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After Lu Chen finished speaking, he shifted his body slightly before continuing, "Actually, it's not just you, I also plan to appoint Rongrong and Wu Junwan as Imperial Noble Consorts."

Chu Yuqin's mind started to fog upon hearing Lu Chen's words.

"You... appointing so many Imperial Noble Consorts... what for..."

Lu Chen said, "My thinking is that anyone who has been involved in important affairs, like Nanyan, will be appointed as Imperial Noble Consorts, while those who focus on raising children, like Yaoyao, Xiaoxiao, and Youyou, will be made Noble Consorts."

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After hearing Lu Chen's thoughts, Chu Yuqin said, "In the future, you'll have even more women, and if all are appointed as Noble Consorts, won't there be too many of them?"

Usually, an Emperor's women all have distinct ranks, not every woman can become a Noble Consort, and not every woman can ascend the Emperor's dragon bed.

Chu Yuqin was worried that if Lu Chen titled all his women as Noble Consorts, then as Lu Chen's women increased in number, so too would the expenses of the Imperial Palace.

Although many Emperors mainly allowed a few women to sleep in their chambers, the Emperor's harem often had a vast number of Consorts. Chu Yuqin feared that if Lu Chen chose hundreds of women for the palace, suddenly adding hundreds of Noble Consorts, and if each woman's living expenses were the same, wouldn't that bankrupt the inner treasury?

When Lu Chen heard Chu Yuqin's concerns, he said with a smile, "I won't want just any woman, I'll only want the women I fancy. Even when choosing more consorts in the future, if I don't fancy them, I'll send them all back."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin seemed to understand something, and also reacted to it.

Although Lu Chen had a fondness for beauty, he was also a man of principles; when he saw someone he liked, he would find every means to have her.

If the women did not catch Lu Chen's fancy, no matter how beautiful they were, and even if they walked back and forth in front of him each day, he would not be interested in them, nor would he touch them.

The North Prince Mansion had previously kept numerous dancing girls, and all the maids were carefully selected for their beauty, yet Lu Chen had never laid a hand on those dancers or maids.

This indirectly showed that Lu Chen was a man who preferred quality over quantity; he had unique demands for beauty and was resolutely uninterested unless the woman was stunning.

The North Prince Mansion once selected concubines for Lu Chen, but after a rigorous selection process, he did not take any of the presented women, which also showed how stringent Lu Chen's standards were.

If Lu Chen continued to maintain such stringent conditions, even if his harem were to grow, it likely wouldn't increase by much in the future.

Therefore, entitling them all as Noble Consorts wasn't unacceptable.

With this thought in mind, Chu Yuqin lifted her cherry lips slightly and exhaled, "You... just decide on your own."

Chu Yuqin didn't want to say anything more at the moment, she just wanted this little rascal to hurry up and do the naughty things.

At this time, Lu Chen said, "Then it's settled."

When he finished, Lu Chen whispered in Chu Yuqin's ear, "My lady, turn your head back and look into my eyes."

No sooner had Lu Chen's voice fallen than Chu Yuqin followed his words and turned her head slightly.

At this moment, the beautiful woman's cheeks were covered in a rosy flush, her delicate eyelashes fluttering lightly, and her eyes pooled with liquid autumn, making her appear exceptionally alluring.

Feeling the heat from Lu Chen, Chu Yuqin whispered softly, "Darling... let's have another child."

Hearing the beautiful woman's words, Lu Chen's inner wildness was instantly stirred, and he bent down to capture Chu Yuqin's red lips, then began to attend to the matter at hand.

The next morning, as dawn was just breaking, Chu Yuqin and Lu Chen still had not slept. At this time, Chu Yuqin was nestled in Lu Chen's arms, feeling incredibly blissful.

Even though she had been initially tricked by this little rascal, she had no regrets now. Instead, she felt extremely fortunate – without this little rascal, she might have never experienced such happiness.

Suddenly, Chu Yuqin thought of something and quickly asked, "You have court today, don't you?"

Chu Yuqin certainly didn't want to delay Lu Chen's attendance at court because of herself.

Hearing her words, Lu Chen smiled faintly and gently stroked Chu Yuqin's hair, saying, "There's no court today; there will be a minor court session in a few days."

Until the new list of officials is released, the current officials wouldn't know what to do at court, only after the new appointments do they know what tasks they are responsible for.

In the coming days, it was as if they were on holiday; Lu Chen planned to take this time to cultivate affection with his wives and concubines.

Just then, Lu Chen glanced at his system interface subconsciously.

Nowadays, when Lu Chen and his wives consort, he had set the system to silent mode so that it wouldn't disturb him. Thus, every time after he finished his business, he would check to see if he had received any system rewards.

The moment Lu Chen looked, he was stunned.

[Congratulations Host, for impregnating Chu Yuqin. Reward: one Earth Knowledge Library]

[Pregnancy rewards are incentive rewards. Please Host, take good care of your wives and ensure the child is safely born. Upon the successful birth of the child, an even more generous reward will be granted.]

This…

Lu Chen remembered the time in the Capital city when he tried hard every day to get Bai Qingqing and Xue Linglong pregnant. Both of them were nearly at their limits after half a year of effort, but there was no effect. Their bellies showed no reaction at all.

But now, just after he had returned and spent one night with Chu Yuqin, she got pregnant immediately.

How come the difference between people is so great? It comes to think of it, it was the same with Chu Yuqin's first pregnancy; she succeeded on the first try.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen was incredibly excited. Chu Yuqin also sensed Lu Chen's excitement at this moment. Just as she was about to say something, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Darling, shall I tell you some good news?"

Chu Yuqin asked, "What good news?"

Lu Chen lifted his hand and gently stroked Chu Yuqin's soft belly, then said, "Guess what the good news is."

Seeing Lu Chen's hand on her belly, Chu Yuqin immediately realized what he meant. His hint was so obvious, how could she not know what the good news was? But still, she found it somewhat unbelievable.

After all, she was now a Grandmaster, and Lu Chen was a Pseudo Celestial. Although last night she had verbally expressed the wish for Lu Chen to give her another child, she had said those words only to tease Lu Chen into being bad to her. But to actually be pregnant?

Chu Yuqin then said, "Really… Really? I'm already a Grandmaster, and I can still get pregnant?"

Hearing Chu Yuqin's words, Lu Chen proudly said, "Of course! You underestimate who I am. It's not just because you're a Grandmaster, even if you become a Celestial in the future, I can still impregnate you."

Chu Yuqin felt a surge of excitement internally, not expecting to be pregnant with their second child so quickly.

The morning.

When Chu Yuqin appeared before her sisters, including Mu Zixuan, with a radiant smile, it was clear that she had been well-loved the night before.

The other women felt envious and hoped Lu Chen would choose them that night.

At this moment, Lu Chen had already made his way to the newly built Imperial Study Room.

Similar in structure to the book room in the North Prince Mansion, the Imperial Study Room also had a resting area, and it was much larger than the one in the North Prince Mansion. After all, it was the working place of Emperor Lu Chen, and naturally, the standards had to be higher.

After entering the Imperial Study Room, Lu Chen instructed for the doors to be closed, then he opened the system interface.

He was curious about what use the Earth Knowledge Library that the system had just rewarded him with might have.

When Lu Chen clicked into the [Earth Knowledge Library], he found countless books before him. These books ranged from kindergarten to university textbooks, including some professional literature.

Numb with shock, Lu Chen gazed upon the scene.

Is this the Earth Knowledge Library?

With these books, won't it be possible to transform this ancient world into a modern world in just a hundred or two hundred years?

The system had always rewarded things piecemeal, and it was unexpected that this time it had given him all the knowledge of Earth at once.

If he were to disseminate the knowledge in this library, the world was bound to undergo earth-shattering changes in the future.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Chen then said to the maid at the door, "Go call Ms. Dongfang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen planned to hand over the library directly to Dongfang Longyue. The library involved many vital matters, so it must be managed by someone he trusted.