A moment later, Lao Bai returned with two quilts. "Here, I picked out two thick ones."

Sisi grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around herself. "I'll wait another fifteen minutes. If they're still dawdling there after fifteen minutes, I'll go down and scare them to death."

"Okay." They couldn't stay here any longer. They had a lot to do. "Do you miss your three little dogs?"

"Um."

"I miss my daughter and my son too."

"Don't you miss your wife?"

"Yes, I do. Do you miss your husband?"

"In no mood."

"You heartless person. Your husband treats you so well!"

That's true. "Then let me think about it."

Just for a moment?

"A little bit is good enough."

"ungrateful."

Sisi glanced at Lao Bai. "Whose side are you from?"

"The ones over there with your three little dogs."

...

On the rooftop, Sisi and Lao Bai bickered while watching what Lord Miao would do.

Inside the room, Lord Miao was nearly driven to despair. "Mother, girls can now participate in the imperial examinations and bring honor to the family."

Grandma Miao pursed her lips. "It's someone else's property that's being taken advantage of."

"Mother!"

Grandma Miao glared at Master Miao. "Why are you shouting so loudly? I'm not deaf. I'm telling you, you have to stay in Concubine Song's room tonight. The old sage said that you can only have a son with Concubine Song, not with anyone else."

"Mother, Miss Song already has someone she loves."

"What sweetheart? Once you've entered the Miao family, you're one of us."

“Mother, I cannot marry Miss Song. When I went to my father-in-law's house to propose, I swore an oath to him. I said that I would only be married to my wife for the rest of my life. I said that if I broke my oath, may I be struck by lightning. Mother, do you want me to be struck by lightning?”

"Don't try to scare me. That Wang Laoliu in our village always steals other people's chickens. Whenever someone comes to confront him, he swears that if he ate them, may God strike him dead. Did God strike him dead?"

"..." Lord Miao was at a loss. "Mother, please sit here. I'm going back to rest. I have things to do tomorrow."

After saying that, Lord Miao was about to leave.

Grandma Miao grabbed Lord Miao's sleeve. "No, you can't go back to rest. You have to go and consummate your marriage with Concubine Song. The old fortune teller said that as long as you consummate your marriage with Concubine Song, you will have a son."

"Mother! Miss Song already has someone she loves."

"I don't care, I want a grandson, go and have one for me."

“Mother! Miss Song said that if I dare to touch her, she will die right in front of me. Mother, if Miss Song dies, my official career will be over.”

"Don't try to scare me."

"Mother!"

I want a grandson.

Lord Miao closed his eyes briefly. "Mother, your son is unfilial."

After saying that, Lord Miao called in the maids at the door. "Help the old lady back to her room. If you can't get her back, you can leave the Miao family."

Grandma Miao could hardly believe her ears. "What do you want to do?"

Lord Miao took a deep breath. "Help the old lady back."

The maids dared not move.

Lord Miao repeated himself, “If you can’t get them back, I’ll go and exchange them with the slave traders tomorrow.”

The maids quickly sprang into action. If the master were to hand them over to the slave traders, who knew where they would be sold off to?

In the blink of an eye, the maids carried Old Madam Miao away.

Lord Miao sat down in a chair, feeling dejected.

He actually let the maids forcibly help his mother away; he... he's so unfilial.

Sisi pouted at his disdain. "Let's go back."

"good."

Lord Miao sat for quite a while before returning to his room.

The next day, while Old Madam Miao was making a scene, the steward rushed in, looking flustered. "My lord, my lord, the Crown Princess has arrived."

"What?!" Lord Miao jumped up from his chair.

Grandma Miao didn't dare to cause any more trouble.

Just as Lord Miao was about to go to greet Sisi, Sisi led a group of burly men in. "Lord Miao, someone has accused you of abducting a woman. Please explain."

Lord Miao's face turned pale instantly. Old Mrs. Miao shrank behind Lord Miao in fright.

Sisi glanced at Grandma Miao. Wasn't she quite formidable?

bump!

Lord Miao knelt down at Sisi's feet. "Your Highness, please calm down. Your Highness, please calm down. I did not harm that girl."

Sisi looked at Lord Miao with a dark face and said, "Just because you didn't move doesn't mean you didn't steal it?"

"...Please punish me, Your Highness."

"Since you didn't harm that girl, I, the Crown Princess, will spare your post. You can go to the border as a minor official."

Lord Miao kowtowed to Sisi. "Thank you, Crown Princess."

"Hand over that girl."

"yes."

After Lord Miao had someone call Miss Song out, Sisi took Miss Song away.

After Sisi left, Grandma Miao finally dared to speak. "Son...son, your official position...you just lost it like that?"

"Hmm. Are you satisfied now?"

"...I...I'll go tell her that I stole it, not that you stole it."

"You are my mother, what's the difference between what you stole and what I stole?"

"...Does she...do she have the final say? She's just a woman."

"Calculate."

"..." Old Mrs. Miao collapsed to the ground. Her son's official position was gone just like that?! "Ugh...son, Mother...Mother is so sorry. Ugh...ugh..."

Lord Miao also wanted to cry. "Mother, this is not entirely your fault. If you had taken Miss Song back, I would have sent her back, and the Crown Princess wouldn't have demoted me to the border. Fortunately, I didn't harm Miss Song, otherwise I wouldn't even have had the chance to become a minor official at the border."

"Ugh...ugh...it's all my fault, it's all my fault. Ugh...ugh..."

Soon, news of Lord Miao's affair spread.

When the old immortal found out, he fled overnight.

Unfortunately, he fell into a ditch and died after running only a short distance.

After making arrangements for Miss Song, Sisi and Lao Bai left.

Sisi and Lao Bai wandered around outside for more than nine months.

Over the past nine months, Sisi has essentially eradicated all those shady dealings. In addition, she also managed to arrest a few corrupt officials.

Gouwa and Gousheng were playing in the Imperial Garden when Sisi suddenly walked over from the opposite side.

Sisi smiled at Gouwa and Gousheng. "Son, your mother is back."

After saying that, Sisi went to hug Gouwa and Gousheng.

Gouwa and Gousheng took two steps back.

“We are not your sons. Your sons are this tall, we are this tall.”

Gouwa and Gousheng first compared their heights when Sisi left, and then compared their current heights.

Sisi grabbed her two chubby sons and kissed them twice. "You should pretend you've forgotten your mother and ask her who you are, instead of telling her you've grown taller."

Oh right!

The two little ones looked at each other.

Then, the two little ones shouted loudly:

"Guards! There's an assassin!"

"Guards, seize the assassin!"

Sisi: "..." Should she be happy or should she give those two brats a beating?

(End of this chapter)