A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Xiao Yi stayed in Lin Mutang's study and talked to him about the salt tax at the end of the month. Lin Qinghuan returned to Su Heju with the wooden box. He found an excuse to let Yun Xiang go to the warehouse to clean up and pick out some gifts for Xiao Zhu. He left Chu Xia alone with him to search for his late mother's belongings.

"Girl, are you looking for something?" Chu Xia used the key to open the small room where the mistress's relics were kept.

"Well, I remembered a toy from my childhood. I'll go look for it inside myself. You watch the door. If my husband arrives in the yard, call me." Lin Qinghuan gave instructions as she walked inside.

Although Chu Xia didn't know what Lin Qinghuan wanted to do, she felt that as long as the girl gave an order, it must make sense.

Lin Qinghuan looked at the locked small room, which contained several large wooden boxes. He didn't know where the original owner had hidden the little frog, so he could only search them one by one. Now he had a heavy body to carry with him, so it was really hard work.

After searching for about an incense stick of time, Lin Qinghuan finally found a bunch of small toys under a pile of clothes in the fifth wooden box, among which was the little frog. Lin Qinghuan looked at the pile of small toys and his memory came back. The little girl hid the small gifts that Xiao Yu gave her in this box every day, covered it with clothes, and made a mark on the wooden box.

Lin Qinghuan looked at the little frog in his hand and couldn't help but murmur, "Brother Yu, it turns out you have so many good memories with her. No wonder you like her so much."

Lin Qinghuan put the wooden box of the folding fan with the albizzia flowers and the little frog into the wooden box, covered it with clothes, and closed the lid of the wooden box tightly.

"Girl, have you found what you were looking for?" Chu Xia watched Lin Qinghuan come out, then obediently went forward and locked the door.

"Well, we found it. It's okay. Let's go find our husband." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile.

At that time, Xiao Yi also bowed to Lin Mutang and left the study, and the couple met in the garden.

"Have you finished talking to Dad about business?" Lin Qinghuan walked forward, took Xiao Yi's arm and asked coquettishly.

"Well, my father-in-law originally didn't agree to me taking you with me." Xiao Yi pinched Lin Qinghuan's nose and said.

"Ah? What do you say in the end?" Lin Qinghuan asked anxiously, looking up at Xiao Yi, who was a head taller than her.

"I finally agreed, but you have to be obedient along the way." Xiao Yi said with a smile.

"I will definitely be obedient." Lin Qinghuan smiled, and the couple left the Lin Mansion and headed towards the East Palace.

As soon as Lin Qinghuan entered the East Palace, she went to the Crown Princess's courtyard. Xiao Yi went to look for Ning Jinyang. When he reached the backyard, he heard the lively sounds of talking and laughing inside. The maid at the door saw Lin Qinghuan and came over to pay her respects, then took her and two personal maids into the inner courtyard.

"Oh, Huan'er is finally here." Ning Jinyang's concubine Yang Sizheng spotted Lin Qinghuan with her sharp eyes.

"Walk slower." Su Yuefei waved at Lin Qinghuan and said.

Lin Qinghuan stepped forward and bowed. Su Yuefei pulled her to sit next to her and said, "Okay, I've told you many times that you don't need to bow when your sisters are around, kid."

"Yeah." Lin Qinghuan smiled faintly, and looked around before realizing that Tao Baiwan was also sitting down there, looking at her with disdain.

"I see your belly has gotten a lot bigger. Are you tired of walking now?" Su Yuefei asked softly while patting Lin Qinghuan's hand.

"Well, it's grown bigger these past few days. I'm usually very lazy and don't like to walk around, so of course I'm not tired." Lin Qinghuan replied softly.

"You should rest when you need to, but you can't be lazy all the time, otherwise the child will be a lazy little kid in the future." Yang said jokingly.

"If he is really a lazy child, you can't blame Brother Yi. Everyone knows that he has been the most hardworking since he was a child." Tao Baiwan said unhappily while holding the teacup.

"I see that my husband is so lazy when he comes home every day, and he always likes to drag me along. No matter what kind of temper this child has, it's all because of his father." Lin Qinghuan glanced at Tao Baiwan, touched her belly, and said to Su Yuefei coquettishly.

"Yier naturally showed his true nature to Huan'er. Who would pretend in front of his own daughter-in-law?" Su Yuefei said with a smile.

Tao Baiwan put the teacup back on the table with some boredom, rolled his eyes at the smug Lin Qinghuan, then calmed down and smiled at Su Yuefei.

"The Crown Princess's sister-in-law is so partial. Every time she sees Princess Changping, she calls her "sister" more than her "sister". It's really enviable." Tao Baiwan continued.

"I liked Huan'er the first time I saw her. She's like my own sister. Wanwan is jealous of your sister-in-law. I treat you as well as Huan'er on weekdays." Su Yuefei said with a smile.

"The Crown Princess treats Wanwan very well, but these days I feel very lonely when I go to listen to music with my brother the Crown Prince and my brother Yi. It's okay that Princess Changping doesn't go because she's pregnant, but how come the Crown Princess, who used to love listening to music the most, doesn't like to go anymore?" Tao Baiwan looked at Lin Qinghuan with a smile on his face.

Lin Qinghuan looked up at Tao Baiwan in disbelief and saw that she was looking at him with a smug look on her face.

"I was still young then, and now I can't be as casual as before." Su Yuefei didn't know that Lin Qinghuan knew nothing, and she didn't notice that the girl next to her was beginning to feel resentful.

"Why isn't the Crown Princess' sister-in-law young anymore? Every time I look at her, she seems to be the same as before." Tao Baiwan felt happy when he saw Lin Qinghuan frowning. This woman really didn't know anything.

Lin Qinghuan reached out and picked up the tea on the table next to him, took a sip, and suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Huan'er, try this hazelnut cake, it tastes very good." Su Yuefei picked up a piece and handed it to the girl next to her.

Lin Qinghuan's mind was in a mess. He smiled, took it, and started eating casually. He didn't care what he took. He ate the whole piece of cake unknowingly.

"If you like it, I'll ask someone to bring you some back in the evening." Su Yuefei said happily when she saw that she had eaten it all.

"Okay." Lin Qinghuan nodded, but his heart was filled with resentment. He had been deceiving himself.

Seeing Lin Qinghuan's worried look, Qian knew what was going on. Then she glanced at Tao Baiwan who was chatting and laughing happily with Su Yuefei.

"Huan'er, when I first came here, I saw the beautiful peach blossoms. I loved the fragrance of peach blossoms when I was pregnant. Do you want to go with me to appreciate them?" Qian asked.

Lin Qinghuan looked up at Qian and nodded.

"That's fine, let's go and take a look." Su Yuefei patted Lin Qinghuan's hand and looked at Qian again.

Lin Qinghuan felt a little more comfortable now that she didn't have to see Tao Baiwan. However, when she thought about how Xiao Yi had deceived her like this, her heart still ached, and she couldn't smile.

"A beauty with a frown appreciating flowers is not the most beautiful sight in this peach blossom forest." Qian raised her hand to adjust the pearl flower on Lin Qinghuan's head and said.

"Thank you, Sister Qian, for helping me out. It's just that Huan'er really can't be happy right now." Lin Qinghuan knew that Qian was very smart.

"No matter what, I can't...you...what's wrong with you?" Qian was about to comfort Lin Qinghuan, but suddenly found that her face began to turn red and her breathing became more and more rapid, so she hurried forward to support her.

Lin Qinghuan felt extremely uncomfortable and it was becoming increasingly difficult to breathe. Then he slowly felt his vision becoming increasingly dimmer. In a daze, he could hear Qian Jiaqi's anxious voice calling for help.

"Mrs. Xiao accidentally ate something she was allergic to. Fortunately, she didn't eat much, so she's fine now," said Imperial Physician He.

"What did the young lady eat?" Xiao Yi asked curiously. It had only been less than an incense stick's time since he and her separated, so how could this happen?

"Oh, could it be the hazelnut cake?" Su Yuefei suddenly remembered and said quickly.

"I saw Huan'er eat the whole piece." Yang also said.

"Ah? My daughter has been allergic to hazelnuts since she was a child. How could she eat this?" Chu Xia said in disbelief and distress.

"Does Huan'er know that she is allergic to hazelnuts?" Su Yuefei asked curiously.

"I know, everyone in our mansion knows about this. The young lady fell ill after eating it once, and she never ate it again." Chu Xia said while kneeling next to Lin Qinghuan.

"You know you're allergic but still eat it. You really can't blame anyone else." Tao Baiwan muttered as if she was watching a show. Yun Xiang heard it and glared at her fiercely.

"I saw that Huan'er looked absent-minded. I guess she didn't pay attention to what she ate." Qian glanced at Xiao Yi and said deliberately.

"Why is she so distracted?" Xiao Yi frowned and looked at the women around him, guessing that Lin Qinghuan must have been upset.

Su Yuefei looked at Qian in bewilderment, extremely confused, but when she saw Qian signaling to Tao Baiwan who was watching the fun, she understood what was going on.

"Huan'er has always been meticulous, timid and introverted. Now that she is pregnant, she may have become a little more delicate. It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of her." Princess Su Yuefei had no choice but to say this when she saw the situation.

"Hmph, you are so thoughtful and like to think too much, which really makes it difficult for the people around you!" Tao Baiwan said.

"My young wife is not that kind of person. She has always been considerate of others." Yun Xiang said unconvinced.

"What a sharp-tongued maid." Tao Baiwan glanced at Yun Xiang and said.

"Don't be rude." Xiao Yi turned around and reminded him, but didn't say anything else.

Yun Xiang lowered her head and stopped talking stubbornly. After all, these were all her masters. Although she was Lin Qinghuan's maid, she was just a servant.

"Imperial Physician He, when will Madam Xiao wake up?" Su Yuefei asked with some self-blame.

"Reporting to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, I estimate that Madam Xiao will be fine in another incense stick's time." The imperial physician bowed and replied.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Imperial Physician He." Su Yuefei nodded, and Imperial Physician He withdrew.

"Let Huan'er take a rest for now. Yi'er, if you still have business to discuss, let me take care of her first." Su Yuefei guessed that Xiao Yi and Ning Jinyang still had important things to discuss. After all, the prince who loved the hustle and bustle the most had not arrived yet.

"It's okay, I'll wait for her to wake up." Xiao Yi shook his head and said, but his eyes were always looking at Lin Qinghuan who had his eyes closed and had not woken up yet.

Seeing this, Su Yuefei took the group of women out first.

"I never realized you were so smart before." Su Yuefei became angrier and angrier as she walked. Seeing that she and the two concubines were the only ones left, she turned around and got angry at Qian.

"Crown Princess, if I don't mention it briefly today, if there is an accident in the future, it will definitely involve today's incident." Qian knelt down and said.

"What do you mean?" Su Yuefei asked with a frown.

"Crown Princess, didn't you notice that Madam Xiao immediately lost face when Minghui mentioned the matter of listening to music today? This shows that she didn't know about these things." Qian said.

Su Yuefei glanced at Yang next to her and said, "Haha, so it's because of this matter. She is a scheming woman. I thought Yi'er...Okay, you can get up."

"This princess is really going too far. She knows Huan'er is still pregnant, and she will definitely be angry again." Yang said.

"That's their business, as long as it has nothing to do with us." Qian stood up, patted the dust off her knees and said.

"You are the most meticulous. Let's go and see how the dinner preparations are going. Where is Tao Baiwan?" Su Yuefei looked around again and asked.

"I don't know. I haven't seen her since I left the room." Yang Sizheng said.

Xiao Yi sat beside Lin Qinghuan's bed, holding her hand and looking at her.

"What did they talk about in the inner courtyard just now?" Xiao Yi asked.

"We were too far away and didn't hear it." Chu Xia said from the side.

"After entering the inner courtyard, it was inconvenient for the two of us to follow, so we waited outside the courtyard." Yun Xiang said, "But I suspect it has something to do with the eldest princess. The young lady was happy when she entered, but later when she went to appreciate the flowers with the concubine, she had a gloomy face."

"Okay, I got it. You two can go down first." Xiao Yi already knew that his wife would be very difficult to coax again.

Lin Qinghuan's slightly closed eyes trembled twice, and the pair of small hands that Xiao Yi was holding also stretched and contracted twice.

"Huan'er?" Xiao Yi called softly.

Lin Qinghuan slowly opened her eyes, and what came into view was Xiao Yi's handsome face. Lin Qinghuan frowned and wanted to get up, but Xiao Yi quickly reached out and helped her up.

"What's wrong with me?" Lin Qinghuan asked, holding his forehead. He hadn't felt so anxious for a long time.

"Silly girl, why are you eating that hazelnut cake if you are allergic to hazelnuts?" Xiao Yi asked, touching her head.

"I don't remember when I ate it." Lin Qinghuan's mind was in a mess, and he certainly didn't remember eating a whole piece in a daze.

"Are you still feeling uncomfortable now?" Xiao Yi asked with concern as he looked at the red rashes on Lin Qinghuan's arms.

"Much better, but my chest is still a little anxious, you..."

When Lin Qinghuan looked up at Xiao Yi, she suddenly remembered that he had been lying to her about having a secret relationship with Tao Baiwan, and that they had even gone to listen to music together, so she became a little angry.

"Well, what's wrong?" Xiao Yi asked.

"It's okay. If you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I want to go home." Lin Qinghuan said with a serious face.

"Huan'er, I'm fine. I'll go home with you." Xiao Yi said.

"It's understandable that I feel unwell after the banquet and have to go back home, but what's your excuse? I don't need you to accompany me, I have a maid." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Huan'er, if you are angry, just hit me." Xiao Yi said while grabbing Lin Qinghuan's little hand.

"I'm fine. I just feel unwell and want to go back. I don't want to burden my husband." Lin Qinghuan said casually.

"Huan'er..."