"Your Highness, Miss Yun, someone from the Marquis of Zhen'an's residence requests an audience," a servant entered and respectfully reported.

"Let them in." Jun Molin released the three of them.

"Yes." The servant hurriedly ran to invite him.

The Zhen'an Marquis's residence will likely become the in-laws of the Northern Cold Prince's residence in the future, so we cannot be careless.

"Oh dear, I forgot. I promised Father and Grandmother I'd come back for dinner yesterday. They must have been worried because they didn't see us." Yun Qingran suddenly remembered.

“It was my oversight.” Jun Molin pursed his lips, then instructed the servants waiting outside the dining hall, “Go to the library immediately and wrap up those paintings by Liancao and those rare, out-of-print books.”

Yun Qingran released Yan Yan and An An, took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from their faces, and said, "Yan Yan, An An, let's go to the Zhen'an Marquis's Mansion later to see your great-grandmother, maternal grandfather, and your uncle."

"Okay." The two children answered in unison, their eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter, feeling like they suddenly had so many more relatives.

A moment later, a servant brought in Bicao, who bowed to each of them, saying, "This servant of the Marquis of Zhen'an, Bicao, greets His Highness the Prince of Beihan, the young princess, and the young prince."

"Get up," Jun Molin said.

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Xie Beihan." Bi Cao stood up.

"Bicao, what brings you here?" Yun Qingran asked Bicao.

“Yesterday, the eldest young lady and His Highness the Prince of Beihan said they would have dinner at the Zhen'an Marquis's residence, but the Marquis and the Old Madam waited until dark and you still hadn't returned. The Marquis and the Old Madam were worried about you, so they sent me to check on you,” Bicao replied.

"Let's go back now." Yun Qingran and Bicao finished speaking and looked at Jun Molin. "I'll go back first, you guys come later. I'll cook for you tonight."

“Okay.” Jun Molin nodded.

"Mother, we want to go with you." Jun Yanyan held Yun Qingran's hand and looked up at her sweetly.

Bi Cao: Wait, am I hallucinating? Why do I hear the little princess calling the eldest young lady "mother"?

“Okay, I was just about to go to the market to buy groceries, I’ll take you with me.” Yun Qingran readily agreed.

"Mother, I want to go too." Jun An'an quickly came over and grabbed her.

"Alright, alright, all of you, let your father come from behind." Yun Qingran pulled Jun An'an, one in each hand.

Bi Cao: It doesn't seem like I'm hallucinating. The young princess and the young prince really are calling the eldest young lady "mother"! What have I missed!

"Then we'll be going now," Yun Qingran said to Jun Molin.

"Okay, be careful." Jun Molin waved gently to the mother and her two children.

Yun Qingran, accompanied by two friends and Bicao, emerged from the Northern Cold Prince's residence. Bicao couldn't help but ask, "Miss, just now the young princess and the young prince called you... Mother..."

"Mmm." Yun Qingran patted the two children's heads and smiled, "I am their mother."

Bicao: She's only been away from the young lady for a few days, how did she end up with two kids!

"I'll explain it to you later." Yun Qingran didn't know how to explain it to Bicao.

“Young Miss, since the young princess and the young prince are your children, they are also Bicao’s young masters. Bicao will protect them just as she will protect you, Young Miss.” Bicao said, looking at the two children.

The Yun family took in the homeless parents, who repeatedly told him to protect the Yun family and its members with their lives.

"Good job, Bi Cao, I'll give you a raise." Looking at the loyal Bi Cao, Yun Qingran was deeply moved.

"Thank you, Miss." Upon hearing about the raise, Bicao happily curtsied to Yun Qingran.

The young lady is the most generous host in the world.

"Let's go buy groceries. I'll show you my skills tonight." Yun Qingran waved her hand and led the three of them out for a shopping spree.

"Miss Yun, are you going out?" Everyone greeted Yun Qingran warmly.

"Yes, I've come to buy some groceries," Yun Qingran replied warmly.

"Mommy, I want this fairy sister's candy!" Jun Yanyan pointed to a candy shaped like a fairy flying in the sky on a nearby stall and said loudly. She especially called out "Mommy" in a clear and proud voice.

"Okay, I'll buy it." Yun Qingran took out her money pouch and handed five coins to the vendor.

"No need, Miss Yun. If the young princess likes it, she can eat there." The vendor declined her money.

"Your business isn't easy either, how can you not pay? Take it." Yun Qingran forced the money into the vendor's hand, then picked up the fairy-shaped candy and handed it to Jun Yanyan.

"Mommy, I want a tangram puzzle." After buying candy for Jun Yan Yan, Jun An An pointed loudly to a toy vendor not far away.

Like Jun Yan Yan, he called out "mother" loudly and proudly, as if showing off that he had a mother.

“Okay, let’s buy tangrams.” Yun Qingran nodded with a smile, then led them to buy tangrams.

"Just now I heard the young princess and young master of the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion calling Miss Yun 'Mother'?"

"Yes, you heard right, the young princess and the young prince do indeed call Miss Yun 'mother'."

“I haven’t heard that the Emperor has bestowed a marriage upon Miss Yun and His Highness the Prince of Beihan. Besides, even if the Emperor had bestowed a marriage, the two are not married yet. It’s not appropriate for the little princess and the little prince to call Miss Yun ‘mother’ right now.”

"No, if Miss Yun marries His Highness the Prince of Beihan, the young princess and the young prince, as her stepson and stepdaughter, should call Miss Yun 'Mother Consort,' not 'Mother.' Under what circumstances would they call her 'Mother'?"

"Only biological mothers and their children would call out like that."

"Could it be that we guessed correctly, that Miss Yun really is the biological mother of the young princess and prince of the Northern Cold King?"

"So, His Highness the King of Beihan has known Miss Yun for a long time and even had two children with her."

"Holy crap, so that means our timeline is wrong. They must have known each other and fallen in love at least four or five years ago."

"Then why did they not recognize each other at first!"

"His Highness the Prince of Beihan concealed his identity and met Miss Yun, who grew up in the countryside. The two fell in love and had a child. Later, an accident occurred, and His Highness the Prince of Beihan ran away with the child. He later met Miss Yun again, and the two cleared up their misunderstandings and got back together."

"Are there any similar scripts? I need one!"

...

The whole street was in an uproar; everyone knew that His Highness the Northern Cold King's two children were born to Yun Qingran, and that the two had known each other for a long time.

Grand Tutor's Mansion

"What? The young princess and young prince of the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion were born to Yun Qingran?" Yun Lian slammed her hand on the table in anger when she heard the news from her maid.

How could that be? Four or five years ago, that little bitch Yun Qingran was already poisoned. She was as fat as a pig, with terrifying red spots on her face. How could His Highness the Prince of Beihan possibly be interested in her and even have a child with her?

"That's what everyone says, and the young princess and young master of the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion do indeed look like the eldest young lady," the maid said.

Yunlian glared fiercely at the maid, who quickly shut up.

"Yun Qingran, I really underestimated you." Yun Lian's face was gloomy, and her eyes were filled with malice.