It's rare that Xie Yuancheng would think the same way I do: "Yes, father-in-law, Ying'er is very smart and understands things very quickly."
I smiled at him, and that bastard even touched my hand below. I slapped him and he finally pulled his hand away.
"You can do this after you've finished dealing with this matter. The Crown Prince has already gathered some alchemists from the martial arts world. We have the list, and all that's left is for the Emperor to see it clearly and understand the ins and outs of the matter."
Xie Yuancheng's expression turned serious: "I don't think the Emperor will punish the Crown Prince. There is no prince in the court who can rival the Crown Prince. The Emperor may punish him as a minor offense to balance the internal strife."
"Even if it's just a minor punishment, it's still a breakthrough. When a capable prince emerges and the crown prince loses his position, I'll teach him a lesson."
My father was a man who hated evil as much as he could. His own daughter and son-in-law were harmed by outsiders and jumped off a building. Anyone else would have gone crazy.
“Father-in-law, I know you want to support the Second Prince, and I thought so too at first. However, recent events have made me change my mind.”
I looked at Xie Yuancheng, wondering if he was referring to the time he went out for snacks with my mother: "Could it be about the Crown Prince publicly beating Princess Caiwei?"
"What? Princess Caiwei is still in the capital."
Father was unaware that Xie Yuancheng had recounted the entire plan, including the events leading up to it, and the losses the Marquis's mansion had suffered because of Caiwei.
Even Father had moments of blankness: "In that case, Brother Cui and I still need to be careful."
"Indeed, if something happens, they could very well be used as a bullet."
"What is a bullet?" Dad asked again.
"It's something like a scapegoat."
"I understand, but you two jumped off a cliff, and I feel like the things you're saying are different from before. Did you hurt your brains?"
"Dad, you're worrying for nothing. Yuancheng and I just like to come up with new words. He did the same thing when he was in Linyang."
"That's not right. Yuan Cheng and I meet every year, otherwise how could I agree to your marriage?"
I propped myself up on the table and said, "Alright, let your good son-in-law give you his answer."
"Ying'er, you're being disrespectful again. Be careful that Yu'er doesn't follow your example."
Tears streamed down my face. Xie Yuancheng, you are the real son of your parents!
"Ying'er's temper does need to be changed, but she's pregnant now, so we can change it slowly after she gives birth. But she still needs to be gentle. If she's really having a girl this time, she needs to be raised to be as well-mannered and knowledgeable as her mother."
"Father, how have I been ignorant and unreasonable?"
The father shook his head from the side: "You should take good care of yourself during your pregnancy. If your mother comes back tomorrow and sees you like this, she'll be the one to scold you."
Consort Ji is coming back, that's good.
"Father, when is Mother coming?"
"She can't stay long. She came this time to visit her orphaned son at the Ji residence. You should avoid her tomorrow, as the Empress's spies might be following her."
With Father and Xie Yuancheng in the household now, there's no need for spies or informants. However, Consort Ji is very favored in the palace, so the people around her are all very shrewd.
"I understand. I will hide it well tomorrow."
I can hold Yu'er again. I feel happy every time I touch his soft little hands. I was such a jerk back then, to leave such a little baby in Linyang.
As I lay in bed that night, Xie Yuancheng massaged my legs: "You need to massage them more now, so that your legs won't ache when your belly gets bigger."
"Stop busying yourself there and come lie down and go to sleep."
“Ying’er is starting to get lazy. When my mother-in-law comes tomorrow, she will go out and announce that I am temporarily staying at the Ji residence.”
I opened my eyes, which I had been enjoying with closed eyes. "What? Won't you be in danger?"
“The Crown Prince is the one in danger. The night before last, when my father-in-law and I came back, we saw him walking on the street. We covered our faces and beat him up. Anyway, he couldn’t beat us.”
Xie Yuancheng spoke with great pride about his and his father's glorious deeds, and I quickly sat up to listen to him.
"Tell me the details quickly, so I can be happy too."
“There are no details. He was angry with his men. I thought you were slapped by him, and since the ambush failed last time, it would be good to beat you up this time. Coincidentally, my father-in-law thought the same thing, so we put on masks, blindfolded him, and beat him up to vent our anger.”
"That's great." I clapped my hands from the side: "But he's the crown prince, how could he be on the street?"
"That's why we used this excuse to avoid his retaliation. If word got out, he would be the one to suffer."
"He deserved it, he just needed to be beaten, good for him."
Xie Yuancheng applied hand cream to my hands: "Autumn is coming, so you need to moisturize your hands properly."
"You really want to work in skincare products. I shouldn't have brought you along."
“If I hadn’t gone, I wouldn’t have known what the other side of time and space is like.” He helped me lie down before lying down next to me. “It’s just that there’s not enough time, but we still have so many things to do. After comparing the options these past few days, I still think Da Zhao is more suitable for us.”
"What do you mean?"
"We live here, and even though there are many problems, it is still the place we depend on for survival."
"I know, you've been watching too much Animal World. Now you even have a broadcaster's voice."
Xie Yuancheng pinched my nose: "You're so good at roasting me, even your father-in-law found out today."
"Why don't you call them 'father' and 'mother'? Why do you call them 'father-in-law' and 'mother-in-law'?"
"Everyone outside knows that I married the adopted daughter of the Ji family. If I start calling her that, some people will get restless."
I rubbed Xie Yuancheng's wrist: "Poor thing, my dear husband."
"You have to be nicer to me from now on."
"Am I good enough to you?" I put Xie Yuancheng's hand down. "Tell me, what's wrong with me?"
"You've brought the young ladies into the manor again. What do you say about this?"
Xie Yuancheng is really picking a fight again. I told him all about Wan'er and Anxiang, and Xie Yuancheng fell asleep while listening.
"Bad man, he actually fell asleep. I wasn't talking about a lullaby."
Seeing him asleep made me sleepy too. I felt like I was sitting on a rock against his chest. Just as I was about to leave, he reached out and pulled me into his arms. I couldn't sleep peacefully.
The next day, I asked Xie Yuancheng if he didn't like Wan'er and Anxiang in the mansion, and if so, I would send them back to Yingxian Tower.
Xie Yuancheng kept me in suspense for a long time, and only after receiving some benefits did he say that he wasn't so stingy, and that I was just speculating about him.
"Hmph!" I won't stoop to the level of a little man and go play with my good son.
"Ying'er~ You went to see Yu'er again. You need to take good care of yourself now. I'll take you out for a walk after lunch."
"Can we go out?"
Xie Yuancheng nodded and wiped my face: "You want to go out without even wiping your face?"
"Really, it's all your fault, you're always setting traps for me."
I touched my face, and the biggest advantage here is that whether I wash my face in the morning or not, my skin seems to have no reaction; it still feels moist and supple.
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