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

Chapter 80: A woman who knows how to be charming has the best life.

"What are you trying to say?" Mo Zhen asked, frowning.

He truly didn't know why Leng Yuling suddenly said those things, nor did he know what her purpose was.

Leng Yuling scratched her head and asked casually, "Mo Xuan is your brother, you should trust him, but as for you..." She paused, then shook her head and said nothing more.

It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but rather that she didn't know what to say, since she didn't know her place in Mo Zhen's heart.

"To me..." Mo Zhen looked at her and continued, "How are you?"

Leng Yuling looked up and met Mo Zhen's eyes. She froze on the spot, opened her mouth, but remained silent for a long time.

Because she didn't know her place in Mo Zhen's heart, she was speechless. What she was even more curious about was why Mo Zhen insisted on making her empress, a question that remained unanswered to this day.

She lowered her head and asked softly, "As the emperor of a country, you shouldn't be able to stand your concubines having close relationships with other men, right?"

After all, he was the emperor of a country.

Leng Yuling's words made Mo Zhen even more confused, yet he seemed to understand something. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Could it be that, as Ruoxi said, you really are with Mo Xuanzhen..."

Before Mo Zhen could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted him: "Ruoxi? Heh, you seem to have a better relationship with me than with my half-sister, even your way of addressing each other is so intimate."

Hearing him address Leng Ruoxi that way, she immediately became unhappy, and the topic abruptly changed.

Very good, Mo Zhen!

Leng Yuling's thought process is always unexpected, just like this time.

She wasn't trying to avoid Mo Zhen's question, but rather her focus had shifted from Mo Xuan to the 'Ruoxi' that Mo Zhen mentioned.

"Even if we're just a fake couple, in the eyes of outsiders you're still my husband, Leng Yuling. I allow you to take concubines, but they can't be surnamed Leng. It's that simple, do you understand?"

In a fit of anger, she blurted out all the languages ​​she knew from her previous life, leaving Mo Zhen completely bewildered. However, she didn't offer any further explanation; whether he understood or not was up to him.

Leng Yuling shook her head and walked into the house, saying, "If you make Leng Ruoxi a concubine, you will lose face for me. If you make me look bad, I will definitely let you know what embarrassment is."

Watching Leng Yuling's retreating figure, Mo Zhen couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips. When he heard Leng Yuling say that he shouldn't make other women his concubines, he felt a strange sense of pleasure.

Very good, at least now she is aware that she is his empress.

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Because of the medicine prescribed by Bai Xiaozi, Ma Zhiyun's health has improved a lot, and she is much more energetic. Therefore, Leng Yuling made a suggestion to Mo Zhen.

"Mo Zhen, let's organize a picnic while the weather is nice?"

"What is an outing?" Whether it was Leng Yuling's own problem or the environment she grew up in, he couldn't understand many of the things Leng Yuling said, and this time was no exception.

Leng Yuling took a deep breath. If she can't even understand such simple words, how will she communicate in the future?

“A picnic, simply put, is…” After a pause, Leng Yuling continued, “A trip is just going out to play.”

Before he could speak, Leng Yuling continued, "So, so, are you going or not? Are you going or not?"

"You need to know your place." Mo Zhen neither refused nor agreed, but rather made her aware of her status, the meaning of which was clear—he did not agree.

Leng Yuling hung her head, looking at Mo Zhen with displeasure and even a hint of complaint.

Seeing this, Mo Zhen opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Leng Yuling grabbed his arm, shook him, and said coquettishly, "Come on, come on, staying in Jingling Palace all day, my head is going to grow grass."

Leng Yuling affectionately pulled his arm and shook it. This was the first time Leng Yuling had acted coquettishly in front of him, and he was momentarily taken aback.

He felt that Leng Yuling was a little different today, but this move seemed to work well on him.

"Where do you want to go?" Mo Zhen asked casually, but there was a hint of undisguised pleasure in his eyes.

yeah!

The people of the past were right: a woman who knows how to be charming has the best life.

Leng Yuling's eyes darted around before she spoke: "If you agree to leave the palace, you can't go back on your word. Anyone who does is a little dog!" Fearing that Mo Zhen would object, she quickly added.

After listening, Mo Zhen couldn't help but smile slightly, looking at her and finding her rather adorable today. He shook his head and asked, "Did I say I disagreed?"

Leng Yuling curled her lips smugly. What Mo Zhen didn't know was that she had come prepared. She knew that Mo Zhen would not let her leave the palace, so she came up with this plan.

Leng Yuling asked Ziyan to inform Ma Zhiyun and Bai Xiaozi, and then she went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients for lunch for tomorrow's picnic.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Leng Yuling got out of bed, only to hear Mo Zhen's voice beside her: "It's still early, what are you doing up here?"

Leng Yuling was taken aback. She had been careful enough, so how did she still wake him up?

Swallowing hard, Leng Yuling whispered, "I need to prepare the food for our outing today. You can sleep a little longer."

in the kitchen.

Ziyan, who had been pulled up early, yawned and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you just have the imperial chef make whatever you want to eat? Why do you have to make it yourself?"

"What I'm going to do is something none of you people here can do. Just you wait and see."

Leng Yuling spent an hour tinkering in the kitchen and finally prepared everything. When she and Ziyan carried everything to the hall, Mo Zhen happened to come out and frowned when he saw her ashen face.

She really has no sense of being an empress. What empress would cook herself and end up like this?

"Where is the imperial chef?"

As soon as Mo Zhen spoke, Leng Yuling knew what he was going to say, and then continued, "Do you think your imperial chefs can make these things?"

She pointed to the sushi, homemade sandwiches, and pre-cut fruit on the table, which were indeed things that didn't exist in this era, and Mo Zhen naturally had never seen these before.

“This is sushi, this is a sandwich, that’s easy to guess. This is a fruit platter. I originally wanted to make a fruit salad, but unfortunately you don’t have any salads here, so this is all I can do.” Before Mo Zhen could ask, she explained each item one by one.

Because she had to make a lot of food, she spent an hour working in the kitchen. She also had to get up early because these things need to be made on the same day, otherwise they won't be fresh and will lose their original flavor.

Looking at what she had made herself, Leng Yuling nodded with great satisfaction. She picked up a piece of sushi, put it in her mouth, and then picked up another piece with her other hand and handed it to Mo Zhen, gesturing for him to try it.

Li Quan and the others watched, wondering if Mo Zhen would eat it, while Su Xi was quite certain that Mo Zhen would not.

"I won't eat it."

As expected, Mo Zhen refused.

But how could Leng Yuling, who had worked hard all morning, allow him to refuse? She swallowed the sushi in her mouth as quickly as possible, then looked at Mo Zhen and said, "This is delicious. You'll regret it if you don't eat it."

Regardless of whether Mo Zhen wanted it or not, she held the sushi to Mo Zhen's mouth and said, "Open your mouth."

Su Xu stared in shock at Leng Yuling and Mo Zhen. She hadn't expected Leng Yuling to dare to order Mo Zhen around like that, and the latter didn't even seem angry. Instead, he obediently opened his mouth.