Conquering the Emperor

Chapter 176: Thoughts of Children

Ren looked thoughtful for a moment before he replied to my question.

“Maybe...” Ren replied before smiling warmly at me.

Once again, I couldn’t tell if he was serious or if he was just messing with my head. I sighed and decided to let it slide.

“You do realize that if you keep sleeping with me, you’ll eventually have my child, right?” Ren said after a moment of silence, and I knew that it wasn’t a question.

I nodded slowly at him. Of course, I knew.

“What about you?” Ren continued asking.

“What about me?” I asked, feeling quite confused.

“Do you look forward to seeing the face of our child?” Ren asked softly as his eyes watched my face intently.

Is he asking me if I want to have his child? Having a son that looks like a younger and cute version of Ren would be nice. I’ve never seen him as a baby or a child before so...

“...I guess...” I whispered.

“I think having a daughter would be nice...” Ren said after a moment of thought.

“A daughter?” I asked, unable to hide my surprise.

I was more than certain that Ren along with everybody else would want us to have a son...or sons. The reason was simple. It was always the eldest son who would succeed the family. In this case, our eldest son would one day become the emperor of this empire. That thought alone made me shiver and I felt goosebumps forming on my arms. freēwēbnovel.com

“Yup. A girl is definitely better and if she looks like you, that’ll be a bonus,” Ren said with a pleased smile.

“I think a boy that looks like you might be better...” I mumbled quietly.

“Why would you think that? Being a prince is difficult. Being a girl is much better. We can dress her in beautiful clothes and spoil her. Her life can be simple...she can do whatever it is that she fancies...” Ren argued passionately as he tried to make this point.

My eyes widened in surprise. I never knew and I never imagined that Ren would think this way. Being the crown prince since he was born must have given Ren such a hard time. He probably doesn’t want his son to go through the same thing...

“I don’t think the emperor is going to like that...” I said before smiling at him.

“Yeah...” Ren replied with a sigh.

“I never knew that you thought about this...you know...about children,” I commented hesitantly.

“I didn’t...not until recently anyways...” Ren replied as he wrapped his arm around me.

I could feel the heat of his body envelop me as well as the steady beating of his heart close to my ear as I pressed the side of my face against his hard chest. Surprisingly, Ren didn’t seem against the idea of us having children. Although I was quite surprised, I also felt relief about it. Thankfully, I wasn’t the only one that was thinking about the next step of our relationship. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that Ren was excited or thrilled about the idea of us having a child together but at least, he seemed to entertain the idea.

“Let’s go to bed...” Ren said invitingly as he guided me towards the bed.

“Are you tired?” I asked, worriedly.

I had to admit that I found the party very tiring. It felt like a large chunk of my energy was sucked out from my own nervousness and anxiety. I was sure that Ren felt similar as well. It was clear that neither of us enjoyed the gala and it was a pain to keep up appearances.

Ren led me to the bed, where he sat me down before he sat next to me. My heart skipped a beat as his face came closer and I closed my eyes while I waited for his lips to meet mine. His kiss was gentle and so tender. It made me smile as I wrapped my arms around his neck before I began kissing him back ardently.

“Ahhh...Ren...” I moaned softly as he changed the angle of our kiss.

It didn’t take long for the sweet and gentle kiss to become more demanding. Ren kissed me deeply, his tongue plunging inside my mouth. I sighed in bliss as our tongues danced together passionately. His arms around my body felt hotter as his kiss started to turn me on more and more.

“Shall we see if we’ll get a son or a daughter?” Ren asked.

His hands were on my shoulders before he gently pushed me down onto the bed. I let out a soft cry when his large frame loomed over me from above as he got on top of me.

“You’re not serious...this isn’t something you should be joking about...” I said half in bewilderment.

“We can’t keep the dowager empress waiting forever...” Ren said teasingly as his hands began undressing me.

“You’re always teasing me...” I grumbled playfully.

That night we worked extra hard for the dowager empress’s sake. Obviously, that was a joke. I didn’t think Ren thought about making any babies when he made love to me over and over again throughout the night. I fell asleep in his arms with a smile of satisfaction on my face, feeling happy that we seemed to have arrived at some sort of understanding.

...

The gala got in the way of Ren’s departure for war. As a result of that, Ren decided to delay his departure by a few days. That was almost the only good thing that was brought about by the dowager empress’s birthday celebration. However, the gala did lead to some unfortunate turn of events.

We woke up late the next day to the sound of someone knocking on the door. It was rare for anyone to wake me up in the morning if they knew that Ren had spent the night. The maids are usually very insightful, and they seem to know every time that Ren was here. Did they make some sort of mistake this time?

“Who is it...so early in the morning...” Ren grumbled, and I could hear his annoyance.

I wanted to correct him that it wasn’t exactly early in the morning anymore, but I guess that wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

--To be continued...