Seeing that Xie Yuancheng was about to bring up old things again, I quickly stood up and said, "No, we've been together for so long, why are you still thinking about the past!"
"Then I don't want to think about it anymore. Let's go back quickly. I still have something to tell you."
I feel like my IQ has dropped since I spent so much time with Yu'er and the others. Xie Yuancheng doesn't tell me anything; he's clearly just trying to take advantage of me.
I had just woken up early in the morning and tried to cover him with the blanket, but Xie Yuancheng didn't react at all. When I lifted the blanket to look, he pulled me into his arms.
"You're so energetic this morning. I'm quick-witted enough to think of getting a nice tattoo on your waist. How about we get one on your lower tummy too?"
I pushed away his outstretched hand: "Hmph, I can't see it anyway, I won't get the tattoo."
"I can't bear to get a tattoo either. Ying'er doesn't have a single mark on her body. She was raised too well when she was little. Xizhi will be a carbon copy of you when she grows up."
"They're still young. They won't know until they're eight or nine. Right now, they're just cute. There's no real difference between them and what they are now."
"Yes, there is no shadow."
Xie Yuancheng is always very obedient when he does something bad, saying he'll admit to everything, which makes it hard for me to say too much. I'm rubbing my lower back; the pain isn't there anymore, it was him who made it hurt.
"Let's go for a walk this afternoon. It's safe outside the city now," Xie Yuancheng told me, adding that he wanted to check if the place had been burned down, making sure no trace of it was left.
"That's good. We came back too hastily last time and haven't had a chance to go back and visit yet."
"What I'm a little worried about is that all the trees around here have been cut down. If the house burns down completely, it's fine, but if it doesn't burn down completely, the Crown Prince will make a big fuss about it again."
"Don't worry about him. He's too busy taking care of himself to have time for anything else."
"He's just unhappy with everything, so he's always looking for things to do."
“Then let’s go in the morning and come back in the afternoon, so you won’t worry. If you don’t eat breakfast and lunch, you’ll get as thin as before.”
I touched his bones; he never gained weight no matter how much I fed him. His hands were calloused, from handling weapons frequently. His skin was relatively smooth, but he had many scars.
"You're covered in injuries, but thankfully I don't mind. Otherwise, you'd be better off living on your own."
"You still dare to complain! These were all left for Ying'er. You irresponsible, wicked woman, if I hadn't taken you in, your little head would definitely be causing trouble every day."
"Yeah, right!" I tickled him when he wasn't looking, and almost fell off the bed myself instead of kicking him off.
"Ying'er~" Xie Yuancheng leaned against me and laughed: "How can you be like this? You clearly want to deal with me, but you're doing this yourself. If you fall down, I'll be really angry with you."
"What's the rush? I'm not in a hurry at all." I clutched my chest, relieved that I hadn't fallen, and quickly helped Xie Yuancheng up so we could go check on the child.
"You're just like a little kid. There's no need to look after a child. I can just open my eyes and watch over you."
Xie Yuancheng propped himself up on the bed with one hand, playing with my hair. I moved to the inside. I had never done anything earth-shattering; he was always the one to save the day.
"Ying'er~ You're just like a child again, always crawling under the covers when you can't win an argument."
Xie Yuancheng leaned on my shoulder; he clearly didn't want to get up. I shrugged my shoulder. "It's almost dawn outside; let's get up quickly."
"No~ You're not feeling well, we'll get up later. Anyway, we're already known as Little Lazybones here by Yu'er, so there's nothing to worry about."
I then opened the blanket to let him in. It all comes down to me being petty. Now that I wake up, I see him every time I come in, and I feel so at ease.
I was planning to get a good night's sleep, but in my drowsy state, I heard Qiao'er knocking on the door from outside.
"Miss, son-in-law, the tenth prince has come to the manor and specifically asked to see you."
I then woke up, wrapped my arms around Xie Yuancheng's waist and shook my head: "This person is really annoying. He was fooled by a bunch of kids in the middle of the city, and now he's coming to cause trouble for us so early in the morning."
"Ying'er, it's almost Chen Shi now, it's not very early."
I then opened my eyes and saw Xie Yuancheng grinning mischievously: "Qiao'er, you two take good care of the Tenth Prince first, we'll be there in a bit."
"Yes." Qiao'er ran away.
I then got up and rubbed my neck: "It's so late, and you didn't even wake me up~" I calculated the time and realized that I had actually slept for another three hours.
"Ying'er, are you tired? I should take good care of you."
"You smooth talker~" I pulled him up, and Xie Yuancheng carried me to wash up as soon as we stood up. I took the opportunity to say that I wanted to put on makeup, and his expression immediately changed.
"You have three kids at home, and you carry them around all the time. No way!"
"Yuancheng~ Chengcheng, my dear Marquis, please say yes."
I snuggled into his arms and acted coquettishly, something I've always done since I was little. Xie Yuancheng immediately agreed. I smiled as I leaned against him, feeling especially excited because it had been so long since I'd worn makeup.
I was going to call the maids to help, but Xie Yuancheng wanted to draw my eyebrows, so I had to let him do it all. When he was done, I looked at myself in the small mirror, and they looked really good.
"Ying'er~ It's really too much that you have to put on makeup just to see someone!"
"Isn't it all for you? Look, isn't it beautiful and grand? He is the emperor's son, and you are a marquis. If I, his wife, were to go out without makeup, wouldn't you be the subject of gossip?"
It was rare for Xie Yuancheng to agree with my twisted logic; he even brought me my outer robe. I put away the small mirror, changed into the thin outer robe, and then followed him out.
As soon as we entered the hall, we heard Father and the Tenth Prince laughing and talking. Oh no, Father, why are you out here? He's definitely going to punish me in a bit.
I let Xie Yuancheng go in first, and then followed him inside. When the Tenth Prince saw Xie Yuancheng, he acted as if he were seeing a family member. I didn't even know he had such a younger brother, who hadn't even been granted the title of prince yet.
"Brother Yuancheng, you really got married? Who was it that said they'd rather die than get married? Now you have a child and a wife."
The Tenth Prince winked at Xie Yuancheng, definitely referring to the man I dressed as yesterday. When I'm in makeup, I look very different from when I'm in men's clothing; it's all thanks to the good upbringing my parents gave me this ability to transform.
"Alright, you came all this way so early, you didn't come just to catch up with my father-in-law, did you?"
Xie Yuancheng led me to sit down on the side, and I took a closer look. He did look a bit silly, but he was definitely not what he seemed. His appearance and his inner self were very different.
"You have no conscience! I came to see General Ji out of kindness, just to casually meet you. How can you say such things about me?"
When the Tenth Prince looked over, I knew he would scrutinize me. Anyway, I didn't say anything and let him guess. They started talking about a lot of things. I initially thought Xie Yuancheng was going to cooperate with the Second Prince, but I didn't expect it to be this Tenth Prince who rarely showed up.
He doesn't seem very bright, so why would he think of joining the Crown Prince in the struggle? But he may be wise beyond his years, and perhaps he has some extraordinary talent.
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