Chapter 57 The general asked her! Do you want me or the emperor?
"I thank the emperor for his reward."
Xiao Lingzhao bowed in thanks.
After watching Xie Junlin go to the dragon case, Xiao Lingzhao slowly turned his head and glanced at the antique shelf.
His eyes are deep.
Which of the things that can be placed on the emperor's display cabinet is not priceless?
He just said a few words to express his loyalty, why would the emperor be so happy to let him choose from such precious treasures?
The emperor could give him such a precious treasure, it must be because, for the emperor at this moment, he gave the emperor something more precious than these treasures...
What could make the emperor so happy and cherish it so much?
Is it just his loyalty?
It's not like he's been loyal for the first time, it's not like this...
Xiao Lingzhao turned his head slowly.
He looked at Shen Yuanwei.
Or maybe the emperor rewarded him so generously because of Yuan Wei? Because Yuan Wei could cure the emperor's illness?
No.
Everything that happened before could be explained by the emperor asking Yuan Wei to cure his illness, but the emperor's joy and generous reward at this moment could no longer be explained by the cure.
Since Song Suihuan is also a very good doctor, why didn't the emperor reward Song Suihuan so much?
In the emperor's eyes, Yuan Wei must be different in some way.
Xiao Lingzhao suddenly thought of what Shen Yuanwei had said to him in the morning.
Yuan Wei said...
When she was a child, a Taoist priest passed by her house and saw her playing in the yard. He pointed at her and said that she was born with a blessed fate and a fertile body, and it would be easy for her to get pregnant...
Yuan Wei also said that she was worried that someone close to the emperor would discover her natural pregnancy and tell the emperor that she was the only one in the world who could give birth to his child, and then the emperor would forcefully seize his wife...
Could it be that...
Xiao Lingzhao's pupils suddenly shrank.
He suddenly grabbed Shen Yuanwei's arm and breathed rapidly.
"Yuan Wei."
Shen Yuanwei was worried that the emperor would find out that she had drunk the contraceptive soup, when suddenly Xiao Lingzhao grabbed her arm tightly. She looked up and found that Xiao Lingzhao's expression was a little strange.
She hid her worries in her heart and asked Xiao Lingzhao, "What's wrong with you?"
She knew that the emperor had sharp ears and could hear it, so she pulled Xiao Lingzhao to the corner of the room on the other side of the antique shelf, away from the emperor.
She asked in a voice that only they could hear, "Why do you look so bad?"
Xiao Lingzhao stared into Shen Yuanwei's eyes.
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shen Yuanwei looked into his eyes and waited for him to speak.
After a minute of silence, Xiao Lingzhao finally spoke with difficulty.
"Yuan Wei, I don't like being deceived. Even if it's to protect me, I don't want to be kept in the dark. Do you know that?"
Shen Yuanwei suddenly stared at him.
Their eyes met and Shen Yuanwei sighed.
He found out.
Shen Yuanwei murmured, "If I tell you, you will be in a dilemma, and you will feel that knowing the truth is worse than being kept in the dark. Do you want to know it too?"
Xiao Lingzhao nodded, "I can face the dangers. I can decide whether to go through the mountains of swords or the sea of fire, but I cannot be deceived. I cannot lose the power to make my own decisions."
Shen Yuanwei stared into his dark eyes, taking in his determination.
Shen Yuanwei whispered, "Well, I told you, okay? I originally wanted to hide it from you so that you wouldn't be in a dilemma. I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to serve your monarch wholeheartedly in the future. I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to face yourself in the future. But you don't want to be deceived, so I won't hide it from you..."
Xiao Lingzhao hummed, "Okay."
He thought to himself, he wanted to be loyal to the monarch until death, but if the monarch was not worthy of his loyalty, and he was kept in the dark and foolishly served him, wouldn't that be more pitiful?
He had to make sure whether this monarch was still worthy of his loyalty.
Shen Yuanwei pulled his sleeve, making the tall man bend over, and then whispered in his ear -
"The Emperor has discovered my specialness. He knows that I can give birth to a child for him, so that he will have a successor."
Xiao Lingzhao's eyes narrowed.
He just knows it!
The emperor is willing to reward him like this, he must have been sure that Yuan Wei can give him something more important!
Shen Yuanwei said, "I didn't want to admit it at the time, but he said that I'd better tell the truth. If I didn't admit it, he would lock me up in the palace for a few months and he would know if I could get pregnant with his child."
Xiao Lingzhao dug his fingernails into his palms tightly.
Shen Yuanwei is his wife!
When the emperor threatened his wife like this, did he ever consider what he would think?
Shen Yuanwei sensed Xiao Lingzhao's anger.
She never intended to be a villain who would cause discord between the ruler and his subjects, nor did she want to deliberately create conflict and watch two men fight over her until they were bloodied.
She told Xiao Lingzhao the truth—
"Although the emperor forced me, he didn't go too far. He said that he hoped I would divorce you. He said that he had many ways to deal with you and me, such as capturing you and using your life to force me to submit, or sending you away and then using force on me. But he couldn't bear to do this to you and me. He said that he still had time and he hadn't been forced into a desperate situation. He wanted to slowly think of a way to have the best of both worlds, not hurting you, not hurting me, and still letting him get what he wanted..."
Xiao Lingzhao had a complicated look in his eyes.
Yes, the emperor has plenty of means.
Because he was the emperor who owned the whole world and could kill the entire Xiao family at any time.
If this emperor really wanted to be a cruel and incompetent ruler, he could be arrested now and the charge could be made that he had an attack in the Taiji Palace and lost his mind, attacking the king, causing the king to be injured, and then he could be thrown into prison.
Then they announced to the public that Yuan Wei had committed suicide by hitting her head against the wall in order to save her husband, and secretly hid Yuan Wei in the harem under a new name...
If the emperor wants to deal with them, he does have plenty of means.
But the emperor has not done so yet.
The emperor still cares about the relationship between the monarch and his subjects and is still hesitating, so there is still room for this matter to turn around.
Xiao Lingzhao glanced at Shen Yuanwei, "The emperor is so happy to know that we can't have children for the time being. Did you tell him that you are pregnant with my child?"
Shen Yuanwei nodded.
"The emperor told me to divorce you before the end of the year, but I didn't want to. I said I couldn't divorce you within one or two years because I already have your child and I want to give birth to this child. If he doesn't let me give birth to this child, I will not let his child be born. So he said that he would not let you have sex with me for the next month. He wanted to see if I was pregnant..."
Xiao Lingzhao turned his head and looked at the small couch.
No wonder the emperor suddenly decided to keep him in Taiji Palace and not let him meet Yuan Wei privately...
It turned out that he was afraid that Yuan Wei would get pregnant.
Xiao Lingzhao murmured.
"So, the emperor's claim that he had assassins around him was false, and that he needed my personal protection was also false. He just wanted to keep you in the palace, right?"
Shen Yuanwei didn't respond.
This was an obvious answer, no need for her to nod or shake her head.
There was a flickering light in Xiao Lingzhao's eyes.
Then he looked at Shen Yuanwei intently.
What he should do now has to be determined by Yuan Wei’s choice.
If Yuan Wei was really a girl whom he had known for several years and they were in love with each other, he could domineeringly demand that Yuan Wei be faithful to him and remain a virgin for him.
However, he just met Yuan Wei yesterday.
Yuan Wei was the benefactor who came to save his life, not the girl he had loved for several years.
Yuan Wei has the power to choose between him and the supreme emperor.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lingzhao raised his hand and slowly stroked Shen Yuanwei's cheek.
His voice was hoarse and every word was solemn.
"Yuan Wei, I just want to ask you, do you want me or the emperor?"
"If you want me, I will take you out of the palace right now. I will deal with the emperor's wrath. If the emperor wants to kill or punish me, I will bear it. But if you want him..."
"Then I respect your choice."
"You appearing before me and saving me is a gift to me. I will not become a shackle to trap you. You are still free now."
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