Yan Changfeng stayed in the palace for a month to recover from his injuries. During this period, Lin Shuxian never went to the palace once. Concubine Chen was furious in the palace alone.
Xi and Emperor Xirusu told these little gossips to Yan Fuguang, who was working hard to handle official duties.
"Since ancient times, isn't it normal for men to have three wives and four concubines? Changfeng is just stubborn. So what if he accepts it? He can't live without his own children for the rest of his life... Concubine Chen should be serious this time. Changfeng doesn't accept it. Concubine, she will never give up. If you don’t believe me, just wait and see, what I say is absolutely true!”
Yan Fuguang responded perfunctorily after saying more than a few words, feeling that Yan Changfeng was still a man in this aspect, but it was true that as Emperor Xihe said, Concubine Chen was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Lu Qing was also very concerned about this matter and asked about it as soon as Yan Fuguang came back.
"Your Highness, do you think they can still hold on?"
"They met when they were young and were childhood sweethearts. I definitely hope they can grow old together."
But there are too many uncertain factors in the world. Concubine Chen forced her to die and suppressed Yan Changfeng to death with her filial piety.
In the palace, Yan Fuguang stood in the crowd, looking coldly at Concubine Chen ordering Yan Changfeng in an extremely weak manner: "You must accept the concubine, otherwise the concubine will never be alive."
Yan Changfeng's forehead touched the ground and he knelt in silence.
Beside him, Lin Xianshu's face was full of tears and her expression was painful.
Xi and Emperor couldn't bear it anymore and sat on the edge of the bed with Xini: "You should get better first before talking about it. Why can't you think about it so much..."
Concubine Chen burst into tears. She didn't feel that her behavior was excessive at all. She murmured: "Changfeng, are you worthy of my mother-in-law? How much time did I give you? She couldn't give birth to a child. I went everywhere to seek medical advice for her." Yao, do you think I’m cruel? I just want to see you have a child of your own, and I want to see you surrounded by children and grandchildren, I’m here for you!”
After she said this, her chest heaved violently, and the bruises on her neck became more and more conspicuous.
Emperor Xihe was still advising: "Be more open-minded, and your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings..."
Concubine Chen turned a deaf ear and looked at Lin Shuxian with red and swollen eyes: "Shuxian, I know you are a good child, I beg you not to delay him..."
Lin Shuxian said nothing. She took a deep breath and turned to look at Yan Changfeng.
It was he who first expressed his intention to marry her.
It was Concubine Chen who was full of praise and said personally that she would treat her like her own daughter.
When things have reached this point, she really wants to ask, has she not acknowledged what she said before?
Yan Changfeng clenched his fists, his knuckles turned white and then unclenched them. Lin Shuxian watched quietly, and finally withdrew her gaze.
Concubine Chen's persecution continued: "Changfeng, I have put my words here today. If you don't agree to what I said, what happens today will definitely not be the last time!"
Yan Changfeng did not raise his head, everyone's eyes were fixed on him, but who could see the torment in his heart?
Concubine Chen looked at him steadily, and suddenly took out a hairpin from under the pillow and put it against her neck: "You really want me to die!"
Xihe Di hurriedly went to grab it, but Yan Fuguang pulled him away.
The sharp hairpin pierced the skin, and bright red blood oozed out. Yan Changfeng was exhausted. He did not dare to look at Lin Shuxian beside him, and took a few steps on his knees to hold Concubine Chen's wrist.
"Mother concubine..." These two words made Yan Changfeng breathless, "Don't do this."
Concubine Chen pressed forward step by step: "Then you promise me." She refused to give in, holding the hairpin tightly.
Yan Changfeng took the hairpin and threw it aside. With his head hanging down, he said with difficulty: "Okay..."
Lin Shuxian's back suddenly relaxed as she knelt straight. She looked at the scene in front of her, feeling confused.
Yan Changfeng never dared to look back.
After Concubine Chen fell asleep, the people in the room left one after another. He knelt stiffly in front of the bed, tears falling uncontrollably.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.
He turned his head slowly.
Lin Shuxian was already gone, and the person who came was Yan Fuguang, but what he saw in a daze was Lin Shuxian's face.
"Shuxian...I..."
Looking at his tears, Yan Fuguang said: "The second sister-in-law has returned home, and my people personally watched her return."
Yan Changfeng paused and choked with sobs: "Thank you..."
This incident made Yan Fuguang feel heavy, and Lu Qing also sighed after hearing this.
"…Why is this so?"
Yan Fuguang found it difficult to answer this question.
Because the world is harsh and picky about women, as if they cannot be called a competent woman unless they have children.
Lu Qing knew that Yan Fuguang only regarded her as the mother of Lan Ge'er and the others at first. She felt sad but could do nothing about it. But is it true that two people can stay together for life even if they don't have children?
She asked this question to Yan Fuguang.
Yan Fuguang's answer was: "Definitely."
Did Yan Changfeng and Lin Shuxian get married because they wanted to have children? Of course not, it's because they want to be together and become an intimate couple. They haven't had children these years, and their relationship is just as good.
"Concubine Chen doesn't like children, nor is she doing it for her son's benefit." Yan Fuguang spoke mercilessly, "If she really likes children, why doesn't she raise them when there are so many orphans in the world? How can she give up for her son's benefit? Put him in a dilemma?"
Lu Qing thought that she would never embarrass her son and daughter-in-law like this in the future.
"Actually, King Qi is so old that he can be responsible for his own choices. Concubine Chen doesn't have to interfere too much." She hugged Yan Fuguang and said, "If you have a child, your highness and I are the most important. Close."
Yan Fuguang stroked her hair and praised, "Yes, we are the most important people to each other."
He might have paid more attention to her because of his children, but after he really cared about her, Yan Fuguang felt that he loved the children so much that he felt soft in his heart when he thought about the children she had with him.
But if he were to choose between the child and her, he would definitely choose Lu Qing.
Regardless of the child, he also wants to spend his whole life with her.
Lu Qing lay on his chest and listened quietly to his heartbeat. She had never felt so at ease.
Concubine Chen couldn't wait to accept the concubine for Yan Changfeng.
She didn't even wait for the injury on her neck to heal before she hurriedly sent the concubine chosen by Yan Changfeng to Prince Qi's Mansion.
What surprised Lu Qing was that one of them was Zhao Ruoling.
Mrs. Wang's expression was complicated when she spoke: "Miss Zhao is now the concubine of King Qi."
Lu Qing asked her: "You just found out too?"
"Isn't that right? Concubine Wei, you don't know. The Hou Mansion kept it a secret, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find out."
Mrs. Wang always thought that the Shungang Hou Mansion was eyeing the Prince's Mansion, but she did not expect that she ended up entering the Prince Qi Mansion.
However, it was excusable. There was only one concubine in the crown prince's palace, but she couldn't compete with Wei's side concubine.
It's different when you enter Prince Qi's palace. Prince Qi has not yet given birth to an heir. Once a child is born, she might become the next Wei concubine.
