"My dear daughter..." Shi Qian smiled gently, raised her hand weakly, and touched the baby girl.

The baby girl's hands and feet were bound by the swaddling clothes. She felt something touching her and moved her feet and hands happily.

"Have you fed the baby?" Shi Qian suddenly remembered this.

"The wet nurse has already fed her." Chu Qi said.

She took the water from the maid, fed it to Shi Qiang herself, and said softly:

"Wanwan, can we not have children in the future?" Today's delivery was too difficult. Listening to Shi Qian's suppressed groans of pain, she felt heartbroken.

Shi Qiang was weak to begin with, and giving birth was mentally and physically exhausting, and extremely harmful to her health. Chu Qi simply couldn't bear to let her go through it again.

Shi Qian was stunned. She didn't expect him to say that. Seeing the undisguised heartache in his eyes, she felt sweet in her heart, but also vaguely terrified.

"But we only have one daughter..."

If she doesn't give birth, won't someone else have to?

She doesn't want other women to have contact with Yun Chang...

Chu Qi understood that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "One daughter is enough. I will not have children with anyone else. Just raising our daughter is enough. I feel sorry for you and cannot bear to see you suffer the pain you are experiencing today."

"Yun Chang..." Shi Qian stretched out her hand, her expression moved. She didn't expect that Yun Chang loved her so deeply that he said he didn't want the child because he couldn't bear to see her suffer.

She always listened to Yun Chang, and seeing that he was serious, she nodded.

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Two months later, Shi Qiang came out of her confinement and recuperated for about another half a year. She was in good health and was brought back to the Forbidden City by Chu Qi, where a ceremony to crown her as queen was officially held.

Although Shi Xing was the emperor's brother-in-law, he never used his status to bully others for personal gain in the military camp. Instead, he relied on his own efforts, fought bravely, made plans, and earned military merits. He soon stood out in the army and achieved considerable success.

Chu Qi was close to virtuous officials and kept away from villains. Almost every important official had been hypnotized by her and their loyalty was at the highest level. The policies she issued were not strictly implemented, but within three years, the State of Chu was governed with peace and prosperity.

The people live and work in peace and contentment.

The gender equality policy proposed by Chu Qi was met with strong opposition in the first year, but now, three years later, the policy has finally been fully implemented.

Women can go out and do business normally just like men. A woman can also inherit the family business and will not be wiped out.

Moreover, women, like men, can choose to marry or be married. The husband who comes to marry is no longer a live-in son-in-law, but a husband who marries into the family.

There are many other examples, which I will not list one by one.

Chu Qi did not want Shi Qian to be his vassal, so he gave her more power. The two of them governed the country together and treated each other as equals. Especially in liberating women's rights, Shi Qian set an example and made a lot of efforts.

Qi Chenli might not be a qualified emperor, but he had the assistance of Queen Dowager Xiaoci, and Qi was governed very well. Inspired by the governance policies of the Chu State, Queen Dowager Xiaoci gradually joined the ranks of liberating women's rights.

According to later records, Chu Qi was the leader, followed by Shi Qiang and Empress Dowager Xiaoci. These three were the first people to call for gender equality at that time.

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Twenty years later, Chu Qi abdicated and his daughter, Crown Princess Chu Mingshuang, succeeded to the throne. With the support of court officials and the people, she became the first empress in history.

After abdicating, Chu Qi was only in her forties. She kept her word and said she would not have children. She drank a bowl of male-specific sterilizing medicine and was no longer able to have children.

She had only one daughter in her life. After she abdicated, she traveled with Shi Qiang and tasted delicacies from all over the world, which became a beautiful story in history.

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