Chapter 2165 - 2073: Liang Liang Proposes Again and Is Rejected
Chapter 2165: Chapter 2073: Liang Liang Proposes Again and Is Rejected
"I can!"
Xia Weibao was startled by the seriousness on his face, and after a moment, burst into laughter.
She punched him on the shoulder, laughing so hard she struggled to catch her breath, "You must have lost your mind, pretending to be the emperor."
The emperor lives in the palace, not allowed to leave freely, how could he be pursued in such a deep forest.
Don’t think that just because she doesn’t know much about the Imperial Court, she’s easily fooled.
Xia Weibao glanced sideways at him, shook her head with a smile, and then sat down to continue fiddling with her medicinal herbs.
"What if I told you, I am truly the current emperor." Lu Hualiang sat across from her, looking serious.
Xia Weibao maintained a look of disbelief.
"It seems someone in the Jianghu’s list of assassins has offered one hundred thousand taels of gold for the current emperor’s head. If you were the emperor, I’d kill you and claim the reward."
Lu Hualiang suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
"Is being empress not worth one hundred thousand taels of gold?"
Xia Weibao was speechless, was this guy enjoying his act too much?
"Alright, even if you were the emperor, what does it have to do with me?
Though the position might be something all women yearn for, to me, being an empress is worse than death."
Lu Hualiang’s body shook violently, "Why!"
"What’s good about being an empress? Trapped in the palace, unable to step out for life, how is that any different from a caged canary?"
It’s just a prison.
No matter how large or luxurious, it’s still a cage.
Breaking one’s wings, sacrificing a lifetime of freedom.
To lose freedom is, to her, akin to losing oneself, losing life.
"The empress holds the power of life and death, revered by the world, and enjoys endless wealth and honors!"
"And then what?"
"What do you mean, then?" Lu Hualiang was puzzled.
Xia Weibao spoke lightly, "Holding the power of life and death, revered by the world, endless wealth and honors, and then what?
Trapped within the Four-Sided Palace Walls, unable to see the vast universe outside, one’s life is reduced to a single palace. What meaning does having power, beauty, and wealth hold?
In the end, you can only age and die with one man, what meaning does such a life have?
Oh right, I heard His Majesty has many women, which is even worse. Fighting with so many women for one man, is that interesting?
I’d rather be outside, living freely, doing whatever I want, going wherever I want, enjoying the vast world. That’s the life I desire."
Lu Hualiang fell silent.
He hadn’t expected her to see so clearly.
Indeed, the identity of an empress is a luxurious cage that many covet, but unknowingly become prisoners.
He admired her ability to see through it all and remain unrestrained by fame and wealth, yet he was vexed by her carefree attitude!
Rejecting him so thoroughly, without leaving him any room.
Seeing her unrestrained smile, he suddenly wavered, such a woman is like an eagle, and confining her to a palace would break her wings.
Would she be happy?
"Is there something on my face?" Xia Weibao asked, touching her face upon noticing the man’s continuous gaze.
Lu Hualiang’s gaze deepened, "If the emperor only loves you, would you be willing to enter the palace?"
Should she agree, he would give her exclusive love for a lifetime, one life one pair.