Zhao Ming stared at him in shock as she stuttered, " What……what are you doing?"

  His lips curled up in a smirk as he replied, " finishing off what you started."

  As said, he bent down and placed his lips on her, moist lips.

  The kiss was passionate as he invaded her mouth with his tongue making her shudder as his hands were roaming on her body.

  After a few minutes, she gathered the strength and pushed him to get off her.

  He was surprised when she suddenly pushed him to the side, but he wasn't disappointed instead he couldn't stop laughing.

  Her feisty and shy actions make her more charming.

  She sat up on the bed and glared at him who was still laying on his back on the bed, " You……you……did you forget that we have a court to attend? Shouldn't you work? How can an Emperor be so irresponsible?".

  She was embarrassed and continued to speak mindlessly.

  "-_-"

  He was speechless hearing her words. He is the Emperor, that's exactly why he can do this.

  " Miss, breakfast is here." As she was glaring at him, she heard Lu Shi's voice from outside.

  She took a deep breath and allowed her to come in.

  After this, they had their breakfast and she didn't give him time to continue. Because she knows that he will lose his control if this continues.

  And today is the second day of the people's court session. She doesn't want this session to get canceled because of their makeout session.

  In the end, Ji Cheng was forced to suppress his feelings and followed her to the court.

  He feels like she takes court sessions more seriously than him.

  ….

  After breakfast, they went to the royal court for the second session of the people's court.

  At the first court session, they didn't have many complaints but only had greetings and introductions because people were not comfortable since it was their first time attending such a gathering.

  Zhao Ming sat beside Ji Cheng and looked at all the people in the court. It was more crowded than usual, so it felt a little strange.

  When the session started, a man came in front and bowed in front of them in greeting.

  " Your Majesty, I am a merchant who works with the palace as well and here I came to seek justice for my son." The man said in a loud and confident voice.

  Since he works for the palace, he always thought of himself as higher in position than other merchants.

  " Majesty, a few months ago, I fixed my son's marriage with this man's daughter, " Xu Hua". He said as he pointed to the man who was standing in the crowd on the right side.

  The man on the right got intimated and held his head down.

  " But when a few weeks ago, I asked him to fix their wedding date, this man started to avoid me. And now he is saying that he wants to cancel the wedding. Everyone in the village knows that my son and her daughter's marriage has already been fixed and now he is backing out."

  " Majesty, I came here to get justice. I hope you will make a wise decision." He bowed again elegantly.

  Zhao Ming looked at the man who was standing in the crowd. He came to the center and from his clothes, the man seemed that he was not from the lower class.

  After living in the Ji Dynasty for some time, she has realized that here people can be recognized by their clothes.

  " Why do you want to cancel the marriage now?" Ji Cheng turned to the other man and asked in a deep voice.

  The other man pursed his lips and hesitantly said, " Your Majesty, I did fix the marriage, but my daughter……she doesn't want to marry Gao Lin. She denied getting married to him, I tri……tried to convince her by force as well but she threatened me with her life. How can I let my only daughter die just because of marriage?" The man said in a choked voice.

  Ji Cheng pursed his lips when he heard this.

  " How can you listen to your daughter's wishes? Didn't you teach her well when she was young? How can she rebel against her father?"

  " What an impudent girl. Argh……these days girls are getting out of hand. That's why these girls should be taught well so that they don't dare to rebel."

  People started saying all kinds of things after they heard the man's pleading.

  Zhao Ming pursed and clenched her fists tightly. She has to say that even though time is different than hers, people's poor mentality has not changed even a bit.

  Even though her time was a little bit better than this, however, since she has seen all kinds of people, she knows that this was not something new.

  Even though she came from the future and her time was known to be modern and advanced, however, people's mentality is still the same.

  But these comments make her furious. She is the Empress but it's really hard to control her temper at such moments.

  The merchant looked at the father of the girl and sneered, " Hah. Just because your daughter said that she doesn't want to get married, you canceled the marriage? If that's the case, then you don't need to worry. Women always make a fuss about marriage, but after the marriage, everything will be fine."

  " If you continue with the marriage, as usual, I will not do anything. After all, just like my son, your daughter's reputation is at stake. Think about it. If she didn't get married to my son, no one else is going to marry her."

  " Then you have to keep her with you for your whole life. The whole village will laugh at you." The man sneered as he said that.

  The girl's father is also a merchant but he is lower in class than him. It's easier to suppress the people from the lower class.

  The girl's father pursed his lips in a thin line as he clasped his hands tightly.

  Zhao Ming saw all this and gritted her teeth.

  Ji Cheng who was sitting beside her noticed this and placed his hand over her fist. She was clenching her fist so tightly that her plans were scratched because she used too much strength.

  She calmed down when she saw his gaze. She nodded and took a deep breath.

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