After His Majesty's rebirth, he personally taught the queen to abuse the scumbag

Cheng Mingran looked confused, but still answered: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my stupidity. I don't quite understand what you are saying."

"Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand? Cheng Mingran, in your eyes, no matter what it is, you can throw it away at any time? You take it when you want it, and never look back when you don't want it anymore?" Ji Lingzhou's emotions suddenly got out of control.

Whenever he thought of the words he heard at the door today, he felt bad. How could Cheng Mingran say these words so easily? It was obviously she who wanted to provoke him in the first place, and now she was eager to give up.

If that's the case, then what am I in her eyes?

"Your Majesty..." Cheng Mingran really didn't react. After all, she didn't know that Ji Lingzhou had just heard her entire conversation with the Queen Mother.

"It was you who said that you didn't want to hide from me, but now you are hiding from me everywhere, Cheng Mingran, don't forget your identity and how much you wanted to stay in the palace. Since you have already started the fire, do you think that everything will be fine as long as you get rid of the fire?" Ji Lingzhou asked.

Cheng Mingran's heart paused, and she slowly reacted. But why did he suddenly bring up this topic?

"I didn't mean that..." Before Cheng Mingran had a chance to finish her next words, Ji Lingzhou interrupted her: "You say you didn't mean that, but your actions show that you meant that. Cheng Mingran, who do you think I am?" Ji Lingzhou was indeed angry.

Cheng Mingran stopped talking, perhaps because he had nothing to say, or perhaps because he was too lazy to continue explaining.

But Ji Lingzhou pressed harder and harder: "Cheng Mingran, what do you think of me?" he asked.

Cheng Mingran's already red eyes became even more sour at this moment. She tried hard to control her emotions. After a long silence, she finally managed a smile with difficulty: "What about His Majesty?" she asked back.

Ji Lingzhou was confused: "What?"

Cheng Mingran took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to look into Ji Lingzhou's eyes, and asked again: "What about His Majesty? What does His Majesty think of me? Everyone knows that I like His Majesty, and everyone knows that I have tried my best for His Majesty. But what about His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, have you ever looked at me more? Have you ever shown me more pity? Does Your Majesty have any affection for me? Is there any partiality towards me? Is there any emotion in my heart?" Cheng Mingran asked several rhetorical questions and Ji Lingzhou remained silent.

Cheng Mingran may have taken the first step, and the rest became much easier, so she continued to question: "Your Majesty said that I have alienated you, but have you ever thought that in the past I always came to your Majesty, but what did I get in return? Only your Majesty's words that we should respect the rules, respect the decorum, know the limits, and know the etiquette."

"So isn't my current appearance the one that Your Majesty expected to see before? Doesn't Your Majesty hate me bothering you the most? Then why is it that now that I have become the person Your Majesty originally hoped for, Your Majesty blames me for forgetting my identity?" Cheng Mingran said every word. She had never dared to say such words to Ji Lingzhou, and this was the first time.

Ji Lingzhou's heart stagnated. He looked at Cheng Mingran's red eyes and said, "But I am already trying to respond to you. I have also slowly started to get along with you. What else do you want?"

Cheng Mingran smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, so in your eyes, your response to me is just based on your mood, but do I have to continue to do it without hesitation like before, running around like a headless fly?"

The words Ji Lingzhou was about to say were instantly blocked. Cheng Mingran's words suddenly made him not know how to respond.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the ruler of a country. There are countless women in this world who want to be close to Your Majesty and want to be favored by Your Majesty. So in Your Majesty's eyes, all women are the same. It is an honor to be favored by Your Majesty, and if they cannot be favored, they must continue to follow you, right?" Cheng Mingran asked.

Ji Lingzhou was speechless. In fact, he seemed to have thought so before. He was the emperor, so no one could refuse him...

But when Cheng Mingran said these words just now, he felt that it seemed to be different. But he couldn't tell what was different.

"I thought I could warm your Majesty's heart, but your Majesty's heart is too cold. My hands are so cold that they hurt, but even so, your Majesty's heart still has no warmth at all."

"I originally thought that as long as I could keep pace with the times, I would be able to occupy a place in your majesty's heart. But now I realize that there has never been a place for others in your majesty's heart, so no matter how hard I squeeze, no matter how hard I try, it is impossible for me to have a place in your majesty's heart." Cheng Mingran mustered up the courage.

"How dare you! Cheng Mingran, are you blaming me?" Ji Lingzhou looked unhappy, but he didn't know where his unhappiness came from.

Cheng Mingran also knelt down: "I am guilty and have offended Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is really angry, please punish me." She kept her body straight even while kneeling.

Ji Lingzhou clenched his hands at his side. In fact, he had already regretted what he said when he said it. He didn't really want to punish her, nor was he really angry. He was just used to it.

But now, seeing the little woman kneeling in front of him, he couldn't say the words to ask her to get up because he was too embarrassed to do so.

Cheng Mingran just knelt there without getting a response. Since Ji Lingzhou was angry, she was bound to be punished, so she would not waste her energy and words to plead for herself.

Since he wants to punish her, let him do it. It's not like she hasn't been punished before. Hasn't she been punished enough by Ji Lingzhou?

She just felt very wronged. She obviously did nothing wrong, but because of this damn identity, she could only give in and obey. Ji Lingzhou could not admit that he was wrong, so the only person who was wrong was herself.

Ji Lingzhou didn't speak for a long time. Li Sheng might have sensed that something was wrong between the two of them. He also seemed to be able to see that his Majesty didn't really want to punish Concubine Shu, so he quickly spoke up to give her a way out.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty does not really want to punish you. Please get up first." Li Sheng said.

But Cheng Mingran seemed to be angry, kneeling on the ground and refusing to move, and even said: "Your Majesty has said that I was too presumptuous, I think I really did make Your Majesty unhappy, no matter how Your Majesty wants to punish me, I have no complaints."

Ji Lingzhou's gaze towards Cheng Mingran deepened...