Chapter 2240 - 2148: The Eve of the Grand Wedding (Part 1)
Chapter 2240: Chapter 2148: The Eve of the Grand Wedding (Part 1)
Xia Weibao was still trying to come to terms with it, how did the topic suddenly turn to giving birth to the Crown Prince?
Moreover, why should she give birth to the Crown Prince, what does the Crown Prince have to do with her.
Clearly, this Miss Xia hadn’t fully comprehended her current identity.
She thought so, and blurted out, "Why should I give birth."
The Dowager Empress was fuming, "You are the Empress, if you don’t give birth to the Crown Prince, who will? Am I supposed to give birth?"
Realizing she had spoken nonsense too, the Dowager Empress felt a bit embarrassed, trying to cover it up, she said, "You have to give birth sooner or later, might as well do it sooner, and once born, you don’t have to raise them.
Offspring in the Imperial Harem is crucial for a woman, you don’t have a prominent family background, so you’re even more in need of a son to rely on..."
At this point, the Dowager Empress recalled that no one in the Imperial Harem could threaten the Empress’s position, seemingly this reason lacked persuasiveness.
"In any case, get on with it and have a child soon." Before leaving, she added, "Having a few more is fine too."
In the evening, when Lu Hualiang came over, he discovered his Empress was acting quite odd today.
She was sitting at the dining table, resting her head in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?"
The sound of Lu Hualiang startled her so much she almost knocked her head into the bowl in front of her, Lu Hualiang, "..."
He reached out to touch her forehead, the temperature seemed normal, she wasn’t sick.
"Did someone bully you?" His eyes darkened, could it be that some clueless person dared to provoke his Empress again!
"No."
Xia Weibao suddenly smiled, diligently arranging his bowls and chopsticks.
Lu Hualiang furrowed his brow even tighter, previously he always did these things for her, she was quite lazy.
If something is unusual, trouble often follows!
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Xia Weibao, "..."
She hadn’t even started yet, was it that obvious?
"There’s a small matter I want to talk to you about."
Lu Hualiang glanced at her sideways, rare indeed, she actually had something to ask of him.
Seeing she seemed a bit embarrassed, he pinched her face, "Go ahead, no matter what it is, I will agree to it."
"Really?" Xia Weibao’s eyes lit up, she didn’t hold back, "I heard you want to abolish the Imperial Harem, is it true?"
"Who did you hear this from?" Lu Hualiang’s expression turned somber, "Did the Dowager Empress come to you?"
"The Dowager Empress came to chat with me."
"Did she put pressure on you? You can ignore what she says, I will handle this matter."
"No, no one pressured me, it’s just me who doesn’t want to dissolve the Imperial Harem."
"Why?"
Lu Hualiang’s face was quite unsightly, no woman would want a bunch of other women around her man, yet she didn’t mind, what does this imply?
Does it mean in her heart, he doesn’t matter?
"It’s boring, the Imperial Harem is so big, if you drive them all out, it’s just me left alone, how dull."
"Are you saying being with me is very dull?"
Xia Weibao looked baffled, had she ever said such a thing?
Clearly, she was talking about not disbanding the Imperial Harem, how did it switch to him.
"No, I didn’t say that."
Although he indeed is quite dull.
Seeing his displeased expression, Xia Weibao quickly explained, "Anyhow, the Imperial Harem is so big, it’s not like we can’t afford to maintain these people, so why must we drive them out of the palace."
"Consider carefully, those women are all nominally my concubines, they are your rivals in love!"
The last four words, he emphasized heavily, with quite a degree of gritted teeth.
Xia Weibao looked rather confused, "You don’t like them anyway, leaving them within the palace, would it make you like them?"
Lu Hualiang, "..."
This is a question that sends one to disaster.