Chapter 1427: 1422: Xin'er Will Get Her Daddy

Chapter 1427: Chapter 1422: Xin’er Will Get Her Daddy

“Daddy said that children come from a loving union between two people, but we don’t have that.”

So, Yue Xin couldn’t be his child.

When Yue Lian heard this, she was taken aback. “Did the empress teach you this?” she asked.

Zi Wei nodded, “Mhm.”

“What else did she tell you?” Yue Lian clutched the handkerchief tightly, somewhat nervous, as if eagerly anticipating Zi Wei’s answer.

“Nothing,” Zi Wei shook his head. Without the feeling of affection, he knew he wouldn’t have children.

But his feelings for Yue Xin were different in his heart.

“I want to see Yue Xin.”

Before Yue Lian could collect herself, he made this unexpected request.

Yue Lian immediately nodded in agreement, “Okay, I’ll call Xin’er.”

She turned and went to Yue Xin’s room, only to find the child already sprawled out on the bed, asleep in a spread-eagle position, a trail of drool bubbled by her mouth.

Yue Lian thought to herself, unsure of what Zi Wei would make of this scene.

But Zi Wei had already entered the room. He appeared imposing in his dark, fitted clothes, and his gaze was sharp and intense, enough to wake any child, but he deliberately lightened his footsteps and did not wake Yue Xin. Instead, Yue Xin’s peculiar sleeping pose caused her to turn over on her bed, sticking her bottom up in the air.

Yue Lian attempted an awkward explanation, “Xin’er is extroverted by nature; I haven’t been too strict with her, so…”

Before she could finish speaking, Zi Wei had already stepped forward, gently turning Yue Xin over so she lay flat on her back.

“Don’t! Go away!”

Yue Xin, disturbed in her sleep, kicked out at him. She became annoyed whenever someone bothered her during a good sleep.

Yue Lian, seeing her kick land squarely on Zi Wei’s face, was taken aback. She hurriedly pulled the quilt over Yue Xin to cover her snugly, to prevent any further kicking or thrashing.

Fearing Zi Wei couldn’t handle Yue Xin’s mischievous and noisy nature, she tried to make amends. “Xin’er is usually very well-behaved. She’s obedient and sweet. She’s just a bit temperamental today because she’s tired from playing.”

“Mhm.” Zi Wei’s face, previously impassive and tense, softened slightly as his eyes rested on Yue Xin, no longer as cold and hard.

Could it be he was beginning to like Yue Xin?

Yue Lian was pleasantly surprised to discover such deep affection, an emotion he had only ever shown Su Yingxue before!

Now, he was looking at Yue Xin the same way!

A wave of joy nearly overwhelmed her; she wanted to wake Yue Xin up and tell her, “Look, Daddy is watching you with such a gentle gaze!”

Zi Wei didn’t say much, just staring at Yue Xin for a while before he covered her with the blanket after she kicked it off, and then he was ready to leave.

Before leaving, he told Yue Lian, “If anyone bullies her, come find me.”

Yue Lian nodded and smiled, “Okay.”

She noticed the blood on Zi Wei’s collar and said with concern, “Hubby, please be careful when you’re with the empress.”

Don’t get hurt again.

Zi Wei acknowledged with a hum and left abruptly.

In the sky, he didn’t even leave a trace.

Even Chu Yifeng couldn’t completely defeat him; he was such a powerful man.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t Su Yingxue and didn’t have her incredible abilities to capture Zi Wei, train him, and make him loyally devoted to her alone.

After Yue Lian had washed up, she lay down beside Yue Xin, gently patting her back, “Xin’er, Daddy loves you.”

Zi Wei may not cherish her, which she didn’t complain about, but the fact that Zi Wei wanted to protect Xin’er undoubtedly made her the happiest.

What she couldn’t have, it was good if her beloved daughter could.

——

Since Fengqi Palace was damaged by Chu Yifeng and Zi Wei and needed repairs, Chu Yihan moved to Changsheng Hall to sleep alone. Chu Heng, who hadn’t been kicked out of bed by their father, was so content that he rolled around on Su Yingxue’s bed for a long time before reluctantly snuggling up to her to sleep.

After Su Yingxue had soothed Chu Heng to sleep, she carefully slipped out of bed while he was still asleep and sneaked to Changsheng Hall.

Chu Yihan sat at the desk with a small head peeking out from his embrace. Su Yingxue pouted and poked his chest, “emperor, you really don’t know what’s good for you. You said you wanted to sleep alone, yet here you are behind Her Majesty’s back, secretly dealing with state affairs!”

And dealing with such a huge pile of them!

The documents and papers on this desk were even more abundant than those on the imperial table!

It seemed Chu Yihan carried the matters of the court wherever he went!

Chu Yihan scooped her up to sit on his lap and pinched her nose, “empress isn’t being well-behaved either, huh? After putting the child to sleep, you sneak over to spy on Us!”

“Is this spying? It’s obviously concern. Why should I fear seeing my own husband? Could there possibly be another woman appearing here?” Su Yingxue said, lifting her chin proudly as if to mock Chu Yihan.

Hmph, for all your emperor’s might!

There aren’t any other women besides me around you, right?

Chu Yihan pinched the bridge of his nose, his serious expression lightened up from her teasing, “There are already enough women in the palace, another one would be too much for Us.”

“That’s what you say, but the civil and military officials haven’t refrained from offering you concubines, have they?” Su Yingxue chuckled lightly.

She rummaged through Chu Yihan’s stack of memorials and quickly found a report by the Imperial Censor against her brother, stating that her brother had been neglecting his military training recently. But in reality, weren’t they beating around the bush to criticize her, saying she monopolized the harem, not allowing other concubines to flourish, and that she wasn’t allowing the emperor to take new consorts? Apart from birthing the Crown Prince, she wasn’t spreading the emperor’s lineage either, were they?

Such reports had been common ever since she gave birth to Heng’er.

Every so often, Chu Yihan would catch these people in their wrongdoings, demote them, and suppressed the issue.

However, the civil and military officials continued to take an enthusiastic interest in Chu Yihan’s harem and hoped that he would take in more concubines to extend his progeny and not favor only her.

Especially after the incident with Leng Shuqing had surfaced, most of those who were on good terms with the Leng family petitioned Chu Yihan, hoping he would expand his harem.

“Their true intention is not to accuse you but to hope I would be lenient with the Leng family.”

Chu Yihan pulled the memorial from her hands and, after writing a sentence with a brush, set it aside.

“How do you plan on handling Leng Shuqing?” Su Yingxue frowned.

No mother could tolerate the sight of her child’s attacker walking freely before her.

But she knew that Leng Shuqing was connected to the Prime Minister’s Estate and that the Estate’s influence was tangled and complex in the court, not so easily dealt with, so Chu Yihan hadn’t yet decided her fate.

Chu Yihan wrote down his decision on a piece of paper and showed it to Su Yingxue, “Are you satisfied?”

Su Yingxue read it; the result was somewhat expected yet surprising. She agreed, wrapping her arms around Chu Yihan’s neck and kissed him, “From now on, let’s protect Heng’er well and ensure he grows up safely.”

“Before he ascends the throne, I will never leave his side again,” Chu Yihan pressed against Su Yingxue’s forehead, his eyes softened.

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