"Did you miss me?" A familiar voice came from above her head. Meng Qi raised her head and met Song Chengze's eyes. Meng Qi's face suddenly turned red and she quickly lowered her head. Song Chengze simply sat down, and Meng Qi was also led to sit down, snuggling tightly into his arms.
"I miss you, every day, whether I'm busy or free." Meng Qi buried her head in his arms, listening motionlessly as Song Chengze spoke, her eyes slowly moistening. "I'm thinking, what a cruel little girl! How could she just abandon me like this? Why didn't she give me a chance to tell her how much I love her? Tell her that I have so many plans for us, and how can I accomplish them without her?"
After saying that, he hugged Meng Qi again and said, "How do you think we should punish her?" As he spoke, he reached out and lifted Meng Qi's chin, forcing her to look directly at him.
Meng Qi's tears were already flowing. She shook her head gently but said nothing. Song Chengze sighed, "I'm asking you a question. Do you miss me?"
Meng Qi nodded gently, her face getting redder and redder. Song Chengze turned her face up, looked at her eyes filled with water and seductively, and slowly lowered his head.
The kiss was incredibly gentle, as if Meng Qi were a piece of porcelain. Song Chengze treated her with extreme care. He patiently stroked her again and again, whispering softly, "Tell me, do you miss me?"
Meng Qi let out a seductive, trembling "I want to" from her throat. Song Chengze deepened the kiss, turning it into a siege. Their lips and tongues merged, and Meng Qi felt her tongue numb. But she didn't want to push him away. She was afraid this was all fake, a dream, just like when she was reborn, she was afraid to wake up, afraid that everything would return to her previous life.
Song Chengze felt as if his heart had found a harbor to dock. He reluctantly let go and held the lovely girl's face with both hands, starting from the forehead, again and again, from the eyebrows to the eyes, and down little by little until the fleshy little chin.
Then, Song Chengze pressed his hand against her forehead and burst into laughter. Meng Qi felt her ears burn from his laughter. She reached out to cover his mouth, but she was still lost in his unbridled and charming smile! Her heart was beating so fast that her heart was trembling slightly.
Meng Qi took a deep breath, straightened her legs, knelt in front of Song Chengze, and held his face in her hands. Just like he had just done to her, she first kissed Song Chengze on the forehead, and then moved all the way down...
Not far away, green light shimmered, and the wind chimes made by Meng Qi under the eaves made crisp and pleasant sounds.
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In July, the emperor got married and appointed the empress.
To everyone's surprise, the Emperor's new empress was a daughter of the Meng family. Rumor has it that she was a twin of the previous Empress Meng. Because of a fortune-teller's prediction at birth, the two girls couldn't grow up together and had to stay separated for their entire lives to ensure their safety.
Therefore, the Meng family reluctantly sent one of the girls to be raised by another family until the late Queen Meng passed away, at which point the girl was able to return home. Marquis Huainan expressed to the Emperor his desire to renew the marriage, but the Emperor initially refused until the Empress Dowager persuaded him, saying it was a way to repay the late Queen Meng for saving her.
In this way, the emperor married another girl from the Meng family, the twin sister of the late Queen Meng, named Meng Ti.
Everyone originally thought that the empress dowager was in charge of the marriage and that the emperor would be reluctant to marry, but the emperor held the wedding with great grandeur, which was in contrast to his style of not abiding by extravagance since he ascended the throne.
Of course, this was only what those who didn't know the truth saw. The aristocratic families in Beijing were disdainful of the Huainan Marquisate pulling the same trick twice, but they were mostly envious.
After the Emperor's wedding, the couple enjoyed a harmonious marriage, with husband and wife following suit. The Emperor diligently governed the country, promoted virtuous officials, reduced taxes, and ensured the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. In just five years, the border was stabilized, and courtiers flocked to the region, ushering in the prosperity of the Kangxi and Qianlong eras.
The queen took care of the harem, was filial to the empress dowager, and taught her children, relieving the emperor of any worries.
Another point is that Queen Meng is particularly concerned about the trivial matters of the ministers' inner chambers and likes to judge their family affairs for them. There is no way around it because she herself has no family affairs to deal with.
The reason was that after the Emperor and Empress's wedding, the Empress had already given birth to two sons, but the Emperor had no plans to select concubines. The Empress Dowager had mentioned this to the Empress several times, but the Empress, looking aggrieved, said that her opinion didn't count. She had tried to persuade the Emperor, but he said he had too many things to do in his previous reign and had no time to spare.
However, she was embarrassed to say the emperor's next words. The emperor said that he was old and was exhausted from serving her alone. He was afraid that she would be dissatisfied, so how could he have the energy to deal with other people.
The Empress Dowager didn't press the Empress. After summoning the Emperor and speaking to him twice, he didn't mention the matter again. The Empress Dowager didn't mention it, the Empress didn't mention it, and after the Emperor pushed the memorial to the Ministry of Rites to the bottom, no one mentioned it anymore.
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