SFS Chapter 293 Daughter, please let your father go!
Chapter 293 Daughter, please let your father go!
"Even bean sprouts are my seed!"
Li Yuange lay exhausted on the bed. "Xi'er, I think it's definitely a son. He's only just been reincarnated, and he's already causing trouble for his father! That bastard, when he's born, I'll teach him a lesson!"
As Li Yuanke tidied up, he gently stroked her lower abdomen, his heart overflowing with joy.
Shen Shixi was a little sleepy and leaned closer to him. "Maybe it's a daughter. She's greeting you this way so you won't look down on her because she's a girl, and so you'll treat her well in the future!"
Li Yuanke hugged her tighter. "Even if she's a daughter, she's still my daughter. If I don't love her, who will? Don't overthink it. I love her too!"
As he spoke, he lowered his head and kissed Shen Shixi on the cheek, patted her, and then closed his eyes.
Three days later, a grand procession of carriages arrived at Qingyi Garden.
It's been a few years since I last came here. Things have really changed, and the old has been replaced by a new one.
Shen Shixi will stay at Peach Blossom Village, while the others can stay wherever they want. Shen Shixi lets everyone choose for themselves.
Those who hold the main seat in a palace reside in the main hall, while those who do not hold the main seat reside in the pavilion or at their convenience.
Originally, it was thought that Granny Qu would not let the Seventh Prince come, but Granny Qu asked the Empress to bring the Seventh Prince. Shen Shixi had no choice but to raise the Seventh Prince with Consort Guo.
The child was very thin and sickly, but his vitality was truly strong. No matter how sick he was, he could wake up and eat his milk properly.
Consort Guo felt particularly sorry for the Third Princess and the Seventh Prince, treating them as her own children.
When Li Yuanke heard Shen Shixi mention it, he also didn't want Consort Jing's name to be mentioned in the history books in the future. This idea was a bit stubborn, so he asked the Imperial Household Department to register the Seventh Prince under Consort Guo's name, so that he would be Consort Guo's son from now on.
Consort Guo brought the Third Princess to express her gratitude to Shen Shixi. It was almost noon, but the Empress still looked sleepy. Consort Guo asked, "Why did it take you so long to get up, Your Majesty?"
Thinking to myself, the Emperor and Empress used to love making a ruckus until midnight; this is just too unrestrained.
Shen Shixi yawned, not bothering to hide it, "Hey, don't say anymore, I've been so sleepy lately."
She was stunned, then overjoyed, "Could it be that Your Highness is pregnant with the emperor's child?"
Shen Shixi sat down, clapped her hands at the Third Princess, and replied to Consort Guo, "Yes, it's been more than a month, which is when the reaction is most severe."
Fortunately, Li Yuanke endured all the unpleasant reactions.
She must be carrying a little girl.
The third princess was born in September of the sixth year of the Yongxi reign, and it is now April of the ninth year of the Yongxi reign. She is two years and seven months old, well-cared for, and walks very steadily. She ran towards Shen Shixi, "Mother!"
Shen Shixi was taken aback.
I've only ever heard of people becoming fathers unexpectedly, never mothers unexpectedly. She's really gotten a huge advantage!
But the little one had already run into her arms, looking up at her, "Mother, you are so beautiful!"
Shen Shixi burst into laughter, "My God, how old are you? You know what beauty is? Tell me, what is beauty?"
The little cutie didn't understand and shook her head, "San San is beautiful too!"
Consort Guo then told her that San San was the princess's nickname.
Shen Shixi was quite speechless. Apart from the eldest prince who died young, none of the eight princes and four princesses in the palace had names.
[Damn, thank goodness they didn't say "mistress."]
Shen Shixi then said, "From now on, how about we call San San 'San Mei Mei'? It means San San is very beautiful, do you like that?"
San San was delighted, grinning to reveal a set of shallow teeth. "I love it! I love San Meimei!"
She turned around and rushed towards Consort Guo, "Mother, Sanmei is so beautiful!"
"Alright, let's call her Sanmeimei. Have you thanked the Empress Dowager yet?"
Sanmeimei then turned and bowed to Shen Shixi, saying, "Your subject thanks Your Majesty for your kindness!"
She swayed as she put down her suitcase, and Shen Shixi steadied her. "You really are called Sanmeimei? That name... well, it's quite nice! A cutie's name is nice no matter what it is."
Sanmei tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Mother, I like San'er!"
Shen Shixi said, "How about you name yourself San Aimei?"
Consort Guo couldn't help but laugh, and everyone in the hall was laughing so hard their stomachs hurt. They were all looking forward to the birth of the little cutie in the Empress's belly.
Upon hearing this, the eldest princess was so angry that she cried and said to Consort De, "Mother, will she name me Da Meimei? I don't want such an ugly name, waaaaah, the whole world will laugh at me!"
"I am my father's eldest princess, how can I be called something like 'Da Meimei'?"
Consort De thought to herself, "This is a perfect opportunity!" She comforted her daughter, saying, "Don't worry, I'll ask your father to give you a beautiful name! You're his first daughter, and he'll only love you the most!"
When Li Yuanke arrived that evening, Shen Shixi told him the joke, "Your daughter is quite amusing! She's so young, yet she already loves beauty. She was born into a royal family, so it's not too much for her to love beauty."
Li Yuanke was rather indifferent to this. His only impression of the princesses was that he was quite disappointed when he heard that they had given birth to princesses. He felt that some concubines who gave birth to princesses were unlucky because they did not give birth to princes.
It wasn't that Li Yuanke favored sons over daughters; the main problem was that when the ministers calculated the emperor's KPIs, they only counted the number of princes, ignoring the number of princesses.
But he was full of hope for the child in Shen Shixi's belly. Whether it was a prince or a princess, he didn't care. If it was a princess, he would just keep having more children.
Shen Shixi said, "You didn't even mention naming your sons and daughters. 'Sanmeimei,' that name sounds so silly!"
Li Yuanke felt nauseous again and became irritable. "My legitimate sons and daughters don't even have names. What's the rush with the illegitimate ones!"
He barely ate any dinner and vomited again.
Shen Shixi was very worried. "How about you don't come tomorrow? I heard that morning sickness gets better after three months, and then we can meet again?"
Li Yuanke didn't want to hear this, so he got up to take a bath and came back to find Shen Shixi already fast asleep.
He was exhausted. At his age, not having enough to eat was a terrible thing, let alone vomiting up everything he ate. He held Shen Shixi and silently prayed, "Daughter, please let your father go!"
What Li Yuanke didn't know was that if Shen Xianzhang knew, the father-in-law and son-in-law would resonate with each other.
Consort Guo did not reveal the news of the Empress's pregnancy. The Imperial Hospital finally devised a prescription to help the Empress with her pregnancy, prepared the medicine, and sent it to Shen Shixi. The medicine was already brewed, but she refused to drink it.
Li Yuanke was still worried, "Is it okay if you don't drink it?"
Shen Shixi said, "What's wrong with that? Every medicine has some side effects. Why would I drink a pregnancy-preserving medicine when I'm perfectly healthy? I don't drink any medicine at all. Look at those poor people, who drinks any pregnancy-preserving medicine when they're pregnant? Aren't their children all born healthy and strong?"
I can eat and sleep well, and I have no other symptoms. Why would I need medicine? I won't drink it!
Li Yuanke thought to himself, "You have no other reaction, it's all on me."
Consort De noticed that although the Emperor still stayed at Peach Blossom Valley every night instead of Qingyan Palace, he no longer dined with the Empress, and he would go to Peach Blossom Valley very late at night.
Because Li Yuanke was afraid of feeling hungry and nauseous if he vomited, he ate dinner early every day and went to Peach Blossom Village after he had digested it. Although he would still feel nauseous and vomit, it was better than vomiting it all at once.
Consort De took advantage of the evening meal time to go to Qingyan Palace to request an audience with the Emperor.