Chapter 120 The Bloodthirsty Admiral Who Keeps a Mistress in a Golden House 49

By the time she came to her senses, there was already quite a bit of food left for the child...

Huo Jin played with her lips and tongue while keeping up with his business.

He half-squatted in front of the bed, his expression focused and serious.

The man's radiant beauty, like the blossoming of spring, added to his alluring charm, making one unable to resist the urge to lower their head and kiss his face...

Huo Jin looked up, her voice rising: "Yuan'er, what are you doing?"

Chu Yuan shrank back a little. Being stared at by Huo Jin from this angle, with such piety and admiration, gave her a strange and wonderful feeling of being held high above him.

It was at this moment that Huo Jin kissed her...

Then... move to her lips, and transfer to her...

Chu Yuan was stunned, shocked, embarrassed and angry. Huo Jin, this man, ahhhhh, he's really killing me!

It's inevitable that another fierce battle will ensue.

Chu Yuan pushed against Huo Jin's chest with both hands, her voice soft and fragmented, "What kind of father are you? Yan Yan and Cheng Cheng are still hungry."

Huo Jin curled her lips into a smile. "It's okay to miss a meal."

Chu Yuan, "..."

So why was he in such a hurry to urge her to come and express milk in the first place?

Men have one trick after another.

Huo Jin is even more... the originator of the Matryoshka doll technique!

The imperial examinations took a whole month, and Chu Yuan only realized she had miscalculated when she saw the list of successful candidates.

Not to mention Chu Xu, Sheng Kuan's name is prominently displayed above, even ranking higher than Chu Xu's.

Chu Yuan wondered, "Has Huo Jin undergone a sex change?"

No longer a jealous person?

During the children's first birthday celebration, Huo Jin and Sheng Kuan chatted happily, appearing completely at ease and comfortable with each other. Chu Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything between you two that I don't know about?"

Her eyes were probing, with a hint of ambiguity.

It's as if they're having some kind of shady deal.

The more I thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Sheng Kuan was handsome and well-proportioned, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He looked quite good at first glance and had the potential to be a scumbag.

Huo Jin is so assertive...

Just then, Huo Jin's large hand landed directly on Chu Yuan's face, his teeth clenched in hatred, "Stop thinking nonsense!"

"That……"

“Ever since the time I hit him, we’ve reached an agreement to have him cover for us,” Huo Jin quickly explained, genuinely worried that her little empress’s thoughts were wandering too far. “You know, putting aside my annoyance that he knew you so early on, Sheng Kuan is actually not bad. He’s a talented person.”

Chu Yuan pouted, "So, your reward to him is having him on the list?"

Huo Jin lowered his head, put his arm around Chu Yuan's waist, and his smile almost overflowed from his eyes: "So, in Yuan'er's eyes, his knowledge is only so-so, and he needs me to go easy on him to pass the imperial examination."

It's always a happy thing when the younger wife has a low opinion of her rival.

Chu Yuan didn't mean that at all. She opened her mouth to explain, but the man pressed his thumb to her lips. "I know everything. There's no need to say more."

Chu Yuan, "..."

The man began to talk to himself, "No, it's not that. He earned it through his own efforts, including Chu Xu. I didn't give any orders."

Although he knew that even without giving orders, the officials below would find it hard not to try to please him.

But if it's not there, it's not there.

Chu Yuan nodded, not really caring, as long as Chu Xu accomplished his mission of making a name for himself.

Unexpectedly, Huo Jin suddenly leaned closer to her, his nose touching hers, and murmured, "I have issued an edict appointing Scholar Sheng as the magistrate of Qian County. Isn't that a good reward?"

Chu Yuan's eyes snapped open. Qian County? Wasn't that the most remote and poorest county in the whole country?

Instead of saying anything, we just say, "Wow!"

For the next year, Huo Jin was constantly preoccupied with various matters in different prefectures and counties.

Chu Yuan also spent a lot of time cleaning up Xiao Qi's chaotic harem, thus earning a reputation as a virtuous empress.

No one is clamoring for Huo Jin to participate in the talent show anymore.

After all, she was a very competent empress. She took good care of her children, kept the harem in good order, never caused trouble for the court, and promoted many female officials, giving talented women who were unwilling to waste their time in the inner palace a stage to realize their self-worth.

That's right, there are more and more calls to have children.

Baba was undoubtedly the most anxious, jumping up and down in Chu Yuan's mind: [Host, even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to rest like you! Other hosts of the childbirth system give birth to eight babies at once, or at least three babies in two years. You... my performance record, sob sob!]

Chu Yuan lay on the recliner, opened her mouth, ate a purple grape that a maid had peeled, and watched two children and palace maids playing with kites not far away.

Life was unusually pleasant.

Hearing Baba's clamor, he remained calm and waited until Baba spat out the grape seeds before saying, "Good boy, little Baba, don't be anxious, let me ask him."

Baba: [What are you asking? Who do you need to ask when you give birth to your own child!]

It was practically having a radio wave attack; how could it have encountered such an unambitious host!

Chu Yuan said seriously, "Of course we should ask the father of the child. After all, I can't have a child on my own, right?"

Ba Ba: [...] was speechless.

That evening, Chu Yuan actually spoke up, while the man was diligently working.

"emperor……"

"What should I call you? Hmm?"

Chu Yuan paused for a moment: "Huo Jin?"

This resulted in his sudden outburst...

Chu Yuan cried and resignedly called out "Baby".

Huo Jin was finally satisfied. He whispered in her ear, "If you shout again next time, I'll punish you severely. Now, what is it?"

"...Do you want to have a second child?"

"What, does Yuan'er like children?"

Chu Yuan certainly liked it, but taking care of children was too tiring; Yan Yan and Cheng Cheng were only a little over a year old.

Thinking of this, she clenched her fist tightly. No, we still need to have more children, for the sake of points, for the sake of Yeye, long live hard work!

So he nodded and said, "Only two? Isn't that too few? I know that the ministers have been hoping that you would hold a selection of heirs, because they want to ensure the continuation of the family line. Otherwise, if the best successor cannot be selected, it will be very detrimental to the country."

Huo Jin snorted, "Whether the empire lasts or not depends on me!"

Besides, how could my children be bad?

Don't let them worry about this!

Chu Yuan had always known that Huo Jin was arrogant, so it was not surprising that he said such a thing.

Moreover, he didn't have a strong desire for power; whether or not he became emperor was of no interest to him.

He insisted on becoming emperor mostly to spite Xiao Qi!

Seeing that Chu Yuan was silent, Huo Jin glanced at her and said cautiously, "I'll listen to Yuan'er. If Yuan'er wants it, then we'll have it."

Actually, he didn't want it to be so soon...

I don't even have enough time to pamper Yuan'er, let alone other children.

Pregnancy can last for a year and a half, and after giving birth, there's the postpartum period, recovery, and so on... Not only does Yuan'er suffer, but it also delays her "business"!

"I...I'm not in a hurry." Chu Yuan's eyes flickered.

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One last chapter to reach 50, hehe.