The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

"Your Highness, have you forgotten what we agreed on?" She reminded him about her father.

"Your father said that as long as we have a child, he will support me!"

Everyone else is accused of "ruining their father," so why is it "the father ruining her life" when it comes to her?

Xia Tongsheng still didn't want to give up and asked, "Then does that mean our agreement is null and void?"

"Therefore, you are no longer allowed to read these forbidden books, as they are affecting my health!"

Damn it, what does it have to do with you that I read banned books? It even affects your health, but she had no choice but to agree, otherwise it would be her health that would be affected!

"Your Majesty, I promise I will never look at it again. For the next two weeks, I will stay in the courtyard, eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and pray for Your Majesty's safety!"

Min Youan's lips curled up slightly. "Go to sleep!"

"Your Highness, I am being punished and confined to my quarters!"

"Why can't I sleep here just because I'm under house arrest?" Min Youan asked.

"Yes, of course!" Xia Tongsheng said awkwardly.

And so, Xia Tongsheng was once again sadly confined to his bedside!

Green Lotus came to report, "Consort Xue, not only did the Prince not punish you, but he also stayed in your room."

Gu Xueyin said cautiously, "I guessed it long ago. That idiot Li Fuqi went to complain tonight, which just played right into Xia Tongsheng's hands. It helped her use her recent knowledge to seduce the prince!"

"What's next?"

Gu Xue sighed, "Let's wait and see. If we act too frequently, others might notice something amiss!"

The next day, Xia Tongsheng woke up and didn't see Min Youan. He must have already gotten up and gone to the morning court.

Ever since her novel was confiscated, Xia Tongsheng had been listless all day, unable to muster any interest in anything. But she didn't dare to cause any trouble, afraid of attracting the attention of the big boss, Min You'an.

"Miss, the young master is back today!" Yingling told her the good news when she saw that she was bored.

"Really!" Xia Tongsheng exclaimed in surprise. "Didn't you say it would take a month for you to come back?"

Yue'er was sent to the Imperial College to learn the ways of governing the country, which took only about 20 days.

Yingling smiled and said, "I heard that the Grand Tutor thought the young prince had performed well, so he ended the lessons early."

"Great! Go and fetch him here!"

"Miss, the young master will be coming to pay his respects to you soon," Yingling reminded her, seeing her impatient manner.

"Yes, look how happy I am!" Xia Tongsheng laughed foolishly.

"Miss, you love children so much, why don't you have one with the Prince? Your child would definitely be a little devil!" she couldn't help but imagine.

Xia Tongsheng patted Yingling's bottom. "You little devil? Can't you wish me well for once?"

Yingling grinned mischievously and said, "I'm just telling the truth. With your temper, you'd probably be the kind of mother who hands a knife to her child if he were to commit murder!"

"Well, you're absolutely right, but it's not that bad! He still needs to be properly educated! But what I'm worried about is whether his father can properly discipline him!"

Just then, Min Yanyue arrived. He knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed to Xia Tongsheng, saying, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

Xia Tongsheng felt sorry for him. "Get up quickly, child. From now on, when you come to see your mother, you don't need to bow."

"The Grand Tutor said, rites must not be abandoned, otherwise the country will cease to be a country, the ministers will cease to be ministers, and the people will cease to be people." Min Yanyue recited the Grand Tutor's teachings in a serious manner.

Xia Tongsheng felt a pang of heartache. This child was only 7 years old, an age when he would still be playing in the mud in modern times. She never expected that he would have to start learning long treatises on governing the country.

“Yue’er, etiquette is nothing more than a special system of etiquette in a country, using etiquette to strictly regulate the behavior of the people. If you don’t bow to me, does that prove that you don’t respect me? Since you respect me, why do you have to show it through this external form? Don’t you agree?” Xia Tongsheng patiently explained to him.

"Understood, Mother!"

Xia Tongsheng picked him up in one go, but found that she could no longer carry him. She said somewhat awkwardly, "Now that you're back, Mommy will play with you for a while."

Xia Tongsheng wants to give her child a real childhood.

"Play? Sure! Let's play Go."

Xia Tongsheng was speechless. How come she didn't know that Go had become something to play?

I felt even more sorry for this child, who didn't even know what real play was!

"Mom doesn't know how to play Go. How about we play hide-and-seek instead?" Xia Tongsheng readily admitted that she didn't know how to play Go.

"What is hide-and-seek?" Min Yanyue asked.

"It means you hide, and I'll go find you. If I find you, I win; if I don't, I lose," she patiently explained to him.

Min Yanyue nodded blankly, "Alright then, you hide first, I'll come find you!"

"Okay!" After saying that, Xia Tongsheng ran off in a flash. Although she knew that Min Yanyue was more mature than other children, she found a place where he could be easily discovered since it was his first time playing.

After the countdown, Min Yanyue started looking for her. She originally thought the child would have to run around the whole yard before finding her, but she was spotted in just one minute...

"How did you find me so quickly?" Xia Tongsheng exclaimed in surprise.

“Because I can locate things by sound, I heard your footsteps as you entered the room,” Min Yanyue explained.

Sound location? Xia Tongsheng froze. How was this supposed to work? Wouldn't she be found no matter where she hid? It felt like the game had lost its meaning.

Anyway, at least let him experience the fun of hide-and-seek. "Here's what we'll do: you hide, and Mommy will find you!"

Xia Tongsheng counted down to ten, then pretended to roar like a tiger, "The big tiger is coming!" How ridiculous!

At first, Xia Tongsheng pretended to be nonchalant, saying, "Where is it?" and "I can't find it."

Finally, she couldn't find Min Yanyue anywhere. She searched the courtyard, the kitchen, the living room, and the bedroom—he was nowhere to be found. She started to panic, fearing something had happened to him. "Yue'er, I give up. Please come out!"

In a flash, he jumped down from the tree, scaring Xia Tongsheng half to death. She reached out to catch him.

Min Yanyue, afraid of hitting her, turned around and landed on the ground, grazing Xia Tongsheng's hand.

Xia Tongsheng immediately checked, fearing something might have happened to the child, "Is anywhere in pain?"

Min Yanyue shook his head, "Mother, you don't need to worry. I've practiced martial arts since I was a child, so this height is nothing to me!"

Xia Tongsheng's heart finally settled down. "You scared me to death. Don't do such dangerous things again."

After that, Xia Tongsheng dared not play hide-and-seek with him anymore. Not only did he fail to rediscover his childlike innocence, but she was also afraid that she might develop a heart condition!

So she took Min Yanyue to play beanbag throwing, and he always managed to catch beanbags coming from all directions. They also played shuttlecock kicking, and once they started, they never stopped.

At this moment, Xia Tongsheng realized that she could no longer judge him with the eyes of a child.

"Yue'er, come here!" She called him to her side. "I'm asking you, what do you want to do most right now?"

"I want to see my mother!" His big, watery eyes were already brimming with tears, but it was clear that he was trying his best to hold them back.