Another Story: Empress Turn Part Two

"IF you had let me heal you… now you would be here… you would have met Xichen… A-Li"

Zhao broke down remembering that fact, his tears fell faster and everyone froze, the king hidden among the trees opened his eyes in surprise, that... Zhao had never told him about that... was there a way to heal her? And she…did she refuse?

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Zhao had studied more than other doctors until exhausting the last of his possibilities because the person who was dying was his friend, almost like a sister to him.

How could he let her die in front of his eyes? Even though anyone who knows his real feelings toward the king could say they were love rivals, Zhao will never let anyone die without the last piece of information.

The research also served as a distraction for Zhao to not be around A-Yang, that determination was the reason why he had become a renowned doctor after they finished school.