Xu Lingyi was really sad.
She thought that if Qi Yuan found her, he would punish her.
She was also prepared. She would be sorry for Qi Yuan if she abandoned him.
No matter how he treated her, she could accept it.
But when it really came to this moment, she realized that she had overestimated herself.
Qi Yuan had been so nice to her in the past, she had long been accustomed to it.
She couldn't accept his cold words.
"Why are you crying? If I did such a thing, I would not have the face to cry." Qi Yuan pinched her face and spoke in a hard tone.
At this moment, her palm-sized face was covered with tears, which gushed out like a spring and hit his heart.
"Your Majesty, please don't treat me like this. I know I was wrong."
Xu Lingyi sobbed and admitted her mistake. She looked up at Qi Yuan, looking extremely pitiful.
Qi Yuan met her extremely beautiful eyes.
At this moment, her eyes were red and her shoulders were shaking from crying.
"What's your mistake?" Qi Yuan's voice was cold and stern.
Xu Lingyi was stunned.
She said she knew she was wrong, but she had no regrets in her heart.
She abandoned Qi Yuan, but she also knew that he treated her well.
She always remembered and was touched by his affection.
She also felt guilty about abandoning him.
Now everything has failed, back to square one, or even worse than before.
But if she had the chance again, she would make the same choice.
Between trying and failing and giving up the task without even trying, Xu Lingyi would only choose the former.
Qi Yuan's thin lips curled up into a cold smile, "Can't you tell me?"
"Do you still remember how you treated me? Do you know how I felt when I found out you were missing? I was so angry I wanted to kill everyone, but I also worried about your safety day and night."
"I'm worried about you, a weak woman, whether you'll be in danger or bullied. I'm afraid day and night that something might happen to you."
"Ever since you disappeared, I haven't been able to sleep peacefully. Even when I manage to sleep for a few hours, all I have are nightmares about you."
He was angry that she was insincere towards him and that she didn't love him.
But he was even more afraid that something might happen to her. She left the palace penniless and took nothing with her.
He was afraid that she would be in danger and lose her life.
"My Queen Mother is already old. She gave birth to me and raised me. She is my closest relative. It is my duty to stay in the capital to fulfill my filial duty. But when I think of you... I would rather leave my Queen Mother behind."
Qi Yuan looked at her with gritted teeth.
He told himself that if he never found her in this life, he would live in fear and worry for the rest of his life.
He was so worried that something might happen to her, but she was right in front of him, in the palace.
"But how have you treated me? I have always been looking for you, considering you as my wife to spend my life with, but you have become the concubine of my nephew."
These words were said to Xu Lingyi as well as to Qi Yuan himself.
He warned himself not to soften his heart towards her so quickly.
He was angry at her deception and hypocrisy, and even more angry at her leaving without saying goodbye.
Xu Lingyi raised her eyes with tears in her eyes and met his red eyes.
At this moment, she realized the pain he had suffered during this period.
"I...at first thought that after I left, you would understand my unbearableness and recognize that I am a cold-hearted woman. You would completely despise me..."
He should have been able to guess her true identity before she left.
Leaving the palace for another reason besides wanting a mission.
Part of the reason was that she didn't dare to face being rejected by him.
"Do you think you've asked this king yourself? If you didn't ask, how would you know that this king would hate you?"
"Do you still remember that we are husband and wife? You never tell me what you really want."
There were many hidden problems between them from the very beginning.
"You clearly crave power and are hypocritical and calculating, yet you pretend to be spotless. You want to be the queen, yet you tell me that you only want to be an ordinary couple with me."
After she hooked up with Qi Yun, Qi Yuan guessed what she really wanted.
Qi Yuan sneered, staring at her with deep eyes, "How ridiculous! I pride myself on being smart, yet I believed your lies. Why did you do that?"
Xu Lingyi lowered her eyes and remained silent. She couldn't say anything.
"say!"
His hand pinched her chin fiercely, which frightened her and made her feel pain, but she didn't dare to cry out in pain at this moment.
"Perhaps it was because of the prince's love that I planned this from the very beginning."
Xu Lingyi's eyes were misty and her voice was choked.
"You like me because I'm a disguised version of myself, pure, kind, and weak. That's why I'm always pretending, never daring to let you know what kind of woman I really am."
He also had no idea how she had managed to get to the capital.
If she was really a weak and kind woman, he would never have met her, and she would have died at the hands of those evil people long ago.
They are completely different.
"You are a descendant of the Heavenly Family, extremely noble."
Xu Lingyi looked at him and met his deep eyes.
"I am just mud on the ground, an evil ghost crawling out from the lowest place."
He said he was afraid that she would be bullied, but she had been bullied for many years.
"I once possessed so little, and now I desire so much, but I dare not and cannot tell Your Highness."
She needs to maintain her persona.
He frowned and didn't speak for a long time.
"If I give you another chance, will you still abandon me?"
He had decided that if she answered no and let bygones be bygones, he would not care about it anymore, nor would he lock her up just to teach her a lesson.
But Xu Lingyi just remained silent, and Qi Yuan's heart became heavier and heavier.
"I have deceived Your Highness many times before, but from now on, I do not want to deceive you again."
"If I had to do it again, I would still make the same choice."
She has certain feelings for Qi Yuan, but she will always consider what she wants first.
She still chooses the mission.
Qi Yuan pinched her face tightly, and the secret room was filled with his sinister laughter.
"I have indeed overestimated myself."
How could he still have a glimmer of hope for such a cold-hearted woman like her?
He should have realized long ago that she had no feelings for him.
In this case, he doesn't need to be soft-hearted anymore.
"This king gave you a chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it."
Qi Yuan fiercely tore off her clothes.
"You will stay here for the rest of your life."
"When you fall in love with me, I will let you go."
"You...you really want to keep me locked up forever?"
Qi Yuan's rough fingertips touched her fair and soft belly, his eyes cold and gloomy, "Of course, if you don't regard me as your husband, I don't have to regard you as my wife anymore."
"My Queen Mother has always wanted a grandson. It will be up to you to fulfill her wish. If you can give birth to more children for me and make her happy, I may consider letting you go for a few days."
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