Seeing her self-righteous attitude, Xie Jingrun frowned. "Luckily, you met me."
Rong Qingqing asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Xie Jingrun glanced at her and said, "These days, which man doesn't have three wives and four concubines? And those women still get married, don't they? Someone with your mindset will never get married. So, you should be grateful that I'm willing to marry you."
Rong Qingqing scoffed, "I didn't force you to marry me. If you want to have three wives and four concubines, that's fine too. Who's stopping you?"
Seeing her suddenly bristle like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Xie Jingrun frowned and said, "Why are you so angry? I never said I wanted three wives and four concubines."
Rong Qingqing sneered, "You may not have it now, but it's hard to guarantee you won't have it in the future. After all, all men are the same."
Xie Jingrun paused, then raised his hand and pinched her chin. "Do you have to generalize and condemn everyone?"
Rong Qingqing pursed her lips and remained silent.
Xie Jingrun stared at her for a while and said, "So you think that I will have many concubines in the future, which is why you have the idea of retiring?"
Looking at his young and handsome face, Rong Qingqing suddenly calmed down and said slowly, "Xie Jingrun, you are now the emperor. The country and power are all in your hands. You can have any kind of woman you want. Why restrain me and make yourself unhappy? Release me. From now on, you will be more at ease without me by your side. No one will stop you from taking as many concubines as you want."
On the contrary, if you insist on marrying me, you will definitely regret it in the future. I am different from other women; I don't have their magnanimity. I am narrow-minded; I would rather be a broken jade than a whole tile. In that case, unrest in the harem will affect the court, and you will be troubled, perhaps even regretting marrying me.”
Xie Jingrun listened quietly without interrupting her. After she finished speaking, he said, "You're right. It's easy for me to have as many women as I want. Whether now or in the past, I've always had the means. But over the years, I haven't had a single woman by my side. It's not that I find it troublesome, but that I'm indifferent to women."
Rong Qingqing frowned, glanced at him, and couldn't help but say, "You're indifferent to women because you don't know that women have their own advantages. Once you do, you'll change your mind." She paused, then said somewhat angrily, "So in your eyes, I don't count as a woman?"
Xie Jingrun paused for a moment, then lightly stroked the tip of her nose with his long fingers, and suddenly said teasingly, "I guess so." Then he lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "What benefits can a woman bring? Let me experience it first."
The man's warm breath brushed against her ear, making Rong Qingqing feel a tingling sensation. She quickly pushed him away and said irritably, "Be serious."
A smile flickered in Xie Jingrun's eyes. He finally sat up straight and said seriously, "You are the only woman I want to marry, so the problems you are worried about simply don't exist."
Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing felt somewhat discouraged. "You may not want to marry him, but others will want you to marry him. For example, your cousin is very willing to marry you."
Xie Jingrun frowned. "I did promise my maternal grandfather that I would take care of her, but I didn't say I would marry her."
“But Huayin only wants to marry you. She even came here specifically to tell me that she wants to live peacefully with me and serve you together. The Empress Dowager also plans to bring her into your harem,” Rong Qingqing said impatiently.
"So, after much deliberation, you've decided to desert and break your promise?" Xie Jingrun stared at her darkly. "Rong Qingqing, the one who dares to toy with me hasn't even been born yet!"
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