Xu Lingyi's cold reaction left Li Jinan at a loss. This was the first time she resisted him like this.
Obviously, they almost encountered separation and death.
He had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Mother said it was because... the horse was frightened." Li Jinan frowned.
"What if I say no?"
Xu Lingyi spoke, she looked up at him:
"Can you believe that it was the Concubine who wanted to kill me today?"
Li Jinan suddenly grasped her wrist, staring at her blankly, his voice tense: "What did you say?"
An emotion rose in Xu Lingyi's eyes, it was hatred and deep resentment.
"The Concubine... took advantage of this incense offering to bring in some bad guys to destroy my innocence... It was to avoid these people that I jumped off the cliff with A'ran."
As if thinking of the thrill of today, Xu Lingyi couldn't help but tremble all over. Her eyes were red, but she still spoke with sobs.
"Do you know... how desperate I was at that time? I jumped with the determination to die. I would rather die than let those people touch me. I just wanted to keep my innocence for the prince."
Her lips were pale, almost bloodless. Li Jinan clenched her palms, and her chest heaved violently.
"I thought I was doomed and would never see the prince again in this life, but God showed mercy and allowed A'ran and I to survive."
"I'm sorry, Yi'er! It's my fault that I failed to protect you. I told you..."
He couldn't imagine what would happen to Xu Lingyi if those people succeeded today.
He stared at her intently, his face pale. He found it difficult to breathe whenever he thought of what almost happened today.
"Your Highness, do you believe that it was the Concubine Dowager who did it?" Xu Lingyi asked.
Li Jinan's voice was so hoarse that he couldn't speak.
He didn't want to believe it in his heart.
But his intuition told him that everything was true.
There was no need for Xu Lingyi to risk her life to deceive him.
His respected mother actually tried to murder his beloved wife, and her methods were so despicable.
"Yier, I'm sorry."
He reached out to hug her, but whenever he thought about what she had almost encountered today and how he almost lost her, his heart ached.
But she took a few steps back to avoid it.
"Prince, let's get a divorce." Xu Lingyi said.
Li Jinan stood there in a daze, staring at Xu Lingyi blankly. After a while, he seemed to react. He suddenly grabbed my wrist and his voice became tense.
"Impossible, we can never divorce in this life. You can only be my wife."
Xu Lingyi let out a mocking smile, "I simply cannot bear the position of your princess."
"You and the Concubine both care about the issue of offspring. Now, the Concubine is even more disgusted with me because I am unable to bear children and I am blocking your way. This time, I was lucky enough to escape, but what about next time? If I become your princess again, I am afraid that sooner or later I will die without a burial place."
Xu Lingyi lowered her eyes.
"Yier, I'll go find Mother when I get back. I'll definitely take care of this matter."
Li Jinan quickly held her hand.
"How will the prince deal with this? Will you really punish the Concubine Dowager? Will you ask the Concubine Dowager to pay with her life?"
Xu Lingyi raised her eyes and questioned him.
Li Jinan was speechless when asked.
The Concubine Dowager was his biological mother and had raised him for more than twenty years. Even if she had done something wrong, how could he, as her own son, kill her?
"Yier, I can't take my mother's life."
Xu Lingyi chuckled, "I know Your Highness can't do that. If Your Highness truly cares for me and harbors feelings for me and feels guilty about me, then please let me go and give me a letter of divorce. From today on, I can no longer get along with the Concubine Dowager, let alone become her daughter-in-law or your wife."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Jinan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his expression was extremely gloomy.
He clenched his hands and didn't speak for a long time.
"Yier, I will say it again, it is absolutely impossible. We can move out of the palace and choose another place to live in the future. I will also strengthen the guards around you."
"I never thought of setting up defenses against Mother before, which is why what happened today happened. It will never happen again. In short, no matter what, we cannot divorce."
After saying that, Li Jinan picked up Xu Lingyi by the waist and said, "Let's go back home."
"No." But her strength was meaningless in front of Li Jinan's strong arms.
No matter how she struggled, Li Jinan did not move.
"Xu Lingyi!"
When she saw her come back, the concubine fell to the ground immediately, looking as if she had seen a ghost.
Li Jinan's face became a little gloomy. He originally still had a glimmer of hope in his heart that it might not be his mother who did it.
But now her reaction left him with no chance of success.
Li Jinan carried Xu Lingyi back to their residence.
"how?"
"Madam is fine."
After the doctor spoke, Li Jinan seemed relieved.
"Yier, you take a rest first. I'll go find my mother."
As soon as he left, Xu Lingyi wanted to go out and leave the palace.
But I found that the door was locked.
Li Jinan actually locked her up!
"Let me out!" Xu Lingyi knocked on the door.
"princess."
She took pictures for a long time, but no one responded to her. Finally, A'ran's voice suddenly appeared.
"Aran."
"Princess, I heard that the key is with the prince. Unless the prince opens the door..."
"Princess, the prince is acting this way because you're thinking of a divorce and he's afraid you'll leave the palace. I'm sure he won't be like this after some time."
In A'ran's opinion, the prince cares too much about the princess.
Xu Lingyi didn't say anything. She waited for almost three hours before Li Jinan came back.
There was a blood mark on his forehead.
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