Song Chengze frowned, looking at Meng Qi who sat down again after the greeting. What did she mean by this? Which of these was not her intention?
"I guess the prince has already found out everything about Hongzhe and me. My recklessness when I was young has caused the prince to be implicated." Meng Qi laughed at herself.
Girls' Generation? Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi's tender face. She actually used "girls' generation" to describe what happened last year?
"I don't want to explain that incident, because no matter how I talk about it, it happened. There are two things I want to explain to the prince today. The first is the time when I met the prince at the Hong family. I chased Hong Zhe that time, not because I had hope for him or had lingering feelings for him, but because I wanted to ask him for an explanation. I couldn't accept why he deceived me. Since he could marry Meng Juan, why not me? I was just angry. But that day, I really didn't know that I would meet the prince. I didn't recognize the prince at that time, so I'm sorry to make you laugh. I just think that when the prince received the emperor's decree to grant marriage, he might have thought, like me, that the incident might not be a surprise."
After Meng Qi finished speaking, she looked at Song Chengze, whose face paused. He looked her up and down with an inquiring gaze, but did not speak.
"The second thing I need to explain to Your Highness is the matter of my death. I'm sure Young Master Zhou Er has already asked the Yong'an Earl's son to explain it to you, but I think it's best to explain it to you face to face. It was truly an accident. I was tricked into it by my second uncle's third cousin. And after I fell into death, and that rumor reached you and those who should have known about it, a few days later, my third cousin was arranged a fairly good marriage by my third uncle."
"Your third uncle? Meng Hai?"
Meng Qi nodded, "Meng Juan is his daughter, and she is destined to be married to Hong Zhe."
Song Chengze seemed to have thought of something, and nodded after a long while, "I understand."
"So, Your Majesty, do you believe me?"
"About the falling ice?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Yes, ever since I received the imperial edict, I have been wholeheartedly preparing for marriage, with no second thoughts. I am grateful to the prince for agreeing to this marriage even when there were such negative rumors about me outside. I am even more grateful that the prince did not use the Luo Bing incident to ask the emperor to withdraw the imperial edict, thus preserving the reputation of the Huainan Marquisate and preserving the dignity of my mother and me at home."
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi again. This surprised him. It seemed that the words she just said in Kunning Palace were not taught at home, but were said by her herself.
This was so different from everything he had heard about her, like she was a completely different person. Could it be that she was just as Song Yu said?
Seeing Song Chengze's slightly surprised expression, Meng Qi smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, do you think I'm different from what you heard? Especially after you've personally witnessed my 'absurdity'."
Song Chengze didn't say anything, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"To be honest, I was injured here in the Luobing accident." Meng Qi pointed to his head.
Seeing Song Chengze's surprised expression, Meng Qi shook her head. "It's not the kind of hurt you think, but I suddenly understood a lot of things, and I feel 'ashamed' of my past. So, I've been looking for an opportunity to tell the prince this."
"You're saying this to tell me that you won't do anything ridiculous again, that you'll live a good life with me and help me manage the inner quarters of the palace?"
Meng Qi nodded, then shook her head, "Your Majesty, I want to make a promise with you."
"Agreement?"
"right."
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