He hurt others, how can he pretend to be so nonchalant? Yan Xijun found his smile piercing. Suddenly, she took big strides forward, mustered up her courage and looked at him, saying: "Your Majesty, I ask you, is it that as long as it's for Yang Zhaorong's sake, no matter what, you will do it?"

  I didn't expect her to ask that. Chu Yixuan was taken aback for a moment, then coldly said: "What do you know?"

  "Your Majesty doesn't care what I know. I just want you to answer the previous question. Is it or isn't it?" Yan Xijun stared at him intently.

  Under her piercing gaze, Chu Yixuan nodded: "Yes."

  It's true. As long as it's for Xue Er, no matter what, he'll do it. Because among so many 'daughters', he only loves Xue Er alone.

  Yan Xijun's eyes immediately dimmed upon hearing the words. Ah, Yang Zhaorong indeed didn't deceive her. He really would do anything for her. How infatuated he is.

  Then, Yan Xijun looked at him and asked sorrowfully: "I really want to know, was all of this planned by you behind my back?"

  Chu Yixuan was shocked in her heart. Did she already know all those things? However, with her ability and intelligence, it's not enough to know these things so quickly. Someone must have told her.

  At this thought, a cold light flashed in Chu Yixuan's eyes. "Who told you these things."

  "It doesn't matter who told me. What matters is whether you are plotting the whole thing."

  Facing her aggressive questioning, Chu Yixuan stood up from the desk and walked over to her, his eyes filled with guilt as he looked at her. He frankly admitted, "That's right, I was the one who planned it. However, there is one thing I need to clarify: your miscarriage had nothing to do with me."

  "Haha, it's really you." Upon hearing this, Yan Xijun gave a bleak smile and then looked up to ask him: "Why did you choose me?"

  Why. Why are there so many 'girls' in the harem. Why did he choose her.

  "It's because you're clever enough." Chu Yixuan paused for a moment, then continued: "Of course, another half of the reason is that you are the emperor's sister-in-law, and you know many things about me."

  "Alright. It turns out that being smart can also be wrong. Yan Xijun smiled bitterly. She had always avoided confronting them, trying to avoid the limelight. But in the end, she still couldn't escape this fate."

  "I didn't expect things to turn out like this either. For the harm caused to you, I will do my best to compensate you. I won't let you suffer injustice." Looking at her painful and sorrowful eyes, Chu Yixuan's heart skipped a beat for no reason. And what he said was indeed his true feelings.

  "Compensation. How will you compensate me to make up for the pain I've suffered during these days?" Yan Xijun asked sorrowfully.

  Chu Yixuan wanted to put his hand on her shoulder, but she avoided it with disgust. He sighed and withdrew his hand, saying: "What are your requirements now? I will do my best to satisfy you."

  "Really." Yan Xijun looked at him and said: "No matter what I ask for, you will agree?"

  A loud alarm sounded in his heart. Chu Yi shrugged. "As long as it's not an excessive request."

  "Good." Yan Xijun gritted her teeth and said: "I want to leave the palace."

  "What does it mean?" Chu Yixuan asked.

  "Let me out of the palace." Yan Xijun repeated what she said earlier.

  "Let me out of the palace." Chu Yixuan stared at Yan Xijun for a long time, making sure she wasn't joking. Only then did he refuse, saying: "No way."

  She wants to leave herself so quickly? Humph. Don't even think about her idea of leaving the palace.

  Yan Xijun walked right up to him, glaring at him: "Didn't you say that all my requests would be fulfilled? As the emperor, why are you going back on your word?"

  "I didn't go back on my word." Chu Yixuan suddenly stretched out his arm and wrapped it around her, rubbing her cheek with his hand. "What I promised you was not to make excessive demands."

  His icy fingers touched her own scorching skin. Although Yan Xijun's lungs were about to burst with rage, she forced herself to suppress the anger in her heart. She stared straight at him and said: "My request is not excessive at all. The emperor has three thousand beauties in his harem, one more won't be too many. Why can't you let me have a way out?"

  Chu Yixuan lowered his head and looked at her angry eyes, a hint of loss flashed in his heart, and he said: "Do you want to escape from me so much?"

  "I don't want to escape from you, it's just that I'm not suited for this imperial palace." Yan Xijun said.

  Chu Yixuan sneered: "Not suitable for this palace. What made you want to enter the palace in the first place?"

  "Does the Emperor want to hear the truth?" Yan Xijun no longer wanted to hide anything. Anyway, what needed to be said today had already been said. Why not just be honest with him? It's all or nothing now. Whether he would let her leave the palace depended on this moment.

  Chu Yixuan looked at her with a puzzled expression: "What truth?"

  "The Emperor thinks I'm willing to enter the palace? If it weren't for my sister's threat, how would I have entered this imperial palace?"

  Chu Yixuan's pair of gloomy eyes flashed with a dangerous light. He saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so he asked: "Do you really dislike the imperial palace or do you dislike me?"

  "Both are present." Yan Xijun said fearlessly.

  "Good, very good, you're quite honest." Chu Yixuan suddenly let her go, but his hand was still gripping her neck, and he shouted angrily: "Believe it or not, I can take your life right now."

  He was furious at her words, and his anger flared up in his heart. Which concubine in the harem would dare not to fawn on him? Who wouldn't like him? Only this little girl was bold enough to say she disliked him.

  "Hmm. Actually, she said she hated herself. It's understandable too. After all, he had done many things that wronged her. But hearing her say such straightforward words still made him furious."

  After all, he still cares about her feelings. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten angry over just one sentence from her.

  Yan Xijun's heart had gradually cooled to the point where it was as if she had already entered a cold storage room. She intentionally provoked him, anyway, she no longer had any intention of living in the palace. If she were to die today, then so be it. She no longer had anything good to cherish about this world.

  Yan Xijun thought of this and was no longer afraid. She quietly closed her eyes and waited for his move.

  Chu Yixuan saw that she didn't cry or make a fuss, nor did she beg for mercy. With her eyes closed, she only wished for death. He suddenly felt a pang of sorrow and discovered that he couldn't bring himself to do it. After all, she was just a 'girl', so why couldn't he move his hand?

  Chu Yixuan's face was gloomy as he threw her to the ground, then squatted down, lifted her chin and stared at her with deep eyes, coldly pronouncing: "I won't kill you but I also won't let you out of the palace. You can give up that thought now. As long as you are my concubine for one day, you will stay in the palace for one day. Don't think about going anywhere."

  Yan Xijun was so angry that her whole body was trembling, and her hands and feet had turned cold. How could he do this? He had clearly promised her that all her demands would be met, but now he was being so selfish and refused to let her go.