"Green Girl"

Yuwen Sinian is still a prince, just like Huo Xiaolong before him. He is a prince of a different surname. In fact, he is Lan Tingche's cousin, so there is no need to deny him a title.

Either we should exterminate him completely, or we should openly and generously let him work for the Great Yan.

The beautiful woman he longed for stood at the door of the Imperial Study, still as before, fond of wearing bright and tender colors, her hair loose and tied with a rope at the end to prevent it from being messed up by the wind.

She possessed the elegance of a woman from the water towns of Jiangnan, and she turned around with a smile.

"Long time no see, Yuwen Sinian."

She didn't call him by his given name, but by his given name; the Eighth Prince's love-struck mind had taken over again.

"But now, you should call me Aunt Huanlv."

Huan Lü, the steward of the Cold Palace, and a general of the Zhenbei Garrison.

The woman still spoke with that thick Northeastern accent, making you question your very existence.

“I really didn’t stop your son from pursuing my sister, Aunt Wen. Let’s just do what we’re supposed to do. Wei Shuyi is my godmother, so we’re relatives no matter how you look at it. But you really don’t know how difficult my sister is to deal with.”

Inside the house, Huo Xiaolong argued with Wen Fei bit by bit. Wen Fei felt that Huo Xiaolong was making things difficult for her son. She said that her son was working so hard to win over his wife, and she didn't need his help, just that he shouldn't say anything bad about her.

Consort Wen is like a spoiled young lady, arrogant and outspoken, but she's not stupid. Knowing that Huo Xiaolong is now the emperor, she doesn't speak so bluntly.

She just pouted and looked unhappy, as if Long'er had wronged her a lot.

“Huanlu is such a good girl, why is she so difficult to deal with? It’s a good thing that she has high standards. Your Majesty, please don’t say anything bad about Huanlu, otherwise my son will have an even harder time.”

The two couldn't understand each other's argument inside the house, so Huo Xiaolong simply pulled Wen Fei to the door and put his index finger to his lips as a gesture.

"Listen to yourself."

This was the second time Consort Wen had heard Huanlu and her son speak. She only knew that Huanlu spoke with a slight border town accent, but that didn't matter.

That's how the girls at the brothel all talk.

"I heard you wrote a letter to my little sister. What's wrong? Missing me?" the woman asked the man in front of her, leaning against a pillar outside the imperial study.

This question was very direct, catching Yuwen Sinian somewhat off guard.

"Um."

The man stood there, looking like the pampered little wife of a domineering CEO from Northeast China.

During the time Huanlu was growing up, Huo Xiaolong was doing business, and the boy raised the ladies at Fengyuelou to be exceptionally beautiful, tall and gorgeous.

Therefore, even though Yuwen Sinian was taller than Huan Lü, he was still at a disadvantage due to her imposing presence.

"It's just... I haven't seen you in a long time."

"Just think about it, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Huanlu is very open about relationships. Liu Buhui, who had been in Cen Ang's room, suddenly ran out again, this time with a red python coiled around her. It now weighs nearly 100 pounds, is incredibly thick, and looks terrifying.

Liu Buhui might not even be as powerful as the Crimson Python. A large, red python with dark patterns was wrapped around the child's waist, its upper body resting on Liu Buhui's neck. The eight or nine-year-old boy whimpered and ran past Huan Lü and Yuwen Sinian.

The atmosphere between the two had just become a little awkward when Yuwen Sinian was so shocked by the scene that he was speechless.

"Huan...the child..."

The man's breathing quickened. When had this prince ever seen anything like this before? It was so long.

"It's alright, that's my daughter's child."

Huanlu was comforting Yuwen Sinian when she saw Siman running out from behind, carrying her mother's double crescent blade, shouting as she ran.

"Liu Buhui, you stand right there!"

The double crescent blade is actually fine for women to use, unlike Long'er's Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which is quite frightening. However, Siman and Liu Buhui are about the same age, and that blade is half the length of a child.

"this……"

"This is Miss Mando's child. It's alright, the children are just playing around."

Yuwen Sinian reached out and grabbed Huanlu's cloak. The palace was completely different now than before. Let's not even talk about those little maids wiping the bloodstains off their knives in the Imperial Garden every day, let's just talk about...

Take the children living in the palace now, for example, not one of them is normal.

"I heard that General Chunying's child can already walk. Aunt Huanlu should take me to visit him when you have time. I have prepared a generous gift for her."

Huo Kaixuan was the first child of the Huo family. Regardless of whether she was born to Huo Xiaolong or not, the favor she received was obvious. The people in the court were not blind, so how could they not try to curry favor with her?

But Chunying was afraid that the child would be spoiled, so she simply handed the child over to Long'er to take care of.

Huanlu was about to smile and agree when she saw Huo Kaixuan riding over on a small wooden horse.

"Sister, brother, wait for me."

"..."

"..."

"The child can walk now, and has become a bit naughty."

"Yes, she looks a lot like Long'er when she was little."

Consort Wen listened in the room for a long time, and then laughed at herself in anger.

She glanced at Lan Tingche, who was sitting on the dragon couch embroidering clothes for Long'er. He had gotten tired halfway through, so he took a few sips of tea, picked up a grape from the table, tasted it, and found it delicious. He then peeled several grapes for Huo Xiaolong.

She glanced again at her son, who stood silently by the door.

"Are they related? How did they become cousins?" Consort Wen asked Huo Xiaolong.

“This is not your son’s fault. My brother Tingche is unparalleled in the world, one of a kind.”

Even Consort Wen was speechless. Does she have to eat dog food at her age?

"Aunt Huanlv, would you like to go for a walk outside? There's a night market today."

"Okay, let's go."

Huanlu accepted Yuwen Sinian's invitation and strode towards the palace gate.

Liu Buhui seemed to have found a savior, and turned back to charge back with the red python on her back.

"Auntie Huanlv, where are you going~~~"

The current Bu Hui is not as easily fooled as she was at four years old. Whether it's because the food at Fengyue Tower is too good or because Liu Xu is afraid that the child won't grow tall, Bu Hui eats an extra lot. Even though she has to practice martial arts every day, the child is still chubby.

When she runs, the chubby cheeks jiggle, it's so cute!

Especially now, his voice always has a tremolo at the end.

"I'm going out of the palace for a stroll; there's a night market today."

"Aunt Huanlv, can I come with you?"

The child carrying the red python came to the two of them. Yuwen Sinian was so frightened by the python that it was spitting out its tongue that he jumped three feet high.

"snake……"

Before he could even react, the man had already been picked up in a princess carry.

It wasn't Huanlu who hugged him; it was Yuwen Sinian who was afraid he would jump.

The woman was right next to him; he had no choice but to catch her, or he would fall.

So, Aunt Huanlu casually caught him, and the Eighth Prince was carried in a princess carry by his beloved.

Consort Wen grew increasingly desperate as she looked around the Imperial Study. "Destroy it," she thought, "if the child could be put back in, I would have done so long ago."

Liu Buhui's face was full of confusion and disgust. Being afraid of snakes is fine, but you can't just jump into a young girl's arms, can you?

"Ah! Liu Buhui, take this!"

"Auntie, could you please get the red python for me? I need to go apologize to Siman."

The little boy casually tossed the snake into Huanlu's arms, and it landed squarely on Yuwen Sinian.

The man rolled his eyes and fainted.