“You suggested that our family could buy a mansion to live in. That’s a great idea. Chengcheng actually likes living with us, and he doesn’t like the empty mansion in the Jade Mansion.” Nanling finished speaking, and a smile finally appeared on her face.
"Thank you, little sister. I know what to do now. Actually, if you look at it from a different perspective, this doesn't seem so unacceptable after all." Nan Ling smiled at Li Mai.
Li Mai chuckled, "Well, it's good that you're open-minded. Let me know when you decide to get married, and I'll go to the capital to attend."
"Yes!" Nan Ling nodded.
As the sun set, Madam Zhao came in with a smile and said, "Master Yu has brought his young master to pick up Madam Nan."
Nanling stood up. "Xiaomai, you get some rest. I'm going back now."
"Okay!" Just as Li Mai finished speaking, Chengcheng followed Zhuzhu in.
"Mom, can Brother Chengcheng see his younger brother and sister?" Zhuzhu asked Limai.
"Yes, see? It's just that your younger siblings are still sleeping. Just don't touch them!" Li Mai glanced at Chengcheng and said to Zhuzhu with a smile.
Although Chengcheng is only twelve years old, he has already shown his talent and is a handsome young man. It is conceivable that in six or seven years, he will be a prominent figure in the capital, just like the young men of Chu Yan and Zhong Hui's generation. They are all outstanding young men of this generation.
In the past few days, Zhuzhu has resumed her studies at Doctor Niu's. Nanling and Yuze took Chengcheng to Jinyuge. Nanling picked up Zhuzhu and had several meals with her family. Zhuzhu and Chengcheng became good friends.
Chengcheng also really likes this cute little sister. Such a young girl can recite the properties of herbs very fluently and can even take a pulse. He thinks this little sister is very remarkable.
And she also has such a lovely pair of younger brothers and sisters.
Nanling was also very happy that Zhuzhu and Chengcheng could become good friends. In fact, Chengcheng didn't have many friends. Back in the capital, there were almost no children who could be his true friends. Many of the children who got close to him had ulterior motives.
Nanling simply wanted Chengcheng to feel at ease making some good friends to have fun with when she was out.
Yu Ze politely refrained from going inside this time, as Zhou Quan was not there. He simply stood in the courtyard talking to Yun Chang, who happened to be passing by.
Zhou Quan went back to the village this morning. Yun Chang was worried about Li Mai. After seeing Yu Ze's family off, he went in to check on Li Mai.
Seeing him come alone, Li Mai asked, "Where's my sister-in-law?"
“She’s at home embroidering; she said she’s going to embroider bibs for the two children herself,” Yun Chang said.
In the summer months of May and June, when it gets very hot inside, the two babies basically just wear bibs and roll around in their cribs.
"Did you just come back from the military camp, brother?" Li Mai noticed that he was wearing a dark robe, a color he usually only wore when he went to the military camp. He preferred to wear light-colored robes when he was at home.
"Yes, the camp is built, and another 5,000 soldiers arrived today. We've made some arrangements." Yun Chang sat on the couch, poured herself some tea, and chatted with Li Mai while drinking the tea.
"Does Big Brother know Gu Zhe's identity?" Li Mai felt that she should tell her Big Brother about Gu Zhe's identity.
If he were to run into them in the capital someday, he wouldn't be exposed.
"Wasn't he supposed to be one of your elders?" Yun Chang raised an eyebrow.
Li Mai glanced at the door, raised her hand to block out the outside noise, and briefly explained Gu Zhe's identity and his relationship with her.
Yun Chang's mouth was agape, and she forgot to close it. Well, she'd learned something new again.
Such things still happen.
However, upon closer reflection, if he could accept that Zhou Quan's birth year and the fact that Chu Yan and Zhong Hui's two jade pendants contained a phoenix and a qilin, then his sister's situation was not difficult to accept either.
However, in this world, there are no legends about Jiuying and Luoying. The myths and legends of this world are only about Pangu creating the world, Nuwa creating humans from clay, and the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor being the ancestors of mankind.
However, he was somewhat envious of the chip called Space. He wanted one too, but he knew it was probably impossible. Xiaomai had said that it was something implanted in the soul.
Seeing that her elder brother wasn't too shocked, Li Mai waved her hand to remove the spiritual energy protection and smiled, "It's good that you know what's going on, elder brother. Now that the new emperor of Nanyou has ascended the throne, he may send an envoy to Song Kingdom to make exchanges. I'm worried that if you happen to run into him, you won't know about his relationship with me, and that person might suspect you of having an affair with a king. That wouldn't be good."
“After all, it’s only been a little over a year since the Chen family incident. Once such rumors are linked to someone, even if they are innocent, they will be suspected by that person,” Li Mai said in a low voice.
"Yes, I know, thank you. I understand about this matter, and I will make arrangements accordingly. Quite a few people from our area saw him on the day you gave birth." After thinking about it carefully, Yun Chang also realized the seriousness of the matter.
“Okay!” Li Mai replied.
Zhao accompanied Li Mai to dinner.
Xu Changhuan and Yun Chang came over to play with the child for a while after dinner, and only left after Zhou Quan returned.
Now Li Mai has fully recovered and can no longer stay in bed. She mainly walks around on the floor, holds her child, or sits to read books and practice calligraphy.
In a few days, it will be a full moon.
While chatting with Li Mai after dinner, Zhou Quan also told her about what had happened in the village.
Li Mai asked in surprise, "So tragic? How could those two be so cruel? Zhou Shu didn't seem this ruthless before."
Li Mai had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
"Yes, things are definitely not normal. After I got back today, I went to both houses with Brother Shizhou to check. It seems that the two people were controlled by someone using spiritual power," Zhou Quan said softly.
“Then it must be someone from the Luo clan.” At this point, Li Mai suddenly looked at him. “Speaking of which, the Luo clan is also a descendant of your sister. Now that your sister has disappeared, what will you do with the Luo clan?”
"If they continue to hurt the people of this world so coldly and ruthlessly, resorting to any means to achieve their goals, then we will wipe out every member of the Luo family we encounter." Li Mai frowned. What kind of tragic fate is this!
Zhou Quan pursed his lips and softly hummed in agreement.
His mind was in turmoil, struggling with the question: What should I do? What should I do?
He would never lie to Xiaomai; if he went any further, he felt he would be revealing that he had become the patriarch of the Luo clan.
"Actually, if the Luo family is your sister's descendant, then isn't that your relative's descendant? That would also be your parents' descendant, since you haven't had any descendants in your generation, right?"
Zhou Quan subconsciously shook his head, "Of course not. I've never even touched a woman, how could I have offspring? Human women are afraid of me, who would bear my child?"
Li Mai gave a soft "hmm," looked at him, sized him up several times, then raised her eyes slightly and swept them over the two babies in the crib, "Whose are these two?"
"Of course they're our children. They're mine, not the former Luo Ying's..."
Zhou Quan stared wide-eyed in shock, looking at Li Mai in disbelief.
Oh no, we've been exposed!
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