Chapter 163 Want a Son
Shen Yuning's body softened and she leaned on Quan Minghe.
She turned her head and her nose touched Quan Minghe's face. The warm touch made both of them stunned.
"So when you said you loved me on the city wall that day, was that true?"
Shen Yuning raised her eyes, with expectation, doubt, and a hint of grievance that she couldn't hide.
Quan Minghe was delighted.
He could clearly feel that her body was no longer stiff, and her expression was no longer as cold and distant as before. The layer of ice on her body was melting little by little.
"Um."
Although Quan Minghe's voice was soft, it revealed his utmost seriousness.
"I...I love you, and I want Mimi to be my empress."
If he hadn't drunk today and hadn't been bolder, he would never have been able to say such straightforward and affectionate words.
"From the moment we met, I knew you were the emperor. In my heart, it was a luxury to be loved by you. I originally thought that you didn't love me at all, so you killed my child cruelly. I just thought you were just greedy for my body and liked my appearance."
As Shen Yuning spoke, tears began to well up in her eyes uncontrollably.
She bit her lip, trying to suppress the emotions surging in her heart.
"But now you say you love me. If you love me, why did you kill our child?"
Since returning to the Shen Mansion, she had been trying hard to hold back her tears and had never cried again, but at this moment, the sadness that had been suppressed for so long could no longer be contained and poured out.
When Quan Minghe saw her crying and heard her accusing words of grievance, the pain in his heart became more and more intense.
I couldn't help it and my eyes gradually turned red.
"I know you like children, but the imperial physician said that if this child is born, it is very likely that you will never be able to get pregnant again, and it may even endanger your life. I know you will not have the heart to abort this child, so I made this decision for you."
Quan Minghe closed his eyes slightly, "It was wrong of me to hide this from you, but if you give me another chance, I will still do the same."
However, before doing so, he would definitely kill Zhao Qizi who might leak the matter.
Quan Minghe lowered his dark eyes.
"But the imperial physician said at the time that my health was getting better and better. As long as I followed his prescription and took good care of myself, there was a high chance that the baby would be born healthy!"
Shen Yuning's eyes were red, and she suddenly thought of something.
"You didn't want me to worry during my pregnancy, so you asked the doctor to only say good things. How could you hide it from me and make all the decisions on your own?"
Shen Yuning became angrier as she spoke, and turned around to sit astride Quan Minghe.
She raised her hand and started punching his chest again and again. The force was not strong, but it was filled with her grievance.
"I hate you. Why do you hide everything from me?"
She beat and cried.
Quan Minghe put one arm around her slender waist and the other hand behind her head, holding her in his arms.
He took a deep breath into her shoulder, as if trying to calm his heart which was also panicked and distressed at the moment.
He would rather she vent all her dissatisfaction like she is now, rather than her treating him coldly and as a stranger.
That was what made him most uncomfortable.
"It's all my fault."
Quan Minghe whispered in her ear, "We will remember this child forever, and he doesn't want his mother to have any accidents because of him."
Shen Yuning cried quietly in Quan Minghe's arms for a long time.
When she gradually stopped sobbing, she raised her head and looked at Quan Minghe, with tears still in her eyes.
She reached out and took the Phoenix Seal from the side, holding it in her hand: "Your Majesty, please take it back. I am not worthy of this Phoenix Seal now."
Quan Minghe frowned, "What's wrong? Meimei has a distinguished family background, outstanding looks, great talent, and excellent character. She is worthy of being the empress in every way."
"But I have only been in the palace for a short time, have little experience, and have never had an heir. In the court, all the officials are focused on the inheritance of the royal bloodline. Given my situation, they will definitely criticize me a lot."
Shen Yuning lowered her eyes slightly and analyzed seriously.
"The position of empress is of great importance. One must be able to be a model for the country, keep the harem peaceful and harmonious, and convince the people in the court. As for me at the moment, I am not capable of taking on this heavy responsibility, so I cannot accept this Phoenix Seal."
Quan Minghe pondered for a moment, "It's just a child. Since you are the empress, all the princes and princesses in the harem should respectfully call you mother. If you want a child, you can adopt Concubine Su's newly born fourth prince."
The Fourth Prince is still in his infancy and young, so it is most appropriate for her to raise him.
Besides, Concubine Su had a good relationship with her, and the Fourth Prince was adopted under her name and became her legitimate son. His status and position were incomparable to before.
Shen Yuning was stunned for a moment. She thought she would have to say more before Quan Minghe would consider adopting the prince to him, but she didn't expect that he would be so direct in wanting to adopt the prince to himself.
The concubines in Kwon Myung-hyuk's harem are truly pathetic.
He decided the prince's stay or departure so easily, so how could he really regard these women as people with flesh and blood and emotions?
It's really cold and indifferent.
However, fortunately, she had been calculating his heart from the beginning. Although she could not guarantee that Quan Minghe would love her forever, at least during the time when she completed her mission, this false love that she had calculated for had to be maintained.
As the one favored by Quan Minghe, Shen Yuning would naturally not throw the bowl and curse.
She quickly came to her senses: "Concubine Su's fourth prince is still in his infancy. He needs his biological mother to accompany and care for him all the time. How can I bear to take him away from his biological mother?"
Shen Yuning hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I took away Liu Zhaoyi's power in the palace, and I already had a grudge against her. Now that Your Majesty is going to make me the empress, I will naturally think about keeping the harem harmonious."
"If not, then you can adopt Liu Zhaoyi's third prince under my name. I will love him as if he were my own son, and this will also help ease the relationship between me and Liu Zhaoyi."
Her words were well-reasoned, as if she was really thinking about the stability of the harem.
Quan Minghe nodded slightly. It didn't matter whose child was adopted. Once she became the empress, the children of those women in the harem would all be her children.
She is the biological mother of all the children.
After all, Liu Shihan has been in control of the harem for many years. If the third prince is handed over to her for raising, Liu Shihan would probably not dare to do anything behind her back in the future.
When the third prince grows up, with one adoptive mother and one biological mother, the relationship between the two will not become too ugly.
This is a good idea.
"good."
Quan Minghe agreed without giving it much thought.
Perhaps her indifference and alienation during this period left him with a psychological trauma, so he tried his best to satisfy any request she made.
Kwon Myung Hyuk is not a person who would consider other people's feelings too much.
As an emperor, he unified the country and worked diligently for the country and the people. Since he had the power to do whatever he wanted, why should he restrain himself?
Just do it if you want to.
"I will inform Liu Zhaoyi of this matter tomorrow, and then issue the imperial decree to enthrone the empress. After that, I will ask the Grand Historian to choose an auspicious day to hold the enthronement ceremony."
He paused, and continued, "I will then summon your father and mother back to the capital, so that you can relieve your pain of missing your family."
He remembered that he had promised to summon Shen Yuan to the capital this year, so this was just the right time.
Shen Yuning was deeply moved by the fact that he was going to summon his parents to Beijing, and she became visibly happy.
She shrank into his arms again: "I miss them so much, thank you, my lord."
She said the last two words very softly, as if she was a little shy, and as if she mustered up the courage to say them.
But no matter how small the sound was, Quan Minghe naturally heard it.
His heart seemed to skip a beat.
He reached out and lifted her chin, then asked with a smile, "What did you call me?"
Shen Yuning subconsciously avoided his gaze, not daring to look at his passionate and teasing gaze.
"nothing."
Seeing that she was shy, Quan Minghe didn't have the heart to embarrass her any further: "Will you follow me back to the palace tomorrow?"
"Um."
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