Chapter 41

　　Half a month later, Barbara was promoted to Princess Barbara. 　　Ermengarde Qui handed Elizabeth a cup of tea and sighed. "Your highness, Barbara Liu doesn’t deserve this." 　　Elizabeth smiled and shook her head. "Ermengarde Qui, she was lucky that she bore the Emperor’s son. Heaven favored her with luck." 　　Elizabeth drank the tea but her chest felt constricted. Then, a stream of dry heat rushed to her throat. She spat out a mass of blood so heavily coagulated that even hot tea couldn't melt it. 　　“Your Highness!” 　　Ermengarde was so scared that she turned pale. "I'm going to call the doctor!" 　　Elizabeth would cough at night. Sometimes, she would cough for hours. 　　Even before this, Elizabeth had already begun to lose appetite. However, Ermengarde Qiu had always thought it was because the Queen was upset with the Emperor. 　　"There's no need to call the doctor, and you can't let anyone know." Her expression, as well as the tone o