Jian Ruonan went completely numb.
Because she had given birth to a daughter, their love was incomplete. She had to have a son.
This was the first time Jian Ruonan had ever heard such a theory.
Absurdity's mother had opened the door for absurdity-absurdity had come home!
Suppressing the urge to draw her forty-meter-long saber and kill them both, Jian Ruonan asked, "Why does it have to be a son? Daughters are adorable. Look, she looks so much like Yaokuzi."
Her voice sounded as though it had been forced through the gaps between her teeth. She was practically grinding her back molars to dust.
"You're a woman yourself, and we even memorized 'Odd Changes, Even Stays the Same' together. How can you still favor boys over girls?"
Jian Chuxue sighed. "I understand all that, but His Highness's status is different. He's going to inherit the throne. He has to have a son."
Jian Ruonan: "..."
That was genuinely an argument she couldn't refute!
Mechuan Yaokuzi really did have a throne to inherit.
An emperor of Wa was still an emperor.
As they spoke, Jian Chuxue suddenly perked up. "Green Leaf, bring the soup."
With a maid's support, Jian Chuxue sat up. "Bring some food too."
She needed to eat more, recover as quickly as possible, and get pregnant again.
The maids brought over the chicken soup simmering on the stove, and Jian Chuxue drank it in one go. Once she finished, her eyes blazed with the dazzling, optimistic, all-loving light unique to a female lead, nearly blinding a lazy bum like Jian Ruonan.
Jian Chuxue: I will surely have a son in one fell swoop next time!
Jian Ruonan counted on her fingers.
Jian Chuxue had hemorrhaged during childbirth. She would need at least two years to recover before giving