Cui Yuanqing walked over and stood beside her: "Do you want me to leave quickly just like that?"

In the narrow corridor leading to the two rooms, his figure completely enveloped her. He had his back to the candlelight, and only his shadow was reflected on the ground, while she was completely hidden. He seemed to dislike this, and slightly turned his body to reveal her figure a little before he felt relieved.

Cheng Songan took a step back and leaned against the wall, with her long neck drooping downward, looking very much like the two cranes she raised in the Cheng Mansion's Chenglan Pavilion.

"I have no hope for you, so I can't say whether I want you to leave or not," she said nonchalantly, raised her head and smiled faintly, "Cui Yuanqing, we are no longer at loggerheads, nor do we hate each other. I am very satisfied with this ending."

Cui Yuanqing's throat tightened, and one hand suddenly grabbed her belt, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Why? The month I spent here with you was the happiest time of my life. Why can't it continue? What is this month to you?"

Cheng Songan's eyes were slightly bitter. The happiest time in his life he mentioned was the most peaceful and stable time in her two lives. However, this peace and happiness was based on her temporarily forgetting the past grievances and deliberately ignoring Wanxin and Xue Tingrong, Si Tui and Xue Tingyun. Now that this deliberately created atmosphere was about to be broken, the cracks between them would still appear, and those grievances would not disappear.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Cui Yuanqing took a step further and pressed her, "Since you recruited me that night, don't even think about getting rid of me. I can feel that you need me, Cheng Yundai, and I don't believe that you don't love me."

She slowly pulled back her belt and frowned, "I have been a heretic since I was young. All these years of being virtuous and kind were just pretending. You know that. What's wrong with having fun with you and being a couple for a few days? After a while, I will change someone else, and it will be the same."

Cui Yuanqing's face turned pale, and he grabbed her hand. He rarely showed his cruelty to her, but at this moment he seemed to be out of control: "The saint promised me that no matter what, you will be my Cui Yuanqing's only wife. I will not marry anyone else, and you will not have the chance to marry anyone else."

"It hurts!" Cheng Songan wanted to pull his hand back in annoyance.

Cui Yuanqing let her go and strode out, ready to welcome the eunuchs from the palace to announce the decree.

Half of the imperial edict was addressed to Cui Yuanqing, requiring him to attend the morning court again from tomorrow, and to be given the title of Grand Secretary of Jiwen Hall and to join the cabinet to discuss state affairs.

The other half was given to Cheng Songan, allowing her to set up a private school in Yuqiao Villa to teach the Seventh Princess without having to enter the palace again.

Cheng Songan and Cui Yuanqing received the imperial edict together, and then together sent the eunuch who announced the imperial edict out of the second gate.

On the way back from the second gate, Cheng Songan thought about the imperial edict in her hand. She didn't have to run back and forth to the palace. It was definitely not because those in the palace were considerate of her, but because of the idea of ​​the devilish girl Seventh Princess. After running out once, her heart had become wild and she wanted to continue taking risks with her. There was no need to bother to guess this.

The focus is on Cui Yuanqing. He entered the cabinet a few years earlier than in his previous life!

The sage couldn't wait to have him join the cabinet to discuss state affairs at this time. It must be because Zhao Huaisong's power was too great, and the old fox was retreating to advance, forcing the sage to recall him.

According to the previous life, no matter what Zhao Huaisong did in private, he could handle all the affairs of the court properly. With him in the cabinet, the saint could sleep soundly and enjoy the support of the people. But in this life, the saint seemed to find that Zhao Huaisong was almost the same as him, a supreme being. One third of the taxes in Jiangnan belonged to him, and he could cover the sky with one hand in the court. Now he even wanted to protest against him!

No one in power would allow anyone to challenge him, not to mention that this was equivalent to a threat! So the saint wanted to use this to directly remove Zhao Huaisong's power, but a force that was gathered could not be disintegrated overnight, and too much was as bad as too little.

At this time, if Cui Yuanqing is pushed out, if it succeeds, the power will be in his hands, but if it fails, Cui Yuanqing's life will be lost.

In his previous life, Cui Yuanqing only started to compete with Zhao Huaisong formally after he had disintegrated the complex forces in Jiangnan and had his people spread throughout the two capitals and twelve departments. In this life, he didn't even sit on the position of Shangshu.

"Are you worried about me?" Cui Yuanqing came closer unexpectedly, his warm breath brushing against his neck, and a tingling sensation spread to his heart.

Cheng Songan said coldly: "You brought the Cheng family to this ship. I was worried that you would die and the Cheng family would suffer as a result."

Cui Yuanqing's eyes were dim in the night. His hand brushed across her delicate face and he pulled her towards him: "I won't die because you're worried about me."

He suddenly lifted her up and pressed her against the wall behind him: "A one-month affair, huh? Not one day less!"

Cheng Songan was in a mess. Seeing him being so arrogant again, he punched him in the chest in anger.

Cui Yuanqing kissed her tightly: "Save your energy for tickling me in bed."

Cheng Songan told himself, let it go one more time...

That night, Cui Yuanqing did not act like a beast for the first time. Instead, he teased her gently. Every time he reached a critical moment, he would stop and look at her with a smile on his face, letting her take the initiative to climb over and cling to him. He got angry again, causing Cheng Songan to bite his shoulder with red eyes and whimper for mercy.

Cui Yuanqing kissed away her tears, bit her ear and said something crazy: "Will you find another man? Can someone else have the strength I have?"

Cheng Songan didn't have the energy to scold him, and he stayed with him until the late night.

At the hour of Yin the next day, Cui Yuanqing got up from bed refreshed, put on his court robes, and sat back on the bed, quietly watching the person who was sleeping in a daze for a while.

Cheng Songan was half asleep and half awake when he angrily said, "Why don't you leave? If you dare to come again, I will definitely file a complaint against you in front of the emperor."

Cui Yuanqing stroked her forehead and said softly, "No need to rush to ask Xue Tingrong to come over."

Cheng Songan covered himself with the quilt and turned around.

Cui Yuanqing looked at her quietly for a while through the quilt, then said slowly, "I'm leaving."

After this departure, he really never came back. According to Taxue, no matter how late he got off work at the government office, he would rest in the Gengdu Garden and never return to the Cui Mansion.

Cheng Songan returned to his peaceful life. Apart from teaching the Seventh Princess, he also studied food and drink.

There are three children in the Cheng family. Cheng Jining is in Yizhou, Cheng Yanping has gone to Lingnan, and the divorced Cheng Songan is the only one in Beijing. Feng and Lin come to see her from time to time. Lin even thinks of ways to make her favorite food, and Cheng Songan really gained some weight.

A few days after Yong'er's full moon, Xue Tingrong was sent to Yuqiao Villa as promised. She was not surprised to see Feng and Lin, and she bowed gently as before.

Cheng Songan did not dare to let Feng know the inside story. He planned to rescue Wanxin first and then tell them. Otherwise, given his mother's temper, she would not care about anything and would just take a knife and chop Xue Tingrong first and then kill that brat.

Even though she didn't know, Feng didn't look happy. She said sarcastically, "The second young lady will soon become the wife of the old man. If she continues to bow to us, it will be inappropriate."

Xue Tingrong blinked calmly and replied bluntly: "There is no need to rush. There will be a day when my mother will kneel down to me."

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