Chapter 63: What will you do if I go to favor my concubines?
Shen Yuanwei looked at Xie Junlin who was suddenly approaching, and she subconsciously stepped back and leaned into Xiao Lingzhao's arms.
She didn't say she was disgusted, but she expressed the word disgust very clearly.
Xie Junlin watched in silence as the distance he had closed was suddenly distanced again by Shen Yuanwei, and his eyes became increasingly darker.
The fingers behind his back slowly tightened and his voice became low.
"Why do you hate me so much? If you have a deep relationship with Ling Zhao, then I would understand that you resent me for destroying your relationship, but you just met Ling Zhao yesterday. Why do you... hate me so much?"
Shen Yuanwei didn't look into Xie Junlin's eyes.
"Your Majesty, I've said before that I fell in love with Ling Zhao at first sight. In your eyes, I only had feelings for him for one day, but in my heart, that one day is better than ten years. Since I love him, I naturally hate the person who wants to take me away from him."
Behind her, Xiao Lingzhao was even more moved by these words and hugged her tightly with his arms.
"Yuan Wei, you don't have to be so humiliated. I said I won't let you sacrifice anything for me. If being my wife means you have to sacrifice yourself and do things against your will, how can a man who has implicated you like this have the face to be your husband?"
Having said that, Xiao Lingzhao looked up at Xie Junlin again.
He said, "I believe that our emperor is a wise ruler. He will not take my head and the lives of the entire Xiao family because of this matter."
Xie Junlin's heart was filled with emotions, but he was speechless.
Shen Yuanwei immediately turned around and looked at Xiao Lingzhao with tears in her eyes, "Look! He didn't even answer you, so how could he not attack you?"
“…”
Xie Junlin opened his mouth, his mood becoming even more complicated.
This is pure slander.
He had just had a cold confrontation with Ling Zhao, and he didn't know how to answer Ling Zhao. How could this girl insist that he was going to harm the Xiao family just because of his silence?
If he wanted to commit murder, why would he wait until now?
Xiao Lingzhao glanced at Xie Junlin who was hesitant to speak, and said to Shen Yuanwei, "If the emperor really wants my head, I am willing to die. I would rather die myself than let you suffer for me—"
Shen Yuanwei shook her head and held his cheek, "But I don't want you to die! You said you implicated me, but how did you implicate me? It was obviously me who implicated you. If you hadn't married me, you wouldn't have to go to such lengths for the monarch you swore allegiance to until death..."
She clutched Xiao Lingzhao's sleeves tightly, tears streaming down her face.
"I can't let you offend the emperor and seek your own death because of me. If you die, I will be worse off than dead."
"You told me to take your body back to the Xiao family, but how can I face my parents? We got married yesterday, and they were so happy. They like me as their daughter-in-law so much. If I kill their son, I will be a sinner for all eternity."
She lowered her head and leaned in Xiao Lingzhao's arms, her voice trembling.
"Xiao Lingzhao, you can't die. Your parents have experienced the pain of losing their children six times. You are their only child. You can't die like this. If you die, they won't be able to live..."
"As for me, after killing the three of you, I have no face left to live in this world. I will follow you..."
Xiao Lingzhao was heartbroken.
He thought he would make Yuan Wei happy for the rest of her life, but he didn't expect that he would drag Yuan Wei down like this.
If Yuan Wei hadn't met him yesterday, would she not have been so embarrassed?
If Yuan Wei didn't marry him, the emperor wouldn't come to the Xiao family to attend the wedding, wouldn't see Yuan Wei, and wouldn't find out that Yuan Wei's special physique had attracted him...
Xiao Lingzhao's voice choked with sobs, "I'm the one who hurt you. You came to the Xiao family to save me, but I hurt you!"
Shen Yuanwei gently stroked Xiao Lingzhao's eyebrows.
"Don't say that. You didn't hurt me. Really. In fact, if you think positively, it's nothing. Compared with four lives, chastity is nothing. A year of separation is nothing. As long as we are all fine, that's enough. The lives of our family of four are more precious than anything else, don't you think?"
With red eyes, Xiao Lingzhao tightened his arms and hugged Shen Yuanwei tightly.
It was as if he wished to integrate this person into his own bones and blood, so that the emperor next to him would never be able to snatch his wife away.
Xie Junlin remained bent over, looking at the couple in silence.
The two of them were in so much pain that he felt like an inhuman tyrant who was doing something that was against the will of heaven.
He blames himself and feels guilty.
But when he thought about how much Shen Yuanwei hated and despised him, his heart felt sour and his anger was boiling, but he couldn't vent it.
He straightened up slowly.
He thought, in the eyes of some women, his status as an emperor was nothing special, his achievements in regaining the country when he was young were nothing special, his handsome appearance was nothing special, and the power and status he could give them were nothing special...
He had so much, but he was no match for the man the girl fell in love with at first sight.
He looked at Xiao Lingzhao with complicated feelings.
At this moment, he envied Xiao Lingzhao.
He envied Xiao Lingzhao for having such a sincere and pure love.
He had actually been laughing at these two people, laughing at them for showing their true love in front of him after just one day of knowing each other. It turned out that these two people were really in love with each other.
He felt sad. It turned out that the relationship between some people only required an eye contact to determine their lifelong relationship.
That kind of emotion is something he will never get in his entire life.
Xie Junlin slowly took a step back, then slowly turned around and walked back to the dragon table.
He sat down and looked at the two people kneeling there hugging each other, his voice hoarse.
"I kept saying that I didn't want to use Ling Zhao's life to force you, but in the end, your compromise was still due to my coercion..."
Xiao Lingzhao bit his cheek tightly.
He was resentful and angry, but his loyalty prevented him from standing up and scolding Xie Junlin.
He suddenly hated his position as a loyal minister.
When someone tried to steal his wife, he could only argue with reason. He couldn't even point his finger at the person and scold him or beat him up...
Xiao Lingzhao tried to suppress his anger, but Shen Yuanwei did not.
She turned to look at Long An, tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty's goal has been achieved, so why bother pretending? If you really didn't want to force us, things wouldn't have developed to this point."
Xie Junlin opened his mouth, but felt that whatever he said would be pale and powerless.
He didn't want to force it, but he pushed it anyway. The other party had already compromised with grievance and pain. If he said any more high-sounding words, it would only make him seem more despicable.
Shen Yuanwei wiped away her tears and asked Xie Junlin, "Does the emperor agree to the oath just now? If the emperor agrees to let us go for the time being, and if he is willing to wait for another two years, then you can write the contract now, and I will sign it and put my thumbprint on it."
Xie Junlin did not agree immediately.
He said, “I still have to think about it.”
Shen Yuanwei frowned.
Still need to consider?
She immediately said, "Ling Zhao and I have already made the greatest compromise. Is there anything else you are not satisfied with, Your Majesty?"
Xie Junlin looked at Shen Yuanwei, "I know what you hate about me. You hate that I have so many concubines, and you hate that I am not clean. So let me ask you, you let me wait for you for two years. If I favored other concubines during these two years, how would you look at me?"
He added, "If Divine Doctor Song had offered me medicine in the past two years, would I have used it or not? If I didn't use it, how would I know if I could give birth? If I used it, and the news that the harem was equally blessed got to you, then you would cry and say that I was dirty and that you would rather die than enter the palace. What would I do to you? Since you want to make a vow, all of this needs to be agreed upon first."
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