"You're contradicting yourself! Who was it that said they'd be with me for all eternity, in the past life, the life before that, the next life, and the life after that!"
I knew Xie Yuancheng liked to apply double standards. I'll repeat every word he said so he'll know I'm not easily fooled. Let's see how he gets out of this mess!
"Ying'er~ My Ying'er is even pointing out my grammatical errors now, how annoying~"
"Tell me what you're talking about. You still have the nerve to be angry with me? I should be the one who's angry. Or, I could ignore you for a few years and see what you do then."
"You're quite the thinker. If we're apart for even a day, you'll start missing me. To avoid upsetting Ying'er, I can't walk a single step."
"Hmph! I'm not going to argue with you about this. What about Yu'er? You must have a way. Let him sleep next to me. He's too young."
Xie Yuancheng shook his head without hesitation, "No! You're a mother now, you need to be mature and not do things as you please."
"Now you know how to reason with me? Who was it that said I could do anything I wanted, as long as I could be with my son, and you wouldn't agree?"
"Ying'er".
"Don't call me, I need to rest, I can't be bothered with you!"
Xie Yuancheng also crawled into the blanket. "I'll just say one thing to you. If you want to hear it, come closer. If you don't want to hear it, I won't say anything."
I turned around and said, "Tell me quickly!"
"Gotcha! I won't let you go. Master is just lying to people, and you still believe him so much. I'm not letting you go; you're staying with me."
I tickled him. "That's all? What about Yu'er's? Don't play dumb with me."
"It really won't work. You'll have to go through this so he won't be threatened for the next ten years. Besides, I'm still injured; you should take good care of me."
I looked at Xie Yuancheng, and he shook his head at me again. I knew it was for Yu'er's own good, but it was heartbreaking that a mother and son couldn't rest in the same bed when they met.
"Xi Zhi and Su Ling don't sleep with you much; they sleep obediently in the courtyard. When Yu'er returns to Linyang, let his brothers and sisters have some fun. I'll definitely agree if you want to sleep in the courtyard for one night, but how will you sleep? There are four children."
"I..." I knew he was up to something, but there was nothing I could do. "Then why don't you bring them to sleep in the big bed, so we can rest together, okay?"
"Okay, just one night. If you take too good care of them, they'll be ruined before they even grow wings."
"What a strict father! My children are suffering so much!" I felt so sorry for them. It's so pitiful to have such a strict person as Xie Yuancheng.
"We must raise them well from a young age. When they can distinguish right from wrong, they will be very grateful to me."
"Okay, but you're not allowed to remember anything from your past life. I'll ask you for one wish every time you say it, and I'll save them up and ask you for things slowly."
"You've started haggling with me now. It's obvious you've been corrupted by this little bird." Xie Yuancheng pinched my nose and wouldn't let go until I was suffocating.
"Ugh! He's always bullying me!" I'm just not smart enough to outsmart him. But seeing him laugh makes me happy too, so I don't care about anything else, just adding unnecessary trouble.
The carriage moved very steadily. I played with Xie Yuancheng's fingers, so delicate yet strong; I really liked them. Xie Yuancheng let me look at them, extending both hands, and I mimicked his gestures.
"Ying'er, you are a girl, so your fingers are naturally much more delicate than mine. You can't bully people like that."
"Yeah, right! If you stretched out your hand and only looked at these two hands, without looking at anything else, you would definitely think they were a woman's hands, and you would never think they were a stinky man's!"
"Who are you calling a stinky man? No matter how stinky he is, he's still yours. Don't try to get rid of him." Xie Yuancheng just likes to fuss over these little things. He won't be satisfied until I change my mind and say he smells good.
"My lord, they have arrived. General Ji and his wife, as well as Prince Jinfeng, have also arrived."
I was startled when I heard the noise outside. I quickly asked Xie Yuancheng to help me put on my clothes and a warm cloak, and then I looked in the mirror before going out. As soon as I got to the ground, I saw Yu'er jumping around, her little face full of joy.
"Mother~" Yu'er waved to me. I wanted to go forward and hug him, but Xie Yuancheng held me back.
"Marquis Anle, the Prince of Jinfeng wants to go to Linyang, so let him go with you." This eunuch in the palace looked familiar to me. He was talking to Xie Yuancheng, so I tugged at his hand, and after Xie Yuancheng let go, I went to talk to my parents.
"Ying'er~" Mother's tears were still flowing like a tap, and she held me tightly. "You've lost weight again. You need to eat more when you get back."
"Mother, I wish you could come back with me." I wonder when they will be able to return to Linyang. We only see each other once a year, it's really hard for them.
“We will go, but it’s not the right time yet. You must not bully Yuancheng. Look at him, he looks like he didn’t sleep well. You must have bullied him.”
Who's bullying whom? Xie Yuancheng is clearly the one who's in control, but I still have to be careful in front of my parents. We've only been talking for half an incense stick's time, and now it's time to leave.
Once we were in the carriage, Yu'er could get in too. I held him, lifted the curtain, and waved to my parents. Luckily, they didn't have much gray hair, otherwise I would have cried right there and shown it to Xie Yuancheng.
"Alright, you can't see anyone anymore." I wanted to see, so Xie Yuancheng closed the carriage curtain. Yu'er just kept making noise without actually doing anything, whimpering.
"Yu'er~"
"Mother~"
"If you two keep crying, I'll leave you behind." Xie Yuancheng, that heartless guy. I held Yu'er and wouldn't let him hold me. "Ying'er, what did you promise me?"
"Yu'er, go and hit your father! It's all his fault for not letting you and your mother see each other!"
"Mommy~ Yu'er won't hit Daddy. It's all thanks to Daddy that Yu'er is doing well in the capital. Otherwise, Grandpa and Grandma would be heartbroken and their hair would turn white. You're so naughty, Mommy~"
"You fickle person, your mother isn't going to hold you anymore, she's going to leave you to play on the ground."
"Hehe~ Mother can't bear to part with Yu'er~" This little rascal, he really knows how to be cute, blinking his eyes and making faces at me.
"That's right. Your mother always bullies your father. Look at my eyes, it's all because of your mother that your father doesn't get to sleep. My good son, you must speak to your mother for your father, understand?"
“I know~” Yu’er started to lecture me with a bunch of profound principles. I strongly suspect that Xie Yuancheng had told him beforehand, otherwise how could he remember it so clearly?
"You little bean sprout, I'm going to pinch you properly so you won't talk nonsense to your mother." I held Yu'er in my arms and rubbed him, while Xie Yuancheng laughed beside me. Yu'er dodged and weaved, his little face about to be pinched, and he deliberately made exaggerated noises.
"Waaah~ Mommy's naughty~ Yu'er's still so little, his face is so fair and tender, how will you compensate me if I break it~" He deliberately showed me his little face, I pinched his little ear and rubbed his face a couple of times, and he immediately pouted, "I want Daddy~"
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