"I don't think I have any other course of action. Not at this point."
Jiang Cheng lifts his hand and touches his neck, feeling the ache there, the pain, surprised it hasn't burst out into bruises. He's shocked no one else could tell what was happening to him, that the flowers in his throat are enough to burn through him and explode out from under his skin. How could anyone understand what is happening to him and not expect death to be the next logical outcome?
It's not as if the cure would be something easy for him to accomplish.
"But thank you for your promise. It soothes me a great deal to know my child - my nephew will be cared for." He'll also have to ensure that Yunmeng has a proper heir, that they're trained and taught as best as he can manage in the time he has left, but he has a few months for that, at least.
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Jiang Cheng lifts his hand and touches his neck, feeling the ache there, the pain, surprised it hasn't burst out into bruises. He's shocked no one else could tell what was happening to him, that the flowers in his throat are enough to burn through him and explode out from under his skin. How could anyone understand what is happening to him and not expect death to be the next logical outcome?
It's not as if the cure would be something easy for him to accomplish.
"But thank you for your promise. It soothes me a great deal to know my child - my nephew will be cared for." He'll also have to ensure that Yunmeng has a proper heir, that they're trained and taught as best as he can manage in the time he has left, but he has a few months for that, at least.