The next morning, as the sun rose, golden sunlight streamed through the window and onto the floor inside the house.

After finishing the morning court session, Yun's father rushed back to the general's mansion, just so he could have breakfast with Yun's mother.

As soon as he entered, he couldn't wait to say, "Those two rascals actually took leave this morning. Those two little devils kept pestering me with questions, how could I possibly answer them? I had to make up a few things on the spot, and it was only with great difficulty that I managed to fool them and get away from the palace."

As he spoke, Yun's father felt a dryness in his throat, picked up the teacup on the table, tilted his head back, and gulped down a large mouthful of tea.

Mica sat at the table with a faint smile on her face, appearing very calm and composed.

She said softly, "The rules of our General's Mansion are not that strict. When the children grow up, they will naturally have their own things to deal with. If you have to worry about everything, you will easily get angry and lose your temper. In the end, you will only lose more than you gain."

Upon hearing this, Yun's father couldn't help but hum softly, but still slowly put down the teacup in his hand as instructed.

Then he stood up, walked to the dining table, gently ladled a bowl of steaming porridge for Yunmu, and carefully placed it in front of her.

Then he sat back down and continued to complain, "That's true, but they didn't come back all night. No matter how busy they are, they should at least send someone back to deliver a message, right? Just disappearing without a word, what kind of behavior is that?"

Just then, Yunmu picked up her spoon to take a sip of porridge when she suddenly heard a soft sound of footsteps approaching from afar.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Yun Ziyu walking unsteadily and swaying into the house.

"You still know how to come back?" Yun's father shouted angrily at Yun Ziyu, which made Yun Ziyu tremble in fright.

Yun Ziyu felt a little guilty. "Oh dear, Dad, do you know how scary it can be? Can't you keep your voice down a little earlier in the morning?"

Yun Ziyu's back ached and he just wanted to rest. He rubbed his arms and said, "Dad, Mom, I'll explain what happened last night after I wake up. I'm so sleepy. I didn't sleep all night and I'm exhausted."

As he spoke, he yawned twice in a row.

Yun's father was furious. "Look at you! You don't look like a general at all. You're more like a street thug."

Yun Ziyu protested, "Dad, I'm your own son. How could I be anything inappropriate? You can't just say things like that. By the way, where's my older brother?"

Yun Ziyu walked into the house and looked around, but didn't see Yun Ziheng, which she found rather strange.

"Oh dear, could it be that my eldest brother also didn't come home all night? Father, that's wrong of my eldest brother. He finally came back, but he didn't come home all night. That's very problematic. When my eldest brother comes back, you must give him a stern lecture." Yun Ziyu changed the subject.

Yunmu explained, "Your eldest brother took Miss Yuan to Xiangguo Temple. What about you? What were you doing there?"

Yun Ziyu was slightly taken aback, then plopped down next to Yunmu and exclaimed in surprise, "The sun must have risen in the west! Big brother would actually take the initiative to escort women other than Luoluo. This is unusual, very unusual."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the table and said, "Oh, today it's lean meat porridge! I love it! Dad, I want some too!"

Yun's father sat down, glared at him, and said, "Don't you have hands?"

That's what she said, but she still personally served him a bowl of porridge.

"Thank you, Father." Yun Ziyu accepted the gift respectfully with both hands, but his face was all smiles.

"What happened to your arm?" Yun's father asked coldly. He had seen Yun grimacing and rubbing his arm every now and then as soon as he came in.

Yunmu looked at him with concern, her tone tinged with worry, "I saw you rubbing this and that as soon as you came in. Are you alright? Did you get into a fight last night?"

Yun Ziyu pouted, "Oh dear, Dad, Mom, do I look like such an irresponsible person? My arm just went numb from being pressed down, it's nothing, it's nothing."

Cloud Mother and Cloud Father exchanged a glance. Cloud Mother was startled, while Cloud Father's eyes darkened. He stood up and began to look around.

Seeing this, Yun Ziyu asked in confusion, "Father, what are you looking for?"

Yun's father let out two cold laughs. "Your arm just went numb from being pressed down? Fine, Yun Ziyu, tell me honestly, where did you go gallivanting last night? Zhiyuan even said you went to help someone in need, what exactly were you doing?"

Seeing the anger in her father's eyes, which seemed about to erupt at any moment, Yun Ziyu quickly realized that her words had been misunderstood.

He shuddered and immediately recounted the events of the previous night in detail, leaving nothing out.

Yun's father looked at Yun Ziyu with a suspicious gaze.

Yun Ziyu quickly raised his hand to assure her, "Really, really, Father, I am absolutely not lying."

Yun's father then began to believe it with some skepticism.

Yunmu joked, "Wow, you've fallen for her! No wonder you've been staying in your room all the time lately; you were making lanterns for the Mo family's daughter. You little rascal, you're starting to fall in love!"

Yun Ziyu felt a little embarrassed by what was said.

"Oh dear, Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? I just... I just saw that she was a young girl all alone in the capital, with neither of her parents around, so I thought I'd take care of her."

Yunmu smiled and glanced at Yunfu, "Alright, sit down quickly, you're making me dizzy. You said last night that children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

"You too, not only did you not come back, but you didn't even send anyone to deliver a message," Yunmu said with a smile.

Yun Ziyu said aggrievedly, "I originally wanted to take her home, so I rushed back. But she wanted to go on a boat to see the lanterns, so I had to go find a boat. Later, I drank some alcohol and forgot about it."

Yun's father, with a stern expression, slammed his hand on the table. "You didn't bully them, did you?"

Yun Ziyu shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, how could I dare? She also knows martial arts, and her strength is no less than mine. She almost beat me in an arm wrestling match."

Yun's father felt ashamed and took a big gulp of porridge. In the end, he couldn't help but retort, "What a disgrace."

Yun Ziyu dared not speak out in anger, "I know I was wrong, Father, Mother, I'm sleepy."

He then yawned again.

Yunmu quickly said with concern, "Hurry up and drink your porridge, then go to sleep. I won't call you for lunch; we can have dinner together later."

Yun Ziyu picked up the bowl and said with a smile, "I knew Mother was the best, and Father is good too."

While Yun's father was glaring at him, Yun Ziyu finished his porridge and quickly fled the scene.