Xie Jiusi hesitated for a moment, as if thinking seriously. After a long while, he took a few steps forward hesitantly: "Okay~"
Xie Guanlan glanced at Xie Jiusi who was walking beside his legs and kicked him without any hesitation.
"Father, you..." Xie Jiusi held on to the bed and barely stood up. He frowned and looked at Xie Guanlan seriously.
Xie Guanlan sneered when he was interrupted, grabbed Xie Jiusi's clothes and threw him onto the bed: "Shut up."
Xie Jiusi pursed her lips, glared at Xie Guanlan with a cold face, then turned around and hugged Yuan Jiang with a smile: "Mother, Jiusi likes you too."
Yuan Jiang was completely fascinated by the little fox cub. She grabbed Xie Jiusi's little face and kissed him several times: "Mother also likes our little Jiusi."
"Mother~" Xie Yiyuan pouted, looking unhappy: "What about me?"
"The Queen Mother also likes our little Yiyuan." Yuan Jiang glanced at her, lowered her head and kissed her.
Xie Guanlan, who stood by the bed with a face full of resentment from a woman in the deep palace, let out a dissatisfied sneer from his throat. Then... he saw Xie Yiyuan and Xie Jiusi occupying his place and sleeping with his queen in their arms.
Xie Guanlan: ...
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When Xie Jiusi was fourteen years old, the empress dowager passed away.
When Xie Jiusi was ten years old, Xie Yiyuan got engaged to the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xie Guanlan retired as the emperor and abdicated the throne to Xie Jiusi.
After Xie Guanlan abdicated, he did not live in seclusion in the palace with Yuan Jiang, but traveled around the country with his empress.
In the scenic Jiangnan water town, Xie Guanlan sipped the new tea from his cup, staring intently at Yuan Jiang who was selecting jewelry, his eyes full of tenderness and obsession.
Yuan Jiang was seventeen years old when she became his queen. Now, nineteen years have passed, and her face is still as dazzling, charming and beautiful as ever.
Suddenly, the smile on Xie Guanlan's lips slowly disappeared, because he saw a well-dressed young man chatting up his queen!
"Miss, why don't you choose this jade bead and gold hairpin?" The young man waved a paper fan in his hand, with his black hair tied up high, looking very elegant.
Yuan Jiang was debating which pearl hairpin to choose when she was suddenly interrupted. She looked up and saw the young man coming very close to her. She frowned silently and took a step back. Before she could answer, a warm hand with calloused hair came around her waist.
It’s Xie Guanlan.
Xie Guanlan looked uneasy, his jawline set in a frown. "Golden hairpins are vulgar. My wife hates such vulgar and ostentatious things the most."
"Madam?" The young man looked surprised.
"Madam, let's go. The children are still waiting for us at home." Xie Guanlan glanced at the young man lightly and said in a neither loud nor soft voice.
Yuan Jiang smiled, knowing Xie Guanlan's little thoughts and not exposing them, and followed him out of the store.
"Husband, are you jealous?"
Xie Guanlan pressed his rosy lips into a straight line, "Madam, you are still as graceful as ever. This young man looks no more than eighteen, but he is quite dashing and valiant."
The tone is extremely unhappy.
Yuan Jiang covered her lips with her hands and giggled, hugging his arm and saying coquettishly, "My husband, are you jealous? I haven't even seen what that young man looks like. I only have my husband in my heart and eyes."
"My husband is the loveliest man in the world!"
The sweet words lingered in Xie Guanlan's ears, and his lips couldn't help but curl up. He tilted his head and reached out to touch the tip of her nose: "You are good at coaxing people."
"What I said is the truth~" she said coquettishly.
Xie Guanlan was instantly coaxed, and he took Yuan Jiang's hand and strolled slowly in the Jiangnan water town, chatting about everything.
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