"Chen Que, I'm not sad, and don't worry!" Li Yunyan calmly comforted him.

She raised her hand and stroked his eyebrows and eyes. "I've seen the child. His eyebrows are like yours, and everything else looks like me! He's very cute!"

Chen Que took a deep breath. "Yan Yan, thank you!"

His hand touched her lower abdomen. "Does it still hurt?"

"Only a little bit!"

"Were there any dangers during childbirth?"

"No, everything went smoothly."

In the darkness, they couldn't see each other, but their love flowed on. They spoke softly, and Shen Que lowered his head to kiss her, but she blocked him with her hand.

"I haven't had time to look after you lately. Have you been studying diligently?"

"some!"

"Has anyone been giving you trouble over there?"

"It was just some minor trouble. Fusheng is very capable; he helped me a lot!"

"That's good!"

Shen Que stroked her face. "Yanyan, don't always worry about me. I'll take care of myself and study hard. You should focus on recovering after childbirth; that's the most important thing!"

Okay!

Li Yunyan grabbed his collar. Since he didn't want her to worry, she would do something else!

With a gentle pull, she drew him closer to her.

"Shen Que, kiss me."

......

During Li Yunyan's postpartum period, Shen Que came to keep her company every night, and their relationship progressed rapidly.

On the day she finished her postpartum confinement, she rewarded him with a big one!

The day after she finished her postpartum confinement, Li Yunyan went to Shen's mother's courtyard to see the baby.

It's been over a month since I last saw them. The two children have grown up so much, they're chubby and fair-skinned, and they look very clever.

Li Yunyan was completely charmed. "Mother takes such good care of Jin'er and Yu'er!"

With her grandson by her side, Shen's mother has become less sharp-tongued, and her attitude towards Li Yunyan is now quite gentle and pleasant.

"Both children are very well-behaved and don't cause any trouble!"

Li Yunyan smiled gently and placed a finger into her daughter's palm, letting her hold it.

"Will they cry and make a fuss at night? If they disturb my mother, my daughter-in-law will feel uneasy!"

The two grandsons are the lifeblood of Shen's mother, how could she possibly complain about the noise?

She waved her hand and said, "I have a lot of wet nurses and nannies here, and they are all capable! Don't worry about these things. Just focus on having more grandsons for this old woman with Xian'er, and I'll be happy!"

Li Yunyan glanced at Shen Fengxian sitting opposite her, but he didn't look at her. She lowered her eyes and said, "Now that I have Jin'er and Yu'er, I am already content!"

"You can never have too many children! Besides, is this something you can decide? And you, you can't even speak properly!"

Mother Shen rarely showed a kind expression, but then she started to put on a stern face again.

Li Yunyan immediately whispered, "Daughter-in-law knows she was wrong, Mother, please don't be angry!"

"Hmph! Just seeing you makes me angry!"

When his wife was scolded, Shen Fengxian didn't even lift an eyelid.

Sitting next to him, Li Mingshan, seeing Li Yunyan's even more alluring figure after giving birth, began to have designs on her again.

Several months later.

When the system reminded Li Yunyan for the seventh time that Li Mingshan was loitering outside Liuyan Courtyard, Li Yunyan decided to cause Shen Fengxian some trouble and annoy him.

She had the system play a video in Li Mingshan's mind, and then pulled Shen Que, who was standing next to her, over.

"elder sister?"

Li Yunyan bit his chin, "Are you going to take the imperial examination?"

"Hmm...ten days later..."

"Be careful they don't try to trip you up and prevent you from taking the exam!"

“I know…” His breathing quickened, “I always carry the antidote pills my sister gave me with me!”

She stroked his smooth shoulder, "Good boy!"

......

The day before Shen Que set off, Shen Fengxian, for the first time ever, came to his courtyard.

"Brother?"

Shen Fengxian looked at the simple courtyard, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

He smiled and said, "You're going to take the imperial examination tomorrow. I've had some things prepared for you. See if you need them?"

Shen Que looked at the pile of things—quilts, clothes—his face remaining expressionless. "Brother, you're so thoughtful!"

Shen Fengxian glanced at his expression and scoffed inwardly. Pretentious!

He sent people to investigate, and found that Shen Que hadn't climbed any high positions outside, and his connections were pitifully simple!

What he has now is probably the money he got from selling the treasures his father gave him before. He's still a poor boy!

The things he's preparing for him now are all things that Wangxi picked out the best for him; he doesn't believe Shen Que doesn't want them!

However, just in case, he waved the food box in his hand.

"Today, as your elder brother, I'm seeing you off! Let's have a drink together!"

Shen Que lowered his head. "Brother, I cannot drink now, lest I make a mistake!"

"How could I not know that?"

Shen Fengxian adopted the demeanor of a good older brother, saying, "This wine is plum wine, it's sweet! Just one cup won't cause any problems!"

He put on a stern face, "You wouldn't even give your elder brother this much face, would you?"

"How could that be?" Shen Que smiled faintly. "Brother, you flatter me!"

Shen Que's room was too small, so he didn't invite Shen Feng to come in first, but instead asked Fu Sheng to move the table and chairs to the yard.

"Brother, the moonlight is just right tonight. How about we two brothers drink together under the moon?"

Shen Fengxian nodded, "Very good!"

The food and drinks from the food box were served one by one, but Shen Que did not touch his chopsticks first.

Shen Fengxian patiently poured him a glass of wine, then poured one for himself.

Raise your glass, "Second brother, bottoms up!"

Shen Que clinked glasses with him.

Seeing that he hadn’t drunk it yet, Shen Fengxian sneered inwardly, thinking to himself, “This kid is quite wary!”

But no matter how vigilant he was, it was useless! Because the sleeping potion wasn't put in the wine, but rather smeared in his cup and on his chopsticks!

He tilted his head back and downed the wine in his hand in one gulp.

Looking at Chen Que, "Second brother, it's your turn!"

Shen Que remained calm, raising his wine glass with both hands. "Brother, thank you!"

Thank you, brother, for leaving the cigarettes to me!

He drank it all in one gulp.

A moment later, he collapsed onto the table.

Fusheng was horrified and came over to shake his shoulders, "Young Master? Young Master, wake up! Young Master?!"

Shen Fengxian had already wiped the smile off his face and stood up to dust off his robe.

"My second brother can't hold his liquor; he got drunk after just a little bit! What a disappointment!"

Having said that, he turned and left.

He strode away briskly, a smile playing on his lips as he listened to Fusheng's panicked cries behind him.

Shen Que wants to use the imperial examination to trample on him? How could that be possible?!

If it weren't for the fact that he had the title of Jieyuan (top scholar in the imperial examination), and that his sudden death would arouse suspicion, what he gave Shen Que tonight would have been more than just sleeping pills!

He missed the imperial examination because he couldn't hold his liquor; what does it have to do with anyone else?

After shouting at the top of his lungs for a quarter of an hour, Fusheng was surprised to see that the young master, who had been lying unconscious on the table, had sat up on his own.

His eyes were clear and bright.