Just as He Beiyi's lips were about to press down, Li Yunyan quickly spoke up.
"His Majesty!"
He stopped, his eyes questioning.
Li Yunyan spoke softly: "Your Majesty, now that the matter has been investigated, I would like to request Your Majesty to expand the harem and allow the new sisters to bear children for Your Majesty!"
When He Beiyi thought about how all his previous years of hard work had been for nothing, he lost interest and couldn't muster any enthusiasm.
During Li Yunyan's postpartum confinement period, he would occasionally visit the concubines, but now that there was no mandatory requirement, he had no interest at all. On the few occasions he did visit, he could only do so reluctantly because he was thinking of Yan'er.
He said sincerely, "Now that I have Chang'er, Song'er and Yan'er, the country has successors. From now on, I only want to live with Yan'er."
That won't do!
Li Yunyan gently advised, "Your Majesty, I will soon become Empress. It is my responsibility to urge Your Majesty to have children. Please have pity on my situation."
Her eyes reddened as she spoke, and He Beiyi couldn't help but think of all the grievances she had suffered before, and indeed, a large part of the responsibility lay with him!
Moreover, his insistence on making her empress despite the opposition of the court officials has already drawn numerous impeachments against her in court. If he continues to act willfully after she becomes empress, her life will likely remain difficult.
So be it! It's just a matter of stuffing a few more women into the palace. Whether he favors them or not is up to him!
He tenderly cupped her face in his hands and whispered, "Yan'er, don't be sad. I'll do whatever you want!"
She immediately broke into a smile, her eyes shining like stars in the sky, and said sweetly to him, "Your Majesty, I thank you for your kindness!"
He could no longer resist and lowered his head to kiss her fiercely.
"Bang!"
Li Yunyan patted his chest, thank goodness, Ying Huai suddenly appeared behind him and caught him.
Otherwise, even if He Beiyi didn't suffer a concussion, he would still get a big bump.
Ying Huai moved him to the bed with a blank expression, then extinguished the candle with a gust of wind, and hooked his arm around her waist to go behind the screen.
A low, hoarse voice, tinged with bitterness, rang out: "From now on, you're not allowed to smile at him like that!"
Li Yunyan chuckled, her voice sweet and cloying: "So domineering!"
I also managed to switch He Beiyi's videos while I was at it.
He did something that made her gasp softly, followed by a chorus of gasps.
After a long while, she pleaded in a sweet voice, "I already let him participate in the audition, why are you still doing this! Waaaaaah!!"
"You still have the mind to talk?"
"Waaaaah!!!"
They're getting more and more domineering!
She loves it!
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After the coronation ceremony, Li Yunyan presided over the selection ceremony for He Beiyi.
He Beiyi was uninterested, but Li Yunyan was in high spirits. She was dazzled by the variety of beauties, both plump and slender.
Finally, he filled all the missing positions in his harem with people.
The Empress is beautiful, gentle, virtuous, and not jealous! She certainly seems more reliable than the previous Empress.
Her actions inadvertently earned her a lot of good reputation!
Even though He Beiyi only had Li Yunyan in his heart after the new lady entered the palace, he still had to go through all the proper etiquette and manners.
Otherwise, they would offend the families behind those women.
After going through all of these in one go, the number of times I need to visit Chonghua Palace will naturally decrease.
Incidentally, I also found a few more that I liked in this round, so I divided the number of attempts into several more.
Over the course of six months, He Beiyi's number of nights spent at Chonghua Palace each month decreased from 28 days to about 10 days.
Li Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief. Although she still had the most time, at least she wasn't as conspicuous anymore, and Ying Huai rarely tormented her anymore!
After having three children, Li Yunyan was no longer so stressed about completing missions. Based on her experience in the previous small world, she could easily take about ten years to conceive naturally.
Sure enough, she became pregnant again when her three children had just learned to walk.
Ten months later, she gave birth to twin daughters.
The two daughters were exquisitely beautiful, inheriting at least 80% of Li Yunyan's beauty, and were deeply loved by the emperor and empress dowager, not to mention Li Yunyan and her biological father Ying Huai!
Yinghuai adored his two daughters and would often come over to hug them when no one was around, which made Li Yunyan's eyes well up with tears.
One day, she will make Ying Huai stop hiding, and she will be a real husband and wife with him!
Good news also came from the harem one after another: three concubines became pregnant, finally breaking the crisis of extinction set up by the former empress.
They each gave birth to one son and two daughters. The Empress Dowager, now free of worries, went to accompany the late Emperor on a spring night.
A few years later, Li Yunyan gave birth to another son. She was now in her twenties, and He Beiyi was almost forty.
He Beiyi's body had been depleted for some time, and after vomiting blood, he continued to overwork state affairs, causing him to age rapidly.
Finally, when he was almost fifty, the emperor passed away, and He Huaichang ascended the throne as emperor.
Li Yunyan then naturally became the Empress Dowager. At this time, she was only in her thirties, which would be considered the prime of her life in modern times.
Looking at her son, who had grown into a man, Li Yunyan thought it was time to leave the palace.
She summoned all the children to the Cining Palace, dismissed the palace servants, leaving only the six children, some older and some younger, and Yinghuai standing beside her.
She said directly to her three eldest sons, "As you all know, I was captured and brought to the palace before."
After hearing this opening remark, they had a premonition of what their mother was going to say.
Sure enough, Li Yunyan said, "I've been trapped in this palace for most of my life. For the rest of my life, I want to live for myself. What are your thoughts?"
As the eldest son, He Huaichang knelt directly at her feet and kowtowed: "Mother has worked tirelessly for her children. I will make proper arrangements for Mother's future life!"
Seeing how filial and considerate the children were, Li Yunyan nodded with satisfaction.
“We want to live the life of ordinary people. If you leave the palace in the future, you can come and visit us. If it’s not a big deal, you don’t need to come. We are capable of supporting ourselves.”
She said "we," not "I," and the children all looked at the person standing silently behind Li Yunyan.
Their appearances are so similar, how could anyone not guess what was going on?
He Huaichang bowed and said, "Mother, I intend to pass the throne to my brother Sheng in the future."
Sheng'er is He Beiyi's youngest son, his biological son.
Li Yunyan understood, and the last trace of guilt in her heart disappeared.
"You can make your own decisions, but whatever you do in the future, you must take good care of your younger siblings and always be happy!"
"Your subject will humbly obey Your Majesty's teachings!"
That night, Empress Dowager Li Yunyan passed away due to illness, and the whole country mourned.
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