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

Chapter 81: Who Wants to Have Your Child!

Upon learning that Mo Zhen was going on an outing with Leng Yuling and the others, Consort Jing insisted on coming along and clung to Mo Zhen's side the whole time, constantly referring to him as "Your Majesty," which gave Leng Yuling goosebumps.

Consort Jing, who was sitting closest to Mo Zhen, glanced triumphantly at Leng Yuling, as if showing off or provoking her. But for Leng Yuling, Mo Zhen, who didn't even bother to look at Consort Jing, was the best way to retaliate against her.

"We won't be returning to the palace until tonight. I wonder if Consort Jing has prepared anything for lunch?" Seeing that Consort Jing had only brought two maids and hurriedly followed the carriage, obviously without bringing anything, Leng Yuling asked deliberately.

As expected, she was stunned when she heard Leng Yuling's words, and after a while she asked, "Are you going to let the Emperor go hungry at noon?"

“.” Leng Yuling closed her eyes, her index finger and head shaking together. She paused before opening her eyes and saying, “I have prepared food for the Emperor and the others. However, you were not originally on the travel list, so I did not prepare any for you. I am truly sorry.”

As the name suggests, the esteemed Consort Jing will likely go hungry at noon.

Consort Jing wasn't worried at first, but seeing Mo Zhen's indifferent attitude, she began to panic. After all, she hadn't eaten anything that morning in order to catch up with them. Now she was hungry, and she probably couldn't wait until noon, let alone evening.

However, she was unwilling to bow down to Leng Yuling, so she stubbornly said, "Then I will go back and eat later." She was willing to do anything as long as she could spend more time with Mo Zhen.

Leng Yuling could only admire her patience. She simply nodded and didn't speak to her again. Instead, she said to Ma Zhiyun beside her, "After sitting in the carriage for so long, are you still able to get used to it?"

Faced with Leng Yuling's sudden concern, Ma Zhiyun was taken aback at first, then subconsciously looked up at Mo Zhen. After exchanging a glance, she nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Yun'er is doing well."

Hearing this, Leng Yuling finally breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, she wasn't so keen on going on the outing, but she suddenly remembered that Ma Zhiyun seemed to have said that she really wanted to have the opportunity to travel, not because of her status, but because of her health.

That's why Leng Yuling begged Mo Zhen to approve her plans for this trip.

It was truly a wonderful place for outings in ancient times, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and fresh air. It was completely unpolluted by any industrial pollution, and it was simply breathtakingly beautiful.

As soon as Leng Yuling stepped off the carriage, she opened her arms, took a few deep breaths, and embraced the gentle breeze and the beauty of nature.

"So beautiful!" she exclaimed sincerely.

Consort Jing only glanced at her, regarding her as a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

"The lake water is so clear, how about we go boating later?" Leng Yuling said excitedly, pulling on Ma Zhiyun's arm.

Right now, she's just like a little bird that's just left its cage, eager to experience the freedom it has briefly gained.

Looking at Leng Yuling's excited face, Ma Zhiyun smiled and nodded. In fact, she rarely went out to play, and her excitement was just as great as Leng Yuling's. It's just that she was not as willing to show herself as Leng Yuling.

Leng Yuling let go of Ma Zhiyun, grabbed Ziyan's hand, and ran forward, saying, "Ziyan, look, this is so beautiful!"

Even in her previous life, she had never been to such a beautiful place. She thought that the water in Lugu Lake and Jiuzhaigou was the cleanest and clearest water she had ever seen, but the water in the Southern Chu Kingdom was even better.

She pulled Ziyan to the lakeside, squatted down, and looked at the crystal-clear water, but didn't dare to reach out. Instead, she asked Ziyan, "You say the lake water is so clean, is it drinkable?"

"Is Your Highness thirsty?" Ziyan was unaware of Leng Yuling's spontaneous sense of awe towards nature. Instead, she thought Leng Yuling was thirsty and wanted to get her some water, but Leng Yuling shook her head.

"The water in Lugu Lake is sweet, and I've heard that people who drink it will have a son. I wonder what it tastes like." As she spoke, she cupped a handful of water in her hand and put it in her mouth.

Just as she finished drinking, she heard Consort Jing's sarcastic voice: "Oh, isn't the Empress a bit too superstitious? She actually thinks that drinking this clean lake water will make her give birth to a son?"

Consort Jing clearly only heard the latter half of what she said, and did not hear what she said before, let alone understand the meaning behind her words.

However, in her previous life, she visited Lugu Lake several times, but never drank the water from the lake, because she didn't want to have a son, she only wanted to have a daughter!

Leng Yuling rolled her eyes at her before standing up, saying with slight displeasure, "If drinking this lake water can give birth to a son, then Consort Jing, you should drink a few more sips."

She paused, as if thinking of something, and said, "Although the Emperor won't go to your palace, what if he does? Right?"

Leng Yuling's ability to infuriate people without consequence is unparalleled. Knowing full well that not being favored by Mo Zhen was a source of pain for Consort Jing, she still said it so easily.

"you……"

Just as Consort Jing was about to start cursing, Leng Yuling interrupted her: "Stop being so ruthless, your Emperor is coming."

At this moment, Mo Zhen was indeed approaching them. Consort Jing greeted him with what she considered her most beautiful smile. However, the latter walked directly to Leng Yuling's side, lowered his head and asked her, "Is this water good?"

"It's a little cold, but very sweet," Leng Yuling answered truthfully.

"Your Majesty, I've heard that this lake is called the Lake of Fertility, and that anyone who drinks its water will have a son," Li Quan, Mo Zhen's chief eunuch, explained to Leng Yuling.

After hearing the explanation, Leng Yuling's face instantly turned pale. She gagged a few times and complained, "Why didn't you say so earlier? I just drank some water." How did she know that this lake water was the same as the legendary water of Lugu Lake?

If it were before, she would never have believed it, but she could travel from the 21st century, so what in this world is impossible?

"What, you don't want to have children?" Mo Zhen was displeased by Leng Yuling's strong reaction, after all, she was now his empress.

Although they did not have a physical relationship, in the eyes of others, they were the closest of people. However, Mo Zhen stayed in her palace almost every night.

If Leng Yuling says she doesn't want to have children right now, wouldn't that mean she doesn't want to have children for him?

Any man would be displeased to hear his wife say such things, let alone a man like Mo Zhen, who would be even more bothered by it.

“Who wants to have a baby, big brother? How old am I?” Leng Yuling said with dissatisfaction, looking at Li Quan with a hint of resentment. The latter instantly regretted explaining the name of the lake.

Leng Yuling emphasized that this body was still small and that she preferred girls. However, to Mo Zhen, it sounded like she didn't want to have a child for him.