……

Although her tone was very aggrieved, one thing proved that the empress had already recognized her status as the eldest wife at this time. As the eldest wife, in addition to being virtuous and good at managing the household, she also had to be generous enough.

But now it seems that the empress's magnanimity is obviously a bit surprising. After she finished speaking, Shen Ye, Ji Ruxue, and Lu Linxuan were all shocked again.

After another moment of silence, Shen Ye coughed and said, "Yun Ji, just tell me about this in private."

"How can I appear magnanimous if I say it in private?" The empress raised her chin slightly with a smug expression.

Then she glanced at Lu Linxuan again and snorted coldly, "I'm not as selfish as a certain sister who wants to be big by any means and make others small, and she's also so jealous."

"Who are you saying is jealous?" Lu Linxuan knew that the empress was talking about her, but he still couldn't help asking back.

The empress gave her another sidelong glance and said, "I'm talking to whoever speaks to me."

"you……"

Lu Linxuan was furious, but helpless, so he could only look at Shen Ye with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Shen..."

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. I'll help you talk to her later." Shen Ye quickly comforted her.

After finally stopping Lu Linxuan's tears, he turned back to the empress and said, "You too, how can a sister bully her sister like this? If you keep saying that, I'll teach you a lesson."

Although the empress was criticized, Shen Ye's voice of "sister" confirmed her status. She said happily, "Who told her to sneak around and trick you into proposing marriage? I didn't even dare to think of that. You should teach the stealing cat a lesson."

Actually, she had thought about it, but in this era, people paid more attention to parents' orders and matchmaker's words. Her parents died when she was young, and her only brother went to Miaojiang and had not been seen for more than ten years. Even if the empress wanted Shen Ye to propose marriage, she could only wait until her brother came back. That's why she reacted so strongly to Lu Linxuan's words.

"You guys, stop talking too much and don't make Xuan'er angry again." Shen Ye couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the empress's smug look. She didn't look like a superior at all. She looked like a little girl who won a quarrel...

But speaking of it, if her brother hadn't dumped the mess of Qi State on her, making her bear a burden that she shouldn't have, perhaps her personality at this moment would be her true character.

Immediately, Shen Ye sighed in his heart, everyone said that Li Xingyun had a tragic life and had experienced many hardships, in fact, the empress was almost the same, even more pitiful. After all, she didn't have Yuan Tiangang, a human-shaped plug-in to help her!

Thinking of this, Shen Ye looked at the empress with a bit of pity in his eyes. It happened that the empress's mount was running side by side with his mount, so he reached out and held the empress's hand.

Although it was not the first time that Shen Ye held her hand, the empress's face immediately flushed with anger. She misunderstood Shen Ye's meaning and said immediately, "Okay, I know. I won't say anything about her. I will treat Sister Xuan'er well in the future."

Seeing that her meaning was misunderstood by the empress, Shen Ye simply went along with her and said, "That would be best. We will all be a family from now on. As their elder sister, you should take better care of them."

"Yes!" The empress nodded gently, then waved to Lu Linxuan: "Sister Xuan'er, come here."

Lu Linxuan was a little reluctant at first, but after Shen Ye patted him on the head gently, he rode his horse over obediently.

Looking at the two women riding their horses to the other side and talking, Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief. No matter whether the two women would reconcile in the future, at least now, his ears could finally be a little quieter.

However, just as the Empress and Lu Linxuan left, Ji Ruxue, who had not said anything, rode over again. She glanced at the two women who were far away and said to him with a smile in her eyes, "Brother Shen, it's finally my turn now."

Shen Ye: "..."

Then he thought helplessly, well, it looks like I won’t have any peace and quiet again.

Of course, thinking so, he naturally couldn't ignore Ji Ruxue, but he didn't want to talk, so he simply patted the saddle and jumped behind Ji Ruxue, just like the first time he learned to ride a horse in Yuzhou City, holding the reins in one hand and holding Ji Ruxue's waist with the other.

"Don't talk, let me hold you for a while." Seeing that Ji Ruxue seemed to be about to open her mouth, Shen Ye spoke before her.

Hearing him say this, Ji Ruxue quickly closed her mouth again, but she did not feel disappointed at all. After all, nothing she said could be as reassuring as being hugged by the person she loved.

After thinking about it, she snatched the reins from Shen Ye's hand again, and then placed his free hand on her waist, allowing him to hug her tighter and feel more comfortable.

Then, she held the reins with both hands, lay comfortably in Shen Ye's arms, and slowly closed her eyes.

……

Time passed quickly while we were on the road.

Because the empress deliberately ordered her people to slow down their pace, at noon, they did not encounter the next town and could only rest and eat in the wild.

Since they were dining in the wild, the conditions were naturally incomparable to those in the inn, but the vehicles of Huanyinfang still carried a lot of pots, pans, and easy-to-preserve ingredients. Immediately, several disciples of Huanyinfang who were good at odd jobs started to light a fire and cook.

Honestly, it was Shen Ye's first time to have a picnic in ancient times. He went to watch with great interest, but was disappointed when he saw that they were just reheating the already prepared flatbreads and chopping up some pickled meat to make soup. Because he had watched too many costume TV dramas, he thought they would catch some wild game and roast it like in the TV dramas.

The empress, who was sitting on a cushion drinking tea, saw Shen Ye excitedly running to watch the servants light the fire and cook, and then came back with a disappointed look on his face. Thinking that he was dissatisfied with the food, she said helplessly: "Shen Lang, this is the condition of sleeping in the open air. Please be patient for a while. When we get to the next town, we will find an inn and ask them to make some of your favorite food."

Now that she had a showdown with Lu Linxuan, she could call Shen Ye "Shen Lang" in front of outsiders without any scruples, and several of her subordinates also called him "son-in-law" affectionately, which made Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan, who were already envious and jealous, sigh that God was unfair.

"I'm not complaining about the poor conditions... it's mainly... well, forget it, let me have a sip of tea first."

Shen Ye was afraid that if he told the reason for his disappointment, the empress would ask her men to get him some game, so he simply sat next to her, then took the hot tea that she had already taken a sip and took a sip.

……

(It was already three in the morning when I finished revising this chapter... Although I was very enthusiastic about writing these past two days, my thoughts were very chaotic. I couldn't write something that would satisfy myself and everyone else. It seemed like it was because I kept going out for drinks and socializing and didn't get enough rest. Sigh)

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