"Hoang Yao."
In the imperial palace, Jialuo lay in Huang Yu's arms, stroking her slightly protruding belly as she spoke to him:
"This will be our child's name. Do you like it?"
"I do." Huang Yu nodded.
As a mother, Jialuo had not taken a section from her child's true name as Huang Yu had done with his other children.
Instead, following the customs of Blue Star, she had named her and Huang Yu's child Huang Yao.
This made Huang Yu feel somewhat ashamed. He wondered whether he should give his other children Chinese names as well, or at the very least have them bear his surname. It would count as a sacred inheritance.
"After the enfeoffment ceremony ends, you will be the queen of the Jialuo Kingdom."
Huang Yu looked at Jialuo and said:
"I prepared a gift for you. Would you like to see it?"
"What gift?"
Jialuo raised her head, curiosity and anticipation shining in her eyes.
The grand duchess's coronet atop her head gleamed beautifully, setting off her pretty face and making her even more alluring.
Unable to restrain himself, Huang Yu leaned in and kissed her, but after a moment, an incongruous voice interrupted them.
"Father, Mother, although I haven't been born yet, you can't pretend I don't exist!
"Hugging and cuddling is one thing, but why are you kissing too?
"That will corrupt the little child!"
The telepathic message reached Huang Yu and Jialuo's ears.
Jialuo's face flushed slightly as she struggled to sit up from Huang Yu's arms.
Huang Yu, meanwhile, looked somewhat helplessly at Jialuo's belly.
Having a child had one drawback: he could no longer be intimate with his wife.
Moreover, because they spent so much time apart, the child in Jialuo's belly was the liveliest of his offspring.
Even before