The concubine is soft and charming, and the prince is willing to seduce her

Chapter 235: What more can a husband ask for when he gets a wife like this?

Knowing he had gone a bit too far, the emperor was unusually enthusiastic in front of Shen Zhiyu, pressing his warm palms against her soft lower back with just the right amount of pressure.

"Zhizhi, are you feeling better now?"

Shen Zhiyu snorted twice, "Don't think that this will make up for your sins last night..."

Wei Qingye nodded readily, "Change clothes, draw eyebrows, put on makeup, style hair, do whatever Zhizhi wants."

Shen Zhiyu raised her slender fingers and lightly and casually pinched his chin. "Chang Ying is so considerate, I feel a little flattered."

Her delicate, pale fingertips slid down her neck, touching her prominent, bobbing Adam's apple. She deliberately brushed it against it a couple of times, and only after hearing a barely perceptible groan did she smile with satisfaction.

Wei Qingye grabbed her wrist as she tried to pull back, saying, "Zhizhi, you can't bully people like this. You only care about starting a fire and don't put it out. You'll be held accountable later."

"Hehe~" Shen Zhiyu shrugged and chuckled, "As long as it's not today, it's fine."

She had already planned it all out. After receiving her uncle and his family tomorrow, it wouldn't be long before preparations for the New Year would begin, and the palace would likely get quite busy.

After the New Year and New Year's Day, it will be their big day.

As for the days when she was held accountable, she counted them on her fingers and realized there weren't many.

So there's nothing to be afraid of at all.

Wei Qingye loved seeing the smug look in her eyes; it was so charming that he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Qingdai and her entourage set the meal on the table. Hearing a gentle male voice coming from inside, she widened her eyes instantly, tugged at Qiucui's sleeve, and muttered, "When did His Majesty arrive?"

Qiu Cui smiled insincerely and said, "Guess~"

Qingdai held up three fingers to her, while Qiucui shook her head and held up five fingers.

"Deal." Qingdai gave her a high five. "I'll cover your breakfasts for five days."

Qiu Cui then whispered in her ear, "Climbing through the window in the middle of the night~"

Qingdai's eyes widened even more; she never imagined that a ruler of a dynasty would do such a thing.

Hearing footsteps coming from the inner hall, Qiu Cui hurriedly nudged Qing Dai's arm, and the two quickly stepped aside to wait.

Seeing that there were still palace servants in the outer hall, Shen Zhiyu hurriedly whispered, "Put me down quickly, it's so embarrassing."

Wei Qingye picked her up and sat her down, lowering his gaze and speaking softly, "Is it shameful to be held by me?"

Shen Zhiyu covered his mouth with her hand, "Oh, stop talking~"

Wei Qingye personally served her a meal, and the two little ones, hearing the commotion, ran out of the East Warm Pavilion.

"Darling, darling~~" Zhao Zhao tugged at her sleeve and said coquettishly.

Looking at the tiny little bundle of joy, how could Shen Zhiyu bear to refuse her request? She leaned down and kissed her cheek. "Zhaozhao, how can you be so well-behaved and clingy?"

Sui Sui stood quietly to the side, staring with her big, bright eyes, hoping that her mother would kiss her too.

Shen Zhiyu was never biased in her treatment of children. She beckoned to Sui Sui and said, "My good child, come here and let me have a good look at you."

Sui Sui obediently tilted her little face up and said sweetly, "Dear Liang, I took good care of my little sister~"

Shen Zhiyu also kissed him on the forehead, "How amazing is Sui Sui? She knows how to take care of her younger sister at such a young age."

However, you're still young, you don't need to be so mature.

Seeing that Shen Zhiyu's attention was entirely focused on the two little ones, Wei Qingye buried his head in her neck and shoulder, "Zhizhi, where are my kisses?"

Shen Zhiyu lightly tapped his forehead with her fingertip, "Don't talk nonsense in front of the children."

“I’m not talking nonsense!” Wei Qingye persisted, “What they have, I should have too.”

Shen Zhiyu was so annoyed by his teasing that she could only give him a perfunctory kiss on the cheek.

Wei Qingye then stood up with satisfaction, "That's more like it."

Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Father, how embarrassing!"

Shen Zhiyu chimed in jokingly, "Yeah, how embarrassing~"

Wei Qingye sighed and rubbed the two little ones' heads. "I don't know who they learned it from. They're so precocious."

The tea reflected the fiery clouds in the sky, and a carriage drove out of the palace, from which the occasional child's voice could be heard.

The carriage stopped in front of a mansion. Shen Zhiyu was helped down from the carriage by Qingdai, and Wei Qingye followed behind, carrying two little dumplings in his arms.

The gatekeeper, seeing that a guest had arrived, hurriedly went in to inform him.

Before long, two refined men in their forties strode over, their eyes and brows displaying friendly smiles when they saw them.

"We've met..." The two were about to bow.

“Uncle, there’s no need for that. Today, we are family, not ruler and subject,” Wei Qingye hurriedly interjected.

Shen Zhiyu bowed to her two uncles, whom she was meeting for the first time, and said, "Greetings, uncles." Zhou Wenshu and Zhou Wenyuan warmly invited them into the mansion, saying, "Let's go inside and talk."

The two uncles hurriedly ordered people to bring out the gifts that the elders in the family had brought, and a round table was piled up full.

Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao weren't afraid of their two uncles at all; they even tugged at their sleeves, begging for a hug.

Zhou Wenshu and Zhou Wenyuan each held one of them, asking them in a low voice what they were asking. After hearing their answers, they nodded repeatedly.

"Uncle, don't spoil them." Wei Qingye whispered a reminder from the side.

Zhou Wenshu immediately became unhappy, "What nonsense are you talking about! Sui Sui is young, but she is very clever. Although she has not entered school, she is very intelligent and not much worse than you were back then."

Zhou Wenyuan nodded and said, "You have taught these two children very well."

Wei Qingye held Shen Zhiyu's hand beside him and said proudly, "Thanks to Zhizhi, I am usually busy with court affairs and do not spend much time with the child."

Zhou Wenshu exclaimed, "With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for!"

An hour later, they moved to the flower hall to chat casually, and Zhou Wenshu even took out the gifts he had prepared for the two little ones.

A pair of exquisite yin-yang double fish pendants, one of which was hung around the neck of each of the two little dumplings.

"It's getting late, you should all go back to the palace," Zhou Wenyuan said, gazing at the night sky.

The two little ones clearly didn't want to leave and wanted to play around a little longer. But once they were actually in the carriage, they soon fell asleep in Wei Qingye's arms.

Shen Zhiyu felt he was working hard and wanted to help him out, "Let me hold Sui Sui."

"No need, we'll be back at the palace in no time, there's no need for you to do it yourself." Wei Qingye carried him very steadily, showing no sign of strain.

"Then I'll have to trouble Changying." Shen Zhiyu sat to the side, looking at the two little ones and the big one, and thought the scene was quite pleasing to the eye.

“Zhi Zhi usually works very hard teaching those two little ones, but I didn’t even realize it…”

Shen Zhiyu raised her hand and covered his mouth, stopping him from saying what he hadn't yet uttered.

"Chang Ying bears the responsibility for the livelihood of all the people of the Southern Qin Kingdom. It is only right that I stand behind you so that you can have no worries."

Wei Qingye placed the two little ones on the soft couch, reached out and pulled them into his arms, kissing the top of their heads. "No matter what, I've wronged you. I'll definitely make it up to you in the future."

"Is Chang Ying planning to become a tyrant?" Shen Zhiyu teased.

“It’s not impossible,” Wei Qingye said, his gaze falling on Sui Sui. “When Jinghua comes of age, I will pass the throne to him and then take you to travel the world.”

Shen Zhiyu patted his chest, "Sui Sui is so young, and you're already planning to abdicate? Aren't you being a very irresponsible father?"

Wei Qingye touched the tip of his nose somewhat guiltily, "No way, when I was the crown prince, I followed him to the battlefield at the age of fourteen, I began to get involved in court affairs at the age of sixteen, and I took control of the court and made decisions on matters of the world at the age of twenty."

The path he must take is the same.

The only difference is that I will not force him to take the daughters of former officials into his harem.

Shen Zhiyu leaned against him, feeling a little sleepy, and murmured softly, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Don't worry so much now, or you'll age faster."

The carriage stopped silently at the entrance of Weiyang Palace. Wei Qingye personally carried Shen Zhiyu down from the carriage and instructed Chen Fang and the others who were waiting nearby, "Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao are asleep on the soft couch. Please take them carefully to the East Warm Pavilion."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Fang took the thin blanket from the palace servants and personally wrapped the two young princes up tightly before leading them into the palace.

Warm golden light spilled onto the floor as Shen Zhiyu led Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao to Qingning Palace, followed by palace servants carrying numerous brocade boxes.

Upon seeing this, the Empress Dowager said with disdain, "We're all family, why send these things over?"

Sui Sui hurriedly said, "Uncle, it's different."

Zhao Zhao nodded, "It's different!"

Shen Zhiyu personally opened the two brocade boxes. "Your Majesty, look, this is a homemade tea cake that your aunt specially brought for you. She said that brewing it with water will give you a taste of the wildness of nature."

The Empress Dowager sighed as she saw the letter fluttering out of the brocade box: "Time waits for no one. We are all old now, and who knows when we will be buried in this earth."

Shen Zhiyu hurriedly ordered Hua Zhou to brew tea and comforted her, "What is the Empress Dowager saying? You want to see Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao grow up safely, get married, and have children."

"Alright, alright, we'll listen to Zhizhi." The Empress Dowager looked at the two little girls not far away and nodded with a smile. "Such a good girl like you, it would be a disservice to marry into our royal family."

Shen Zhiyu recalled what Wei Qingye had said in the carriage last night: "The Empress Dowager and His Majesty feel indebted to me, probably because they like me too much."

"Yes, Zhizhi is right~"

Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao, the two little ones, chased after the snowball and ran up to them. After hearing the last few words, they asked curiously, "What's right?"

Shen Zhiyu reached out and pinched his soft little cheek. "Of course, whatever Sui Sui says is right~"

Sui Sui shyly threw herself into Shen Zhiyu's arms, "Cool kiss~~"

Zhao Zhao turned and threw herself into the Empress Dowager's arms, "Hehe, brother, so shy~~"

Snowball meowed twice in response, gracefully swaying its fluffy tail, its cat eyes gazing at the harmonious and warm scene inside the hall.

I burned my hand these past few days, plus I had a cold and fever, so I haven't been able to update for several days. (＞人＜；) I'm so sorry, everyone! ┭┮﹏┭┮