After Shen Shixiao was born, he regained his quiet temperament. If he is well fed and drunk, he never cries and is very well-behaved.
"Mother, didn't my father say that this should be a younger sister? How can she be a younger brother?"
"Yan'er doesn't like his younger brother?"
"like."
Shen Shiyan stretched out his little hand and touched Shen Shixiao gently, and suddenly grinned with a smile that was missing a few small teeth.
"Whether he is the emperor's younger brother or the emperor's sister, Yan'er likes them all."
He has been favored since birth, and he has never been stingy with his feelings now. Shen Shiyan put his little hand that still looked like a fleshy piece into his arms, and took out an jade medal.
"The Lady Shang said that the jade pendant should be frightened. I will give it to the emperor's brother."
Carefully hanging the jade pendant on the baby's crib, Shen Shiyan held Shen Shixiao's hand for a long time without letting go.
After giving birth to Shen Shixiao, Song Wan often brought Shen Shiyan to Changle Palace so that the two brothers could get along with each other. She hoped that the two brothers could take care of each other like she and Song Fu did.
Shen Shiyan also seemed to know her thoughts, and he acted like an elder brother.
Due to the difficult birth, Song Wan's body was injured. For a long time after Song Wan gave birth, the imperial kitchen was making medicinal meals for her to recuperate her body.
Song Wan didn't notice how well his body was taking care of himself, but his person became increasingly mellow.
"Your Majesty, Liu Shanggong has sent you a new dress. Can you try it on and see if it still fits you?"
Song Wan stood up and looked at himself in the bronze mirror, blinked and suddenly laughed.
"In the past, I always thought that it would be better to be plump, and I didn't like to look weak all day long. But now that I am plump, I feel uncomfortable looking at it."
During this period of time, she spent more time and moved less, which made her complexion white and rosy. Song Wan himself felt that she was three points more beautiful than before.
But for some unknown reason, Shen Qianyu didn't stay overnight in Changle Palace for a long time. Sometimes, even after returning to Changle Palace to have a meal with her, he would leave in a hurry and stay in Yangxin Palace.
She and I have been married for many years, and he has never been so abnormal.
"Can your Majesty say where he will stay today?"
"The Holy One said that we will not stay in Changle Palace today, and let the servants wait on the queen to go to bed first."
Song Wan frowned slightly when he heard this, but said nothing.
Seeing this, Heng Wu whispered: "Empress, do you think there is someone who is unruly and is close to the Holy Master?"
"Won't."
After being married for such a long time, she always had some trust in Shen Qianyu. After thinking about it, Song Wan said, "I'm afraid that I made him worried when I gave birth to Xiao."
There were no secrets between her and Shen Qianyu. Even if the couple had any doubts or suspicions, they would always ask each other.
So Song Wan didn't take it to heart about not staying in Changle Palace.
After Shen Qianyu went to court, she asked about the matter clearly.
"Your Majesty doesn't stay in Changle Palace, but is it because he is afraid that I will get pregnant again and harm my health?"
She asked the question clearly, and Shen Qianyu nodded in response with red eyes.
Song Wan will not know how important she is to him.
During both births, Shen Qianyu waited outside the door. He heard Song Wan groaning in pain in the room with his own ears, and saw with his own eyes the stable women bringing out basins of blood. How could he be at peace?
He was not afraid of mountains of swords and seas of fire, but he was really afraid of Song Wan becoming pregnant again.
"Wan'er, I don't want to see you get pregnant again, and I don't want to have any more children. I just want you and me to be together safely in this life, until we grow old."
"You don't want another little princess who looks exactly like me?"
"I just want to be with you."
Song Wan hugged Shen Qianyu and whispered, "What if I want a daughter?"
When Mingxiang entered the palace with the cute and well-behaved girl in her arms, she really loved her, and even if it wasn't for herself, she wanted to fulfill Qianyu's wish.
The little princess he had been thinking about for so long, she couldn't bear to let him have regrets.
"Wan'er can't do it even if he wants to."
He had asked the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to secretly prescribe a prescription for him. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he would not let Song Wan have any more children.
It was really hard for a woman to go through childbirth, and he couldn't bear to be frightened like that, even just once.
Shen Qianyu held Song Wan in his arms and whispered: "Wan'er will wait for me for another two months, and after I... I will stay again in Changle Palace."
He is afraid that his lack of concentration will cause trouble.
When it came to Song Wan, he had to be careful.
Although Shen Qianyu's words were vague, Song Wan understood the unfinished words in an instant. She raised her eyes and looked at Shen Qianyu for a long time in surprise, and finally smiled lightly.
As an emperor, his move was really... bold.
If the world knew that he had such an act of overturning the country, he would definitely be written down in the history books as a foolish king.
But as her husband-in-law, Song Wan only felt moved in his heart.
After being married to him for many years, she put down her guard time and time again, and finally started to see the man in front of her as an ordinary husband.
In her heart, this man finally no longer puts the emperor first, but the husband first.
Song Wan hugged Shen Qianyu's waist tightly. Even though he knew that he had hidden connections in Nanqing, he would no longer be suspicious of his aunt and Qianbai.
In front of others, he is the king of a country, but in front of herself, he is only her husband, and that is enough.
"I'm waiting for you, husband."
She could wait as long as she wanted.
The emperor and the empress had not lived in separate palaces for many years after they were married. However, after the birth of the second prince, the fact that Shen Qianyu had not stayed in Changle Palace for a long time soon spread to everyone in the former harem.
Everyone knows that the queen's exclusive favor has finally come to an end, and it is impossible to add anyone new to the harem.
Within half a month, the words spread like wildfire, and when they reached Song Wan's ears, she only smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart.
But she was not in a hurry, but she made everyone else in Changle Palace anxious.
Heng Wu was worried all day after hearing this. She was worried but did not dare to ask Song Wan for fear of upsetting her mother-in-law.
"Mother, have you heard the rumors outside?"
Song Wan raised his head, but he didn't expect that the person who mentioned this matter first was not the always impatient Heng Wu, but the silent Luan Jian.
"Nowadays, there are many lively maids in the palace who often come to the Holy Emperor's side. The empress has been in charge of the harem for many years and is kind. I am afraid that those restless ones think that the empress has no thunderous skills, and then want to climb on top of you. "
"Yes, yes."
Heng Wu couldn't help himself after hearing this: "If the empress has orders, my slaves will go and beat those with evil thoughts today, so that they can see who is in charge in this palace."
"It's okay, don't worry about it."
Song Wan smiled and said: "Why did the Holy One change his mind? You don't have to worry about this. After a while, the Holy One will be busy with the affairs of the previous court and he will stay back to Changle Palace."
After speaking, she patted Luan Jian's hand gently.
Under this comfort, Heng Wuluan Jianfang slowly felt relieved.
But before they could feel at ease for half an hour, everyone saw Heng Zhi hurriedly walking in from outside.
She backed away and came to Song Wan's side and said, "My Lady, just now the eunuch from the Yangxin Palace came to report that the Holy Emperor left behind a beautiful palace maid while he was taking a bath...
