Chapter 89 You Are Already My Woman
Although Shen Yuanwei was curious about what title Xie Junlin was going to give her, she didn't want to go in and see.
It's not like you're becoming a concubine for the man you love, so what's so good about it?
She asked Chen Hai, "I want to sit outside for a while, is that okay?"
Chen Hai smiled, "No, madam, the emperor is very weak now, and someone needs to serve him——"
As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Please don't embarrass me, Your Majesty. The Emperor asked me to invite you in. If you don't go, the Emperor will punish me."
Shen Yuanwei rubbed her eyebrows.
Just go in.
You can't escape it anyway, so why make things difficult for others?
"Get up."
She dusted herself off, walked into the bedroom and came into her room.
Xie Junlin leaned against the head of the bed, holding an imperial edict in his long fingers, and waved at Shen Yuanwei with a smile.
Chen Hai was about to follow him in, but Xie Junlin glanced at him calmly, "Why are you here to join in the fun? Get out and close the door."
Chen Hai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and left tactfully.
Shen Yuanwei looked back and saw that the door was closed. No matter how reluctant she was, she had to bite the bullet and walk step by step to the bed.
Xie Junlin patted the edge of the bed and said, "Sit here."
Shen Yuanwei ignored him and sat down on the small stool beside the bed. Then she smiled and declined, "No, Your Majesty. I'm dirty."
Xie Junlin glanced at her, and then glanced again.
She was not afraid either. She sat firmly and refused to move towards the dragon bed.
Xie Junlin was too lazy to argue with her, so he raised his hand and handed her the imperial edict, "This is the imperial edict I gave you. From now on, you are my concubine."
Shen Yuanwei knew that she could not refuse this imperial decree.
She reached out to take the imperial edict and slowly unfolded it.
She quickly scanned the words praising her virtues and her eyes fell on the most important ones.
"I am specially appointed as a concubine and given the name Xi——"
She read out these words and looked at Xie Junlin in surprise, "You..."
Xie Junlin thought that she was dissatisfied with the low rank of "concubine", so he weakly changed his posture and explained to her patiently.
"Don't think that the position of a concubine is too low. You have no family background and no merit. Being canonized as a concubine right after entering the palace is already the highest position I can give you. After you become pregnant, I will canonize you as a concubine."
Shen Yuanwei didn't complain that her rank as a concubine was too low.
She dislikes this title.
Concubine Xi, and will be Empress Xi in the future. How embarrassing would this make her, who has watched too much of "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?
She looked at Xie Junlin with complicated eyes, "Why did the emperor give this word?"
Xie Junlin looked at her tenderly, "Because I have been childless for many years, I have been laughed at by the world. I am in a darkness with no end in sight. Your arrival has given me hope and light. If you can give birth to a prince for me, you and your son will be my light—"
He said, "Xi means brightness."
Shen Yuanwei thought that this was a good explanation, but she could not accept the title "Empress Xi". It was really embarrassing to suddenly have the same title as such a popular and familiar character in a palace fighting drama.
She asked Xie Junlin, "Your Majesty, can you change your title? I don't like this word."
Xie Junlin raised his eyebrows.
It was the first time that someone told him to change the title he gave to his concubines because they didn't like it.
But this is the mother of his child, and he is very tolerant.
He asked, "What words do you like?"
Thinking of what Shen Yuanwei had said to him before, he suddenly asked, "You mentioned the arrogant concubine Ye Lanyi before. Do you like the title of 'arrogant'?"
He frowned, "Zhapin...does this sound good?"
Shen Yuanwei burst out laughing.
Xie Junlin looked up at her, and seeing her smiling face, Xie Junlin's brows also softened.
"I forgot to ask you, who is the Concubine Ye Lanyi? I have been familiar with books on state governance since I was a child, and have never paid attention to the titles of the concubines in the harems of emperors of all dynasties. This Concubine Ye Lanyi... is she the concubine of which emperor?"
Shen Yuanwei wanted to laugh more and more.
She thought to herself, Concubine Ye Lan'yi, the Concubine Xi who you want to enthrone, are the two extraordinary women who joined forces to slay the dragon in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". You want me to be Concubine Xi, and you also want me to be the Concubine Ye Lan'yi. Are you hinting that I should embark on the mission of slaying the dragon?
Shen Yuanwei said, "She is not a character in the official history, but a fictional concubine in the storybook. Her heart is not with the emperor, and she does not seek the emperor's favor and reward, so she is fearless and behaves very rebelliously."
Xie Junlin curled his lips slightly, "So, you want to be a concubine like her?"
Shen Yuanwei returned the imperial edict to Xie Junlin, "I don't want to. I will just be myself and not learn from anyone else. Your Majesty, please change the character. Any character will do as long as it is not Xi."
Seeing how much she disliked the character "熙", Xie Junlin nodded and agreed to her wish.
After thinking for a moment, he asked Shen Yuanwei again, "Then let's change it to 'Zhao'. What do you think? It also means bright."
A voice in his heart added, Zhao doesn't only mean bright, it's also the Zhao as in Xiao Lingzhao. It's the name of your beloved, you should be very satisfied.
Sure enough, when Shen Yuanwei heard the word Zhao, she stopped nitpicking and said, "Sure, as long as you like it."
Xie Junlin glanced at her indifferent attitude and thought to himself, he really found himself a living ancestor. If it were any other concubine, she would have happily knelt down and kowtowed to thank him for his grace, but for this woman, just saying "OK" would be a huge honor for him?
Xie Junlin shook his head.
Never mind, we have to worship the living ancestor.
It’s only for this year anyway.
His little prince would encourage him to overcome all the sarcasm and difficulties.
Thinking of the little prince, Xie Junlin became a little impatient.
He shouted loudly for Chen Hai to come in.
He asked Chen Hai to bring his brush over, changed the original "Xi" in the imperial edict to "Zhao", and then signaled Chen Hai.
"I kowtow and pay my respects. I will inform the six palaces tomorrow."
Chen Hai immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Yuanwei with great joy.
"Your servant Chen Hai kowtows to Concubine Zhao!"
"Congratulations to Her Majesty Zhaopin for receiving the emperor's special favor!"
Shen Yuanwei raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows awkwardly, motioning Chen Hai to get up.
She didn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor, and she wished the emperor would favor her a few days later.
She wanted to slip away a little.
"Your Majesty, you seem to be feeling unwell, and it is getting late. Why don't you take a good rest while I go back to my bedroom? By the way, which bedroom should I stay in?"
Xie Junlin smiled.
"Do you hope that I will arrange a bedroom for you far away from me, so that you can spend more time on the way back and forth, and see me less?"
Without waiting for Shen Yuanwei to speak, Xie Junlin said, "You don't have to live in another palace, just live with me. Wherever I am, you are there."
Shen Yuanwei couldn't believe it. "I don't have any territory or privacy of my own?"
Xie Junlin pointed at the huge palace and said, "There are more than 40 rooms in my palace. You can choose any room except the locked ones. Isn't that enough?"
Shen Yuanwei didn't want to live with him.
Although Chen Hai's surprised look told her that such favor was unprecedented and enough to make her kneel down and thank him for his grace, she really didn't want to be in such close contact with the emperor day and night.
She wanted to refuse, but Xie Junlin made the final decision, "It's settled, you are not allowed to refuse."
Shen Yuanwei gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll go choose a room now—"
Xie Junlin grabbed her arm and said, "Let's go tomorrow. Just rest here with me tonight."
Shen Yuanwei glanced at Xie Junlin's hand, and her back tingled when she thought about what this hand would do next.
She tried to pull Xie Junlin's hand away while resisting, "Your Majesty, shouldn't you give me some time to adapt? I was just the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, how could I climb onto your dragon bed in less than half an hour? Even though I've divorced, I still need to slow down, give me some time..."
Xie Junlin didn't let go, nor did he answer her. He looked up and said to Chen Hai, "Go and ask Doctor Ge to bring the medicine for me and Concubine Zhao."
Chen Hai turned around and ran away quickly.
After Chen Hai ran out, Xie Junlin glanced at Shen Yuanwei.
"You want to slow down?"
"You and Xiao Lingzhao got married yesterday when you first met each other, and you also slept with him obediently, didn't you? Why didn't you let him slow down and stop touching you, huh? You didn't need to slow down with him, but you had to make excuses and beg me to slow down with me?"
He exerted force with his fingers and pulled Shen Yuanwei into his arms, not allowing her to struggle.
He put his other hand on Shen Yuanwei's chin, stroking it with his slender fingers, "You are already my woman, how long do you want to wait, wait until the day I die, huh?"
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