Chapter 31 Let your wife give birth to a child for the emperor
Xiao Lingzhao was lamenting the emperor's miserable fate when he suddenly heard his newlywed wife ask this question in his ear. He was stunned by the question.
He looked sideways at Shen Yuanwei in surprise.
"Why would the Emperor ask me to give him my wife?"
He thought Shen Yuanwei was frightened by the emperor's absurd threat to steal his wife, and shook his head in amusement.
He said softly, "Don't worry. I have never said anything about the emperor's offspring, and I have never advised the emperor to adopt someone else's child. He will never come to steal my wife and mother, so don't be afraid."
Shen Yuanwei blinked gently, "I mean, what if? What if he wants your wife, will you, a loyal subject, compromise and agree?"
Xiao Lingzhao smiled helplessly.
He clenched Shen Yuanwei's fingers and whispered, "No, even if he wants me to bear his child, I will never let my wife suffer such humiliation."
Shen Yuanwei burst out laughing.
"You knew that he wouldn't ask you to bear a child for him, so you said you'd rather go by yourself than let me go. If God really gave you a hermaphroditic body, I'm afraid you would have run away and hidden outside the pass long ago. How could you go and bear a child for him?"
Xiao Lingzhao also laughed.
He lowered his eyes and thought, if God really gave him such a body, if he could really give birth to a child for the emperor, maybe...
Maybe he wouldn't run away.
He was really able to endure humiliation and give birth to a child for the emperor.
The men of the Xiao family are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the country. Is giving birth to a child for the emperor more difficult than dying?
He admitted that it would be embarrassing and humiliating for him to see a woman of his stature lying under a man, but that man was no other than the wise ruler who ended the war and brought peace to the people of the world, and he was the master to whom he swore allegiance until death.
Whether that person can have children is directly related to the country and the people.
If he could suffer embarrassment and injustice for a year so that the emperor could have a child and the country could have a successor, then why couldn't he sacrifice himself?
As long as the emperor sincerely asks him for help, as long as the emperor does not humiliate him or rob him brutally, he should be willing to bite the bullet and sacrifice for a year...
Xiao Lingzhao looked at Shen Yuanwei again.
However, the emperor can take him, but not his wife.
Because he can make decisions about his own body, but he is not qualified to control his wife's life.
He could swear allegiance to the emperor until death, but he could not force his wife to sacrifice everything for the emperor, including her chastity.
Shen Yuanwei was a little surprised when she saw Xiao Lingzhao thinking seriously.
"What are you thinking about? You're not really thinking about whether you're willing to bear a child for the Emperor?"
Xiao Lingzhao would not admit it.
He could think about this kind of thing in his heart, but he couldn't let Yuan Wei know. He was afraid that Yuan Wei would mistakenly think he was a homosexual. Otherwise, which man would agree to have a child for another man without hesitation?
He shook his head and smiled, "No, I was just wondering, why are you so worried that the emperor will come and snatch you from me?"
Shen Yuanwei's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Why?
Because she has a good physique for getting pregnant.
Shen Yuanwei glanced at Xiao Lingzhao.
She suddenly whispered half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Because... when I was a child, an old Taoist priest passed by our house. He saw me playing in the yard and told my adoptive mother that I had a rare blessing and was born with a fertile body. It would be easy for me to get pregnant..."
Xiao Lingzhao was slightly stunned.
Then, he thought for a moment, "No wonder you insisted on drinking contraceptive soup this morning..."
Shen Yuanwei curled her lips.
This man believed everything she said. How could this man not even doubt such a mysterious thing?
She stared into Xiao Lingzhao's eyes. "So when I heard you say that the emperor wanted to find a woman who could easily get pregnant, I was a little scared. What if someone else discovered my natural pregnancy body and told the emperor that I was the only one in the world who could give birth to a prince for him? If the emperor insisted on snatching me away, would you choose to protect me or be loyal to your monarch?"
“…”
Xiao Lingzhao was silent.
He believed 80% of what Yuan Wei said.
Although the statements like "blessed fate", "born with a fertile body" and "easy to conceive" sound mysterious, he has personally experienced even more mysterious things. Yuan Wei can soothe the strange power in his body and suppress his pain with just physical touch. What else is there for him to not believe?
Yuan Wei is a very mysterious and magical girl. Since she can cure his disease, maybe she can really help the childless emperor to have an heir.
But……
He had previously said that he prayed to God to give the emperor a child, and he was willing to bear a child for the emperor as a man. But now that he knew Yuan Wei might be able to bear a child for the emperor, he hesitated.
He didn't want to offer his wife to the emperor.
A wife is not like gold, silver, or treasures, nor is she like antiques, calligraphy, or paintings. Those can be given up, but his wife is a living person; he cannot give her up.
Xiao Lingzhao's throat moved.
He held Shen Yuanwei's fingers tightly and told her word by word, "Our Xiao family can sacrifice everything for the emperor, but that does not include giving away our wives."
Shen Yuanwei's lips curled up slightly.
She said, "I thought you would be so loyal that you would personally send your wife to the emperor's bed and let your wife bear children for another man."
Xiao Lingzhao shook his head, "No, my loyalty to the emperor means that I can sacrifice my body and my life for him, and you, you belong completely to yourself, you are not my property, and I have no right to control you."
Shen Yuanwei couldn't help but gently touch his cheek, "You respect me like this, I really can't dislike you."
Xiao Lingzhao was caught off guard when she touched his cheek. He was stunned for a moment, and then he subconsciously looked at his father and mother who were sitting upstairs.
His parents were staring at him, wanting to hear what they were whispering about, but when they suddenly saw him looking over, they quickly lowered their heads and pretended to drink tea.
This made Xiao Lingzhao even more embarrassed.
It would have been fine if he had been whispering in front of his parents for so long as if no one was around, but now he's even touching them. His parents feel embarrassed to watch, so how can he just sit there and accept it?
His cheeks were red, and he raised his hand to take Shen Yuanwei's fingers away. He then held Shen Yuanwei's hand in his palm and placed it on his knees, looking sideways and whispering, "You can't do this while your parents are here."
When Shen Yuanwei heard what he said, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
What a handsome and upright gentleman! Such a person is so interesting and fun to play with.
She no longer whispered to Xiao Lingzhao, nor did she touch him.
She sat upright and said to her parents-in-law with a well-behaved face, "Dad, Mom, I'm telling Ling Zhao not to interfere in the emperor's childbirth and the appointment of a crown prince. The emperor has been forced into this state by everyone. I'm afraid that if Ling Zhao offends him again, the emperor will really risk everything to snatch my wife away."
She sighed, "If this really happened, would my mother and I have to die to defend the Xiao family's reputation and our own chastity? But if we die like this, it would be too unfair..."
As soon as Shen Yuanwei finished speaking, the old lady slammed the table!
When Shen Yuanwei thought the old lady was going to scold her, she said loudly -
"Daughter-in-law, don't be so pedantic! Why should we die to prove our integrity? If these two grown men don't care about us outside and insist on running to anger the emperor and bring us disaster, then why should we commit suicide to defend their dignity and reputation? Do they deserve it?"
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