I heard Xie Yuancheng's excited voice: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Princess."
It was Li Ruowei. I covered Yu'er with a blanket and went outside. It really was her.
“This time, my brother, the Crown Prince, brought me here. Consort Ji said she wasn’t feeling well and stayed behind us. I just don’t understand. We came to see our little nephew, what was she doing here? She’s just getting in the way.”
"Princess, this is outside, you should be mindful of your behavior."
"All right."
Li Ruowei smiled at me, and she and Li Zhaole went inside together.
"It's so beautiful."
"Your Highness, it's been almost three years since you got married, but you're not as fast as Brother Yuancheng. He's already had a baby."
“Princess, I am in poor health, and the imperial physician said that it is not advisable for me to become pregnant for the time being.”
"Sigh, you should spend more time with me. You always stay in the East Palace, never stepping out of the inner gate."
“The princess is right.”
"Sister Zhaole, there are some new guards in the manor who know martial arts. Would you like to spar with them?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhaole hurriedly ran out.
"Sister." As soon as Li Zhaole left, I pulled off my veil and saw Li Ruowei. I was genuinely happy.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."
Xie Yuancheng came in and told Lin Chao to guard the door.
"Sister, why did you suddenly come to Linyang?"
"The Crown Prince brought me here. He just wanted to tell me that we were over and give me some warning."
"That bastard."
"Yuancheng, I heard from the Prime Minister that you were wounded on the battlefield. How are you now?"
"It's all better now, but my wrist sometimes hurts. Luckily, Ying'er takes care of it."
Xie Yuancheng just lies through his teeth, I'm embarrassed by it.
"Seeing that you are all doing so well, I feel relieved."
"Sister, his name is Xie Yu, and it was given to him by my father-in-law."
Li Ruowei hugged Yu'er tightly: "It's so good, we have Yu'er now."
I stood beside her and said, "Sister, he is also your son. Once things have settled down, we'll leave together."
Li Ruo smiled beautifully, and her gaze towards Yu'er was even gentler than mine.
"Ruowei, where are you? Yuancheng isn't here either."
It was the Crown Prince's voice. I quickly put on my veil, and the door opened.
"So you're here. I heard Yuancheng had a baby boy. Where is the child? Let me see."
"Your Highness, Yu'er has just fallen asleep. Don't wake him up, or the Marquis will be angry."
"I was rash. This child is really beautiful."
The Crown Prince still cared about Li Ruowei, and immediately lowered his voice.
"Um, who is this?"
“Your Highness, she is my wife.”
"Oh~ that's the third daughter of the Ji family. Her eyes are so beautiful. Yuan Cheng, you're so lucky. You have a beautiful wife and a lovely child now."
After the Crown Prince finished speaking, he glanced at Li Ruowei, thinking that she was too childish.
"Hey, Yuancheng, why isn't your wife saying anything?"
“Your Highness, she cannot speak, so I will do it for her.”
The Crown Prince looked regretful: "Such a wonderful woman is actually ill. However, she is fortunate to have married you. Ruowei, we have seen the child, let's go."
Hmph, I've always been lucky.
I took Yu'er from her, and Li Ruowei, with a look of reluctance on her face, was still pulled away.
"Yuancheng, why did the Crown Prince suddenly come here?"
"He sent a letter to Linyang ten days ago, but I didn't expect my sister to come too."
Yu'er stirred in my arms, the little bean sprout, then went back to sleep. I put him in the cradle and propped myself up on my hand to watch his sleeping face.
When we get back, Yu'er will have grown up, and she'll be absolutely gorgeous.
"Ying'er, you always look at Yu'er like this, but you've never looked at me like this before."
I laughed: "Yuancheng, he's a child. Do you expect me to look at you like a child? If I do, you won't be able to lie down with me anymore."
I looked at his furrowed brows and gently kissed him.
Xie Yuancheng is happy as long as he has a little candy.
Xie Yuancheng went out in the evening, and I waited for a long time, probably until almost midnight, before he came back.
"Where have you been? Why have you been gone for so long?"
I took his fur cloak, soaked his hands in hot water to clean them, and placed the hand warmer in his hands.
"Ying'er is getting better and better at serving me."
"I wouldn't treat anyone else this way, but this is special treatment for you."
"Yes, the Crown Prince has asked me to discuss some matters."
"That jerk took my sister away today, and then came to entice you over tonight. I don't like him; he speaks veiledly, and he's still wary of you."
"He's always been like this, but this time things turned out quite well."
"If you think it's good, then go wash up and go to bed."
While I was lying down, I saw Xie Yuancheng fall asleep quickly. Looking at his closed eyes, I thought to myself, "He can't even sleep peacefully; he's still frowning."
When I woke up this morning, I touched the blanket next to me, and it was empty and cold. Could Xie Yuancheng have gone out again before dawn?
"Bizhu, where did Yuancheng go?"
“Madam, the Marquis left just as dawn was breaking. I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn’t wake you.”
He must have gone to find the Crown Prince. I asked Bizhu to help me wash and dress. I was about to change into men's clothes, but then I remembered we don't leave until tomorrow, so I'll change into women's clothes instead. I'll stay by Yu'er's side all day today and not go anywhere else.
I had just changed my clothes when I heard a commotion outside.
"You wretched servant, repeat what you just said. I heard everything you said. Don't try to hide it from me."
It's Li Zhaole again. What's she doing at the Marquis's mansion so early in the morning? Is she here specifically to cause trouble for Bizhu?
"Princess, I was just overwhelmed with longing and blurted out the wrong thing. Please spare my life!"
I took the veil, put it on, and went out with Bizhu.
As soon as I stepped out of the courtyard, I saw Li Zhaole and Wan'er.
"Princess, what did Miss Wan'er do to upset you so early in the morning? My lady is not feeling well and is waiting for her."
"She's just a lowly maid, how could she know how to treat illnesses? It's all just boasting."
Wan'er is very skilled at treating illnesses; she was instrumental in Yu'er's safe delivery. I tugged at Bizhu's clothes, giving her a meaningful look.
“Princess, Miss Wan’er’s medical skills are superb, please don’t make things difficult for her. It’s so early in the morning, you haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? Why don’t I have them bring breakfast over?”
I saw Li Zhaole sneer: "You're just a lowly servant girl too. How dare you refer to yourself as 'I' in front of me? Who gave you the audacity?"
Do the nobles of the Great Zhao Dynasty really have to care so much about their titles?
I pulled Bizhu back to block her from view and pretended to cough a few times.
“New sister-in-law, you’ve been neglected. It must be because these servants haven’t served you well. I’ll teach them a lesson today.”
I pointed at Wan'er, touching my wrist. If Li Zhaole can't even understand this, she's just a pretty face with no substance.
“Princess, the Marquis’s wife has been unwell recently, and I take her pulse every morning. I was wrong just now. The Prince Consort has been on the battlefield and has not left. Please, please forgive me.”
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