Feng Chenjiu snorted coldly and replied, "I don't know."

"No, you have to know that you don't want to choose. I won't allow it! If you dare to participate in the talent show, I'll fight you to the death. You can only be mine."

Feng Chenjiu turned around and looked at the woman in front of him. The grievance in his beautiful eyes had not disappeared, but he didn't know whether he should be sad or not.

"Do you love me or not?" Although he heard the question he wanted to hear, he also felt that he had heard the truth.

Wan Ge stood on tiptoe, hugged his neck, and kissed him.

After a long while, she leaned against him and said, "I thought you were implying that I should take care of the selection of concubines for you. I was thinking that even if I didn't want to, I am the empress, and it is my duty."

Is that all?

Wan Ge nodded, watching him reach out his hand, her fingertips landing on his delicate face: "Actually, at first, I was only with you because of the collaboration you mentioned, but later I realized that I really like you."

You are completely different from what I imagined. Your face, your temper, and your personality are exactly what I like most.

You know what I did in my past life, so the people I feel most guilty about in this life are my family. I am truly grateful to you for being willing to help them because of me.

I know I owe you something, but I truly owe them so much, so it's inevitable that I'll put them first. But I truly love you.

If Wan Ge only tries to appease him with a few sweet words, Feng Chenjiu might continue to be angry.

But he knew very well that what Wan Ge said at this moment was from the bottom of her heart.

Feng Chenjiu hugged her even tighter and replied, "I understand. I'm just worried that you've never liked me."

Wan Ge smiled helplessly: "How could that be? If I really didn't like you, I wouldn't treat you so well."

Feng Chenjiu nuzzled her face: "I know you still feel guilty towards them. Don't worry, we are husband and wife, and I will never stand idly by in your affairs."

You don't need to feel indebted to me. You've given me the life I've always wanted, the life I've always dreamed of. This is what I desire, and it's what I deserve for being good to you.

Wan Ge didn't say anything, but her direct kiss told him exactly what she was thinking.

…

The palace maids who came to clean up saw His Majesty happily carrying the Empress away, and they thought something very happy must have happened.

When they arrived at the stone table, they found that it had been broken into two pieces.

ah?

ah?

ah?

How could a perfectly good stone table be broken like this? It couldn't be that His Majesty was so happy that he slapped the stone table and broke it in two.

The palace maid was dumbfounded and looked helplessly at the eunuch beside her. The eunuch sighed and shook his head, telling her that he would call the guards to help her clean up later.

The little girl was not very strong to begin with, and this stone table was particularly heavy. It would have been better to have someone who practiced martial arts move it, as the eunuchs themselves couldn't lift it.

The palace maid quickly expressed her gratitude.

…

Feng Chenjiu carried Wan Ge back to her palace, his gaze falling on the bird stand: "Where's your bird?"

It could be seen everywhere, always by Wan Ge's side. Only when they were close would the little bird fly away on its own.

Feng Chenjiu had been thinking that such a spiritually intelligent bird might be a divine bird, but he never expected it to be gone today.