Transmigrated as the Villainess, Troubled by the Cuteness!

Chapter 287 - 221: Daily Pregnant Slacking (Part 6)

The Maid Team entered the palace alongside Shi Wang.

Shi Wang originally wanted to complain about Wen Ranchen in front of Shen Jingxian, but before he could even open his mouth, Shen Jingxian was surrounded by a group of chattering women.

Yes, in Shi Wang’s eyes, they were just a group of chattering women.

"Princess!!! Wah-wah-wah, Princess, it’s so good that you’re still alive, boo-hoo-hoo!"

"What are you calling her Princess for? Call her Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!!"

When over a dozen sisters shouted these two words together, the scene was quite beautiful.

Shen Jingxian nodded for them to rise, and counted them; still the same number as before, not a single one more or less, just right.

"Has your task been executed smoothly?" Shen Jingxian was also very happy to see them, so she couldn’t help but chat with them like before.

Of course, Shen Jingxian hadn’t forgotten Shi Wang. When she offered them seats, she even gave Shi Wang a chair with a backrest!

Everyone else had stools!

Well, the truth is that there weren’t enough chairs in the palace, and it wouldn’t do to treat the sisters differently, so the sisters got stools and only Shi Wang got a chair, since he was older, he could bear it.

So the older Shi Wang sat silently on the chair, watching as the Empress and maids chattered away.

Although at first he was a bit sullen, he found himself quite entertained as he listened on, even vaguely sensing the joy within the three palatial households?

Of course, the joy was fleeting, and once these women constantly and subtly prevented him from nearing the Empress, his heart was left only speechless.

These women, how terrifying they are. If the Emperor had to contend with such three palatial households, that would be just too much.

In any case, Wen Ranchen’s goal was achieved, Shi Wang indeed entered the palace, but after entering, he rarely got to speak with Shen Jingxian, though he was quite pleased with his daily poison-tasting duties.

With little else to do, Shen Jingxian who used to just stare at picture books, now that her maids had returned and were willing to stay with her, she continued to teach them calligraphy.

But these lovely ladies had just returned from tasks, easily breaking pens at first, just getting used to the strength of writing took many days.

Not because their comprehension was low, mainly because Wen Ranchen was watching closely under the pretense that it would not over-exhaust the Empress.

But what the actual situation was like, that’s another story.

The Empress Dowager would come daily to chat with her, just for fear she’d be bored.

Although Wen Ranchen also accompanied her, the Empress Dowager, having been through it all, knew it wasn’t about accompaniment but mood.

Moreover, the Emperor now having become accustomed to idleness, was a bit sulky when suddenly tasked with state affairs, and the Empress Dowager didn’t want to deal with it, so she had Wen Ranchen help out.

As an exchange, when Wen Ranchen went to help, the Empress Dowager would come to stay with Shen Jingxian so Wen Ranchen wouldn’t worry.

It just so happened recently, that the Empress Dowager learned some basic embroidery techniques from the Emperor, and delightedly came to show Shen Jingxian.

The Empress Dowager, quite gleeful, as soon as she entered showed off, "Look, these are little tiger-head shoes I sewed myself!"

In truth, if the Empress Dowager hadn’t said they were tiger-head shoes, Shen Jingxian wouldn’t have been able to tell, but she wouldn’t dampen the Empress Dowager’s enthusiasm, so she faked surprise, "Mother, you’re amazing!"

The Empress Dowager proudly lifted her head, "I’ll teach you."

Thus Shen Jingxian under her mother’s guidance...started sewing cotton pants.

The Empress Dowager said one must start with sewing cotton pants to learn the knacks of it.

"Mother, who taught you this?"

"Your father taught me."

Shen Jingxian swallowed the words at the tip of her tongue.

She figured her father made up this to persuade her mother into sewing him pants. Best not to let that slip.

"If Father taught it, it must be right."

Shen Jingxian continued sewing the pant legs while lying on the bed.

Not long after the Empress Dowager left, Wen Ranchen returned.

He dismissed all the maids and nannies in the palace hall, closing the door.

"Why are you sewing these things?" Wen Ranchen came over and tossed aside the cotton pants in Shen Jingxian’s hands.

Shen Jingxian, huffing, grabbed it back, her fair fingers clutched it tightly, "Mother taught me, you’re not allowed to take it, or I’ll tell on you!"

Wen Ranchen chuckled, "How are you going to tell on me?"

"I’ll tell on you for not letting me sew clothes for the baby!"

Wen Ranchen, seeing no way around it, went and brought her a bowl of milk-steeped bird’s nest, his tone a little aggrieved, "I just don’t want you to tire yourself out, is that wrong?"

Shen Jingxian who melted under soft instead of tough words, seeing Wen Ranchen like this, her tone softened too, "But I want to sew a bit, it won’t be that tiring."

Wen Ranchen holding her hand, "Such things I can do for you, my love should just rest well."

Shen Jingxian was surprised, "You can make clothes?!"

As expected of a novel’s male lead, this skill set’s surprising to say the least.

Yet Shen Jingxian couldn’t sew things, turning her focus elsewhere, "Husband, I remember you once weaved me a fringe scarf, could you teach me? That way I could weave one for you too."

This time Wen Ranchen didn’t say she couldn’t tire herself out, only said he’d teach her tomorrow.

Shen Jingxian snorted to herself, she knew, men are creatures that say one thing and mean another.

Wen Ranchen hummed soothingly and sat Shen Jingxian on his legs, gently patting her belly.

"Today, I went to the Emperor, besides handling state affairs, I heard something else."

Shen Jingxian lazily asked, "What is it?"

"The Emperor, to compensate the Concubines, allowed them to remarry and keep male companions, but if they remarry, they must leave the palace, obey and follow as their husband, but male companions can remain in the palace."

Shen Jingxian’s expression immediately changed. She turned to Wen Ranchen, didn’t say a word, but her eyes were full of curiosity!

Wen Ranchen playfully pinched Shen Jingxian’s cheek, "I knew you’d be interested."

Shen Jingxian nodded vigorously, oh, indeed she was very interested.

"Tell me more?"

Wen Ranchen then poured out all the gossip he heard from the Emperor.

Since Shen Jingxian ascended, aside from the Empress Dowager, all the concubines unwilling to leave from the Emperor’s reign became Concubines Dowager.

But these Concubines Dowager, having lost favor for most of their lives, couldn’t expect the Emperor to change his heart. And outside the palace, they had nowhere to go, so they just idled their days away.

As it happened, a Concubine Dowager, still on relatively good terms with the Empress Dowager, secretly asked if she could keep a male companion, so the Empress Dowager gave the nod, permitting male companions, even remarriage was acceptable, for these Concubines Dowager bore no heirs for the Emperor and were relatively free.

And so the matter was settled.

As for the Emperor himself, feeling guilty towards these Concubines Dowager, he let them be.

Shen Jingxian’s mind whirred, "Do you think the Concubines Dowager’s male companions stroll through the Imperial Garden?"

Wen Ranchen’s eyes darkened, "Your Majesty cannot move about freely now, if you wish to visit the Imperial Garden, I shall accompany you some day."

Shen Jingxian, planning to sneak a peek at the Concubines Dowager keeping male companions: Tsk.