" His Highness and Her Majesty have arrived."

  Everyone in the royal court stood up when they heard the announcement. There were some ministers and nobles sitting on the sides while the middle path was cleared for Ji Cheng and Zhao Ming.

  However, their eyes widened in shock when they saw Zhao Ming entering the court with Ji Cheng while wearing a men's outfit.

  Her hair was not tied into a neat bun which should be done according to the customs.

  But the most important thing was Ji Cheng allowed her to come to the court like that?

  It was the first time in the history of the Ji Dynasty that a woman came in public while wearing men's clothes.

  Zhao Ming noticed but didn't mind their shocking gazes and walked towards the royal throne which was at a certain elevation.

  Ji Cheng glanced at her while walking towards his royal chair but she didn't turn to look at him even once.

  He sighed because she was still angry at him about what he said after she bit him.

  He didn't even get to say anything about her clothes and her wearing men's clothes. She just came wearing the same clothes when Feng Ju said it's time for the court.

  Even if he had said anything, she might not have changed her clothes.

  It was at this point he realized that he might be an Emperor and everyone feared him. But she doesn't care about his position at all.

  She might be the only one who can treat him like this.

  In reality, he didn't mind her acting like this towards him at all. Because she looks adorable while being angry.

  While walking, he tried to hold her hand but she casually took her hand away.

  "-_-"

  "-_-"

  "-_-"

  People in the court were shocked when they witnessed Zhao Ming ignoring Ji Cheng's efforts.

  When Ji Cheng and Zhao Ming settled on their seats, a minister came forward in the center and bowed in front of them.

  " His highness, this is the report of the revenue for this month and it has increased………."

  Zhao Ming pursed her lips as she heard the reports of all the ministers who came forward one by one.

  The administration of the Ji Dynasty was more thorough than she had expected. Everything was organized and well planned.

  After listening to everyone's reports for more than two hours, she felt her head spinning with all the complicated words and numbers.

  It was too tiresome.

  When Ji Cheng glanced at her, he saw her half-closed eyes and slightly protruded lips.

  His lips curled up in a smile when he saw her heavy-lidded eyes and her titled head.

  "-_-"

  The minister who was speaking stopped when he saw that Ji Cheng's attention was not onto him.

  People in the court glanced at each other when they saw the gentle expressions on Ji Cheng's face.

  The man who never smiled in front of others after experiencing the brutal battles and conquering many territories was smiling so gently and warmly seeing Zhao Ming.

  It was really a surprise for them. There were a few people who had witnessed this earlier, so they weren't surprised.

  But there are many who were seeing Zhao Ming for the first time and have seen this side of Ji Cheng for the first time.

  " Ah" Zhao Ming suddenly woke up as she felt uncomfortable and realized that everyone was staring at her with their wide eyes.

  When she turned to the side, she was surprised when she saw Ji Cheng staring at her.

  "-_-"

  No doubt everyone was staring at her like this.

  ' Does he have to be romantic at this place? Because of this, she became the center of attention all of sudden.

  " You're tired? You don't need to attend the second phase of the meeting. You can go and rest." He said in a gentle tone while looking at her warmly.

  Zhao Ming pursed her lips as she felt extremely embarrassed because she almost fell asleep during the meeting.

  That too, when she is the Empress.

  " Erhh……I am fine. You can continue." She waved her hands and asked the minister who was saying something earlier to continue.

  Ji Cheng looked at her and asked, " You're really okay?"

  She frowned and nodded as she tapped on his hand to shut up. His words were making her more embarrassed.

  His lips curled up in a smile seeing her cute reactions.

  ….

  " Majesty, this is the budget plan for Paradise school. Since many people were sending their sons to our school, we need extra budget to manage the school and to add the required facilities in the school." One person stood up and said as he passed a report to Ji Cheng.

  When he said the name of the school, Zhao Ming remembered that it is the only school in the Ji city which is the capital of the Ji Dynasty, which is popular among the nobles and ministers.

  The school only accepts the students from rich and noble backgrounds and provides them all the essential and luxurious facilities.

  Students have to stay at the school premises as they study there.

  It's like a modern-day boarding school system.

  Zhao Ming pursed her lips as she heard the report of the man. He kept praising his school and was saying that his school is unbiased and is best when it comes to teaching the students.

  After hearing the man's report, Ji Cheng glanced at Zhao Ming who seemed to be in deep thought.

  Her expressions were slightly frowned and lips were pursed in a thin line.

  " What happened?" He asked Zhao Ming before passing the budget requested by the head of the school.

  In the past, he has passed these budgets without much thinking because he believed that money should not come in between when it comes to teaching.

  The head of the school pursed his lips when he saw that Ji Cheng didn't pass the budget yet and Zhao Ming's expressions looked strange as well.

  He has heard about her from other ministers and he doesn't have a good image of her.

  Today she not only attended the meeting in place of the Empress Dowager but she came wearing men's clothes that are totally unacceptable.

  Nobody said anything to her because of Ji Cheng but he was prepared to deal with her if she said anything against his budget.

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