Xu Lingyi shook her head helplessly and fearfully.
Her tears flowed in her eyes, and her eyes were filled with tears, which made his heart feel hot and his breathing disordered.
"Your Majesty..." Her slender white hands tried to push his chest and create distance between them.
But her strength was insignificant in front of the emperor.
The emperor couldn't let her have her wish. He held her slender waist with his big hands and hugged her tighter.
The two were too close, Xu Lingyi's breathing became rapid due to nervousness, her forehead was slightly red, and her nose was also slightly red due to crying.
The more she didn't know that she was so pitiful and lovable, the more the emperor wanted to get her and protect her.
They were so close that the emperor could even see the soft, fine hairs on her face.
The two people's breaths intertwined, and in the small space of the tent, it seemed even more ambiguous.
The emperor almost couldn't help it. His eyes were dark, his Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes were full of love and possessiveness for Xu Lingyi.
Xu Lingyi seemed even more frightened.
"Your Majesty..." Her voice choked with tears, "We can't do this."
Some beauties can only be admired from afar, but when Xu Lingyi was seen up close like this, the emperor found her beauty even more astonishing.
She seemed to have no blemishes, and her skin was so white and soft that it seemed to glow.
He knew that he had become a pervert in her heart.
Before, he always wanted to leave the best impression on her and be a gentleman in her heart.
He wanted her to be obsessed with him, just as he was with her.
But Xu Lingyi woke up unexpectedly and caught him in the act, and now he has given up hope.
"Your Majesty." Xu Lingyi took a deep breath, as if she was mustering up the courage to speak.
She shook her head vigorously, her voice sounding particularly pitiful and weak.
"I cannot enter the palace as a concubine, let alone as empress. The Empress gave birth to Princess Zhaoyang for you. She has been empress for many years and is a role model for women all over the world. I have always admired the Empress and never dared to covet anything that does not belong to me. How could I possibly become your empress?"
"Beauty fades and is fleeting; it is but the skin of the body. I hope Your Majesty will not do anything wrong because of me. If I do, I will be a sinner for eternity, and Your Majesty will be cursed by all the people. Why would you ruin your lifetime of wisdom for me?"
She seemed to have mustered up great courage to speak out all her heartfelt words in one breath.
But she was too timid, and her voice was slightly choked when she spoke. After she finished speaking, she immediately lowered her head and dared not look at him again.
The emperor sighed, lowered his head and held her face in his big hands, his eyes full of seriousness and love.
Of course he knew that she had no ambition and did not want to become queen.
But he loved her and wanted to give her the best.
"I know you won't believe me now. You just think I'm after your looks and your body, right?" the emperor asked her.
Xu Lingyi quickly shook her head: "I dare not think so. In the hearts of me and the people of the world, you are a wise ruler."
The emperor was amused by her words. She was really cute.
He's holding her like this now, and she still thinks she's a wise ruler? This little woman is flattering herself.
"I really like your appearance and figure."
The emperor admitted it.
He was not a noble gentleman, but just a worldly man in front of her.
He liked her as a person, including her temperament, her kindness, and her fragility, but he also liked her appearance.
These are all her.
"But if you were an ugly girl, I would still like you."
Xu Lingyi looked up suddenly, unable to believe it.
But the emperor didn't know how to explain it. Anyway, he would not and did not want to admit that he had once been Lai Fu's dog.
"You may misunderstand me now as a superficial villain, but when you enter the palace in the future, you will be able to feel my true feelings for you. Although the Queen is the Queen, she is not my wife. Originally, she was just a concubine in my Prince's Mansion. The women before me were all chosen by the Queen Mother. Before, I was always obsessed with state affairs and had no interest in the harem. The selection of concubines was only for someone who could give birth to my children."
The emperor paused. She might dislike him, but he still wanted to explain things to her clearly.
"But over the years, only the Empress and the Imperial Concubine have given birth to princesses. They both became pregnant when I was young, less than a month apart. Since then, no one in my harem has been pregnant in the past ten years."
When the emperor talked about this, he felt depressed. This was a pain point that he had been reluctant to touch for many years.
"Then I gave up. I say this to tell you that the Queen became Queen not because of her virtue, or her family background, nor because I love her, but simply because she gave birth to a healthy princess. The Imperial Concubine became Imperial Concubine because she gave birth to my second princess, but my second princess..."
Thinking of his deceased child, the emperor still grieves. "The Second Princess wasn't in good health. Her death... was somehow related to the Empress. She didn't dare actually harm the Princess, but she did try to do something indirectly. She thought I was too busy with state affairs to know. But I was just thinking of Zhaoyang. She's my only daughter now. I've already lost one daughter, and I don't want to grieve another."
The emperor had never even confided these words to the empress dowager. Whenever she talked about the second princess, the empress dowager would burst into tears and feel heartbroken.
But the emperor now opened his heart to Xu Lingyi, and in his heart, she was his wife.
After hearing this, Xu Lingyi was at a loss.
This was her first exposure to royal secrets.
In the past, she was trapped in the backyard, and the most powerful person she met was Shen Qinghuai.
But suddenly, she gained the emperor's favor.
To Xu Lingyi, all this seemed extremely dreamy and sudden.
She has been learning women's virtues and precepts since she was young, and she dares not make even a single wrong step, especially now.
Besides, in her mind, she had only met the emperor once, and they had only met twice today. How could she possibly believe that the emperor liked her?
He is the supreme ruler, high above everyone else, looking down upon all living beings.
And she is just a humble and weak woman.
There is a world of difference between them.
All this might just be the emperor's idle amusement. If she took it seriously, she would be doomed.
Xu Lingyi showed her thoughts on her face, and the emperor saw through her thoughts at a glance.
Never mind, he should have given her some time to accept it.
"I can keep you from entering the palace and give you a month to think about it."
When the emperor saw that she didn't say anything, he sighed and felt helpless.
He exhaled deeply, then forcefully grasped her slender waist and wanted to bend down to kiss her.
Xu Lingyi shook her head and cried, unwillingly, shrinking her neck and keeping backing away.
"I'm willing to give Yi'er some time to consider this. Shouldn't Yi'er also give me some benefits?"
The emperor held her hands with one hand, held her chin with the other, and kissed her passionately.
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