After waiting for a while, Qiao'er still hadn't returned.
Looking at my three sleeping children, I decided to put on my veil and go out to see them. I always make my mother face them; I'm such a wimp as a daughter.
Ji Yun left right after the New Year. We only met briefly each time, and I didn't even have time to ask him about his sister-in-law.
I left Wan'er and Anxiang in the room, just in case Yu'er woke up and made a fuss; one person couldn't hold him back.
If Yu'er wakes up Su Ling and Xi Zhi, and all three children cry together, just thinking about it makes me realize that leaving one girl behind is absolutely not an option.
As soon as I reached my mother's room door, I heard Li Zhaole's distinctive loud voice, and a child's voice.
I looked in from the doorway and saw Li Zhaole holding a child who was less than six months old. She didn't look as arrogant and domineering as before, and she spoke like an ordinary girl.
I knocked twice on the door, and my mother called me in. I sat down in the chair next to my mother, and Li Zhaole was sitting opposite me.
"Has Brother Yuancheng not left the capital yet?"
The mother chimed in, "He brought the child to keep us entertained, but he'll be leaving soon."
"It's better not to go for now. Although the Crown Prince has been stripped of his power, his mother's relatives still have influence. They now have families to support, which is different from before."
Yes, that's why I'm worried too, so I'm staying at the Ji residence for now. But I also want to see Li Ruowei's child. If only we had cell phones here, I could take a picture and see him.
She said she had given birth to a daughter, which meant Su Ling could keep her company from now on.
Yu'er is particularly fond of her younger sister now. Whenever she sees Su Ling, she gently pats her cradle as if to lull her to sleep.
He didn't even glance at Xi Zhi as she slept.
"Thank you for the reminder, Princess. I will keep Yuan Cheng here for a while before letting them go back."
“Madam Ji, I know I am no longer a daughter-in-law of the Ji family and have remarried, but I dare not return to the palace. Could I stay at the Ji residence for the time being? I will leave with Xiren once she returns.”
Xi Ren was still with Li Zhaole. At that time, Li Zhaole wanted to kill her, but unexpectedly, she was still serving him.
But why did Li Zhaole suddenly come back? She was dressed like an ordinary peasant woman. If I hadn't recognized her face, I would have thought she was some peasant girl coming to chat with her mother.
No wonder she didn't seem imposing when I saw her earlier; it turns out she was wearing coarse cloth clothes.
Unfortunately, I can't speak right now and don't know the full picture, so I can't give a proper evaluation.
"Madam, the eldest young master is crying terribly, you must go and see him quickly." Qiao'er's voice rang out from outside, and I gave my mother a look before rushing over.
Why did Yu'er wake up? She hasn't had a full half hour of sleep today.
Today was really tiring. I had just gone to my mother's place when Yu'er woke up again. When I arrived, I could hear him wailing.
"What's wrong? Come here and let Mommy hug you." I carried Yu'er over, and he was still crying, this time even louder.
"The eldest young master suddenly woke up just now and has been crying ever since."
"Could something have happened to Yuan Cheng, which is why Yu'er suddenly woke up!"
I'm panicking. They say bones are connected to the heart, I hope nothing bad happens to Xie Yuancheng, that bastard!
"Ying'er, I just got back and you're already hoping something bad will happen."
"Yuancheng~" I hugged Yu'er and looked at him. He looked the same as when he went out. Yu'er was still crying.
His crying was so infectious that Xi Zhi woke up too; it was like a scene of a good brother crying together.
Xie Yuancheng hurriedly picked up Yu'er and teased him with a small tassel, which stopped Yu'er's cries, and he gasped in his arms.
When Xi Yi cried, Su Ling started crying too, and all the children in the room were crying together. Xie Yuancheng had said that children were usually so lively, but now it was crying that was the most lively thing.
The three of us frantically tried to soothe the children. Xie Yuancheng held Yu'er in his arms. Fortunately, our eldest son had stopped crying, but I could still hear his gasps and his big eyes darting around.
Xi Zhi and Su Ling were easy to soothe; the two little ones fell asleep after drinking their milk. Because the outside world couldn't know that there were two more babies in the manor, the wet nurses only came every three days, using the excuse of bringing embroidery to their mother.
Hehe~
After Yu'er finished crying, he started laughing. Xie Yuancheng let him, Wan'er, and Anxiang go out to play.
"It's really tiring; it's rare for all three kids to cry at the same time."
I rubbed my arms, then hugged Xi and then Su Ling. The two children were light, but it was tiring to hold them for a long time.
"Ying'er, I haven't even asked you yet. You said something happened to me as soon as I got back."
“I was worried because Yu’er suddenly started crying. He’s never been like this before.”
“Sometimes when a child wakes up suddenly, it’s because of a lack of trace elements, such as calcium. If he didn’t drink enough breast milk when he was young, we can gradually supplement it for him later.”
"It's a pity that Yu'er has been weaned now, otherwise I could still feed him."
“The circumstances were special at the time, so Yu’er was weaned at six months old, which was tough on him.”
I took Xie Yuancheng's hand and told him about Li Zhaole's visit to the mansion. He hesitated for a moment and then said that he had known all along that Li Zhaole had run away on the way to her wedding.
"Why would she run away? Doesn't she like Lin Yu a lot?"
"Lin Yu has been emperor for almost two years, and Ying'er feels that he has no empress or concubines?"
I was stunned: "Then why did he bother to tease Li Zhaole? What a scumbag! Does he think he's some kind of heartthrob?"
“Ying’er~” Xie Yuancheng held me and sat me on his lap. “He is the emperor. Even if he becomes a vassal state of Da Zhao, it is still a country. He cannot abandon the throne and abandon so many women for a woman.”
"Yuancheng~ It's a good thing you're not into women, otherwise I would be the one running away with the kids."
"Who says I don't like women? I like your women."
I slapped his outstretched hand: "You're being indecent! But what should we do with Li Zhaole? Hiding in the Ji residence isn't a solution. Lin Yu might have already informed the Emperor."
“He won’t. Even if the princess of Da Zhao marries into the country, it will be her second marriage, but she asked for it herself. If the princess runs away halfway through, then it will be Dong Qin’s responsibility.”
"Then we have to help her!"
Xie Yuancheng fell silent. I know that our current situation is only supported by Father and the Prime Minister, as well as by countless people behind Xie Yuancheng. Otherwise, how could we have peace of mind to have a child in the Ji family and play with Yu'er every day?
"I will do my best." Xie Yuancheng helped me to a chair next to him. "I'll go see her."
"Go ahead, but..." I thought of Li Zhaole's clothes and her expression; this was hardly the demeanor of a princess.
"No matter who it is, everyone is like this when they are fleeing. My sister and I were pretty much the same back then."
"Then come back soon." I kissed him on the lips. Every time I hear about the past, I feel sad for him.
I saw Xie Yuancheng out of the house. Yu'er was playing with Wan'er in the yard, and Anxiang was supporting him, worried that he might fall. It's already a blessing from heaven that we can see the children playing now.
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