Ye Zhen felt as if there was a needle piercing the tip of her heart. She was uncomfortable that he doted on other women. Thinking of her own position, she felt that she had no right to be angry. Thinking of this, she was even more reluctant to face him.
"Yao Yao." Mo Rongzhan reached out and put his arm around her waist, holding her tightly in his arms. "Why won't you listen to me?"
"You don't have to explain to me at all. Whatever you do, it has nothing to do with me." Ye Zhen pressed her hands against his chest. The more she cared about him, the more she hated herself. She clearly decided not to be entangled with him. She clearly knew that she couldn't be the same as before, but why was she so sad?
Mo Rongzhan was most afraid of her saying such words. How could there be no relationship? What he wanted most now was to have an inseparable relationship with her so that she would not leave him.
"You are jealous, and you still say such words. Don't you feel sad?" He whispered in her ear, "You are not sad, but I am not well. How can you and I have nothing to do with each other?"
"I am not jealous." Ye Zhen gritted her teeth.
Mo Rongzhan coughed lightly. It was really shameful for him to explain to her why he touched Ye Yaoyao. He turned his face away awkwardly. "About Ye Yaoyao … I touched her."
Ye Zhen struggled to leave his arms.
"Don't move, listen to me." Mo Rongzhan bit her ear gently. "At that time, I knew that you left a letter for Dongqing. I was very angry and felt that I was being played by you. I did so many things for you, but you were indifferent. You even disdained the position of empress. I … I have always been conceited and never bow to others easily. Yao Yao, only you made me make an exception again and again. When you left again, I felt like a fool. I thought that no matter how many things I did, I couldn't get your heart, so I thought that maybe it would be the same to find another woman, so …"
Ye Zhen's apricot eyes widened. "So you want Ye Yaoyao to sleep with you?"
Mo Rongzhan raised his head awkwardly without looking at her. "The first time I saw you was in the hot spring villa. When you appeared in the water, I thought I saw a spirit. From then on, I couldn't forget you. So, I thought that as long as Ye Yaoyao stood in front of me like that … I might be able to forget you. But even if she stood in front of me, my heart and mind were full of you. Yao Yao, what should I do?"
Is he talking about … the first time they met, when she kicked him until he had a nosebleed?
Ye Zhen's mouth twitched slightly, feeling that what he said was ridiculous. "You wanted to forget me, so you went to find Ye Yaoyao, but you left without letting her sleep with you?"
Mo Rongzhan thought that since he had already said it, he no longer had any face to speak of in front of her. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Even if she was completely naked, we wouldn't feel anything. Yao Yao, I'm afraid we won't be able to control ourselves when facing you."
"If you don't want me, then as the abbot of Hu Guo Temple said, I will have no descendants." Mo Rongzhan looked at her pitifully and helplessly.
"If you don't want me, then as the abbot of Hu Guo Temple said, I will have no descendants." Mo Rongzhan looked at her pitifully and helplessly.
Ye Zhen reached out and covered his mouth, biting her lip without speaking.
Mo Rongzhan looked at her with burning eyes and held her hand in his palm. "Yao Yao, you refused to accept me before because of the secret in your heart, and also because … I have wronged you."
When it came to what he had done to her before, Mo Rongzhan felt that the word 'sorry' was too heavy for him to say. "There are no secrets between us. You don't have to hide anything from me anymore. What I do for you is not only to make up for the harm I have done to you."
Some harm could no longer be made up for. He knew very well that every time he thought of the grievances she had suffered, he hated himself more and more.
"I don't need to make up for it." Ye Zhen whispered in his arms.
Mo Rongzhan sighed softly. "I know …"
He just hoped that he could get her happiness for the rest of her life and no longer make her sad.
"I'm going to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager." Ye Zhen pushed him. Her originally depressed mood became light and cheerful. Sure enough, she was still the same as ordinary women who wanted to be treated wholeheartedly.
However, being moved by him again was different from marrying him again. At least she had to recognize her father. If her father agreed, she would have the courage to be with him.
Mo Rongzhan knew that he could not force her to accept him too much. At least she cared that he would be jealous. If she was indifferent, he would want to cry but have no tears.
"I'll accompany you to the Palace of Benevolence and Peace." Mo Rongzhan said. Now that he could see her once, he was eager to be together with her all the time.
Ye Zhen gave him an angry look, pushed his hand away and said, "Don't be so touchy all the time."
Mo Rongzhan smiled and nodded, but still took her hand.
"If my father comes to the capital, does he need to hide?" Ye Zhen suddenly asked.
"He is the future father-in-law. Why should he hide?" Mo Rongzhan replied with a smile.
Ye Zhen thought of Tian Jiu, who was still a wanted criminal. She grabbed Mo Rongzhan's hand and stopped. "There is one more thing I haven't told you."
Mo Rongzhan was afraid that Ye Zhen would say something that would make him regret it. "What is it?"
"That is … about Lu Lingzhi's poisoning. The assassin who assassinated him was one of my men. Although he was rescued, I don't know where he is." Ye Zhen looked at him with pleading eyes. "He knows that Lu Lingzhi killed me, so he wants to avenge me."
"You want me to pardon him?" Mo Rongzhan asked in a low voice.
Ye Zhen said, "Don't put him on the wanted list anymore. No one knows what he looks like anyway."
"Lu Lingzhi is now exiled to the wilderness. I don't think anyone cares about his previous assassination." Mo Rongzhan said, indirectly agreeing to Ye Zhen's request.
"Then … does the Empress Dowager know about me?" Ye Zhen asked nervously. She knew that the Empress Dowager did not hate her, but her two sons were harmed by the Ye family. She was still worried that the Empress Dowager would resent the Ye family.
Mo Rongzhan touched her head. "The Empress Dowager knows everything except that you are Ye Zhen."
Ye Zhen glanced at him. "What did she say?"
"The Empress Dowager won't say anything. Don't worry, she is a kind person. You have been with her for so long. Don't you know?" Mo Rongzhan asked with a smile. "I heard from my mother that you had secretly sent people to help her and Yi in the palace."
"At that time, I wanted to call her mother. Naturally, I had to be good to her." Ye Zhen said.
"In the future, I will also call her mother." Mo Rongzhan chuckled.
(Nine-Headed Bird Academy)
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