Rong Cang turned his head and saw her, with a gentle expression on his face: "Although I wish you nothing more for my husband, you are pregnant now, so you'd better sit back on the bed."
Chu Yunfei ignored him, walked up behind him, picked up the towel for wiping herself in the tub, stirred up water and wiped it on his shoulders and back.
"This is fun, Your Majesty, you have to get used to it." Chu Yunfei said in a leisurely voice, "Besides, it's just a few dips in the water, how can you be tired?"
Rong Cang felt those soft, boneless jade hands roaming on his back, and he couldn't help but tremble, "I'm worried about my husband's lack of self-control."
"Oh." Chu Yunfei said in a calm tone, "Then please bear with me, Your Majesty. Anyway, I am inconvenient now and cannot meet Your Majesty's needs."
Rong Cang: "..."
"Or I can learn to be more virtuous and choose two beautiful and considerate concubines for the prince when I am inconvenient to be pregnant?" Chu Yunfei suggested, "I will definitely choose the beautiful Jie Yuhua."
Rong Cang shook his head firmly: "No need."
"You really don't need it?"
"No need."
Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows: "What if I stifle the prince to death?"
Rong Cang was silent: "It's okay to have self-control for your husband."
Chu Yunfei smiled half-heartedly: "Then, is the prince's self-control good or bad?"
Rong Cang sighed helplessly. Not only was his little wife tough-tempered, but she also seemed to be a bit difficult to deal with. She was different from the usual difficulties in a daughter's family, but she seemed to enjoy it a bit.
How should I put it, it’s painful and ecstatic.
Rong Cang could only try to change the topic and divert her attention: "Are you going to Xie's house early tomorrow morning?"
"Yes." Chu Yunfei nodded, "Xie Danshu invited me to have tea. When she left Prince Yu's Mansion in the morning, she took my carriage home. I was thinking about whether to bring the Xie family over, but then I thought about it. The Xie family is not something that anyone can win over if they want to, and I’m afraid the Xie family won’t take it seriously at all with my little skill.”
After a pause, "The most important thing is that the Xie family has been a noble family for hundreds of years, and the queen has no children. There is really no need to wade into troubled waters. It is the right choice for them to remain neutral. It is unwise to easily take sides."
Rong Cang's eyebrows were calm: "Uncle Xie Guo serves as the Imperial College, and his disciples are all over the Chu Kingdom. Many young officials in the court came from the Imperial College."
Chu Yunfei thoughtfully said: "So, if we can get the support of the Xie family -"
"There is no need to win over the Xie family for the time being." Rong Cang said, "Just make sure that the Xie family and this king are not in an antagonistic relationship."
"This is not difficult to do. Miss Xie seems to be a sweetheart, different from those women. This shows that the Xie family has a good family tradition." Chu Yunfei said, raising her hand to gently caress the injury on Rong Cang's back, slenderly She moved her hand to her chest, "What's the matter with your injury here?"
Rong Cang was a little unbearable by her teasing. Hearing this, he casually replied: "To save Qi Jin's injury."
Chu Yunfei was startled: "Save Qi Jin?"
Rong Cang was silent for a moment: "Yes."
Chu Yunfei felt strange. The Zhongyi Marquis Mansion guarded the southern border of Chu State, while Rong Cang's army was stationed in the north. Why did Qi Jin need Rong Cang to rescue him?
However, Rong Cang didn't seem to want to say anything, and Chu Yunfei didn't ask any more questions. Respecting each other's secrets that they didn't want to tell was the proper measure between husband and wife.
Chu Yunfei rubbed his body with fresh petals: "Wash it and it will smell better. It will smell good when you sleep in your arms at night."
Rong Cang: "..." Does Feier dislike him?
Chu Yunfei wiped his back, and ran her delicate hands across his smooth back, lingering on the scars on his back more than once, frowning, wondering what was going on in her heart.
Time passed little by little.
Rong Cang turned his head and looked at her hesitantly: "Feier, do you want to go out first?"
"Your Majesty, are you shy?" Chu Yunfei came back to his senses.
Rong Cang was silent. It was wonderful for husband and wife to perform the Zhougong ceremony, and it was not unusual for them to be honest with each other. But at this moment, he really couldn't be naked in front of a pregnant woman...
Chu Yunfei turned around and walked out without any embarrassment, calmly and simply.
Rong Cang breathed a sigh of relief, stood up from the tub, walked out, wiped himself dry, put on his pajamas and walked out.
Chu Yunfei was leaning on the bedside, her eyes lowered, and she carefully looked at the folding fan given by the emperor. The four words "As if I were here in person" on the fan were noble and domineering, symbolizing the supreme power.
"With this folding fan, will I be able to walk sideways in the imperial city from now on?" Chu Yunfei raised his eyes to look at Rong Cang with a smile in his eyes, "This reluctance can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."
And the misfortune was a small misfortune, it could even be said to be just a little trouble, but what he got in exchange was a royal folding fan with special privileges.
What an unexpected surprise.
"Even without this fan, you can still walk sideways in the imperial city from now on." Rong Cang, handsome and gentle, stood in front of the bed and stared with lowered eyebrows, "But with it, you can be more fearless."
Chu Yunfei smiled lightly: "Father already has a preference for you."
Therefore, there is no harm in showing weakness appropriately. Sometimes there is no need to pretend in front of the emperor. The more disguised, the easier it is to get the opposite effect.
After all, the emperor is also a father.
He is just more noble and powerful than ordinary fathers, but he has all the emotions and desires of an ordinary father, and he also has the heart to love his son.
Among the many concubines and children, he may try to be as fair as possible to the queen and concubines and give them the treatment they deserve according to their status. He treats the princes and princesses the same way. The monthly salary and treatment are related to the status of their mother, regardless of their mother's status. Will be overly partial, and will not be unreasonably indifferent.
However, a sage and capable emperor will always value his capable son more in his heart. If this capable son does not fight for it, but is treated unfairly, it will naturally cause some guilt and heartache, and follow it. It's compensation.
This is human nature.
Chu Yunfei put away the fan and placed it in a secret compartment beside the bed: "Does the prince sleep outside or inside?"
"Of course I sleep outside." Rong Cang sat down on the edge of the bed and motioned for her to go inside. "If necessary at night, I will get up and serve you."
"Okay." Chu Yunfei said in a matter-of-fact tone, "I have taken care of the prince for so many days, and the prince should be rewarded."
Rong Cang lay down on the bed and put his arms around her waist.
The two were very close.
Just after taking a shower, the floral scent of my body penetrated my nose, and it smelled very good.
Rong Cang turned off the light, hugged Chu Yunfei in his arms, and said in a low voice: "I thought I would never feel like this again in this life."
Chu Yunfei's heart twisted slightly and she didn't say anything. She just let him hold her quietly and closed her eyes with peace of mind.
Have a good night's sleep.
When Chu Yunfei got up the next morning, he still didn't see Rong Cang.
Shengxia and Baochan were guarding the door. When they heard the sound, they immediately entered and said, "Good morning, Princess."
"Your Majesty went to practice martial arts again?"
"The prince practiced for half an hour in the morning, and then went to the study. I heard from Chang Qing that he had summoned several military generals to discuss matters."
Chu Yunfei hummed, knowing that Rong Cang had already started planning, so she didn't ask any more questions and just said: "I'm going to Xie's house later. Don't forget to bring the meeting gift that Grandma Xiong prepared last night."
