"Your Highness, are you…are you serious?"
Xu Lingyi clenched her palms, her face turning uncontrollably pale.
She was always accustomed to hiding her emotions, but at this moment she could no longer act.
"Yes, really." Qi Yuan also realized that something was wrong.
He held Xu Lingyi's hand, "Yier, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Lingyi's reaction was completely different from what he expected. He had thought she would be happy too.
Qi Yuan looked at her suspiciously, "Are you unhappy? Are you unwilling to live in seclusion with me?"
Xu Lingyi was silent. "Your Highness, does the Empress know about this? Does she agree with you giving up the throne?"
Realizing her tone was too blunt, Xu Lingyi began to explain, "Your Majesty is old, and I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it. After all, this matter is too unexpected."
Xu Lingyi brought up the Queen, hoping to make Qi Yuan come to his senses and change his mind.
She just thought he was losing his mind.
Is there really a fool like Qi Yuan in this world?
She had always thought him shrewd and cold-blooded, but now she realized that he was a complete fool.
He was actually willing to give up such a supreme position to someone else.
"The Queen Mother already knows." Qi Yuan spoke, staring at Xu Lingyi without blinking.
He realized that something was wrong, but he was still unwilling to doubt Xu Lingyi in the slightest.
"Does the Empress agree?" Xu Lingyi asked anxiously, clenching her fists.
Qi Yuan nodded again, "My Queen Mother has no objection. She raised Yuner herself, and we have a deep bond. This matter is a foregone conclusion. I will announce it to the court officials tomorrow morning."
The entire Imperial Hospital was helpless against Qi Yun’s poison; he was destined not to live for more than three years.
In this situation, Qi Yun posed no threat to Qi Yuan at all, so it would be no big deal to let him sit on the throne for a few years.
The Queen was also aware of this, so she did not object.
"The courtiers won't have any objections?"
"They won't have it, and they dare not have it."
He is behind Qi Yun.
It is said that Qi Yun ascended the throne, but he will still be the one who truly holds all the power.
Xu Lingyi completely lost hope. "Why? Why would you give the throne to the eldest grandson?"
She seemed to be asking Qi Yuan, but also seemed to be asking herself.
"If it's because of the selection of concubines, I don't mind you taking other concubines. You really don't have to give up the throne because of this. If you do, I will become a sinner."
Xu Lingyi clenched her palms as she was forced to say such words.
She just wanted to complete the task first, and she knew Qi Yuan's heart was with her.
Even if there were other people, given his personality, he would not touch them, let alone spoil them.
She admitted that she was selfish, but that was just the way she was.
Qi Yuan's fierce eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart became heavier and heavier.
She was actually willing to ask him to take a concubine.
Does she really like him?
He had once believed it firmly and felt that they were in love with each other.
But her reaction today made Qi Yuan suspicious.
"Yier, what do you want?"
Qi Yuan's voice was hoarse and cold. "I asked you before if you were willing to leave the capital with me, and you agreed."
"You said you would rather be an ordinary couple with me than have me with anyone else. Now that I've done that, you're going back on your word. What do you want?"
Xu Lingyi felt a little self-destructive, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She knew that she should maintain her image in Qi Yuan's heart.
But now all her hopes were dashed, and she had no mood to pretend.
"What if I want the position of queen? Can you give it to me? I don't want Qi Yun to sit on the throne. I only want the prince to be the emperor. I want you to sit on the throne."
Qi Yuan understood completely.
"You want to be queen?"
Xu Lingyi nodded.
Qi Yuan couldn't adapt to her change of attitude.
Xu Lingyi knew that he must be extremely disappointed in her at this moment, realizing that she was just a woman who loved fame and fortune.
But... she felt so uncomfortable.
She thought she would be able to achieve all her goals and complete her mission immediately.
In the future, it will be enough for me to live a peaceful and stable life with Qi Yuan.
But now she almost seemed to have fallen from the clouds to the earth.
Qi Yuan destroyed her hopes and made her efforts go in vain.
She couldn't blame him or resent him. She knew she had no right to do so, but she couldn't help but feel disappointed.
She finally became the Princess of Yan and was about to become the Queen.
But he didn't want to be emperor.
"Your Highness, now that you know what I'm thinking, could you please take the throne yourself and not have your eldest grandson ascend the throne?"
Xu Lingyi asked him again with her last hope.
She wanted to try one last time to see if she could change his mind.
Qi Yuan was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "The throne is no joke. I have already promised Yun'er, and it cannot be changed."
Especially since Qi Yun was poisoned, he couldn't regret it in this situation.
"you……"
He wanted to explain that Qi Yun had only been on the throne for two or three years.
But her reaction at this moment also made him feel heartbroken.
A dense mass of pain and disappointment surged into my heart.
The words that were about to be said were never said.
Qi Yuan is not a fool.
Everything that happened in the past might have just been his self-righteousness, and he never saw her clearly.
"Your Highness, please go out. I want to be alone."
He stared at her for a moment, finally sighed heavily, and left.
The moment Qi Yuan closed the door, Xu Lingyi buried herself in the quilt, unable to hold back her tears.
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