Ever since Zhou Zhiyi and the other three arrived, the smile on Zhou Qiongyue's face has never faded.

Zhou Qiongyue was happy, and Yuan Bohua was happy too.

Zhou Qiongyue and the others ate and chatted, talking about the present, the past, and the future. Even though they hadn't seen each other for a while, the siblings still had endless things to talk about, and there was no feeling of unfamiliarity at all.

Even Zhou Qiongyue and Cheng had a lot of topics to talk about. Zhou Qiongyue never went back to her parents' home to cause trouble, and she was even very kind to Cheng and her children.

Cheng has always treated her sister-in-law Zhou Qiongyue as her own sister.

Even though Yu was so noisy, Cheng was very good to Zhou Zhiquan's children and had the demeanor and bearing of an eldest sister-in-law.

Zhou Zhiquan also respected his eldest sister-in-law very much, so except for Mrs. Yu, the relationship between the five of them was pretty good.

Zhou Zhiyi and his friends came to Zhou Qiongyue's place this time, planning to stay for a few days before leaving, which made Zhou Qiongyue even happier.

Before going to bed at night, Yuan Bohua rarely listened to Zhou Qiongyue humming an unknown song.

Seeing Zhou Qiongyue so happy, Yuan Bohua took the initiative to suggest: "When the weather gets warmer, we will return to the palace to live, so that you can see your eldest brother and fifth brother more often.

We are all this age now, and some people only see each other less and less."

Zhou Qiongyue was happy to be able to live back in the palace, but she was more concerned about Yuan Bohua's health. "What about your health?"

Yuan Bohua knew what Zhou Qiongyue was worried about. He explained to her, "It won't affect my health no matter where I live in the summer. Besides, it's more convenient to invite an imperial physician to the palace."

Zhou Qiongyue thought about it carefully and felt that it was exactly what Yuan Bohua said, so she nodded and agreed, "Then let's stay at the hot spring villa again in winter."

Zhou Qiongyue didn't know at the moment that after they returned, she would never have the chance to come to the hot spring resort with Yuan Bohua again.

Yuan Bohua held Zhou Qiongyue's hand and agreed happily, "Okay, we'll come together then. When the weather is good, we can even have a hot pot in the porch."

"Well, Your Highness can't go ahead of me. Even for my sake, Your Highness has to hold on for a few more years." Zhou Qiongyue was also an old woman now, and she couldn't understand the meaning of those who pursued immortality.

All the relatives and friends around her have passed away, and she is left alone in the world. She just feels pity for herself.

Yuan Bohua really wanted to agree, but after thinking about it for a long time, he finally chose to pretend to sleep. He felt that he could not do it.

Zhou Qiongyue looked at the bed curtains and waited for a long time but didn't hear Yuan Bohua's reply. She turned her head and saw Yuan Bohua's steady breathing in the moonlight.

She pulled the quilt upwards, put Yuan Bohua's hands, which were frozen outside, into the quilt, and then closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Yuan Bohua waited until Zhou Qiongyue's breathing became steady before he opened his eyes, without a trace of sleepiness in them.

He turned sideways towards Zhou Qiongyue and looked at her face in the moonlight for a long time before Yuan Bohua fell asleep.

Everyone woke up very early the next day, mainly because they were old and couldn't fall asleep even if they wanted to.

Zhou Qiongyue and the others had breakfast together. The breakfast was arranged by Yuan Hantao. During just one breakfast, Yuan Hantao made his two uncles Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Zhiquan smile from ear to ear.

It was as if Yuan Hantao had instantly become the favorite junior of Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Zhiquan.

After Yuan Hantao and everyone finished their breakfast, they tactfully bowed and left.

After all, with him around, it's not very convenient for the elders to talk about other topics. As for personal service, the servants do it better than him!

All he has to do is take good care of the farm.

After Yuan Hantao left, Zhou Zhiyi praised Zhou Qiongyue, "Tao'er is a good child. Kang'er is blessed."

In the past, every time Yuan Hantao followed Yuan Chaokang and others to the Earl's Mansion, he tried to hide his abilities. He didn't want all the limelight to fall on him when a bunch of brothers went out together.

In addition, there are many children of their generation, so even if Zhou Zhiyi and others want to observe them carefully, they cannot observe them all.

So before this, Zhou Zhiyi and the others were not familiar with Yuan Hantao.

After arriving at the hot spring villa yesterday, Zhou Zhiyi saw Yuan Hantao busying around, so he carefully observed and tested the child, and the result really surprised him.

It was still the kind of surprise that Zhou Zhiyi couldn't wait to snatch back home to raise.

Zhou Qiongyue gave her eldest brother a look that showed she had recognized a talent. "Tao'er is a capable person."

When Zhou Zhiquan heard what his elder brother and younger sister said, his eyes were filled with envy. His elder brother and younger sister both had successors, but his son was just average, and his grandson was also just average.

His only intelligent son was born out of wedlock, and when he tried to support him, Mrs. Yu would cause a huge uproar. He felt very depressed when he thought about it.

Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Qiongyue certainly noticed the envy in their fifth brother's/fifth brother's eyes, but there was nothing they could do about something that relied on luck.

However, Zhou Zhiyi still felt that his fifth brother was delayed by that stupid woman Yu, which not only resulted in a bad foundation for the next generation, but also a poor choice of daughter-in-law for the next generation. This was truly "marrying an unvirtuous wife will harm three generations."

At that time, my fifth brother was soft-hearted and did not divorce that stupid woman. It is too late to regret it now.

Seeing this, Yuan Bohua quickly changed the subject and told him to stop poking at Fifth Brother's feelings. Fifth Brother's life was already difficult enough:

"Brother, sister-in-law, and fifth brother, let's go for a walk around the farm together and take a look at the vegetables that Yue'er has grown herself. There are so many varieties, I guarantee that some of them you haven't seen before."

Zhou Qiongyue was worried that Yuan Bohua would get hurt at night if he went out and got caught in the cold wind, so she quickly replied, "I'll take my brother and sister-in-law out for a walk! You just stay in the house."

Seeing that Yue'er was worried about him, Yuan Bohua did not try to be stubborn. When Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Zhiquan tried to persuade him, he agreed.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qiongyue gave Yuan Bohua and the servants around him a bunch of instructions on what to pay attention to before leaving with Zhou Zhiyi and the other three.

The four of them wandered around the hot spring villa, mostly talking about Yuan Bohua's health. Although Zhou Zhiyi and the others were genuinely worried about Yuan Bohua, they were more worried about Zhou Qiongyue.

True relatives don’t want the other to die before them.

Zhou Qiongyue replied one by one, and the prince's health did seem to be much better this year.

But what Zhou Qiongyue didn't know was that this was actually an illusion. Yuan Bohua's pain had begun to disappear, so it seemed that this year was not as difficult as in previous years.

Zhou Qiongyue also took good care of the health of her two brothers, especially her eldest brother, who was several years older than her.

Zhou Zhiyi looked at his sister's worried eyes. Although he felt happy, he couldn't help but replied: "You should worry more about yourself! Your sister-in-law has taken good care of me over the years."

"Sister, you don't have to worry about me, your fifth brother. With your fifth sister-in-law around, I take good care of my health. I can't go ahead of her, otherwise, I don't know what kind of harm she will cause to the children!"

Zhou Zhiquan spoke the happiest words in the happiest tone.