The sacrifice to heaven was carried out in an orderly manner, but Xuanyuan Mo and Fang Yunheng were not focused on it. They secretly issued an order to send troops to encircle and suppress the Killer Alliance.
Wen Qinning thought about it for a few days, and with the persuasion of Lord Wen, she finally stopped being obsessed with whether the emperor was the only woman.
She found that Fang Yunheng really ignored her, and the emperor was also indifferent, and she didn't want to end up with nothing.
The emperor received a message from the secret guards and confronted Fang Yunheng, "You want to murder my child?"
"So what?" Fang Yunheng said, "You won't live long. The child Hua Ling gives birth to can only be mine."
"I won't let you succeed." The emperor clenched his fists. "I will return Wen Qinning to you, and you return Hua Ling to me."
"Heh." Fang Yunheng sneered, "You were the one who gave up on her first. Now she's my wife, and she's long forgotten your past. She wouldn't be happy even if she entered the palace. Why are you forcing her?"
Xuanyuan Mo said coldly, "I will make her remember."
"Don't fool yourself." Fang Yunheng said, "The sorcerer you captured should have told you that magic can only be used twice. The third time there's a high chance you'll turn into a moron. Is this what you like?"
Xuanyuan Mo was irritable. Whenever he thought of Hua Ling, he would feel regretful. Even his love for Wen Qinning faded a lot. He hadn't visited her for two days.
He warned: "Don't hurt Hua Ling, or I will do anything."
Fang Yunheng sneered: "The belated affection is cheaper than grass. This king is not afraid of your threats."
Xuanyuan Mo's threat was fruitless, and when he returned, he happened to see Wen Qinning.
Wen Qinning was about to speak when Xuanyuan Mo spoke first: "You can leave after we get back. I have agreed to let you leave the palace."
Wen Qinning's face changed drastically, and she angrily said, "Xuanyuan Mo, what do you mean? It was you who allowed me to enter the palace. Now that I've made up my mind to accept you, you want me to leave. Did you ask for my opinion?"
Xuanyuan Mo frowned: "You don't want to leave?"
Wen Qinning cried and hugged him: "I can ignore the fact that there are other women in your harem, but please don't let me go, okay?"
She couldn't go back to the Regent's Palace. If she returned to the Wen family... her affair with the Emperor and the Regent had caused a lot of controversy, and everyone knew a little about it. Now that both of them didn't want her anymore, how would everyone look at her?
Everyone must be laughing at the joke. Wen Qinning couldn't accept it.
Xuanyuan Mo pushed her away in disappointment: "I thought you were different from other women."
Wen Qinning smiled bitterly: "I don't want to accept that you have another woman, but I can't accept losing you, Xuanyuan Mo, I compromise."
"I don't need you to compromise." Xuanyuan Mo took a deep breath. "There are too many people involved between us. I've been thinking a lot these days. There's no way to go back to the way things were before."
"Is it because of Hanabishi?"
Xuanyuan Mo did not deny it. Thinking of Hua Ling, his expression softened.
Wen Qinning was unwilling to give in: "Letting Hua Ling enter the palace was the biggest mistake I've ever made. Can you tell me why I'm inferior to Hua Ling?"
Xuanyuan Mo didn't answer directly: "You two are different, there's no need to compare."
"Is there no need to compare, or is there nothing to compare?" Wen Qinning said bitterly, "You said you liked my flamboyance and straightforwardness the most, but Hua Ling is just a delicate dodder, not at all like what you like. What do you like about her? Is it her looks? I don't believe you're so superficial."
Xuanyuan Mo, no, he is just that superficial.
Wen Qinning said, "Hua Ling was born lowly. She's from a completely different world from us. She's slept with Fang Yunheng countless times. She's just like a whore in a brothel. She's long forgotten what chastity is. Can you really not mind?"
Xuanyuan Mo was enraged. The look in his eyes when he looked at her lacked the usual warmth. Instead, it was filled with undisguised disgust and murderous intent. He restrained himself and didn't take action.
Wen Qinning was frightened and angrily said, "I'm not wrong."
"Didn't you ask why you're inferior to Hua Ling? I'm telling you now, she wouldn't say such harsh words, nor would she be aggressive. She's beautiful, she's gentle, and she won't go against my wishes."
Even though she knew he was going to abandon her, she did not question him but accepted it obediently.
Thinking of Hua Ling's fragile look when she looked at him for the last time, Xuanyuan Mo felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. Only after losing her did he realize how good she was.
"After you leave the palace, find a suitable person to marry. I wish you a life together."
Wen Qinning watched him leave with a confused look on her face. She had lowered her demands, so why did they not want her anymore?
She went to see Lord Wen.
After hearing her words, Lord Wen comforted her, "Life is bound to have its bumps and bruises. The best plan now is to get pregnant as soon as possible. That way, both the court officials and the Queen Mother will stand by you."
"But..." Wen Qinning bit her lip: "Xuanyuan Mo didn't touch me at all."
Lord Wen was shocked: "You have been in the palace for so long, and the emperor has never touched you?"
"No." Although embarrassed, Wen Qinning still said: "He doesn't seem to love me, it's like he's fulfilling an obsession. I feel like I've reached a dead end. No matter what I do, it's wrong."
She was dignified, and Xuanyuan Mo did not force her, nor did he show any strong emotional fluctuations.
She no longer worried about being together for the rest of her life. Xuanyuan Mo said that she was no longer special and wanted to let her leave the palace.
He even began to think she wasn't gentle and obedient enough...
Lord Wen looked at his daughter with complicated feelings. A man's desire is not necessarily due to love, but the lack of desire definitely means that he does not love. He was worried about her because she had lost the emperor's favor in the harem and had no children.
He said, "Where is the Regent? The Emperor snatched you from him. If all else fails, return to the palace."
Wen Qinning said sadly, "He was bewitched by Hua Ling. This is one of the reasons why I asked my father to kill Hua Ling. She took my place and left me with nowhere to go."
Lord Wen: "Don't worry, I've found someone from the assassin alliance to kill Hua Ling, and they've probably succeeded by now. So what if she's beautiful? Ultimately, beauty is doomed to fail."
"Bang!" The door was kicked open, and Fang Yunheng and the Regent stood outside. Fang Yunheng said in a stern tone, "It turns out to be the killer you hired."
Hua Ling's relationships in the capital are very simple. She is either in the palace or in the Regent's Mansion. She rarely interacts with others. What Hua Ling can guess, Fang Yunheng naturally guesses as well.
Lord Wen lay on the ground trembling. It was over, everything was over.
Wen Qinning's face turned pale: "You have suspected me for a long time?"
"Yes." Xuanyuan Mo said, "You once told me that you wanted to kill Hua Ling. To put it nicely, you were careless, but to put it bluntly, you were outspoken. When Hua Ling was assassinated, you were the first person I suspected."
Fang Yunheng's gloomy eyes were extremely cold: "Hua Ling has a good and gentle personality. I can't think of anyone who would hate her and want to kill her, except you."
Wen Qinning closed her eyes and said, "I was the one who called the killer. This has nothing to do with my father."
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