I woke up as the Villainous Empress

95 Male lead privilege.

Zheng Liang’s face turned grim when he heard Yang Ning’s question. How can she even think of asking such a question?

“Lady Yang Ning, Are you even listening to what you are saying? What husband would like to see his wife with other men? It’s not a question but gibberish.” He snapped at her as he couldn’t maintain his temper.

Even the imagination of seeing her with other men was making him furious. How can he answer such a ridiculous question?

Yang Ning smirked mockingly to see him getting agitated by her simple question and said, “Ah, so you find this question gibberish?”

“Your Highness, pardon me for being rude, however, I am surprised that you’re getting angry just because I asked you a hypothetical question where I will bring other men to the palace to keep them as my second and third husbands.”

” Yet you are asking me why I am making such a request to you? Just because women don’t say anything to their husbands about having them concubines and other consorts, it doesn’t mean they don’t feel anything.”

” The other women might not have said anything to their husbands, but I am not going to tolerate this kind of absurd practice. This kind of behavior should be unacceptable, no matter who does it. Be it a woman or man.” Yang Ning said seriously while looking deep into his eyes.

She didn’t avoid eye contact with him after lecturing him and waiting for him to respond to her condition. He might be the Crown Prince but she was determined to not back down either.

Today it will be either him or her. If he accepts her condition, that’s great. If he doesn’t, she will happily take the offer to be exiled to the mountains where she will be left with nothing and probably died after the animals attack her and kill her.

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It will be still better to bear a man who brings other women to the palace after marrying him.

At first, she didn’t want to get too much into this matter but she couldn’t help but get angry the more she thought about it.

How can someone bring other consorts and concubines home despite having a wife and justify it as normal? It is not only disrespectful to the wife but highly disgusting as well.

How can everyone be so cool about such disgusting practices in this world?

By thinking about this, she couldn’t help but feel bad for the women who had to face such atrocities silently and live together with the mistresses of their husbands.

If this had happened to her, she would have killed her husband and his so-called lover first and then killed herself. She doesn’t believe in getting her way with violence, but this case would be an exception.

Zheng Liang’s face turned scarlet red when he heard her provocative words. He was outraged just at the thought of her being with other men.

However, after listening to her words and drinking a glass of cold water that Yang Ning passed to him to tone down his anger, he realized that what she said wasn’t wrong.

Just because no one objects to such unfair practices, it doesn’t mean that such practices are decent and should be continued like it has been going on until now.

“If that’s the reasoning behind your condition, then I accept it. Gladly! I give you my word that I will never get another consort and concubine. You will be my one and only wife.” He said.

” Just so you know, I never intended to get a concubine or other consort anyway. Even if you have not requested me to make such a promise to you, I would have done the same in those circumstances as well.”

Yang Ning’s heart skipped a beat when she heard him say that and the sincerity of his words could be seen in his eyes.

He was looking at her with his almond-shaped, dark brown eyes and was making her fall for her over and over again.

‘Why is he so darn handsome? He is making me lose my focus?’ Yang Ning screamed in her mind as she tried to focus on their conversation and not his gorgeous face.

No doubt he is a fictional character. Because he is perfect in every way.

He has heavenly looks and is gorgeous; he is fearless and courageous; he is skilled with swords and can kill a village full of enemies alone; he is smooth with words and could charm a girl just by looking into her eyes.

Is there anything that he cannot do?

‘Ah! Stop looking at me with those eyes. This stupid fangirl here might jump on you.’ Yang Ning bite her lower lip as she tried to control herself from smiling stupidly at him and keep her cool.

He was wearing a peacock blue robe which was embroidered with golden threads and had been hand-embroidered. It was not just an outfit but a piece of artwork that should have been displayed in the museums.

‘I can’t believe I am seeing the live-action adaption version of this novel with my bare eyes. I don’t deserve this.’ It was one of the moments where she was glad that she came to this world and could feel the emotions of the novel and meet the male lead of the novel in person.

It’s a wild experience that she could never forget in this life. However, it would be great if it all could remain a good experience and she could return to her world.

“Lady Yang Ning.” Zheng Liang called her name when she wasn’t saying anything and kept staring at his face.

“Lady Yang Ning!” He called her name again when she didn’t respond to him for the first time.

“Ah! Yes? Were you saying something?” Yang Ning woke up from her daze with a startle and looked at him in question.

Zheng Liang was flustered by her surprised reaction and couldn’t help but wonder what made her so surprised. However, he contained his curiosity to himself and said, “Erm...I was asking if you have some other condition as well. If you have something in your mind, you can state them as well and I will do my best to fulfill them.”

” Even if it is an arranged marriage, I don’t want you to regret later for marrying me.” He said seriously, melting Yang Ning’s heart once again.

‘ Oh Shit. Was he always this considerate towards Yang Ning in the novel? He is melting my heart with his sweet words.’ She pursed her lips in a thin line and wondered how she would avoid the arrow of his seductive charm.

No doubt the Male leads have the talent to make every girl crazy for them. Because the author has blessed them with a superpower that villains and the second leads don’t have, it’s the charm to seduce anyone without doing anything.

Their existence is enough to do that.

Zheng Liang hasn’t done anything much to match her high standards. His actions are barely the bare minimum yet she is sold for his charisma.

” I do not have anything for now. However, If I remember something if you don’t mind, can I come later and tell you about that?” She asked while looking at him expectantly with her clear-sparkling eyes.

The corner of Zheng Liang’s lips curled up in a smile as he nodded immediately and said, ” You can come to the palace anytime to meet me. You don’t need to hesitate to come to the palace to meet me.”

Yang Ning nodded shyly and felt strange while talking to him like this. Why do I feel like I am here for a blind date with him?

‘Ah, I am getting married to him in less than two months. It’s more than just a casual blind date.’

While Yang Ning was feeling embarrassed and shy in front of him and was wondering if it was normal for her to feel this way despite knowing that he is just a fictional character, she heard him say, ” Lady Yang Ning, if you don’t mind, can I ask you a question?”

“Ah, Yes. Please go ahead.”

Zheng Liang hesitated to ask the question but gave in to his curiosity and asked her, ” At the Birthday Banquet Celebration, you wore a yellow color simple dress to the Celebration. If you don’t mind, can I ask you why you wore that dress to the Banquet?” He asked her.

” Although you told everyone the reason that day, I was curious how you found out about the famine situation when many people in the capital were still unaware of the situation at that time.”

At that time she had said that she wore the dress because she thought that it would be inappropriate if she wore extravagant clothes to the banquet as there are people who are suffering from famine in the western region of the empire.

However, when Yu Ling went to the Yang Household, she found out that Yang Ning doesn’t have any proper dresses that are suitable enough to wear to public engagements and wasn’t treated as a noble lady at the Yang Household.

He wanted to know if she was forced to wear that dress on the day of the banquet or if she chose to wear that dress on that day instead.

More than that, he wanted her to be truthful with him and not make fake excuses for anything. As long as she stays honest with him, he wants to believe in her.

Also, if she was forced to wear that dress to the banquet, he has his ways to make Yang Luoyang make payback for that later on.