Who wouldn't love such a sensible and adorable child?
Thinking of Jiang Jiang, Yun Yue asked Cheng Qingyan uncertainly, "Is Jiang Jiang alright staying with Doctor Ruan? She didn't want to come back when I returned. Doctor Ruan said that she had Jiang Jiang's change of clothes left there."
Cheng Qingyan patted the fruit peel dust off her hands and smiled nonchalantly, "Mother, don't worry. Jiangjiang has hardly spent any time at home these past few months."
“She’s gotten used to staying at Doctor Ruan’s house, and she doesn’t act like a stranger there at all.” Yun Yue couldn’t help but agree with a smile: “Indeed, the little girl started to treat us like royalty as soon as she arrived at Doctor Ruan’s house.”
She thoughtfully asked Yun Yue if she wanted water, if she was tired, and what she wanted to eat. For things she couldn't do herself, she directed Ruan Banxia or Meng Chuying to help, acting just like a little adult.
Cheng Qingyan knew her own child's character well and had no doubt that Yun Yue was exaggerating; she only felt that Yun Yue was being conservative.
After eating half a bowl of lychees, Yun Yue felt much better than when she first got off the carriage.
Cheng Qingyan did not stop peeling the fruit; she even started removing the pits from another bowl of lychee flesh.
There are now two bowls of lychee flesh on the table. One bowl has been peeled and placed closer to Yun Yue, while the other bowl has not only had the pits removed but has also been placed on the table further away from Yun Yue.
Before long, Yun Yue watched as Cheng Qingyan walked away with a grin, carrying a bowl of pitted lychee flesh, and headed to the kitchen.
She wanted to say something to Cheng Qingyan, "It's true, he's grown up and forgotten his mother."
But she swallowed the words back. After all, you could say she forgot her mother, but she hadn't completely forgotten her.
At least, they peeled a bowl of lychee flesh for Yun Yue, instead of letting her eat the fruit with the peel on.
Watching Cheng Qingyan's cheerful figure, Yun Yue felt much less tired after a day of running around.
Her relationship with Cheng Qingyan wasn't particularly close, as they had only known each other for a few days. The reason she went to Shuanghe Village and tried to return on the same day was simply because she wanted to spend more time with Cheng Qingyan and the others.
The separation of more than 20 years has been painful not only for her, but also for Cheng Qingyan.
She has finally found the family ties that she had lost for more than 20 years, and of course she wants to do her best to make up for the regrets of so many years.
Prince Ning was too busy to come with her when she arrived. The journey took more than ten days, and she wanted to spend as much time as possible here, but she was also worried about whether Prince Ning was doing well in the capital.
The original plan was to bring Cheng Qingyan back to the capital after they recognized each other, so that he could be recognized as part of the family.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Qingyan is living a very comfortable life here, with a wife who dotes on him and an adorable daughter. His career is on the rise, and he has high hopes for the future.
In Yun Yue's opinion, Cheng Qingyan was quite satisfied with his life here and probably wouldn't go to Kyoto with her so easily.
Moreover, once her identity is recognized by the royal family, she will have to revert to her status as a princess. What will Ye Lingyu do then? What will Jiang Jiang do?
The day after she arrived, she wrote to Prince Ning, explaining everything that had happened there.
She recently received an urgent letter from Prince Ning, ordering her to bring Cheng Qingyan back to the capital immediately.
It sounds simple, but she really wanted to see how Prince Ning would bring Cheng Qingyan back to the capital.
When she and Prince Ning first heard about Cheng Qingyan's marriage, they were mostly overwhelmed with joy at finding him. However, compared to the fact that he was already married, finding him was still more important.
Now, in his letter, Prince Ning didn't mention Ye Lingyu at all, only saying that he wanted to bring Cheng Qingyan back, which made her both angry and amused.
After reading the letter, she didn't even bother to reply to Prince Ning and simply ignored it.
In any case, she would never separate from her daughter, whom she had finally found, because of external reasons. No matter what decision Prince Ning made, she would never give up her child.
Hopefully, her old man will be sensible; otherwise, the only option will be for Prince Ning to marry a concubine into the mansion, leaving her to stay here with her daughter for three generations.
There are countless sons in the world, but only one daughter, Cheng Qingyan. She can tell which is more important.
With that in mind, I wasn't in a hurry to return to Kyoto.
She was still worried about Prince Ning, but the scales in her heart had already tipped infinitely in favor of Cheng Qingyan.
Yun Yue breathed a sigh of relief, gazing at the red sun that had already set halfway down the mountain. The air was fresh, and the surroundings were peaceful and serene. In the distance, wisps of smoke from chimneys drifted slowly towards the horizon, creating a tranquil scene.
This is a hundred times better than that cutthroat, cannibalistic Kyoto!
It's entirely understandable that some people want to escape the center of power and live in seclusion.
She hadn't felt this kind of carefree ease and complete relaxation of body and mind since marrying Prince Ning.
How nostalgic! It reminded her of her youth, when she rode horses across the land and leisurely watched the falling flowers.
Meanwhile, Cheng Qingyan, who was in the kitchen, never imagined that in less than a quarter of an hour, Yun Yue had already decided whether she would stay or leave, without her consent at all.
Yun Yue didn't ask her directly whether she wanted to stay here or go to Kyoto, and for the time being, she made the decision for her.
Carry a bowl of peeled and pitted chilled lychee flesh to seek praise.
Hongyu lowered her head, staring intently at the flames in the stove, pretending to be deaf and blind.
After Ye Lingyu ate a clean, whole lychee, Cheng Qingyan watched with eager anticipation, waiting for praise.
Ye Lingyu was stir-frying vegetables. After putting the bok choy into a plate, she suppressed a laugh and said to Cheng Qingyan, "You'd better tuck your tail in, it's showing!"
Cheng Qingyan huffed and puffed, then stuck another lychee into Ye Lingyu's mouth and said, "So sad, my wife actually called me a dog~ Oh, so sad, my wife probably won't be able to eat those peeled and seeded grapes~"
Compared to lychees, Ye Lingyu definitely prefers grapes. She's not stupid; she can't just spit out the skins and seeds herself, and she doesn't necessarily have to eat grapes that Cheng Qingyan has peeled and seeded.
Seeing that Ye Lingyu was still chopping vegetables on her own, Cheng Qingyan gave in and silently brought out the grapes that she had peeled and seeded.
He muttered to himself, "Oh well, what can I do? It's my wife, I guess I'll just have to cherish her."
"If my wife won't praise me, I'll just praise myself!"
"I am so lucky to have married such a virtuous wife. She is capable in both the living room and the kitchen, that's the kind of woman I'm talking about."
"I don't know what blessings I accumulated in my past lives to be able to marry my wife. Who in this world could be luckier than me?"
Hongyu now wished she could crawl into the stove and burn herself to liven things up for her wife and husband.
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