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The daughter before her eyes was like a peony among flowers, gorgeous and cheerful, without a single sign of sickness, and Mrs. Chu felt relieved.

"It looks like you're feeling better now," she said, holding her daughter's hand. "Princess Baocheng said last time that you were weak and the imperial physician is treating you." She also said that she had asked the prince to take care of her daughter, which she found unlikely.

Not to mention that her son-in-law is the prince, even her husband can't do it. Men should focus on their careers. How many men can put their hearts on their families and their wives? Moreover, they were separated from each other before and had not been together for long.

"His Highness," Mrs. Chu was about to ask, but she saw Lu Jingzhuo walking towards them with two children. She hurriedly stepped forward with her son to salute, and then smiled, "I didn't expect His Highness to be here too... Did Ager and I disturb His Highness from attending class?"

"It's rare for you and Hua Jin to meet A Yin, so it's okay for me to miss a day of classes," Lu Jingzhuo looked down at the two children and patted their backs, "This is your grandmother and uncle."

The brother and sister were very obedient in calling people. They raised their little faces and said loudly, "Hello, grandma and uncle. Greetings to grandma and uncle!"

"Okay, okay," Mrs. Chu smiled, "They are so good. When they were in Qingzhou, they couldn't talk much, but now they are so smart."

She must be worried to death if her son is still not smart even though he is almost four years old. Chu Yin thought, her son will be the crown prince in the future, how can he be so stupid? "Mom, they can all listen to stories now, and I am also teaching them the Thousand Character Classic."

"Really? Then you should be able to read and write soon," Mrs. Chu looked at her daughter, "Your calligraphy skills could come in handy."

"She can also teach painting," Chu Ge added, and turned to Lu Jingzhuo and said, "Ayin is very good at fine brush painting, Your Highness, do you know that?"

"Well, I've seen the paintings she made at Wenshu Monastery."

When his sister followed Emperor Jianxing to escape the summer heat, the convoy was huge. He and his mother watched from afar across the crowd. Chu Ge smiled slightly: "Ayin has lived in the palace for a long time since she grew up and rarely went out. She must have been very happy to go on that summer vacation."

Not really.

She didn't want to be separated from him, so she acted like a spoiled child for those fifteen days. However, after she came back from the trip...

Lu Jingzhuo said "hmm" lightly.

Chu Yin was concerned about her brother's life event, and whispered to her mother, "Has it been decided?"

"I met a few girls a while ago, and I think two of them are very compatible, but Ager seems to have not made up his mind yet. Why don't you go and ask him?"

Chu Yin's heart skipped a beat.

Brother, don’t let this girl not please you in the end and end up falling for your sister-in-law from your previous life. She really can’t accept that.

After everyone entered the hall, Chu Yin ordered the palace maids to serve tea.

Lu Yu and Lu Zhen had no impression of their grandmother and uncle. They stared at them curiously. Chu Yin said, "You still have your grandfather. He is far away. We can only wait for a chance to meet him again in the future."

"Grandfather?" Lu Zhen asked, "Does he have a beard like my grandfather?"

"Yes, it's much longer than my royal grandfather's." My father has a beautiful beard.

The two children could hardly imagine what that was like.

Chu Yin and Lu Jingzhuo were originally sitting at the top, but she wanted to have a private conversation with her brother, so she turned to Lu Jingzhuo and said, "Your Highness, please take care of Er'er and Zhen'er for a while. I have something to ask my brother."

What can't be asked in public? Lu Jingzhuo was puzzled, but he still held the two children on his lap.

Mrs. Chu saw this and couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness is very close to the children."

That was probably Chu Yin's credit.

She always told him that the two children liked him very much, and before he knew it, he really believed it.

Hugging them has become a habit.

He glanced at Chu Yin and saw that she was pulling Chu Ge's sleeve. The two of them were very close to each other, as if they were whispering.

Chug's lips moved, and she said something. She reached out and shook his arm.

The movements are very natural.

Lu Jingzhuo suddenly realized that he might have misjudged Chu Yin all along.

He thought she was naturally dignified and self-possessed.

From the day she married him, no, even when they first met, Chu Yin had been like this in front of him. He had never seen her other side until she changed a while ago.

Now it seems that she must have been able to act coquettishly in front of her family since she was a child, and only restrained herself after getting married.

That was a skill she already knew, no wonder she could use it so easily.

Chu Yin didn't know that Lu Jingzhuo was secretly observing his wife. She was anxious: "Brother, just tell me. I told you all my thoughts before I left the pavilion. Don't pretend you don't remember."

At that time, her brother came to ask specifically, saying that if she didn't like Lu Jingzhuo, he could go and persuade his father.

She analyzed the pros and cons with her brother without hiding anything.

Seeing that his sister really cared about this matter, Chu Ge said, "There is a pretty good girl, Dou Zuo Shaoqing's eldest daughter, Miss Dou Jinfang, but I don't know if she is interested..." His cheeks were slightly hot, "Maybe we should meet again."

Chu Yin felt relieved and smiled: "It's fine as long as my brother likes someone. I'm afraid that you... I'm afraid that you are too picky and can't find anyone to choose from. That would be a real headache for me."

"I'm not a noble like my brother-in-law. I know my own limitations. You really worry too much."

"I don't worry about it now. I just hope my brother and his lover can finally get married."

Chu Yin was in a good mood.

Having just observed her for a long time, Lu Jingzhuo was somewhat curious and asked her, "What did you say to Hua Jin?"

There is no need to hide this matter. Chu Yin said, "It is about my brother's life."

"It's not decided yet, but it will be soon," she glanced at the two children and suddenly noticed that Lu Yu's little hands were pulling at the knot of the jade pendant. She hurriedly said, "Yu'er, why are you messing with daddy's things?" She leaned forward slightly and patted her son's hand, then put the jade pendant back on for Lu Jingzhuo.

This is certainly the style of a good wife.

But looking at her slender, fair, nimble fingers, and her cloud-like hair that was almost touching his chin and exuded the fragrance of orchids, he felt his heart fluttering for some reason, and had an inexplicable urge to hold her in his lap.

As the thought flashed through his mind, Lu Jingzhuo's body tensed involuntarily.

His mother-in-law and Chug were sitting downstairs, how could he have such an idea?

Chu Yin didn't act coquettishly with him!

He frowned slightly and suddenly took the two children off his legs.

It shouldn't be because of the jade pendant, right? Chu Yin raised her head: "What's wrong?"

"I remembered something. I'll go to the study."

"Okay." Chu Yin didn't try to persuade him to stay.

When Lu Jingzhuo was not around, it was more convenient for her mother and brother to talk to her.

Sure enough, after he left, Mrs. Chu couldn't sit still anymore. She came over with a smile and said, "I just saw that the aunt had a good relationship with the two children. Could it be that he would take time to take care of them? That's really rare."

This is not rare. What is rare is seeing Lu Jingzhuo after her death.

Chu Yin said: "My husband not only treats the children well, but also treats me very well. You can rest assured, mother."

Mrs. Chu was delighted: "No wonder you look so radiant. Good, I won't worry about you anymore."

In the study, Lu Jingzhuo sat quietly, his eyes fixed on the plum vase with white background and black flowers on the desk which had been empty for a long time.

Ever since Chu Yin stopped acting coquettishly, she also stopped sending him flowers.

He thought she had changed completely, but she did not try to restrain herself in front of her family.

Thinking carefully about that period of time, he wondered if it was because of him that Chu Yin changed.

He told her to stop talking like that.

Perhaps Chu Yin heard it, and although she acted coquettishly again the night before they left, it was the last time.

The woman had read "Nu Yi" since she was young, followed the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues", and obeyed her husband after marriage. She must have thought that he didn't like her to act coquettishly, so she fulfilled his wish. In fact, her original intention was to use this method to have a child, otherwise she would not have practiced the exercises so hard.

In this case, his requirements for Chu Yin were too strict, so that she was now too shy to even hint that she wanted to have a child.

She obeyed him in everything, so of course he had to do his best to make it up to her and make her pregnant soon.

After Lu Jingzhuo made up his mind, his slightly confused mood finally calmed down.

He slowly opened the "History of Five Dynasties" on the table.

Dong Ling asked softly, "Your Highness is not going?"

"Come back at dinner time."

He could still see that his mother-in-law was reserved, but Chug was slightly better.

Dong Ling said no more.

Upon hearing that her mother-in-law was there, Queen Jiang did not invite Madam Chu to go, but only ordered Nanny Chen to send some expensive Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, bird's nests and other items. Madam Chu knew that Queen Jiang was often unwell, but since she was in the palace, she didn't know whether she should pay her a visit.

Nanny Chen said, "Just accept the gift. You don't have to make a trip. The queen is already resting." She looked at Chu Yin and said, "Crown Princess, you don't have to pay respects these two days."

Mrs. Chu could only express her gratitude and ask Nanny Chen to greet Queen Jiang on her behalf.

Chu Yin explained for her mother-in-law: "The Queen Mother is not looking down on you..."

"How could I not know? Your mother-in-law was like this in Qingzhou. As long as she treats you well, that's fine." Mrs. Chu knew that her daughter was doing well and didn't want to stay here for long. She called her son, "Age, let's go. Ayin is not an idle person. She must have something to do."

"Why are you leaving? It's almost time to eat. Eat first and then leave." Chu Yin looked outside, wondering if she should go and invite Lu Jingzhuo, but she saw him show up on time and couldn't help but smile.

Gently and shallowly, like a small water droplet splashing into the heart.

"Ayin told the kitchen yesterday. Please don't let Ayin down."

Seeing that the prince had spoken, Mrs. Chu was naturally no longer in a hurry to leave.

At the dinner table, the more she looked at her aunt, the more she liked her.

Although that face was still very serious, without any trace of tenderness or consideration, Mrs. Chu felt that one should not judge a person by his appearance. Besides, as the crown prince of Dai Viet, how could he win the support of the people if he was not a little strict?

The look was too explicit, and Chu Yin quietly pushed her mother, and only then did Mrs. Chu notice it.

It was unknown when she would be able to invite her mother and brother to the palace next time, so after the meal, Chu Yin talked to them for a long time before sending them out of the palace.

Because Lu Jingzhuo performed well from beginning to end, Chu Yin thanked him in the evening.

"It should be." he said.

Just a few short words, without any extra words.

But Chu Yin knew that he really thought so.

He was her husband and should do these things for his wife, not for her as a person.

Fortunately, Chu Yin already understood him and was also re-adapting to the way they interacted in their previous life.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is in five days. I wonder what arrangements my father has made." She leaned against the head of the bed and pulled the quilt up to cover her waist. "How did Your Highness celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past two years?" She didn't know, but was suddenly curious.

"We spent it all in the palace. It was no different from the monthly family dinners." He sat beside her.

She didn't come closer, but the fragrance on her hair, body, and breath flowed like water.

He asked, "What about you?"

She was a little surprised and said after a pause: "I will invite my mother and brother to the palace, but last year, I spent the holiday by myself, of course, with Er'er and Zhen'er."

I really don’t remember whether he thought of her during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

If she and the child were not around this year, he would have thought of it.

He suddenly turned sideways and lowered his head to kiss her.

There was no sign at all, Chu Yin was stunned.

But she knew Lu Jingzhuo's intention.

His kiss has always been related to sexual intercourse. Having sex may not involve kissing, but having sex will definitely occur after kissing.

But it just happened once the day before yesterday, why is it happening so frequently again?

Chu Yin was full of doubts.

In fact, Lu Jingzhuo's idea is very simple, to compensate Chu Yin and let her get pregnant as soon as possible.

But once he touched her soft lips, he couldn't control himself. Even if she didn't move, he wanted to kiss her deeply and taste her to his heart's content.

The kiss lasted much longer than expected.

Chu Yin felt that the pain had not stopped yet.

She couldn't help but push.

He raised his head, stroked her beautiful lips with his fingers, and then fell on her slender waist. With another force, he pulled her out of the quilt and placed her on his lap.

Chu Yin's face instantly turned red like a rose.

Before she got married, her mother showed her some "wedding pictures" that contained some very bizarre poses...

But Lu Jingzhuo would never adopt it.

Every time he was on top and she was on the bottom.

What's going on with him tonight?

The memory of him having sex despite the scorching heat of the dog days of summer suddenly popped up in Chu Yin's mind. A thought occurred to her: could it be that he had asked the imperial physician and learned that this position would allow him to conceive a child?

Lu Jingzhuo: ??? Not what you want?

Chu Yin: No, it’s you who wants it!

Lu Jingzhuo: ...