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When Chen Cong came back late at night, he moved very quietly, but Xu Lingwan still woke up.
She called out "Chen Cong" in a daze, and soon she was embraced in a familiar embrace.
The body temperature is slightly cool, with the clean scent of soap after a bath.
"I'm here." Chen Cong restrained the violent desire to integrate her into his bones and blood, and touched her face carefully as if he were protecting a treasure.
During the period from 2:15 PM to 1:15 PM, he almost thought he was going to lose her and was going crazy.
He imprisoned King Zhao in Gong Tower, and with a pale face, he sent troops to search for him. He made up his mind that no matter whether Xu Lingwan's affair had anything to do with King Zhao, if she suffered any loss, he would use King Zhao as a pawn to sacrifice her.
He wasn't surprised by the old emperor's appearance that afternoon. Aristocratic families are permanent, but emperors are transient. The emperor wanted to kill three birds with one stone by using the Lingwan incident; that was his style.
Chen Cong saluted, his eyes sinister. The old emperor dared to use Ling Wan as a breakthrough point. He didn't mind killing the king and making the court even more chaotic.
But the person who appeared behind the old emperor was beyond his expectations.
She was a woman who looked like an ink painting, with a gentle temperament and beautiful face. When her apricot-shaped eyes looked over, they seemed to bring with them the misty rain of the south of the Yangtze River.
As soon as this woman appeared, Chen Cong concluded that Ling Wan was definitely fine.
At the same time, I understood why the old emperor chose the Shen family to support the prince.
Similarly, if the Shen family previously supported the young prince out of etiquette considerations, and the old emperor promoted the Shen family in recent years in order to balance the court and pave the way for the prince, then the appearance of this woman at this moment made all the previous reasons invalid.
Because the Shen family could only support the prince, because the Shen family became a relative by marriage.
"What's wrong?" Ling Wan keenly felt that Chen Cong was in a low mood at the moment. She wanted to ask about what happened in the afternoon, but she didn't care about Chen Cong's mood first.
"Nothing, just something from the court." Chen Cong smiled faintly, and his index finger gently stroked the apricot eyes that often made him lose his mind.
He suddenly thought of the Eastern Palace. Ling Wan and Xiao Yuanxi had identical eyes, a resemblance they inherited from that noble.
"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince easy to take care of? Are you tired?" Chen Cong knew what Ling Wan wanted to ask, but now was not the right time for him to ask, so he changed the subject.
Ling Wan understood that he didn't want to talk about it any further, so she just treated it as a casual chat between husband and wife as usual: "Very obedient, like a little adult."
"Is he well behaved today?" Chen Cong gently stroked Ling Wan's belly.
"Very good." Ling Wan tilted her head and smiled, "Don't cry or make a fuss."
The haze in Chen Cong's eyes dissipated a little: "What about her?" As he said that, he bit Ling Wan's earlobe.
Ling Wan smiled and pushed him: "That's even better! He ate two bowls of rice in one go after returning home."
Chen Cong grabbed her and it was obvious that he had controlled his emotions, but it still made Xu Lingwan feel a little pain.
"Ling Wan, I - were you very scared at that time?" Chen Cong seemed to tremble.
Chen Yuanyuan sighed and reached out to hug him: "No, Chen Cong, I'm not afraid. I know you will come to save me, and you will come soon."
Chen Cong's body was stiff and he was still shaking slightly.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, Chen Cong." Ling Wan raised her head and kissed his jaw, but she didn't expect to taste something salty and wet.
Chen Cong was crying? Because she was kidnapped that afternoon, so she was crying?
An inexplicably complex emotion spread out from her chest, and Chen Yuanyuan felt her heart aching and swollen.
"Ling Wan, you can't leave me." In the darkness, Chen Cong's eyes were frighteningly dark. He couldn't help but think of that misty woman from Jiangnan, but he would never allow a similar situation to happen again.
Ling Wan was baffled and had to suppress her doubts and comfort her bit by bit.
Now that she was back at the Chen residence, her personal safety, food safety, and health safety could be guaranteed. Chen Yuanyuan actually had no curiosity about what Chen Cong did not intend to tell her.
Since men think they have the final say on matters outside, let them fight for it themselves.
Xiao Yuanxi said that he came to the Shen Mansion to play, but in fact he had no intention of having fun and spent most of his time with Xu Lingwan.
Ling Wan just thought it was the cautiousness inherited from their Xiao family, but he was so well-behaved and obedient and stayed at home that it saved Xu Lingwan a lot of worries.
After all, the Eastern Palace is noble. Any mistake will cost the whole family their heads.
"Sister, melon is cold, don't eat too much." Xiao Yuanxi, who was kneeling beside her and reading a letter, seemed to have eyes on his head. Without even raising his head, he asked someone to come forward and remove the melon from her table.
At first, she was a little startled when the little prince called her "Sister", but after hearing him call her that every day for a few days, Ling Wan got used to it. As they got used to it, the two of them naturally became less polite and respectful when they were together.
As expected, like teachers, like students. His teacher was old-fashioned, and he was a little old-fashioned. Ling Wan sighed to the sky, feeling that the owner of Yanxi Residence had become Xiao Yuanxi.
"What are you looking at?" Ling Wan wiped her hands and asked casually.
"It's a letter from my parents. Do you want to read it together, sister?" The little prince raised his eyes, a hint of teasing in his eyes.
Ah. She definitely wouldn't dare to do that even if she had ten times the courage.
Xu Lingwan casually picked up the account book to cover her face: "I dare not disturb your leisure time."
Unexpectedly, the young prince's curiosity piqued upon seeing her account book. He put away the letter, stood up, and sat down at Ling Wan's desk. "Are you in charge of the general affairs of the Shen Mansion?"
How could it be possible? She had her elder brother and his wife above her. Even if Mrs. Lu wanted to give it to her, she wouldn't have enough time to hide from the Shen family's huge mess.
"No. I'm looking at my private property." Ling Wan flattened the account book so that he could look at it together.
"Oh. Do you have much private property?" The little prince asked after taking a look at the densely packed income and expenditure.
"Well, how should I put it. I can't compare with you for sure, but I can at least live well and have enough food and clothing." When Ling Wan said this, she couldn't help but chuckle.
Xiao Yuanxi also had a hint of smile in his eyes: "Then your private property was given to you by the Xu family?"
Ling Wan nodded: "Of course, these are all my dowry."
"Then your dowry is quite a lot." Xiao Yuanxi laughed.
"It's okay, just normal." Ling Wan was afraid that the young prince would think his grandfather was a corrupt official, so he thought for a moment and explained, "Part of it was official money from the palace, and the other part was my father's private property and my mother's dowry."
"Your mother's dowry?" A hint of confusion flashed in Xiao Yuanxi's eyes.
"Well, my mother is the youngest daughter of the Lu family. My grandparents love her the most. She got married with a grand wedding dress that was ten miles long." Ling Wan smiled.
"So what kind of person do you think your mother is?" Xiao Yuanxi lowered his eyes.
Ling Wan didn't notice anything strange about this, only thinking that the little prince was missing his mother, so she said, "My mother... I can't remember clearly. I went to Jiangling when I was three years old and was raised by my grandparents."
Chen Yuanyuan didn't want to reveal that the original owner's mother was already dead. Judging from the current situation, the palace would soon be emptied of blood.
"Do you miss her?" The little prince's eyelashes flickered.
Ling Wan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and that indescribable strange feeling emerged again.
"I miss my mother too." Xiao Yuanxi looked straight into Ling Wan's misty eyes.
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