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

Chapter 94: My Queen

Leng Yuling returned to her room, slumped over the table, feeling incredibly ashamed and unwilling to face Mo Zhen and the others again.

She didn't know how long she had been lying there, but when she looked up again, she saw Mo Zhen sitting next to her. She was taken aback for a moment, and then she said, "Why are you looking at me like that?" After saying that, she turned her head away very awkwardly, too embarrassed to look at him again.

"I heard from Ziyan that you went straight to see me as soon as you got up?" Mo Zhen said this with a hint of a smile, but to Leng Yuling, it sounded like he was mocking her.

To put it nicely, she was looking for him; to put it bluntly, she was going to kick open the study door and make a fool of herself in front of everyone. She just wasn't sure if Ziyan had told him anything more.

However, at this moment, she could only pretend to know nothing and said with a faint smile, "I'm just worried about the people of Yongcheng."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Zhen suddenly leaned closer to her face, a smirk playing on his lips as he stared at her: "Are you worried about the people of Yongcheng, or are you worried about something between me and Xiao Xiao? Hmm?"

Mo Zhen's seductive voice rang in her ears, causing her to tremble. She couldn't help but slowly raise her eyes to meet Mo Zhen's gaze, feeling a captivating charm in his eyes.

What Leng Yuling didn't know was that, for Mo Zhen, she was someone he couldn't ignore.

She didn't answer Mo Zhen's question or speak, but continued to stare at him. The next moment, Mo Zhen suddenly turned to the side, and slowly, he leaned down and kissed her soft lips.

After a long while, Mo Zhen finally pulled away from her lips, but he didn't stray too far away. He was so close that Leng Yuling could smell his unique scent and feel his breath.

The sudden kiss left her momentarily stunned, her face flushing red. In that instant, her heart pounded, as if the whole world consisted only of her heart and his lips.

Mo Zhen hadn't expected Leng Yuling to keep her eyes wide open the whole time he kissed her. He also knew that although she was already his empress, she still lacked experience in this area. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

To Mo Zhen, it sounded like a mockery, and she couldn't help but pout: "What are you laughing at?" She knew that kissing while staring was an awkward thing, but Mo Zhen's kiss came too suddenly, and the kiss was over before she could even react.

Her first kiss in both her lives was stolen by him, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Mo Zhen say, "It's nothing, I just think you're very cute, Ling'er."

Ling'er?

Did he change how he addresses her the moment after just one kiss?

This……

"Why did you kiss me!" Suddenly, she became somewhat displeased because of his smile and how he addressed her.

Mo Zhen was taken aback at first, then smiled and asked her in return, "Last time we went on the outing, although I was unconscious, I heard from others that you, Ling'er, kissed me while I was unconscious. Now, I'm just taking it back." Mo Zhen curled his lips, with an emotion that she couldn't see, unlike any of his previous emotions.

"I was saving you!" Leng Yuling thought Mo Zhen was talking nonsense. She never considered the time she gave him CPR as a kiss; she was saving him!

Upon hearing Leng Yuling's words, Mo Zhen asked, "If it weren't me who was drowning that day, would you have done the same?" He had always wanted to ask Leng Yuling because he always heard her say that she was saving him, but he just couldn't find a better time.

"I..." I guess he's unwilling.

However, not wanting Mo Zhen to be smug, she turned her face away and said, "A doctor's heart is benevolent; I treat all patients equally!"

However, she was unaware that her slip of the tongue had instantly displeased Mo Zhen. He looked at Leng Yuling with a stern face, which made Leng Yuling realize that she seemed to have said something wrong, but she did not explain further.

After all, she is also someone who cares about her image.

Mo Zhen suddenly stood up, and Leng Yuling thought he was angry. The next moment, she heard his voice: "Last night, I was not alone with Xiao Xiao. Mo Xuan was also there."

Was he explaining something to her? Leng Yuling subconsciously looked up at him.

“Since you’ve brought this up, I think there are some things I need to tell you as well.” Mo Zhen frowned, turned around and looked at her, feeling that she was taking advantage of him. However, she also stood up and walked up to Mo Zhen. “To be honest, she is a friend I want to make, and I like her very much.”

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

Leng Yuling paused, took a deep breath. Since Mo Zhen had already said this much, she had nothing to hide anymore. She walked to the door, closed it, and then returned to him, saying, "I will not share a husband with a friend I like very much."

She felt that even the dumbest person would understand what she meant, let alone Mo Zhen.

"My relationship with Xiaoxiao... is not what you think."

She blurted out again, "What do you think I think?" Realizing that Mo Zhen's expression was off, she softened her tone and said, "I think your relationship with Ma Xiaoxiao is unusual, but don't deny it."

Mo Zhen narrowed his eyes and guessed that Leng Yuling had learned something from others.

"If you want to know anything in the future, just come and ask me." With that, he walked straight towards the door, offering no further explanation to Leng Yuling.

Leng Yuling watched his retreating figure and thought: Is this what they mean by not trying to understand me from other people's words?

“I’ll take that kiss as a sign that you like me,” Leng Yuling said before Mo Zhen left. “But I won’t choose between you and Ma Xiaoxiao.” So she meant that Mo Zhen had to choose.

She doesn't deny that she has feelings for Mo Zhen, and it didn't even start with that kiss just now, but much earlier, so much earlier that perhaps she herself didn't even realize it.

However, that doesn't mean she would compete with Ma Xiaoxiao for a man, much less marry the same man as Ma Xiaoxiao. For no other reason than that Ma Xiaoxiao looks exactly like her sister from her previous life, she simply wouldn't do that.

Moreover, she is still considering whether to continue developing her relationship with Mo Zhen, because she will not only not marry the same man as Ma Xiaoxiao, but also will not share a husband with another woman.

After Mo Zhen left, Leng Yuling sighed heavily again and continued to slump over the table.

She never imagined she would fall in love in this era, just as she never imagined she would one day travel through time, but things never go as she expects.

Now, what should we do?

The only thing she was certain of was that she liked Mo Zhen, and she knew that Mo Zhen liked her too. But she absolutely could not accept that Mo Zhen liked other women besides her.

"Mo Zhen... Ma Xiaoxiao... My head hurts!" Leng Yuling covered her head with both hands, looking troubled.

In the end, Leng Yuling decided to leave the choice to Mo Zhen.