Xiao Yu looked at the cold light that flashed in her eyes and put his arm around her shoulders: "It's all over."

"Well, it's long gone." Shen Weiwan leaned in his arms, watching the last spark in the brazier go out, "Now, I just think about how to live a more enjoyable life."

As dusk fell, goat-horn lanterns were lit in the Prince's mansion. Kengkeng and Wawah pestered Xiao Yu for a bedtime story, but when he looked down, they slipped a toad under his cushion. The Seventh Prince jumped up as soon as he sat down, causing laughter to fill the courtyard and startle the night herons.

Shen Weiwan sat in the corridor, her hand unconsciously touching her abdomen, where a new life was being nurtured. She thought of the despair in the snow in her previous life, and her aunt's hypocritical smile on the day of her rebirth. Then she looked at her husband and child chasing the toad in front of her, and suddenly her eyes felt hot.

"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Yu avoided the toad and sat next to her, holding her slightly cold hand.

"Thinking," Shen Weiwan looked up at him, the moonlight falling on her eyelashes like broken diamonds, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"What are you thanking me for?" Xiao Yu gathered her cloak and ran his fingertips through the loose hair on her temples.

"Thank you for letting me have a family and them," she looked at the gentle smile in his eyes and suddenly laughed out loud, "Thank you for not despising me for cheating people, otherwise how could we have so much fun?"

"Dislike?" Xiao Yu lowered his head and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. "Without you, I'm afraid I'd get sick from staying in the palace."

Kengkeng suddenly pointed at Shen Weiwan's belly: "Mom, what's your brother's name? He has to be as powerful as me!"

Shen Weiwan rolled her eyes and said with a wicked smile: "Why not call me 'Pit Pit Number Two'? I'll pit my father with you in the future!"

"Great!" Wow! "That way we can get a double portion of candied haws!"

Xiao Yu sighed helplessly, but couldn't help curling his lips. He knew that as long as Shen Weiwan was there, the Prince's Mansion would never be peaceful. But when Kengkeng put the toad in his boots and Wawawa sprinkled icing sugar into his teacup, his heart was filled with unprecedented warmth.

In the dead of night, Kengkeng finally fell asleep holding his slingshot, his little face still stained with mud from playing during the day. Shen Weiwan leaned in Xiao Yu's arms, listening to the steady heartbeat in his chest.

"Your Highness," she suddenly whispered, "Who do you think we should trick in the next volume?"

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "You are so ungrateful."

"Life is short, it's not fun if you don't cheat people!" Shen Weiwan looked up, her eyes reflecting the light of the lanterns under the corridor, "When this little one is born, we will take the three children and cheat all those people in the capital who are displeased with us!"

"Okay, okay," Xiao Yu hugged her tightly, listening to the chirping of insects outside the window, "But first, let me make a promise: you are not to teach them to cheat your husband. Last time, they cut my court robes into kites, causing me to be impeached by the censor for 'untidy appearance'."

"That's not certain." Shen Weiwan smiled like a cat stealing fish, "Who made you the easiest person to cheat in our family?"

Moonlight streamed into the room through the window lattice, illuminating the plaque "School of Tricksters" hanging above the bed. Shen Weiwan listened to the breathing of those around her, knowing that the story of Volume Nine had come to a close, but the legend of their "Trickster Family" had only just begun. In the next volume, she would lead a new little devil and continue to thrive in this world of happy revenge, spreading her skills as a "trickster" throughout the world—after all, this was the kind of life she, Shen Weiwan, desired most!