Xu Lingyi complained silently in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.
She only regards the emperor as a tool for her revenge, and he is a stepping stone for her to gain power.
She will become a concubine now, and will become the queen in the future, and then the queen mother.
Xu Lingyi would not be truly devoted to the emperor.
Because she understands that sincerity is worthless to men.
Sometimes they are more susceptible to hypocrisy.
Only stupid women indulge in love affairs. It is better to expect another person to love them than to expect themselves to love them.
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When Xu Lingyi returned to the Xu family, it was evening. The sky was full of red clouds, which looked particularly beautiful under the setting sun.
Mrs. Xu was very surprised to hear that Xu Lingyi had returned.
"Are you back now? Shouldn't you be back in two months?"
Mrs. Xu expressed her doubts, but she was very happy that her daughter had returned home, and she walked out.
As a result, Mrs. Xu saw the emperor.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
Madam Xu stood there in a daze, forgetting to salute for a moment. She looked at Xu Lingyi, then at the emperor beside her.
"Mom, let's go inside and talk." Xu Lingyi hurried forward and took her mother's hand.
She knew that Mrs. Xu must be very surprised at this moment, and she might even feel secretly uncomfortable afterwards.
But Xu Lingyi has her own path to take, and her parents will have to accept it sooner or later.
Xu Lingyi told Mrs. Xu in detail what happened in Lingguang Temple.
"My daughter will enter the palace in three days."
Mrs. Xu is the general's wife after all, and she has a good ability to manage her facial expressions. Even when faced with such things, her face only shows surprise and unexpectedness, without any reluctance.
Even though she was very resistant to Xu Lingyi entering the palace.
Her daughter was as beautiful as a flower and in her prime. Although the emperor held a high position and she was loyal to him and patriotic, it did not mean that she was willing to let her daughter enter the palace.
But now the dust has settled and the matter is settled, there is nothing we can do even if we don't want to.
The relationship between the emperor and Xu Lingyi was a done deal.
All she could do after that was to make her daughter's life easier after entering the palace.
"Luckily, I met Lingyi. Otherwise, I don't know what would have happened. Madam Xu has raised a good daughter."
The emperor began to praise.
Madam Xu smiled and shook her head, quickly saying she dared not. "Yier's ability to save Your Majesty by chance is a blessing she has earned. Her father and I never imagined that one day our daughter would enter the palace and become an empress. We were so surprised that we neglected Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please take a seat."
Madam Xu exchanged pleasantries with the emperor for a while, and then the emperor returned to the palace.
He had been out of the palace for a day and a night. It was not good to stay outside for too long.
"Your Majesty, can you let Yier enter the palace a few days later?" Madam Xu spoke again. She was reluctant to let her daughter enter the palace so soon. Once she entered the palace, it would not be so easy to meet her again in the future.
The emperor nodded. He was also a parent, so he naturally understood his parents' painstaking efforts.
"Then let Yi'er enter the palace in half a month. During this time, let her stay at home with her family."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After seeing His Majesty off, Madam Xu hurriedly took her daughter to the inner room.
After making sure that there was no one around, Mrs. Xu covered her mouth and burst into tears.
"My Yi'er."
Mrs. Xu hugged her tightly.
Xu Lingyi thought her mother would be sad, but she didn't expect her mother, who was always dignified and expressionless, to lose her composure like this.
"Mother?" Xu Lingyi quickly hugged Madam Xu back. "Actually, His Majesty gave me a choice. This morning, His Majesty asked me if I wanted to enter the palace or pretend this incident never happened. His Majesty said that if I didn't, he would make me a princess and would do his best to make amends to me without letting anyone else know."
Madam Xu looked up suddenly. "And then? Why did His Majesty just say he wanted you to enter the palace?"
"Mother, because my daughter chose to enter the palace."
Xu Lingyi looked into Madam Xu's eyes and said seriously, "I think it would be better to enter the palace as a concubine. The palace is the most powerful place, and Your Majesty is the most noble person in the world. I want to become an empress."
The first time Mrs. Xu took action, she slapped Xu Lingyi in the face.
"You're confused!"
Madam Xu was furious. "Why on earth are you doing this? Do you think it's so easy to get into the palace? If you go in with your brain, what good will it end up like? Not to mention His Majesty..."
Madam Xu lowered her voice, even though she knew there was no one else around her yard, and even though she was in the inner room, Madam Xu still lowered her voice and spoke at a volume that only the two of them could hear.
"His Majesty is infertile. He is older than your father. If you enter the palace, you will enjoy a few years of glory. In the first few years, you will be beautiful, and His Majesty will pamper you. Your life will be easy. But what about after that? You have no children, and you will never have your own children in this life. You will have no one to rely on. The emperor is older than you. What will you do after he dies? Will you die of old age in the palace and spend your whole life in prison in that small place? If you stay outside the palace, choose Xu Zheng. When the border is stable in the future, he will return to the capital, and you can live in the capital."
"You don't even have to get married. You won't have to deal with your mother-in-law, and you won't have to compete for favors with a bunch of women in the backyard. If you want to go out of town or travel, Xu Zheng can accompany you. You can do whatever you want. You're throwing away your whole life for a few years of glory and vanity. What on earth are you thinking?"
Mrs. Xu was very disappointed.
It was like she was meeting her daughter for the first time.
"Is it possible that you have some difficulties, or are you blinded by lard?"
Xu Lingyi shook her head. This was the first time that Madam Xu had hit her since she was a child, but Xu Lingyi felt only guilt. She had made her mother worry about her.
"Mother, just think of your daughter as being blinded by greed. I fell in love with Your Majesty the first time I saw him. I have never liked warriors like Xu Zheng. I like men of dignity like Your Majesty."
"I told mother because I didn't want her to be sad. I wanted you and father to know that all of this was my own will. It was my own choice. I've considered everything you said. I know you may be right, but I just want to be with His Majesty."
"Don't you, Your Majesty, look like a warrior? You look more like one than Xu Zheng? You like this, why don't you like Xu Zheng?"
Mrs. Xu could not understand Xu Lingyi at all.
"Xu Zheng has always been like a brother to me. Mother, I must enter the palace now. I am unfilial, but I just hope that you won't be angry because of me."
Mrs. Xu's eyes were red and she didn't want to look at her anymore.
She had originally forced herself to accept it, but when she learned that her daughter had a choice but didn't choose it, she found it difficult to calm down.
And Xu Lingyi also regretted it.
But actually, this is better. Mrs. Xu is very angry now, but at least she has vented it, which is much better than being sulking and sad alone for a long time in the future.
At least in the eyes of her parents, she did it voluntarily, not forced.
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