But according to her memories from her past life, Song Chengze wasn't a lecherous person, and wasn't particularly enthusiastic about sex. Sometimes, when she was so angry, she wouldn't see him enter the inner chambers for over a month, and she had never heard of him going to any bad places or bringing back any bad words.
Madam Liu thought for a moment and said, "During the month you've been in the palace, the prince has only returned to the inner palace three times. The first time was to ask the second young master to come to Jing'an Garden, where he went into the upper chamber to instruct an old servant on some matters. The other two times he went to Bibo Hall."
Meng Qi was stunned. "Which concubine didn't he go to?"
Madam Liu shook her head. "No, not in the news I know. Concubine Lin is under house arrest, and Concubine Li hasn't made any movement. Concubine Wu did make soup twice and wanted to send it to the outer courtyard, but Zhang Decheng took it away. I heard that she didn't even see the prince. Then there's Aunt Bai who went to Bibo Hall. I heard she was there to pass on some message on behalf of Concubine Lin."
"Oh? How long?" Meng Qi thought of the transparent Bai, who was just a shadow behind Xiaolin. Sometimes Song Chengze was a little impatient with Xiaolin, but it was obviously different with Bai.
"I don't remember the time, but I definitely didn't serve him, because that day, the prince took people back to Bibo Hall to discuss matters."
Meng Qi was truly baffled. Could it be that Song Chengze hadn't asked them to serve him for over a month? Or did he have a solution in the outer courtyard?
"It seems like the prince has never been to their courtyard since I got married?" Meng Qi said.
Mother Liu thought about it and nodded, "It's not that I haven't been there, but I only went there during the day, not at night."
It's interesting. Is Song Chengze not interested in women, or is he really too busy to do these things, or is he doing something else?
Meng Qi thought of this and laughed at himself. He was a prince. Not to mention the women in the mansion, even if he had his eyes on anyone in the capital, as long as he could get her in, he would be happy with her. How could he possibly endure it?
Besides, what does it have to do with me whether he finds a woman or not?
Just as he was thinking about it, news came from outside that the prince had returned.
Meng Qi thought with a sense of evil humor that just now Wu took Song Nongyu to Bi Bo Hall, and now Song Chengze entered Jing'an Garden. She was afraid that Wu had failed again.
Just as he was thinking about it, Song Chengze strode in. "If the weather gets hot this time, it will get hot soon. I think it will be time to wear summer clothes in a few days."
Meng Qi bowed and greeted, and inexplicably stared at Song Chengze.
Song Chengze took the tea poured by Yuandong and took a sip. Seeing Meng Qi looking at him, he lowered his head to look at her. When he looked up again, he saw Meng Qi was still looking at him.
Song Chengze didn't know what she was looking at, so he patted his robe with his hand and asked, "What's wrong? Did you get something stuck on it?"
Meng Qi came back to her senses and her face turned red. What was she thinking? She was looking at him there to see if there were any changes?
She quickly picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of tea. When she put it down, she saw Song Chengze and Yuan Dong looking at her in surprise.
Meng Qi was puzzled. She looked herself up and down, then looked at the teacup in her hand. Only then did she realize that the teacup she had just picked up was the one that Song Chengze had drunk from.
Meng Qi's face turned even redder. She held the teacup and wanted to explain but didn't know what to say. She stood there at a loss like a child who had made a mistake, which made Song Chengze feel dazed. He had never seen Meng Qi like this before. This was the shy look a girl of her age should have. It was very cute.
"I, I don't know, I mean I'm thirsty, I..."
Song Chengze clenched his fist and put it to his lips, pretending to cough twice, "Yuandong, get me a set of pajamas." After that, he strode towards the bathroom.
Meng Qi exhaled heavily, then patted his head gently with his hand and said, "I told you not to think too much. You made a fool of yourself. You should keep your mind right in the future."
When Song Chengze came out again, Meng Qi had returned to normal and was sitting by the window flipping through a booklet.
Song Chengze walked over and closed the window. Meng Qi looked up at him. Song Chengze said softly, "Although the wind is warm, there are mosquitoes at this time of year. Wait a few days and ask them to install screens and open the window a little longer."
Meng Qi nodded, looked at Song Chengze sitting opposite her, and after a long while, she said, "Today, Madam Hai came to look for me."
Meng Qi uttered an "oh" and just looked at him without answering. Song Chengze said softly, "Madame Hai is not a smart person. On the contrary, she is sometimes stubborn and single-minded. She came to live with me when I was living alone. I don't remember it clearly, I just know that the chief eunuch took me to see my mother, saying that according to the rules of the Great Xia Dynasty, my mother could appoint a madam to be by my side. My mother said that it was not necessary, whoever was sent by the prince's mansion would be the one to be appointed. But the chief eunuch said that this was the rule, so my mother pointed to Madam Hai.
"I don't know what kind of job Madam Hai held for Mother, but I know she wasn't someone who wasn't valued. And so, she came to my side. At that time, she had just given birth to her eldest son. Perhaps because she felt sorry for me after having a child, she took extra care of me, taking care of my daily life and cleaning up the clothes I had soiled and torn when they bullied me. At that time, with her and Zhang Decheng by my side, I felt very at ease."
Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze staring at the candlelight, as if he had returned to his childhood, with a barely perceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.
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