Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

After returning home, Song Zhi felt more relaxed than ever before.

She drank two bowls of ginseng soup with a smile and praised Xie Yinyin's cooking skills.

The family is warm and lively.

But soon, someone came and broke this warmth.

The palace carriage stopped at the door, and the dog emperor summoned Song Zhi into the palace.

Fortunately, she came back in time, otherwise if she was still thousands of miles away, she would have been exposed.

Song Zhi gave Song Yang and Song Chenfeng a reassuring look and got on the carriage to the palace.

On the way, she wanted to test the waters, but the eunuch who came to pick her up kept his mouth shut and refused to reveal a single word.

She was not panicked and was taken to the Funing Palace where the emperor lived calmly.

The atmosphere in the hall was heavy. When he passed by Xiao Qingzi at the door, he nodded to her imperceptibly.

Song Zhi walked in with greater confidence and soon arrived at the hall.

There was a strong smell of medicine lingering inside, and perhaps because they were afraid of the cold, there were two pots of charcoal burning inside.

When she entered, she saw the emperor standing in front of a portrait in a daze.

The portrait depicted a woman, wearing a white dress that was spotless. Her eyes were like a deep, clear spring reflecting the beauty of the world. She had beautiful red lips and skin whiter than snow.

It seems as if God has gathered all the advantages in her alone, and one look at her makes people feel that no one can compare to her.

Even if it is just a painting, you can see that the person in the painting has a noble and elegant temperament, and exudes ultimate charm in every gesture.

It was the first time that Song Zhi saw this painting, but she somehow guessed the identity of the person in the painting.

The emperor was stunned and said, "She is still so beautiful, but I am old."

He turned around slowly, his eyes filled with regret, "Tell me, am I a failed father?"

Song Zhi said, "Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth."

“It’s a real failure.”

These words came out of her mouth without any hesitation, and her eyes were so sincere that it was frightening.

The emperor's mouth twitched, "You're not even willing to tell me a lie?"

Song Zhi was innocent. "Didn't the emperor ask you to tell the truth?"

"No one is as bold as you."

The emperor laughed angrily. He turned around and looked at Song Zhi, frowning at the change in her temperament.

"you……"

Song Zhi knew that the emperor would be able to see her difference, so she quickly clarified, "People who have been to the gates of hell usually have a clearer perspective."

This reason was flawless, and the emperor nodded, apparently believing it.

"You are so straightforward, no wonder Nan Qi likes you."

His eyes were deep as he spoke, "Actually, I asked you to come to the palace today because there is something I need you to do."

Before the emperor could say anything, Song Zhi spoke first, "Your Majesty, I'm not going to ask you to be a lobbyist, am I?"

The emperor looked very unhappy when his secret was guessed.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I ask you to be a lobbyist, so what? If I order you to do this, you have to do it!"

"Forgive me for not being able to obey your command."

Song Zhi's eyes were fixed. "Aqi has already made his choice, hasn't he? Doesn't his attitude speak for itself? Could it be that the Emperor, after treating him so harshly, is trying to redeem himself out of self-admiration just to make himself feel better?"

"Your Majesty, don't you think that you are worthy of being praised as an old father trying to regain his son's true love?!"

The emperor's face turned pale and blue, and he pointed at Song Zhi and shouted angrily, trembling.

"You are presumptuous!"

"You may be so presumptuous, but Your Majesty, why do you think that a simple apology from you after causing so much harm should be accepted? He is a human being, not an object that you can summon and dismiss at will."

"But I am his father after all!"

"So what? You've already expelled him from the Jade Disc yourself, haven't you? He has nothing to do with you or the royal family now."

The emperor was speechless, his chest heaving violently and his eyes fierce.

Just when Song Zhi thought he was going to fly into a rage, he suddenly sat down dejectedly.

"I just didn't know. I was also kept in the dark. He can't completely deny my relationship with him because of this."

The emperor's mouth was bitter. "If I had known the truth earlier, how could I have treated him like this? I would have loved him so much."

Ever since he learned the truth, he tried every possible way to meet Mu Nanqi.

But Mu Nanqi was determined not to see him.

The people he sent knelt in front of Gouer Lane but couldn't make him soften his heart at all. It seemed that they had made up their minds that they would never see each other again in this life.

Of course, the emperor could use more forceful means to bring him into the palace, but their relationship was already so irreparable that he didn't want to make it worse.

So he thought of Song Zhi.

The person that Mu Nanqi would rather marry than marry into his wife's family might be able to help him.

However, he didn't expect that these two people were more stubborn than each other, and his conversation with Song Zhi was not pleasant.

The emperor looked painful, as if he was suffering from inner torment.

However, Song Zhi still did not show the reaction he wanted.

"so what?"

After the emperor said those words with a wronged tone, her tone was extremely calm.

While he was calm, there was a hint of playfulness in his eyes.

"Don't make yourself sound so innocent. You said you knew you should love Ah Qi and wouldn't treat him like that. This shows you don't even know where the fundamental problem lies."

Song Zhi originally didn't want to say too much to him, but when he thought of Mu Nanqi's cold attitude towards outsiders, he decided to say a few more words for him.

"With so many children in the royal family, everyone knows it's impossible to treat them all equally. It can be said that being born into the royal family doesn't mean you expect equal love."

"As your child, he doesn't require you to dote on him. You just need to treat him like your own child and take care of him occasionally."

"You used to hate him because his mother was the former queen's sister, but now you're trying to win him back because his mother was the former queen."

"So, what are your feelings towards him?"

Listening to Song Zhi's words, the emperor stammered and was unable to speak.

He seemed to have never considered the question she asked.

Song Zhi continued, "Even if you didn't mistreat Aqi in the beginning, you would still mistreat the other child and let him go through everything Aqi went through."

"I won't do that."

"Your Majesty says he wouldn't do that, but hasn't he done that before? When you did those heartless things, why didn't you ask yourself, is the child you disliked not your own flesh and blood? As a father, how could you have the heart to do that? How could you have the heart to stab your own child in the heart with your own hands?

"Stop talking, stop talking!"

The emperor couldn't bear to listen any longer, and even he himself felt that he could not be forgiven.