Chapter 504: The Thousand-Year-Old (25)

After Wen Wan married Mei Yi, she found that her situation had improved a lot. The emperor treated her better, and the princes were also particularly close to her. Even Consort Rong, who had always been at odds with her, hadn't given her a hard time for a long time. It really felt like marrying a princess was like rising to the top in one step.

However, the male lead's temper is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

They'll disappear at the drop of a hat, or they'll be expressionless. Even when cooking, they put in salt like it's free, making it unbearably salty.

Wen Wanzhen found it all very strange.

When asked, she wouldn't answer, just looked all wronged.

"System, do you think the male lead is going through a sensitive period? Could he be an Omega reincarnated? His temper keeps flaring up."

System: [What nonsense! Even if he is, he's definitely an A. Host, you clearly have a misunderstanding about the male lead.]

Wen Wan: "Is that the point? The point is why he's angry? Men don't have periods, and they all have a few days each month when they're feeling down. More importantly, I haven't had a proper meal in a week."

system:【……】

What other reason could there be? If it used its mechanical brain, it would know that the other party must be jealous.

Good heavens, his own host has gotten married.

It would be strange if the male lead didn't turn evil.

[Perhaps the host isn't paying enough attention to him, and he feels neglected. The male lead is, after all, handsome, strong, and tragic, and also physically disabled; his mind is definitely more sensitive than the average person. The host is focusing more attention on Mei Yi, so naturally the male lead is unhappy.]

Wen Yan: "..."

This reason?

It's a bit strange, but somehow it also makes sense.

"He's jealous? Jealous of Princess Meiyi?"

System: [Host, what do you think?]

Wen Yan: "..."

So Wen Wan went to find the male lead who was having a tiff, and then began to explain her relationship with Mei Yi.

The male lead wasn't angry anymore, but he said in a sarcastic tone, "Your Highness is the master. How can a servant interfere with what Your Highness wants to do?"

Wen Wan: Calling herself a servant, she's definitely being sarcastic again.

This male lead is truly spoiled and pampered; she must be the most submissive mistress ever.

But since he's the male lead, she's just a minor character and has to serve him.

After that, Wen Wan began to live in the study.

The male lead recovered instantly, and Wen Wan finally enjoyed a life where she could eat.

Mei Yi witnessed all of this unfolding and seemed to understand something. In the end, she gave a sly smile.

...

The emperor was probably still concerned about her sexual orientation, and then he began to urge her to conceive.

"Yu'er, your third brother already has an eldest son. Since you have already married Princess Meiyi, you should have a child as soon as possible."

Wen Yan: "..."

"Father, you know I don't like women. My marriage to her was already a compromise. How can I have a child with Princess Meiyi?"

The Emperor said, “I don’t care whether you like women or men, but you must have a child. If you want to play with men, you can do it in private, as long as you don’t expose it. But in public, you cannot do anything wrong.”

Wen Yan: "..."

I'm numb.

After that, it's all up to fate.

Whether or not someone has a child, the emperor can't possibly keep an eye on them every single moment.

Unexpectedly, instead of the emperor keeping an eye on things, he had his eunuch keep an eye on things, ordering countless medicinal meals from the Imperial Hospital to help with fertility. Mei Yi was in a very bad mood.

Wen Wan also felt guilty. "I'll drink it. You don't need to. I won't force you to have children. You know I don't like women."

Wen Wan drank it down in gulps, and then had one serving every day until she was almost sick of it.

Unfortunately, her father-in-law was always watching from the side, so even if she wanted to pour water on the flowers, she couldn't.

They had to keep records for the emperor every day.

This emperor, now in good health, has so many important affairs of state to attend to every day, yet he still has the leisure to concern himself with whether she has children or not. It's really a bit outrageous.

Finally, Wen Wan couldn't take it anymore and went directly to the emperor to argue. In the end, the frequency of the medicinal diet was reduced to once a month. Wen Wan could only accept her fate. After all, she was a victim of a great injustice.

Besides dealing with the beautiful princess, Wen Wan also had to keep an eye on the male lead's situation at all times, trying countless ways to help him focus on his career. She would also keep an eye on the female lead in the meantime, because the female lead was just too outstanding.

He's definitely a science student.

Why do I say that? Because she invented so many things, such as soap, glass, shampoo, shower gel, and even more advanced products, which instantly swept through the entire palace and the upper class.

Wen Wan also hoarded some.

In this respect, Wen Wan is grateful to the female lead. Although she is not a good person and has great ambitions, the things she created have greatly improved Wen Wan's happiness index.

Moreover, the emperor can still live for another twenty years, so it's unlikely that the female lead will start to seize the throne.

So for the time being, they are in a state of superficial peace and balance. As long as the emperor doesn't interfere, she is temporarily safe.

As for her previous assassination attempt, the investigation revealed that it was the Third Prince's doing, and it was the Emperor who discovered it. In the end, it wasn't made public, but the Third Prince's right-hand men were instantly eliminated, causing a great loss to his power, and he began to entangle with the First Prince again.

It has to be said that he was quite capable to become emperor.

The relationship between these children alone requires exceptional wisdom. Perhaps feeling that they had wronged Wen Wan, they gave her a lot of compensation, and even gave her a force of elite soldiers.

Although there were only a thousand people, it caused an instant upheaval. Not only did the ministers oppose it, but apart from those who supported Wen Wan, the one or two people belonging to the Empress's faction could be said to have no one who agreed.

Even the eldest prince was against it, but the third prince was not. He needed to keep a low profile and knew the reason why his father made this decision. He could only regret that the second prince had come back alive. This was simply a losing proposition.

In the end, the emperor still insisted on giving the elite force of a thousand men to Wen Wan. Wen Wan sighed. This was not favor, but a huge scapegoat. It was as if he had made her a sitting duck.

This emperor, I really don't understand what he's thinking.

Wen Wan asked Gu Li what to do.

After some thought, Gu Li finally offered a suitable solution: "Give it up."

"What's the meaning?"

"The best way to prevent them from posing any threat is to make it so that you can't use those thousand men either."

Wen Wan's CPU was about to burn out and she still couldn't figure out what to do. Finally, following Gu Li's advice, Wen Wan directly handed over the thousand elite soldiers to General Chen. Firstly, she and General Chen had some friendship, and secondly, General Chen was a famous loyal minister. Even if the emperor was testing her, entrusting the thousand elite soldiers to General Chen was enough to reassure the emperor. General Chen had been stationed on the frontier for many years and was only temporarily free because of the peace treaty signed between the two countries. He would have to go back later, so he took the thousand elite soldiers with him.