"Your servant greets the princess! Hey, Princess, why are you sweating so much? Hurry, wipe it off, or else the emperor will see you when you go in and he will be heartbroken."

Nuannuan looked at Deshun with a smile and waved her hand generously.

"I won't wipe it, Eunuch Deshun, I'm here to look for Daddy, what is Daddy doing in there?"

This question made Deshun's body tremble. Deshun secretly rolled his eyes and pulled Zhou Zhaonuan's small body aside. "My princess, the emperor is in there. Alas, I don't know what the emperor is doing in there. If the princess is not afraid of being punished by the emperor, the princess can go in and take a look."

Seeing Zhou Zhaonuan's eyes twinkling, Deshun thought for a moment and added,

"However, in my opinion, if the princess barges in at this time, the emperor might be unhappy. What if the emperor gets angry and punishes the princess? So, otherwise, I'd better stay here with the princess and wait."

Deshun said this because he hadn't heard any talking from inside for a long time. He was afraid that if the emperor was favoring Concubine Li, it would have a bad impact if the princess knew about it.

"You don't know what Daddy is doing?"

Nuan Nuan rolled her eyes in confusion, and finally, she made up her mind, "I miss my daddy. I want to go in and see what he's doing."

As she was talking, Nuannuan ran towards the bedroom without saying a word. There were about five doors from here to the bedroom.

Bedroom.

After finishing the job, Zhou Beichen glanced lazily at Concubine Li, who was blushing with shyness, put on his clothes, and leaned on the bed. Not long after, the palace maid Lin Lan came in with a black medicine. She knelt on the ground with her hands raised above her head.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is ready."

Zhou Beichen reached out, took the medicine bowl, motioned Lin Lan to take it, then scooped out a spoonful of medicine, blew it to his lips, and then brought it to Concubine Li's mouth.

"My dear, drink it."

She was under house arrest not long ago, but today, not only did she regain the emperor's favor, but the emperor also personally fed her medicine. Concubine Li felt so happy that she felt like she was in another world.

She lowered her head slightly and wrapped the spoon and medicine in her cherry lips. After drinking it, Zhou Beichen scooped another spoonful and put it to Concubine Li's mouth. Concubine Li was completely immersed in Zhou Beichen's love and affection. A bowl of bitter medicine made her feel sweet when she drank it.

The medicine was almost finished, but Concubine Li still couldn't help herself. She looked at Zhou Beichen with a coquettish look on her face, and suddenly fell backwards, nestling in his arms, her delicate hands rubbing his chest.

Feeling that Zhou Beichen did not resist, Concubine Li became even happier.

"Your Majesty~"

When Concubine Li's coquettish voice sounded, Zhou Beichen felt his throat was choked with salt.

"What is it?"

He said lightly. Concubine Li didn't like such a voice, but she didn't say it. She looked up and glanced at Zhou Beichen shyly, with an irrepressible smile on the corner of her mouth. She lay back on Zhou Beichen, her fingers constantly drawing circles on his chest.

"Your Majesty, is the drink you just gave me the medicine to help me have children? I am so happy after drinking it."

Hearing her say this, Zhou Beichen said casually.

"Just now, I saw you drinking so happily that I forgot to tell you that the medicine I gave you is not what you think it is. It is a contraceptive medicine."

Concubine Li: “…”

Her joy and passion were instantly shattered. She had clearly hinted several times, both explicitly and implicitly, that she wanted a child. With a child, she could make a comeback and help her father in the court. How could the emperor secretly feed her contraceptive medicine without her permission? She was so absorbed in drinking it that she drank every last sip.

Concubine Li didn't have time to think about it, she got up and tried to find a way to spit out the contraceptive pills.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, a cold voice came from the bed.

"Concubine Li, what are you going to do? Are you going to tell me that you want to go for a walk, or are you going to vomit the contraceptive pills?"

Li Fei, who was about to make this excuse: "......"

She froze beside the bed, dumbfounded. She turned her gaze back and met Zhou Beichen's cold eyes. Just one glance and Concubine Li felt like she had fallen from the land of tenderness into an ice cellar in an instant. This man was too terrifying.

So, after shuddering, Concubine Li had no choice but to get down from the ground, kneel on the ground, and act pitifully.

Come to think of it, this was something she learned from that little bitch Zhou Zhaonuan.

"Your Majesty, I really want to spit out the contraceptive medicine. After being confined to Li'an Palace for so long, Your Majesty is finally willing to see me. I am so happy. Just now, even such a bitter medicine seemed sweet to me. But when Your Majesty told me that it was contraceptive medicine, I felt that the medicine was bitter to the core."

She lay on Zhou Beichen's thighs, tears streaming down her face. Zhou Beichen snorted coldly, turned his face away and didn't look at her.

Concubine Li paused and continued.

"Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for ten years, but for some reason, I have never had a child. Now I just want a child, even a daughter, so that I can have no regrets in this half of my life."

Zhou Beichen stood up from the bed. He had already dressed himself and was now looking back and forth at Concubine Li with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Your Majesty, I ask nothing but Your Majesty to grant me a child. I promise that from now on, I will behave myself and never cause trouble again."

Concubine Li was crying with tears and snot, which made people feel pity for her. Zhou Beichen glanced at her with disgust and said in a cold and hard voice.

"Alright, Concubine Li, it's just you and me here, so put away your cunning thoughts. Although I don't often enter the harem, I can still roughly guess what you're thinking. Don't say you'll be content just because you want a child. I'm telling you."

As Zhou Beichen spoke, he suddenly stretched out his hand, his fingertips were cold, and pressed against Concubine Li's chin. The latter couldn't help but shiver.

"Based on your past behavior, if you have this child, your ambition will be even greater than it is now. By then, that child might just be a tool for you to win favor. You don't feel sorry for my child, but I do. So, it's better not to have it. I have many concubines in my harem, and there are also many women who can give birth to children. I don't need you to be born again."

After hearing these words, Concubine Li was dumbfounded, tears streaming down her face. She had never thought that the emperor would say such words to her. She didn't even know when Zhou Beichen let go of her hand.

She looked up with tears in her eyes, opened her mouth, and hesitated to speak. Finally, she spoke out what was in her heart.

"No matter what, Your Majesty, I have been in the palace for ten years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. Is it so difficult for me to have a child? Or does Your Majesty only want the child born by Concubine Hui? Your Majesty only wants to love Princess Chang'an and Prince Yan. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. Only when you have many children can the country prosper."