Chapter 62 Do you hate me so much, huh?
Xie Junlin ignored Xiao Lingzhao.
He looked at Shen Yuanwei and said calmly, "Don't listen to what Ling Zhao said. He is trying to scare you because he doesn't want to lose you. I can promise you that as long as I get my own child, I will never restrict your freedom."
As soon as Xie Junlin finished speaking, Xiao Lingzhao said coldly, "Yuan Wei, you don't really believe the emperor, do you? The emperor values children so much, would he be satisfied with just one child?"
Xie Junlin stared at Xiao Lingzhao coldly.
Xiao Lingzhao lowered his head and didn't look at Xie Junlin, but the voice did not stop.
"Now the emperor has no children, and says that just one child is enough to inherit the throne. But when the emperor has a child, he will think, what if the child is useless? He needs to have two children to be safe... After having two children, the emperor will think, since he has already given birth to two, what's the harm in having one more?"
Xiao Lingzhao looked at Shen Yuanwei and shook his head slightly.
"Yuan Wei, don't agree. If you agree to stay in the palace today, you will never be able to leave. You will stay in the palace for the rest of your life and have children. For decades, you can only do one thing over and over again, which is to have children. Having children is your only value."
Xie Junlin glanced coldly at the talkative Xiao Lingzhao.
I really want to drag this guy out!
Xie Junlin suppressed his emotions and turned around to comfort Shen Yuanwei.
"Don't believe what Ling Zhao said. I will not go back on my word. I am the Son of Heaven, and my words are as good as gold. If I say I will set you free, I will definitely do so."
He pointed at the dragon case and said, "If you don't believe me, I can give you an imperial decree right now to guarantee that you can leave the palace freely after the child is born. I will not stop you from doing anything. No matter how many concubines you have, no matter how romantic you are, I will not restrict you in the slightest. Will you be relieved now?"
Xiao Lingzhao opened his mouth to speak again.
Xie Junlin said coldly, "Ling Zhao, don't challenge the limit of my patience."
Xiao Lingzhao clenched his fingers tightly.
Shen Yuanwei, who had been watching the two men arguing quietly, finally spoke up.
She shook her head at Xiao Lingzhao, "You don't have to tell me, I understand."
She looked at Xie Junlin again.
She knew that Xie Junlin's words were not credible.
Why did she go to find Xiao Lingzhao first after coming into this world? Why didn’t she go and give birth to a child for the emperor who had no heir first?
It was not only because she thought the emperor was old and unclean, but also because she knew in her heart that if she rashly followed the emperor who had no heir, her personal safety would not be guaranteed.
If an orphan girl with no power, no influence, and no backing followed the emperor who had no heirs, there would only be a few outcomes:
First, she was killed by those concubines who dreamed of having children, and her child was taken away by others.
Second, the emperor disliked her because of her humble birth and was unfit to be the prince's biological mother, so he killed her and gave the child she had given birth to with great effort to the empress to raise.
Third, the emperor trapped her and forced her to give birth to children continuously until she was no longer useful, and then ended her life at will.
As for her desire to live freely as she pleases, it is basically impossible.
That's why she went to find Xiao Lingzhao first.
Xiao Lingzhao is handsome, capable, and clean enough to match her. With this famous war god general who fought for her and the loyal Xiao family standing by her side, if the emperor wants to touch her, he must first kill the entire Xiao family. Only then will the emperor be afraid and will not touch her easily...
Therefore, she absolutely cannot sever her ties with the Xiao family now.
Even if the emperor promised to give her a city and let her become a queen, and promised to immediately issue an imperial decree to set her free in the future, she would not dare to agree to the emperor's request.
As long as she is alive, she can use the imperial edict to force the emperor to fulfill his promise.
If she broke off all ties with the Xiao family and had no one to rely on, the emperor would be able to kill her immediately after she gave birth to the child without any scruples. Since she was going to die anyway, what was the use of having ten imperial edicts in her hands?
It is impossible for an emperor to be so broad-minded as to cuckold himself.
No matter how nice Xie Junlin said now, he would never watch her leave the palace to keep a strange man and bring shame to the little prince in the future.
If she wanted to save her life, if she wanted to leave the palace and become a female duke and live a carefree and happy life with Xiao Lingzhao, then she must have an unshakable foundation before entering the palace so that the emperor would not rashly harm her.
She was powerless, and she couldn't achieve success on her own. She couldn't bear this punishment either. If she wanted to make the emperor wary, she could only rely on other forces...
Xiao Lingzhao, and...
The autistic and misogynistic King Rui.
One is the emperor's most trusted general, and the other is the emperor's younger brother, who is also favored and protected by the empress dowager.
Once she died, these two people would fight with the emperor for her. Would the emperor cause himself so much trouble just to get rid of a woman like her?
Shen Yuanwei had made up her mind. She had to have an inseparable relationship with Xiao Lingzhao first, and make the autistic Prince Rui dependent on her care and become her little follower. Only then would she enter the palace.
She looked at Xie Junlin, shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, the conditions you offer are indeed very tempting, but I don't want your city. In my heart, Xiao Lingzhao is more important than the city. I am his wife, and I just want to go home with him."
Xiao Lingzhao was slightly stunned when he heard this.
He suddenly stared at Shen Yuanwei.
Suddenly, his eyes became sore and indescribable emotions surged in his heart.
He thought he was someone Yuan Wei could abandon at any time, but Yuan Wei actually said that he was more important than the city, he was more important than everything, and Yuan Wei would rather give up the city promised by the emperor and go with him!
With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
With red eyes, he clenched Shen Yuanwei's fingers, his voice trembling, "Yuanwei, I will definitely take you home!"
Shen Yuanwei nodded slightly at him, "I believe you."
Xie Junlin looked at the couple, and the confidence in his eyes disappeared.
He stared straight at Shen Yuanwei.
He didn't expect Shen Yuanwei to reject him.
He thought that no woman could resist such temptation. He thought he had already won the day and could consummate his marriage with Shen Yuanwei and welcome his little prince tonight!
Xie Junlin frowned and slowly stood up.
He looked down at the two people's clasped fingers, looking at these two people who were tactless.
"go home?"
He waved his sleeves coldly, "What if I don't agree to let you go today?"
He stared at Xiao Lingzhao, "Do you, Xiao Lingzhao, intend to seize the guards' weapons and break out of the palace?"
Xiao Lingzhao bowed his head and kowtowed.
"I dare not use force in front of Your Majesty, but if Your Majesty wants to force my wife to stay in your harem and not allow me to take her away, so that I can suffer the humiliation of having my wife taken away and be laughed at by all the civil and military officials, then please kill me to preserve my reputation and let my wife leave with my body."
Xie Junlin's eyes suddenly turned cold.
"Xiao Lingzhao, don't provoke me. Don't think that I really don't dare to kill you!"
Xiao Lingzhao was fearless.
"Your Majesty wants to take away my beloved, Your Majesty wants to take away my wife, the only one who can cure my strange disease. How is this different from killing me?"
Xie Junlin tried hard to suppress the anger surging in his heart.
He knew that he was being unfair to Xiao Lingzhao by taking his minister's wife away, but he had humbled himself so much, said all the nice things, and even promised a city, but these two people didn't give him any face at all. How could he not be angry in his heart?
Everyone knows that the Xiao family is loyal and willing to die in order to protect the country. Why is Xiao Lingzhao unwilling to give up a woman so that the country can have a successor?
He knew that it was stupid and unreasonable for him to think like this, but he just couldn't help thinking like this!
He just wants a baby!
He just wants a child!
At one side, Shen Yuanwei looked at Xiao Lingzhao, who had his forehead touching the ground with a resolute attitude, and then looked at the emperor, who was filled with anger.
She thought to herself, the timing was perfect. In this life-and-death situation, if she said that shameless thing, no one would be able to call her shameless, right?
Shen Yuanwei crawled forward on her knees and used her body to block Xiao Lingzhao.
She looked up at Xie Junlin, her eyes red.
"Your Majesty, why are you forcing Ling Zhao and me like this? He risked his life for you. If I don't obey you today, are you really going to kill him?"
She looked like she was being forced into a helpless situation, and choked up as she said, "Okay, okay... You just want a child, isn't it? Is my innocence more important than the life of my husband, Xiao Lingzhao? I'll give birth to the child, I'll give birth to the child... I just ask Your Majesty to wait for another two years, okay?"
She looked at Xie Junlin with tears in her eyes, "I am willing to make a vow with you. If Divine Doctor Song cannot cure your disease in the next two years, then I will enter the palace to serve you and make your wish come true! But it is not possible now. Divine Doctor Song is still making medicine for you. I am unwilling... I really am unwilling... What if she can cure your disease? Then you don't have to take my wife away, and I don't have to betray my husband to serve you. Please wait for another two years, okay?"
Xie Junlin suddenly lowered his head and stared at Shen Yuanwei.
He didn't expect Shen Yuanwei to suddenly be willing to compromise.
He didn't expect that Shen Yuanwei would say twice with tears in her eyes that she was unwilling to accept it.
He was furious. He slowly bent down and stared into Shen Yuanwei's eyes. "Are you unwilling to accept this? Do I disgust you so much? Huh?"
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