Chapter 187: How the empress was chosen.
Junjie wished he had a beer right about now as he prepared himself to answer her question. Without a beer, he just grabbed a second shovel and joined her in digging.
He was suddenly so tense that Mei Mei guessed the answer. "You do not dare to divorce because you are the emperor. There are a few unhappy couples in your family that are living independently of each other with a marriage in name only. I guess you and the empress will be taking that direction in the future. But you lack a son so unless you plan to get a legal concubine you are still stuck with your wife."
Junjie pushed the shovel into the ground as if he was it had just offended him and he wanted to kill it. His silence spoke volumes and yet the message was unclear and Mei Mei did not know what was going on in his head.
There was a time when they could read each other’s minds easily and guess what the other was planning. Time had eaten away at that ability, it seemed. Mei Mei decided to drop the subject. At the end of the day, Junjie was an adult and he could make his own decisions.
Royal life was not as glamorous on the inside as everyone assumed it to be. Mei Mei had once heard palace maids gossiping about the emperor’s sex life. Apparently there was a schedule for it and the sheets were examined the following day to ensure that the necessary deed had been done. This was especially strict in cases when the emperor had no male heir like Junjie and when the emperor and empress were at odds. Again, like Junjie!
She had also heard that two royal secretaries, one male and one female had to wait outside the bedroom and take records of how long each session lasted. If it was deemed to be inadequate, royal doctors prescribed drugs and royal chefs designed menus to help the emperor in that aspect.
Mei Mei did know Junjie’s schedule or anything related to those affairs and she did not want to know of it. She found the entire affair to be embarrassing.
"I am going to say one last thing and then we can close the subject." She leaned against the handle of the spade and looked at Junjie. "Children are not the same. What is good for one may not necessarily be good for the other. I have heard some mothers say that their children are so calm that it is almost unnatural. Others have needy children. There are those which children that are anti social while some are too social.
I have seen babies that were too lazy to make a fuss. They cry a little, get what they need and then they just relax. Their needs are not similar to those of the one that is always screeching like a small hungry dinosaur in the wild.
Mingzhu had a friend named Wan Yihuan, she is the most at peace little girl I have ever met. She was always playing by herself, reading her books, she could prepare her own tea and snacks by the age of four and after eating she would do her dishes. After school, she would clean her shoes, put her clothes in the washing machine, do her homework, eat and then take her puppy to the park for a walk.
With access to the internet she could order for groceries, food, drinks, clothes and everything she needed. She did not bother her parents because she was lost in her own world little adult world. Mind you, she had two maids and her mother is the type that loves to dote on her child.