After their wedding, Xu Nian and Ye Lin went to the palace to meet the Empress. When they met the Empress's curious gaze, she blushed with embarrassment.
This is incredibly embarrassing.
After their wedding night, Ye Lin was full of energy, while she was listless and dispirited; anyone with eyes could see that she was not up to the task.
The Queen, barely suppressing a smile, presented the newlyweds with gifts.
Knowing that Ye Lin disliked the palace, the Empress did not linger.
After meeting the Emperor's consort, the two returned to the prince's residence.
The Prince Consort's Mansion is still under construction and will not be completed for some time.
Xu Nian was given a sinecure by the Empress, the kind where she just gets paid but doesn't do any work.
Xu Nian had no complaints about this.
From the moment she met Ye Lin, she became a kept woman.
Now they're just eating more openly.
...
Before we knew it, half a year had passed.
Xu Nian and Ye Lin's life remained blissful.
The key issue is that Ye Lin is too clingy; he's always by Xu Nian's side, so the two are never apart.
When Xu's father saw the two of them in the mansion, he would take a detour.
There was no other meaning behind it; it was mainly that Xu's father didn't want to disturb the couple's affection.
Another six months have passed.
On this day, the two were boating on the moat of the capital city when Ye Lin brought up Zhao Xian.
Upon learning that Zhao Xian had found a woman to impersonate a man, married her, and even gotten her pregnant, Xu Nian blinked in amazement at Zhao Xian's actions.
How much does he not want to return to being a man?
If they can even go so far as to have a woman disguise herself as a man and marry her, what difficulties can't they overcome?
After finishing gossiping about Zhao Xian, Ye Lin looked at Xu Nian with a depressed expression.
Xu Nian looked up and asked, "Ye Lin, what's wrong?"
"Niannian, we've been married for so long, and I've been trying every day, but why is it that neither of us is pregnant?" Ye Lin asked curiously, touching one of their bellies with one hand.
"Ahem! Ye Lin, you can get pregnant?" Xu Nian put down her teacup and looked at his stomach in shock, unable to imagine a man giving birth.
Their physiological structures are completely different, how could he get pregnant?
“I took the secret medicine, which should theoretically allow me to conceive. But it’s strange, why can’t I get pregnant? The doctor said there’s nothing wrong with either of us!” Ye Lin frowned, puzzled.
Seeing his confusion, Xu Nian pursed her lips and asked unhappily, "Ye Lin, how long have you been taking this medicine?"
“Niannian, are you unhappy? Why? Don’t you want a child for both of us?” Ye Lin’s focus was completely different from Xu Nian’s.
"Ye Lin, every medicine has some toxicity. You are not allowed to drink that secret medicine again."
"Also, not being able to get pregnant isn't your fault, it's my fault. My identity... means I'm destined never to have children." Xu Nian touched Ye Lin's pale cheek, speaking with a pointed meaning.
"Niannian, without children, if you suddenly leave, how am I supposed to live in this world alone?" Ye Lin hugged Xu Nian with fear and anxiety, his voice choked with reluctance.
"When did I say I was leaving?" Xu Nian tapped Ye Lin on the head with her hand, exasperated.
"Niannian, Qu Nuannuan is dead. She died suddenly."
"I'm so afraid that you'll end up like her, leaving me without saying goodbye or a word."
"I want to have a child so that you can remember me and miss me." Ye Lin's sorrowful appearance made Xu Nian fall silent.
She had indeed underestimated him. He usually seemed all smiles and only had that kind of thing on his mind, but when it came to serious matters, he was truly decisive.
Even now, he still sends people to monitor Qu Nuannuan's every move.
"Ye Lin, when did Qu Nuan Nuan die?" Xu Nian asked, puzzled. She hadn't harmed Qu Nuan Nuan's soul when she separated from the system.
Given her physical condition, she could have lived for several more decades without any problem, so how did she die now?
“Just two months ago, she was lying in the yard sunbathing after having dinner at home, and then she died without any warning.” Ye Lin lowered his head after speaking, but in his despair, he tightened his grip on Xu Nian.
"Ye Lin, calm down."
"I promise you, no matter what, I will stay by your side for the rest of my life and will never leave you." Seeing that Ye Lin's mood was not right, Xu Nian immediately cupped Ye Lin's face in her hands and made a promise.
"What about the next life? Will you be with someone else?" Ye Lin's eyes reddened; he knew she was different from him.
She will only stay with him for this lifetime.
What to do? He's so greedy. He wants to be with her in her next life, and the life after that, and the life after that... for all eternity.
“I will find you, or you can come to me.” As she spoke, Xu Nian placed her finger on Ye Lin’s brow.
She remembered that at the moment time stopped in the small world, a silver plaque mark appeared between his brows.
And this silver tag mark is exactly the same as the silver tag in her sea of consciousness.
Xu Nian boldly guessed that the sign was the key to him finding her in each of his little worlds.
"Niannian, are you serious? Can I come to you?" Ye Lin looked at Xu Nian suspiciously.
Her eyes were filled with sincerity, and her expression was resolute.
She seemed quite certain that he would find her.
Thinking of this, Ye Lin felt a surge of confidence, a strange sense of self-assurance rising within him; he could do it.
It really is a peculiar intuition.
"Niannian, did we know each other a long time ago?" Ye Lin thought of the concept of reincarnation based on his intuition, and combined with his own personality, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
He would never let go of the person he had chosen, even if it meant death.
If it were her, he would stay by her side for all eternity after his death.
“Ye Lin, I’m the same as you, I don’t remember anything, so I don’t have an answer to your question either,” Xu Nian said with a sense of loss.
Ye Lin was undoubtedly asking the wrong person if he wanted to find answers from her.
“It’s okay if you don’t remember. Let’s not worry about the past or the future, let’s just focus on the present.” Ye Lin tidied the stray hairs by Xu Nian’s ear, his relaxed expression filled with sweet tenderness.
He got the answer he wanted most from this test.
What he wanted was for her to stay willingly and for her to become more tolerant of him.
Well, not having children isn't necessarily bad news.
That way, no one will compete with him for her attention anymore.
Her gaze would remain fixed on him.
She will only love him and only be with him.
He can also use this opportunity to benefit himself.
His wife was good in every way, except that she never satisfied him in bed and never let him have his fill.
Even now, he has to resort to his own cunning and tricks just to have food to eat.
Xu Nian naturally knew what Ye Lin was thinking, and as long as he didn't go too far, she was willing to indulge him.
However, he can no longer take that medicine; if he continues, who knows how much damage it will do to his body.
"Ye Lin, throw away that medicine of yours when you get back to the manor, or you'll be sleeping on the floor tonight."
"I'll throw it away, I'll throw it away as soon as I get back."
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