"Bring it up!" Shirley paused, then smiled slightly, without looking at Yinzhen.
Yinzhen held the book in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly, and glanced at Xue Li without making a sound.
"Your Majesty and Madam, our eldest princess and young prince miss you!" said Cailan, Li's head maid.
Sherry didn't speak, she just held her teacup.
Yinzhen glanced at Xue Li a few times, and after a long while said in a deep voice, "Then I will go and take a look!"
Sherry remained silent.
She couldn't act like the original owner, pretending to be magnanimous even when she was furious.
Cai Lan withdrew with a smile.
Sherry continued reading to her son. Yinzhen paused at the door, then left.
You could hear a pin drop inside.
"Mother, are you unhappy?" the little guy asked timidly.
“How could that be?” Shirley smiled brightly.
“Father is gone…” The little guy lowered his head and didn’t say anything.
"Are you unhappy?" Sherry asked, cupping his little face in her hands.
"There's one thing I know is wrong!" The little guy's eyes reddened as he spoke, and he panicked, not knowing what to do.
“Hui’er, you did nothing wrong! There is universal love in this world, but that’s Buddha’s business. There is unique love, like your mother’s love for you! Your father has more than just you as his child, and more than just your mother as his woman! So, he is not our only one! But we are each other’s only one! If he comes, we are happy; if he doesn’t come, it doesn’t matter! You are your mother’s son, Honghui, and no one can surpass you!” Xue Li wasn’t afraid of hurting him, after all, it was an established fact.
It's impolite of you to have fantasies about things that don't belong to you!
This is the first time for the Li family!
"Then, Mother, do you love Father?" The little guy seemed to understand but not quite.
"Love!" Sherry smiled gently, her eyes full of tenderness.
Sherry: How could I not love him? The fruits of his victory belong to my mother and me! His dragon aura is mine, I love him deeply!
Sherry smiled sweetly and gently, and the maids looked at her with pity!
Sherry: See? My acting is so good that even the girls believed me!
A certain system: It's just so-so. You can't even hide your disgust for the Li family.
Shirley: If we really trace it back to the source, wasn't it Yinzhen who allowed Li to act this way? The fact that the Fujin (principal wife) had beautiful concubines in the backyard before even entering the mansion—wasn't that Kangxi's doing? He deserved to have his grave dug up! This broken world is like this; isn't it all the rules set by men?
System: Wow, you're something else, you know how to get to the bottom of things! ⊙▽⊙
Sherry: Many people look down on the rivalry between wives and concubines, but that's their survival rule. They're fighting for their lives!
Sherry felt inexplicably annoyed by all this! But thinking about it from another angle, it wasn't so bad.
After all, she only gave Li two chances.
She made a mistake, so it's only natural for her to take action against her!
On the other side, Li was overjoyed and happily dressed up.
Yinzhen was not as happy as Xue Li and her servants had imagined when he left.
To be honest, how could he not know about Li's methods?
He knew it, but he had simply gone with the flow before!
He and his wife had nothing to talk about, and he felt uncomfortable staying there, so it wouldn't hurt to leave.
Even though the Princess Consort was somewhat displeased, who in this household could overstep their master's authority?!
The Princess Consort had plenty of reasons to punish them!
This idea coincided with Sydney's!
But at this moment, the princess consort said nothing, nor did she maintain the forced smile she had shown before, as if he were some insignificant person.
As Yinzhen thought of this, his face grew even more unpleasant!
Yinzhen strode to Qingya Residence, where Lady Li was already waiting anxiously.
Li Shi swayed her small waist, holding a handkerchief as she looked at Yinzhen, her eyes filled with shyness and joy.
Yinzhen looked impatient and walked past her into the house.
"My lord, I miss you so much~" Li Shi said sweetly, hugging Yinzhen's waist from behind.
Yinzhen suddenly dodged!
"Where are Moyaqi and Hongyun? Don't they miss their master?" Yinzhen asked impatiently.
He couldn't explain why, but he felt particularly unhappy today.
Li was stunned for a moment, and in her panic, she couldn't utter a single word.
Finally, Yinzhen strode over to the side hall to see the two children.
The two children were already asleep!
Yinzhen knew that she was using the child to curry favor, but now that it was really confirmed, he was still furious.
My face is inexplicably burning!
Sherry looked at the little guy who followed her step by step and smiled brightly and gently.
"Little Hui'er, why aren't you asleep yet? What are you doing following your mother around?" Xue Li pinched his little face.
Sherry: Human babies, so cute, so cuddly!
System: Ahhhh, I want to touch it too~
Sherry: Think about it!
System: Can't you be a decent human being? Even telling me a couple of lies to make me happy would be fine!
Sherry: Would you believe me if I told you?
A certain system: I don't believe it!
Sherry: It's my fault, I ignored you! Watch my ultimate leaping invincible whirlwind!
System: Ughhhhhh I'm throwing up...
Sherry: So comfortable~ ( ﹡?o?﹡ )
"Mother, your son wants to stay with you!" The little guy's eyes sparkled.
Sherry was overjoyed: "You're such a sweetheart, Mommy! Will you sleep with Mommy?"
"But Hui'er is a big kid now!" the little guy said shyly.
"Hui'er can stay with Mother for less than a year. Next year, he will have to live on his own. Mother will miss her little darling so much!" Xue Li said coquettishly. The little guy was clearly looking forward to it and very happy, but he tried his best to act coy.
Hmph, it's all that deadpan face's fault. What kind of example did she set for her son?
The mother and son happily took separate showers, and then Shirley cuddled her eldest son and went to sleep.
The following day, Shirley had breakfast with her son, which included soy milk, eight-treasure porridge, steamed dumplings, and several side dishes.
The little guy's cheeks have gotten so chubby lately from eating so much that Sherry has replaced two of those bossy wet nurses!
"Madam, that woman from yesterday got scolded by the master!" Granny Yu said with a delighted expression, sharing the latest gossip.
"Yesterday, Master came out of Qingya Residence not long after he went there. I heard that Master punished Li by making her copy Buddhist scriptures! He said that her mind was not at peace and that she needed to calm down!"
Sherry: What a pity for the Li family, the duck that was about to be eaten flew away~
System: You too!
Sherry: ...It's different, I'm not sad but she is~
System: You win!
Sherry: With no man in my heart, I draw my sword with divine power! Oh ho!
Recently, Shirley has been talking to her son a lot while eating, so Grandma Yu quietly told Shirley about it, hoping to make her happy.
Sherry was indeed happy to hear this, but not to the point of being as overjoyed as the others.
After all, Li was indeed prolific and flamboyant! But she was also undeniably not very intelligent.
Niohuru was the truly clever one. She used a crisis to secure her future and endured until the end, when she rose in status because of her son!
"Begonia, how's the soap coming along?" Sherry wanted to change their focus, so she decided to start by building a business!
"Reporting to Madam, the finished product is ready. We are currently ordering the molds and gift boxes. I would appreciate your approval!" Haitang quickly replied, her smile fading.
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