The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The man and woman, who seemed to be a perfect match in some ways, were intimate with each other for a while.

The emperor thought of something else: "Annan sent a few boxes of gemstones this year. You can pick a few boxes of the ones you like and bring them back to the palace to play with, or you can polish them and make them into jewelry."

"Then I won't be polite to Your Majesty." Xie Yuzhen swore that she really didn't want to take the emperor's thing this time, but he had already learned to give it to him on his own initiative?

"I just happened to want to make a necklace for the baby in my belly, but I'm worried that I can't find good material." Xie Yuzhen deliberately straightened her slightly bulging belly.

The emperor also looked at her tenderly. He was now used to following Xie Yuzhen's thoughts and began to look forward to the birth of a daughter: "Since it is for a child, let's ask someone to bring some gold of sufficient weight and ask the craftsman workshop to pick out some auspicious designs."

"I had originally wanted to draw the pattern myself." Xie Yuzhen thanked the emperor for his reward in a tender voice.

The emperor looked at her in surprise and asked, "You can also draw?"

Xie Yuzhen's tone became unhappy: "I have learned needlework to some extent, although I am not good at it and I have never painted, but aren't the patterns the same?"

The emperor was amused by her words. "This drawing for making gold ornaments is different from the patterns used for ordinary embroidery. I am afraid that Xie Qing will throw the pattern into the workshop and cause trouble for the gold and silver craftsmen. If he finds that the goods are not what he ordered, he will make a scene in my workshop!"

"When did I become an unreasonable person?" Xie Yuzhen said angrily, gently slapping the emperor's hand away to stop him from touching the child. "Since Your Majesty despises me for not understanding drawings, then Your Majesty, as the child's father, why don't you draw one yourself?"

When facing the emperor, she was respectful, but not too respectful. But the emperor loved it. He also loved to tease Xie Yuzhen and enjoyed her when she was slightly angry and throwing a tantrum.

Hearing this, the emperor pulled out a piece of plain white paper, and Li Zong quickly handed over the ink-soaked brush that was always ready beside him.

After giving Xie Yuzhen a deliberately provocative look, the emperor began to paint.

As the ink lines were drawn, a necklace with auspicious clouds as the background, decorated with various flower patterns and hanging with strings of gems and pearls appeared on the paper.

Xie Yuzhen's eyes gradually showed respect and admiration when he looked at the emperor. The emperor was very pleased with this look and said proudly, "Alas, the child's mother is not good at writing and painting, so I, as her father, have to come here in person."

He really enjoyed the feeling of being admired and relied upon. The emperor watched Xie Yuzhen's expression change from admiration to unconvinced in an instant, and thought that this woman's stubborn temper was so adorable. It would be a wonderful thing if he could have a daughter like her in the future.

Sometimes, if a man pampers his concubines too much, he will inevitably be branded as a licentious person, but it is different for his daughters.

The emperor suddenly really hoped that Xie Yuzhen would give birth to a daughter this time. It would be best if she looked and had a temper like her. Well... the temper didn't have to be so much like hers, but she had to be a little more like himself, more stable, smarter, and it wouldn't matter if she was a little domineering and unruly in other aspects.

Xie Yuzhen watched the emperor writing quickly with a look of trance on his face, and took the opportunity to relax himself a little.

"Who told me to learn these elegant things only after I turned twenty?" She glanced at the emperor. "I remember one year when I was a child, my mother gave me a small silver lock on my birthday. I loved it so much, but it was a pity that it was taken away by a mouse or something, and it has been lost ever since..."

How nice it was that her daughter would have more good things than she did.

And each of these good things is infused with the emperor's love and attention.

"It was not until I got married that I found out that my things were taken away by my father. He was short of money those days and just took my things to spend. It was not easy for my mother to earn money to support the family. I started making small things and selling them to supplement the family income when I was ten years old. My brother also lived a simple life. The books he read were all borrowed from classmates and copied on straw paper. He was reluctant to use pen and ink when practicing calligraphy. Only my father, who was not working, took his daughter's birthday gift and went to... buy a skirt and hairpin for a flower girl..." Xie Yuzhen lowered his eyes, looking lonely.

The emperor was slightly stunned, a drop of ink dripped from the tip of the pen. He frowned and drew a plum blossom-shaped hairpin on the paper with the drop of ink.

"So I probably understand Xu Xiaoyi's thoughts. Rather than accepting a father like that, it's better..." Xie Yuzhen's expression became stern, "It's better to be an unfilial daughter!"

She was always so candid.

He could easily tell the emperor everything that was most unacceptable in his heart. There were many times when the emperor felt that he was Xie Yuzhen's savior, and Xie Yuzhen needed him to always think so.

The emperor was about to say something to comfort Xie Yuzhen, but the woman raised her hands and patted her face childishly. Then she became cheerful again: "Oh, really, why are you talking about these trivial things on such a nice day?"

Seeing that the emperor's emotions had almost accumulated, Xie Yuzhen took the initiative to pull the emperor's hand and put it on his lower abdomen: "So, Your Majesty, you must spend more time with our daughter in the future. Xu Xiaoyi and I are both without the love of our father. That feeling is really..."

Looking at the emperor's soft and focused eyes, Xie Yuzhen finally achieved her goal - Xu Xiaoyi's twisted background was really useful!

Xie Yu really wanted his daughter to be the one that the emperor valued and loved the most. Isn't it just that the family of Jingjun Marquis Mansion sent the best quality stepping stone?

And Xiao Xie was just speaking up for her good sister, and because Xu Xiaoyi's bad father reminded her of her own equally bad father, she spoke a few "truthful words" to the emperor.

What the emperor would think was his own business, but this man had always valued offspring and was compassionate to the poor and weak, so naturally he would extend his compassion for his favorite concubine Xie Yuzhen to the fetus in her belly.

As for the fact that he earned a blueprint drawn by the emperor himself on the way, it was also something Xie Yuzhen had deliberately planned.

When it comes to conceiving children, men are always the ones who pay the least, and it is only women who have to endure the pain of pregnancy and childbirth.

Xie Yu really couldn't ask the emperor to experience the feeling of pregnancy with her, but she would try her best to let the emperor participate in every aspect of nurturing this child. Even if it was just an accessory on the child, when the emperor saw it, he would remember that he had worked hard for it personally. This necklace was just the beginning. In the future, there would be more things that the emperor would be involved in personally!

"I will never treat you and your daughter badly." The emperor's heart was very soft at this moment.

Xie Yuzhen, who was still calculating every reaction and every expression with indifference, lowered her head and said shyly, "I have always believed in your majesty. Your majesty, I am happy every moment by your side. I dare not ask for more. I only hope that you can protect this child and make her life free of haze, just like the time I have been lucky enough to meet you."