Chapter 27
Yun Jing's brows furrowed tightly. He wasn't keen on hearing Qiu Chi's excuse. "You said you came for revenge, but besides helping me ascend the throne, what else have you done? Is your revenge complete now? Why can't you stay and be my empress?"
"If you don't like me having other women in the imperial harem, my harem can have only you."
At this moment, Qiu Chi was stunned by Yun Jing's words. "Have you not experienced my vicious beatings?"
Forgive Qiu Chi for being a straightforward woman; her first reaction to his words was that Yun Jing was courting death. She really wanted to beat him up to make him understand that she was not someone he could covet.
Yun Jing stared intently at Qiu Chi. "Do you truly not understand my meaning?"
Qiu Chi was just a bit straightforward, not stupid. She understood Yun Jing's meaning, but she couldn't understand why.
Could it be that Yun Jing had Stockholm syndrome, liking it when people treated him poorly and ordered him around at every turn?
This couldn't be a common ailment of abuse novel protagonists, could it?
Qiu Chi: "..." She was genuinely startled!
Qiu Chi took out her saber. "I advise you not to have delusional fantasies. I am not someone you can covet!"
Yun Jing: "..."
Yun Jing felt a bit weary. He changed the subject, asking, "What business did you have in seeking me out?"
Speaking of which, Qiu Chi put her saber away and got down to business. "Regarding Cui Yueyue's sweetheart, don't interfere with his future prospects. If he has ability, let him serve you."
Yun Jing was not happy to hear this. "You came to find me just for this?"
Qiu Chi retorted, "What else?"
Yun Jing pinched the bridge of his nose. He had been handling so many matters recently that he hadn't been sleeping well, and his temples throbbed with a dull pain.
Now, hearing Qiu Chi's words, he only felt his head ache even more. "I can agree to your condition, but you must agree to be my empress."
Now it was Qiu Chi's turn to be displeased.
The system, which had been obedient and quiet, piped up: 【The plot has already collapsed beyond recognition anyway, so what's the harm in agreeing to him for now? It's not like agreeing means you'll stay here forever. The man is willing to dismiss his entire harem for you! How can you be so heartless, so utterly unmoved!】
The system's righteously indignant words left Qiu Chi speechless. "Do you want to taste being muted again?"
【Even if you mute me this time, I have to say it! It's not like you're cultivating the Ruthless Dao, so what's wrong with a little romance? He's about to dismiss his harem for you, so what's wrong with agreeing just to make him happy? You have to understand, this is an abuse novel male lead, and he's changed for you!】
Qiu Chi: "..."
On one side was Yun Jing, staring at her with a burning gaze. On the other was the chattering, noisy system, incessantly telling her that a little romance was no big deal.
Qiu Chi muted the system directly, then looked at Yun Jing and said, "So what if I agree to be your empress? I will still leave. I can never belong to you, and your thoughts will only ever be a delusional fantasy."
Qiu Chi's words made Yun Jing's eyes, which had held no hope, suddenly light up. He stared at her earnestly and said, word by word, "I want you to be my empress, even if only for a day."
This time, he did not refer to himself as We.
Qiu Chi shrugged. "If that's the case... fine."
Since Qiu Chi had agreed, the enthronement ceremony and the empress investiture ceremony could be held simultaneously.
Cui Mingyu had been brought in at Qiu Chi's request. So, when Cui Mingyu saw Yun Jing, Qiu Chi was naturally present as well.
However, Cui Mingyu didn't spare Qiu Chi a single glance; she just stared at Yun Jing with immense excitement.
But at this moment, Yun Jing's gaze toward Cui Mingyu was nothing but calm, without the slightest ripple of emotion.
In her excitement, Cui Mingyu didn't notice the change in Yun Jing until he spoke indifferently, "What business do you have in seeking an audience with We?"
His indifferent voice was like a basin of cold water poured directly over Cui Mingyu's head, instantly waking her from her excitement.
Her face turned somewhat pale as she said, "Do you still remember the promise you once made to me?"
Yun Jing's expression remained unchanged. "I naturally haven't forgotten the words I've spoken. But when you entered the palace back then, do you remember the words you yourself said?"
"I liked you back then, and I believed you when you said the Prime Minister forced you to enter the palace. But as for what the truth is, you know it very well in your heart, don't you?"
Cui Mingyu's methods weren't particularly brilliant; it was just that Yun Jing had been drowning in love at the time, so he had believed her words.
But if one were to step outside that haze of love and look, one would realize just how many holes there were in Cui Mingyu's words.
Cui Mingyu's face grew even paler. At this point, she finally turned her gaze to Qiu Chi, who was standing to the side.
Qiu Chi paid her no mind, doing whatever she was doing.
Cui Mingyu, however, asked Yun Jing, "You've fallen in love with her, haven't you?"
Yun Jing answered without the slightest hesitation, "Yes."
Cui Mingyu couldn't accept this answer. "What do you love about her? Do you know she already has a sweetheart? For all you know, they've already pledged their lives to each other."
"She used to be so timid and submissive, but now she's changed. She's become arrogant and domineering. So what is it you love about her? How am I inferior to her?!"
Yun Jing's gaze, which had been calmly watching Cui Mingyu, couldn't help but turn cold. "You are inferior to her in every way."
As for the fact that Qiu Chi was not Cui Yueyue, he felt no need to tell Cui Mingyu. Only he knew she wasn't Cui Yueyue, and he felt this was a secret that belonged to them.
Cui Mingyu wanted to have a meltdown, but Yun Jing gave her no such opportunity, saying directly, "Someone, send Cui Mingyu back to the Prime Minister's Manor."
After Cui Mingyu was led away, Yun Jing looked at Qiu Chi and said, "What do you plan to do with them? If you also have a grudge against them, I can help you kill them. If you don't want them dead, I can also make them wish they were."
Qiu Chi wasn't surprised by Yun Jing's ruthlessness, but she was more curious. "What was your original plan for them?"
Yun Jing uttered two words without hesitation: "Execution."
Yun Jing's hatred for the Prime Minister was very real. To give him a quick death, Yun Jing felt, was already quite magnanimous of him.
Qiu Chi nodded. "Then let's go with your original plan."
After speaking, Qiu Chi paused for a moment before adding, "So, you originally planned to have Cui Mingyu killed as well?"
Yun Jing hesitated for a moment, then nodded in admission. "Do you think I'm too heartless?"
"Not at all."
She wasn't some kind and magnanimous person herself, so what right did she have to condemn Yun Jing for being heartless.
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