Chapitre 269: Children as Leverage

Ye Siheng's mouth twitched sharply, and he immediately retorted, "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Then why haven't you..." Emperor Muwu murmured, "Otherwise, with your looks, Miss Six shouldn't have any reason to reject you."

Ye Siheng took a sip of tea and sighed, "She's still young, there's no rush."

What kind of reason was that?

As an emperor with many concubines, Muwu couldn't understand.

He didn't dare to suggest bringing in concubines for Ye Siheng, knowing it would cause a serious fallout with his brother.

With no solution here, the pressure shifted to Nanli.

After the former Marquis Zhenbei's passing, Empress Xie had been in low spirits, recently regaining a bit of vitality.

Even so, she had lost considerable weight, her cheeks slightly sunken, her empty eyes gaining a spark only when she saw Nanli.

She smiled slightly and beckoned Nanli to sit beside her.

"I heard about the Sun Yaozu case. It was truly alarming. Was your third brother frightened?"