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

Chapter Four: I Only Want You

"This...do you know why I was jilted?" Seeing Mo Zhen's puzzled expression, Leng Yuling continued, "To be honest, I am a barren woman."

Seeing a fleeting emotion on Mo Zhen's face, Leng Yuling continued, "You've just recovered from your illness, and you govern such a large country as the emperor. You need to leave behind an heir. I'm not suitable for you."

Leng Yuling waved her hand and spoke to Mo Zhen with a fake serious and solemn expression, but Mo Zhen could tell from her face that she didn't care.

"Are you a stone woman?" Mo Zhen asked Leng Yuling.

Seeing that Mo Zhen was slightly moved, Leng Yuling nodded vigorously, as if afraid that others would not know that she was a stone woman.

“Perfect, I don’t want children either.” Mo Zhen said, putting his hands behind his back and walking towards the door. Leng Yuling was about to speak when she heard his voice again, “I only want you as my empress.”

It's over.

Hearing Mo Zhen's words, Leng Yuling was completely distraught.

After Mo Zhen left, Mo Xuan came in again, peeking in and asking, "Has Your Majesty left?" Seeing Leng Yuling nod, he continued, "What did Your Majesty say?"

"What do you think!" Leng Yuling casually threw what she was holding at Mo Xuan, who nimbly dodged it.

Leng Yuling sighed heavily, sat cross-legged on the chair, rested her chin on her hands, and stared straight ahead.

Seeing her like this, Mo Xuan couldn't help but worry. He was about to speak when Leng Yuling interrupted him, saying earnestly, "Am I just supposed to be locked in this cold, desolate cage?"

"Where in the palace is it deserted?" Mo Xuan said, unconvinced.

Leng Yuling sighed again, shook her head, and said, "You don't understand."

"How am I supposed to understand if you don't tell me?" Mo Xuan frowned as he looked at her, waiting for her answer, but Leng Yuling only sighed, "The words have already been spoken, so you are now the Empress of our Southern Chu Kingdom."

"I know, I know." After a pause, Leng Yuling suddenly looked at him seriously and asked, "So, when is the wedding?"

"Five days from now." Mo Xuan asked instinctively, "What's wrong?"

Leng Yuling nodded, then shook her head.

She still has five days left; she has a chance to escape. She must leave this place within five days.

However, escaping was not an easy task. Leng Yuling was always followed by a group of palace maids, who went wherever she went.

"I said, could you please stop following me?"

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has instructed me to serve you, fearing you might not be familiar with the palace environment," the head maid said, bowing slightly.

Leng Yuling sighed helplessly. As expected of someone trained in the palace, their words were all watertight. But staying by her side wasn't to serve her, but to monitor her.

Leng Yuling turned to look at them, forcing a smile: "I want to see Mo Zhen."

"Your Majesty, he..."

Before the palace maid Ziyan could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted her, angrily demanding, "How is he? Is he so busy with official duties that he can't even see the future empress?"

Not knowing Leng Yuling's temperament, Ziyan and the others immediately knelt down upon seeing her angry expression, prostrating themselves on the ground and saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive us. We didn't mean that. It's just that His Majesty is not in the palace today."

not there?

Before Leng Yuling could ask any more questions, Ziyan continued, "Today is Princess Ruikang's birthday. Every year on Princess Ruikang's birthday, the Emperor would leave the palace to spend the day with her."