"You just chose an Imperial Son-in-Law, and you're already keeping him in the palace overnight. Aren't you afraid of gossip?" Song Qingshu pinched her cheek. Though she had an oval face, it was still full of the collagen of a young girl.
"We're not like the Southern Song, with all those tedious formalities. If we like each other, we can be together. Besides, we control the court—who would dare say anything?" Li Qinglu twisted her body, clearly finding her face a little itchy.
"That's true." Song Qingshu recalled that in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Meng Gu had also kept Xu Zhu behind that very day. He could not help asking, "If I hadn't come today, who would you have chosen? What do you think of Xu Zhu?"
"I probably would have chosen Hulagu Khan. A marriage alliance with the powerful Mongol Empire would surely be welcomed by quite a few people in the country," Li Qinglu said with a frown. "Xu Zhu? That fake monk? He's so ugly. If I chose him, wouldn't I have to be blind?"
"His looks really are rather ordinary..." Song Qingshu was immediately relieved. The original plot between the Western Xia Princess and Xu Zhu had never made much sense. Just because they had slept together, the Princess became completely devoted to him? Rather than taking revenge on the man who had violated her, she had specifically held a bridegroom selection for him? The Western Xia Princess was no refined Southern Song lady who cared about the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, let alone Li Qiushui's granddaughter.
"Her Majesty the Empress has arrived!"
While the two were being intimate, a palace maid's announcement suddenly came from outside.
Li Qinglu hurriedly sat up straight in his arms and said with a smile, "She yielded to me last