I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

After the dance ended, Su Wenzheng bravely stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my daughter Qingyao has prepared a dance to celebrate the establishment of the new dynasty. I hope Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager will watch it."

Ye Ze looked at him and nodded slightly, saying: "In that case, let's ask her to perform."

"Yes." Su Wenzhen was excited. Whether he could succeed depended on today!

Many officials at the back couldn't help but sigh. How come Lord Su got there first? Alas... If they had known that the emperor would be so easy to talk to today, they shouldn't have hesitated just now.

Not long after, the music sounded again, and a woman in a light pink gauze dress walked slowly into the hall with light dance steps. Her cheeks were slightly red, and she bowed forward. Then, she stretched out her jade arms and danced like a willow in the wind, with graceful movements and fluttering clothes.

A pair of affectionate and smiling eyes were always looking at the black and golden figure in front of her. This was the first time she saw the emperor. He was extraordinarily handsome, far more attractive than she had originally imagined, making people unable to help but look at him a few more times and indulge in him.

However, the emperor's eyes always stayed on the queen...

Ye Ze was busy picking up food for Zhao Li, and whispered something in Zhao Li's ear from time to time, causing Zhao Li to cover her lips and chuckle.

Su Qingyao didn't expect that a queen who was born as a peasant girl would be so bright and beautiful, but she would never admit that the queen was prettier than her. Besides, how could there be only one woman in the emperor's harem?

Later, Lord Su and Madam Su were so nervous that their hearts were in their throats. Why didn't the emperor watch their daughter dance? If he didn't watch, wouldn't Qingyao dance in vain?

Even if the emperor didn't watch, someone else would. Skinny Monkey and Goudan watched with great interest and discussed it from time to time. They had never seen a woman dance before and didn't expect that a woman's waist could be so flexible.

In Ye Ze's eyes, the actions of the two meant: Well, it's time for them to start a family!

The others also looked at him with admiration and nodded repeatedly.

At the end of the dance, a layer of crystal sweat appeared on Su Qingyao's forehead. She panted lightly and bowed gracefully, "Your humble servant has performed your humble duties."

Ye Ze then looked at her straight in the eye and praised her, "Miss Su danced well, come and enjoy."

"Yes."

The young eunuch walked up to Su Qingyao with a tray and said, "Miss Su, this is a gift from the emperor."

After accepting a mahogany box from the tray, Su Qingyao thanked him happily and returned to her seat.

Immediately afterwards, another official stood up and asked his daughters, granddaughters, or nieces to perform for the emperor.

Ye Ze agreed to all of them, and it was up to him whether to watch it or not.

The famous ladies in Beijing were multi-talented and could sing, dance, play chess, write calligraphy, paint, and write poetry. Everyone in the hall was amazed, especially those from the villages like Old Lady Ye, who had never seen these things before. Even Zhao Li was attracted by the lady who was painting, as she needed a foundation in painting to learn embroidery.

Seeing that Zhao Li was looking at it seriously, Ye Ze also looked at it a few more times.

Wei Xueer, who was painting seriously, took the opportunity to look up while dipping the ink in the paper. Noticing the emperor's gaze on her, she couldn't help but feel secretly happy and painted even more seriously.

Who knew that after the painting was finished, the Queen kept it, and the Emperor still praised it in a light tone: "It's a good painting, please enjoy it."

Wei Xueer: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward..."

By the time the performance was over, the moon was already high in the sky and it was time for the palace banquet to end. Everyone stood up and bowed to the emperor and empress to take their leave.

Zhao Li reluctantly sent the Mu family and the Zhao family away, and turned around with Ye Ze to send Old Lady Ye and the others back to Shoukang Palace. Why did Old Lady Ye need them to send her? She was really anxious to hold her grandson. After leaving Xiangqing Palace, Old Lady Ye urged the two of them to hurry back to her own palace.

Tomorrow Boss Ye and his family will move to the palace. On the way, Old Lady Ye kept nagging worriedly, and Boss Ye and his family could only listen carefully and respond from time to time.

The moonlight was like water, sprinkling on the long palace road. The palace maids and eunuchs held lanterns, carefully lighting the way for everyone. After the hustle and bustle, the entire palace returned to its former tranquility.

*

the other side,

After Meng, her son, and Meng Lingshu's family walked out of the palace, they each got on a carriage and walked back one after the other. Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, Meng's carriage was blocked by a carriage that suddenly appeared from the opposite direction.

The driver pulled the reins of the carriage hard, and the mother and son of the Meng family staggered and almost fell down.

"What happened?" After the carriage stabilized, Meng lifted the curtain and asked.

The driver Meng Er was also shocked and shook his head, saying, "Don't worry, miss. I'll go over and ask."

Meng nodded and looked towards the carriage blocking them. It was dark and Meng could not see clearly. She only saw someone jumping off the shaft of the carriage and walking towards them. When the person got closer, with the faint moonlight in the sky, Meng could barely see the person's face. She frowned and lowered the curtain.

"Mom, what's going on outside?" Meng Ruiyuan asked.

Meng gritted her teeth to calm her anger, and tried to speak in a calm tone: "It's okay, someone is blocking the road ahead, we will be able to leave in a while."

"Oh." Meng Ruiyuan heard that his mother's tone was wrong, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just reached out and held Meng's hand, silently giving her strength.

Outside, Meng Er walked up and asked, "What's going on with you? Didn't you see my carriage was about to pass by? Why don't you make way?"

Liu Jinyi bowed and said, "I am Liu Jin, the Minister of Rites. The people sitting in the carriage are my wife and son who have been missing for several years. I hope you can do me a favor and let me have a few words with the people in the carriage."

Liu Jin had no idea that the driver was a servant of the Meng family, and even his surname was the same as his master's. He naturally knew about the young lady's affairs. If the young lady hadn't been in trouble, how could the young master take the examination? How could the Meng family spend all their wealth? Just when he was worried that he couldn't vent his anger for the young lady, this man came to his door.

"Master Liu, right?"

"Exactly."

"You said that the person sitting in my carriage was your wife and son?"

"good."

Meng Er slowly approached Liu Jin and asked as he walked. Liu Jin stood there respectfully. He was still waiting for the coachman to help invite Meng out after he finished asking questions.

After all, the fire in the mansion had happened so many years ago, who could know that he was the one who set the fire? Even if Meng still had resentment in her heart, as long as he took all the blame on himself, admitted his mistakes, and accepted any punishment, Meng would forgive him and go back with him, even if it was just for her son to have a complete family.

Otherwise, as a woman with a child, how could she live in her parents' home for the rest of her life?

Unexpectedly, when the driver came to Liu Jin, he punched him in the nose. Liu Jin's nose bled immediately. He quickly dodged and asked, "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? My young lady has been hurt so badly by you, what do you think I am doing?!"

Then there was another round of punching and kicking, while beating him he said: "You still want to see my lady? Dream on! I will beat you to death today!"

"Stop it now! I am an official appointed by the imperial court. Beating an official appointed by the imperial court will result in death!" Liu Jin shouted while dodging.

Would Meng Er listen to him? Meng Er was now intent on teaching Liu Jin a lesson and venting his anger for the young lady, not caring at all about the consequences he would have to bear.

Liu Jin is used to a life of luxury. How can he be a match for Meng Er, who works regularly and has a lot of strength?

Soon he was beaten and lay on the ground wailing. He didn't expect that the Meng family's coachman would be so stupid. He had told him that he would be beheaded if he beat an official appointed by the imperial court, but he still dared to beat him. If he had known this would happen, he should have brought a few more thugs.

In the end, Liu Jin was beaten black and blue and lay on the ground, his life or death unknown, while the Meng family's carriage sped away.

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