"You say." Su Zhiruan looked into his determined eyes, but then she lowered her head.

"I know you are a very scheming woman," Shen Qingman raised her eyes, "You have such talent and ability, you can develop well in other places, then... have you ever thought about the future of yourself and your children? For example, remarrying..."

He was hesitant, yet expectant. The constant small movements of his hands revealed his somewhat panicked heart. Su Zhiruan saw everything.

Of course she knew.

If she said that she hadn't been able to figure out what Shen Qingman was thinking of her in seven years, that would certainly be impossible.

From the very beginning, she came to the palace in a fake manner, preparing to find a place for herself and her children to stay. At that time, she used sweet words to gain the trust of the emperor and empress, and was named a princess. In the eyes of outsiders, perhaps she was really a real princess who had fallen into the common people.

But later, even though everyone in the world knew that she might be a fake, she was so capable and had achieved so many things. She even forcibly disintegrated the big country that wanted to cannibalize them, and instead made the small, endangered Shen Kingdom bigger and stronger step by step. She was already able to surpass the surrounding big countries, the people, the court officials, and the royal harem. She didn't even need to take the initiative to clarify. Naturally, some people would say that she was the real princess.

Originally, Shen Qingman's purpose in looking for her was to let her stay in the palace as the only heir to the Shen Kingdom, while he would fulfill his dream and go out to slay demons and become a demon hunter.

But he never expected that he would only stay for three days, but he postponed it to thirty days, and then postponed it to two months, and then to New Year's Eve... In the end, he stayed for seven years! "You want to marry me?" Su Zhiruan naturally didn't have any extra feelings for him, but felt a little tricky about this sudden feeling. She spoke bluntly and looked directly into Shen Qingman's eyes, and added, "Why? I remember you just treated me as a sister at first? What's more, I have a child, you know."

At the beginning, there was absolutely no affair between them. Shen Qingman called her sister all the time, naturally and fluently, and he also took care of her children, treating them as his sister's children.

But for some reason, as they spent time together day after day, he found that the way he called his sister was becoming more and more wrong, and it had even gone beyond family affection and was gradually deteriorating.

"I don't know either," Shen Qingman said softly. His tone sounded very tired, as if he had been asleep for thousands of years and suddenly woke up. He continued softly, "Because you have a child, I have never overstepped my boundaries, but I still have a crush on you. After you secretly rejected me a few times, I tried to come to the restaurant to drink and forget about you, but who would have thought that even the storyteller would tell us anecdotes about you and me. Since then, I have become a frequent visitor to this restaurant, and I keep coming here."

“But later, the storytellers changed one after another, and they all told different stories. Some said you would ascend to heaven, some said you were the Lady of the Nine Heavens, and some said you were destined to leave.” Shen Qingman did not drink, but he stretched out his hand and held the wooden railing tightly, just like he had done countless times, even without wine, he was deeply immersed in it and drunk unconscious.

Su Zhiruan sighed deeply and ruffled his hair. "Don't worry, I will definitely send you a message when I ascend to heaven. I will definitely not leave without saying goodbye."

"Okay." Shen Qingman's voice sounded a little disappointed, but Su Zhiruan had already said so, so he didn't say much, but stood up with her.

The two walked in silence, one in front of the other, as if the words of confession they had just made had not been spoken.

* Su Zhiruan had just gotten off the carriage when he saw a few little ghosts sneaking around in the corner.

"Come here, mother sees you." Su Zhiruan waved her hand to signal the four children in the corner to come out.

She gave the orders herself, and the children came out one after another.

In seven years, they have grown a lot, even taller.

When Shen Qingman suggested changing their names, Su Zhiruan also took it to heart. After all, the names of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter were just something she thought of casually. If they had good meanings, they were still not as thoughtful as those of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As the child of the eldest princess Su Zhiruan, and a rare newborn in the entire imperial palace in recent years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites almost tore the dictionaries apart before they came up with these names.

The youngest sister was previously named Xia Xia, which was given to her by Su Zhiruan himself. Su Zhiruan did not want to change it, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs added the word "Yun" in front of her name, which became Yun Xia.

The eldest brother was named Lin'an, the second brother was named Linyou, and the third brother was named Linzhou.

"Mom, Xia Xia also wants to go out and play. Can you take Xia Xia with you next time?" Yun Xia, with her pigtails, smiled sweetly. She raised her head, her snow-white cheeks, and her tassels swayed gently, and she acted coquettishly towards Su Zhiruan.

"Mom will take you with me next time," Su Zhiruan agreed first. She looked at her children and felt emotional.

Although they have never seen their biological father and have been displaced with her since they were born, they are now raised very well.

The concubines in the harem had no children of their own, so they were particularly fond of the four delicate and pretty children, wishing they could pick the stars and the moon for them. The emperor had never had a daughter in his life, and when he saw that Yun Xia was sweet-mouthed, talkative, and pleasing in appearance, he immediately turned into a daughter slave, wishing he could spoil her to the sky.

In addition to being favored and likable, what people find most amazing is the abilities of the four children.

Sometimes even Su Zhiruan found this incredible.

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Perhaps it was because Yunxia, ​​Lin'an, Linyou and Linzhou were all her children and the Son of the Plane, so they had Changqi's genes and her abilities, and could speak and walk not long after they were born.

At the age of three, the four children were already able to recognize most words.

The main reason they were hailed as child prodigies was when they were five years old.

Su Zhiruan has been intentionally teaching them since they were young, and has taught them to develop comprehensively according to their interests and abilities.

Later, during the busiest years of Shen State's development and growth, Lin'an took over the Ministry of War. The generals thought Su Zhiruan was joking by letting a five-year-old child be in charge of troop deployment. They almost dismissed themselves and went home to farm. However, Lin'an completed all the tasks of the Ministry of War in an orderly manner. Even the work done by eight people in partnership before the strike of the Ministry of War, he, a five-year-old child, could complete independently. Su Zhiruan took this opportunity to greatly cut redundant officials and reduce expenses.

With the birth of this first child prodigy, the second son Linyou took over the Ministry of Rites and was responsible for the imperial examinations and education. Although the people and court officials were convinced by the example of Lin'an, Linyou was only a five-year-old child after all, and they could not trust him completely.

Until one day——(End of this chapter)