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

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Men are merely appendages of women

"What exactly does Jun Ao want to do?" Mo Xuan narrowed his eyes, his expression turning cold.

Mo Zhen shook his head. More than anyone else, he hoped Bai Xiaozi could come to Southern Chu and cure Ma Zhiyun's illness, but Jun Ao...

Did he find out something...?

"Then..." Mo Xuan couldn't help but worry, "How should we explain this to Leng Yuling?"

Given Leng Yuling's temperament, if she knew that Bai Xiaozi had been imprisoned by Jun Ao, wouldn't she go back to rescue Bai Xiaozi and teach Jun Ao a lesson before she would be satisfied?

"Don't let her know yet. Just let her think the letter has been sent. As for other things, let's see what Jun Ao does first." This is the best approach for now.

Mo Xuan stared angrily at a certain point: "Jun Ao is going against our Southern Chu."

“No, he just wants Leng Yuling back,” Mo Zhen said after Mo Xuan finished speaking.

But Leng Yuling is his empress, and he will not allow anyone to take Leng Yuling away from him, absolutely not!

On the other side, Leng Yuling happily returned to Jingling Palace, completely unaware that everything she was doing was in vain, and even less aware that the person she wanted to see had been imprisoned by the person she hated.

She wrote a letter to Bai Xiaozi, knowing that Mo Zhen would definitely read it, so she didn't mention Ma Zhiyun at all. She only said that she missed him, wanted to see him, and asked him to come to Nan Chu no matter what.

Every word in the letter read like a daughter's letter to her father. After reading Leng Yuling's letter, Mo Zhen's expression grew increasingly gloomy. It was clear from the letter that Leng Yuling and Bai Xiaozi had a very good relationship.

If Leng Yuling knew that Bai Xiaozi was currently imprisoned by Jun Ao, she would definitely rush back to Beimo to exchange for Bai Xiaozi.

Thinking of this, Mo Zhen's face darkened even more.

Seeing Mo Zhen's increasingly pale face, Mo Xuan asked curiously, "What did she say in the letter? Why does Your Majesty look so bad?"

Mo Zhen folded the letter again and said calmly, "She said she doesn't want to marry me."

The letter did contain that sentence, but it wasn't the reason Mo Zhen changed his expression.

Mo Zhen carefully put away the letter Leng Yuling had given to Bai Xiaozi, then wrote something on the paper, sealed it, and handed it to Mo Xuan, saying, "Have someone send this letter to Bei Mo and present it to Jun Ao."

Mo Xuan looked at the letter in his hand. Although he was very curious about what Mo Zhen had written in the letter, he did not ask. He knew that if Mo Zhen wanted to tell him something, he would tell him naturally. If he didn't want to tell him, it would be pointless to ask.

Hearing that Mo Zhen had already sent a messenger to the Northern Desert, Leng Yuling became much happier and came out of the study. Seeing that she was so happy every day, Ziyan couldn't help but be happy with her as well.

"Your Majesty, you seem to be in a good mood lately. Is it because His Majesty often visits our Jingling Palace that your mood has improved?" Ziyan was a person of this era, so in her eyes, the only reason Leng Yuling was happy was because of Mo Zhen.

However, Leng Yuling disagreed. She looked at Ziyan and corrected her, "Miss Ziyan, let me explain to you that men are just an accessory to women, not everything. So whether you are happy or not cannot depend on how a man treats you, understand?"

Ziyan listened in a daze, and although she didn't understand, she still nodded subconsciously.

Seeing this, Leng Yuling could only shake her head helplessly: "This child is beyond redemption."