After I traveled through the book, I fought back in the Hou Mansion

Chapter 499

The third year of Jingxi, autumn.

The sycamore leaves in front of the Taiji Hall were cut into pieces by the wind, and their shadows fell on the young emperor through the carved window lattices.

The hall was filled with the faint scent of incense. Emperor Jingxi, who ascended the throne at the age of ten, was now thirteen years old.

He had shed his childish figure. The fitted dragon robe wrapped around his taller body. His originally slightly round face gradually revealed a delicate outline. Now he looked like a teenager.

The lingering scent of ambergris lingered on the corner of the imperial desk. When Emperor Jingxi lowered his gaze, his eyelashes cast a faint shadow beneath his eyes. His calm demeanor was completely different from three years ago, with a touch of the calmness that comes with age.

He looked at the memorial spread out in front of him; the dense handwriting made him dizzy.

The imperial desk was piled high with memorials, ranging from urgent reports on local disasters to proposals for the appointment and dismissal of officials. As he flipped through each one, his fingertips were stained with ink.

After an unknown amount of time spent hunched over his desk, the young emperor suddenly frowned in annoyance, raised his hand, and threw the memorial onto the table. "Forget it, I won't approve it."

He raised his hand to rub his swollen temples, and spoke with the unconcealable willfulness of a young man: "I haven't had a good rest in several days. I have to take a day off today no matter what."

Before he finished speaking, he had already walked out, his dragon boots stepping over the jade steps, his voice exceptionally clear: "I am going to the Princess's Mansion to look for my sister, and no one of you can stop me."

When the eunuch saw this, he secretly groaned in his heart, but did not dare to step forward to stop it. He just raised his eyes and gave a look to the eunuch at the palace door.

The eunuch received the information and prepared to quietly retreat, but was stopped by the young emperor the next second: "Stop! I want to see who dares to tip off the emperor today!"

Hearing his anger, the servants in the Hall of Supreme Harmony fell to their knees with a clatter.

Emperor Jingxi was quite pleased with their sensible attitude. He snorted softly, a hint of majesty visible between his brows: "I am the Emperor of the Great Zhou, respected by all the people. What can't I do? But you all are so good, do you still have me in your eyes? Whenever there is something wrong, you go to tell the Grand Tutor, you don't take me seriously at all!"

The eunuchs said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. We dare not." They bowed their heads to the ground. Naturally, they did not see that although he shouted at them, he actually knew that no one dared to look up, and was quietly moving out of the hall.

He walked out while scolding, and when he walked out of the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, his heart was filled with joy. He secretly laughed at the eunuchs' stupidity and planned to sneak out of the palace while they were still kneeling. However, his joy turned into sorrow and he turned around and bumped into a wall of people.

The force of the collision made Emperor Jingxi take a few steps back. He opened his mouth to yell, but when he looked up, he was met with an expressionless face.

The scolding that was about to come out was stuck in his throat, and his cheeks instantly turned red. After holding it in for a long time, he finally choked out a sentence from his throat: "Emperor...Emperor Master."

The person who came was Ye Yunzhou.

Compared to three years ago, time has left few traces on him.

After the death of the previous emperor, Emperor Jingxi ascended the throne as the new emperor. Then, in accordance with the previous emperor's will, he appointed Ye Yunzhou as the imperial teacher and ordered him to teach him.

However, even though he was already on the throne, Emperor Jingxi was even more afraid of his brother-in-law who was also the imperial tutor.

Ye Yunzhou glanced at Emperor Jingxi indifferently, then bowed and saluted, his tone so respectful that it was impossible to find fault with it: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

But after he stood up, he started talking bluntly: "I wonder where your Majesty is going?"

Emperor Jingxi felt extremely guilty, so he naturally lost the desire to go out and play.

But he didn't want to show any fear on his face. He pretended to be calm, put his hands behind his back, and without looking at Ye Yunzhou, turned around and walked into the hall: "My legs are a little numb from sitting for so long. I want to go in and stretch my legs. Imperial Master, don't worry."

Ye Yunzhou glanced at his back lightly, then raised his leg and followed him into the inner hall together.

He naturally knew that this was just an excuse, but no matter how young he was, the other party was an emperor after all, and the distinction between the monarch and his subjects was right in front of him, so he would not deliberately expose it.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Jingxi dared to lie with his eyes open again and again. This trick is no longer uncommon.

Emperor Jingxi had just stood up from his stool when he sat back down again.

Now that Ye Yunzhou was watching from inside the hall, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to pick up the memorials he had just dropped and read them carefully one by one.

When he turned to the memorial from the magistrate of Fangzhou, he felt annoyed: It has been raining continuously in autumn recently. Is Your Majesty in good health?

This person always liked to submit memorials frequently, most of which were about trivial matters, but he couldn't put them aside and approve them.

He then picked up his pen and wrote "I am fine" with such force that if the paper of the memorial had not been made of special material, it would have penetrated it.

After finishing writing, he put down his pen and was so annoyed that he wanted to raise his hand to scratch his head, but suddenly he remembered that Ye Yunzhou was still there, and he reluctantly withdrew his outstretched hand.

It was not until another hour passed that Ye Yunzhou, who was reading a military book, stood up and said goodbye.

As soon as he left, Emperor Jingxi breathed a sigh of relief. Naturally, he would not continue to review memorials. He threw down his pen and turned to leave the Taiji Hall.

The eunuchs looked at each other, all knowing that His Majesty was in a bad mood at the moment, and no one dared to speak.

.........

In the princess's mansion, Luo Shuiyao was completely different from the one she was three years ago: her eyebrows and eyes were relaxed, her figure was slender, her complexion was more beautiful, and her temperament had become more luxurious.

At this time, she was staying with Luo Shi and Niu Jiaojiao, and Niu Jiaojiao had her hair combed into a bun.

No one expected that the young master of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, who once seemed foolish, would fall in love with Niu Jiaojiao and get married. After getting married last spring, Niu Jiaojiao is now holding her daughter who just turned one hundred days old in her arms.

The child inherited the best qualities of his parents and was extremely cute, so he was held in his arms and played with.

Luo watched with a smile on her face, her face full of satisfaction. Her niece became a princess, and her husband and wife loved each other very much. Her son returned to Beijing and entered the Imperial Hospital to study under the imperial physician. Her daughter married into a wealthy family and lived a smooth life, getting along well with her mother-in-law. She herself lived a comfortable life and looked younger than she did three years ago.

After teasing him for a while, the young child, who was already very sleepy, started to ask for milk.

Niu Jiaojiao beckoned the nurse to take the child to the side room to feed him. Then she looked at Luo Shuiyao with a smile and said, "Cousin, you've been married for so long, why don't you have a child?"

Luo was also looking at her eagerly from the side - she had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but she was too shy to speak up. Now that Niu Jiaojiao asked it, it was exactly what she wanted.

Luo Shuiyao was stunned.

She and Ye Yunzhou have been married for more than three years. The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and the wife of the Right Prime Minister have mentioned the issue of offspring several times, either explicitly or implicitly, but she pretended not to understand and changed the subject.

At first, she was afraid, worried that premature intercourse and childbirth would harm her health, so she was somewhat reluctant. But for some reason, Ye Yunzhou didn't seem to have any such thoughts and never brought it up. Now, she was several months past her eighteenth year, and without Ye Yunzhou's initiative, she felt even less comfortable bringing it up, so the matter continued to drag on.

Hearing Niu Jiaojiao's question, she came back to her senses and said, "Didn't my cousin tell you that giving birth early is not good for your health?"

When Niu Jiaojiao got married, Luo Shuiyao did say this to her.

But in this era, there is no other way of contraception except taking medicine, and the medicine is extremely time-consuming to prepare. One time, Niu Jiaojiao was too lazy to take the medicine, and unexpectedly she got pregnant that time.

At this moment, she felt a little embarrassed when she heard Luo Shuiyao mention the old things. She scolded him, "Even if it's really as you said, you are not young anymore. It's time for you to get married."

Luo Shuiyao was thinking about other things, so she replied perfunctorily: "Okay, I understand."

Then he joked, "Look at you, you don't even feel ashamed when you mention this."

Niu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes: "Why are you embarrassed? You're already married, what's there to be ashamed of?"

The two sisters laughed and played for a while, and then Luo took Niu Jiaojiao and the child to say goodbye.

Ever since Niu Baoshan returned to Beijing, Luo moved out of the princess's mansion and lived with him in the house in Guihua Lane.

Luo Shuiyao once suggested that they move to a better house, but Luo Shi was unwilling, saying that the place was very nice to live in and the neighbors were harmonious.

Seeing that her aunt really liked it, Luo Shuiyao had to give up.

After seeing the two off, Luo Shuiyao returned to the house. After receiving the message from Ye Yunzhou that he would be back at night and there was no need to wait for him to eat, she asked Chuntao to bring some hot water, and then took out the clothes that had been prepared in the cupboard and changed into them. Then she got into bed and lay down.

As night fell, Ye Yunzhou finally returned home. Hearing from the servants that Luo Shuiyao had gone to bed early, he went to the next room to take a cold shower and change clothes. Then he tiptoed over, got under the quilt, and took her into his arms.

But when he hugged her, he immediately felt that the person in his arms was different from before.

He propped himself up and looked down carefully. Luo Shuiyao's eyelashes trembled in his arms. Her pajamas were so thin and soft that it looked like she was not wearing anything. The whiteness of her chest was almost visible through the cloth.

Ye Yunzhou's eyesight was good to begin with, and he saw this scene clearly, and his breathing became disordered in an instant. The cold shower just now was of no use at all. He was holding his breath and wanted to let go, turn over and get out of bed to take another shower, but suddenly someone hugged his back.

Seeing that he still didn't move even though she was so proactive, Luo Shuiyao couldn't help feeling discouraged.

But she has always been more courageous after setbacks, and this moment was no exception. With a thought in mind, she slowly moved her arms around him forward, and when her fingertips touched the flesh of the man's chest, she lightly brushed across it as if unintentionally.

Clearly feeling the man's body suddenly tense up, she chuckled, straightened up and moved closer to his neck, opened her red lips and kissed his earlobe - Ye Yunzhou immediately groaned.

Suddenly, the world spun around and Luo Shuiyao was thrown to the ground. Before she could even scream, she looked up and met Ye Yunzhou's red eyes.

She was stunned, and a sense of fear inexplicably rose in her heart, and she subconsciously wanted to retreat.

Ye Yunzhou would never give her a chance. Seeing that she was trying to retreat, he immediately lowered his head and kissed her.

In the past few years, he was always afraid that he would hurt her if he couldn't help it, so he would take a cold shower and try his best to restrain himself when he got upset. Now that he got her active signal, the evil fire that had been suppressed for a long time could no longer be suppressed, and his movements were full of eagerness.

Outside, the autumn rain continued, large raindrops wrapped in the wind hitting the window lattice, the patter never stopping. Inside, it was completely different. Spring was surging, and the exquisite embroidered bed was gently rocking with the couple lying on it, filling the room with warmth.

On the second day, Ye Yunzhou unexpectedly put aside all his affairs and stayed in the mansion to accompany Luo Shuiyao.

The servants in the courtyard were all quite surprised. They felt that the prince consort today had lost much of his usual coldness, and there was always a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. He was completely different from the past.

It was already past noon when Luo Shuiyao woke up.

It was her first time, and even though Ye Yunzhou restrained himself, she still felt uncomfortable and weak.

The serving maids looked at each other and saw the ambiguous signs on the princess. They blushed for a moment, and when they saw the prince consort coming in, they immediately retreated.

Luo Shuiyao originally thought that Ye Yunzhou had gone to work, but she found out that he was still there.

Luo Shuiyao turned around and looked at him, feeling quite embarrassed.

Ye Yunzhou was no different from usual. He picked up the ink on the table and began to draw her eyebrows instead of the maid.

In the past three years, whenever Ye Yunzhou was in the mansion, he was the one who did the eyebrow drawing.

Ye Yunzhou's expression was too gentle. Even after all these years, Luo Shuiyao still couldn't help but be attracted to his handsome face.

Ye Yunzhou was quite pleased with this.

After he finished drawing her eyebrows, he helped her up and held her in his arms. His eyes swept over her belly with a hint of expectation in them.

Luo Shuiyao raised her eyes and happened to meet his gaze. She found it funny and naturally understood what he was thinking - after all, every time she saw Niu Jiaojiao holding her daughter, this man appeared cold on the surface, but he would always secretly look at her lower abdomen.

Realizing that Luo Shuiyao already knew his thoughts, Ye Yunzhou didn't hide anything. He gently placed his big hand on her belly and said in a gentle and expectant voice, "I want a daughter. I wonder if Madam can agree to it?"

Luo Shuiyao slapped his hand away in annoyance, then thought of Niu Jiaojiao's soft daughter. A smile instantly filled her eyes and she replied softly, "Then take it."

Ye Yunzhou immediately chuckled, then silently said: "Madam, thank you."

Thank you for coming to me, thank you for giving me a home.

End of the book