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Afterwards, Su Qinchao did not try to persuade Xingxian anymore, but asked Xiao Shitou to stay with him all the time to prevent him from doing anything stupid.

After staying for seven or eight days, they finally returned to Chang'an at the end of March. This time, Su Qinchao did not go back to his home in Xiaotang Village first.

Instead, he drove directly to Li Yi's county lord's mansion and handed Xingxian over to Li Yi in person.

He comforted Xingxian in a gentle voice, promised to visit him often, and then turned around and went home.

"My brother-in-law sent me a letter a few days ago, saying that he met a beautiful woman on the road. Now I see that it is true." Li Yi took his arm in a familiar manner and led him straight to the inner courtyard.

"County Princess, I..." Xingxian looked at Li Yi holding her arm and wanted to say that she was dirty and didn't deserve to be treated like this by someone of the County Princess's status.

"What's wrong with you? Oh, by the way, my brother-in-law said that you are afraid of men. Fortunately, there are no men in my house, only maids, so you can rest assured." Thinking that he was worried about this, Li Yi explained with a smile.

Like Su Qinchao, she liked looking at beautiful women, regardless of whether they were men or women. At this moment, being able to be so close to a beautiful woman, her heart was filled with joy.

"I'm dirty..." Xingxian finally said with trembling lips, and tried to pull back the arm that Li Yi was holding.

"Where is it dirty?" Li Yi looked around him in confusion: "It's very clean!"

"No, it's..." He really couldn't say it.

"Oh, I understand. What's the big deal? Aren't those girls who have changed their ways in Wanhua Tower and Chunxiang Tower living well?" Li Yi said nonchalantly in the shocked look of Xingxian.

He also introduced to him the tofu lady from the south of the city, who is now married to the tofu man and is living a prosperous life.

There is also Li Xiu Niang from the north of the city, and Yang Langjun from Guguan, and so on.

"I..." Xingxian listened at a loss. He had never thought that he would hear such words from a girl's mouth. His mind was buzzing and confused.

"Okay, stop having those wild thoughts and just stay at my house. We can talk about anything later, okay?" Li Yi took his hand and walked through the garden to a quiet courtyard.

This was the deepest part of the county lady's mansion, separated from the other courtyards by a garden. It was also the place she had asked the maid to clean up for Xingxian to live in early in the morning.

 …

When Su Qinchao was riding his horse back to the village, he saw a constant stream of strange men coming and going on the village road, all pushing wheelbarrows, transporting various sand, rubble, wood and other items.

The team was very long, stretching from the border with the neighboring village all the way to the depths of the village.

Who is building a house? Su Qinchao wondered all the way until he arrived at his own door, where he discovered that the men had dumped the contents of the truck onto the empty lot next to his house.

Which local tycoon took a fancy to this vacant land? Judging from the foundation that has been laid, it looks like a large mansion with three entrances and exits, quite luxurious.

"Uncle?" Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a beautiful girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, holding her little Tangyuan, standing a few steps away and looking at him in surprise.

"Fubao?" Su Qinchao looked at the girl in surprise. The last time he saw Fubao was when his parents celebrated their 50th birthday. At that time, she was clearly still a soft and tender little girl.

I didn’t expect that three years later, the little girl has grown into such a graceful young lady.

Just as he was about to walk over to ask why he suddenly came from his hometown and if something happened, he saw little Tangyuan break free from Fubao's hand like a little firecracker and crash into his arms:

"Daddy! Daddy!" Little Tangyuan kept calling out until Su Qinchao picked her up and stopped the devilish voice:

"Did you bring anything delicious for little Tangyuan?" Little Tangyuan raised his head and looked at his father with bright eyes.

"Of course I brought it. It's our little Tangyuan's favorite glutinous rice snack~" Su Qinchao held her steadily, freed one hand, took out a small paper bag from his arms, and shook it in front of her eyes.

"I like glutinous rice cakes, daddy is the best!" Little Tangyuan held Su Qinchao's face and kissed him several times before taking the glutinous rice cakes with both hands and commanding his daddy to put them down for him.

"I want to eat it with sister Fubao. Sister, give it to me!" As soon as the little glutinous rice dumpling came off the ground, he opened the paper package like a treasure and handed it to Fubao with both hands.

"Thank you, little Tangyuan." Fubao stuffed a piece of food into little Tangyuan's mouth first, letting her sweeten her mouth, and then he took a small piece and started to eat it.

At this time, the sunlight was shining through the canopy of the big banyan tree, onto the pair of sisters who were enjoying the food happily. It was really beautiful.

...

Su Qinchao was just looking at the two sisters, living a peaceful life, when he heard the courtyard door creak and was pushed open from the inside.

"Mom!" It turned out to be Su's mother. Su Qinchao went to greet her.

"Mom, when did you come? Is Dad here? Why did you bring Fubao with you this time? Did my brother go back to his hometown?" Su Qin asked repeatedly.

"It's been more than half a month since you came here. Your father is watching ants with little Tangbao in the yard." Mother Su took Fubao's hand and patted the icing on her. She also wiped the dirty little glutinous rice balls' mouths dry before saying:

"When your brother came to report on his work last time, His Majesty transferred him to the Ministry of Works and appointed him as the Minister of Works. That's why he asked us to bring Fubao here first. After two months, he will come to Chang'an to take up his post after he has explained everything."

Mother Su patiently answered Su Qinchao's questions one by one, and then asked Fubao whether he had given his uncle a gift. After getting a definite answer, she nodded and continued:

"Your father took a fancy to this piece of land next door a few days ago and plans to build a three-story house so that our family can live together in the future."

"Ah, so this is our family building a house." Su Qinchao looked at Su's mother in surprise: "No, mother, where did our family get so much money to build a house?

He knew how much his old father's salary was. Although his family owned several shops, they only made a little money to make a living and there was not much left.

What's more, he had to take care of the two brothers' studies, help them get married, have children, and buy a house over the years.

It’s like he took 500 taels last time and bought this small house, so there won’t be much left at home.

"We sold all those shops, and your sister-in-law and your wife also invested some dowry money, plus the money your father and I have saved over the years, it should be enough." Su's mother explained everything to her youngest son.

"So that's how it is? Then won't I be living off my wife in the future?" Su Qinchao raised his eyebrows.

"It's good enough that she is willing to live off you." Su's mother rolled her eyes at Su Qinchao. He had been an official for such a long time, but he was still incorruptible and had not a penny left.

"Mom, why are you scolding me?" Su Qinchao didn't understand. In the past, he was always his mother's good son.

"What else is there to say? Go in later and see if your father won't beat you." Mother Su said, reached out to pick up little Tangyuan, and then pulled Fubao and went straight in.

"What's wrong with me? Why did my father beat me?" Su Qinchao was confused at this time, but he didn't think too much. He walked in and told the servants to take the horse to the stable, and planned to go find Yunniang.

"Stop!" Father Su stood up and called Su Qinchao, "Come here!"

In the study

"I heard from Buyu that you used musk on Yunniang?" Father Su sat behind the desk and told with a sullen face what he had heard from Buyu last year.

"I can quibble, no, explain it!" So that's what happened, Su Qin gave a flattering smile.

"Try to quibble!" Father Su glared at him angrily.

"Well, the main reason is that my son has heard of many pregnant women dying during childbirth over the years. He is really scared. Thinking that we already have a son and a daughter, he doesn't want Yunniang to take risks again!"

Su Qinchao was very straightforward and expressed his thoughts, completely ignoring his old father's increasingly dark face.

"Did you discuss this with Yunniang at that time?"

"No!" Su Qin touched the tip of his nose guiltily.

"Stupid! How can you make a decision on your own without asking others?" Father Su slammed the table.

"That's because I'm afraid she won't agree~" Looking at Su's father's expression, Su Qinchao scratched his hair helplessly.

"You knew she didn't agree. Let me ask you, what tricks did you play? Why didn't she get pregnant in the next two years?"

This matter was brought up by the wife who saw that her daughter-in-law was not happy, so she asked the maids indirectly about it.

There is no musk, and the diet has been checked and there is no problem. I just don't know what this guy has done behind my back. My daughter-in-law has not had any movement in her belly in the past two years.

"Then I can't tell you~" Su Qinchao refused to change his bad habits. He just couldn't accept that Yunniang was pregnant again.

He was so scared the last time Yunniang gave birth that he couldn't stand living in fear anymore.

If anything happens, who will compensate his dear wife?

 …

By the time Su Qinchao finally escaped from his old father's clutches, it was almost time for dinner.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to go to the kitchen to talk to Yunniang, to relieve his longing for her for the past two months, and to act a little coquettishly.

However, the maids kept asking her about the cooking of the craftsmen outside, sometimes asking her to make the decision, sometimes asking her to check the cards.

After finally finishing dinner and arranging things for Su's father and mother and their three children with Yunniang, Su Qinchao finally got the space that belonged to them.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the room, Su Qinchao hurriedly drove all the maids out, closed the door, picked up Yunniang, held her in his arms, put his head on the side of her neck, and said in a lingering voice:

"I miss you so much, Yunniang~"

"Really?" Yunniang chuckled, stepped back a little, turned around in Su Qin's arms, took out a square piece of paper from under the pillow and opened it: "Husband, tell me what this is first?"

It turned out to be the paper that Su Qinchao used to calculate Yunniang's ovulation period in the study. Oops, it was discovered.

Su Qinchao pursed his lips. He didn't expect that after passing the test of his old father, there was still another test waiting for him from Yunniang. He opened his mouth to explain.

"Don't quibble!" Yunniang warned him first, probably because she knew Su Qinchao's usual behavior.

"I was wrong!" Su Qinchao did not make any more excuses and admitted his mistake directly.

"What's your fault? I don't even know what I have done to deserve my husband to go to such great lengths to prevent pregnancy for me?" Yunniang said, slapping away Su Qinchao's hands that were around her.

"I..."

"At first I didn't understand what this was, until the date on it coincided with the time we had slept together before, then I realized that you had never given up on this matter."

Yunniang shook the paper and the corners of her eyes gradually turned red.

"I was really wrong." Su Qinchao looked at Yunniang's wet eyes and finally panicked.

He was afraid that Yunniang would cry, so he reached out to wipe her tears, but Yunniang turned her head away.

"Now that things are like this, you should sleep in the study, so you don't have to find excuses not to sleep with me." Yunniang pushed Su Qinchao away, opened the door, and pushed him out.

"I was really wrong. Please forgive me this time, Yunniang." Seeing that he was pushed out of the door by Yunniang, Su Qinchao tried to pull Yunniang's hand and act coquettishly.

"You said the same thing last time." Yunniang remembered what Su Qinchao said last time. She glared at him unhappily, then cruelly closed the door and bolted it.

"For the last time, Yunniang, I promise I won't do this again?" Su Qinchao knocked on the door gently, hoping that Yunniang would open it.

Unfortunately, until three quarters after midnight, when all the lights in other rooms were turned off, Yunniang still ignored him.

A quarrel between husband and wife should never last overnight. As a woman in her previous life, Su Qinchao understood this very well.

So, after seeing that he had tried to coax Yunniang to open the door to no avail, he tiptoed around to the back of the house, opened the window and climbed in.

"Yunniang~" Su Qinchao shamelessly climbed onto the couch, and no matter how Yunniang struggled, he slowly held her in his arms.

"Can't we be together today? Why are you here?" Yunniang said while talking about the date on the paper.