She remembered that when she first entered the Crown Prince's residence as the Crown Princess, Long Jingchen was not so resistant to her.
At that time, she was the only Crown Princess. Although Long Jingchen would not visit her every day, he treated her with respect. However, after she entered the palace, Long Jingchen began to take more concubines and stopped visiting her as often.
It had been seven or eight days since she last saw Long Jingchen, and seeing him again now evoked a mix of emotions.
"Your Majesty, I have come to pay my respects." The Empress composed herself and greeted Long Jingchen.
"Get up." Long Jingchen nodded slightly and walked straight into the Empress's palace.
"Your Majesty, please stay for dinner later," the Empress asked softly as she poured water for Long Jingchen.
Since it was already lunchtime, she had already ordered the small kitchen to prepare the meal.
Long Jingchen took a sip of tea with little interest: "I'm here for a meal, aren't I?"
As he spoke, he put down the water glass in his hand.
The Empress specially changed the tea for him, and the tea was fragrant and delicious. It was good tea, but the man was no longer the same. Long Jingchen sighed almost imperceptibly.
At first, he did think about treating the Empress well. What he wanted was the lifelong, one-on-one relationship that Sang Jiang spoke of. Although he didn't like Liang Qingge from the beginning, as the Crown Prince, he knew that some things couldn't be done just because he liked them, so he married Empress Liang Qingge.
At the time, he thought that as long as he didn't mistreat her, the two of them could treat each other with respect. Being born into the royal family meant being destined to be heartless and loveless. However, ever since that incident, he could no longer treat Liang Qingge with respect, which even made him feel a little disheartened.
Because he hadn't visited her for a long time, the Empress didn't pay much attention to his words. She simply turned around and gave instructions to the palace maids.
"Serve the meal quickly." If you listened carefully, you could hear the tremor in the Empress's voice.
Long Jingchen narrowed his long, narrow eyes and continued drinking his tea. In the past, he might have felt a little guilty because of the Empress's attitude, but now he just wanted to sneer.
No matter how the Empress tries to make amends, that incident will always be a thorn in his side.
The palace maid was quite efficient; she quickly served a table full of dishes.
Long Jingchen frowned as he looked at the table full of dishes.
"Your Majesty, it's time to eat," the Empress said softly to Long Jingchen.
Long Jingchen washed his hands and sat down at the table. Just as the maid was about to come up to help serve the dishes, the Empress waved her away.
The young palace maid immediately knew better than to leave.
The Empress chuckled and picked up a porcelain bowl, serving Long Jingchen a bowl of ginseng soup.
"Your Majesty, please try this. My brother sent it to me a couple of days ago."
The Empress deliberately mentioned her brother to remind the Emperor to plead on her behalf.
The disaster relief work was originally intended for his father and brothers, but Sang Hongfu beat them to it.
How could she not feel resentment when she harbored hatred in her heart?
Long Jingchen was already feeling uncomfortable because of the food and wine, and the Empress's mention of Liang Yuxuan only made him dislike her even more.
He watched as the Empress did not take the ginseng soup from her hand. The ginseng soup was very hot, and the bowl was also very hot, so hot that the Empress kept switching her fingers as she lifted it up.
"Your Majesty?" The Emperor cautiously observed Long Jingchen's face, which was gradually darkening.
She still doesn't understand what she did to upset Long Jingchen.
Long Jingchen slammed down his chopsticks: "Does the Empress usually eat this much?"
The Empress was taken aback by his question. She hadn't yet recovered from the joy of Long Jingchen's visit, and now that he was asking her this question again, she subconsciously shook her head.
She could never finish eating so much.
But Long Jingchen's next words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
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