The cold emperor reigns supreme, the arrogant empress begs for a truce.

The cold emperor reigns supreme, the arrogant empress begs for a truce.

Zhong Muli

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Chapter One:

"The imperial edict arrives——"

Just as the bride, adorned in her phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, arrived at the central palace, the shrill, high-pitched voice of the imperial eunuch delivering the decree shattered the palace's tranquility.

The imperial eunuch respectfully carried the golden imperial edict and slowly entered the main gate of the palace, followed by rows of palace servants, their steps perfectly synchronized, and they stopped abruptly in the palace courtyard.

Blackness enveloped the entire central palace, the moonlight was hazy, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the gentle breeze caressed the luminous faces of the stars.

When the emperor's decree arrived, no one dared to be disrespectful, and everyone knelt before the eunuch who delivered it.

The imperial eunuch opened the edict and read it aloud.

"Imperial Edict: Leng Yuling, receive this decree: The Prime Minister's eldest daughter, Leng Yuling, maliciously plotted to harm the Crown Prince's eldest grandson. Therefore, she is hereby deposed from her position as Empress. This is the imperial decree."

Inside the central palace, all was silent.

No one dared to utter a sound; the inner palace was as still as a stagnant pool.

Leng Yuling suddenly raised her head, staring intently at the golden imperial edict in the eunuch's hand. She was probably the only one who had been deposed as empress before even having a wedding ceremony with the emperor...

Before Leng Yuling could react, the eunuch delivering the imperial decree closed it and said disdainfully.

"Leng Yuling, why aren't you receiving the imperial decree?"

"Besides the imperial edict, what else did the Emperor say?"

Leng Yuling slowly stood up and turned to look at the eunuch who was delivering the imperial decree. When the eunuch met Leng Yuling's gaze, he was startled and unconsciously lowered his head.

She was clearly just a teenage girl, but there was a profound sense of detachment from worldly affairs in her eyes that surpassed what one would expect from someone her age, inspiring awe in others.

But they didn't know that the person in front of them was no longer the same person as before.

She is Leng Yuling, yet she is not Leng Yuling.

"His Majesty also said to send Leng Yuling back to the Prime Minister's residence." The eunuch delivering the decree still looked extremely disdainful.

A man relies on the power of a dog!

Leng Yuling smiled coldly. It wasn't just about deposing her as empress; the emperor also wanted to send her back. All he wanted to do was humiliate her, or humiliate the prime minister's family.

The once bustling Dongqi, with its ten miles of red bridal procession and endless festivities, was instantly silenced by an imperial decree.

People were speculating about what wrong Leng Yuling had done that made the emperor send her away on their wedding day.

However, before leaving the palace, Leng Yuling requested to see the emperor.

"You wicked woman, what else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, do you truly wish to annul the engagement?"

"Does a wicked person like you deserve to be empress?" the emperor said coldly.

Leng Yuling only smiled faintly, and then asked, "Even if I leave the palace now and marry someone else, it has nothing to do with Your Majesty?"

"Of course," the emperor replied without hesitation.

He didn't think anyone would dare to marry the woman he had broken off the engagement with.

Very good! After receiving the message, Leng Yuling lifted her veil, stepped down from the bridal sedan chair, and walked out of the palace step by step.

If there is a woman with great courage, then the Northern Desert has only one.

But as soon as she stepped out of the palace, she saw a bridal sedan chair that was no less impressive than the one the emperor had sent to fetch her. Beside the sedan chair was a tall, strong white horse with a red flower on its head, and on the horse was a man dressed in red, who was looking at her.

“I told you three days ago that he wouldn’t marry you. I asked you to marry me, but you refused. Now that you’re regretting it, my word still stands.”

Kidnapping the bride? He already knew the emperor wouldn't make Leng Yuling empress, much less let her enter the palace.

Leng Yuling looked the man up and down and asked calmly, "You want to marry me?"

Judging from the setup, it does seem to have that potential.

The other party shook his head, "I do want to marry him, but today I am here to propose on behalf of my royal brother."

"Your royal brother?" So he's not from the Northern Desert Kingdom? Leng Yuling leaned against the wall, arms crossed, and said sarcastically, "If he's so sincere, why doesn't he come himself?"

After Leng Yuling finished speaking, she saw a flash in the other person's eyes before she said, "My brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted, "I'll marry him."

Before he could react, Leng Yuling boarded the bridal sedan chair and said from inside, "As for the Prime Minister's residence, I think you, who dared to snatch someone at the palace gate, should have enough ability to deal with it."

Ultimately, she wasn't the real Leng Yuling, so the people in the Prime Minister's mansion were just strangers to her. Besides, they had never treated her as family.

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor wanted to marry the prime minister's legitimate daughter, she probably would have only been fit to stay in the countryside, instead of in Dongqi.

"Aren't you being too hasty?" the person outside the carriage asked. Perhaps they had never seen a woman like Leng Yuling before. She was not saddened by being annuled on her wedding day and stripped of her position as empress; instead, she seemed indifferent.

Leng Yuling lifted the curtain and looked at the person on horseback: "So, do you want me to marry you or not?"

The man on horseback hurriedly said, afraid that Leng Yuling would change her mind: "I hope so, of course I hope so."

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Three days after the carriage journey, Leng Yuling learned that the man she was to marry was actually the emperor of the Southern Chu Kingdom. So the emperor of the Northern Mo Kingdom had deposed her, and then she married the emperor of the Southern Chu Kingdom.

What kind of operation is this?

Moreover, she learned some shocking news: the emperor of the Southern Chu Kingdom was actually a bedridden man who had been ill for many years. When she arrived at the palace gate, which was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine, she realized that she might have made the wrong choice.

"Well, nothing else, I'll head back now." Leng Yuling was about to leave when Mo Xuan stopped her. "I asked you at least ten times on the way here, and I remember you were the one who said you didn't regret it."

Mo Xuan's expression was no longer the playful one he had shown over the past three days; instead, it was serious. Leng Yuling looked at him with the same serious expression.

"But you didn't tell me that I was going to marry a dying man!"

She had just died once and transmigrated into this body. She hadn't even lived for a month, and now she was being forced to marry a dying man, spend his last days with him, and then when he died, she would be buried with him.

What’s the point!

"How dare you! Who are you to speak like that!" After Leng Yuling finished speaking, a person walked out of the palace, looking at Leng Yuling with a serious expression, and said sternly.

Upon seeing Mo Xuan, he bowed slightly and said, "This servant greets the Fifth Prince." He then looked at Leng Yuling, clearly unaware of her identity, but because of Mo Xuan, he said nothing more.

"Things have come to this, you have no other choice." Mo Xuan looked at Leng Yuling, his eyes even showing a hint of pleading.

"what is your purpose?"

Leng Yuling then changed her tone, which was quite different from her usual carefree manner.

Mo Xuan was taken aback. "You are the last disciple of the Sage of Medicine." Mo Xuan lowered his head. "Perhaps only you can save my brother."

Leng Yuling smiled faintly. Everything was indeed a scheme. She originally just wanted to anger the emperor of Beimo Kingdom and let him know that even if she, Leng Yuling, didn't marry him, someone else would marry him. But she didn't expect to be schemed against in the blink of an eye.