I traveled through time and space and became the favorite of Her Royal Highness the Princess

Seeing the little girl's eyes filled with tears while she was talking, the Queen felt so distressed that her words were even more gentle:

"Mother, I heard that you haven't eaten much these past few days. How can this continue?"

After a pause, the Queen continued gently:

"Tell Rong An what you want to eat. If that doesn't work, you can tell Mother. Look at that skinny little face."

Fang Yuanqi swallowed the bitterness in his heart and nodded obediently:

"I know Queen Mother."

Seeing Fang Yuanqi agreed, the Queen still gave instructions with concern:

"If you feel unwell, tell Rong An, no matter when, even in the middle of the night. Don't bear it on your own."

Mu Lingyan, who had never seen her mother be so loving, was stunned.

Even her mother didn't act like this when she was sick!

She remembered clearly that once she had eaten too much cold food and got an upset stomach. Her mother came to see her and, after a few simple questions, told her: "You deserve it! Eat more next time."

Why is it that when it comes to my brother-in-law, my mother's maternal love suddenly bursts out?

When Mu Lingshuang passed by Mu Lingyan when he went to pour water for his wife, he saw Mu Lingyan's shocked expression and seemed to know what she was thinking. He gave his imperial sister a disdainful look and then walked away leisurely.

Mu Lingyan's eyes widened in anger at being looked down upon. What did that mean? The look in her eyes almost told her that she was not worthy of being compared to her husband.

No, why? Why am I not worthy? She is my biological daughter! My biological daughter!

"Mother, I have lost my appetite these past two days..." Mu Lingyan spoke weakly, trying to slap her royal sister in the face.

But before he could finish his words, his mother interrupted him succinctly, "If you have no appetite, skip a few meals."

Mu Lingyan was stunned, and Fang Yuanqi, who was feeling upset, was also amused by her incredulous look.

When Mu Lingshuang saw his wife smile, he gave Mu Lingyan an approving look.

Even the Queen was pleased and praised:

"Xiaoliu has grown up and knows how to make his brother-in-law happy."

Mu Lingyan: "..."

You are all happy, but I am not happy!

Although she was enjoying everything she ate, she also wanted her mother's care, so she continued to test her:

"My son's throat has been feeling uncomfortable these past two days, and I can't eat anything."

As the Queen who knew every one of her children very well, just looking at Mu Lingyan's expression, she knew that these words were not without reason. She immediately said lightly:

"Then tell the imperial chef to make the food he sends to you lighter, less oily and less spicy!"

When Mu Lingyan heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said:

"No need to go to so much trouble, I just like spicy food..."

"Then you deserve it!" After saying that, the queen continued to talk to Fang Yuanqi.

Only the sixth princess Mu Lingyan was left with an indignant look on her face.

It was almost time for lunch, but these people still had no intention of leaving. Mu Lingshuang had no choice but to order people to prepare lunch.

It is worth mentioning that the Sixth Princess Mu Lingyan, who claimed that she had a poor appetite and could not eat anything, ate more happily than anyone else.

Seeing this, several people had black lines on their foreheads. They really wanted to know if this guy would eat her own prince consort if his appetite improved.

No wonder the Sixth Princess’s Mansion is so poor, is it all because of this guy?

Mu Lingyan didn't care what others thought. She didn't get any maternal love from her mother today. What's wrong with eating something?

She is turning her grief and anger into appetite, and no one can delay her meal!

On the contrary, Fang Yuanqi, who kept saying that he was fine, didn't eat much, which made the Queen Mother and Mu Lingshuang very worried.

After lunch, the Queen became interested when she learned that Fang Yuanqi was planning to make ice, but she was not in a hurry to leave.

Mu Lingyan and Su Fuying were not in a hurry to leave. They were curious about how ice was made in the middle of summer.

Fang Yuanqi did not hide it and directly ordered people to prepare several large vats of clean water, and then soak the white things scraped from the big rocks on the mountain in the water.

After the muddy water settled, it was poured into another vat. After repeating this process many times, a large pot was set up in the yard.

Keep the clear water in the pot on high heat until only translucent crystals remain at the bottom of the pot.

"What is this?" Mu Lingyan asked curiously.

Fang Yuanqi took a look at the saltpeter crystals and said with a smile:

"This is saltpeter."

Fang Yuanqi asked someone to mix saltpeter and water together and stir it with a wooden stick until the saltpeter was completely dissolved.

"What to do next?" At this moment, Mu Lingyan has turned into a curious baby.

Of course, apart from Mu Lingyan, everyone else was also very curious, but not as noisy as her.

Fang Yuanqi pointed to the large basin and some shallow containers that had been prepared long ago and said:

"Put this saltpeter water in here and wait till it cools down completely."

After Fang Yuanqi finished speaking, he asked someone to place a large wooden barrel next to him that was big enough to hold Mu Lingyan.

The waiting time was extremely long, but fortunately there were many people there, so the time passed by while chatting and laughing.

As they were talking, Mu Lingyan's surprised voice suddenly came from the wooden barrel:

"Brother-in-law is cold! Come and see my brother-in-law, he is cold!"

Fang Yuanqi curled his lips and muttered softly:

"I'm not cold, I'm fine."

Before Mu Lingyan realized that she had accidentally said the wrong thing, she was attacked by both her mother and her sister's gazes.

Fortunately, Mu Lingyan has thick skin. Although she feels cold, she is still full of energy.

Fang Yuanqi directed someone to put some clean water into the bucket, then mixed the saltpeter solution and water together before turning to everyone and saying:

"Then we just have to wait until the water cools down enough to make ice."

Looking at everyone's expectant expressions, Fang Yuanqi paused and continued:

"It's just that this process takes a long time, maybe several hours."

"It's okay. I'll come and see her again tomorrow." Seeing that it was getting late and Mu Lingshuang, the unfilial daughter, had no intention of keeping her for dinner, the Queen glared at her, then looked at Fang Yuanqi with a loving face and spoke.

Fang Yuanqi nodded and said with a smile:

"When the Queen Mother comes tomorrow, the water in the barrel should be frozen."

Mu Lingyan on the side also spoke hurriedly:

"I'm coming too! I'm coming with the Fifth Princess!"

This concerns her future fortune-making plan, how can she not take it seriously?

Fang Yuanqi smiled and nodded in response. After sending everyone away, he returned to the house with Mu Lingshuang.

Mu Lingshuang felt heartbroken when he saw the fatigue that was hard to conceal on his wife's thin little face.

"How's it going? Are you exhausted after a long day?" Mu Lingshuang said as she pulled the person to sit on the soft couch beside her.

Fang Yuanqi buried his head in her arms and said muffledly:

"Well, sister, if the ice is made tomorrow, I want to go for a walk down the mountain."

Mu Lingshuang knew that she was going down the mountain to choose a suitable place to open a restaurant, and she also knew that this was planned a few days ago. If she hadn't been sick, she would have chosen it long ago.

But seeing his wife's tired look, he couldn't help but ask:

"Don't you want to take a day off?"

Fang Yuanqi shook his head and said nothing.

She felt uncomfortable, indescribably uncomfortable, and only by being busy could she temporarily have no time to think about anything else.

Mu Lingshuang could naturally see that his wife was unhappy in recent days.

Combining his wife's mumbling in her dreams and what Doctor Jiang said about long-term depression, Mu Lingshuang could roughly guess what Fang Yuanqi was sad about.

Mu Lingshuang touched his wife's hair and said softly:

"Be good, your sister is here. Let's go have dinner first, okay?"

Fang Yuanqi raised his head from his wife's arms, forced a smile, and nodded.

Looking at his wife's forced smile, Mu Lingshuang secretly made up his mind.