bullyxtreme Chapter 124 Stake
Chapter 124 Stake
Qi Yue stared into her eyes, making her feel guilty. "Don't you have something else to deal with? Go back quickly. I'm back from Qinshan. I've been traveling day and night. I'm tired and want to rest."
Xiao Mo said as she pulled him up and pushed him out.
Qi Yue thought about her words and felt that they made sense, so he took her hand and held it tightly.
"Okay, since you want to rest, I'll go back first. You're not feeling well, so don't be exposed to the wind outside."
Xiao Mo pulled her hand back awkwardly, bowed to him, and called Shen Yun to leave.
When she returned to the house, before she could even drink a sip of water, Murong Shu followed her in.
She came at the right time. Xiao Mo was just about to ask her why she pulled her towards Qi Yue after he sat down.
In the past, her attitude towards Qi Yue was not like this.
She still remembered what Murong Shu said to her before she went to the war: she didn't want her to marry into the palace and suffer, and if she had to marry, she should marry an ordinary person.
At that time, the person she favored the most was Lu Huai, because he was not a royal relative, but just a wealthy man in the area.
In the beginning, Murong Shu tried many ways to bring them together, but after just a few years, she changed her mind and switched sides.
"Mother, what do you think of Qi Yue?" Xiao Mo asked this question preemptively.
Murong Shu observed her expression and replied conservatively, "He's a good person. Mother hasn't had much contact with him. Don't you two often play together? You should know this better than I do."
Xiao Mo looked at her with a half-smile, poured a cup of tea and drank it: "Although he has a high status, he is not my type."
"Then what type do you like? The type of His Royal Highness Prince Chen?" Murong Shu asked tentatively.
Xiao Mo curled the corners of her mouth and nodded gently: "Yes, I like him."
Her generous admission left Murong Shu speechless.
After a moment of silence, Murong Shu said earnestly: "Mother has never wanted you to marry into the royal family, but you have no interest in Lu Huai, and the Crown Prince and Prince Chen are pursuing you relentlessly.
If we really have to choose between the two, Mother has thought for a long time and decided that the Crown Prince is more suitable."
"Why should the prince be more suitable? When did mother become so charming and powerful?"
Xiao Mo didn't expect her to say such a thing, and there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes when she looked at her.
Murong Shu shook her head slightly and began to analyze it carefully.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like you, you and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen can live a leisurely life together. Mother has nothing to worry about.
But the problem is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also likes you. Just imagine, if he ascends the throne in the future and is obsessed with you, will he issue an imperial decree to separate you and Prince Chen?
Or maybe, he is paranoid and wants to take you into his harem regardless of whether you are married to Prince Chen or not..."
Xiao Mo listened to her carefully and suddenly interrupted her: "Impossible, no matter how much he likes me, he can't ignore the moral principles.
By the time he ascended the throne, I would have already married Qi Minxiu. If the current emperor had lived two more years, perhaps our children would have been able to run and jump."
Murong Shu sighed heavily at her naivety: "Child, in the face of imperial power, nothing is impossible."
"No matter how great his imperial power is, he can't take his brother's sister-in-law as a concubine! Otherwise, how will the civil and military officials and the people of the world view him?"
Xiao Mo felt that Murong Shu was simply daydreaming and thought too badly of people.
Murong Shu looked at her with a worried look on her face and continued to persuade her earnestly.
"In ancient times, the emperor of our ancestors took his sister-in-law as a concubine, and his son took his wet nurse as a concubine. Aren't these true things?
Okay, mother, I won't say anything else. You often read history, what was Emperor Cao's harem like? Think about it carefully."
This time, Murong Shu's words worked a little. Xiao Mo no longer argued stubbornly, but calmed down and thought carefully.
After a long time, just when Murong Shu thought she had figured it out, she suddenly curled her lips and smiled, as if she had thought of some clever idea.
"I can take Qi Minxiu to travel around the world, or I can take him back to live in Qinshan. Otherwise, we can volunteer to guard the border. In short, we should stay away from the imperial city."
Murong Shu chuckled weakly: "Hmph, you think it's too simple, don't you? If the emperor wants to force you out, there are plenty of ways.
If you take him to Qinshan, your master will be implicated."
The last sentence woke Xiao Mo up. Yes, he was already the emperor. What could he not do or dare not do?
By then, the Xiao family, the Murong family, Nie Changyuan of Qinshan and all the senior brothers, even Han Que Ling's uncle and cousin, as well as Shen Hanzhou and Shen Yun...
Countless people will become his bargaining chips to threaten her.
but……
Xiao Mo looked at Murong Shu helplessly: "But I don't like him. At best, I only feel like friends when I talk to him."
Murong Shu felt relieved to see that her attitude was no longer so strong.
"Actually, I didn't like your father at first, but as time goes by, you'll fall in love with him. As long as he treats you well, you'll slowly fall in love with him."
"You are different from me. You don't have a crush on someone, so you will be moved and fall in love with the other person.
But I have someone in my heart, and unless he does better than my sweetheart, his existence will only remind me of the person in my heart all the time."
Xiao Mo's rebuttal made Murong Shu look very tired.
Xiao Mo knew that she was doing it for her own good, but how could one force feelings?
If she agreed to Qi Yue, three people would suffer, but if she didn't agree, he would be the only one who suffered.
However, what Murong Shu said made some sense. Qi Yue is now the crown prince and the future emperor.
If she continues to be so indifferent to him, it will arouse his desire to win.
Over time, even if he no longer loves her, he may still compete with her because of his persistence.
If this is how I live in the future, how can I be happy even if I marry the one I love?
Murong Shu poured a cup of tea to moisten her throat and planned to talk to her again.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Mo stretched, stood up, yawned, and said to her that she didn’t sleep well last night and wanted to take a nap.
Murong Shu glared at her with a look of disappointment: "So all the words I just said were in vain?"
"A daughter always takes her mother's words to heart. I know my limits, so you don't have to worry."
Xiao Mo pulled her up and half-heartedly pulled her towards the door: "Okay, mother, you should go and rest for a while."
Thinking about how she had been traveling day and night and hadn't had a good night's sleep, Murong Shu took a deep breath, shook her head, and left her room with the help of her maid.
After she left, Shen Yun dismissed the other servants in the room, closed the door, and immediately ran to Xiao Mo and looked at her worriedly.
"Miss, what the lady said seems to make sense!"
Xiao Mo rolled her eyes at her: "What should I do then? Are you going to let me marry someone I don't like?"
"His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is a man of great power and influence, yet he has never forced anything upon you. Do you know why, my lady?"
Xiao Mo looked at her and was stunned by her question: "He dares."