When the emperor looked at Shen Qinghuai's face, he became furious. All his self-cultivation and self-improvement turned into nothing in front of Shen Qinghuai, and he could not remain calm at all.
Why didn't I think he was so hypocritical before?
Shen Qinghuai only felt a pain in his heart, his eyes were dry but he refused to cry. His edges were still cold but now he had lost his sharpness.
He looked at Xu Lingyi blankly, as if he still had hope, and asked cautiously, "Madam? Do you really want a divorce too?"
This was the first time Xu Lingyi saw Shen Qinghuai nervous. Was he expecting her answer?
Xu Lingyi sneered in her heart.
Seeing Shen Qinghuai like this, she thought of herself in her previous life. At that time, she cried and said that she didn’t want to divorce. How did Shen Qinghuai treat her?
He shook her hand off so coldly, he really disliked her for being dirty!
His disdain made her feel even more self-loathing.
Before Xu Lingyi could answer, she felt the emperor holding her hand tightly with great force.
The emperor didn't say anything, but his body language was very clear.
Xu Lingyi lowered her head, her voice slightly hoarse. "I know the general has someone else in his heart and doesn't like me. Our marriage was originally a coincidence. Now that we have parted ways, we can both be happy. I hope...I hope the general will sign."
Only after Xu Lingyi finished speaking did she feel that the emperor seemed to relax completely, and the strength of his grip on her hand also eased.
Shen Qinghuai felt as if he had been hit hard. The words he was about to say became extremely difficult, and bitterness spread in his heart.
"Are you giving up now, Mr. Chen?" The emperor's tone was slightly smug.
Although he was an emperor, he was like a victorious rooster at this moment.
The emperor himself did not like looking so worthless.
But once faced with Xu Lingyi's affairs, he couldn't control himself, and looked at Shen Qinghuai with only jealousy in his heart.
What virtue and ability did Shen Qinghuai have to be able to marry Xu Lingyi?
He should be his wife.
"lady……"
Shen Qinghuai's heart seemed to be torn apart. Before Xu Lingyi spoke, he could still deceive himself. Xu Lingyi was unwilling. All this was forced by the emperor.
It was the emperor who coveted Xu Lingyi's beauty, but he was the only one in her heart.
But now she wanted him to sign the divorce papers in person.
Shen Qinghuai then realized that she was willing too.
Whatever the reason, she nodded.
Compared to being the emperor's favorite concubine and being his wife, it is obvious that the former is better. With a road to success right in front of you, who can not be tempted?
I don’t know how many people want to climb onto the emperor’s throne, even though His Majesty has difficulty in having children.
Xu Lingyi was nothing special. He underestimated her.
Shen Qinghuai couldn't suppress the dark speculations in his heart.
"How did Madam manage to seduce His Majesty while I was away from the capital?"
Shen Qinghuai didn't dare to question the emperor, so he could only question Xu Lingyi.
He bent down, clutching his chest tightly, his shoulders suddenly tightened, a layer of sadness filled his eyes, and then he couldn't help laughing, and his eyes turned red as he laughed.
"Of course, I also have to thank your mother and children for the fate between you and my wife." The emperor deliberately provoked her.
In fact, he didn't need to take Shen Qinghuai seriously at all, as Shen Qinghuai was not worthy of being compared with him.
But having said that, the emperor couldn't control it.
"If your mother hadn't sent the Madam to Zhuangzi, and if your daughter hadn't told the Crown Prince that she was about to be abandoned, the Crown Prince wouldn't have dared to drug her without scruples, and I wouldn't have had the chance to be with the Madam. The marriage between the Madam and me is also inseparable from the matchmaking of Chen Qing's family."
Shen Qinghuai: "..."
When he heard these words, his heart was in turmoil and his breathing became unstable.
He understood that the emperor had no reason to lie to him.
This is all true.
Xu Lingyi has her own difficulties, she must still like him.
But she is a virtuous woman with no opinion of her own who needs to rely on men to survive.
Now that she has become His Majesty's woman, she probably thinks that she can only enter the palace and serve the emperor wholeheartedly in the future.
Shen Qinghuai understood everything in an instant. He did not blame Xu Lingyi, but only hated the emperor.
But as a minister, how could he resist the emperor who possessed supreme power?
He can only accept his fate now.
"I sign." Shen Qinghuai said dejectedly.
The emperor couldn't help but smile, "Just think it through, Mr. Chen. From now on, you two will go your separate ways and have nothing to do with each other."
Shen Qinghuai left in a daze after hearing this. When he came, he thought that they would live a good life in the future.
He looked forward to seeing her every day after court and having her with him for the rest of his life.
But now he realized that those were just fantasies.
But he clearly had a chance.
"I am so happy today." The emperor stroked Xu Lingyi's smooth face with his big hands.
He picked up the divorce agreement and read it over and over again, then put it away solemnly.
"I have to go back to the palace today and can't accompany you." said the emperor.
"Are you going to live in this farm, or do you plan to return to the Xu family?" the emperor asked.
This farm belongs to the Shen family, but the Xu family is not good to Xu Lingyi.
"Your Majesty, I'd better go back to the Xu family."
"Okay, I'll have someone escort you back, and the Xu family won't dare to act rashly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Lingyi spoke slowly.
As soon as the emperor returned to the palace, he went straight to the empress dowager's residence.
"Mother, do you remember I told you before that I fell in love with a woman?"
The Empress Dowager nodded lovingly and said, "If the Emperor likes you can bring her into the palace."
Her son had never been smart in the past. This was the first time in all these years that the emperor said he liked a woman.
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