Chapter 34: Miss Handicap (34)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

One day, Jun Mo helped her to get out of bed as usual and got handsy while he did that.

Sitting on his lap with a sore waist, Su Kui suddenly remembered how people from the outside world had been mocking her. She could not help but ask, “Jun Mo, do you want children?”

He paused and sighed, his dark eyes filled with tenderness. “Why do you ask?”

Su Kui swallowed a mouthful of porridge and said in a casual tone, “Oh, it’s nothing. People have been saying that it’s been three years since we were betrothed and I haven’t gotten pregnant yet. So, I just thought that I should hear your opinion.”

The moment she finished, the small dining room, which was sprinkled with warm morning light, was suddenly filled with a dark gloom. It was as if the air had frozen too.

Jun Mo came back to his senses when he felt the woman in his arms move uneasily. He relaxed his upright body and stroked her soft hair with tenderness.

“Don’t overthink it. Ignore the gossip.” His voice was subdued.

However, his eyes narrowed when they were out of Su Kui’s line of sight. There was a threatening look in his piercing narrow eyes. They were shrouded in darkness.

‘It looks like some people have been spared for too long, so much so that they have forgotten their place!’ He had been laying low for ages.

He lowered his eyes to look at the woman, who was focusing on her food. Her small and rosy face seemed to become more transparent under the sunlight. Her mouth was stuffed with snacks, while her cheeks were puffy like that of a cute little hamster.

Jun Mo could not help but poke her cheek, but Su Kui tilted her head and bit him. She glared at him accusingly.

‘Why are you disturbing me while I’m eating?!’

She was sending an obvious message through her eyes. Jun Mo bowed his head and chuckled. The slight numbness in his fingertips triggered a warm sensation up his thighs, and his eyes grew deeper.

If only some people, who looked to get themselves killed, did not bother them. He really had no interest in high positions.

He just wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Yet, some people just had to insert themselves into their lives since he was unwilling to grant them their wishes…

In that case, he was left with no choice but to kill whoever that got in their way!’

Su Kui was unaware that she had dodged a bullet as she moved closer into his arms.

“Don’t you want a child of your own?”

‘Didn’t people in ancient times place great importance on having an offspring? Plus, he’s the prince-regent with a supreme status among the nobility. Doesn’t he want an heir?’

“No,” Jun Mo answered without hesitation.

His answer triggered Su Kui’s curiosity. She put down her chopsticks and looked at him. “Why?”

However, Jun Mo’s reply made Su Kui blush instantly. He said, “All my tenderness and patience have been given to you. No one else can distract me from you, and neither do I want a child nor do I need one. All I have ever wanted is you.”

‘All I have ever wanted is you.’

There was sweetness in the words he uttered. A man with a cold face was still capable of drowning a girl with romantic words.

In the end, Su Kui stumbled and pulled his ears as she whispered, “Remember what you said. If you ever betray me, I’ll castrate you! Then I’ll kick you out of the house penniless!”

Jun Mo hugged her tightly and laughed. He murmured, “Having you alone is enough, too much happiness be damned. What we have now is perfect.”

Their happiness did not last long…

A month later, war erupted at the border. The Jin army had invaded the Yanmen Pass. Civilians were tormented as the army looted and killed in the city.

Troops that were deployed there were defeated, and morale was low.

Prince-regent Jun Mo then volunteered to lead troops into the war. The emperor hesitated for a long time, but he gave in eventually as he was unable to reject hundreds of officials who pleaded for the prince-regent.

After returning to his home, he spent a passionate night with Su Kui. The next day, dressing in armor and riding on a warhorse with a sword in hand, he departed to Yanmen Pass with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers behind him.

The day he left the capital, civilians gathered to send him off, which showed that compared with the emperor, Jun Mo was far more respectable in their hearts.