Cypress Boat Floating

"Qing'er, don't be nervous. Today is just a family dinner. I've always heard the prince and my eighth brother mention you, saying that you are very powerful. So I want to see what such a powerful Qing'er looks like." Wei Wangshu always spoke softly, perhaps because all mothers are like this.

Ye Jianqing didn't think that Lu Zhixing would say anything good about him in front of his wife. It was only because he was closer to his beloved brother. Looking at his expression, he seemed to want to drive him away from his brother.

But the princess is saying good things about me, so I should compliment her back no matter what.

"Princess Liao is great. I only know a little bit of martial arts, which is not that great."

"Mother." Just as Ye Jianqing finished speaking, a sweet little girl's voice came from the back hall.

Hearing the girl's voice, Lu Zhixing, who had been keeping an air of dignity and pretending to be stern and ignoring Ye Jianqing, immediately changed his expression and walked towards the source of the voice with a smile.

"Yuanyuan." A little girl threw herself into Lu Zhixing's arms and hugged his neck with a smile.

"Daddy, daddy, Yuanyuan just caught a butterfly." The little girl hugged Lu Zhixing's neck with one hand, raised the other hand clenched into a fist, and held it in front of Lu Zhixing as if to show off.

"Show daddy." Lu Zhixing said with a smile, holding her and walking back to their original position.

"Mom." The girl called out to Wei Wangshu loudly when she saw him sitting in the hall and smiling at them.

"Yuanyuan, look who's here." Wei Wangshu did not try to stop his daughter from having fun, but just smiled and pointed to Lu Ci Qiu's position.

"Uncle!" The girl naturally knew Lu Ci Qiu, but she didn't know Ye Jianqing next to him. She leaned in her father's arms, tilted her head and looked at her in confusion. Her little head seemed to be struggling with how to call Ye Jianqing.

"I am a humble girl, meeting the young princess." Although she was young, she was still the daughter of the prince, a princess. Here, Ye Jianqing learned a truth, that is, if you don't want others to see you as a monster, you must adapt to the local customs. You can keep yourself in your heart, but you must behave well on the outside.

Don't think that you are nobler than these ancient people just because you are a time traveler. Their wisdom is beyond your imagination, so Ye Jianqing doesn't think that he has no self-respect or anything like that for kneeling down to salute or paying respect to a little baby.

On the contrary, if you come here and don’t know how to adapt to the local customs and don’t know how to disguise yourself, then you are a complete fool. If you don’t abide by the rules here in the face of absolute power, then you can only wait for death.

Ye Jianqing understands this principle better than anyone else, so she is willing to abide by the rules here.

"You are so beautiful." The little princess's round eyes were glued to Ye Jianqing. At first glance, she felt that this person was very friendly. It was rare that she wanted to play with her.

"Mom, I want to play with her." The little princess acted coquettishly to her mother. In the past, her mother loved her the most. As long as she acted coquettishly, her mother would have no choice but to agree to everything she said. This time was no exception.

"Then you have to ask your sister if she is willing to play with you." Wei Wangshu did not directly agree with his daughter's naive idea, but instead threw the question to Ye Jianqing.

She knew that Ye Jianqing was Lu Ci Qiu's person, and might even become her daughter's aunt in the future. No matter what, she couldn't make a decision casually and had to ask herself first.

"I am honored to be favored by the princess." Ye Jianqing still stood there with a dignified smile.

The little princess got permission and jumped down from her father's arms, holding Ye Jianqing's hand and unwilling to let go.

"Sister, sister, my name is Lu Yuanzhi, what's your name?" The little princess was less than five years old. She was very smart and cute at such a young age. According to her age, it was no problem for her to call Ye Jianqing, who was only 14 years old, her sister.

"I am Ye Jianqing." Ye Jianqing likes children, but she doesn't like playing with children in this kind of environment. It makes her feel very stressed.

The little princess's father, her former boss, the Second Prince of Da'an, was staring at her closely, the sorrow in his eyes almost hitting her tangibly, as if he was blaming her for stealing his daughter's love.

The little princess's mother, the wife of her former boss, was sitting there, with the same gentle smile on her face since today. Although she looked very close, it felt awkward no matter how she looked at it because of the presence of her former boss next to her.

Ye Jianqing still couldn't figure out what the couple wanted her to do today? Could it be that they wanted her to take care of the children?

Of course, there must be at least a dozen servants in this palace. If you want to find someone to play with the little princess, there are plenty of them. Why do you have to find her?

Ye Jianqing really couldn't understand it, so while playing with the little princess, he silently shifted his gaze to Lu Ci Qiu, trying to get some response from him. However, this guy was like a fool, only knowing how to laugh, and totally ignored his eyes that asked for help, which made Ye Jianqing very angry.

Fortunately, the playing time didn’t last too long, and soon the family dinner that Wei Wangshu mentioned began.

When Ye Jianqing set out from the palace and came to the Qin Palace, she was prepared to be harassed along the way, but what she didn't expect was that when she actually sat down at the dining table, the dishes served were all her favorite dishes.

"This..." Ye Jianqing looked at Lu Ci Qiu out of habit.

This time, Lu Ci Qiu did not avoid her nor did he fail to understand. Instead, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Second sister-in-law has always wanted to see you. Before I asked you to come here today, I asked me what you like to eat, so I asked someone to prepare everything you like."

"But why?" Ye Jianqing still couldn't understand.

This time, Lu Ci Qiu just smiled and didn't answer her doubts. She knew that Lu Ci Qiu knew, but he didn't want to tell her. When she thought of this, she felt a little uncomfortable.

It's not a pleasant feeling to be kept in the dark.

"Qing'er, are you busy lately?" Wei Wangshu sat next to her and picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks for her.

"Thank you, Princess. You've been doing just fine lately." The princess personally picked up some meat for him, which scared Ye Jianqing, and he quickly picked up the bowl to take the meat.

"How are you these days? I heard from my eighth brother that you were injured a lot in South City before. Are you feeling better now?"

"Those injuries have already healed. Thank you for your concern, Princess. They are just minor injuries and not worth mentioning."

"That....."

"Second sister-in-law, please eat first. The food is almost getting cold." Wei Wangshu wanted to say something but was stopped by Lu Ci Qiu.

"Yes, yes, Eighth Brother is right. Let's eat first." Wei Wangshu was not angry at being interrupted. He just smiled and followed Lu Ci Qiu's words, and picked up another dish for Ye Jianqing.

Ye Jianqing was very anxious during the meal because of Wei Wangshu's excessive enthusiasm. It would be better for her to fight with others for a day than to spend the day like this. How unpleasant it was. She was the only one who was kept in the dark and knew nothing. The other three knew everything clearly, but she was afraid that she would not know until she was sold out.

After an uncomfortable meal, Wei Wangshu wanted to go back for a nap due to health reasons. Lu Ci Qiu took the opportunity to take Ye Jianqing and say goodbye and return home. Before leaving, Wei Wangshu wanted to invite them to the temple fair in the evening, but was dissuaded by Lu Zhixing.

Lu Zhixing felt that it was too dangerous for her to go out since she was pregnant and there were so many people at the temple fair, so he didn't let her go out. She listened to Lu Zhixing and didn't continue to invite Ye Jianqing out, so she let Ye Jianqing go back.

Just like that, he came to meet someone for unknown reasons, had a meal, and then left inexplicably, leaving Ye Jianqing really confused and in a very unhappy mood.

"Lu Ci Qiu, tell me clearly, what's going on?" In the carriage, Ye Jianqing couldn't help it and questioned Lu Ci Qiu directly.

Facing her questioning, Lu Ci Qiu's eyes were evasive and he refused to look her in the eye. He kept trying to change the subject: "I heard that the temple fair tonight is quite fun. Let's go back and rest for a while, then leave after dinner."

"Don't change the subject, just tell the truth." Ye Jianqing got angry when he saw him like this. In a fit of rage, he approached him and put his arm against his throat, forcing him to look up.

Lu Ci Qiu did not struggle at all despite the extremely threatening action. He just tried to relax himself and let his eyes fall on the roof of the car. It was not that he did not want to tell Ye Jianqing, but this... he could not say it.

"Oh, it's okay, Qing'er. Second sister-in-law just wants to see you. It's nothing." Now he could only use such meaningless words to comfort Ye Jianqing's restless heart.

"Why does she want to see me for no reason?" Ye Jianqing didn't believe him.

"Maybe it's because my second brother and I always mention you when we discuss things, so she became curious about you and kept saying she wanted to meet you, so she arranged this today."

Ye Jianqing naturally didn't believe what Lu Ciqiu said, but now she could only use this to convince herself. Otherwise, she really couldn't explain why Wei Wangshu suddenly wanted to see her.

Moreover, it was obvious that there was something wrong with the look in her eyes when she looked at him today. When Ye Jianqing recalled the smile on her face when she looked at him, he couldn't help but shudder. What the hell, why did it feel so scary? It was such a bright and ladylike smile, but now thinking about it made him shudder.

"Only this time." Ye Jianqing finally compromised. She let go of Lu Ci Qiu and sat on the other side.

He hadn't used much force in the first place, and after letting go, Lu Ci Qiu didn't feel any discomfort in his throat. He just cleared his throat slightly and glanced at her secretly. He knew Ye Jianqing didn't believe his words, but there was nothing he could do. This was the only excuse he had now.

After all, I have to blame myself. Ever since my second brother told me about that incident in the carriage that day, somehow my second sister-in-law also found out about it. So she said she wanted to meet the girl who made her heart beat, and that’s how today’s incident happened.

It really is nonsense when I think about it.