Chapter 215: Burning Newspapers on a Grave, Fooling Ghosts

"Goodbye, His Majesty, Her Majesty, see you next time when you're free~"

Li Junxian drove the carriage away gradually, and Chen Yan lowered his arm, letting out a slight sigh of relief.

Finally managed to see those two elders off.

When he turned around, Chen Yan, about to enter the mansion, met Gao Yang's unfriendly gaze.

Xiang Lan silently took Xiao Sizi from Gao Yang's hand and said, "Little Princess, would you like to go back with me first?"

Xiao Sizi looked up at her own sister, then glanced at Chen Yan, and, twitching her little nose, said, "Brother, take it easy~"

Gao Yang: "......"

Xiang Lan looked up, let out a snort, bent over, and hurried away with Xiao Sizi.

"What are you up to again?"

After the two left, Chen Yan was the first to ask.

"What do you think?" Gao Yang said angrily, "Father Emperor and Mother Empress have arrived; why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Do you just want to see me look bad?"

"Also, we've been sharing the same bed for so long, living together this long; even a dog would have feelings, right?"

"And you didn't help when Mother Empress scolded me, that's one thing, but you actually added insult to injury—are you even human?"

"Stop babbling." Speaking of that, Chen Yan got angry, "Your Father Emperor and Mother Empress came privately, didn't tell anyone; I just happened to run into them outside, then brought them home. How could I have told you in advance?"

"Besides, when you were scolded by Mother Empress, wasn't I also reprimanded?"

"I didn't ask for it, yet I caused a fuss; you should be laughing secretly. What the heck are you questioning?"

Chen Yan frowned, passed by Gao Yang, and walked straight into the mansion.

Learning that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun had staged a sudden attack, Gao Yang's anger subsided by most, and she then gloatingly said, "That's what you deserve; who told you to add insult to injury?"

"Mother Empress is right; in this regard, you're not a good person."

"Ah, right, right, right." Chen Yan didn't bother to reply, and since he had gotten rid of Du Gou again today, he planned to go back and take a nap.

But Gao Yang unexpectedly chased after him, glancing at him now and then, pretended to be indifferent and said, "Chen Yan, today Mother Empress asked me if I was pregnant."

Chen Yan paused his steps, "How did you answer?"

"What else could I say? I told the truth: I told Mother Empress I'm not pregnant now, and she said we should hurry, after all your Chen family line is a single branch......"

"Oh." Chen Yan nodded and said nothing more.

Gao Yang arched her elegant brows, "What does 'oh' mean?"

Is the reaction supposed to be this bland?

Unable to figure out Chen Yan's thoughts, Gao Yang decided to be direct, "Don't you have anything you want to express?"

"I think Mother Empress is right; your Chen family now has only you as the sole heir, continuing the lineage is of utmost importance, we can't delay."

"When we got married, didn't your father's old brothers all say they wanted you to have several more children?"

"Are you not at all anxious?"

"Me?" Chen Yan shook his head, "I'm not in a hurry."

Gao Yang choked, a bit angry, "It's not that, why aren't you in a hurry?"

"It's not that; why should I be in a hurry?" Chen Yan retorted directly.

And while they were talking, someone arrived at the room's doorway; he opened the door and walked in, and Gao Yang immediately followed.

"No, you must hurry." Gao Yang said forcefully.

"You're always like this." Chen Yan pursed his lips, lying on the Taishi Chair that he had had made for himself just two days ago, "You're the one who should be in a hurry, right?"

"Did I not make it clear last time?"

"Don't think having children is that simple; there are many complications inside."

"Besides, you're still young, truly not suitable for having children. I don't want children now precisely because of that, so can you stop being impatient?"

"Let's wait two more years and then talk about it."

"I'm young?" Gao Yang sounded as if she heard a joke, "Do you know how old Mother Empress was when she gave birth to the Crown Prince?"

"I'm still young?"

"Out there, who knows how many people younger than me already have children running around."

"Find an excuse, at least find a decent one. I've already married you, and now you say I'm young, not fit for children—you're just burning newspapers on a grave, you're fooling ghosts."

Chen Yan suddenly felt a toothache.

Gao Yang was actually right; women in this era married very early, for example Empress Changsun married Li Shimin at thirteen.

Yet this year Empress Changsun is not even forty; her two sons are older than she is, and her third daughter is about the same age as her.

One can imagine how young Empress Changsun was when she gave birth to Li Chengqian.

And outside, some women are even more extreme; marrying and bearing children in their early teens before full development is commonplace.

According to the general situation of this era, an eighteen‑year‑old Gao Yang is already considered a late marriage.

"Why are you silent now?" Seeing Chen Yan's silence, Gao Yang grew even more self‑righteous.

In her view, Chen Yan is just making excuses, surely still thinking of Li Lizhi.

"Talk, talk, talk, what the heck are you talking about?" Chen Yan's mood was inexplicably irritated, "Then why don't you go ask those women who married early, how likely they are to survive childbirth?"

"It's entirely about fate; if you're lucky you survive, if not you die, do you want to be like them?"

"What's the point?" Gao Yang frowned, "Aren't all women like that?"

"How could having children be without risk?"

"If we avoid having children just because of some risks, how will our bloodline continue?"

"How will our culture continue, whose spirit will we rely on?"

"Since ancient times it's always been like this! Why are you getting angry?!"

"Talking to you is really damn exhausting." Chen Yan took a deep breath, "What I'm saying is you're still young, your body isn't fully developed yet; wait two years before considering having children."

"I'm not saying I don't want to; what the hell are you pulling with me?"

"All that damn stuff you learned from me."

"You're farting!" Gao Yang, angry, lifted his head and puffed out his chest, "I'm not fully developed; which eye of yours saw me not fully developed?"

"Are you blind? Or do you simply not want to have a child with me?"

"You said last night that I'm big......"

"Shut up!" Chen Yan glared, scolding angrily.

He then immediately looked outward, found the door had been closed by Gao Yang, but because there was a Potato in the room, the window was open, in order to let the Potato absorb sunlight.

Chen Yan hurried over, closed the window, then walked up to Gao Yang, saying irritably, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Can you just say such things recklessly?"

"...... I don't care; you must give me an explanation today." It seemed he also realized his words couldn't be spoken carelessly, and Gao Yang's tone softened a lot, not as hard as before.

"......"