Xu Lingyi had long expected this day to come.
Xiao Chengyou has not returned home these days, and she has made mental preparations for a showdown, and even feels a little fearless.
She knew that she was pregnant, and even Xiao Chengyou couldn't do anything to her.
If she needed his favor, she might be afraid, but since she didn't need his love, there was nothing to be afraid of.
In the future he can find another woman to fall in love with.
Anyway, he can't have children, so even if he has more women, they can't threaten her position.
She just needs to raise the child well, and after he dies, her child will succeed to the throne and she can become the queen mother.
Seeing her indifferent expression, as calm as water, Xiao Chengyou clenched his palms, and his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
He reached out and pinched her palm-sized face tightly. The two looked at each other silently, and neither of them spoke first.
Xiao Chengyou finally gave in and took the initiative to speak.
"You knew that Xiao Hengyuan would be deposed, and you also knew that I... would be the ultimate winner? That's why you went to the deposed prince's mansion, right?"
Xiao Chengyou stared deeply into her eyes, not missing any expression on her face.
Xu Lingyi lowered her eyes and nodded, "Yes."
That was all she said.
His emotions were in turmoil, but she was so calm.
What is he unclear about at this moment?
No wonder she wasn't jealous at all when other women showed their attention to him that day.
He thought she was just brought up too gently.
But after seeing how ruthless and resolute she was in revenge in that world.
He knew that she was not a docile girl in the boudoir.
She just didn't like him, so she didn't care.
What he thought was a mutual affection was just a lie she made up.
If he hadn't dreamed about those things, he would have been deceived by her until now, thinking that she was deeply in love with him.
"Xu Lingyi, you have such a cruel heart."
Xiao Chengyou gritted his teeth, there was a sour pain in his eyes, and his heart seemed to be cut by something.
"Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Xu Lingyi lowered her head and remained silent. He already knew everything she was going to say.
She really didn't like him, so what else could she say to him?
Telling the truth will only irritate him, and he won't believe lies anymore.
"say!"
Xiao Chengyou grabbed his shoulders, veins bulged, and Xu Lingyi felt a little pain.
"Your Highness, what do you want me to say?" Xu Lingyi asked, turning her head sideways. "Don't you already know everything?"
Her attitude made Xiao Chengyou angry and hurt, and he felt justified and had no guilt at all.
"Now is your true face, right?" Xiao Chengyou's thin lips turned pale, and almost no blood could be seen.
Xu Lingyi lowered her eyes and said, "Yeah."
Man proposes, God disposes. She didn't expect that he could know those things about her past life.
This was beyond her expectations, but she had no choice but to face it.
"Your Highness, if you were me, you would do the same."
"All I want is to not be stepped on by others. It's no different from your desire to become the crown prince or the emperor. We both want to climb up the ladder, just using different methods. I don't think I'm wrong."
"If Your Highness hadn't had those dreams, we could have lived a happy and peaceful life."
She could keep lying to him.
Xiao Chengyou frowned and didn't speak for a long time.
He looked at her deeply. In fact, he was not angry because she lied to him, but because she didn't love him.
"You're right, we are indeed the same kind of people. Men can be ambitious, and so can women."
Xiao Chengyou even felt that this made her more flesh and blood, and made him more moved by her.
"You want power and a high position, I can give it to you, and I don't mind you wanting it, but why don't you like me?"
This is what Xiao Chengyou cares about most.
If it was just a guess before, he didn't dare to face the fact that she might not like him, so he didn't dare to go back home.
Now seeing her attitude, all these speculations have been confirmed.
"What did I do wrong?" he asked through gritted teeth.
Xu Lingyi raised her eyes. She was a little surprised by Xiao Chengyou's attitude.
"Your Highness?"
Xiao Chengyou clenched his hands and closed his eyes. He had been struggling with this for the past few days and had also imagined the worst-case scenario.
He asked himself, even if she really didn't like him.
Can he give up on her?
He had asked himself this question countless times, and the answer was no.
He had never liked any woman before, so he finally fell in love with someone. Even if she didn't like him, he didn't want to give up.
"Xu Lingyi."
Xiao Chengyou stared at her intently for a moment, closed his eyes, and finally compromised, saying, "Since you've lied to me, you must lie to me forever."
"You want to quit halfway and leave me alone, but that's absolutely impossible."
Xiao Chengyou lowered his eyes, and after saying these words, he found that it was not as difficult to say them as he had imagined.
"I approached Your Highness in order to become the queen and avenge the Xu family. You... don't care about this?"
Xu Lingyi widened her eyes slightly and confirmed again.
If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she would have thought she had misheard.
After all, Xiao Chengyou is a prince of noble status.
Xiao Chengyou nodded, "As you said yourself, there is nothing wrong with pursuing power."
Xiao Chengyou's voice was hoarse and deep, he really didn't care about these things.
"If I had not been deposed by my father, I might not be able to accept these methods." Xiao Chengyou said frankly.
"But I've lost power before, and I've experienced the feeling of falling from the clouds. Although it's only been a few months, I finally understand the importance of having these things. Everyone has someone they want to protect. I want to protect my mother, and you want to protect your mother. There's nothing wrong with that."
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