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âCrown Prince, you should know that my parents dote on me. If anything happens to me, even if it means overturning the entire East Palace, they will find me.â
âDonât worry, I wonât let anyone find you.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âWhat I mean is, if you donât want to turn into a corpse buried in the back garden.â Li Jixian gently lifted Jiang Ningâs chin, admiring her face closely, âBeautiful, truly beautiful.â
Jiang Ning sat motionless, only looking coldly at him.
Li Jixian took back his hand and sat down at the table, pouring himself a cup of tea, and continued, âSuch beauty, if turned into flower fertilizer in the garden, devoured by insects underground, I canât bear to see.â
Jiang Ning felt a shiver in her heart.
âWhat do you want?â
âAlthough youâve made quite an impact on the reputation of the East Palace lately, making the Princess Consort the talk of peopleâs leisure time, it doesnât matter, I donât care about such small things.â
Li Jixian picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly while looking at her, âJiang Ning, be my woman.â n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Jiang Ning: âYouâre dreaming.â
Li Jixian laughed: âWhy not?â
âIf youâve forgotten, let me remind you that I am the Princess Consort of Yu.â
âWhat about it? The Prince of Yu is already in his current state, do you still have any hopes for him? You are still young, with such a flower-like age, possessing such beauty, could you be willing to spend the rest of your life in the cage of Prince Yuâs mansion and keep living a widowâs life?â
Jiang Ning was silent for a moment, and sighed softly: âEven if Iâm not content, what can I do? I have a family and children. Even for their sake, I have to behave properly and not do anything out of line.â
As Li Jixian heard her words, it seemed that she had softened her tone, and his heart noted the additional leverage and said: âDonât worry, I will never let anyone know about this and damage your reputation.â
Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows: âSo you mean, let me sneak around with you?â
âDonât worry, this is only temporary. After all, we still have to be somewhat cautious at the moment. But when that day comesâ¦â
âWhich day?â
âWhen Iâve taken that position.â Li Jixian raised his chin, âAt that time, no one will be able to restrain me.â
He suddenly walked in front of Jiang Ning, his hands on her shoulders, his eyes slightly crazed: âBy then, Iâll be able to give you a proper identity openly. Whatever you want, Iâll give you.â
âWhat if I want to be the Empress?â
âThen youâll be the Empress!â Li Jixianâs eyes were terrifyingly bright, and he reached out to pinch Jiang Ningâs chin, âOnly a beauty like yours is worthy of being my Empress.â
âThen what about Ms. Ma?â
âHer? An old, ugly, and stupid wretch, what makes her fit to be my Empress?â
At this point in the conversation, he seemed to have already assumed the identity of the Emperor, using the word âIâ in every sentence.
Jiang Ning only wished she had a recording pen to capture these seditious words and play them back to the Emperor.
At that moment, the door suddenly opened.
Princess Consort Ma stood at the door, her face full of rage: âMy lord, what did you just say? Even if Iâm no longer young and beautiful, Iâve given you four daughters and a son. Why am I not fit to be Empress?â
Li Jixian furrowed his brows and glanced at Jiang Ning, a cold smile playing on the corner of his lips.
So this woman had known all along that Ms. Ma was outside, and had deliberately drawn him into saying those words to infuriate Ms. Ma.
How clever of herâ¦
âWhat I just said was a joke, why take it seriously?â Li Jixian said indifferently, âDo you really think Iâm so stupid that Iâd depose you and support the Prince of Yuâs woman to be Empress?â