Chapter 184 Extra 2: No Children
The third year of the emperor and empress's marriage.
Daqi has a stable government and harmonious people, and the people are prosperous and well-off.
The imperial court encouraged farming, developed commerce, improved the tax system, and implemented a number of disaster prevention measures. The national treasury became increasingly full, increasing several times within three years.
The implementation of the imperial examination for female officials injected fresh blood into the court. Female officials were assigned to the six ministries and were on an equal footing with men. Even the social atmosphere gradually changed towards gender equality and female self-reliance.
After three years of rest, the Black Hawk Army had already returned to the right track. Pei Ji no longer had any worries and directly submitted his resignation to Xiao Yuheng.
Jiang Rou also announced her serious illness to the world, and after escaping death, she followed Pei Ji back to Taolin to live in seclusion.
Not only them, more than half of the Lingyuan people who had moved away before moved back, and the peach forest returned to its former bustling appearance.
Changfeng's long-cherished wish finally came true. Not only did he marry Baozhu that year, he was also appointed General of Cavalry, given a gold seal and purple ribbon, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Black Hawk Army.
Bai Yunfei became a father. Cheng Sijin was busy with the Imperial Hospital, so he took care of the baby while working. He often brought his two-year-old son to the palace for Shen Yue to play with him.
Everything was perfect, the only problem was that Shen Yue's belly was still not moving.
The emperor and empress were in perfect harmony, and His Majesty refused to fill his harem no matter what, so all the civil and military officials in the court started to urge him to have children.
Xiao Yuheng was annoyed by what he heard, so he called Shen Yue to the court to listen together.
The two of them sat side by side on the large dragon throne, listening to the chatter of a group of old ministers.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Prime Minister Lu Zhengyan stepped forward, holding his tablet. "Your Majesty's virtue is so great that you are admired by all the people. However, the legacy laid by our ancestors needs a legitimate heir to carry on for generations to come. I hope Your Majesty will consider the legacy of our ancestors and the country, and soon have a son to comfort the spirits of our ancestors."
The Minister of War also echoed, "I hope Your Majesty will follow the will of the people and the will of Heaven and raise a prince soon, so that all the people in the world can rest assured and share in a peaceful and prosperous era!"
Seeing that they were talking so enthusiastically, the Imperial Censor also came to join in.
"The royal bloodline is precious because it continues uninterrupted. Although the Empress is virtuous, for the sake of procreating the royal heir, it may be wise to select another noblewoman to enter the palace."
"Selecting candidates to enter the palace is not only to help Your Majesty produce offspring, but also to demonstrate Your Majesty's great grace..."
Shen Yue couldn't help but roll her eyes.
This damn old man, his abacus is about to fall on her face!
Don't think she doesn't know that he has triplets who have just come of age.
He really gave him face, daring to have the guts to hit on her Hengheng.
She was so angry, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only lean on the dragon table, holding her forehead and sulking.
"Queen, what do you think?" His Majesty deliberately teased her in a low voice.
"Look at your ass! If Your Majesty wants to choose a concubine, then choose. I have no business doing that!"
"I'm talking about having a baby."
“…” The Queen rolled her eyes at him unhappily.
What she said doesn't count.
From the very beginning, it was Xiao Yuheng who advocated not having children.
At first, they said that Shen Yue was young and they were afraid that pregnancy would hurt her body. Later, they said that the child was too naughty and would make her angry, so they simply decided not to give birth.
In fact, he made so many excuses just to monopolize Shen Yue and didn't want her love to be divided by the child.
Shen Yue naturally understood his thoughts, so she pampered him and obeyed him.
Anyway, she just doesn't like babysitting.
The two of them had the same idea, looked at each other, and suddenly burst out laughing.
Inside the main hall, two groups of old men started arguing without anyone noticing.
"Your Majesty is a member of the Lingyuan clan. How can you take a concubine at will? Is the censor trying to frame Your Majesty?"
"What happened to the Lingyuan Clan? Are they bigger than the world, huh?"
The people below the stage were glaring and frowning, while His Majesty on the stage took the opportunity to move closer to the Queen, using his wide sleeves to block their faces.
"You're free anyway, why not kiss for a while?"
"OK."
They kissed for as long as they argued in the audience.
When the two separated, their lips were both swollen.
The noise gradually faded away, and all the civil and military officials in the court looked at the slightly swollen and charming red lips of His Majesty on the high platform in complete silence.
Our Majesty raised his eyelids lazily and asked, "Enough of the quarrel?"
Everyone immediately became intimidated and dared not speak again.
Outside the palace, dark clouds loomed overhead. A group of old men lowered their heads obediently, waiting for the emperor and empress to unleash their wrath. However, His Majesty embraced the empress and strode away.
"Then withdraw."
Cen Xi covered his mouth and laughed for a moment, then announced loudly: "Dismiss the court——"
On the wide imperial road, the young emperor carried his queen on his back and turned around several times, and then walked forward leisurely.
The queen leaned on his broad shoulders, feeling lazy and comfortable.
"Your Majesty, have you really decided not to have children? Our family really does have a throne to inherit."
The man didn't hesitate, "Yes. Apart from Ah Yue and my parents, nothing else is necessary."
Oh, I’m so touched.
"Then if you can't help me one day and you don't have any children, don't blame me~"
"Not working?" The man frowned.
"Yeah." Shen Yue nodded heavily, "I heard that men's flowering period is very short. You always overuse it like this, so I am still a little worried."
“…”
The man didn't know what was wrong with him. He was so angry that he was panting. He put her down, picked her up upright like a child, and strode towards the Lanyue Palace.
"What are you doing?"
"The Queen may have some misunderstandings about the strength of the Lingyuan Clan. I'm going to ask you to carefully examine me to see if I'm still capable!"
“…”
There are many different opinions about the emperor and empress not wanting children.
Take the ministers for example, some thought that the two of them were too selfish, disregarding the country for the sake of sexual pleasure, while others sighed deeply, thinking that not having children was just an excuse.
It's possible that the Queen isn't feeling well, or perhaps His Majesty isn't doing well enough...
Jiang Rou's views are different from theirs.
She thought about it and felt that the reason she hadn't had a baby yet was because Ah Yue was afraid that Ah Heng would pass the cold poison to the child.
After all, Ah Heng has suffered from cold poison since he was a child. Although he is fine now, the cold still exists in his body. No one can say what will happen to the children he will have in the future.
In order to solve this problem, she specially summoned Xiao Yuheng and Chen Yue to Taolin, and gathered Zhou Dian, Pei Ji, Cheng Sijin together. Together with her, there were four doctors in total, who consulted with Xiao Yuheng.
The four doctors all agreed that Xiao Yuheng's future children would still be born with the cold poison, but it would not break out.
The only difference between the little prince and other children is that he is born with strong internal strength.
After hearing what they said, the couple looked at each other and said nothing.
Another four years passed, and Bai Yu, the naughty boy from Bai Yunfei and Cheng Sijin's family, had grown to six years old.
The emperor and empress treated him as half their own son, allowing him to enter the upper study room where only princes could go, and allowed him to stir up trouble and act lawless in the palace.
Look, he got into trouble again today and urinated into the Taiye Lake.
Bai Yunfei felt extremely guilty. He pulled his son and knelt in front of the emperor and empress, kowtowed several times.
Not only were the couple not angry, they were so happy that they slapped their thighs.
Shen Yue laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. "You'd think of peeing in Taiye Lake, haha!"
Xiao Yuheng couldn't help laughing, "I told you, kids are too naughty, we don't want that, ah~"
"Yeah!"
At this moment, a little child about three years old, wearing a light pink brocade skirt and with two buns on her hair, stood behind them with a frown on her face and pinched her waist, speaking in an angry yet soft voice:
"Mom and Dad are talking nonsense again. You don't want children, so where did I come from?!"
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