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

Chapter 64: Protecting Her

In the dimly lit room, Mo Zhen and Leng Yuling sat back to back.

Mo Zhen sighed, while Leng Yuling sulked.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Physician Bai has arrived." The silence inside the room was broken only by Ziyan's voice coming from outside the door.

Leng Yuling originally didn't want to move, but Mo Zhen stood up and broke the awkward atmosphere between the two of them, which calmed her down a bit.

Mo Zhen said very awkwardly, "Go see your master first, and you can vent your anger later."

If it weren't for Mo Zhen's softened tone, Leng Yuling would definitely have continued the cold war with him!

She stood up, turned around and glanced at Mo Zhen, snorted coldly, and strode outside. In her heart, she was secretly pleased, because in their 'war,' Mo Zhen was the one who bowed his head first.

As soon as she stepped outside, Leng Yuling ran to Bai Xiaozi's side, naturally took his arm, and said affectionately, "Master, why did you come to see me so late? Is there something you need?"

"I came to see you because I heard you were wronged today." As he spoke, Bai Xiaozi's eyes were on Mo Zhen, who came out with Leng Yuling.

Leng Yuling couldn't help but chuckle. Although her master was young and acted like an old cadre, he was genuinely good to her.

"Master, you're overthinking it. I'm Leng Yuling! Do you think your disciple is the kind of person who would be bullied?" Leng Yuling felt that Bai Xiaozi's worries were unnecessary; she could handle such a scumbag perfectly well.

Regardless of whether the original owner was that kind of person or not, now that she has taken over the original owner's body, she is herself, and naturally she will live according to her own way. There is no way she will be bullied.

"That's good. If anyone bullies you, you must tell your teacher, understand? Hmm?" As he said this, Bai Xiaozi affectionately patted Leng Yuling's head, his face full of doting affection.

Mo Zhen stepped forward and subtly pulled Leng Yuling away from Bai Xiaozi, placing her perfectly into his arms. He said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Ling'er is my Empress. I will naturally protect her and would never allow her to suffer any injustice."

"If Ling'er suffers any injustice, she will naturally tell me, right, Ling'er?" As he said this, Mo Zhen looked down at Leng Yuling, his expression full of ambiguity, or perhaps, full of doting affection.

Bai Xiaozi didn't finish speaking, only curving the corners of her mouth slightly, while Leng Yuling felt that these two men were acting very strangely today.

She pushed Mo Zhen aside, walked to the stool next to her and sat down, saying, "As a new generation, do you think I, Leng Yuling, am someone who can be bullied to the point of being unable to hold my head up? Do you think I need your help? Wouldn't that be too insulting to me, Leng Yuling?"

After all, she had lived two lives, how could she be bullied by a little girl? Besides, she was the last disciple of the Medical Sage and the Empress of Southern Chu. Those people would have to give her face, even if they didn't care about her. Bai Xiaozi and Mo Zhen wouldn't dare to bully her.

She only thought they were worried that she was too weak, but she didn't know that the two men were secretly competing with each other, and it was all because of her.

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After that incident, Mo Zhen basically stayed overnight at Jingling Palace, and no one could get rid of him!

Firstly, he genuinely wanted to spend more time with Leng Yuling, and secondly, it seemed he had been provoked by Bai Xiaozi, who insisted on making him aware of Leng Yuling's identity.

However, this put Leng Yuling in a difficult position.

"Tell me, you're an emperor, with so many concubines in your harem, why don't you go find them? Why do you have to come here and chat with me under the covers?" Leng Yuling sat cross-legged on the bed, holding a corner of the blanket in her arms, looking at Mo Zhen who was reading a book on the soft couch. "Is this interesting?"

Suddenly remembering something, before Mo Zhen could speak, she looked at him with surprise and said, "Could it be...could it be that you...can't do it?" After speaking, she covered her mouth in astonishment, looking as if she had discovered something amazing.

Upon hearing this, Mo Zhen closed his book. Seeing her surprised expression, he shook his head helplessly, wondering what she was thinking.

He suddenly stood up and walked towards Leng Yuling. When he reached her, he bent down and approached her little by little. The latter also fell backward until she was about to fall before Mo Zhen pulled her up again.

She nestled into his arms, and Mo Zhen smiled, looking at her with an ambiguous tone, "Whether I'm capable or not, Ling'er, would you like to give it a try?"

Hearing Mo Zhen's words, Leng Yuling was so frightened that she pushed him away, hugged the blanket tightly, and looked at him warily: "I... I'm telling you, besides healing people, I can also harm people, so don't even think about doing anything to me!"

"Hahaha..." Seeing Leng Yuling's wary expression, Mo Zhen couldn't help but burst into laughter. He never expected that Leng Yuling, who seemed fearless, would actually be afraid of him touching her.

However, after being married for so long, he had never touched her. If this were to be revealed, perhaps no one would believe it. Even Mo Zhen himself couldn't answer the question of why he didn't touch her.

Looking back now, it's utterly ridiculous. The person sleeping next to him every night was his wife, yet he acted like a virtuous man who could remain unmoved even with a woman in his lap.

"But to be honest, you only acted with me in the first place so that I could get my master to come to Nan Chu to save Ma Zhiyun's life. Now that my master is here, you don't need to come to me every night anymore. It's exhausting to watch you."

Is this how you interpret the reason I come to you every night?

Leng Yuling nodded: "Otherwise what?" As soon as she finished speaking, Mo Zhen frowned, but he really hadn't expected that Leng Yuling's true thoughts were like this.

"So, my protecting you in front of everyone was merely to allow the Sage of Medicine to focus on curing Yun'er's illness without distraction?" Mo Zhen asked again.

Leng Yuling nodded again.

"You!" Faced with Leng Yuling's frankness, Mo Zhen was speechless for a moment.

The latter, however, still looked at Mo Zhen with an innocent expression, not even knowing why he was so angry. Was what she said not true?

Besides this reason, she really couldn't think of a second one. It wasn't that she hadn't heard what was being said outside. Although they said that Mo Zhen loved her so much that he let her sit on the throne of Empress despite her having no powerful backing and such a complicated background.

However, she knew in her heart that Mo Zhen wanted to obtain her master's medical skills. Just as he said, he had promised Ma Zhiyun that no matter what, he would find a way to cure her.

In all the world, there is no one else besides Bai Xiaozi who can cure all kinds of strange diseases, so his purpose is obvious.

However, what Leng Yuling didn't know was that besides this reason, there was an even bigger reason.

But that was the reason Mo Zhen couldn't say.