The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 512: The 437th Emperor just wants to admit his mistakes, but his young wife is actually considering remarrying?

Chapter 512: The 437th Emperor just wants to admit his mistakes, but his young wife is actually considering remarrying?

The Empress gripped the reins tightly, looking at the Emperor whose complexion seemed somewhat pale, likely due to yesterday’s wound reopening.

Whether he believed her or not was no longer important.

So what if the Emperor insisted on marrying her as the Crown Princess?

At that time, the Chang family was more powerful than the Xun family, so marrying her as the Crown Princess wasn’t a difficult task.

The Dowager Empress never liked her, and if she had the same status as Shen Chuwei, even the Emperor’s insistence couldn’t have changed that.

"Your Majesty, none of these matters anymore. Your Concubine isn’t an unreasonable person; having been the Empress for so many years, I haven’t done so in vain."

The Emperor thought that by explaining his insistence on marrying her as the Crown Princess, the Empress would understand, but she still didn’t get it and continued to treat him coldly.

"How could it not matter? Your indifference towards Us, isn’t that severe?"

The Empress watched the increasingly agitated Emperor, and though she hadn’t even lost her temper, he was already upset.

She was the one truly wronged!

"Isn’t mutual respect between emperor and empress quite good?"

The Emperor couldn’t help but raise his voice, "What I want is harmonious bliss between emperor and empress, not a respectful distance as between strangers."

The Empress inwardly cursed, calling the Emperor shameless. With his crowd of women, he still expected her to be in harmonious bliss with him?

"In my eyes, harmonious bliss represents deep love and affection between husband and wife. Your Majesty has the three palaces and six courtyards full of beauties; using harmonious bliss to describe our relationship is far less fitting than mutual respect."

The Emperor was stunned.

"I have yet to enjoy a good ride at the Imperial Hunting Grounds. Your Majesty, you go back and rest first; your Concubine will return shortly." The Empress withdrew her gaze, tightened her hold on the reins once more, and, pressing her feet into the stirrups, gracefully mounted the horse. With a squeeze of its sides, the horse took off at a gallop.

It had been too long since she had ridden like this, the experience both unfamiliar and yet well known.

The horses in the hunting grounds still retained their wildness, running at great speeds; the wind was whistling by the ears, indescribably thrilling.

The Emperor stood there, gazing at the Empress’s departing figure on horseback, his mind drifting back to his younger years. In fact, the Empress hadn’t changed; she was still so bold, daring to speak words in front of him that others wouldn’t, refusing to indulge in the things she didn’t like.

Who in the palace could speak to Us with such a tone?

Watching the Empress’s retreating figure grow more distant, the Emperor had someone lead a horse to him. As he was about to mount, a subordinate reminded him in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you have an injury. It is not suitable for you to ride."

"Since when do I need your reminder?" The Emperor said coldly, tightly grabbing the reins and swiftly mounting the horse before galloping off.

From a distance, Shen Chuwei watched the Emperor and the Empress, and even without hearing what they were saying, she could guess that they were having a disagreement.

The Empress rode alone, the Emperor chased after her... and His Majesty was still injured.

As Shen Chuwei wondered, a deep voice came from above her.

"What are you doing?"

Xiao Jinyan had come out to look for her after not finding her in the tent and saw her standing behind a tree.

Feeling guilty, Shen Chuwei looked up to see Xiao Jinyan’s handsome face, his phoenix eyes fixed on her.

"Your Highness, are Father and Mother having a disagreement?"

Xiao Jinyan, instead of answering, asked, "How do you know?"

Shen Chuwei recounted the scene she had just witnessed to Xiao Jinyan.

"I noticed today that Mother wasn’t looking well, and she even had dark circles under her eyes."

Xiao Jinyan looked toward the distance where he could still see the Emperor’s retreating figure, "They have had issues for quite some time."

Shen Chuwei asked in confusion, "What issues?"

Seeing the puzzled expression on her delicate face, Xiao Jinyan chuckled softly, "If I had three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, favoring others, how would you feel?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Chuwei frowned and then snorted, "Then your Concubine will just pack up and leave. With some luck, perhaps I might even meet a decent bachelor who would be just right for me, and I could remarry with two children in tow."

Xiao Jinyan’s expression darkened, "Finding a decent bachelor? How can you say such a thing?"

"Your Highness has seventy-two concubines; if your Concubine were to divorce you and remarry, what’s wrong with that? Don’t think that just because Your Highness is fastidious, your Concubine isn’t," Shen Chuwei retorted confidently, chin held high.

Xiao Jinyan laughed out of exasperation, tapping her on the forehead, "I was just making a hypothetical example."

Shen Chuwei replied, "And so was I, hypothetically speaking. There’s a sequence to things; if Your Highness behaves, so will your Concubine."

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

"I’m just asking you to put yourself in the Empress’s shoes and imagine how she feels about having a disagreement with the Emperor. Stay on topic."