Harem Daily Life

Chapter 496 Quarrel

The three children played with Tao Yanyan for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Tao Yanyan asked He Xuan and Xiao Jinan to rest, leaving He Yue to read to the baby in her belly.

Seeing that his father was still sitting, He Yue puffed out his cheeks and tilted his head and said, "It's late at night, and Mother Tao needs to rest. Father, why don't you go back early to review memorials, so that I can read poems and books to my sisters."

He Linzhang's heart sank and he almost bit his teeth to pieces.

He looked at Tao Yanyan, who remained silent. She stood up and walked to the dressing table, sat down, and took off her hairpins in front of the mirror. She had her back to the father and daughter, but she could see what they were doing in the mirror.

He Linzhang looked at his beloved daughter and said, "You have to get up early to go to school tomorrow, don't you want to go to bed early?"

He Yue picked up the book and said in a serious manner: "It won't take much time to read to my sisters. I will go to bed after I finish reading."

He Linzhang narrowed his eyes and said, "Give the book to Father, let him read it, you go and have a rest."

He Yue shook her head and said, "It was agreed that I would read tonight. In order to snatch this reading spot, I promised to copy ten prescriptions for my sister and three poems for my brother. I will read, but your Majesty has to attend the morning court tomorrow, so you should go back and rest first."

He Yue held the book tightly, showing no sign of compromise.

After listening to this, Tao Yanyan silently gave Xiao Yue'er a thumbs up. He stood up and walked to He Yue: "Let's go, let's go wash up."

The mother and daughter walked into the inner room hand in hand, leaving He Linzhang sitting alone.

When the two of them came out after washing up, they saw that He Linzhang had disappeared. Tao Yanyan bit her lip and led the child to the couch.

He Yue began to read aloud in a vivid and babyish voice. Tao Yanyan took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Not long after, familiar footsteps were heard in the room. Tao Yanyan opened her eyes slightly and saw that He Linzhang had already washed up and was getting on the couch after taking off his outer shirt and putting on his inner clothes.

"Mother Tao, how do you pronounce this word?" He Yue hadn't learned all the characters yet, so she asked whenever she encountered one she didn't understand.

Before she could speak, He Linzhang at the side ordered her to leave: "Go back and rest when you have finished reading. Your mother is tired and needs to rest."

He Yue frowned and gently touched Tao Yanyan's belly with her little fleshy hand: "But the sisters are still very energetic. They move happily and say they really want to listen to me read."

He Linzhang: "..."

OK, OK, you sisters can talk to each other through your belly, right? You are really amazing.

He glanced at Tao Yanyan, who still didn't give him any look, and with a cold face, he reached out his hand and covered her bulging belly: "Look, they are tired and asleep. You, the elder sister, should go back and rest early."

He Yue didn't believe it, frowned and stretched out her hand to feel it, and a smile appeared on her face instantly: "It's obviously the sisters who are playing hide-and-seek with father." After saying that, she pried He Linzhang's big hand with her little meaty hand, pulled him away, and covered her hand with hers, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "I told you, the sisters are moving happily!"

He Linzhang was speechless when faced with his very childish eldest daughter.

He simply didn't care whether the eldest daughter stayed or not, he lay down, pulled the quilt over him, and looked like "I'm going to sleep".

Tao Yanyan pinched He Yue's little face and said, "Yuer, can you sleep with Mother Tao tonight?"

He Yue was naturally happy to agree. She closed the book and hugged Tao Yanyan's arm.

"Mother Tao, you smell so good. Very fragrant."

"Don't put your feet on your mother Tao's stomach. Be careful not to kick her stomach." He Linzhang said.

He Yue was very obedient and responded.

"Mother Concubine Tao, can you tell me a story instead? I want to hear the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf." As soon as He Yue finished speaking, He Linzhang closed his eyes and said, "Father, let me tell you. Mother Concubine Tao is tired."

Then he really started telling the story. He had heard Tao Yanyan tell the story to the children several times before, and the plot was already familiar to him.

I don’t know how many times I told it when I heard two even breathing sounds. He Linzhang slowly lowered his voice until the two of them fell asleep. Then he got up, wrapped the child up and carried him back to her own room.

While sleeping, Tao Yanyan felt as if he was bitten by something. His breathing was sometimes good, but sometimes it became difficult again.

She turned over and continued to sleep, and she felt something tightly wrapped around her body, making it impossible for her to move.

"Hmm~" A muffled groan came from his ear, which finally woke Tao Yanyan up.

Her soft arms were wrapped from behind, and her tight muscles were so hard that they couldn't be pushed away.

"Stop moving, okay? I'm having a hard time holding it in."

Feeling the stiff and hot body behind him, Tao Yanyan really didn't dare to move. In the dead of night, one could hear a pin drop. Tao Yanyan felt a sense of resentment in his heart: "Your Majesty, if you can't help it, just go somewhere else. Why come to me? There is nothing I like in the palace, but there is one in Jingci Temple. It doesn't take many hours to go back and forth."

He Linzhang frowned, and the nameless fire in his heart suddenly rose: "What are you talking about? I came to see you in the wrong place, right? What's the point of Jingci Temple? You are angry with me and mentioning others?"

Tao Yanyan felt so aggrieved that her nose felt sore. She pulled the quilt over her face and cried silently.

He Linzhang's breathing stagnated and he quickly got up to take a look.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I shouldn't have not come to see you. I'm not missing you, it's just that I'm not feeling well and I've been mad at myself these past few days."

He Linzhang kept coaxing her, fearing that the concubine would get angry out of sulking.

After a long time, Tao Yanyan finally stopped crying. She despised herself so much, why did she cry? In the end, she attributed this behavior to her pregnancy. Because of pregnancy, her emotions are more volatile than before. Sometimes it is really hard to control. Small points will be magnified, and a little grievance will make her feel abandoned by the whole world.

But this can't be blamed on her, she worked so hard to be pregnant with the child, but the man in front of her ignored her out of jealousy!

"Your Majesty, if you feel that Prince Yong has done something to me that makes you unhappy, then you can punish him and beat him up. Why are you taking your anger out on me? I'm so pretty, and if someone wants to secretly like me, I can't stop him!"

Just as he finished speaking, his lips were bitten: "What do you mean by like? Don't mention this word!"

Tao Yanyan glared at him angrily: "I didn't ask him to paint the portrait. I didn't even know about it." He sounded aggrieved and almost wanted to cry again.

He Linzhang was defeated and kissed her eyes gently: "I've already said it, it's me who hasn't figured it out. I haven't been feeling well these past few days."

"Hmph, if you are upset, just let me be angry. If Your Majesty doesn't want to see me, just send me away. Anyway, Jingci Temple is big and I can live there."

He Linzhang bit her helplessly again: "You are getting off topic. When did I say I don't want to see you? Also, I will never send you to Jingci Temple. You can only stay by my side!"

Tao Yanyan turned away and said, "Your Majesty, you are obsessed with Jingci Temple. I thought you liked it there."

He Linzhang narrowed his eyes and moved closer: "You keep talking about Jingci Temple, are you...jealous?"

Tao Yanyan snorted softly: "I don't like sour food recently, so I'm not jealous."

He Linzhang thought for a moment and kissed her ear: "Qi Yizheng got engaged, and I remembered that her brother and I grew up together, but we didn't get married and have children. The Lu family is extinct, and I... can't bear it. And seeing that her birthday is coming, I sent some gifts to her. It's not that I can't let her go, but after so many years, I can't be really heartless."

"Then your majesty, are you really not going to take her back? Your majesty, don't try to coax me. If your majesty wants to take her back, I won't stop you. The hot spring palace is great, and I can live there."

He Linzhang was so angry that he almost laughed. He lowered his head and blocked her mouth. It took a long time before he let go: "You are pregnant with my child. I will not let you go anywhere. You will stay by my side for the rest of your life."