The legitimate daughter is reborn and cannot escape after being provoked by the tyrant

On this day, when Mo Xiao returned from Yinghua Palace, he saw that the light was on in Lin Jiuqing's room, indicating that he had not yet rested.

He frowned, glanced at the time, and asked Yingyue, "Why hasn't the Empress rested yet?"

Yingyue glanced at the room and replied softly, "Her Majesty said she can't sleep."

Mo Xiao frowned even more deeply.

When he was busy with official duties, he would send someone back to inform Lin Jiuqing not to wait for him. Lin Jiuqing was very obedient and would rest on his own when the time came. This rarely happened.

"What happened?" Mo Xiao asked as he walked inside.

Yingyue shook her head: "Her Majesty stayed in Lanyin Palace all day and did not go out. Only the Princess came and talked with Her Majesty for a while."

Chen Yuan?

Mo Xiao thought that Chen Yuan was even more worried about Lin Jiuqing than he was, so she probably wouldn't provoke Lin Jiuqing.

He entered the room and indeed saw Lin Jiuqing leaning against the headboard, holding a needle and thread, seemingly making clothes. He glanced at it; the fabric was pink, so it probably wasn't for him.

Mo Xiao withdrew his gaze, took off his coat and hung it on the screen, then walked over and sat down on the bed: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Lin Jiuqing didn't look up: "I can't sleep."

Mo Xiao looked at her for a moment, then reached out and took the needlework from her hands: "Do it tomorrow, don't ruin your eyes."

He rolled onto the bed and lay down next to Lin Jiuqing, turning his head to look at him: "Tell me, what happened?"

"No matter what happens, your husband will help you solve it."

Lin Jiuqing chuckled at his words, but then looked worried again.

After a moment of silence, she sighed and said to Mo Xiao, "It's all because of A Yuan... She told me that she's leaving the capital for the border."

Mo Xiao raised an eyebrow, but he wasn't actually surprised.

Chen Yuan is a wolf cub by nature. How can you keep her locked up at home and raise her like livestock?

It was only a matter of time before she left.

Mo Xiao just didn't expect this day to come so soon.

“The border is bitterly cold, how can a girl like her endure it?” Lin Jiuqing frowned, clearly reluctant to part with her. “Besides, Azheng is still so young, how can she manage without her mother by her side?”

Mo Xiao looked at her for a while, sighed, reached out and pulled her into his arms, and said softly, "I know you can't bear to part with her."

Lin Jiuqing pursed her lips and remained silent.

Mo Xiao patted her on the back and coaxed, "You know better than anyone else that she's different from all the other women in the capital, right?"

Lin Jiuqing understood; she knew.

“So you should also know that with her personality, it’s impossible for her to stay in the inner quarters like other women to be a wife and mother.” Mo Xiao coaxed patiently, “Moreover, she is very capable, ambitious, and her spirit is no less than that of a man. Confining her to this small space in the inner quarters is not loving her but harming her.”

Mo Xiao patted her shoulder and brought up the subject again: "That wolf cub Chen Yuan, what kind of harsh environment can't she adapt to? Don't forget how she survived when she was a child."

"As for A-Zheng, with you, her aunt the Empress, doting on her, who would dare to bully her?"

Lin Jiuqing reached out and punched him in the chest: "You also agree to let her go to the border?"

Mo Xiao: "...It was her choice to go, not me who made her go."

Lin Jiuqing: "..."

"Then I'll issue an imperial decree ordering her to stay in the capital to be a wife and mother. I refuse to believe that in this vast world, there isn't a man more capable than her. As long as the Empress is happy, I'll do whatever I want."