Chapter 185

Sheng Ai Concubines?

Yu Zheng laughed dumbly after hearing the reason why Jiang Shu was suddenly unhappy.

"What are you laughing at? Laughing at my narrow-mindedness, laughing at my stinginess and narrow-mindedness..." Jiang Shu sneered, and his apricot eyes were red with grievance.

Yu Zheng sighed helplessly, stretched out his long arms to pull her into his arms, kissed her forehead and said, "Don't worry, that day will never come."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Shu was puzzled and looked up at him.

Yu Zheng said slowly, "Because I will never have concubines."

If he wanted to take concubines, he would have taken them long ago, why wait until later.

Jiang Shu was shocked: "You are a prince of the royal family, how can you not take concubines?"

Even if the emperor favored Concubine Yu Gui, he still had three thousand beauties and a group of children.

How could Yu Zheng only have her?

Jiang Shu couldn't even imagine such a love and exclusive favor.

Looking at Jiang Shu's surprised face, Yu Zheng sighed: "Everyone says that my mother is the most favored concubine in the harem and the envy of the world. But I often saw her crying since I was a child. She is not as happy as others think."

"Why?" Jiang Shu couldn't understand why Concubine Yu Gui was unhappy.

Yu Zheng pursed his lips and talked about some past events: "In order to consolidate the throne, my father was forced to marry the daughter of Cao as his empress. Although my mother forgave him, she was unwilling in her heart."

"Later, my father took beauties from the palace for various reasons and had children with them. Although my mother understood, she was not willing."

"There is no man in the world who can tolerate his woman having feelings for others, and no woman is willing to share a man with others. The so-called tolerance is nothing more than having no choice but to compromise."

Yu Zheng remembered all the grievances and tears his mother had suffered over the years.

Not only that, there was another thing that had a profound impact on Yu Zheng: "Do you know why my sister married into the Zhuang family?"

Jiang Shu shook his head.

Yu Lan was five years older than her, and they were of different social status, so how could she know her past?

Yu Zheng said, "My elder sister grew up with Zhou Boxu since she was young, and they were childhood sweethearts, but she had never met my brother-in-law."

"With Zhou Boxu's family background and talent, he is a perfect match for my elder sister. Originally, they were going to get married."

"But there was a war in the southwest that year, and General Zhuang and his son had been guarding the southwest for many years, so they were the best candidates to quell the rebellion. However, the Zhuang family had been a single-line family for three generations and had no relatives. Zhuang Heng had not yet married, so General Zhuang asked to marry my elder sister to leave an heir and support for the Zhuang family, so that he and his son could quell the rebellion with peace of mind."

Jiang Shu was shocked when he heard this, and sighed, "Then Lord Zhou..."

"Zhou Boxu is a promising young man. In order to marry my sister, he asked for permission to go to the southwest. However, the battlefield was dangerous and life-threatening. He was the only son of the Zhou family, and Mrs. Zhou threatened to die.

" Yu Zheng sighed, "So my sister had no choice but to marry into the Zhuang family."

The battlefield was indeed dangerous. General Zhuang and his son, who were experienced in hundreds of battles, both died, not to mention Zhou Boxu, who had no combat experience and was only brave.

Mrs. Zhou was not to blame for this, but fate.

If the southwest war had started later, Zhou Boxu and Yu Lan might have been married, and this would not have happened.

"My sister has had a very hard time these years." Jiang Shu choked up and felt distressed.

She never knew that there was such sadness behind Yu Lan's marriage to the Zhuang family.

Yu Zheng nodded: "So I won't take concubines, nor do I yearn for that high position. I don't want to make you sad, and I don't want our children to face this helplessness in the future."

Being in a high position, you can't help yourself, and some helplessness is inevitable.

Jiang Shu's heart was shocked when she heard it, and she opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.

What Yu Zheng said today was really too shocking. She had a thousand words to say, but she didn't know where to start.

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shu uttered: "Then what about the large population that my father and mother hope for?"

Yu Zheng's dark eyes flashed, and he pretended to be helpless: "Well, then I can only rely on you, and you can't let them down."

Jiang Shu's face flushed when he heard it, and he lightly hit Yu Zheng's chest.

Yu Zheng took the opportunity to grab her hand and said, "Although I won't have concubines, I'm glad that you're jealous."

Jiang Shu stared at him coquettishly and said, "What's there to be happy about?"

"You're jealous, which means you have me in your heart and love me deeply. Worry comes from love, and jealousy comes from love."

"Shu'er, I'm really happy." Yu Zheng lowered his eyes and stared at the person in his arms, with a smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Jiang Shu was embarrassed and was about to speak, but her lower jaw was suddenly lifted up, and Yu Zheng's handsome face enlarged in her eyes.

"Hmm--" The unexpected kiss made Jiang Shu's mind go blank, and she stopped thinking, and forgot everything she was going to say.

Maybe she was really happy, Yu Zheng's kiss was gentle and affectionate, lingering and intense.

Many times, words are too weak to express all the love, and it can only be conveyed through body movements.

Jiang Shu felt Yu Zheng's deep affection, wrapped her hands around his neck and responded.

She and Yu Zheng loved each other regardless of the importance of life and death.

Ruixue, who was passing by on the other side of the lake, saw the two kissing from a distance and was almost crazy with jealousy.

After lunch, Yu Zheng asked Jiang Shu if she wanted to take a nap.

Jiang Shu shook her head. She got up only after having enough sleep in the morning, and she didn't have much energy today, so she was not sleepy.

Yu Zheng pondered for a moment and took her to the study.

Yu Zheng's study was filled with many important documents. It was an important place in the mansion and could not be entered or exited at will. Zhuiyun and Zhufeng were responsible for cleaning it on weekdays.

Even Shuanghua Ruixue had never entered the study.

So when Shuanghua Ruixue heard that Yu Zheng was going to take Jiang Shu to the study, she was very surprised.

Jiang Shu didn't know this and followed Yu Zheng calmly.

Yu Zheng's study was very large, with guards on duty outside and mechanisms hidden inside.

Jiang Shu didn't dare to move after entering, for fear of accidentally touching the mechanism, so he took a book and sat quietly.

Some documents had accumulated in the past few days, and Yu Zheng sat behind the desk and buried his head in processing them, while Jiang Shu sat opposite him and read quietly.

After Yu Zheng finished a document, he looked up at Jiang Shu, and continued to flip through the next one with a slight smile on his lips.

This feeling was unprecedented, and Yu Zheng liked it very much. He felt that the boring documents in his hands were much more pleasing to the eye.

After Jiang Shu finished flipping through the book in his hand, he didn't dare to move around casually, so he leaned forward and stared at Yu Zheng.

With his hair tied up in a jade crown, his handsome face was solemn, his expression was solemn and serious, and every stroke of his pen was a decision made thousands of miles away. Such Yu Zheng was full of the charm of decisiveness, which made people unforgettable.

Jiang Shu couldn't help but stare at him in a daze, and she didn't come back to her senses until Yu Zheng finished dealing with the documents and stood up.

"What are you thinking about?" Yu Zheng walked up to her and asked.

Jiang Shu blinked and cleared her throat, saying, "Nothing. Are you done?"

"Yeah." Yu Zheng pulled her up and took her to put the book she had finished reading back on the bookshelf, and then looked for other books to read.

While searching through the bookshelves, Jiang Shu found several Buddhist scriptures. Below the scriptures were several thick stacks of copied Buddhist scriptures.

"Is this... copied by you?" Jiang Shu was slightly surprised and took it out to take a closer look.

Yu Zheng replied, "Since you are acting in the name of the Buddha, you should be pious and respectful."

Every page, every sentence, and every word were written very neatly, without any perfunctory attitude.

Jiang Shu looked at the Buddhist scriptures in her hand, her heart trembling.

She didn't know whether the Buddha saw Yu Zheng's piety, but she saw it clearly.