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

Chapter 102: Cold-blooded Flattery

For several days in a row, Mo Zhen came to Jingling Palace, but returned to Shangqian Palace at night. Only Li Quan knew this.

So Li Quan advised Mo Zhen: "Your Majesty, although it is summer now, it is not good for you to take cold showers every night. Since you are unwilling to force the Empress, why not go to the palace of another concubine?"

As Mo Zhen put on his bathrobe, he said, "When I was leading troops, did I not take a cold shower every night?" Back then, in order to strengthen his will and enhance his resistance, he took cold showers regardless of spring, summer, or autumn. However, he changed this habit after ascending the throne.

He's just picking up this habit again, but not for no reason. Leng Yuling has become increasingly captivating to him lately, and out of respect for her and to wait for her to grow up, he can only take cold showers.

The reason he no longer stayed overnight at Jingling Palace was because he knew that the person lying next to him was Leng Yuling. He was worried that he would lose control of himself, so in order not to frighten her, he chose to return to his own palace.

However, every day after the morning court session, he would go directly to Jingling Palace to have breakfast with Leng Yuling, and he would always arrive at Jingling Palace just as Leng Yuling was getting up.

Every time, Leng Yuling would wait for him to finish his morning court session before they ate breakfast together, as if it were a fairly fixed routine between the two of them.

Leng Ruoxi, who gets up early, always waits until Mo Zhen finishes court and arrives at Jingling Palace before eating breakfast. Moreover, she always eats less than Leng Yuling, which further highlights Leng Yuling's large appetite.

Leng Ruoxi, like a well-trained young lady from a respectable family, sipped her porridge slowly, while Leng Yuling, on the contrary, always sipped it spoonful by spoonful.

Ziyan had whispered to her many times to be mindful of her image in front of Mozhen, but she would just roll her eyes at Ziyan and continue eating heartily.

That day, Ziyan whispered in her ear while serving her porridge, "Your Majesty, please remember to eat elegantly."

She was already quite displeased by Leng Ruoxi's pretentious and self-important behavior in front of Mo Zhen every day, and now, after hearing Zi Yan's reminder, she was even angrier.

After Ziyan placed the porridge in front of her, she looked at the porridge and asked coldly, "I'm asking you all, do I have any manners when I eat?" Her sudden question made Ziyan break out in a cold sweat, and none of the others dared to answer her question. They all lowered their heads and pretended not to understand.

After an unknown amount of time, Mo Zhen put down his spoon, turned his head to glance at her, and said with a hint of amusement, "Have I ever openly shown any dislike for you?"

Although she knew it was a joke, given her current mood, Leng Yuling still snapped. She slammed her chopsticks on the table with a 'clatter' and stared at Mo Zhen: "So what you're saying is that you look down on me?"

Mo Zhen didn't answer, but just curled the corners of his lips. However, Leng Yuling was even angrier when she saw his smile, and shouted at him, "If you dislike me, why did you come to my palace? Go find your other concubines. If you have the guts, don't come to my Jingling Palace."

After speaking, Leng Yuling snorted unhappily. The others were on tenterhooks because of Leng Yuling's outburst at Mo Zhen, especially Leng Ruoxi, who was seeing Leng Yuling angry at Mo Zhen for the first time, and dared not utter a sound.

Especially Ziyan, she didn't know if it was something she had said that offended her.

On the other hand, Mo Zhen found Leng Yuling increasingly adorable, and her face showed no signs of anger, which relieved Zi Yan.

Ziyan was worried for Leng Yuling. Her mistress was good in every way, except that she was too good at making the emperor angry. Other concubines were too busy trying to please Mo Zhen, but she always seemed to be the one to anger him.

"Don't you know why I always come to your Jingling Palace?" As soon as Mo Zhen finished speaking, Leng Yuling and Leng Ruoxi subconsciously looked up at him.

Leng Yuling's eyes seemed to be asking him what he meant, while Leng Ruoxi looked incredulous. She thought Mo Zhen would be angry, after all, he was the emperor of a country, how could he tolerate Leng Yuling's shouting?

However, she was wrong. Mo Zhen wasn't angry at all; instead, he seemed to be enjoying something she couldn't quite understand. The only thing she could understand was the doting look on Mo Zhen's face as he looked at Leng Yuling.

It turns out that Mo Zhen doted on Leng Yuling to this extent; no matter what she did or said, Mo Zhen was never angry.

She thought that although Mo Zhen came to Jingling Palace every day, he never stayed overnight there because he didn't like Leng Yuling that much. But she was wrong.

Between Mo Zhen and Leng Yuling, Mo Zhen is clearly more tolerant, while Leng Yuling is always too arrogant.

But while Leng Ruoxi was reassessing Leng Yuling's position in Mo Zhen's heart, Leng Yuling had already spoken up and asked, "If you want to eat and drink well in Jingling Palace, then don't make me angry." Leng Yuling acted like she was the boss.

Listening to her tone and looking at her expression, Mo Zhen couldn't help but laugh, finding his empress increasingly adorable.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you only having breakfast now?" As soon as Leng Yuling finished speaking, a familiar voice came from the doorway of the side hall. Looking in the direction of the voice, who else could it be but Ma Zhiyun and Ma Xiaoxiao?

Upon seeing Ma Xiaoxiao and Ma Zhiyun, Leng Yuling jumped up from her chair and walked towards them, saying, "Why did you come so early? I didn't say we were leaving so early."

Set off?

Hearing her words, Mo Zhen asked, "Ling'er, where are you planning to go?"

His first thought was that Leng Yuling was going to leave the palace again, and when he thought about how he had fallen into the water because of Consort Jing during the last outing, he couldn't help but worry.

"You didn't ask me where you want to go?" Before Leng Yuling could answer, Mo Zhen said with a stern face, "Do you think I would agree to let you leave the palace?" Before Leng Yuling even said where she wanted to go, Mo Zhen had already imagined where she wanted to go.

Leng Yuling rolled her eyes at him and said in a disdainful tone, "Are you an idiot? Did I ever say we were leaving the palace?" she blurted out.

It was just a casual remark she made, but it terrified many people. At least no one dared to say to the emperor's face that he was an idiot. However, Mo Zhen already knew many of Leng Yuling's strange words and knew that she didn't really mean to say that he was an idiot.

However, she was saying this in front of everyone, and Mo Zhen was also a person who cared about his reputation. He couldn't let Leng Yuling ignore his status in front of so many people all day long.

Mo Zhen deliberately lowered his tone and said coldly, "Leng Yuling, have I been too lenient with you?"

His words caused everyone to gasp in shock and feel a pang of worry for Leng Yuling, except for the person in question who suddenly grinned.

Leng Yuling walked to Mo Zhen's side, suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, and said coquettishly in front of all these people, "Okay, okay, I know, you're not stupid, how could I possibly marry a stupid person, right?"

Although she was trying to please him, Mo Zhen didn't find her words pleasant at all.

Those around couldn't help but lower their heads. Leng Yuling's action would be normal in the 21st century, but in this era it was unbearable to watch!