Chapter 363: Confirming the Joy
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“Did I disturb you?” Yuwen Chu felt a bit guilty yet also happy. He gently hugged Mingzhu and whispered, “I didn’t want to disturb you, but I just wanted to come back.”
“Slept too much during the day.” Mingzhu sighed and asked, “Did you stay up so late to discuss how to deal with those who plotted against me today?”
Yuwen Chu remembered how she had always thought Zhongshan Wang was not a good person and was someone to be wary of. With that in mind, he naturally spoke up, “The troublemakers are being interrogated rigorously today, but they did it very cleanly. It looks like just an ordinary dispute. This method is very familiar. I think it’s like the handiwork of Royal Uncle. The Great Empress Dowager has formed an opinion about me, and I’m afraid that if things continue like this, we’ll become more and more opposed. By that time, it won’t be good for you, your father, or anyone caught in the middle. Instead of that, it’s better to bring Zhongshan Wang in early. What do you think?”
“That makes sense, but he’s very cunning. I’m afraid he won’t easily show himself,” Mingzhu agreed. She had many questions that needed answers. Since she now knew that Zhongshan Wang was a big problem and had even targeted her, she couldn’t let him go unpunished and let everyone struggle alone.
“Mingzhu has a very keen intuition. She always surprises people.”
Yuwen Chu remembered what Fu Mingzheng had told him before and decided to tell Mingzhu about the discussion with his staff tonight. “I have a plan… but it requires the right person to persuade the Great Empress Dowager. Can you do it?”
“There’s nothing I can’t do. Let me think about how to approach it.” Since it wasn’t about dealing with the Great Empress Dowager, but rather a common enemy, digging into Zhongshan Wang was naturally something that had to be done. Mingzhu readily agreed and patted Yuwen Chu’s back like comforting a child. “Go to sleep. It’s almost dawn. It’s not good to worry so much all the time. Aren’t you afraid of getting white hair early from worrying too much?”
What she said unintentionally hit a nerve. Yuwen Chu, who was much older than her, was just in his youthful years. If he started to be seen as old, what would happen? He suppressed his feelings and asked, “What if I do get white hair?”
Mingzhu chuckled nonchalantly, “Then you’ll just have white hair. At most, you’ll look a bit older.”
When she didn’t hear Yuwen Chu’s voice for a while, she thought he had fallen asleep. She spread out her limbs, ready to sleep again. Unexpectedly, she heard a faint voice in the darkness, “Do you really think I’m much older than you?”
So concerned? That’s rare. Before this, she had always thought he was unyielding. Mingzhu’s heart stirred, and she turned over, lying on top of Yuwen Chu. She whispered, “You are indeed quite a bit older. Look, I’m only seven years old, and you’ve already been working with the late emperor. By the time I’m ten, you’ll already have a beard. In my heart, I’ve always felt that you and I are from two different generations. You’re the adult, and I’m the child. If it weren’t for some twist of fate, I never would have imagined marrying you.”
Her suitable age for marriage was with Yuwen You and Shen Ruilin, not someone who was nearly eight years older than herself and from a different generation! Thinking about how she hadn’t even thought about him before, Yuwen Chu felt inexplicably angry. He closed his eyes and muttered in a muffled voice, “Go to sleep!”
The miser, getting angry over such trivial matters. Mingzhu smiled gently and kissed Yuwen Chu on the lips, then laid down like a little bird, resting her head on his arm and holding his waist. She softly said, “Actually, that day in the Jade Emperor Pavilion Lingkong Winding Walkway, when Your Highness suddenly appeared, I was thinking, this man looks really handsome.”
“Pfft! Flatterer.” Yuwen Chu sneered disdainfully, but couldn’t help but smirk, trying to cover up that he actually cared too much about such trivial matters. He rudely kissed Mingzhu, mumbling unclearly, “Go to sleep quickly!”
Just past the fifth watch, Yuwen Chu woke up on time, but because he had only slept for a while, he didn’t want to get up. Subconsciously, he reached out to touch Mingzhu next to him, but found her gone. He sat up abruptly to see Mingzhu happily running out from behind the screen, her eyes sparkling. She said, “It hasn’t come yet!”
He was a bit puzzled, then suddenly understood. Mingzhu was reporting good news to him, indicating that her menstruation hadn’t come, which meant good news. He smiled too, then strongly insisted to Mingzhu, “It’s still early, lie down and sleep a bit longer! If you want to eat something, let someone make it, but don’t overeat!”
“While they just bullied me, it’s better sooner than later. I want to go into the palace!” Mingzhu insisted. She wasn’t a pig, eating and sleeping alternately.
Yuwen Chu shook his head. “No, yesterday was unpleasant. It’s not good for you to rush into the palace today. Wait a bit longer and find a suitable opportunity to go.”
Mingzhu thought about it and agreed. Plus, she wasn’t sure about whether she was pregnant or not, which left her feeling unsettled, so she didn’t insist further.
Several days passed peacefully, and still no sign of her menstruation. Mingzhu felt almost certain. Seizing the opportunity while Yuwen Chu was not at home, she quietly called Tang Chunlai to come and examine her pulse, determined to surprise Yuwen Chu.
This time, Tang Chunlai gave her a very affirmative answer. “Congratulations, Wangfei, the household is going to have a young master.”
Although it was expected, hearing this confirmation made Mingzhu feel like a huge weight had been lifted from her heart. She felt relieved. It wasn’t that she couldn’t conceive. But why, after so many years of marriage to Yuwen You, had she never had a child? She hadn’t even experienced a miscarriage. What went wrong? Did Yuwen You not want her to have his child? Or did Yuwen You have a problem himself?
But she couldn’t figure this out. Because besides her, Yuwen You hadn’t had any other women, at least not as far as she knew. If Yuwen You didn’t want her to have his child, he could have had children with other women. Before, when Fu was in power, it could be said that he didn’t dare, but later he had the complete conditions and ability. Others had sent him so many beauties, including some with good backgrounds, but he didn’t have any, not even one.
Mingzhu couldn’t help asking Zheng Momo, “Old Lady, are there men who don’t want their own children?”
Zheng Momo seemed very surprised by such a strange question. “Being unfilial is the greatest sin, and having no descendants is a big problem. Even eunuchs have to adopt a godson to support them in old age, pass on their surname, and continue their family line. What about normal men? For those with family businesses and status, there’s no one who doesn’t want a son. Otherwise, for those legitimate wives who can’t bear sons, why do they desperately take concubines?”
Mingzhu suddenly fell silent. A strange feeling washed over her, making her not want to think further. She shook her head. Maybe Yuwen You just liked to torment her. He couldn’t find that kind of pleasure elsewhere.
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