Zhou Jingan glanced at him and nodded, "Yes."
"Hey!" Feng Yu gritted his teeth.
Zhou Ning'an watched the two of them arguing with each other endlessly, and couldn't help laughing. He turned and took Jiang Ling's hand to ask about her situation.
"how have you been?"
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "I'm fine." He lowered his head to glance at her bulging belly. "How's the queen? Have you been sleeping well recently? How's your diet?"
"I'm fine."
Zhou Ning'an took her hand and walked out, unwilling to listen to these two childish people fighting.
"It's just that I'm in my late twenties and I can't sleep well. I always wake up once or twice in the middle of the night."
Lying flat on her back made her uncomfortable, so she would always wake up in the middle of the night.
When the two childish ghosts saw their wife walking out, they hurriedly followed her and protected her closely.
"Would it be more comfortable if Your Majesty sleeps on her side, or puts something under her back?" Jiang Ling frowned and offered a suggestion.
Zhou Ningan nodded and smiled, "I was sleeping on my side, but I turned right side up while sleeping."
She shook her head, "It's also very helpless."
Feng Yu interrupted, "I said I wanted to hold you while sleeping and protect you from turning over, but you refused."
He pouted, looking a little aggrieved.
Zhou Ning'an's face flushed, and the round fan was thrown at him. He glared at him and said angrily, "What are you talking about in broad daylight?"
Feng Yu quickly caught the fan and went over to coax her, "Ning An, don't be angry. I won't say anything more. I won't say anything more."
Jiang Ling, who was standing aside, raised the corners of her mouth and couldn't help but laugh.
Several people sat down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake. The maids brought tea and snacks. Zhou Ning'an and Jiang Ling each held a cup of milk tea and drank it.
"Your Majesty is in poor health now, so please be careful. If you feel bored, I will go to the palace to talk to you." Jiang Ling said as he pushed the snacks towards her.
Zhou Ningan took a bite of the cloud cake and said, "I just want to go out for a walk. I'm so bored staying in the palace all day."
Feng Yu fanned her with a round fan and said, "I am worried about you always leaving the palace, and I can't follow you every time. It makes me worried."
"What could possibly happen?" Zhou Ning'an glanced at him. "The world is peaceful now, and I'm not leaving the city. You're always worrying about me."
"You can't say that. Taiping is also in danger." Feng Yu frowned and handed her the milk tea.
"The affairs of the previous dynasty have been resolved, but many official families have been severely damaged by the disruption. Some people took advantage of the situation to open casinos and brothels, and took bribes. These are all problems." Feng Yu sighed, "It's still a mess. If you want to leave the palace, I will make time to accompany you."
What Feng Yu said about many families suffering heavy losses echoed what Jiang Ling had noticed earlier, that the Jiang family was on the decline.
The confusing thoughts she had at the birthday party gradually gave her some clues.
The Shen family, the Yue family, the Jiang family in the original book, the Meng family, Jiang Ling's uncle, the Qi family whose ancestral hall almost caught fire, and many other official families that had accidents and suffered "natural disasters" all showed a trend of decline.
Without exception, these families were all the ones who supported Feng Gan to become emperor.
While Pei Yu was plotting to usurp the throne, he was also slowly eroding these powerful families in order to cut off Feng Yu's pillars and leave him isolated and helpless.
Although Pei Yu, the mastermind behind these events, has fallen, the impact he brought cannot be underestimated. Feng Yu is now handling these matters cautiously in order to maintain the current peace and stability.
Zhou Jing'an handed the cut watermelon with a silver skewer inserted into it to Jiang Ling and said, "Sister, please bring more guards with you when you go out, just in case something unexpected happens."
"Alright." Zhou Ning'an snorted, "Everyone is controlling me, not letting me leave the palace, not letting me play."
Feng Yu hurriedly coaxed him, "If you're bored, I'll definitely find time to accompany you out of the palace, okay? Even out of the city is fine."
"Huh, you just know how to coax me."
"No, I'm serious. I'm definitely not kidding you."
Zhou Jing'an chuckled as he listened to the two people playing around, and his eyes gently fell on the person next to him.
Jiang Ling was taking a bite of a piece of steamed cheese with sugar, her eyes occasionally glancing at the two people opposite her with a smile on her face.
Zhou Jing'an looked at her gently, and couldn't help but secretly hold Jiang Ling's hand under the stone table.
Jiang Ling was startled, turned to look at him, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows.
"Ling'er, eat slowly." Seeing the teasing in her eyes, he spoke hurriedly as if to cover it up.
Zhou Jing'an looked a little uncomfortable, but he didn't let go. He just felt hot behind his ears again, but he just took it as the summer heat.
Jiang Ling chuckled, but didn't struggle to break free. She handed him the remaining half of the steamed cheese with sugar, "I can't eat any more."
Zhou Jing'an took it with his other hand and put it into his mouth without hesitation, while holding up the milk tea for her.
In the evening when the heat gradually dissipates, the setting sun shines obliquely, casting a warm orange hue on the octagonal pavilion in the center of the lake in Qiyun Pavilion.
The few people sitting in the pavilion were chatting, laughing and joking. The atmosphere was very harmonious, peaceful and tranquil. The love surrounding them was so strong that it almost intoxicated the gods passing by in the sky.
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