Ye Lanyin looked at the two of them with completely kind faces.

"Your Majesty, Wanwan is still too young, so this reward is unnecessary."

This reward is too hot for her to handle.

When the Marquis of Zhenbei was beaten, she came to collect the reward, feeling as if she were rubbing salt into his wounds.

"Take it if you want. I'll take her to the national treasury later, and she can choose whatever she wants."

Ye Lanyin was stunned.

Does His Majesty dote on Lin Wanwan so much?

The Regent chuckled and said, "Lanyin, having your brother's gifts will provide you with some protection."

"You're taking care of so many children all by yourself; be careful they don't get bullied."

The Holy Emperor coughed lightly.

"Ahem, Regent, you're not getting any younger now. Shall I choose a princess for you?"

"Brother, it would be best if there were some." After saying that, he blinked.

"Let me state my conditions."

The Holy Emperor was taken aback.

This guy has conditions?

He should be grateful if someone is willing to marry him.

Last time, the entire court refused the marriage proposal; now they want to negotiate terms?

If Ye Lanyin is scared away...

"I am delighted to become a father."

"I like divorced women, preferably with three children, two sons and one daughter, and they shouldn't be too young, thirty-two years old, preferably with the surname Ye."

"Let's talk about it again if my brother finds it!"

The Holy Emperor was both amused and exasperated.

Isn't that describing Ye Lanyin?

The whole of Bianjing knows about the incident where Zhenbei Hou helped Ye Lanyin divorce her husband.

But now you're pretending to be stupid?

Ye Lanyin blushed with embarrassment. Wasn't this all about her?

She doesn't want to get married again.

"Alright, let's stay for lunch at the Queen's palace."

"I will take Lin Wanwan to the national treasury to select treasures."

After the Holy Emperor finished speaking, he consulted Ye Lanyin and then left the Imperial Study with Lin Wanwan.

Only the two of them remained in the same spot.

The sensible eunuch Wang simply closed the door.

Becoming the emperor's personal eunuch is no easy feat; the most crucial requirement is that one must be mute and blind.

"Your Majesty, this is the Imperial Study. I would like to leave now."

"Don't worry, my brother is eager for me to see what's here so he can manage the country for me. I have no interest."

Ye Lanyin nervously clutched her handkerchief, at a loss for what to do.

"Lanyin, what I just said is true."

"Perhaps you don't remember, but I have loved you for a long, long time."

So long ago, he himself had almost forgotten.

Ye Lanyin asked in confusion, "Have we known each other for a very, very long time?"

"Hmm, don't you remember?"

Ye Lanyin shook her head, having no recollection of it at all.

She didn't remember seeing it before; had she missed something?

But in my memory, the Regent was someone I first met when he was twenty years old, returning in triumph.

"I don't remember."

The regent was somewhat disappointed, but it was short-lived.

"It's okay, let's get to know each other again."

"Hello, Miss Ye, my name is Xiao Lingyuan."

Ye Lanyin stared blankly at his extremely serious face, trying to find even a trace of a joke.

But his incredibly deep eyes remained completely unmoved.

Her response came as if by some strange twist of fate.

"My name is Ye Lanyin."

...

The Holy Emperor took Lin Wanwan to the national treasury to select gifts.

The gold and silver jewelry inside was truly dazzling to Lin Wanwan.

Wow, my uncle is so rich!

[I've managed to latch onto a powerful figure.]

The Holy Emperor smiled and gently rubbed Lin Wanwan's head.

"Look, what do you like?"

Lin Wanwan looked left and right, her gaze finally settling on a cage.

Point out with your little hand.

"Yes~"

"Yes~"

The Holy Emperor glanced over and discovered it was just a cage, and couldn't help but chuckle as he pointed out:

"Wanwan, this is just an ordinary cage. What use do you have for it?"

"Hurry up and choose something else; you can pick any of the gold and silver jewelry here."

"Look at this, do you like the golden vase?"

The little guy shook his head.

"Then these glass, agate, and jade shoes?"

The little guy shook his head again.

[We need a cage. Go find Grandpa Wang to catch some chicks and bring them home.]

She even spread her arms out to demonstrate.

After an incense stick has burned.

Lin Wanwan, covered in chicken feathers and clutching Tianfeng's chicken neck, arrived at Fengyi Palace under the guidance of palace maids and eunuchs.

The Holy Emperor followed behind, looking disheveled.

His face... had chicken feathers stuck to it.

When the Empress saw his appearance, she almost burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

The Holy Emperor was on the verge of tears; he couldn't even defeat a mere infant.

"Your Majesty, Wanwan has asked me to catch chickens with her."

"You agreed?" The Empress looked incredulous.

"Hmm, I thought catching a chicken would be easy." As he spoke, he pulled open the sleeve of his dragon robe. "Who knew that the chicken could fly, and my dragon robe got covered in poop."

I originally wanted to change it at the Imperial Study, but it was too far away. Luckily, the Empress's palace was the closest, so I had no choice but to come here anyway.

Ye Lanyin picked up Lin Wanwan and asked cautiously, "Then, what happened to Wanwan?"

"Its body was covered in chicken feathers, even its mouth was bitten."

The Holy Emperor twitched the corner of his mouth, then went into the back room to change his clothes.

"Madam Ye, Miss Wanwan insisted on dragging His Majesty to catch a chicken with her, saying she wanted to roast it and eat it."

"The chicken seemed frightened and kept flying around. Miss Wanwan couldn't catch it, so in a fit of anger, she made His Majesty catch it. In the end, she bit off all the chicken's feathers..."

Ye Lanyin was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

"Wanwan, how could you let His Majesty go with you to catch him?"

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