get-shopping Chapter 295 Li Yuanke's Responsibility
Chapter 295 Li Yuanke's Responsibility
The eldest princess cried in anger when she heard that her father refused to bestow a name upon her.
The Empress has already bestowed a name upon the Third Princess. Although the name Sanmeimei is not pleasant to hear and is a bit ugly, outsiders don't think so. The name bestowed by the Empress is beautiful no matter what, and she has actually been outshone.
"Father only knows how to be good to Mother. I am still Father's eldest daughter. At the New Year's Eve banquet, Father scolded me, which made others look down on me!"
Consort De was helpless. The Emperor had no sense of responsibility as a father. At least the late Emperor would inquire about the princes' studies, but the Emperor never did. He hadn't even met all the princes and princesses.
The eldest princess had no chance to show off in front of her father.
The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner. Shen Shixi's last menstrual period was on February 22nd. Calculated by the date, she is already more than two months pregnant, but not yet three months along. Li Yuanke still feels nauseous and wants to vomit whenever he sees her belly.
Shen Shixi ignored him. With the festival approaching, she rewarded the people in Peach Blossom Village and Zhaoyang Palace. Nothing much happened this year, so she focused on her pregnancy. With nothing to do, she started braiding five-colored ropes again. The five colors of silk—blue, white, red, black, and yellow—were quite beautiful when she braided them.
She knitted one for herself, and then knitted another one according to Li Yuanke's wrist size, to give to him when he came in the evening.
Bai Kui then said, "Your Highness, next year we'll be making another one! I wonder if it will be a prince or a princess, or if it will resemble Your Highness or His Majesty. It will definitely be beautiful. Just thinking about it makes me so excited!"
Shen Shixi then asked, "You and Bai Ping are both older than me, and you're not young anymore. I'd like to find you both good husbands, but I don't know what kind of men you like?"
Bai Kui was terrified when she heard this. "Your Majesty, this servant will definitely not leave the palace to get married. What's so good about getting married? This servant wants to follow Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty for the rest of her life. When the young master comes out, this servant will take care of the young master."
Bai Ping also said, "This servant will not marry either! This servant does not want to get married. What's so good about marriage? There will be three wives and four concubines, it'll be disgusting!"
Shen Shixi laughed and pointed at each of them with one finger. "You all listen to my nonsense all day long, and you've all become too naive. This is just how the world is. To put it bluntly, even if I became empress, I couldn't change this system."
But so what? If a person never experiences the joys of love and never becomes a mother, they will inevitably regret it later. Marrying the wrong person, what does that matter compared to wasting one's youth?
Bai Ping blushed and gave Shen Shixi a reproachful look. "This servant will not marry, but this servant is willing to find a man to have a child with."
Shen Shixi laughed, "Okay, no problem. But don't be like our cousin, who ended up being manipulated by men."
Bai Kui then said, "This servant also wants to find a man to conceive a child with, but I won't go for those high-ranking officials, it would be too embarrassing if it got to Your Highness's door. I'll just find an ordinary man, someone who can have children."
"You can't treat yourself badly. You have to find someone strong and powerful, with broad shoulders, a thick back, a narrow waist, and long legs. He also has to be handsome. Otherwise, it will affect the next generation. If you have an unattractive child, you will all feel that you have wronged the child. So, you can't just find a man to be your child's father."
Most importantly, if a man is incompetent in bed, that's a huge loss, even more disgusting than being bitten by flies!
As soon as Li Yuanke stepped in, he heard Shen Shixi talking to her two personal maids. He was so angry that his face turned black. It was as if she had experienced it herself. He was almost driven mad with anger.
"You bastard, what nonsense are you spouting now? Is it still not over between Han Xiao and your cousin?" Li Yuanke cursed.
Chao Yu stood at the door with his head bowed. You can't really blame him; he was trying to report, but the Emperor wouldn't allow it.
Shen Shixi chose to ignore him, instead turning around and pulling Li Yuanke aside. "Your Majesty is back! You've come at the perfect time! Try out the five-colored rope I made for you. Are you going to Jinming Pond to shoot willows again this year? I want to go too!"
Li Yuanke forgot what he had been angry about. He watched with a smile as Shen Shixi tied the five-colored rope around his neck and rolled up her sleeves to cover it. He then pulled her onto his lap and said, "Aren't you afraid of the heat? The Imperial Observatory checked, it'll be very hot on the Dragon Boat Festival. What if you get heatstroke?"
"I'm not stupid. If it's hot, I'll come back myself. I want to watch you shoot willow branches!" Shen Shixi leaned on his shoulder and bit him. Li Yuanke winced in pain and dared not pat her bottom anymore. "Let go, and I'll take you!"
Shen Shixi relaxed and rubbed it for him. She had bitten her skin until it bled, and it hurt a lot when he rubbed it. Li Yuanke suspected that she did it on purpose.
"Count how many teeth marks are on my shoulder!" Li Yuanke said angrily, holding her in his arms.
Shen Shixi leaned on his shoulder. "Li Yuanke, no one dares to leave a mark on you except me! I'm not biting you, I'm branding you with my own mark!"
Li Yuanke smiled and cursed, "You dog, all you do is flatter and deceive!"
"How dare you insult me! Don't think I don't understand. 'Those who are clever with words and flattering in appearance are seldom benevolent.' You're calling me a scoundrel!"
Li Yuanke burst into laughter, "How come I didn't know that saying? I'm illiterate, I've never been to school!"
Shen Shixi said, "Li Yuanke, I heard that when a fetus is six months old, it can perceive the outside world. At this time, parents can educate the fetus. If you keep calling me 'father' and 'father' in front of my belly every day and even curse, when your child is born, do you think the first thing he will say will be 'Father, you bastard' instead of calling me 'father' and 'mother'?"
[I'm hungry, I need to pee, you bastard, why aren't you feeding me... Damn, I can't even imagine this scene! Li Yuanke, that dog, can he even be a father? I don't want to take care of a baby!]
Li Yuanke was also stunned. He imagined the scene and broke out in a cold sweat. If such a thing were to be born, he was afraid he would be able to resist hitting it!
However, it seems that he taught them all.
"It's all your fault!" Li Yuanke quickly shifted the blame, touching her belly. "From now on, you're not allowed to talk nonsense in front of the child. What if it's a daughter, and she takes what you say to heart?"
"Your daughter is so precocious. She was still in the womb, and she could absorb all this information and remember it until she was eighteen?" Shen Shixi rolled her eyes.
"Then why did you scare me, saying she'd learn to speak like me in the future?"
Shen Shixi said, "I'm reminding you, listen if you can, don't listen if you can't. Anyway, the child isn't just mine. I gave birth to him, but if he doesn't turn out well and becomes a hooligan, I won't care."
"If you raise a child but don't teach him, it's the father's fault; it's all your responsibility."
Li Yuanke was afraid she wouldn't have the baby, so he immediately assured her, "You just take care of having the baby, the rest is my business, I promise you won't have to worry about it at all."
That dog is incredibly lazy, but what she said is indeed true. Upbringing is the father's responsibility. Whether it's a son or a daughter, he plans to raise them himself and not hand them over to anyone else.
Shen Shixi instructed Chaoyu to inform the concubines accompanying him that they could go to Jinming Pond to watch the willow shooting competition during the Dragon Boat Festival. Anyone who wanted to go could go, and the imperial heirs could also be taken along if they wished to go out. However, the imperial concubines should keep a close eye on them to prevent them from getting heatstroke.