Two months later, Li Yunyan became pregnant with her second child.
The whole family was very happy.
Li Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief, finally having some free time to deal with important matters.
She has now written her fifth storybook.
Every single one of his storybooks sold out immediately upon release. The name "The Hermit of the Clouds" was already widely known within the storybook circle.
However, Li Yunyan kept her identity very secret. Apart from Xia Xiunian and Jiang Bozhou, no one knew that the famous goddess doctor in the capital was the master of storytelling in the hearts of countless young ladies.
When she occasionally gathers with wealthy women and hears them mention her pen name, she feels so embarrassed that she can dig a palace out of her toes.
So they decided to make the vest even more secure!
Nine months later, she gave birth to a son and a daughter again.
The Li family has met its birth quota!
Next up is the Xia family!
When the fifth and sixth children were born, Xia Xiunian finally made a tactful suggestion that Xia's parents take the children back to the Xia residence.
What kind of behavior is it to always stay at the Li family's house?
Xia's mother was sobbing, not because of her surname, but because she truly couldn't bear to part with her grandsons!
Li Yunyan comforted her, "Mother, from now on, we'll bring the children back to the Xia residence to see you every other day, okay?"
After all, she gave birth to the child with the surname Xia, and she couldn't bear to part with him!
After receiving Li Yunyan's assurance, Xia's mother was finally appeased.
She carried two infants, accompanied by a group of wet nurses and servants, and walked away, turning back every few steps.
With no elders left in the house, the young couple stopped putting on airs and resumed their old routine of staying up all night.
Li Yunyan was now a mother of six, her figure had fully developed, and she was becoming increasingly charming and alluring.
There was no need to rush to have the remaining two children; they lived a happy life as a couple, enjoying life to the fullest.
It wasn't until several years later, when Li Yunyan worried that she was becoming an older mother, that she gave birth to her last two children.
Eight children, four boys and four girls, four in one family, that's fair!
Li Mingcheng and Li Mingxin were already ten years old at this time. They were about the same age as the Crown Prince. They grew up together since they were little, and the three of them were inseparable. Their relationship was as good as one person!
The Crown Prince had always regarded Xin'er as his younger sister, and he thought that Xin'er was the same as his other sisters!
When he was sixteen, he discovered that the young men from prominent families in the Imperial Academy always talked about his sister, Xin'er!
They coveted her beauty, and some even lingered near the Li residence just to catch a glimpse of Sister Xin'er!
Some even suggested that the elders in the family should go to the Li family to propose marriage!
In his rage, he realized that his feelings for Xin'er were different from Mingcheng's.
He didn't want anyone to bully his little sister Xin'er, nor did he want other men to get close to her! He especially didn't want other men to come to her house to propose marriage!
He won't allow it! Xin'er is his!
The clever crown prince, with a quick glint in his eye, decided to strike first!
When the Crown Prince told the Empress about this, she was delighted!
For sixteen years, she watched helplessly as her son and Xin'er got along like brothers, and she thought the marriage was off!
Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, and the kid actually figured it out on his own!
The Empress excitedly asked her maid to bring her a jade pendant and waved it in front of him.
"Min'er, your mother has already arranged a marriage for you when you were little!"
Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince was not pleased but angry, "Mother! I don't want anyone else! I only want Xin'er!"
"Silly boy!"
The Empress gently tapped him, and the nanny and maid beside her covered their mouths and chuckled.
The crown prince, unaware of what they were laughing at, covered his forehead, looking completely bewildered.
Fortunately, the Empress stopped keeping him in suspense and placed the jade pendant in his hand, her tone gentle and gratified, "Our Min'er deserves the best girl in the world! Don't worry! Xin'er was already betrothed to the Empress when she was still in her mother's womb!"
"Really?"
The crown prince was overjoyed, holding the jade pendant as if it were a priceless treasure. "Mother, is Xin'er really my fiancée?"
"When has your mother ever lied to you!"
"That's wonderful! Your Majesty, I thank you greatly!"
The Empress looked at her son with satisfaction. Her son had come to his senses, which meant that his wedding was just around the corner! So, would she soon become the Empress Dowager?
Just thinking about it makes me happy!
She gently patted his hand and said, "Min'er, although your mother has already arranged for you to marry Xin'er, you should still ask Xin'er's opinion. If she doesn't have feelings for you, you can't force her."
"No way!" The crown prince was very confident in himself. The handsome young man was radiant and said firmly, "Mother, Xin'er's heart definitely holds me!"
"Then Mother will wait and see, Min'er will marry a Crown Princess!"
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Although the Crown Prince spoke with great conviction in front of the Empress, he was actually quite uncertain about the situation.
After all, he's only just begun to understand things, and that silly girl Xin'er probably doesn't know anything at all!
Thinking of Li Mingxin's beautiful face, like a lotus emerging from water, a gentle smile appeared on the Crown Prince's face.
That night, at the three's secret base, the Crown Prince sent Li Mingcheng away under some pretext, leaving only him and Xin'er in the room.
Like a little white rabbit, Xin'er was completely unaware that a big bad wolf was plotting against her.
She looked at the Crown Prince with clear eyes, "Brother Crown Prince, why did you make me go out to buy wine? Mother won't let me drink!"
"Xin'er," the Crown Prince looked at her, a new emotion in his eyes, "From now on, don't call me Crown Prince Brother!"
"Then what should I call you?"
Call me Amin!
"Amin?" Xin'er asked, puzzled. "Why?"
The prince said, slowly and deliberately, "Because I don't want to be your brother anymore."
“I want to...be your husband.”
"Husband?"
Xin'er understood her husband's meaning, and under the Crown Prince's expectant gaze, she shook her head. "I don't want to!"
The Crown Prince's heart skipped a beat, and his tone was filled with anxiety, "Why not? Does Xin'er already have someone she loves?"
"That's not why!"
Xin'er pouted and looked at him, saying, "Because you are the Crown Prince, I don't want to!"
"Why? Xin'er, why do you despise me for being the Crown Prince?"
"Because the Crown Prince will become the Emperor in the future, and the Emperor will have many, many concubines. After they have children, they will harm Xin'er's child! So Xin'er doesn't want it!"
Xin'er refused frantically, shaking her head so that the pearl pendant on her hair swayed back and forth, emitting a lustrous halo that dazzled the prince.
"Where did you hear about this?" The Crown Prince felt a little aggrieved. He didn't even have a woman yet, and Xin'er had already arranged for him to have three palaces and six courtyards!
That's how it's written in the storybooks!
The crown prince was about to retort, saying that stories in novels couldn't be believed! But then he heard her say, "Isn't your father the same?"
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