"Xiao Yu, this is for you."
Su Xingyi entered the room and stuffed the hot water bottle in his hand into Xiao Lingyu's arms.
"It's not the coldest yet, don't worry." Xiao Lingyu felt warm in his heart holding the hot water bottle in his hand.
"It's obvious that Huayang County is warmer than the capital, so this winter won't be difficult to endure."
"It's not that cold, but you should keep warm from now on." Su Xingyi said as he hugged Xiao Lingyu from behind. "Also, I'm a heater, so I can keep you warm."
Oh, this guy is getting greasy.
Fortunately, he is handsome enough.
Xiao Lingyu pulled away from Su Xingyi's arms and asked, "How's the progress on the guards I asked you to arrange?"
"There are no suitable people. Most of the slaves have no martial arts background and are not suitable for guarding the house. However, we can borrow guards from the Si family and the Lu family."
Xiao Lingyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. I don't plan to return to the capital for three years. During these three years, we will gradually recruit guards for the mansion. Besides, our baby is almost two years old."
Baby?
Su Xingyi imagined what his child would look like, "Our baby will look more like you."
"Then I'll have another daughter and let her look like you."
"Isn't having two too many? With Ang'er and the others, there are six now."
Now that he has a wife, he feels that children are too much trouble. He wants to be with Xiaoyu all day long and doesn't want to be disturbed by children.
Xiao Lingyu raised her eyebrows slightly, "There are so many courtyards in the Princess's Mansion, but they are not full. Let's have a few more children and fill up all the courtyards."
"Ah?" Su Xingyi was shocked. "No! There are more than ten empty courtyards in the Princess's Mansion. Wait until they are full of children. Wouldn't it take more than ten years? You will suffer for more than ten years? And there are also the risks of childbirth!"
It was scary for him to think about more than ten children surrounding him and calling him dad.
"…Raising children is hard work, and having too many children is expensive. We only need a son and a daughter, three at most, no more."
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Let's have four. Let An Ge'er and the others take care of one child each."
"Hahaha..." Su Xingyi laughed and said, "I think it's okay!"
"Daddy, Mommy, what are you laughing at?"
"Hahaha……"
When the couple saw Xiao Xier come in, they couldn't help laughing again.
Xiao Xier: ...
Mom and Dad must be crazy!
"Dad, Mom, stop laughing! The hot pot is ready. The kitchen has already prepared 2,000 vegetable skewers, 3,000 meat skewers, dipping sauce, and soup base. Let's go and have some hot pot."
So generous!
Xiao Lingyu couldn't help but sigh when he saw the 5,000 skewers.
The meat and vegetables are skewered very well, and one skewer can be eaten in three big bites.
"Mom, mom, my hands have been shaking these days, and I accidentally skewered too much with them. I promise to skewer according to the quantity next time. No! I won't do it myself, and let the chefs skewer them." Su Ning'an said while scratching his fingers.
"From now on, order this amount of skewers so that you can be full. Come on, kids, sit down and eat some skewers."
A low-key carriage slowly drove into the back alley of the Princess's Mansion.
"It smells so good! The princess's mansion has made delicious food again." Lu Yuan sniffed deeply and wished he could sneak into the princess's mansion to eat with them. Such delicious food was made every day, which made him very greedy.
"You're useless. Now I have to think about how to take the child away from the Princess's Mansion without anyone noticing."
For several days, Tai Zhuo didn't see Xiao Xier leave the house.
However, coming to the back alley of the Princess's Mansion every day made his head feel much lighter, especially today when the headache should have come, but it didn't.
I wonder if it’s because of the faint fragrance in the air.
Could this aroma have healing properties?
But when I was in Feng Palace, breathing in this fragrance did not relieve my headache at all.
"Who are you? This is the back alley of the Princess's Mansion and no trespassing is allowed!"
Lei Xiao heard from his subordinates that this carriage appeared here every day, which made him alert.
I caught him red-handed today.
"Sir, I'm sorry, we didn't know we couldn't park here. My master has to go to the restaurant over there for dinner every day, so we parked the carriage here and we'll leave now."
"Wait a moment."
Lei Xiao led his men to surround the carriage.
"Sir, what do you mean?" Lu Yuan's heart trembled. There was such a strong murderous aura!
He can't beat him!
He bravely said, "This back alley doesn't clearly say you can't enter or stop. As the saying goes, ignorance is innocent. I don't think the princess will make things difficult for us."
Lei Xiao glanced at Lu Yuan coldly and said, "What are you afraid of? We are just doing a routine inspection. If there is no problem, you can leave naturally."
Then Lei Xiao lifted the curtain, glanced at the carriage, and carefully looked at Tai Zhuo's surprisingly ordinary face.
"Sir!" Tai Zhuo interrupted his gaze. "Is there a problem?"
Lei Xiao reached out and patted his shoulder, "We can't stay here tomorrow! Let's go."
Lu Yuan hurriedly drove away in his carriage, and Lei Xiao immediately sent someone to follow him secretly.
"Go to the county government office and tell them that a suspicious person has been spotted in the alley behind the Princess's Mansion. Ask Lord Qi to send troops to defend the Mansion. No one should be allowed to escape."
"yes!"
Not long after, the subordinate reported, "Commander Lei, they had just arrived at the restaurant when the man in the carriage suddenly went crazy with an unbearable headache. Many people came down from the restaurant and held him down for acupuncture. The man was yelling that he wanted to go to a deserted alley."
Lei Xiao frowned. It turned out that he was the master. No wonder they had to stop here. They were worried that the strange disease would scare passers-by!
Fortunately, we left in time. What would we do if we had frightened the princess and the young masters?!
"Quick, drive the carriage to the opposite side of the Princess's Mansion." Tai Zhuo wanted to verify his guess.
Lu Yuan did not dare to disobey, fearing that he would be beaten, and quickly drove the carriage to the opposite side of the princess's mansion.
Tai Zhuo sniffed with difficulty, and when the familiar fragrance entered his nose intermittently, his headache was instantly relieved.
Why?
why is that?
Is it simply because the fragrance is fresh? Or is the one stored in the Phoenix Palace no longer fresh?
A thought came to my mind: no wonder she was lucky enough to survive!
"Master, why is the pain gone so quickly today?"
Tai Zhuo ignored him, sat up, opened the curtain and looked at the Princess Mansion, "Turn around and leave!"
After returning to the inn, Tai Zhuo asked Yuan Hou to change their faces again.
When Tai Zhuo went to the Princess's Mansion again the next day, he saw that the guards had been strengthened and he could not get close to the Mansion at all.
I didn't expect the guards at the Princess's Mansion to be so alert.
"Lu Yuan, find a way to get that child to leave the house on his own initiative."
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"Xiao Yu." Su Xingyi entered the room, holding a round plate as big as two washbasins. "Twenty large cakes and related items are ready. Si Chuyu has arranged for someone to rent a shop in Linyang City and build a large oven. We can go to Linyang City a few days later."
Xiao Lingyu turned the large round plate and asked, "Is the egg brush ready?"
"I prepared a full twenty. I heard Si Chuyu say there was a war going on in the west, so I went to buy a few more carts of food."
"Fight? Did you hear correctly?"
"You heard right. They say the Western Rong are leading their troops to attack Wuyu Pass. The imperial court is preparing food supplies from all over the country to be sent to the western border. The price of food may go up tomorrow."
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