Xie Yuan was truly moved by Helian Jue time and time again.
Helian Jue was an ancient native with a noble status and commanded a large army.
He has every reason to be chauvinistic and sexist.
But he didn't.
He is willing to acknowledge his wife's excellence and give her more room to grow.
Because he is proud enough. And excellent enough.
He wouldn't be jealous of his wife, nor would he suppress her for some inexplicable reason.
Xie Yuan is pregnant, and Helian Jue is able to say, "We won't have any more children."
Whether these words are sincere or not, just saying them is enough to move a woman.
Helian Jue also took meticulous care of his pregnant wife and actively participated in the child's prenatal education.
During childbirth, he valued his wife more than his son who could inherit his throne.
Now, in order to prevent Xie Yuan from suffering from pregnancy again, he could come up with the absurd idea of "taking poison".
Xie Yuan would definitely not agree, and Helian Jue might not actually do it either.
But, as the saying goes, what women care about most is a man's attitude.
With Helian Jue's attitude, Xie Yuan couldn't possibly remain unmoved!
She remained lucid, but she was more willing to open her heart to Helian Jue in this way.
Perhaps they can't love each other like this forever, but as long as they had it, it's a very beautiful memory.
"Ah Xi, I really like you so much! No matter what you become in the future, I will always remember how you look now!"
Xie Yuan wrapped his arms tightly around Helian Jue's neck and rested his head on his shoulder.
Her voice was very soft, like a whisper in a dream.
Helian Jue, however, heard it.
【I love you too, Xie Ayuan, my substitute bride!】
Helian Jue didn't say these words aloud; he only thought them to himself.
As for Xie Yuan's second half of his sentence, Helian Jue did not take it to heart—he would always be A Yuan's A Xi, and that would never change in this lifetime!
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Xie Yuan had a double postpartum period, so the Yue Prince's Mansion did not hold a grand full-moon banquet for the four little ones.
"Let's hold a 100-day celebration."
One hundred days can also be auspiciously referred to as a hundred years old.
"Okay! I'll do whatever you say!"
Helian Jue couldn't utter a single word of dissent to Xie Yuan.
"As for the fourth brother, he's been wanting to come to Yuezhou for a long time."
After a beautiful spring night, Helian Jue was in high spirits.
When the topic of the children's feast came up, he couldn't help but think of his unfortunate younger brother.
"Your Highness Prince Yong?"
Xie Yuan raised an eyebrow; he didn't have many thoughts about the Fourth Prince.
This person is a bit slow, but not completely stupid.
To put it more nicely, it's called "great wisdom appearing as foolishness".
His greatest strength is probably that he understands his own weaknesses and is willing to acknowledge his wife's strengths.
His greatest fortune in life was marrying a capable and intelligent princess like Xu Yuan.
"How's the situation in Yongzhou lately? Their salt fields have produced a lot of sea salt, so the profits must be quite substantial."
Although Xie Yuan stayed in the house for two months, he was not out of the loop.
Helian Jue would come and chat with her every day, and the eunuch Duoshou would also tell her the latest news.
In addition, Zheng Yurong, the female official, and Luo Peiyu, the embroidered-robe envoy, would also report to Xie Yuan regularly.
Xie Yuan couldn't speak of everything about the capital, Lingnan, and the Prince's Mansion, but he knew everything he could.
However, perhaps due to the effects of hormones after childbirth, Xie Yuan couldn't focus all his attention on these matters.
She will care more about the child.
She would wake up immediately if she vaguely heard crying while sleeping.
In fact, the four little ones were surrounded by a large number of wet nurses, old women, maids, and servants.
There are people guarding the place every hour of the day.
Helian Jue is also planning to select some "playmates" who are two or three years older than the four children.
They were more like palace servants and guards than playmates.
They grew up alongside their young masters, are loyal and reliable, and serve them with even greater care.
There's no shortage of servants or playmates; Xie Yuan has no need to worry about the four little ones' safety or entertainment.
However, Xie Yuan couldn't help but worry.
Becoming a mother gave her a mission.
The four little ones are her biggest concern, and also her only four weaknesses.
I worry that they won't eat well, and I worry that they will get sick.
They worry that the people around them won't serve them well, or that they'll be wronged.
They are still so young and can't speak. Even if something goes wrong, they can't express their suffering.
With Xie Yuan lost in his own thoughts, he didn't have much energy left to think about serious matters.
Fortunately, Xie Yuan discovered the problem herself and worked hard to adjust, thus avoiding postpartum depression.
Now that she's out of confinement and left that room that had confined her, Xie Yuan's heart seems to have been opened up instantly.
Her brain also began to function normally again.
"The fourth prince's salt fields are slightly smaller, so their profits are lower than those of the Prince Yue's mansion!"
He Lianjue answered Xie Yuan's question carefully, "However, this 'low' is compared to our Yue Prince's Mansion."
For the Prince Yong's Mansion, this was already a very large income.
Helian Jue roughly estimated that it was about 100,000 taels of silver.
The vassal kings of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not receive a salary, but only taxes from their fiefdoms and imperial estates under their names.
Ahem, Yongzhou and Yuezhou are both wild and undeveloped areas in Lingnan, and are small prefectures with fewer than 20,000 households.
The annual taxes plus the revenue from the imperial estates are estimated to be no more than ten thousand taels.
Sea salt alone earned the Prince Yong's Mansion ten years' worth of "annual salary".
Moreover, this business can be done for a very long time.
"I heard that the Prince of Yong's mansion is expanding its army!"
Helian Jue said it indifferently.
His "hearsay" is quite subtle.
It seems that Helian Jue has planted quite a few spies in Yongzhou.
It's not that I'm intentionally monitoring them; I just want to make sure they pose no threat.
There was no other way; in the entire Lingnan region, there were two princes appointed by the emperor—the Prince of Yongzhou and the Prince of Yue.
The reason the emperor brought the fourth prince here was to have him check and balance King Helian Jue of Yue.
Although the two princely residences now have a close cooperative relationship.
However, his upbringing and Helian Jue's personality made him unwilling to easily trust anyone.
As things stand, the only person he can trust completely is Xie Yuan.
Even with his staunch confidants like Helian Chen and Duofu, Helian Jue had hidden tricks up his sleeve.
"Expanding the army is good; we'll have a major operation sooner or later!"
Xie Yuan was not surprised.
She nodded, estimated the timeframe, and held up three fingers. "Three years! In another three years, we'll have the strength to march back to the capital!"
Helian Jue looked at Xie Yuan's radiant appearance with eyes full of doting affection.
He loves Ah Yuan like this the most—confident, poised, and full of confidence. It's so beautiful!
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