Long Xiaojiu fell silent.
Su Wan'er thought she was in a dilemma. So she said to her, "If you're in a tough spot, don't force yourself."
"No, it's not that I'm in a dilemma. It's just..." After a long period of silence, she finally gritted her teeth and decided to tell Su Wan'er her most genuine thoughts.
"Your Majesty, I can tell you the method, but can you promise that if one day you really have to go against our Southern Border Country, you won't use my prescription? I don't want to be the sinner who destroys the country." Long Xiaojiu looked at Su Wan'er with teary eyes.
Without hesitation, Su Wan'er nodded and promised Long Xiaojiu, "Don't worry. As long as I'm alive, I won't allow the soldiers to take military action against the Southern Border." As for what would happen after her death, things would have changed completely by then. Even if she wanted to stop it, she wouldn't be able to.
Long Xiaojiu knew that even for the emperor, making such a promise was already the greatest concession.
She took a deep breath and showed a smile to Su Wan'er. "Okay, I believe you, Your Majesty."
Su Wan'er turned to order Fang Xi to bring the writing brush and ink. She carefully wrote down the content of their discussion with Long Xiaojiu on the paper and stamped it with her seal.
Of course, it wasn't Si Junlin's seal. Although she could use Si Junlin's seal now, this was an agreement between her and Long Xiaojiu, and she didn't want to rely on others. So, on the promise letter, she used her own name.
Watching her finish everything, Si Junlin had been silent all along.
But Fang Xi, who was standing beside, noticed something.
He stared at the face of the "empress". For some reason, he thought of the emperor. And when he looked at the face of the "emperor", he thought of the empress. When this thought occurred to him, he was even scared by himself.
It seemed that the old saying was right. The longer a couple got along, the more likely they were to have a "husband - wife resemblance".
Otherwise, he really couldn't find any other reason to explain why the emperor and the empress looked so similar.
After Long Xiaojiu put away the contract, she also told her prescription.
Su Wan'er didn't dare to delay. She immediately sent someone to the Imperial Hospital and demanded that fifty bracelets be made within three days.
After all the things were settled, Su Wan'er finally let out a sigh of relief. She turned to Si Junlin with joy on her face. "I didn't expect this matter to be solved so easily..."
Before she could finish her words, she noticed that Si Junlin's expression was a bit strange, so her voice trailed off.
"... What's wrong?" Su Wan'er asked puzzledly.
"Why did you use your own seal instead of mine?" Si Junlin wasn't angry. He just wanted to know what was on Su Wan'er's mind.
She could always come up with a reason. He just wanted to see what her reason was this time.
Su Wan'er didn't expect Si Junlin to care about such a trivial matter. Looking at his extremely serious face without the slightest hint of joking, Su Wan'er knew that he really cared about this.
She stopped in her tracks and told the servants to stand far away. Then she said to him, "Your Majesty, I had my own considerations for using only my own seal this time."
"First of all, this is an agreement between me and Xiaojiu. Using my own seal shows my sincerity." Su Wan'er said very seriously. "Secondly, I'm thinking about the future."
"Our bodies can't stay in this state forever. If one day you plan to take military action against the Southern Border but are restricted by my promise to Xiaojiu, wouldn't you feel very frustrated? With my name on it, it says 'As long as I'm alive, I won't take military action against the Southern Border'. If you want to take military action against the Southern Border, you just need to kill me."
"You..." Si Junlin was speechless. After holding back for a long time, he said to her in a helpless tone, "Aren't you very afraid of death?"
"But this is an important part of the method to remove the gu. If there are no bracelets to remove the gu, nothing that follows will make sense." There was a very serious look in Su Wan'er's eyes. "To continue with what's to come, I have to do this. As for whether I die or not, it depends on whether you want to take military action against the Southern Border."
Si Junlin looked at her very seriously. After a long time, he suddenly took a step forward.
Su Wan'er instinctively took a step back. Since the wall was already very close, she ended up leaning against it directly.
"Y - Your Majesty, let's talk it over. Don't get excited." There was a stiff smile on Su Wan'er's face as she tried her best to calm Si Junlin down.
How could Si Junlin calm down?
"Do you think you can hide it?" Si Junlin took another step forward, completely trapping Su Wan'er between him and the wall. "Among the official's children who entertained the Southern Border envoys this time, there's your younger sister's husband, right?"
Su Wan'er fell silent.
Si Junlin said angrily, "I just don't understand why you always think about others? Can't you think about yourself? I don't know why you think your life is so cheap that you can throw it away casually. How many times do I have to remind you that you're the empress of the Jin Kingdom. In the Jin Kingdom, your life is more precious than anyone else's."
"Really..." Su Wan'er's voice suddenly became a bit low. He only said so because he had a good impression of her now, right? When she was wrongly accused before, why didn't he say so? At that time, she had almost forgotten that she was the empress...
"What's wrong?" Si Junlin didn't quite understand why her mood had become so low.
Su Wan'er took a deep breath, looked up and said, "It's nothing. I'll remember what you said, but I won't always remember it. For example, this time, I did this not only for my younger sister but also for those who were poisoned by the gu because of my mistake."
"Your mistake?" In the matter of the envoys, Su Wan'er had completely followed his words. Where was the mistake? If the person who was responsible for implementing his suggestions was wrong, wouldn't it mean that he was also wrong?
He was the emperor. If there were mistakes he didn't even know about, wouldn't the whole country be in danger?
When Su Wan'er heard that those young masters had been poisoned by the gu, there had always been a knot in her heart. She always felt that if she had refused the Southern Border envoys to enter at that time, the current situation wouldn't have happened.
Now that Si Junlin asked, Su Wan'er hesitated for a while. Finally, unable to withstand Si Junlin's gaze, she told him her knot in her heart.
As soon as Si Junlin heard it, he couldn't help laughing.
"You're overthinking it." He helped her stand upright and then continued, "You didn't do anything wrong in this matter."