184: She bet everything on the gamble.

“You are gambling.”

The Emperor had been surprised by this Foster Mother's audacity several times already, but he realized she was still being underestimated.

This Female Beast's courage could almost be described as madness.

She blatantly put herself on the table, betting on a situation that might not even benefit her much personally.

She actually asked him about the future of the Empire... He slowly walked toward her.

“Hain, or Kong Jiamu. Oh... there is one more, Li.” The Emperor stood before Tu Nan, who appeared to be meekly bowing her head.

“Any one of them could allow you to live a decent life.”

Tu Nan remained silent.

“You didn't stop.” The Emperor smiled.

If what she sought wasn't an easily attainable stable life, then her ambition... “You discard their deep affection like worn-out shoes, just to pursue this truth?”

“Yes, I am gambling. But I have no choice. I can only win; I cannot lose.” Tu Nan responded submissively.

Then she changed the subject.

“Your Majesty, although I am a Foster Mother, I am equally concerned about the future of the Empire.”

Tu Nan stared at her toes, expressing her loyalty.

“Nonsense.” The Emperor was so angry he laughed.

How could a mere Female Beast, a Foster Mother raised in a Nursery, possess such vision?

And such ruthlessness.

“...It's not entirely nonsense, Your Majesty.” Tu Nan countered.

She seriously explained to him: “If it were just me, I could be resentful, and I could endure it. But my Children must also live in this world. Do you want me to watch my Children live in a world that is gradually losing hope?”

“Your Majesty. You can command thousands of powerful experts, yet you still don't understand. A mother, she gives birth to a complete person. Perhaps my love for my Children is similar to your love for the Empire.”

“Hmph, truly audacious.”

Although The Emperor said this, he admitted that perhaps it was indeed the truth.

Otherwise, how could he explain all this?

After all, she truly gave up everything and overcame countless difficulties to stand before him.

“I am audacious.” Tu Nan was proud. “Why can't a Foster Mother raise her own Children?”

“I have forgotten the Nursery Rules that I should have remembered, so I refuse to submit, Your Majesty!”

“I must protect my Children, watch them grow, shine, and run toward tomorrow. I hope they never fall into the abyss. I also want them to leave their names on this world and their mark on history.”

“A desperate mother cannot nurture happy Children, Your Majesty. If a Foster Mother cannot do that, then I will cease to be a Foster Mother.”

As Tu Nan spoke these words, her entire being was completely illuminated.

It was as if she was using ambition as fuel, burning fiercely with passion.

“Precisely because I not only possess strong personal conviction but also sufficient 'attention' from my Children's fathers, I firmly believe that only then can my Children achieve Breakthrough.”

“And those Foster Mothers who have no future are destined to drag their Children and the Empire toward the abyss.”

The Emperor suddenly asked.

“Are you saying all this to make me agree to let Kong Jiamu marry you? So you can save his Child?”

Tu Nan shook her head.

But she immediately realized that The Emperor asking this indicated he had already made a decision internally.

He had already decided to let Tu Nan proceed with this “experiment”; they were merely discussing the specific details of its execution... This was The Emperor.

“No, I don't want to marry anyone; marriage is meaningless to me. The experiment I mentioned also has nothing to do with marriage, but this matter is a bit troublesome...”

She felt a little embarrassed, quickly glanced up at The Emperor, and then lowered her head again.

“Hmm, based on the last experience, I suspect this kind of contact needs to be maintained until at least the fourth month of pregnancy... After all, last time, well... the Child only stabilized at four months.”

“I am carrying Two Children... Your Majesty, right now only one is lagging behind. But later...”

Simply put, the System only officially reported it after four months.

And this time, the S-rank Child needs eight months of gestation. She hoped to try harder and settle the matter within four months.

The Emperor's golden eyes narrowed.

He thought they were discussing having Kong Jiamu return to accompany her for a period, and once the Child's condition improved, the matter would be over.

What was she talking about now?

The Emperor suspected he had misunderstood.

“You are two months pregnant.” He was referencing the situation James had reported to him. “In other words, you don't just need Kong Jiamu, you are planning on involving both men? For at least two more months?”

Tu Nan's face flushed slightly, but she nodded firmly.

“What do you take Hain, and Kong Jiamu, for?”

He had indeed decided to let Kong Jiamu make a sacrifice and try assisting this Pioneer.

Once the result was known, he could just find a mission and send him away. Kong Jiamu didn't even need to know that this Female Beast was pregnant.

Result?

Two more months?

And two men? He was supposed to order this?

“Do you truly know who I am?”

He... Emperor Haoyuan, was supposed to issue such an order to his subjects? Regardless of the final outcome of this experiment, his lifelong reputation was doomed to be ruined.

Even the relationship between sovereign and subject wouldn't survive.

For the first time, Tu Nan slowly knelt before The Emperor.

“Your Majesty!” Her posture was humble. “I dare to risk my life kneeling here for their Children; they only need to pay a little bit of sincerity.”

Tu Nan did not want to discuss how she viewed the two Male Beasts.

They were the fathers of her Children; at least that identity was fixed.

“...Is this not fair?”

Clutching The Emperor's trousers, she looked pitiful, but the words she spoke were sharper.

“And you? For the future of the Empire, are you reluctant to part with them... or are you reluctant to part with your own reputation!”

Every time The Emperor thought he had managed his emotions, the person in front of him managed to infuriate him to the heavens again.

He pointed at Tu Nan, about to roar, but instead turned his head and started coughing violently again.

Yuan Zhe, who was serving as decoration in the corner, quickly pulled out a new Respirator from somewhere and rushed forward to help The Emperor put it on.

His gaze didn't even flick toward Tu Nan once.

Too fierce! He was afraid of being caught in the crossfire of her lethality!

This time, the distance was very close... the smell of the medicine inside the Respirator finally became clearer.

Tu Nan was startled, finally remembering what that smell was... It must contain the same ingredients as the medicine used in the Foster Mothers' Genetic Stabilizer.

This shared the same Fragrance Base as all the perfumes they produced.

She suddenly looked up, trying to see The Emperor's current condition clearly.

This time, Yuan Zhe quickly reprimanded her: “Look down!”

The rhythm of The Emperor's inhalation was disrupted, and he coughed again. But inhaling the medicine at least stabilized his emotions slightly.

He waved his hand, signaling Yuan Zhe to step back, and asked Tu Nan directly.

“You've said all this, so you must have a plan, right? Tell me, let me hear it.”

“Your Majesty... please give me a suitable identity, allowing me to stay in the Imperial Palace. As long as you give me a good reason to remain, I will handle the rest myself.”

“How about the Royal Medical Institute? You will certainly arrange people to monitor my physical condition anyway... What if we say that after I advised you, you assigned me to study eugenics research?”

“Just say... I obtained a lot of data from some strange Nurseries, and for research safety, I cannot leave the Imperial Palace.”

“How is that? Oh, and Sophia can serve as evidence; I also discovered her problem.”

Tu Nan had refined her plan several times over the past two days and was waiting for him to ask.

She looked at him eagerly.

The Emperor sneered.

“Did you just think of this? Huh? Medical Institute...”

“Not exactly. I was thinking of asking you to help me come up with one before, but now I think this one is suitable.”

“And then? What will you do about those two men?”

“I am serving Your Majesty and cannot leave the palace, so if they wish to see me, Your Majesty...” Tu Nan sighed. “Could you please avoid summoning them simultaneously? Or at least... avoid keeping both of them in the palace at the same time?”

“It won't be for too long, just over two months.”

“When the Children are born, you will have a total of four S-rank Disciples.”

“Oh? How will you explain it to them then?”

“I will find a way, don't I still have time?”

Tu Nan murmured.

“Your Majesty, can you pity me? Pity me, this desperate mother... or rather, can you choose me? For the future of the Empire?”