The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The more Xie Yuzhen thought about it, the more sad she felt. If she had been born a boy, how could she have been locked up in that dark yard, tortured and poisoned, and even had to do everything she could to read a book...

"I just want my daughter to not suffer the same pain and suffering that I have suffered." She took a deep breath and regained her sanity. "But you insist on saying these nonsense to make me sad."

"She is a princess, how could she suffer? I just think it would be good if I could give birth to a prince. Then I will personally teach him to read and ride a horse..." The emperor originally wanted to persuade Xie Yuzhen, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said this, the woman would seize the flaw.

She wiped away her tears vigorously, with a charming redness still hanging at the corners of her eyes, and raised her eyebrows: "I knew that if I gave birth to a princess, His Majesty would not care about me anymore!"

The emperor loved her sharp tongue. Most of the women he favored were gentle and obedient, and the ones he loved the most all had their own little tempers and were not the kind who would blindly obey him. So when the emperor saw that Xie Yuzhen seemed to have put away her real sadness and started to throw a tantrum like before, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor liked the little interactions between him and Xie Yuzhen, but that didn't mean he was happy to see his beloved concubine cry in sadness.

Seeing that Xie Yuzhen adjusted her mood with just a few words without any need for him to coax her, the emperor began to feel a little sorry for her: "I will teach her, as long as you give birth to the child well, I will personally give her enlightenment and hire the best teacher for her!"

Xie Yuzhen glanced at the man with a pair of smart eyes, and finally a smile appeared on his red lips: "There is also the little princess's horse farm, Your Majesty, don't forget it."

After making such a fuss for the emperor, she naturally wanted to give him some sweetness. Xie Yuzhen lowered her status and took the initiative to move over and hug the emperor's waist, sticking to him intimately: "Since I became pregnant, my emotions have always been up and down. I just thought of some things in the past, so I felt sad... I didn't mean to yell at Your Majesty."

She acted softly and coquettishly.

Seeing that she had upgraded a pony into an entire horse farm with just one word, the emperor was helpless with her. When he heard Xie Yuzhen apologize to him in a soft voice, he was not unhappy at all. He just said with some worry: "It is common for women to have mood changes during pregnancy. I am not such a narrow-minded person. Xie Qing, you don't need to worry about it. Just don't be sad by yourself. Too much tears are harmful to your health. If you have any sadness, just talk to me."

"It's because Your Majesty always indulges me that I have such a bad temper..." Xie Yuzhen buried her head in the man's chest. Feeling her emotions gradually calm down, she rubbed it twice to wipe her tears off her head before raising her head, "Well, Your Majesty is really broad-minded!"

The emperor was already over thirty years old, with a dignified and handsome face, without a trace of youthfulness, and a very upright posture. While handling government affairs, he did not forget to practice riding and shooting to strengthen his body. He had a wasp waist and ape arms, and his chest was particularly broad and thick, giving people a very strong sense of security.

He raised his hand and scratched Xie Yuzhen's straight nose: "You are so unruly."

"Your Majesty, don't you like being close to me? But I like it very much. As long as Your Majesty is by my side and holds me like this, I am not afraid of anything." Her body was like a boneless snake, soft and harmless, yet she clung to him so hard. Her eyes showed endless attachment and trust to this man, and her long, curved eyelashes seemed to reveal wet tears as she opened and closed. It was just that the love in those tearful eyes was so heart-scorching that the emperor felt his heart beating violently for the first time in a long time.

This is a mean, hot-tempered, unreasonable and rebellious woman, but she only longs for and is attached to the man who is holding her in his arms at this moment.

This experience was extremely novel to the emperor, and it did not become dull because Xie Yuzhen entered the palace as a concubine. Instead, it became more and more intense and intoxicating as the two spent more and more time together.

At least at this moment, the emperor was willing to temporarily indulge in Xie Yuzhen's tearful yet joyful eyes.

He lowered his head and kissed Xie Yuzhen. Xie Yuzhen also went forward without any shyness, as if she was the one in control, biting the emperor's lips gently, and after separating, she kissed the man's cheek lightly like a dragonfly touching the water: "I remember when I was a child, I envied my brother for being able to go out to study, so I quietly followed him to the school... When the teacher saw that a girl like me dared to stand in their place of saints, he raised his hand and threw the inkstone at me."

"I was scolded for defiling the school, saying that this was not a place for a woman like me to go."

"He kicked my brother and I out. My brother kept apologizing and begging the teacher not to blame him. We knelt down and kowtowed many times. The teacher asked my brother to kneel down and clean every inch of the place where I stood before he would continue to let him study."

Xie Yuzhen pursed her lips. This time she did not cry. Instead, she smiled through gritted teeth: "I was so scared at that time, afraid that my willfulness would drag my brother down... Later, my father beat me with a thin bamboo stick, and my mother had a fight with him. They did not speak to each other for several months. After that, I never dared to mention studying again."

Although he was speaking sad words, he forced himself to smile like a winner. The emperor felt his heart tremble a few times at Xie Yuzhen's cruel smile. He pretended to be relaxed and said, "I guess he is just a pedantic scholar with dead knowledge but no heart."

The emperor was not against women studying. On the contrary, he preferred knowledgeable women who could chat with him about worldly affairs and poetry, rather than pedantic women who were full of feminine rules.

"I am just a poor scholar who can't pass the exam. I am sickly and skinny like a bamboo pole. How can I compare with the broad-mindedness of your Majesty?" Xie Yuzhen said as he put his hand on the emperor's chest.

The emperor took her hand away: "Be serious."

"Oh, your majesty is a serious man. It is me who is reckless. I actually flirted with a gentleman. It is really a sin." She turned her hand and tickled the emperor's palm.

The emperor was a little irritated by her teasing, but because the woman was pregnant, he had no way to deal with her and had to coax her patiently.

But this helplessness was slightly bitter but also full of endless sweetness. The emperor held Xie Yuzhen's mischievous hand tightly and said, "Read as many books as you want in the future. When your daughter grows up, you two can start a poetry club or a study club together. It will be so lively."

"Then Your Majesty, will you also teach me to read personally?" Xie Yuzhen leaned in the emperor's arms. She was tall and looked down on everyone in the harem. She was only two or three inches shorter than the emperor. When she stood up at this moment, she could just meet the emperor's eyes.

Then she placed her hands on the emperor's shoulders and pressed him down in the man's gradually teasing eyes. Xie Yuzhen looked down at the emperor's eyes and said, "Your Majesty treats me so well that I am greedy and want the best of everything. Please agree to my request~"