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The Empress Governs the Country III (1)
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Jing Wan’s heart shivered. Letting them spend time together more and foster feelings, this absolutely was the worst idea. This bit perhaps worked on others, but on the living Enma, it absolutely wasn’t applicable. If it continues like this, won’t her son end up becoming a shivering little quail at all times? Never mind becoming an outstanding heir apparent, she even worried whether or not he can grow up healthily. Don’t have it where the psychological shadow left by his old man is too big causing mental barriers. “Ah Yuan, we haven’t seen each other all morning, so during the afternoon meal, no need to bring along our son. Let’s go, let’s go, after handling matters all morning, I’ve long been starving.” Without needing Li Hong Yuan to pull her along, she just hastily dragged him away.
That’s why, for the sake of letting her son be able to healthily grow up, Jing Wan instantly surrendered.
Li Hong Yuan idly followed behind her. Not long after, they just heard a deafening bawling sound, “Wan Wan, it seems our son doesn’t want to part with me. We’d just left, yet he’s already crying this sadly. Why don’t we just bring him along?”
Was he sad? That was clearly having held it in for too long, and now finally able to let it out. For a tiny little baby, to not let him cry, that was the cruelest, alright!
“Ah Yuan, this is having a son and not wanting me anymore? For little children, crying a little isn’t that big of a deal. Which child didn’t grow up crying.” Jing Wan on the surface was both pouting and indifferent, yet on the inside, she was completely deflated. For the sake of her son, she ended up saying things untrue to her heart, and moreover, even threw away her own image.
Yet, Li Hong Yuan appeared as if he didn’t do anything, completely unaware, just thinking that he’s a good father. That’s why, even if she wanted to reason with him, there was nowhere to start from.
In this moment, Jing Wan genuinely felt that this man was truly too sly.
“Wan Wan’s words are also reasonable. Boys indeed can’t be too coddled, and this husband’s time right now should also be spent on Wan Wan.”
Having benefited yet acting modest, clearly he’d calculated everything, yet it appeared as if it was her sticking to him. What to do, she wanted to beat him up.
Forget it, even if really whipping him, don’t know what kind of scene it will develop into later.
During the afternoon meal, Li Hong Yuan actively asked about the matters in the morning. After all, it was Jing Wan’s first time handling governmental affairs on her own. Even if not concerned about the major matters of the country, he should still show concern for his own wife.
Jing Wan also roughly explained. There indeed wasn’t any problems.
Afterwards, Jing Wan suddenly thought of something, “Ah Yuan, our son’s name, when do you plan on giving him one?”
He’d already been conferred into the crown prince, yet he still didn’t have a name. Towards this bit, Jing Wan also endlessly complained. Originally, on the treasured book for the conferment, there should be a name, and it should further be on the imperial family jade document[1]. Prior to the conferment ceremony, the officials had repeatedly asked him, yet all got brushed off. According to him, something ‘that important’, definitely need to take it slowly, and slowly think over. But, the esteemed crown prince not having a name, having yet to be recorded in the jade document, no matter how one thinks about it, it was all very strange.
Li Hong Yuan turned and glanced at her, not saying anything.
“Don’t even think about brushing me off. Quickly, give a straight answer, else………..what was his original name?” Jing Wan vaguely said towards the end.
Others perhaps won’t understand Jing Wan’s meaning, but Li Hong Yuan naturally understood. He calmly retracted his gaze, “Didn’t you all say that he’s a blessed child from the heavens, then just call him Tian Lin[2].”
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Telling him not to brush over, he indeed didn’t brush over, but hearing this name, wasn’t this just being half-hearted in a different way? Jing Wan suffocated in anger, but after the anger passed, she deflated again. Tian Lin it is then. Although from her point of view, perhaps it was a bit……..um, how to put it, tacky? But regardless whether it was tacky or not, based on his explanation, the meaning of it seemingly was still pretty good. Fooling the people outside won’t be a problem. It was ultimately better than her son not having a name.
Li Tian Lin, Li Tian Lin, after saying a few times, it seemingly wasn’t that hard to accept.
Just, in her husband’s past life, did their son also have this name? Jing Wan was a bit curious, but seeing a certain someone completely disinterested in their son’s matters, Jing Wan chose to silently shut her mouth. This was probably his real attitude towards their son. Just let it stay like this. In the future, it’s best to not pretend to be a compassionate father to scare their son.
As usual, Li Hong Yuan held Jing Wan for an afternoon nap. After getting up, Jing Wan prepared to continue handling governmental affairs, while Li Hong Yuan was just like as if he wasn’t fully awake, lazily sitting there. No matter how one looked at it, it all felt like as if these two people’s roles had swapped.
Jing Wan turned to look at him, absentmindedly talking. Suddenly, she paused in tidying her cuff, turning around, slightly narrowing her eyes, her aura on full blast, walking over step by step. Bending her waist, she reached out to hook his chin, kissing him on his lips.
Towards Jing Wan’s sudden move, Li Hong Yuan lifted his brow, amusement flashing through his eyes.
“Be good and stay by yourself for the afternoon, don’t go looking for other men, little men also not allowed.” She carried a teasing yet enticing tone, really a bit like an emperor treating a pampered consort. But, considering the contents of her words, if not careful, it can easily make others misunderstand.
“Fine, this emperor will definitely be good, waiting for empress to come back to pamper.” Li Hong Yuan calmly responded.
This pampered consort although wasn’t fully awake, he still wasn’t like a pampered consort.
Jing Wan smilingly kissed him on the lips again before finally turning to leave.
A neither quick nor slow pace, her back straight, very much calm and composed, and also exceptionally………dignified.
Li Hong Yuan watched her figure disappear from his line of sight, slightly turning his head and smiling. His wife really was adapting more and more to this role as the mother of the country. And at the same time, she was also developing towards the airs of a ruler. En, when one day he takes her to attend morning court together, in the court officials’ eyes, there will be two emperors.
In the imperial study, the court officials were already waiting.
Jing Wan also didn’t waste her breath, directly stating that they will be attacking the Kingdom of Zhang. This wasn’t a question, and further not up for discussion, directly just issuing the imperial decree. The main commander was already decided. What the court officials needed to do was just take care of the remaining matters. And Jing Wan herself was also quite strong in her stance on this matter, not allowing others to comment.
The things that happened on Li Hong Yuan, even if they don’t know all the details, they still knew the portion that Li Hong Yuan was willing to let them know. That’s why, towards attacking Zhang, no one had any objections. Their view was the same as Li Hong Yuan’s. That was just a pebble-sized land, merely having taken advantage of the situation during Qi Yuan’s founding, with Qi Yuan being too busy to bother with them. Afterwards, they’d also behaved quite perceptively, thus got overlooked.
But now, since they’ve produced a ‘treacherous heart’, then they indeed didn’t need to keep them.
[1] Essentially the family record for the imperial family.
[2] The meaning of his name is pretty much as explained in the text, but to break it down more 天(heaven/sky) 麟(lin from qilin). Qilin is a sacred and very auspicious mythical creature in chinese myth. When used to refer to children, it’s actually a very poetic and also endearing way of addressing. And yes, this was also the name LHY gave their son in the past life. In a way, it’s quite an affectionate name.
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I regret reading tbh. I don’t like the overboard personality of the ML who is kinda… Emotionally abandoning a child even not letting the FL be with the child. And what bothers me, is how the author is making the scene “cute” and “funny”. I know why he was like that, but I just don’t like it.
If I knew it will be like this, I will never read this tbh. It’s just that, I have already read it till here while skipping all the explanations between the two MCs.
Poor child–getting scared to death by his father, lol. At least Jing Wan has taken precautions with how to deal with their father-son relationship time in the future. As the child gets older, I’d like to think it’ll get better, but I’m not certain…maybe when their son is grown and has a wife of his own, then Li Hong Yuan won’t bother with him, lol.
I like that Jing Wan is coming more into her future role as a female emperor, since it’ll be great to see both her and Li Hong Yuan together in morning court dealing with issues.
Thanks for the chapter! 😀
I know LHY is kind of insane but in the past, he did use to prioritise what Jing Wan wanted. Yes, he was crazy possessive and she gave up having pets as a result (but she hadn’t seemed to attached anyway), but he still let her do mostly as she wished and she was happy.
But here…this is her son and his behaviour here involves ill-treating a baby and making Jing Wan kind of unhappy too. She has to lie just to make him give a baby a break. I’m finding all this rather depressing for her and the baby. I wish the writer hadn’t taken it this far.
Thank you to the translator for the hard work!
yea but the baby killed her last time… and he specifically engineered it to be the same baby down to the dates and everything, so it’s kinda unrealistic to expect he treats the baby like… well like a baby. also unrealistic to expect him to tolerate any third party between him and JW, even if it his literal son