After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Zhong Ning was strangled by him and couldn't breathe. He bent his knees and pressed them between Qi Yu's waist and hips.

Qi Yu immediately gasped and said to Zhong Ning fiercely, "Your Highness, just wait. Sooner or later, I will take revenge!"

Zhong Ning stretched out her jade fingers and drew a few small circles on his chest, causing Qi Yu to tremble.

Zhong Ning smiled flatteringly: "Master Qi, don't be angry. I apologize to you."

Qi Yu put the hand that lit the fire to his lips, suppressed his anger and said softly: "Your Highness, is this how you torture me?"

Zhong Ning opened his eyes wide in confusion and explained innocently, "How can this be considered torture? The real torture hasn't even begun yet!"

After Zhong Ning finished speaking, she kicked the man under the bed, stood up and said proudly: "From today on, you are not allowed to climb onto my bed without my permission. Otherwise, I will make you pay!"

Qi Yu's expression changed again and again. This was the first time he was kicked off the bed. Just as he was about to step forward to fight for himself, he heard a partridge cry outside the window.

This is a signal from the Black Dragon Guard, meaning an urgent summons from the palace.

Qi Yu didn't care about anything else. He immediately put on his clothes and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he quickly stepped forward and pecked Zhong Ning on the lips. Before Zhong Ning could react, he left quickly.

As soon as he opened the palace door, he ran into Gu Mingzhe who had just come to visit him. Qi Yu's face darkened slightly, and he ignored Gu Mingzhe's presence and wanted to leave directly.

But he heard Gu Mingzhe's cold voice and expressionless face saying:

"Master Qi, I hope that before the princess is officially married, Master Qi will not appear here again..."

Qi Yu glanced back calmly, a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his lips, "If the Prince Consort feels embarrassed, he can just cancel the engagement... I love the princess, it doesn't matter whether she gets married or not... I don't care about the so-called legitimate monarch..."

Gu Mingzhe was so angry that he was about to say something else.

Qi Yu had already jumped onto the roof and headed towards the palace.

Gu Mingzhe's face quickly turned pale. As he saw, Qi Yu came out of the princess's bedroom. Doesn't that mean that he stayed here last night?

Gu Mingzhe walked forward quickly and was about to push the door open when he was stopped by Su Xin and others. "Mr. Gu, His Highness hasn't gotten up yet. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go in now..."

"Let him in!"

Zhong Ning's voice came from the palace, and Su Xin opened the palace door and invited Gu Mingzhe in.

Entering the hall, what caught the eye was a beautiful figure, hidden under the pink gauze curtain, leaning on the bed with one arm supporting her head.

Gu Mingzhe walked in slowly, as if he wanted to lift the gauze curtain to take a peek at the scenery inside, but when he thought of what he had just seen, his mind suddenly sank.

He stopped where he was, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

Zhong Ning waited for a long time but no one came. Then he spoke softly, "If you don't want to come in, go to the study. I want to sleep a little longer..."

Gu Mingzhe no longer hesitated, quickened his pace and walked forward, opening the curtain with one hand, only to see the beauty on the bed with sleepy eyes and a half-charming look.

Gu Mingzhe sat on the bed in silence.

There was no scent of love in the air, it was as fresh as ever, which showed that nothing happened between the two of them last night, but the heart was still filled with bitterness.

"Before we get married, he is not allowed to come here again, let alone stay overnight..." Gu Mingzhe spoke softly, with sadness in his eyes.

There seemed to be infinite grievance on her face, like a young wife who had been angry, and there was resentment in her eyes.

Zhong Ning opened his eyes slightly, then slowly sat up.

"In this era, if I were not here, you, the Prime Minister's legitimate son, would be like any other man, marrying a wife, taking concubines, and having children... The person sitting before you right now, making such a request, would be your wife."

"And you, like any other married man, will naturally assume that your wife is not generous enough and cannot properly manage the harem..."

"Having three wives and four concubines has always been the exclusive domain of you men. Once a woman challenges this authority, she will be criticized and blamed."

"Look, I'm just treating relationships and marriage the way you men treat them, and you can't stand it."

"How are the millions of women in this world supposed to survive?"

"This is different, Your Highness, this is different..." Gu Mingzhe took a step back sadly, his eyes slightly red, and his voice sad.

"What's the difference?" Zhong Ning sneered, "There are only two kinds of people in this world, one is men, the other is women..."

"Why can't women do what men can do?"

"Should women be trapped in the harem, relying on men for survival, and doing anything to win favor?"

"Yes, I am an outlier, but I never force anyone to do anything."

"Before you approached me, I had already made it clear to you. But you still approached me, which means you are willing to accept and agree with all my actions."

"Now, what are you doing?"

"Of course, you, Master Gu, are of noble status and cannot tolerate any grievances. I also don't want to have any disputes with you over this issue in the future."

"We are not married yet. If you feel you are being cuckolded or that I am too unfaithful and heartless, you can withdraw now."

"I will personally go to the palace and petition my father to cancel this marriage..."

Gu Mingzhe was speechless for a moment. In his understanding, whether it was his father or other men, it seemed that it was the same. Having three wives and four concubines had long become the standard.

The wife should be generous, decent and broad-minded so that she can manage the rear house.

A concubine should be pretty and charming, with beautiful women adding fragrance to the boudoir, which is the fun of the boudoir.

Now, the pressure is on him.

He finally understood the loneliness and pain his mother had once felt.

Zhong Ning sighed, took his hand and said soothingly, "It's not that I don't like you, nor do I want to hurt your feelings. It's just that life is short, and you should always follow your heart."

Gu Mingzhe was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes and asked softly, "If I can promise that I will only be with you in this life, Your Highness, you..."

"Heh..." Zhong Ning couldn't help but laughed out loud:

"You actually believe this? The biggest joke in the world is believing a man will be faithful to his wife forever."

"Go ask around, how many couples who were young and promised to be together forever are still doing so?"

"Men are naturally fickle. No matter how much they loved someone in the past, in the end, it all depends on their conscience."

"If there really were people in this world who were so deeply in love, there wouldn't be so many beauties whose hearts are broken before they grow old, and who remain alone in empty rooms until dawn."

"I can tell you right now, if you like me today, you will like someone else tomorrow."

"Don't argue. Sometimes even you can't be sure of a person's heart!"

"There are too many things I need to do in life."

"So, the meaning of my life has never been about men and family."

(I saw some comments saying that the heroine is fickle and a scumbag. Let me explain here that the original plan was for the heroine to be the main character. In addition, Shen Yan has not been accepted because the heroine can't get over it. It depends on everyone's opinion. If everyone thinks it is not good for the heroine to accept Shen Yan, then this relationship line will be adjusted to a brother-sister relationship later.)