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

Chapter 43: My sister isn't someone you can just be curious about.

"Are you threatening me?" Mo Zhen stared at Leng Yuling.

Perhaps because he had never heard anyone say such things to him before, he felt that Leng Yuling was threatening him.

After a pause, Mo Zhen continued, "Are you so certain that I can't live without you?"

“Of course, you can remove my title of Empress at any time, but…” Mo Zhen suddenly became serious, and Leng Yuling naturally stopped joking and said seriously, “I know you have your reasons for making me Empress, and that reason is why you won’t depose me from my position as Empress for the time being.”

Mo Zhen frowned slightly. He had to admit that Leng Yuling was a smart person. She could always see through things that he didn't say or even show.

Although there were certain reasons why he made Leng Yuling his empress, it is also true that he was attracted by Leng Yuling's temperament and personality.

However, as proud and aloof as Mo Zhen is, he would never reveal his inner thoughts to Leng Yuling.

He looked at Leng Yuling. He didn't usually spend the night in other concubines' palaces, but always stayed in his own Shangqian Palace. He didn't want to go to other palaces, but it wasn't that he didn't want to come to Jingling Palace.

He gave up simply because he thought of Leng Yuling's expression and attitude towards him. However, he still found many reasons to come to Jingling Palace, even if he didn't stay overnight, just being able to talk to Leng Yuling would make him happy.

Even he himself found it difficult to explain his feelings and thoughts, and what he really felt for Leng Yuling.

Seeing Mo Zhen staring at her intently, Leng Yuling felt a little uncomfortable, especially seeing the tenderness in his eyes. She couldn't help but wonder if Mo Zhen was mistaking her for another woman.

Leng Yuling coughed softly a few times, and Mo Zhen finally came back to his senses.

"I do have my reasons for making you empress," Mo Zhen said casually, then stopped talking. Whether Leng Yuling was curious or indifferent, he simply kept those things to himself.

Leng Yuling suddenly burst out laughing, pointing at Mo Zhen and saying, "I knew you secretly had a crush on me. I know I'm the most beautiful girl in the universe, but is it really okay for you to make me your empress for that reason?"

Before Mo Zhen could speak, she continued, "This should be considered a precedent in the Southern Chu Kingdom, right?"

She didn't believe any emperor would make a woman his empress without knowing her at all, especially since she was the daughter of the prime minister of a neighboring country. Furthermore, Leng Yuling could tell that the relationship between Southern Chu and Northern Mo didn't seem to be very good.

The more this happened, the more curious she became about why Mo Zhen wanted to marry her and make her his empress. Most importantly, he seemed to have a specific purpose in mind. What exactly was that purpose?

She didn't press the matter further, because she knew that no matter how much she asked, Mo Zhen wouldn't tell her, so why waste her breath?

"Isn't it a bit too late to start wondering now why I married you and made you my empress?" Mo Zhen said with a smile as he looked at Leng Yuling.

Leng Yuling shrugged: "I am curious, but I don't necessarily need to know."

Curiosity is a difficult thing, so although she is very curious, she sometimes chooses to be curious selectively, just like now.

Knowing that Mo Zhen would never tell her, and that she herself might not be able to find out, she simply decided not to pique her curiosity.

“Mo Zhen, you still don’t know me very well.” Leng Yuling mimicked Mo Zhen’s manner, curling the corners of her lips and saying smugly, “I’m different from the women here. I won’t be curious about you, and you shouldn’t be curious about me either.”

The "here" that Leng Yuling mentioned refers to this era, not just the Southern Chu Kingdom.

However, Mo Zhen was unaware of this.

Mo Zhen did not deny that Leng Yuling was special to the women of the Southern Chu Kingdom, and even the most special of all the women he had ever met.

Of course, there was another woman who was special to Mo Zhen, and even to the entire Southern Chu Kingdom.