Chapter 72: BE Ending (Recommended to Read)

With the cry of a newborn, Meng Huan finally had time to rest.

He panted, drinking ginseng soup to replenish his strength. He saw the old eunuch hurriedly carrying the child to congratulate him.

“Congratulations, Young Lord! You gave birth to a girl this time!”

A girl? Meng Huan smiled upon hearing this. Although Wen Zhaoyin didn’t say it out loud, he could feel that she had always wanted a girl.

This was great. She should be happy now, right?

He really didn’t expect that what he wanted in modern times, having both a son and a daughter, would be achieved in this way.

“Take her out for her to see. I don’t have the strength to hold the baby now.”

Was everything fine after giving birth? No, the placenta was still in his belly. He had to deliver that too for the birth to be fully completed.

The old eunuch obeyed and carried the newborn out. Meng Huan took a short break and then began to push again.

Wen Zhaoyin had already heard the conversation inside and was waiting at the door with a joyful face. Although the newborn didn’t look very pretty, she was still very happy to hold her for a moment.

Then she told someone to take the baby to be washed, while she continued waiting at the door, cheering for him inside, “Lingyi, hold on! When your confinement is over, I’ll take you out to play!”

She knew that what Meng Huan wanted to do most was to go out for a walk. Unfortunately, he had always been naughty before and was often confined to the residence.

He had been feeling stifled, and his personality had changed significantly. It was time to take him out to relax.

“Alright…” Meng Huan responded weakly while pushing. He didn’t have much expectation in his heart.

She had said before that she would take him out or let him go out, but it was always like this.

“Young Lord, focus!” Seeing him distracted, the old eunuch quickly reminded him loudly. Who could be absent-minded during childbirth? He was probably dazed by the pain.

Finally, after a while, Meng Huan was completely done. He lay on the bed exhausted, letting a few servants clean him up, only stopping Wen Zhaoyin from coming in.

“Don’t, don’t come in yet. Come in later.”

He was too disheveled right now. The room was filled with a strong smell of blood and the odor of a newborn, which wasn’t pleasant. He didn’t want her to come in.

Wen Zhaoyin was concerned about him. Hearing his words, she waited outside for a while. Seeing that he still didn’t call her in, she couldn’t wait any longer and lifted the curtain to enter.

At this time, he was changing clothes. Seeing her come in, his pale face flushed slightly, “You…”

“Lingyi, we’ve seen everything of each other. You don’t need to be shy. Let me do it.” She took the clothes from the servant’s hands and helped him personally.

She then took a headband and wiped his sweat before wrapping his head tightly.

Seeing no change in her expression, Meng Huan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he felt a bit of warmth in his heart, thinking she was reliable. As he relaxed, the fatigue overwhelmed him.

Seeing the servants had cleaned up and left, he leaned against her and murmured, “The contraceptive soup tastes bitter, and using fish maw doesn’t feel good. Is there a permanent solution…”

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Hearing him still thinking about this, Wen Zhaoyin laughed. He had given birth twice and was scared. She said, “Why don’t we not do it? Then there won’t be any children.”

“How can that be? We can lack anything but this.” Meng Huan, who was still in a daze, immediately woke up and rubbed against her arm.

The words that men were too embarrassed to say were as common as thirst for water in his mouth.

This really made Wen Zhaoyin feel difficult, “You don’t want to suffer, don’t want to use that fish thing, and must do it. I have no solution.”

Meng Huan frowned, “Isn’t there a kind of medicine that you drink once and lose fertility?”

Of course, there was such medicine, but after drinking it, not only would one lose fertility but also the ability to get hard. The side effects were significant. It was basically used for widowed men.

After explaining, she said, “It’s too early to think about these things now. Lingyi is tired. It’s better to sleep first.”

Meng Huan thought about it and agreed. There were still a few months after giving birth when it couldn’t be done. It was useless for him to think about these things now. He immediately held her hand and closed his eyes to sleep.

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Time passed quickly.

After Meng Huan’s confinement, Wen Zhaoyin took him out for walks as she had thought. However, he didn’t seem very interested in the outside and only went out a few times before not wanting to go out anymore.

Wen Zhaoyin thought he was lonely and considered accompanying him to visit his family. Unexpectedly, he refused flatly, even more decisive than not going out.

She didn’t understand what was going on, but Meng Huan was clear in his heart. He wasn’t the real Meng Huan and had no feelings for his parents in this life. It was better not to go back than to go back and see them, lest he expose himself.

So he only asked Wen Zhaoyin to take good care of his family and not let anyone neglect his birth father. That was all.

Another half a year later, he was promoted to concubine.

She even used the etiquette and specifications of marrying a prime minister to completely go through the process of marrying him into the family again, making him the rightful male master of the Wen family.

At this time, he occasionally replaced Wen Zhaoyin and attended some banquets and flower conferences. However, because he was different from those legitimate prime ministers, he always sat alone on the side, listening and watching without speaking.

Gradually, as Wen Zhaoyin steadily rose in the official ranks, those prime ministers also began to accept him. They would occasionally sit at the same table and exchange a few words.

Speaking of having children, he was quite helpless.

Because he couldn’t resist, if he didn’t take good measures, he would get pregnant again.

He didn’t know why the success rate was so high when they were together. It seemed like he came to this world just to have children. Three children in three years, five children in five years. His belly never had a break.

When a person with a mental age of over thirty was praised for giving his wife three children in his early twenties and having a stable position, Meng Huan was very confused.

He only remembered that in this world, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old when he first arrived at the Wen family. He gave birth to his eldest son Wen You at the age of nineteen. In the third year, at the age of twenty-one, he gave birth to his second daughter Wen Rong. Now, at the age of twenty-three, he was already pregnant with his third child.

“I’m only twenty-three years old?” He sat in front of the mirror, dazed.

Before transmigrating, he was already twenty-six. As a result, after living in this female-dominant world for six or seven years, he was only twenty-three years old. This… this was too unbelievable.

“But, Wen Xi, you’re not lying to me, right? Look, I have wrinkles at the corners of my eyes. How do I look like twenty-three?”

Wen Xi walked over and gently smoothed his fine lines with his fingers, carefully saying, “Prime Minister, you have a good foundation. You haven’t taken care of yourself all these years, but you’re still similar to those young lords of the same age.”

“You’ve never liked to apply things, but I still suggest that you can find some formulas to apply. You’ll definitely look radiant. Given time, you won’t be much different from those young men in their late twenties.”

Looking at his slightly yellowish face in the mirror, Meng Huan felt that it might be quite difficult to regain a youthful appearance under the ancient conditions.

But this time, it really made him pay attention to his appearance.

He had neglected it before, always thinking that this body was at least thirty years old and it was normal to look like this. Only now did he realize he was just twenty-three and immediately felt it was very abnormal.

“Wen Xi, do you know that in a certain place, men at the age of twenty-three are generally not married and are still studying? How can I be like this, about to have my third child? Doing this there would result in a fine.”

Wen Xi listened in confusion and felt it was very unbelievable, “How can there be men in their twenties who are not married? Wouldn’t they become old men that no one wants? Wouldn’t this implicate their parents?”

“And men studying? Prime Minister, please don’t mention it anymore. This is what the current empress hates the most. If it gets spread out…”

Meng Huan lightly hit the back of his hand and handed him a comb, indicating for him to help comb his hair. He rolled his eyes and said, “I know, I know. I’m just chatting with you.”

He was just rambling and only said these things to people he trusted. He didn’t dare to say these things to outsiders.

Raising his hand to touch his face, he indeed felt it wasn’t very smooth or tender. He thought to himself that he really needed to start taking care of himself.

Even if he didn’t apply powder or cosmetics, he still needed to nourish himself with food. He couldn’t look like he was in his thirties when he was only in his early twenties.

And… Meng Huan lowered his head and glanced at his waistline, his eyes darkening.

When he gave birth to Wen You, it was still fine. His figure hardly changed. Even Wen Zhaoyin commented that he had become more plump. However, after giving birth to his second daughter Wen Rong, he had been carrying extra flesh on his belly.

When wearing loose clothes, it wasn’t noticeable, but when standing together with the prime ministers and concubines of other families, a gust of wind would reveal their shapes.

He never cared about it before, but now he suddenly became aware of this problem.

He had thought about it. Wen Zhaoyin’s heart was with Xie Yunhuan, but on the surface, she was affectionate with him. Perhaps she liked his face and body more.

If one day he grew old and no longer had a young body to attract her, then the so-called ‘favor’ would also disappear…

“How old is Wen Zhaoyin?”

After asking, Meng Huan thought for a moment. He seemed to have asked Wen Xi this question before. When he first arrived, he looked in the mirror and thought he was only sixteen or seventeen years old. He had forgotten about it before.

“Don’t tell me you can’t say it. If you don’t tell me, I won’t want you anymore.”

Wen Xi smiled and selected hairpins from the brocade box, “How could that be? It’s just that the master’s age is not easy to inquire about. I only heard a rough number before. Now that I think about it, the family head should be in her thirties?”

“The family head is in her prime. Women don’t age easily. Even if you ask now, she’s not much different from when I entered the residence nine years ago. Instead, she looks even more graceful…”

He was halfway through praising when he suddenly saw Meng Huan pursing his lips and looking at him. He immediately stopped talking.

The latter was amused by his appearance and joked, “Wen Xi, do you like the wife?”

“I remember you seemed to have confessed to me before that when I hadn’t arrived, you were cultivated as her bedchamber servant. Actually, if you have feelings for her, it’s not impossible. If it’s you, it’s better than others, right?”

Wen Xi was startled by his words and quickly shook his head in denial, “I, I absolutely don’t have such thoughts!”

Meng Huan grabbed his hand and pulled him to sit down, continuing, “When I’m old, if she takes in someone else in the future and bullies the two of us, but if you go…”

“Prime Minister! The family head is in harmony with you and has promised not to marry again. Don’t worry about these things.”

“Also, I, I’m no longer…” Wen Xi opened his palm, revealing the bright red chastity sand.

Then he picked up the tea beside him, poured it into his palm, and rubbed hard for a while. The chastity sand faded and disappeared.

Meng Huan watched this scene with wide eyes. Although the chastity sand was removed by Wen Zhaoyin when he first transmigrated, he later learned that this thing couldn’t be washed off.

Being able to wash it off… it was all fake!

“You, you are…” He asked weakly, feeling that something was wrong. If it was a good thing, why would Wen Xi hide it and fake it? Could it be that he was bullied by some scumbag woman?

Meng Huan’s voice suddenly rose, “Who bullied you? I’ll go settle the score with her right now!”

If it were modern times and his good buddy had a one-night stand with a woman, he would definitely tease him because they were the beneficiaries.

But now, this was a female-dominant world. Men were the ones who suffered the most. If it wasn’t discovered, it was fine. Once discovered, there was no way to live.

Without waiting for Wen Xi to speak, he hurriedly asked again, “Did you take precautions? Did you drink the contraceptive soup?”

Who would have thought that the master’s focus would be so different? Wen Xi lowered his head with a flushed face and answered softly, “I drank it.”

With these words, Meng Huan finally felt more at ease. He then seriously asked about the woman who slept with him.

Not knowing until asking, it was shocking to find out that the scumbag was actually Pei Lan!

“Well, she looked quite serious usually. I didn’t expect her to be so sneaky. She ate you and didn’t even ask me to marry you. Could she be deceiving you?”

Wen Xi lowered his head even more, his voice almost inaudible, “Manager Lan probably doesn’t know it’s me…”

He remembered that when Prince An hadn’t been convicted yet, the family head was always running around, and Manager Lan was also rushing around everywhere to gather information in dangerous places.

He only knew this much. Then once, when he was resting and passing by a corner of the garden, he saw Manager Lan seeming to be injured and not very conscious.

At that time, he already had some thoughts about her. As if possessed, he quietly took her back to his own room, not expecting that she was poisoned with that kind of poison…

Wen Xi felt that his half-reluctant, half-willing behavior was shameful. He was afraid that Pei Lan would look down on him if she found out. When he saw her the next day after it ended, she acted as if nothing had happened, so he didn’t say anything and faked the chastity sand.

He only thought about these things in his heart and hadn’t dared to tell Meng Huan even now, fearing that the master would despise him.

Meng Huan didn’t know that his mind had already gone through hundreds of thoughts, but seeing his hesitant appearance, he inexplicably felt a little angry and slapped his arm.

“You fool! I’ll take charge of this for you. Whether she knows or not, tomorrow I’ll have her marry you! Taking full advantage and not wanting to take responsibility, there can’t be such a good thing in the world.”

Meng Huan said this and, despite Wen Xi’s objections, urged Wen Zhaoyin to have Pei Lan marry him the next day.

At first, Pei Lan was unwilling, saying that she was looking for a life-saving benefactor, but after Wen Xi went to see her alone, she eagerly agreed and immediately gave Wen Xi the family heirloom bracelet.

Not long after witnessing their wedding, Meng Huan gave birth to his third child, another girl. Wen Zhaoyin named her Wen Rao, and he gave her the courtesy name Nian Xiang, meaning ‘missing hometown’.

He thought that he might never be able to return to modern times in this lifetime.

After giving birth to this child, his figure lost shape again. It took him two years to barely exercise back.

Therefore, he didn’t dare to indulge anymore. One reason was the fear of pain, and the other was the fear of growing old. He always took precautions properly and didn’t get pregnant again.

He didn’t know if it was his illusion or what, but as they grew older and spent more time together, he and Wen Zhaoyin became more and more like an old couple, without much passion.

Meng Huan became more and more anxious day by day. He felt that once the two of them lost that feeling, it would be difficult to live on.

But he was also used to hiding his true emotions. He didn’t let Wen Zhaoyin notice much. Occasionally, she would ask him what was wrong, but he insisted on not saying anything, and the topic would be dropped.

Several more years passed. He suddenly fell ill. At first, it wasn’t very serious, and he didn’t pay much attention to it. By the time it became so severe that he couldn’t even get out of bed, it was too late to find a physician.

On the verge of death, seeing Wen Zhaoyin sitting by his bed with red eyes, her eyes filled with him, Meng Huan felt very reassured.

He looked up and could see himself in the mirror. He hadn’t aged much due to good care, which made him a little happy.

He thought that Wen Zhaoyin was so fixated on Xie Yunhuan because Xie had passed away at his prime, leaving a deep impression on people. They only remembered his good points, and even beautified him with a filter.

Now that he wasn’t old and was about to die of illness in a similar way, perhaps Wen Zhaoyin could also remember him deeply, and he could become one of the important and unshakable ones in her heart.

“Sigh, I don’t want you to dote on other men, but I won’t be able to see it after I die. But you can’t let him live in the place where I used to live…”

Wen Zhaoyin was moved to tears by his words. She pressed her forehead against the back of his hand, her shoulders trembling incessantly, crying silently.

After taking a deep breath, she said, “The children haven’t come yet. Don’t say these disheartening things.”

“I know you’ve had something on your mind all these years but didn’t want to tell me. I was afraid that if I asked, you would get angry…”

“Lingyi, Huan Huan, Meng Huan, can you let go of the things you don’t want to say in your heart and stay with me…”

Meng Huan shook his head. With Wen Zhaoyin around, he was very reassured about the three children. He saw them often, so seeing them or not for the last time didn’t make much difference.

He felt that what she said might be right. He had things on his mind, brewing in his heart. Over time, it turned into an illness, and the long-term consumption finally caused him to fall ill.

He didn’t expect that she had long noticed his thoughts and didn’t dare to ask deeply for fear of angering him. If he had said it at that time, would the current situation have changed…?

But none of that mattered anymore.

Now he felt his heart beating particularly fast, at an inhuman speed. His body was gradually losing warmth, feeling a little cold.

Perhaps it was really time.

“You know what I want to hear.”

He blinked, and a hot tear slid down. His mind flashed back to that time when he asked her if she loved him and insisted on making her say it, but she just wouldn’t.

He was so angry at that time that he took an axe and went to cut down the tree. He didn’t even dare to chop hard, just chopping those two times lightly before compromising…

Seeing her about to speak, he suddenly raised his hand to cover her mouth, “Forget it.”

Meng Huan wasn’t sure what she would say. If she changed the subject again this time, he wouldn’t be able to die in peace.

“If you don’t say it, I’ll take it as you’ve said it. That way, I can leave with a more peaceful mind.”

After saying that, as if he couldn’t hold on any longer, he closed his eyes. With one breath exhaled, he never inhaled again.

Wen Zhaoyin cried bitterly over his body, tugging at his still warm hand and choking out, “I would definitely say it this time. I love you, I love you…”

She knew very well that the person who had closed his eyes and had no breath had already left, but she still kept saying it in his ear, as if he could still hear it.

[I originally wanted to write two different endings, one happy and one sad, but I found that it seemed impossible to have a truly perfect ending in this life.] [So there’s only this one that counts as the proper ending. As for the happy ending, it will appear in the form of an extra chapter, where the male and female leads return to modern times.] [There will be a total of three extra chapters:

1. The male and female leads’ happy ending in modern times

2. The story of Pei Lan and Wen Xi

3. Wen Shu’s love history and the development of the other three children]

Little angels can choose to read them.

The next female-dominant novel I’m writing is “The Husband is as Beautiful as a Peony”. If little angels like it, you can bookmark it. It’s expected to start on May 27th.