2/2)
“I, I see.”
Liu Biao seemed like he didn’t particularly care but Lady Cai was extremely nervous, as she was afraid Liu Biao might ask her what she did and who she met so late in the night.
Good thing that Liu Biao didn’t seem to care about this. Lady Cai looked at him for a long while but Liu Biao didn’t say or do anything.
“Jin Sheng?”
“Ah?”
“Are you thinking about something?”
“Un… I guess so.”
When Liu Biao said this, Lady Cai’s sensitivities were triggered and she questioned him, “Does it have to do with what happened with Imperial Uncle from before?”
“… No, that’s not it.” Liu Biao lowered his head as he said so.
When Lady Cai saw this, she hurriedly took a bowl of water from the side and handed it to Liu Biao, “Here, Jin Sheng.”
“Ah un, thank you.” Liu Biao took the bowl but did not drink. In stead, he stared at the waves and then suddenly asked, “My Lady, do you think I should choose Qi’er or Cong’er?”
It’s here!!
As Lady Cai expected, Liu Biao broached this topic. Of course, the answer was obvious and was something Lady Cai had practised many, many times over now.
“For this issue, I feel that it is better if Jin Sheng decides.” Lady Cai said but quickly continued, “But from the perspective of your Lady, I hope that you can choose the smarter child. The path of a ruler requires compa.s.sion. While both Qi’er and Cong’er are just as capable children, Cong’er wins in terms of compa.s.sion. Qi’er is, of course, a capable child so she can a.s.sist Cong’er.”
In one breath, she said all she wanted to.
Liu Biao then sank into thought. Clearly, he had not come to decision on this.
“But… What about Qi’er–”
“Qi’er will understand. You’re her father after all.” Before Liu Biao could finish, Lady Cai quickly interrupted.
“Un…” Liu Biao sank into thought once more and nodded, “Give me more time to think this over once more.”
“Jin Sheng! How long have you taken with this already?!”
“But this is– Wuu!”
*Dong*
While Lady Cai was still thinking of ways to push her case through, Liu Biao suddenly keeled over.
“Jin Sheng!?” Lady Cai exclaimed as she rushed over and helped Liu Biao up.
“*Kekekeke*– Ah– *Kekeke*–” Immediately, Liu Biao began coughing incessantly in between gasps. From the perspective of a bystander, it wouldn’t seem strange if Liu Biao were to die anytime.
“Jn Sheng!! Jin Sheng!!” Lady Cai yelled out loudly over and over again, as though she were hoping that her voice could somehow help. Of course, this was impossible, and only exacerbated the problem.
“Kuh!” Liu Biao gave one last violent cough and spat out fresh blood on his chest. After this, he looked somewhat better as he slowly gasped, “Haa…. Haa…”
“Here, let me bring you today’s dose of medicine.” Lady Cai said when she saw this, and promptly went into her annex and brought out medicinal soup for Liu Biao, “The physician said that you need to be more careful with this illness of yours. Have some of this medicine.”
“Ah… Un.”
When Lady Cai finished, she handed the bowl to Liu Biao who stared at the bowl for a few seconds before finis.h.i.+ng it in one gulp.
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