"Why are you being silly again, Senior Brother? Have you forgotten that we've both entered the Path of Ruthlessness?" she asked deliberately.
Seeing that she didn't answer directly, Kong Xuanzi's heart sank. Even though he knew the outcome, he still couldn't help but ask...
He gave an awkward smile to hide his disappointment: "I have a bad memory, please don't mind..."
"Is that so?" Xiao Ning's lips curled up almost imperceptibly; she had heard this at least ten times.
She wasn't a patient person, but for some reason, she didn't feel annoyed whenever he asked her this question.
If it were anyone else asking, they would have been sent flying with a single punch.
"Yes, I just wanted to ask, I didn't mean anything else..." Kong Xuanzi said casually, afraid that she would get angry.
"Hehe." Xiao Ning chuckled softly. "I know."
"Xiao Ning..." Kong Xuanzi was about to say something when Xiao Ning abruptly ended the conversation and turned to walk into the hall.
As they walked, he said, "Senior brother, you should get some rest."
“I…” Kong Xuanzi stood there, stunned, his eyes filled with confusion: “Did I say something wrong again?”
………
As of December
Leng Qingning's four children have been born one after another.
Wen Yanche gave birth to a daughter for her, named Leng Feng, who was the legitimate daughter of the royal family and was given the title of Princess Xiheng.
Gu Nanshu also successfully gave birth to the third princess, named Leng Qin.
The fourth princess, Leng Xi, was born to Lin Xianzhi, while the third prince, Leng Yu, was born to Meng Xu.
After the New Year
Xie Wenke and Liu Qingzhi gave birth to princes one after the other.
On the sixth day of the third month, Leng Qingning was granted the title of Noble Lady of Sangyu and officially entered Ciyu Palace.
In August of the same year, Sangyu became pregnant.
The following year, Sangyu gave birth safely to twins, completing the Chinese character for "good" (好, meaning good fortune).
"Your Majesty, the Noble Consort Yao has sent someone to report that all the noble consorts are waiting at Ciyu Palace. Please come to the palace."
"I understand."
Ciyu Palace
The vast hall was filled with the innocent and pure laughter of children.
Leng Qingning walked slowly into the hall with light steps, and when she looked up, she saw the handsome and smiling faces of her husbands.
It has been more than three months since Sang Yu gave birth, and he has recovered well.
"Mother Empress is here." The eldest son, Leng Xu, ran up to her and asked for a hug.
"Oh, my good baby~" Leng Qingning picked up her son and gave him a loving kiss on his soft, fair face.
"Were you a good girl today?"
The beautiful, adorable baby said in a sweet, childlike voice, "Mother, I'm very good. Father praised me for reciting the Three Character Classic well this morning."
Leng Qingning cast an approving glance at Wen Yanche, then kissed her son: "So good, you truly are my precious baby."
Wen Yanche chuckled and stepped forward to gently embrace her, rubbing his son's little face with one hand, praising him generously: "Xuxu has reached the age where he should start learning, so as his husband, I must teach him well. Fortunately, our Xuxu is born smart and quick-witted, and he learns everything he's taught in no time."
Leng Qingning smiled and nodded: "Ache is right, our darling is indeed wise, just like you." She took the opportunity to express her feelings.
"By the way, what are you all doing here?" She carried her son into the main hall, her gaze sweeping over her beloved husbands.
"My lady, tomorrow is your birthday. We've prepared a birthday gift for you together," Jin Yan said with a smile.
"Oh? What gift?"
"Please look, my lady."
Following the direction Jin Yan pointed, Leng Qingning looked over and saw a lifelike painting of a hundred birds paying homage to a phoenix.
Wen Yanche took his son at the right time, and Leng Qingning walked towards the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Painting. After carefully examining it, she discovered that the painting was actually drawn with the names of each of her husbands.
Each region is composed of different people's names.
Jin Yan approached her and said, "My lady, this was drawn by your servants. Each of you wrote and painted a part, and the final result is this picture. Do you like it?"
Leng Qingning was slightly surprised, then smiled and said, "I like it, my husbands are so thoughtful."
Gu Nanshu smiled gently: "If my wife is happy, that's good."
Meng Xu said, "This painting symbolizes auspiciousness and harmony, prosperity and well-being, flourishing and eternal companionship. Isn't it a perfect reflection of my wife and us?"
The other husbands chimed in, "Yes!"
"That's true."
"Ning'er, we want to be with you for all eternity."
"You will surely get what you want."
…………
Time flies like an arrow, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Jin Yan, Chi Yan, Chen Su, Lu Shiyi, and their four husbands successively gave birth to Scale-like children.
They were named Leng Jin, Leng Xi, Leng Fu, and Leng Zhuo respectively.
Imperial Garden
The entire place was a large children's playground, with children huddled together, chattering and laughing.
Leng Qingning, her husband, and their friends sat together enjoying the flowers and tea, cracking melon seeds and gossiping. During the tea party, they didn't talk about national affairs; instead, they put aside their identities and had heart-to-heart talks.
The children were allowed to play and frolic around, which did not affect the adults at all.
When they talked about funny things, Xue Tong, Xie Yun, Leng Huaichuan and the others laughed heartily. Leng Qingning said that they had too low a threshold for laughter. Unexpectedly, her husbands also had smiles on their faces. Looking again, Xiao Ning and Kong Xuanzi couldn't stop smiling.
The only two people left in the room were Leng Qingning and Fu Wen staring at each other, helpless and able to awkwardly laugh along.
He thought to himself: Being invincible is lonely!
Not far away, Leng Jin, a cool, beautiful, and spirited young girl, held a feathered arrow. With her eyes slightly narrowed, she shot an arrow with a whoosh amidst the admiring gazes of her younger siblings, easily knocking down the unlucky little sparrow in the tree. Her calm and collected demeanor exuded an aura of perfect accuracy.
Then, she quickly changed arrows and fired three at once. Her technique was skillful and efficient, and her movements were graceful and heroic. As the arrows were released with full force, three more sparrows cried out in the air and fell to the ground with a thud.
People were stunned.
This move immediately won loud screams and applause from a group of young female and male fans.
Wow! Sister is amazing!
"Sister Jin, you are so incredibly amazing!"
"My sister looks like a great general with superb martial arts skills, so cool!"
"My sister's father is a great general, so naturally she has that kind of aura."
"I want to play this too." The little rich girl, Leng Xi, looked at her sister with starry eyes.
“Sister Jin, please teach us, we want to learn too,” Leng Fu chimed in.
The younger siblings under the age of five all asked their idol sister to teach them how to play with arrows.
“No, it’s too dangerous. You’re too young.” Leng Jin, like a little adult, resolutely refused her younger siblings’ request.
Leng Xi took her hand and acted coquettishly, her phoenix eyes sparkling with laughter, softening her arrogance somewhat. "Please, Sister Jin, teach us. I'll ask my father to give you lots and lots of gold bars, okay? My father is so rich, you can have anything you want."
She took out the bills: "Here, I'll prepay 50,000 taels."
Leng Jin: "…………" Why does it sound like I'm a little tempted?
"No," she firmly refused, sticking to her bottom line.
"Sister, please teach us, we won't tell the Noble Prince Yao." Leng Xi whispered in her ear, "My father was in a very good mood yesterday because he won 300,000 taels of silver from your father. I heard that your father returned to the palace with a dark face. Sister, don't you really want to consider it?"
What a clever little devil!
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