New Year's Day: "Where we come from, we don't have the custom of kneeling before people. Also, I hope you can give me equal respect."
Xiao Changqi nodded indifferently: "Okay."
On New Year's Day, he pushed his luck: "Then, in front of me, could you please not refer to yourself as 'I, the Emperor'?"
Xiao Changqi was silent for a moment: "Okay."
New Year's Day: "Your Majesty, I have another question to ask you."
Xiao Changqi responded with a faint "Mm".
On New Year's Day, with a serious expression, she asked the man, "Would you take a concubine?"
"Do you hope that I... will do that?"
On New Year's Day, a mocking smile played on his lips: "If you can't guarantee that it'll only be me, then I don't think this marriage is worth it."
Xiao Changqi's face immediately darkened: "What if I can guarantee that?"
“Well…” Yuan Dan deliberately dragged out the last syllable, then suddenly laughed, “That’ll do.”
Xiao Changqi's voice was hoarse: "What do you mean, 'become'?"
The woman smiled brightly: "Let's get married."
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Yuan Qing was surprised that Xiao Changqi and Yuan Dan had settled the marriage agreement after he had only waited a short while in the Imperial Study.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Dan, who was feeding the sparrows, looked up at Yuan Qing when he noticed his strange expression.
"It's nothing." Yuan Qing shook his head.
He was just a little surprised that Yuan Dan, who had previously said she wouldn't get married, changed her mind so quickly.
Yuandan roughly guessed what he was thinking, and lowered her eyes slightly, saying, "I was just thinking that we've already missed each other once."
While they were at Mount Fusheng, she and Mo Qi had already begun preparing for their wedding.
Yuan Qing nodded slightly: "It's good that you've thought it through."
Before the wedding, Yuan Dan went to see Huo Youcai. Now, everyone in the capital knew that when Prime Minister Yuan went to Tongzhou, he met a woman who looked exactly like the fourth young lady of the Yuan family.
The girl had no parents. Yuan Qing saw that she looked like his deceased sister, so he took her in as his adopted sister and brought her back to the capital.
To repay Yuan Qing, the woman voluntarily changed her name to Yuan Dan.
Sitting in a private room of the restaurant on New Year's Day, looking down at the bustling street below, he thought, "These rumors were all spread by His Majesty, weren't they?"
Yuan Qingfeng nodded calmly across from him: "Who else did you think it was?"
Xiao Changqi went to great lengths to arrange his marriage to Yuandan.
I stayed at the Yuan residence for more than half a month, and was summoned to the palace from time to time on New Year's Day.
Thus, the court officials all learned that His Majesty would marry Yuan Qing's adopted sister as his empress.
Immediately afterwards, some people began to consider sending their own daughters to the palace.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty issued an edict to the world: He will have only one Empress in his life and will never take any concubines.
The imperial edict caused an uproar throughout the court.
Who exactly is this empress that she could command such an imperial edict from the emperor?
Upon hearing this, he went to the palace overnight on New Year's Day.
Xiao Changqi was handling state affairs in the imperial study when Gao Zhonglai reported, "Your Majesty, Miss Yuan has arrived."
"Let her in." Xiao Changqi paused slightly as he picked up his brush, then calmly put away the Xuan paper on the table.
A woman in a gorgeous dress walked in, lifting her skirt. When she looked up and saw the man, she instinctively gave him a gentle smile.
Xiao Changqi was also affected by the woman's smile, and his cold and hard face softened a little.
On New Year's Day, he didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I heard you issued an edict."
"Are you satisfied?" Xiao Changqi put down his brush and walked over, asking softly.
On New Year's Day, she smiled broadly and said, "I'm satisfied."
How could she not be satisfied?
Although this act by the man would make her a notorious empress in the eyes of the court officials, she had to admit that she was undoubtedly pleased when she heard the imperial edict.
Xiao Changqi smiled and couldn't help but gently stroke the woman's cheek: "I also have my own selfish motives."
Yuandan looked at him with a puzzled expression: "?".
What selfish motive?
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