It rained during the night.

The air is very fresh when I wake up early in the morning.

Xie Zhou watched his wife breathing heavily, wondering what she meant by that.

Huan Yue didn't mention the stuffy air in the room; he was ready and continued practicing the Eight Pieces of Brocade.

Xie Zhou stood to the side, even more worried than his wife. She was carrying such a large belly; it was terrifying to look at!

Xie Zhou doesn't care about his son; if his son does anything wrong, it will hurt the adults.

However, Huan Yue leisurely finished another day's Baduanjin exercise and felt great.

Actually, she's overthinking it. She's probably thinking of running 800 meters in high heels or going to fight her way through the Great Stone Kingdom.

When Xie Zhou saw her come out after changing her clothes, she looked much better and felt soft when he picked her up.

Huan Yue looked at him, wondering why he was slacking off again today.

The eunuch reported, "Zeng Bing did not survive, so he was given two days off from court."

Huan Yue blinked. Zeng Bing's coffin lid couldn't hold him down any longer; he could crawl out and anger him to death again.

The claim of suspending court for two days was all a lie; he even wrote about how he regretted it, using Zeng Bing's voice.

Huan Yue asked, "How is the Zeng family?"

Xie Zhou said, "He granted his two grandsons the privilege of living in the shade."

Huan Yue nodded. Did they think the Zeng family had much backbone? They could only rely on Zeng Bing to cause trouble. Now that Zeng Bing is dead, the remaining family members will find it easy to choose between settling scores and bowing down.

A palace attendant reported: "Zeng Bing's granddaughter wants to marry Chen Yin."

Huan Yue blinked.

Xie Zhou pulled her close and kissed her. The Zeng family was just imagining things.

Chen Zuo is now quite powerful, and his children and grandchildren are all successful; Zeng Bing is not someone Zeng Bing can aspire to be.

Although Chen Yin was born out of wedlock, if he did well in the next imperial examination, things could change for him.

Xie Zhou doesn't reject people risking their lives for him. The Chen family's repeated overtures are being observed by many.

The fact that the Cui family wasn't completely ruined, and that the remaining members are willing to repent, is a good thing.

They are aware of some old debts, and they know how to prevent these old debts from becoming outdated, so they use various methods.

Huan Yue then thought, "Since Lü Wenren has rendered meritorious service, his family and the Wen family can be granted the same reward."

Xie Zhou asked, "Aren't you leaving room for your children?"

Huan Yue blinked.

Xie Zhou was pleased: "The palace is small, at most one son can live there, the other children can live outside, so we need to reserve space for them as soon as possible."

Huan Yue did not want to.

Xie Zhou carried her to the Liubei Palace.

Many people, adults and children alike, came to celebrate the Crown Princess's birthday and also to try the Crown Prince's longevity noodles.

Huan Yue sat comfortably.

Shiro wandered around the entire hall, even trying to bite into the pillars.

Looking at his youngest son now, he might be even more ruthless.

Hachiro wasn't allowed to get too close to his second sister-in-law, so he simply watched his second brother make noodles from the side.

Hachiro and Kyuro are almost two years old, and they look very handsome in their little python robes.

Yan Boxuan was a little disappointed that he couldn't take his cousin to play yet; he could only take his three uncles for now.

Hachiro didn't want to go with his eldest nephew.

Xie Zhu asked, "Do you want to learn how to cook?"

Hachiro nodded reservedly.

They exchanged a glance, and Xie's Restaurant had one more cook.

Princess Changning pulled her tenth brother aside and asked, "Do you want to be the cook?"

Shilang looked at Fourth Sister, then at Zhuzi, and exclaimed, "Oh dear, can you cook this Zhuzi?"

Huan Yue is thrilled! Shi Lang's imagination is even more unique than Yan Boxuan's!

Princess Changning persisted: "You want to chop this up and use it as firewood?"

Shiro looked at his fourth sister with the purest eyes of a child, "Are you...smoking?"

Although Princess Changning couldn't communicate with her tenth brother, she loved to tease him (or be teased by him), because the tenth brother was quite mischievous.

A eunuch rushed over, carrying some bad news, and whispered, "The Lady said the boat was capsized by the waves."

The emperor decreed: "Ignore it. If she says it again, just take the baby out of her belly."

It's not good to say it like that, but it should be able to control Qingxiu.

Huan Yue speculated, "Could it be some kind of evil magic?"

He tried to appease her, not daring to scold her: "Don't worry about it."

Huan Yue accepted the order, and she could simply relax and enjoy the process while waiting for the safe delivery.

Yang rushed to report, "This is five thousand taels of gold sent to my family."

Huan Yue chuckled: "Why aren't you giving away fields anymore?"

Lady Yang said, "The bets outside are mostly in favor of the grandson of the emperor. I want the Crown Prince to send a message that it is a granddaughter, not a grandson."

Huan Yue said, "What kind of news is this? If I were capable, I'd just have a daughter."

Looking at her today.

Huan Yue quickly replied, "Twins."

Everyone laughed.

Huan Yue asked curiously, "If they have twins, a boy and a girl, who wins?"

Yang was speechless: "Perhaps the bookmaker wins everything."

Huan Yue felt regret.

Xie Yu thought to himself, "Let's raid all the casinos! We can use the money to fight the war!" He couldn't say this outright, but casinos weren't exactly good things either.

I'll just glance at him now.

Xie Yun was so scared she almost knelt down!

He used to be a civilized man, so why would he really raid a gambling den? Offending people is a minor matter.

Xie Yu quickly considered the matter. Sheng An had already dug three feet into the ground, yet still dared to gamble; an excuse would be easy to find.

However, some gambling operations are very secretive and well-hidden; accurately copying them out is a skill in itself.

Xie Yude needs to get this done.

Silang has returned after braving all the hardships. It's nothing for him to make some money for his father.

Perhaps there are some evil spirits hiding in Sheng'an, waiting for the birth of the imperial grandson or some other time to cause trouble.

Huan Yue looked up at the sky and said, "If there's no moon this Mid-Autumn Festival, we should stay home and admire the moon under the osmanthus tree."

The Crown Prince's Palace also made mooncakes this year, but because the Crown Princess's pregnancy is more important than anything else, they didn't make many.

Xie Yu calculated that there were only a few days left until the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it was alright.

They don't trust him now, but they still need him to rebel. If he can do his job well, that's fine.

Dalang is just not capable enough; it's better to let him play it safe.

Goro is still young, and there are three other children crawling all over the place.

Xie Zhou served the first bowl of longevity noodles to his father, and the second bowl to his wife.

Looking at this beautiful bowl of longevity noodles, I feel that my son should do more work. The less he does, the less capable he becomes. Why should I do all the work? Isn't that tiring? Is my son just for show?

Xie Yu felt that even his sons were no longer appealing, not even the most favored Fourth Prince. His father was now only looking forward to his eldest grandson.

Huan Yue ate quite a lot.

Feeling that it wasn't enough, he brought over some of his dishes, along with anything the chef thought was acceptable.

Huan Yue, holding his stomach, thought, "What's this kid doing? No handstands while eating!"

Hachiro rushed over anxiously and asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Huan Yue said, "He's probably like Shi Lang. He can't eat what adults can eat, and he gets so anxious that he wants to grab the bowl."

Shilang looked at his second sister-in-law and thought, "Isn't it inappropriate to say that about the baby?"

Huan Yue blinked. It was his myna bird that was grabbing the bowl. Sometimes, brothers are the ones who take the blame.

Shiro glanced at the myna bird and retorted.

Hachiro held back and said to his second sister-in-law, "I'll make delicious food for the baby from now on."

Huan Yue exclaimed, "Ba Lang is amazing! I want to try the delicious food you made!"

Hachiro was overjoyed! He was going to make the most delicious food!

Xie Zhou is unhappy! His wife is fine as long as she eats what he makes! There's no longevity noodles for Balang today.

I'm quite happy now that Qing'e is here, the whole family can live in harmony, even though everyone has contributed to the family.

So I'll reward them today! Hachiro, Kyuro, and Juro will all receive them!