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When husband and wife drift apart, they go their separate ways.

On the way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, these eight words echoed repeatedly in Xie Ling's ears.

impossible!

He and Tangtang are a match made in heaven. They should be reincarnated as childhood sweethearts in their next life. It's absolutely impossible for it to end like this!

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, please slow down—" Li Degui, with his round belly protruding, followed behind, panting heavily.

Xie Ling didn't stop, her black robes billowing up fine snowflakes as she strode through the corridors, heading straight for the innermost chamber of the Yangxin Hall.

Before I even entered the door, I could hear anxious voices inside trying to persuade me.

"Your Majesty, you haven't had breakfast yet, please at least have some lunch..."

Inside, Chi Zheng made a "coming" gesture to Qi Yitang.

She instantly understood and began her performance: "I won't eat! Starting today, I'm going on a hunger strike and starve myself to death!"

"Your Majesty...aren't you deliberately trying to make His Majesty feel sorry for you?"

Qi Yitang deliberately spoke loudly, "Staying confined to this tiny patch of land all day, unable to even leave the house, what kind of empress am I? This is clearly a prisoner's plaything, so sad, so heartbroken... I might as well just starve to death!"

Even though she knew there was an element of acting involved, Xie Ling still felt a tightness in her chest.

He pushed open the door and entered. Yun Ying and Chi Zheng hurriedly stepped forward, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"go out."

Xie Ling sat down on the edge of the couch. "Tangtang."

Qi Yitang closed her eyes and pretended to be dead, completely ignoring him.

Her appearance made Xie Ling feel a lump in his throat. He bent down and reached out to take her hand. "Tangtang, don't ignore me..."

Qi Yitang forcefully pulled her hand back, rolled over, and sneered, "You still have the nerve to touch me, you rotten cucumber!"

Rotten cucumber?

Xie Ling subconsciously glanced at the lunch on the table. It was all her favorite food, including chicken, duck, fish, and meat, but there was no cucumber.

He looked away, puzzled. "There are no rotten cucumbers."

"I'm talking about you, you rotten cucumber!" Qi Yitang sat up abruptly, her eyes red-rimmed, and loudly accused, "You locked me up here while you had a sweet rendezvous with another woman in the Imperial Study! Get out of here and don't dirty my bed!"

Xie Ling frowned slightly, then relaxed, offering a helpless explanation.

"Tangtang, there is no other woman, that is the Imperial Sister."

"I don't care! My elder sister is a woman too! How dare you talk to other women behind my back? You're being disrespectful!"

Qi Yitang knew, of course, that it was Princess Anping, the one she had specially asked someone to bring in as reinforcements.

But she insisted on making a scene, making him unable to handle it, making him soften his heart, so that she could negotiate terms.

Qi Yitang wiped away her tears and continued her unreasonable behavior, crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide. "It's one thing for my parents to favor my cousin, but you're bullying me too! In this huge palace, I have no one to rely on, and you've locked me up in this tiny place. What's the point of me living..."

Xie Ling felt a pang in his heart and suddenly hugged her tightly, his voice so low and hoarse it was almost breaking.

"Tangtang, stop talking."

"I'm going to say it, you won't even let me speak now, are you..." Qi Yitang continued to sob, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, a wicked smile on her face.

You little brat, I can't handle you.

A full month has passed since she was rescued. Qi Yitang's daily routine has been forced to follow the pig's routine. She feels that she has not only gained weight, but is also getting so bored that she is going to mold!

In the past few days, she has tried many methods, including but not limited to faking hanging, making herself sick, or fainting, but those are all quite unhealthy.

Only fasting is the gentlest approach.

—Why not just go on a hunger strike in front of him, and then secretly eat it in private?

If she doesn't tell, who would know?

Qi Yitang thought that since she had made such a fuss, Xie Ling would definitely give in and let her leave, but his next words made her heart sink.

"It must be that the chefs in the imperial kitchen are not doing their job properly. Since the dishes they make don't suit the Empress's taste, there's no point in keeping their skills."

Qi Yitang looked up in surprise, then abruptly pushed him away. "...What did you say?"

He'd chop off someone's hand at the slightest disagreement. What did the imperial kitchen chefs do to deserve this madman?

"No, this is wrong!" Qi Yitang's mind was in turmoil. "Yanzhi, you shouldn't be like this!"

Why didn't things go according to her plan?

"Tangtang, I have always been like this," Xie Ling said, his eyes filled with almost cruel honesty.

His mother said he was a madman who would not give up until he achieved his goal. Xie Ling felt that in this respect, they had a certain tacit understanding as mother and son.

He never thought he was any better than Xie Jingyu; perhaps he was even crazier and more ruthless than Xie Jingyu.

Back then, he almost killed Xie Jingyu and then disguised himself as him.

—Didn't she like "Brother Yu"? Then for the rest of her life, he will be her Brother Yu.

It was only because his father noticed something and gave him a severe scolding that Xie Ling pulled back from the brink and didn't go that far.

But he was never a normal person.

Qi Yitang stared blankly, and for a moment, she suddenly felt that the person in front of her was a stranger.

For the past six months, she has tried her best to change herself and deviate from the original plot through the unexpected appearance of bullet comments.

No matter what she did, Xie Ling indulged and spoiled her. Their married life was sweet and loving, and Qi Yitang thought they were both getting better.

But in the end, he didn't change at all.

She even became more aggressive after being kidnapped once.

At this moment, Qi Yitang realized that she had overlooked the fact that Xie Ling had imprisoned her for two years in the original story. She did not believe that she had not resisted at all, and that she must have finally decided to resist because she could no longer bear it.

Are they destined to repeat the same mistakes in this lifetime?

Qi Yitang's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes. "...Even if I hate you, resent you, and our relationship goes back to what it was before, or even worse, are you still determined to do this?"

Xie Ling remained silent and did not answer.

But Qi Yitang already knew the answer, and her heart sank – Oh my god, she really had encountered a pervert.

Looking at that handsome face so close to hers, Qi Yitang really wanted to slap him.

But she also knew that this man was thick-skinned and shameless. If she slapped him, he wouldn't dodge; he might even lick her palm.

That pervert is terrifying; she wants to go back to her parents' home.

Xie Ling couldn't stand Qi Yitang's tears, even if they might be fake.

He softened his tone, "Tangtang, if you don't want to eat these, I'll have the imperial kitchen make them again... Actually, I haven't eaten yet either."

"I'm not eating, I have no appetite, and you'll starve to death too!"

We've gone back to the hunger strike plot from the beginning.

One was unhappy, and the other was stubborn; neither was willing to give in.

Just at this anxious moment, Li Degui brought good news: "Your Majesty, Prince Anning and Miss Ning request an audience."

The tense atmosphere inside the hall immediately eased.

Qi Yitang hadn't taken it seriously at first, but then a thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly realized something, her eyes lighting up.

They came together. Could it be that... their relationship has naturally progressed, and they've come to ask for an imperial decree to marry them?

Doesn't that mean another huge sum of money is about to fall into her pocket?

"Quick, quick, Yanzhi, the money's here!"

Qi Yitang's mind was filled with the sound of gold hitting the ground with a clatter. Her previous dejected sadness vanished instantly. She wiped away her tears haphazardly, the redness in her eyes still lingering, but the corners of her mouth had already turned up in a smile.

"Let's go, let's get ready and quickly welcome the God of Wealth!"

Xie Ling was still stunned and hadn't reacted when Qi Yitang jumped off the bed, grabbed his arm, and pulled him toward the door.

"Tangtang," Xie Ling called out to her.

Qi Yitang suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, and stared at him dangerously. "Xie Ling, let me make this clear—if you don't seize the money that's already in your mouth, I will definitely fight you to the death."

You can argue and fight, but you absolutely cannot give up money!

This is her bottom line.