Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

527 The emptiness I felt

Li Hua washed her arms while reminiscing about the lovemaking from the last night. She was a little soar, but the pain had left after she took this hot water bath. She brought her hand to her neck and rubbed it.

“Your Highness, the red marks are visible on the neck,” the maidservant informed Li Hua. “Her Highness has to hide them well before anyone notices them,” she said while smiling.

“You are right, Nuan Xi,” Li Hua replied. She recalled how wild Lóng Wei was the previous night. She shied and looked down into the water. Nuan Xi helped Li Hua wash up.

“Your Highness, what if you get pregnant this time?” Nuan Xi asked.

“What are you saying?” Li Hua blushed to hear it, but she would be happy if she got blessed with a child. Soon, she finished bathing and changed into a beautiful red hanfu dress with white flowery patterns on it.

She kept her hair loose and wore the golden buyao above her head. The danglings hung loose till the bottom of her ears on both sides of her temple. Her gaze fell on the lovebite on the right side of her neck and again smiled.

She stood up and wore the white overcoat. Her neck was covered with it completely and she asked Nuan Xi if Lóng Wei was ready.

“I think so, Your Highness,” Nuan Xi answered.

Li Hua looked at herself in the mirror for the last time and went to see Lóng Wei in his chamber. “Where is His Highness?” She murmured when two warm hands wrapped around her.

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“Here,” Lóng Wei said and kissed her cheek. He rested his chin on her shoulder. “You took time to come here,” he said. “Are you alright? I suppose I did not hurt you a lot,” he asserted.

“I am alright. It was not the first time when we did it,” Li Hua replied and continued to smile.

“Prince Lóng Wei, can I ask you something?” Li Hua inquired.

“Ask,” Lóng Wei said.

“Do you want children?” She asked.

Lóng Wei’s grip around her loosened and she turned to him. “I want to have many kids,” he said with a smile that changed into a smirk.

“Is the Prince serious?” Li Hua asked.

“Of course. I want to have as many children as my wife wants to have,” Lóng Wei stated. He put his hand around her shoulder and took her to the floor table.

“One will be enough, I feel,” Li Hua said.

“But sibling is needed,” Lóng Wei asserted.

“Then two children,” Li Hua arched her brow and turned her head to look at him.

“We can have three if you want,” Lóng Wei stated and started to tease her. “We will love them a lot and I will play them all day long. I may take a year’s break from work to focus on my children,” he told Li Hua.

“His Highness cannot take leave from the work,” Li Hua shook her head.

“Oh, I can. By then the kingdom will be prosperous. I will make sure to throw out every weed from the kingdom by that time. Also, I am the prince, so even if I will not work, I will keep getting everything. That will be enough for you, me, and our children in the future. I have decided, Li Hua. I will spend all the time with my children till they turn ten,” Lóng Wei stated and asked her to sit on the floor chair. After her, he sat on the floor chair.

“Your Highness, that is not right. You cannot stay in the palace for ten years without work. What will our kids learn then? I do not allow for it,” Li Hua said with a stern tone.

“What about five years then?” Lóng Wei asked.

“No. His Highness will work daily. When he will return after work, he will be free to play with our kids,” Li Hua affirmed.

“Do not be a strict wife,” Lóng Wei opined.

Xiwan knocked on the door and served the breakfast to them. Lóng Wei told him that he would see him in the evening. Xiwan nodded his head and left the chamber.

Both Li Hua and Lóng Wei started to eat.

“I will take the kids to my workplace. That way they will spend more time with their father,” Lóng Wei asserted and picked up the glass of water.

“When we will have kids, then we will decide,” Li Hua suggested to him.

“I do not want any of them to feel the emptiness I felt,” Lóng Wei said and placed the silver glass on the table. “You know my past. What if my kids start to hate me if I fail to give them enough attention? I want to be around them so that whenever they will need me, they come running to me,” he expressed his deep thoughts.

“I know Prince Lóng Wei will be a great parent, so he should not think this way,” Li Hua answered and asked him not to feel low. She picked up the napkin and dabbed it across her mouth. They had finished their morning meals. Nuan Xi walked in to clean the table and took the dishes to the kitchen.

“We will give a great life to our children. We will be best parents to them,” Lóng Wei asserted. Li Hua agreed with him and asked him if he was not getting late.

“I will see you in the noon,” Lóng Wei said and stood up. Li Hua saw him off the manor.

Lóng Wei did not leave for his workplace, instead, he left to see Xiaoming and Jin Yu. He wanted to ask them what exactly happened that made the Li Family gain their power back.

“The Crown Prince is with the Crown Princess, Your Highness,” Sun Fuguo informed.

“Tell the Crown Prince that I want to have a conversation with him,” Lóng Wei said. Sun Fuguo bowed and walked inside the chamber to inform Xiaoming about the same.

He returned and told Lóng Wei that he could go inside.