"I definitely want you to come back with me, but Lijian disagrees, right? Right now, you and Da'an are locked in a power struggle, so you should focus on national affairs. I'll be right back, and I'll bring some delicious food for our Long'er when I return, okay?"
Okay~
Before Huo Xiaolong could speak, Huo Qitian said "good" as soon as he heard that there was something delicious to eat.
The little dumpling had a sweet, coquettish voice, and when she grinned at Fen'e, she showed her tiny teeth.
Fen'e had thought about what it would be like to become a mother, but after seeing Huo Qitian, she felt that she could just be the child's mother.
My aunt is like half a mother to me.
Especially when the little dumpling pressed its face against Fen'e's face, that action was exactly the same as Long'er's when she was a child.
The woman's heart melted.
"Our Mingzhu must behave well in the palace and not upset her mother, okay?"
"Not Mingzhu! Call her Qitian! Princess Qitian!"
"..."
Fen'e forced a smile. They had called her Mingzhu since she was little, and they wanted the child to get used to that name.
It sounds nice.
And that was the end of it.
"Then I'll send someone to escort you, sister." Huo Xiaolong sat up, hugged his daughter tightly, and said to Fen'e.
"good."
This time the women did not refuse. They were all Long'er's weaknesses. What if something happened to them on the way?
"Perfect timing, Sister Qiushui is also going back to Pingyang with her man to check the accounts, you can travel together on the way."
"Alright, I'll do whatever Long'er says."
Xu Zihuan has also made something of himself; he is Xu Qiushui and her sickly man.
He was originally the seventh prince of Da'an, but Mingzhu removed him from his position. The seventh prince was originally the eighth prince, but unfortunately, the palace did not recognize Zihuan as a prince, so he had no title.
He is now Xu Qiushui's capable assistant, the real kind. In order to help his wife manage the business, he even went to He Qingzhu to learn for a period of time.
"We're traveling with Miss Fen'e, Zihuan, shouldn't we prepare a separate carriage for you?"
Xu Qiushui still looked the same as before, with big eyes and small red lips. Although she looked very young, she insisted on wearing dark red lipstick, which made her look much more formidable.
"Get one ready, sometimes I still like being locked up by you."
"Qiushui, you won't abandon me like the others, right?"
The man pulled Xu Qiushui into his arms, inhaling the scent of her neck, as if only in this way could he feel at ease.
He started asking this question as soon as Zi Huan and Xu Qiushui became acquainted and pledged their love to each other.
Qiu Shui has asked this question for so many years, but she has never found it annoying.
"Of course not, Zihuan is the most precious person in my heart."
Unlike other families in the red-light district where daughters get married, Xu Zheng, Xu Qiushui's biological father, and her grandfather were happy to let Zihuan marry her.
Even when he learned that Zi Huan was willing to be locked up by Xu Qiushui, the already gray-haired old man of the Xu family was so happy that he wanted to jump for joy.
"Xu Zheng, you little brat, say that again?"
"Dad, I told you Qiu Shui has someone to keep her company! The guy she bought is willingly locked in the house by Qiu Shui, and the two of them have been together for almost a year now!"
"What about the child? Is the child still alive?"
Xu Zheng shook his head and said:
"Not yet, those two are busy with our family business every day, they don't have time."
Grandpa Xu was happy, but he didn't know about his granddaughter's problem.
She's been like this since she was little. Let alone people, even her jewelry—if someone touches it, she'll throw it away.
Mr. Xu was worried. At first, he was worried that his granddaughter would have difficulty finding a husband in the Jiangnan region.
With a personality like that, do you expect her to marry into another family and become a mistress?
If the head of the household takes a concubine today, her husband and the concubine will die in bed tomorrow. Xu Qiushui really dares to do that.
Later, the father and daughter went to the border town, and the father had another daughter, but Xu Qiushui still didn't have any children.
It wasn't enough for her to simply say she wouldn't cheat and would remain chaste. What Xu Qiushui needed was someone who would love her unconditionally until death, someone whose heart belonged only to her, and someone whose life was solely for her.
Mr. Xu was already in despair because his granddaughter had seen doctors and tried to change her ways, almost driving him crazy.
Hou Xiangxiang and Doctor Gu took turns using medicine and consulting medical books to find a solution, which finally cured Xu Qiushui's mental illness.
From then on, the Xu family elders would make a wish every time they worshipped the gods and Buddhas.
"Please bless my granddaughter Qiushui so that she can find someone to grow old with."
That's good, we found it.
When Xu Qiushui returned to Jiangnan to see his parents after marrying Zihuan, the Xu family's enthusiasm overwhelmed this man who had been orphaned and destitute since childhood.
Especially Old Master Xu, holding Zihuan's hand, said with red eyes:
“Good child, you have suffered for the past twenty years, but it’s alright. As long as you are good to my Qiushui, you can enjoy the prosperity of our Xu family.”
"Fine clothes and delicacies, gold silk and satin, take whatever you like."
After drinking to their hearts' content, Old Master Xu even took Zihuan's hand and said:
"As long as you two give birth to the Xu family heir for my granddaughter, one, regardless of gender, I will give you one million taels of silver. If you give birth to a boy and a girl, I will give you three million taels of silver!"
Zi Huan, a humble beggar who used to fight with stray dogs for food, had never heard of so much money in his life.
He only knew that Xu Qiushui was rich, but he didn't know that her family was this rich.
"Won't it be tiring for you to take over the family business?"
That night, Zi Huan asked Qiu Shui this question.
In fact, Qiu Shui doesn't care who goes out to earn money. She has never lacked such things since she was a child. It is inevitable and a foregone conclusion that she will support the Xu family.
As for whether it's hard or not...
She hadn't thought about it; she just felt that these were things she should do and things she liked to do.
"I'm not tired. Seeing you when I get home makes me feel less tired," Qiu Shui said with a smile.
“I can learn to read the ledgers and help you with some of the burden.”
"If you don't like it, you don't have to learn it."
"But I love you, and I can't bear to see you so tired."
The accounts for doing business must be calculated three times until the three amounts are the same. Xu Qiushui usually does this by herself, holding an abacus.
After some time, Zi Huan also started using the abacus with her.
Perhaps because someone was with her, she felt much lighter when using the abacus.
Now, Xu Qiushui looked at Zi Huan, who was circling around her, smiled and looked up. She saw the sunset from the day she first arrived at Fengyue Tower.
It was very red, as red as fire.
It's as red as the clothes she likes to wear.
"Zihuan, don't you think Long'er's little Qitian is adorable?"
"Let me have your child."
Xu Qiushui wrapped her arms around Zi Huan's slender waist and said softly.
She wants to have a child.
Xu Qiushui now feels that she can be a good mother.
Even if you can't, you can still learn.
She wanted to have a child, one that belonged to her and Zihuan, so that they could be each other's bond forever.
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