Chapter 26: Bound to the Child-Bearing System and Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 26: Cannon Fodder Little Consort (26)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao's birth of three children and her promotion to Imperial Consort Xi spread out of the Huang Hou together.

Never mind how the Shen Family outside the palace felt; just say the palace had already exploded.

It couldn't not explode, mainly because Shen Yao climbed to the rank of Consort at a speed they envied but could not imitate.

And Shen Yao did it in less than a year.

If these words had been spoken a year ago, no one would have believed them, but who could have imagined that after Shen Yao entered the palace, her fantastical ideas would become reality, truly catching people off guard.

Someone watched the liveliness of Hehuan Palace while privately muttering that Shen Yao must have a secret medicine for bearing children.

Hiss

Completing in one breath an achievement others take several years or even decades to reach—how could it not drive people crazy?

Chaoyang Palace Main Hall

"Why have I drunk so much medicinal soup, yet my belly still shows no movement?

Imperial Concubine Xi has only been in the palace for a year, yet she gave birth to three imperial heirs and became Imperial Consort Xi.

You, go quickly and thoroughly investigate the secrets of Hehuan Palace for me.

If you can't find anything, don't come back!"

Zhou Ningyan pointed at the palace maid kneeling before her with a crazed expression and issued the mission.

Anyway, she didn't care about the difficulty; as long as she saw results.

The palace maid pointed at by Zhou Ningyan felt bitter in her heart, but could only agree on the surface.

But everyone understood that Hehuan Palace had long been guarded tightly by the Emperor's people; how could anything be found?

There were not a few people like Zhou Ningyan; who let the consorts who entered the palace all have their thoughts?

Wanting to win over the Emperor but failing, wanting to bear children but unable to.

Living long in such a repressive environment, perverted people only increased, not decreased.

Zhou Ningyan merely had the palace people of Chaoyang Palace investigate the secrets of Hehuan Palace; there were even more radical ones who directly planned to take down the newly minted Imperial Consort Xi and the three imperial heirs—after all, such calamities could not remain in the Huang Hou.

In such an atmosphere, Shen Yao happily lay in bed and passed the Washing Third Ceremony and Full Moon Banquet for her three children.

The Washing Third Ceremony was relatively better; the rules were still observed, not exceeding the scale of an eldest son.

But when it came to the Full Moon Banquet, after being raised for a month, the three children, already white and clean, plump and chubby, were held out and quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Especially these three children, looking lively, healthy, and full of energy, presenting a stark contrast to the sickly appearance of the previous three at their Full Moon Banquets.

Whoosh—

Like an arrow piercing the heart, those with children under their knees envied the three children's health; those without children envied Shen Yao for having three children.

At this moment, Shen Yao, still lying in bed observing postpartum confinement, felt as if thorns were pricking her all over.

Tsk tsk, the jealousy of the women in the Huang Hou was truly terrifyingly strong.

Fortunately, Shen Yao had prepared early; each of the three children had eaten quite a few pills beneficial to their health, otherwise she wouldn't feel reassured letting them be carried out for a stroll.

And at the Full Moon Banquet, the three children each received their own names.

The eldest, namely Xiao Yanchen's fourth son, was named Xiao Jin.

The second, Xiao Yanchen's fifth son, was named Xiao Yu.

The third, Xiao Yanchen's sixth daughter and also Xiao Yanchen's eldest daughter, was named Xiao Yue.

Here, male and female names were not different; it was only when the children reached adulthood and received their titles that there would be a difference of one or two characters.

However, these didn't matter much; who let the descendants of the old Xiao Family become increasingly scarce? Whether princes or princesses, they were all very important.

After the names of the three children were announced, the imperial edict regarding Shen Yao's investiture as Imperial Consort Xi followed.

The corresponding investiture ceremony was arranged for the fifth day after Shen Yao finished her postpartum confinement; at that time, Shen Yao could directly take the children and move to the main hall of Weiyang Palace next door.

Oh, one more thing needs to be emphasized here: even if no one lived there, Hehuan Palace was still Shen Yao's territory; no consorts would be arranged to live there in the future, and all permissions for this hall belonged to Shen Yao.

Certain consorts who had been thinking of temporarily moving over to leech some luck:...

The Emperor really was something; he actually blocked this path, so weren't they even further from pregnancy?

People of this era were somewhat superstitious; believing Shen Yao had a secret formula for bearing children and thinking Shen Yao was just lucky were not conflicting—they could go over and leech some luck themselves.

What sort of person was Xiao Yanchen? Of imperial birth, love him and wish him to live, hate him and wish him to die.

He currently liked Shen Yao very much; how could the place she lived be defiled by others?

Besides, he had people serving by Shen Yao's side, and they would report some of Shen Yao's daily life to him from time to time.

Whether Shen Yao had a secret medicine for bearing children, he knew best of all.

And if they really pinned their hopes on Shen Yao, it would be better to select new entrants to the palace according to Shen Yao's standards.

Xiao Yanchen knew clearly that Shen Yao could conceive twins because her maternal grandmother's family had precedents in this regard.

Hmm, for the next Imperial Selection, if the Huang Hou lacked offspring, he could choose from families with many brothers and siblings; after all, the matter of bearing children still required careful selection.

That's right; don't look at how Xiao Yanchen liked Shen Yao in his heart, but this person was essentially an emperor with three wives and four concubines.

Expecting Xiao Yanchen to remain chaste just because Shen Yao bore him three children and only be with Shen Yao alone was basically impossible.

Of course, Shen Yao wouldn't have such an unrealistic maiden's dream.

The reason was simple; after two people got along for a long time, they would demand too much.

Shen Yao could not fall in love with people in the Task World; that was too exhausting.

But if Xiao Yanchen invested too much in her and suddenly discovered that Shen Yao's investment didn't match what he sought, well, just thinking about that scene appearing would make Shen Yao tremble with fear.

If it really doesn't work out, she'll just happily enjoy her own life, dutifully complete the childbearing mission, and nothing else matters.

Shen Yao sees things openly, so dealing with Xiao Yanchen becomes even easier to manipulate.

After Shen Yao smoothly finished her confinement, received the treasure register and Imperial Edict, and moved into Weiyang Palace, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew—

After striving for a year, she was finally no longer a dispensable little transparent figure in the Huang Hou.

For her future life, relying on the three children, as long as she doesn't actively provoke trouble, glory and wealth are already within easy reach.

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"Xiao Jin, honestly confess, where did you just run off to with your younger brother and sister?

The entire Weiyang Palace couldn't find the three of you, are you trying to scare Mother Consort to death?"

Weiyang Palace Dian Dian

Shen Yao wore a set of Palace Attire, embroidered with large blooming hehuan flowers.

At this moment, where was there any of the noble dignity of Imperial Consort Xi? With both hands on her waist and her tone slightly urgent, she was clearly an old mother driven mad by her children.

Time passes quickly; it has been three years since Shen Yao was promoted to Imperial Consort Xi until now.

Three round, chubby children can also run, jump, play, and make noise, and even because of their healthy bodies, they play even more wildly than ordinary people.

During these days, because of the Selection of Beauties matter in the Huang Hou, Shen Yao feared the three children would be schemed against by others, so she detained them and didn't let them go out.

The result was good; she didn't let them go out, but the three little ones ran away themselves.

And in a way she could hardly imagine — crawling through a dog hole!

Dog hole?!

When Shen Yao heard these two words, she even felt like she didn't quite recognize them.

Please, this is the Imperial Palace; normally even a brick or tile falling from a palace roof must be recorded stroke by stroke, so how could a dog hole inexplicably appear?

So when the three children played crazily, looking a mess with their clothes, and were brought back by the slaves, Shen Yao completely lost her persona, transforming from noble and elegant into a fire-breathing dragon, scaring the three children into trembling, hugging themselves with their chubby hands, not daring to speak.

"Heh! Think not speaking lets you off the hook? Still thinking of summoning rescue troops?"

Shen Yao looked at the three children with a shimmering gaze, thinking to herself they really know how to cause a ruckus; the whole Weiyang Palace wasn't enough, they even ran to the Huang Hou to go crazy along with it.

It's also because the Emperor placed so many people around these three children, able to protect them constantly, otherwise they would have been gotten to long ago.

Shen Yao was angry and upset, thought for a moment, then sat back on the couch without moving.

Seeing Mother stop speaking, Xiao Jin opened those peach blossom eyes identical to Xiao Yanchen's, acting spoiled pitifully, "Mother Consort."

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yue followed suit acting pitiful, each cry of "Mother Consort" heart-wrenching.

Only these two didn't have affectionate peach blossom eyes, but almond eyes like Shen Yao's, bright and clean, melting the heart of anyone who looked.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao rubbed her head, a trace of weariness on her face; before she could even open her mouth, she felt someone sit down beside her, the familiar Dragon Yan Incense scent drifting over.

Shen Yao turned her head, directly stretched out her arms to hug the other person, her tone muffled, "Still need Your Majesty to discipline them, this subject has no way."

Her own cubs insist on being pampered, result is they're spoiled rotten.

Shen Yao grumbled in her heart, burying her head in Xiao Yanchen's embrace and not coming out.

She didn't want to hear the few children argue; they could truly make three parts of reason out of unreason.

Worthy of being Xiao Yanchen's seeds, each exceptionally intelligent.

Xiao Yanchen laughed and patted Shen Yao's shoulder; he heard Wei Zhu's message and hurried over from Taiji Hall.

Fortunately he wasn't late; otherwise letting the three children anger the little woman in his arms again, he'd probably have another night of tossing and turning, unable to sleep or rest well.

Three years passed, Xiao Yanchen's appearance is even more mature and charming than before.

If one says, at twenty-five Xiao Yanchen still had a trace of youthful greenness, at twenty-eight Xiao Yanchen is completely mature.

Whether appearance or bearing, both are top-tier.

"Alright, tell Father Emperor, why did you dig a hole to run out?"

Xiao Yanchen is also very helpless; the three children are indeed quite mischievous, but as long as he thinks they are his own children, he can't bear to discipline them.

He sighed, stretched out his hand to beckon the three children forward.

Xiao Yanchen questioned each one in turn, whispered a few instructions, then let Wei Zhu and Qiu Yue take them away to wash and change into clean clothes.

After the people left with pattering footsteps, Xiao Yanchen dug Shen Yao out of his embrace again.

"Alright, you're still pregnant, the three of them already know they were wrong, next time they absolutely won't dare do it again."

After Xiao Yanchen finished speaking, his gaze gently looked at Shen Yao's slightly protruding abdomen, his large hand covering it.

These three years, the Huang Hou had no new children; although occasionally a few became pregnant, they all ended in miscarriage.

For this, Xiao Yanchen did investigate thoroughly; eliminating others' sabotage, only physical problems remained.

It's also fortunate that Shen Yao successfully diagnosed pregnancy in recent days; otherwise for this Selection, Xiao Yanchen would definitely have to select a few more beauties conducive to childbearing into the palace.