Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Xiao Qingyuan shook his head: "No, I won't go today. Huayi is pregnant and needs someone to take care of her. I have to go back."

Yuan Zheng: "No way, you really treat Huayi with all your heart? She's pregnant and you still need to take care of her yourself? Don't you have a maid to take care of her?"

"The two maids in my yard are clumsy and don't know how to take care of people. Besides, Huayi sticks to me. Without me, she can't eat or sleep well."

Yuan Zheng: “…”

Why does Xiao Qingyuan's state look so familiar?

It seemed like he was like this when he was pursuing Chu Yanluo before. He always said that Chu Yanluo couldn't live without him, and he was so self-moved that he wanted to give everything for her.

Could it be that Xiao Qingyuan is no longer infatuated with Chu Yanluo, but is infatuated with the maid instead?

Yuan Zheng hissed as if he had a toothache. He might as well be infatuated with Chu Yanluo. After all, Chu Yanluo could be considered a daughter of an official family. She was talented and beautiful. What did that maid have?

But Xiao Qingyuan ignored his thoughts and walked out of the restaurant carrying the brocade box.

Yuan Zheng looked at his back and couldn't help shaking his head, "What a waste of a good-looking body and a good family background! He is bewitched by women all day long. The Ning Palace will definitely fall into his hands in the future, even if his last name is Xiao."

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he quickly reminded him: "Young Master, please keep your voice down, or else others may hear you!"

"What are you afraid of? Isn't there anyone here?"

Yuan Zheng stood up and stretched himself. "I am smart enough to marry the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. Even if I don't have a title in the future, my father-in-law will protect me. When my wife gives birth to a son, I won't have to worry about his career!"

The shopkeeper also admired him very much: "Young Master, what you said is right. Madam comes from a famous family. The legitimate son born in the future will be taken care of by the grandfather. He will be rich and noble all his life and live a worry-free life!"

Yuan Zheng laughed, "Of course. I'm not as foolish as Xiao Qingyuan. He made his maid pregnant before his legitimate son was born. Isn't this causing trouble for his wife and his unborn legitimate son?"

"Yes, yes, sir, what you said is absolutely right!"

"Although I, Yuan Zheng, am unruly, I have played all the games I should have played. The maids and beautiful girls are now skeletons! Humph, those lowly things are not worthy of bearing my son, Yuan Zheng!"

"Then... Sir, do you still want to go to Wanhua Tower? If you go, what if the lady finds out..."

Yuan Zheng subconsciously touched his ears. Although his ears no longer hurt, he would start to feel phantom pain when the word "Madam" was mentioned.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Forget it, I won't go. It's meaningless for me to go alone. I'd better go back and accompany my wife. Xiao Qingyuan already has a child, I can't fall behind, right?"

The shopkeeper was immediately overjoyed: "Then I wish you and your wife a happy and blessed life soon, with many children and grandchildren!"

Yuan Zheng laughed and walked away with his head held high.

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him leave.

He took out a purse and weighed it, feeling very satisfied.

This purse contained fifty taels of silver, which was given to him by Cheng Zhiyue. She looked simply dressed, but was extremely generous.

Of course, so much silver cannot be given for free. Cheng Zhiyue asked him to help her keep an eye on Yuan Zheng and report to her truthfully no matter where Yuan Zheng goes. If Yuan Zheng wants to go to Wanhua Tower, he must dissuade him, otherwise the manager of Qingyun Tower will have to be replaced.

The shopkeeper was in a very difficult situation as he didn't dare to offend either of their partners.

And now that Yuan Zheng has taken the initiative to give up going to Wanhua Tower, it has really solved his big problem. He can also explain it to Cheng Zhiyue later.

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Prince Ning's Mansion.

Xiao Qingyuan took the litchi and stepped into his yard.

As soon as he entered, Huayi came up to him with two maids: "Prince, you are back."

There was a gentleness in her eyes and eyebrows, which softened Xiao Qingyuan's heart: "Why did you come out? It's cold outside, go back to the house."

"The servant is not cold."

Huayi said this and walked forward and hugged Xiao Qingyuan's arm.

Xiao Qingyuan pressed against the softness of her chest, and he felt half numb.

As he followed the painting into the room, he handed over the brocade box and said, "Look, what did I bring back for you?"

Huayi's eyes lit up: "This is what the prince bought for me? What's in it?"

"Your favorite lychee!"

"What? Lychee?!"

Huayi was extremely surprised. She quickly took the brocade box and opened it. Inside was something wrapped in gold paper, which looked very valuable!

She opened the gold paper with great anticipation, but when she saw the lychees inside, her expression froze.

Is this lychee?

Half black and half white, can this thing be eaten?

Xiao Qingyuan was also shocked when he saw the lychees: "Why did the lychees turn into this color? When they were packed in the box, half of them were clearly red!"

An indescribable emotion arose in Huayi's heart.

He said that when it was installed, half of it was red, but he didn't say what color the other half was. I guess it was either black or white, but definitely not red.

It's not like she hasn't eaten lychees before, so she naturally knows what good lychees taste like.

In the summer, what Princess Ning distributed to the maids were all bright red, and those that were slightly black would be thrown away.

She had heard from experienced maids that eating lychees like that would upset one's stomach.

Xiao Qingyuan was the prince of Prince Ning's mansion. It was impossible for him not to know what fresh lychees looked like, and it was also impossible for him not to know that black lychees were inedible. But he still brought such lychees back for her.

In his mind, she was a maid, so she didn't deserve to eat good lychees? So he brought back a bad one to fool her?

In Shen Wantang's yard, frozen lychees were distributed to Qinxin and the others. Qinxin even came to show off that what they ate were all red!

Huayi took several deep breaths before forcing herself to smile. "Thank you, Prince, for loving me and bringing me lychees. I guess these frozen lychees are a little different from summer lychees. After being frozen, they have this color!"

Xiao Qingyuan felt uneasy: "Well, maybe... maybe! If you don't like it, just throw it away!"

"Hey, this is something the prince brought back for me. It's a token of his love. How can I throw it away?"

The more she said this, the more guilty Xiao Qingyuan felt. He couldn't help but say, "Forget it, just throw it away. The color doesn't look right. You're pregnant, don't get a stomachache. I'll buy you a basket in the summer, and you can eat as much as you want!"

Huayi held the lychee in her hand with a tender look on her face: "I don't want to throw it away. I can't even bear to eat it. The prince is so good to me. It's worth dying for me in this life!"

"Don't talk nonsense about death or not. Throw it away quickly. I'm going to take a shower first."

After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned and went into the bathroom.

The tenderness on Huayi's face quickly disappeared, and she called the maid in: "Chundie, this lychee is given to you as a reward, please eat it."