Chapter 23

  "Haha, haha, haha," the emperor chuckled, but there was no joy in his laughter, only a probing and a hidden calculation. "So I'll be the matchmaker, the whole court knows you two don't get along, if you can successfully marry, I can also save some trouble." Xuan Yuan's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled coldly, "The emperor is indeed considerate." He was throwing this hot potato at him, of course, he could save his mind, he naturally understood the emperor's thoughts, not wanting to provoke a troublesome person while trying to uncover the conspiracy behind Murong Lie.

  "You can have the beauty by your side, and there won't be any loss, why not do it?" The emperor smiled with a hint of intention. In the entire Xuan Yuan dynasty, perhaps only Xuan Yuan Chen could handle that old fox, and he was also the most ruthless when dealing with women. There were no fewer women in his estate than in his harem, but there had never been any trouble like those in the harem.

  Maybe we can use this woman to set up a counter-espionage plot.

  Xuanyuan's lips curled into a faint smile, "Whatever the Emperor wants." A woman, no matter how cold or ruthless she was, was just a woman to him. She didn't hold any special significance or inspire fear in his heart. Moreover, he was curious about what reaction that old fox would have if he saw the person he had carefully trained getting married to him.

  Ling Feng heard his nonchalant reply and calmed down instead. She had long known about the opposition between him and Murong Lie, so she could also guess what he was thinking at this moment. Since he thought it didn't matter either way, then she would find a way to break through this indifference.

  "Hahaha, W_?" The emperor burst into loud laughter. "Good, great," the laughter was filled with a few parts of normal joy, but Ling Feng understood that this joy absolutely did not contain any blessing.

  The laughter stopped abruptly, and she stared straight at Ling Feng, "How about it? The status of a princess is far superior to that of a woman in the harem." The implication being that even if she entered the palace, she would only be one of many women in the harem.

  Her eyes slightly lifted, without evading the emperor's profound and unfathomable gaze, her red lips lightly opened, and she said indifferently, "You may."

  She knew she had made up her mind, and this inquiry was more of a probe at this moment.

  The emperor's eyes flashed with surprise, and her quick response was indeed unexpected. The faint smile on Xuan Yuan Chen's face, standing to the side, also slightly froze for a moment.

  "But I have a condition." In that stunned silence, Ling Feng spoke again.

  "Huh?" The emperor slightly raised an eyebrow, "Tell me." Xuan Yuan Chen's eyes also flashed with a hint of interest.

  Her body slightly stiffly turned, her eyes also followed the movement of her body to look at Xuan Yuan Chen, and slowly said word by word, "My condition is very simple, remove all the women from the Wang Fu, and I will be this Wang Fei." The light voice was as natural as chatting about the weather, but before she finished speaking, the faces of the two men in the room changed color.

  She knew how shocking and unconventional it was for a woman to say such things in this era.

  It's also clear what kind of impact such words would have in this setting.

  Such words, even if spoken to a man who deeply loves her, would likely evoke disgust, let alone a man who already has great prejudices against her.

  And Murong Lie's bone was stuck in the middle.

  Xuanyuan Chen's eyes suddenly turned cold, "What did Murong Lie use to raise you?" The words paused for a moment, and the corners of his lips curled up into a cold, blood-stopping sneer, "Your appetite is really not ordinary, huh?"

  In her cold eyes, a clear disgust flashed, "You don't even measure yourself, are you worthy?" For her, to abandon all other women, she really dared to think.

  "Eliminate all women?" The emperor seemed to have just come back to his senses, but still couldn't quite believe his ears. "So how do you think we should eliminate all women?" The women in the harem had used many cunning tactics to achieve their goals, and he had seen many of them before, but at this moment, he was still shocked by this woman's words.

  "That's the prince's business, it has nothing to do with me." Ling Feng still spoke in a light and airy tone, rendering that cruel intention to perfection. She knew that in ancient times, for a woman to be divorced or expelled was a fate worse than death, but at this moment, she was using this cruelty to conceal all her emotions.

  The emperor's already gloomy face stiffened, even the sarcastic smile at the corner of his lips slightly froze, "If you were to enter the imperial harem, would you also want to get rid of all the women in my harem?"

  No immediate response, the cold eyes instead had a few more evasive glances, but this rapid evasion, seen in the eyes of the Emperor and Xuan Yuan Chen, became a matter-of-course conclusion, at this moment, no further explanation was needed.

  The emperor's eyes also flashed with Ling Feng's expected disgust, and her tightly suspended heart finally fell.

  One is the emperor, one is the prince. Although women have no status in their hearts, they never mind having more. Now Ling Feng's words are undoubtedly challenging the deepest self-esteem of theirs.

  Abandoning all the beauties in the world and doting on one person alone - to them, it's probably more ridiculous than daydreaming.

  "You can go now, go back and tell Murong Lie that his crime is forgiven by me, let him be at ease." The emperor's cold eyes shot out a bloodthirsty chill, Murong Lie's wolfish ambition, he had long been clear about it, what was lacking was only evidence and timing.

  Let Murong Lie be at ease? Humph, it should be let him give up his heart. Such a woman, even if she's beautiful, is not likable. He doesn't understand why Murong Lie thinks such a woman would attract him.

  He didn't understand, because he hadn't recognized that she was the same person from three years ago. For three years, the image of that lovely girl would occasionally float into his mind, but unfortunately, at this moment, face to face, they were strangers.

  Ling Feng's eyes slightly lifted, and in the depths of his pupils was a deliberately painted expression of shock and regret. He hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "Yes..." Slowly turning around, he seemed to have a hint of reluctance, or perhaps a hint of expectation. Only when he turned around did the heaviness in his eyes fade slightly.

  Looking at her movements, the emperor's eyes had a few more cold smiles. This woman, wouldn't she still be fantasizing?

  Deliberately slowing down his pace, he stepped towards the door one step at a time, not daring to show any impatience, fearing that the two dangerous men behind him would notice anything unusual.

  The closer I got to the door, the more tense I became. After all, as long as I hadn't walked out of this door, anything was possible.

  When she was only two steps away from the door of her house, a sudden flurry of footsteps came from outside.

  "General Murong, do you want to see the Emperor? General Murong, please wait a moment..." The voice of the guard also came immediately, but before the guard's words had fallen, the door was suddenly pushed open.

  With a sudden gust of wind, the leaves that were too close to the window fluttered slightly.

  She didn't need to raise her eyes, she knew who the person was. That tense heart hung again, and she never thought that Murong Lingyun would burst in at this time.

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