My Devil Emperor
You Don't Deserve Him

"Empress, let the servant serve you." Liang Rong stood up and took over the porcelain pot from the hands of a servant.

Jingli who was standing beside Yuan was about to say something, but Yuan held his hand and shook his head.

Yuan smiled faintly. "Then, trouble Princess Rong," he said giving permission.

Princess Rong smiled and poured the black tea into the cup in front of Yuan. "The humble empress. It's an honor to serve you."

Smiling again, Yuan lifted the cup in front of him and took a slow sip of the tea.

Liang Rong also did the same then he glanced at Xiao Ling. Understanding what he meant, the servant Xiao Ling lowered her head obediently and said, "Daughter, I forgot to do something important."

Liang Rong smiled and said, "Go."

Xiao Ling looked at Princess Rong and turned to Yuan then lowered her head politely. "Servant Xiao Ling requested permission to withdraw from the Princess and Her Majesty the Empress."

"Go." This time it was Yuan.

Hearing the approval of his master and the Imperial Empress, Xiao Ling immediately rushed away from there.

"Jingli, take this away." Yuan gave Jingli a basket of food that he had not been able to clean.

Jingli immediately accepted it and replied, "Well, Empress." He turned away from there.

After that there were only the two of them.

Princess Rong smiled again and said, "Thank you for the understanding of my Empress."

"No need to be confused. So, what's up?"

Princess Rong paused for a moment before returning to say, "Since there are only the two of us, then as His Majesty requests, I will not hesitate."

"The Empress, you really allowed me to marry the Emperor, right?"

Yuan speechless. He naturally did not expect what Liang Rong would ask him.

After a few seconds of pause, he replied, "It depends on the decision of His Majesty the Emperor. Whatever he chooses, then I will definitely accept it."

"Sir, I love your husband. I'm gonna make her fall in love with me, what do you think?"

Yuan smiled faintly. "You can try. Who will forbid a wife who wants to get her husband's love?"

Liang Rong looked at Yuan's pity. "Honestly, I heard what you talked to the emperor a few days ago. Empress, don't you think that you're so naive? Not expecting you can hurt the feelings of the person who loves you the most. But take it easy, if I were his wife, I wouldn't be as naive as you. I'll be a better wife than you so she's lucky to have me. Zhou YanLi, you don't deserve him!"

Yuan looked calmly at the person in front of him. Her beautiful eyes flickered then a thin smile appeared on her red lips. "You're right. I am naive. He's too perfect for me. I will not defend myself. But for him I can do anything. As long as he's happy and safe, that's enough for me."

"What if I make him love me?"

"It's good too."

"I'll make him stay away from you. I will make him expel you from this empire! You will be forgotten" said Liang Rong sarcas.

Yuan smiled wryly at him. "That's okay, too. As long as you don't hurt her and truly love her, it will calm me down. At least His Majesty still has someone who will accompany him in his joys and sorrows, will not betray."

Liang Rong fell silent, but he quickly normalized his expression back. "Truly a wife who is willing to give anything to her husband. I have to admit you're the toughest love contender, so of course I won't like it. As long as I have you, my position will be difficult. Take it easy, I will take good care of Your Majesty. I'll love her and give her a child."

The woman's eyes looked slightly reddened, but she did not cry instead smiling happily. "That's much better. Your Majesty will be pleased. I just hope he—" His breathing choked, this sentence is very difficult to pronounce.

"He will accept you. There is nothing happier than being a parent. I know all this time Your Majesty has always wanted a child even though he never told me." He finally managed to say it.

Liang Rong froze. That face...

I don't know why his heart felt so guilty. He just realized his mistake.

"Empress, sorry—"

Yuan shook his head. "It's okay. Liang Rong, in essence which woman's heart does not hurt when allowing her husband to marry another woman? But I am helpless. I want His Majesty to be only mine, but what have I given him? I haven't given you anything. I just keep hurting him. Aside from a wife and mother, I am also an imperial mother. Circumstances that force me. I don't care about the pressure, but I can't see it as a problem. Husband, he's been working too hard. I just wanted to help her a little, but I hurt her. Try telling me! If you were me, what would you do?"

Liang Rong was stunned. Right too, if he was in Yuan's position, what would he do?

Yuan raised his head to hold back the tears that were about to fall. He stood up which made Liang Rong refocus on him.

"Princess Rong, you can convince His Majesty the Emperor if you want. I will not stop you nor will I force my husband again. I'm tired, if there's nothing you want to talk about anymore, then I'll go." Afterwards, Yuan turned around and walked away.

Liang Rong looked at Yuan's back which was getting further away. His gaze was a little blurry but he could still see Yuan's uncertain footsteps with his head lowered.

"By him, you can do anything. He should have rejected me. It turned out that in her heart, she already had the perfect lover."

***

"The Empress, are you okay?" jingli asked carefully.

Yuan shook his head weakly. "Jingli, I want to rest. Don't let anyone bother me!" he said before closing the door.

"Okay, Empress." Without asking any more, Jingli immediately left from there.

Elsewhere, Liang Rong walked slowly accompanied by Xiao Ling who was beside him.

"Daughter, are you sure you'll let go of this opportunity?" xiao Ling asked slowly.

"Why not?"

"You—do you really like the emperor?"

Liang Rong took a deep breath and said, "I do like it, but compared to the empress' love for the emperor, my feelings mean nothing."

"But you can make him slowly like you. You are beautiful, not inferior to Empress Xuan. Perhaps you can also take his position in the empire."

"Xiao Ling, you praise me too much. In any case, I was destined to lose to him. I'm not even sure if I can make His Majesty like me after everything that happened. For the empress position? I don't want it. It's too much of a task" he said, shaking slowly.

"So you really gave up?"

"I surrender! That Ying'er, it seems like she was also misjudging. I don't even see the gap of flaws from Empress Xuan, from where can she have the confidence to contend with the empress? See, not only did he fail, now he and his family were exiled. Thankfully I am not as stupid as him. Somehow how's it going now."

"Daughter's right! Daughter, no matter what happens, I will always support you!"

"Xiao Ling is indeed the smartest!"

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