She did so many things secretly against her elder brother and his wife, and after two years, her flaws were finally exposed and discovered by her mother-in-law.

Censor Yang was furious. He was a censor, yet his family was in such chaos and he had such a vicious daughter-in-law.

Liu Si was still trying to hold back, using the fact that she was Tao Rui's playmate. However, after spending several years with Tao Rui, Censor Yang had already determined that Tao Rui had no tolerance for those with bad intentions, so he was not afraid and reported the case directly to Tao Rui.

Tao Rui wasn't surprised at all. Some people are just like that, ready to do evil wherever they go. He didn't care and let Censor Yang handle it himself. He just didn't expect Liu Si to threaten death and insist on seeing him.

Tao Rui certainly had no interest in meeting her. The country had so many things to do, who had the time to bother with her? Cheng Qianqian happened to be there at the time, and out of curiosity, she agreed to the meeting.

Liu Si had long since lost her former elegance and grace. She knelt on the ground, looking disheveled and frantic. She looked at Tao Rui as if he were a heartless man, crying, "Why did you do this to me? If you hadn't sent me out of the palace, if you hadn't issued that imperial decree, I wouldn't be like this today."

Tao Rui was puzzled. "You were already engaged back then. Do you mean you don't want to get married? But when I asked you, you didn't say anything. You even acted very wary of me and didn't want me to bring you into the palace. Have you forgotten?"

Liu Si said, "You are simply dissatisfied with my engagement, so you deliberately used that imperial decree to make my husband's family dislike me, and also demanded that the dowry be set at the fifth rank..."

Tao Rui shook his head. "I'm only trying to protect you to the utmost. Besides, I wanted to give you an endless dowry and make you a princess, didn't I? It was you who refused."

“I…I…”

Liu Si was speechless. It was indeed she who had rejected him at the beginning, but she didn't think that way at the time. Her mind was already in a mess. Seeing Tao Rui so indifferent, she cried and told him everything in her dream. With the last glimmer of hope, she asked Tao Rui, "Is that true?"

Cheng Qianqian also looked at Tao Rui, who only chuckled, "How is that possible?"

Liu Si's face turned pale in an instant. Tao Rui waved his hand and she was dragged out. Tao Rui didn't know what happened after that.

Cheng Qianqian said with some fear: "If her dream is true, I am so miserable, right? How could I be so stupid?"

Tao Rui was speechless: "Aren't you stupid?"

"Who are you calling stupid?!" Cheng Qianqian pounced on him and tickled him. Tao Rui quickly caught her, laughing and teasing her. Deshun immediately and silently retreated with the palace maids.

Cheng Qianqian quickly forgot about this matter. After all, to her, it was just a dream of Liu Si.

Afterwards, Tao Rui devoted himself to developing various aspects of the country, while Cheng Qianqian devoted herself to improving the status of women, opening girls' schools, providing women with job opportunities, etc. She also encouraged the wives of officials to do a lot of charity and earned the reputation of the Bodhisattva Queen.

The two emperors and empresses, one is the God of War Emperor, the other is the Bodhisattva Empress, and their reputation among the people is extremely high. Tao Rui did not accept concubines, but no one said that the empress was jealous and intolerant. Gradually, some people even began to follow their example and practice monogamy.

In fact, monogamy is common among poor families, but some men used to think it was shameful not to have the money to take a second wife. Nowadays, it is different. Not taking a second wife is the same as the emperor. It is actually a matter of pride.

Tao Rui truly created the prosperous Qin Dynasty, and Cheng Qianqian also made great contributions to the status of women. They lived a harmonious and happy life, and even in their old age, they traveled together and spent a particularly happy old age.

The spiritual spring water can save people, but it cannot make people immortal.

When Cheng Qianqian was dying, she held Tao Rui's hand and said, "I'll tell you a secret. I have a magical space with spiritual spring water in it. Every time I cook for you, you say it's delicious, but actually... I'm not very good at cooking. It's all because I add spiritual spring water. Brother Rui, I'm leaving now. I won't need you anymore. I'll give you the spiritual spring water in my space, okay?"

Tao Rui was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed. He touched her hair and said gently, "Silly girl, I knew it a long time ago. Be more careful in your next life. You will suffer without my protection."

Cheng Qianqian widened her eyes slightly, "You, you already knew it?"

Tao Rui smiled and said, "Yes, I came here just for you."

Cheng Qianqian slowly smiled, a very happy smile, and lowered her voice, "Brother Rui, I am very happy."

"Yeah." Tao Rui watched her leave and sighed to the system: "Let's go too. It's time to leave."