The emperor nodded and said nothing more.
He doesn't care much about his reputation.
He was already feeling depressed about the adoption of a son. This was the first thing he had done against his will during all the years he was in power.
He always believed that if an emperor could not act according to his own wishes, then there would be no point in being an emperor.
Adopting a child was the last thing he gave in to.
Now that he likes Xu Lingyi, he will not listen to anyone's advice, even if that person is the Queen Mother.
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Prince Li Xu's Palace.
"Your Highness is overjoyed. In half a month, you will be His Majesty's adopted son and the only heir to the world."
Li Xu was also in high spirits at this moment. He had been worried for some time. After all, that position was the supreme position in the world.
Even he couldn't control his desire at all.
He even wanted to take action against that person in the royal family.
That person had similar abilities to him, the only difference being that he was younger.
He is the strongest competitor for the position.
But in the end he held back, because the emperor would not tolerate him like this.
Fortunately, he finally got what he wanted. From now on, he will continue to endure humiliation. The emperor is now thirty-six years old and can only live for another ten years at most.
By the time he gets more than a decade later, he might have his own supporters behind him, and he might even ascend to the throne.
At this moment, Li Xu was completely looking forward to the future.
He wished the emperor would die next year, but unfortunately he did not have enough power behind him to take action against the emperor.
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Xu Lingyi had known for a long time that Li Xu would be adopted, and she was actually looking forward to it.
The more glorious Li Xu is now, the more painful it will be when he falls.
That day, Li Xu also met the girl from the Xu family.
His advisers once wanted him to seduce the girl from the Xu family, but he was unwilling to do so at that time. This time, when he saw Xu Lingyi in the palace, even though he tried his best to restrain himself, he couldn't help but look at Xu Lingyi again.
The emperor noticed it at a glance and turned his face cold towards him.
Li Xu quickly lowered his head and knelt on the ground, not daring to look again, but Xu's face was still echoing in his mind.
It turns out that there really are women in this world who are this beautiful.
Holding the power of the world in his hands, he lies drunkenly on the lap of a beauty.
No wonder the emperor doted on Xu so much. If he were the emperor, he would not be able to control such a beautiful woman.
Xu is not very old, and when he ascends the throne in the future, Xu should not be old yet.
By then...Xu will be his.
Xu Lingyi didn't know what Li Xu was thinking, but she also noticed his eyes.
It was obvious that Li Xu was amazed by her beauty.
But she felt a little sick.
She had to rely on her fantasy of torturing Li Xu to death in the future to relieve this feeling of nausea.
After returning to the palace, Xu Lingyi nestled in the emperor's arms and complained softly, her voice full of grievance.
"I don't like him."
The emperor naturally knew who Xu Lingyi was talking about, and he was also unhappy.
"I am also a little scared. Your Majesty, please do not let him enter the palace in the future."
Xu Lingyi huddled in the emperor's arms.
The emperor patted her back and soothed her softly, "Don't be afraid, my dear. There won't be a next time. I thought he was just okay, but it turns out he's not up to the task."
"Will Your Majesty still choose him?" Xu Lingyi asked.
The emperor nodded: "For now, it's still him. In the future, there may be other candidates in the royal family, one of whom is younger than him..."
The emperor did not say anything else.
But Xu Lingyi knew that Li Xu's position was not stable.
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"The masters are talking, what are you going to do?" Chunhua saw Qiushi seemed to be going into the inner room.
"I'll go ask the masters if they want to serve the food." Qiu Shi quickly looked at her and explained in a low voice, "Your Majesty didn't eat much this morning. Now that the sun is high in the sky, I think she must be hungry."
Chunhua, however, kept a straight face: "The masters will call us when they want to eat, so please don't rush in and disturb them."
Chunhua and Qiushi grew up together and had a good relationship, but after Aunt Zhang reminded her.
She began to pay attention to Qiushi.
She found that Qiushi paid special attention to His Majesty.
She became alert.
In Chunhua's heart, Xu Lingyi always comes first.
After all, it was Xu Lingyi who rescued her when she was a child. Without Xu Lingyi, there would be no her.
Qiushi lowered her head slightly and stopped talking. She could feel that Chunhua's attitude towards her was not as good as before.
She was actually feeling guilty, afraid that her thoughts were too obvious and would be noticed by her master.
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"Your Majesty, I'm worried that the Imperial Concubine will be unhappy with you being here. The princess also told me this last time. I..."
Xu Lingyi pretended to be in trouble.
The emperor shook his head. "My love for you has nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine is not capable of interfering in my affairs. As for the princess, she listened to the Imperial Concubine's complaints and felt sorry for her mother. I will not let her do whatever she wants."
Xu Lingyi nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Actually, I didn't want to push you away. Being favored by Your Majesty is a blessing I have cultivated for several lifetimes, so I didn't want to give it up. I was just worried about affecting the relationship between Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine and Princess."
The emperor was relieved and hugged her, holding her hand. "I wish the imperial concubine was as sensible and reasonable as you. You are already old, but you are becoming more and more unreasonable."
Xu Lingyi certainly wouldn't complain about the Imperial Concubine. She said, "Perhaps the Imperial Concubine cares about you and wants His Majesty to come see her, so she did this."
The emperor was even more displeased: "If she really cared about me, she should make me happy, like a beloved concubine, instead of gossiping with my princess and instigating her."
In the eyes of the emperor, the princess seemed to be able to do nothing wrong, and the one who was wrong was the imperial concubine.
The emperor was already very dissatisfied with the imperial concubine. With only one last chance, she estimated that all his dissatisfaction would reach a peak.
Xu Lingyi is very vengeful. The last time she was punished to kneel, one of the people was Princess Minghua, and the other was the imperial concubine behind her.
After the princess came to warn her last time, the emperor still favored her alone and never visited the other concubines in the harem.
The emperor even became very disgusted with the imperial concubine because of Xu Lingyi's overt and covert whispering in his ear during this period.
The emperor also wanted her to take charge of palace affairs and replace the imperial concubine. Xu Lingyi did not agree immediately, but two days later, the emperor brought up the matter again.
The imperial concubine also noticed it and she began to get anxious.
She knew that it was time to deal with Xu Lingyi. Even if the emperor would be angry, as long as she ruined Xu Lingyi's face, she would have no capital. The emperor's anger was only temporary. She had the princess, and no matter what, the emperor would do it for the princess's sake.
She could definitely give it a try.
Xu Lingyi also sneered in her heart, the big fish was about to take the bait.
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