Chapter 642: Binding the Child-Bearing System to Become a Winner in Life Chapter 643 Background Rabbit Spirit (15)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

The Qin Wang Fu's household affairs were few, most spent on daily consumption.

Shen Yao briefly glanced over the account books the steward delivered, finally pointing out a few unreasonable ones for someone to note down.

'Host, why not fish out all these fish that make them fat?'

The system discovered that any family with some wealth would have situations of servants bullying their masters.

'No, wait a bit longer. Water too clear has no fish; we can't really leave them not a single benefit.'

Then what motivation would these people have to work? Selling themselves to the Royal Family doesn't mean they can't accumulate their own private property; otherwise, whether they work or not, there's no reward, isn't that giving certain people an excuse to lie flat and slack off?

'As long as it doesn't exceed the set psychological expectation, this bit of small money doesn't need to be quibbled over.'

Standing up, Shen Yao took people to the neighboring residence. Upon arrival, they happened to catch three children crying and fussing without rest, and the wet nurses and servants couldn't coax them no matter what.

Shen Yao hurriedly reached out to hug each child into her arms, softly coaxing them.

Sure enough, the children who had been bawling with wide-open mouths slowly closed their mouths, finally lying in Shen Yao's arms blinking their eyes.

Mischievous and troublesome!

'Take them to be nursed; they slept too long at noon, let them play more.'

Shen Yao's three children were different from other children; although they were mixed-blood, they had human forms, and because they were constantly nourished by demonic energy while in the womb, their bodies were healthy and their energy vigorous.

In other words, they were excellent seedlings for martial cultivation!

The wet nurses and servants were scared out of their wits; finally, under the Wang Fei's command, they soothed the young masters, each secretly heaving a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Sigh

Although the monthly allowance earned daily was high, they couldn't stand that the young masters really could find trouble; truly a sweet burden.

That evening, Lin Xingzhi brought back the news that their family of three needed to enter the palace in three days.

'In three days?'

Shen Yao tilted her head, and glanced at the weather outside the window to confirm the time.

Lin Xingzhi smiled wryly and nodded, 'This time going to the General Manager is good to bring you and the children into the palace for the festival.'

The festival palace banquet was coming soon; all Royal Family Members had to enter the palace to freeze and suffer.

With Lin Xingzhi's physical condition, every time he entered the palace he could consume half his life; last year, because he wasn't in Jingcheng, he avoided a calamity; now the family of five had returned to Jingcheng, and for this kind of openly continuing family reunion palace banquet, as long as one wasn't bedridden and unable to get up, one had to attend.

However, this year Lin Xingzhi's family was somewhat special; the three children were young, and traveling by carriage all the way was extremely draining on the spirit; by then, privately pleading misery to the Emperor, there was a high probability they could avoid this year's festival palace banquet.

Hearing this, Shen Yao made an 'oh' sound and nodded; so they were entering the palace in three days to go through the back door.

Lin Xingzhi felt apologetic about this; when he was alone in the world, he had been accustomed to doing as he pleased, but now that he had a wife and children, he had to act cautiously, and also dragged his wife and children to suffer together.

'Xingzhi'

'Yao Niang'

Shen Yao smiled and held Lin Xingzhi's wrist, indicating that she and the children had never entered the Li Guo Imperial Palace before, not knowing whether the inside of the palace was as magnificent as the rumors among civilians said, or whether the people living inside were all noble beyond words.

Lin Xingzhi was diverted in topic, and spoke to Shen Yao about matters from his childhood in the Imperial Palace.

'During the Former Emperor's reign, there were many Imperial Consorts; later, the elder brother ascended the throne and moved some of them to a separate residence outside the city to be settled; some followed their children out of the palace to live; the last part lived in the Imperial Noble Consort's palace.'

Lin Xingzhi recalled the last time he entered the palace, which was to offer thanks after receiving an imperial edict to leave the capital.

The Imperial Palace was indeed tall and majestic, but the atmosphere was oppressive; the people living inside were all exquisite like dolls, without a shred of human vitality.

'When the elder brother ascended the throne, the court was unstable and public resentment ran rampant; to smoothly take control of the government, the elder brother had to marry the daughter of the current Grand Preceptor as his consort.'

'Of course, the Noble Consort, the Four Consorts, the various consorts and beauties; the elder brother basically thoroughly took in the marriageable daughters of all the court officials.'

For this reason, the Emperor's harem was not much easier than the Former Emperor's harem.

The consorts inside were all beautiful and ruthless; when he left the palace back then, he often heard of consorts miscarrying and offspring dying young.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao didn't feel too much about this; after all, she had also entered the Imperial Palace several times and emerged as the final winner in the harem struggle.

The mess left by the Former Emperor was too great; the Emperor had few chips in hand; marriage alliances with the court were a very useful method, after all, it only required lowering one's status to coax women, which was much easier than the swords and shadows of the court.

Doing this could be considered a clever trick; saying it out loud didn't sound good but it was useful; after all, the Emperor gave hope to everyone in both the former court and the harem equally; otherwise, the harem struggle wouldn't be so intense; surely he felt his own people could sit in that position.

'Times change; I wonder if the elder brother is doing well now?' Lin Xingzhi shook his head, thinking to himself that when he left the capital back then, the harem had just become slightly peaceful.

Because the offspring of several high-ranking consorts had already been established, the remaining minor consorts became chips for these people; all sides feared harming the vessel when hitting the mouse, not daring to be too arrogant.

'Once Xingzhi enters the palace, everything will be known,' Shen Yao raised her hand and touched Lin Xingzhi's cheek, feeling that the Emperor had always been living quite well; even if selling oneself, it wouldn't make one lose one's appetite; it was just this day-to-day busyness, not knowing if his body could take it.

Maliciously speculating about the Emperor's current health, Shen Yao covered her mouth corner and laughed out loud.

Lin Xingzhi heard the noise and didn't understand why his wife was laughing so happily.

He wanted to ask, but unexpectedly was preempted by Shen Yao blocking his mouth with her lips.

The next second, turning passive into active, Lin Xingzhi picked up Shen Yao and returned to the bedside; after casually letting down the bed curtain, he removed his clothes and belt.

The neatly worn clothes once again became disheveled; Shen Yao panted, looking at the handsome face right before her eyes, unable to help but kiss it again and again.

Sigh

Although being a love brain was somewhat terrifying, this feeling of a flushed face and racing heart was addictive.

Finally understanding why human-demon romance could become mainstream in this world? It was entirely the cross-species stimulation that made both humans and demons unable to help but drown in it.

System:...

What was the Host saying? They were proper Taskers!

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao got up from the bed once again, thinking to herself that such indulgence was truly not good.

Besides, Lin Xingzhi's body had not fully recovered; it was only because Shen Yao was this nutrition pack that Lin Xingzhi could maintain himself through constant dual cultivation.

'Doesn't this have a bit of the flavor of yin-absorbing yang-supplementing?' The key was that she was still the one being absorbed.

Although this yin-absorbing yang-supplementing caused no harm to Shen Yao's body (staying up too late fooling around and lacking energy didn't count), always being like this made a kind of inexplicable indulgent emotion arise in Shen Yao's heart.

Something like a broken pot breaking even more?

After Shen Yao shook her head and confirmed with the system several times that all of this counted as normal, she could only restrain herself and Lin Xingzhi from their daily behavior, paying attention to the frequency of their lovemaking, to prevent excessive indulgence from harming the body.

Lin Xingzhi:...

"Yao Niang, rest assured, Xingzhi, Xingzhi," Lin Xingzhi's face was flushed red; overly blunt words left him a bit caught off guard.

Shen Yao:... Damn, there's a bit of the flavor of beauty being appetizing, more and more loving!

After fiercely despising her own lustful behavior, Shen Yao opened her mouth to add, "It is Yao Niang who admires Xingzhi." This matter was both their responsibility; normal love between men and women had been injected with an infinitely amplified aphrodisiac, the more they loved, the harder it was to resist—how could this be one party's responsibility? One couldn't blame the two of them for truly loving each other.

Three days later, the family of five, having risen early and dressed neatly, entered the Imperial Palace by carriage.

Looking at the city walls ahead growing ever taller and more magnificent, Shen Yao for a moment resonated with her former self.

"Jing Prince Highness, Jing Princess Highness, please both alight from the carriage and walk into the palace."

This was the rule: anyone (except the Emperor) entering the palace must travel on foot.

Lin Xingzhi took the palm Shen Yao extended, gripped it tightly, then gestured for the inner attendant to lead the way.

"Princess Highness, the Empress Highness is already waiting for you at Fengyi Palace."

Shen Yao glanced at the woman dressed in Palace Maid attire, speaking neither hurriedly nor slowly, and smiled as she released the hand she had tightly gripped with Lin Xingzhi.

The three children naturally had to go with Lin Xingzhi to see the Emperor, while she, a mere woman, was summoned by the Empress.

Lin Xingzhi patted her reassuringly, then said their family would dine with the Imperial Elder Brother later, "The Imperial Sister-in-law has a gentle temperament; Yao Niang will know once she goes."

Shen Yao:...

Previously they said the Empress was arrogant and violent, liking to take out her anger on Imperial Consorts without backing in the Imperial Harem; this person truly could open her mouth and speak nonsense.

"Trouble the young lady to lead the way."

Shen Yao smiled and nodded to the woman in Palace Maid attire, then turned and left the Qian Dian area.

Fengyi Palace was not far from the Qian Dian where the Emperor lived and worked; after the few people had walked for a short while, that woman said smilingly that Fengyi Palace had arrived.

"Princess Highness, please enter the hall yourself."

"Thank you, young lady, for leading the way."

Shen Yao smiled, removed the bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into the Fengyi Palace Palace Maid before her, then raised her hand to tidy her slightly disheveled clothing, before stepping into the hall unhurriedly.

The Empress's surname was Jin, her given name Zhiyi.

Originally the pearl in the palm of the current Grand Preceptor, just hearing the name one could know her parents' expectations for her; pity that her own temper was explosive and she couldn't tolerate people, her conduct being exactly the opposite of her name.

"Chenfei pays respects to the Empress Highness, may the Highness have ten thousand blessings."

Shen Yao, with a face full of respect, saluted and inquired after the lady in Palace Attire seated on the central seat of the Dian Dian.

"Princess, quickly be exempt from salute; we are all family, no need for such courtesy."

The lady in Palace Attire raised her hand in a false gesture, pretentiously ordering a maid to go support her.

"The Highness's consideration, we are grateful in our hearts," Shen Yao smiled as she sat at the lower seat of the lady in Palace Attire, speaking softly about what she had seen and heard on the road.

The Empress had not left the palace for a long time, and moreover Shen Yao was a Princess, having no conflict of interest with her, so she was rare to be in a good mood and chat a few sentences.

However, most of the time it was Shen Yao finding topics, while the Empress mostly nodded in agreement, carrying her own unique lofty arrogance, equally looking down on everyone (even the Emperor).

"Highness, the Emperor invites the Highness to the Qian Dian."

Outside the door a palace attendant hurried into the hall, walking up before the Empress and whispering softly.

The Empress, upon hearing this, pursed her lips and smiled, rising to say they were going to the Qian Dian to dine.

Shen Yao was honest and proper throughout, appearing as if whatever the Empress said was right; when everyone arrived at the more proper Qian Dian with many people, she finally found the Head of the Caravan.

Lin Xingzhi's expression was even more excited than when they parted; Shen Yao blinked, walked over and quietly raised her hand to tug at the other's sleeve.

Hmm?

"Just now the abbot master of Huang Jue Si said that Yan'er and Jue'er are suitable for cultivation; when they grow up, they can enter Huang Jue Si as Laity Disciples."

"Jing'er is a girl; Huang Jue Si is not good at accepting disciples, but Changsheng Daozhang is willing to accept her as a Registered Disciple; it's just that Daozhang cultivates on Term Mountain, which is still too far from Jingcheng," Lin Xingzhi was not very reassured about sending his daughter there.

"Yan'er and the others are still young now; what are you nervous about at this moment?"

Shen Yao shook her head helplessly, turned to look at the three children being held by the wet nurse and sleeping soundly in their arms, "It's time to go dine."

Although this welcome banquet was specially prepared by the Emperor for their family, the main character showing face at the banquet was not them as a couple.

Shen Yao lowered her head eating the dishes in the bowl and plate, glancing sideways at the Empress whose expression changed, thinking to herself that this time she finally didn't need to enter the palace to vie for favor; otherwise, facing this kind of moment, the primary wife who would lose her temper would make survival difficulty in the Imperial Harem skyrocket.

By the time they left the Imperial Palace, it was already late; the couple wore great cloaks, followed behind by a mighty large group of people.

Considering the matter of Floating Clouds City was completed beautifully, Lin Xingzhi received commendation from the Emperor; not only was the extra income on the road given a clear path, but he also robbed a batch from the Emperor's Private Treasury, including the portions for the three children's birth, washing the third day, full month, and hundred days, all packed together and brought back to Qin Wang Fu.

"Yao Niang, our wedding earlier in Floating Clouds City could not be grandly held, a regret in my heart; now returning to Jingcheng, the Imperial Elder Brother has agreed to have the Imperial Household Department re-arrange it, the wedding date tentatively set for next March."

Besides the three children all having a good future, what Lin Xingzhi was happier about was naturally his and Yao Niang's wedding smoothly proceeding on the right track.

Parents' orders, matchmaker's words.

They two met in Floating Clouds City; returning to the capital to handle the wedding was relatively difficult.

Even if Lin Xingzhi later fabricated a fake wedding to report to the Emperor, the fake was ultimately fake; he ached for Yao Niang and was even more unwilling to wrong Yao Niang.

Now finally settling a matter on his mind, Lin Xingzhi felt life had no regrets.

After Lin Xingzhi finished speaking, he reached out and pulled Shen Yao into his embrace, burying his head in the crook of Shen Yao's neck, "Yao Niang, I am truly happy;" after the wedding was done, they would be truly husband and wife.

"Today at the Qian Dian, the Imperial Elder Brother had several masters and daoren by his side; I felt vaguely uneasy in my heart; fortunately, fortunately the result was good; Yan'er and the three also received continuous praise from the abbot master and Changsheng Daozhang," Lin Xingzhi spoke somewhat confusedly, obviously having suppressed too much at the banquet; now leaving the Imperial Palace he could finally vent.

Shen Yao lightly patted Lin Xingzhi's back with one hand, following along with Lin Xingzhi's words.

What should have been a tender scene, at some point, the atmosphere between the two grew increasingly ambiguous and charged.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao felt something was off and quickly stopped Lin Xingzhi's thought of drawing near.

Lin Xingzhi wrongfully pressed his handsome face toward Shen Yao, saying, "Yao Niang, wife."

Shen Yao:...

Even an iron-hearted person cannot resist a Beauty's pleading, and besides, the Beauty was indeed beautiful; Shen Yao, her lust aroused, ultimately could not withstand these things and rolled onto the bed with him.

The consequence of indulgence was waking up late the next day.

Shen Yao rubbed her slightly sore forehead, recalling the various scenes of last night's frolicking; even a veteran general long experienced on the battlefield would be ashamed.

Tsk.

She had not realized she was so lustful; could it be that her death in this world would be from exhaustion of essence and death?