Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 286 Confession
At the New Year's Eve banquet, everyone left the palace with their own thoughts.

Except Mei Qian.

Qi Chen has an important matter to entrust to Mei Qian.

Qi Chen plans to meet his mother and then introduce Mei Qian to his mother.

After hearing what Qi Chen said, Mei Qian was so frightened that she almost broke the incense she was offering!

"You didn't tell me you were going to discuss this with the Imperial Concubine?"

How long have they been in love?
What is Qi Chen so anxious about?

As if he could see the panic in Mei Qian's eyes, Qi Chen said, "If you're nervous, just tell my mother."

"Qi Chen."

When Anji, who had just entered the hall to serve tea, heard Mei Qian suddenly call out his full name, his legs almost went weak and he fell to his knees.

My God, this person is really brave.

Qi Chen gave An Ji a look and asked him to leave, then he asked, "What's the matter?"

"I think... I told you before that I don't accept giving up all the rights I had before marriage after getting married.

You also promised me my last resort. You should remember all this, right? "

Mei Qian never tired of emphasizing his unchanged thoughts from the beginning.

In her opinion, meeting the parents would mean the final step.

Even if Qi Chen could indulge himself, would Qi Chen's mother and other concubines allow such a "weirdo" like himself to exist?

"I know that the promises I made to you will not change. If you are worried, I will write them down in a decree in the future, okay?
Also, regarding the issues you mentioned about the status of women, we will also take them step by step. These are not things that can be done overnight."

In fact, Mei Qian was already somewhat moved by Qi Chen's support for doing these things. As for the following words, Qi Chen continued:

"It's just that whether you are the first to propose these things in the court or guide them behind the scenes, others will think you are disloyal and want to disrupt the government.

However, if you become the queen, your words, actions, and deeds will naturally make others think that you are representing my opinion."

"did you mean?"

Mei Qian's eyes flashed, "Do you think those people are fools?
How could you possibly think of doing this at the risk of being the hen's crow?

I have raised the status of women, and I am still in the previous dynasty. Do you think those smart people are just in name only?"

But Qi Chen smiled again and said: "But they can't find any other legitimate reasons to explain why I do these things to improve women.

Smart people are suspicious.

Looking back at our predecessors, whether it was elevating military generals to suppress civil officials, or elevating civil officials to belittle military officers, or favoring flatterers and giving them power, it was all for the purpose of checks and balances, and to bring all power back into the hands of the emperor.

So, isn't it a form of check and balance if I give these rights to women and suppress others?
All under heaven are the king's subjects.

What about men? What about women? "

Mei Qian never thought that Qi Chen could think so thoroughly.

Lian Mei Qian had selfish motives when she first thought about improving the status of women, but when she heard Qi Chen say this, she still felt incredible.

"you……"

Mei Qian was speechless.

"My mother's husband was the lady Chu who divorced her due to an unhappy marriage. Her full name was 'Chu Ying'.

My mother's character and many of her ideas were deeply influenced by this Master Chu.

My mother said that she had been taught by Master Chu for so long that she could listen to everything he said, but the only thing she didn't listen to was love.

Finally, I entered the palace and lived like a clay statue of a Buddha. Only in the end did I understand how courageous Master Chu was to divorce me. "

Mei Qian listened to Qi Chen turning the topic of improving women's status to his mother, and did not respond for a while.

Qi Chen also talked about his childhood memories of his father's kindness and mother's love. He had a very wonderful childhood and those memories were like being soaked in a jar of honey.

Perhaps, in his initial impression, the love between husband and wife should be like that between his father and mother.

However, these are all illusions.

"My mother once told me that there is no woman in this world who does not hope to be with her husband for the rest of her life, but my father just can't do it.

In the end, they had a big fight because of this point of view.

At that time, my father even scolded my mother resolutely for coveting the position of empress and not keeping to her proper place. He said that what she thought and said could only be done by the empress, and that since she became an empress, she should have the virtues of an empress.

For a long time, my father stopped seeing my mother because of this, and my mother became seriously ill...

Later, when my mother was seriously ill, she suddenly told me that my father was right and he was not her husband.

He was a king, a king who had many concubines and many descendants.

A king who realizes his ideals and ambitions in the court and finds a moment of peace and tranquility in the women in the harem.

The mother said she was tired. For what she thought was love, she had changed herself to the point where she was almost unrecognizable.

The imperial city is now a prison for her, it is better to return freely..."

"Go back to freedom..."

Mei Qian was stunned for a moment, thinking of the imperial concubine who would rather die and have her bones scattered than be buried in the emperor's mausoleum.

The first time I saw her come back to life, she was dressed like an unmarried girl, which explains it.

For her, the memory of the palace was the most reluctant scene in her life.

When Qi Chen and Mei Qian mentioned Chu Ying, Mei Qian's impression of her was that she dared to love and hate, and was free and easy.

If Qi Chen's mother was really influenced by Chu Ying, then her days in the palace, imprisoned by "love", would be really... too painful.

The old emperor who avoided seeing Concubine Li was unaware of the pain she was suffering, but Qi Chen, who had been raised by her side since she was a child, saw it clearly.

"After my mother died, my father was depressed for a long time and his personality became erratic.

Even though I know that he treats my mother differently, my mother still wants to be with someone she loves, and my father has never given her that.”

You say you love someone madly, but you cannot give them even a little bit of what they want. Then who is this love for?

"What your father loves is his 'deep love' for your mother. It's just his own self-touching."

Mei Qian's words are as poisonous as arsenic_(：3」∠)_
Qi Chen agreed with Mei Qian's statement.

Therefore, every time he asked Mei Qian to use Yingling rice to meet and talk with his father and mother, he always missed it.

"I don't want to be like my father, who was so cold to women when they were alive, but was deeply in love with them after they died."

The lessons learned from his parents made Qi Chen treat Mei Qian with extra care and caution.

Obviously, if he had used these tricks on other women, his children would have been grown up by now, but he had to fall in love with Mei Qian in this life.

Mei Qian was moved by what she heard, but she still tried to ask rationally, "Do you know what you are saying?"

In fact, Mei Qian didn't even notice the tremor in her throat when she spoke.
"You, you want to be with me forever? To be a loyal person like your father couldn't be?"

Now after hearing what Qi Chen said, Mei Qian couldn't believe it and asked about her own guess.

"Yes."

Qi Lian's answers were decisive and there was no hesitation at all.

"But the courtiers will put pressure on you, aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, but they will put pressure on you when the time comes." Qi Chen looked at Mei Qian seriously and stretched out his hand. "I will face these pressures with you. Don't be afraid, Queen."

When Mei Qian heard him call her "Queen" so bluntly in front of her, she felt a sudden rush of blood in her head.

She was about to reach out her hand to agree, but she heard a sentence in her ear: "Is this the reason why An An called her mother over?"

Oops!

Mei Qian was dumbfounded.

Just now, Yingling Fan had finished his words to summon Concubine Li as soon as the incense was lit!

Mei Qian and Qi Chen both forgot about this.

Mei Qian turned her head stiffly, following Qi Chen's embarrassed gaze to look at the beautiful and graceful lady Li Shu.

In an instant, Mei Qian inexplicably felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

Is this the legendary ugly daughter-in-law meeting her parents-in-law?
Li Shu: I became a part of your play, right?

Mrs. Mei: Just be content. I don't even have a chance to play. I've already met my mother-in-law. When can I meet her?
Mei Erhu: Isn’t it time for you to meet me and my wife?

Old Lady Mei: ? ? ! ! Are you itching for trouble? ? !

Mei Erhu: ...