A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Brother, why do you have to live in this villa all the time? Come back to the palace with me." Gong Kou Shi said as she circled around Gong Heyu.

"It's quiet here." Gong Heyu said as he flipped through the book in his hand.

"This is where the proton lived before. When I was a kid, I always saw him practicing sword outside." Gong Kou Shi said.

"Ah."

"Brother, you feel like you're in jail here. Come back with me. As long as you listen to father, he won't let anyone look at you like this." The Tailai Villa was surrounded by masters arranged by Gong Zheshan.

"..."

"Brother, please go back with me." Gong Kou Shi sat back next to Gong Heyu and said.

Gong Heyu glanced at her and continued reading the book in his hand.

"Brother, are you planning to stay in this cage forever? Are you going to ignore the girl you like?" Gong Kou Shi said.

"Huan'er's illness has healed."

"So you plan to hand her over to General Xiao's eldest son, right?" Gong Kou Shi said.

Gong Heyu closed the book in his hand, looked at Gong Kou Shi and asked.

"Who are you talking about Huan'er and?"

"Your former big brother Xiao Yi!"

"When did it happen?"

"They have been married for more than a year now, but they are just husband and wife in name only. I heard that Young Master Xiao doesn't like Miss Lin." Gong Kou Shi said.

"How do you know?" Gong Heyu looked straight at his sister who was born to the same mother.

"How can you still call it love when you have ignored such a beautiful wife for more than a year?" Gong Kou Shi said.

"When will you return home?" Gong Heyu looked at her and asked.

"Brother, is it true that the only person in this world who can move you is that girl from the Lin family?" Gong Kou Shi leaned over the table and looked at Gong Heyu and said, "Come here, respectfully invite the young prince back to the palace."

Ever since the camellia blossoms that day, Luoyi Pavilion has returned to its former tranquility, and Xiao Yi has never been here again.

"Girl, your paintings are becoming more and more vivid." Chu Xia was grinding ink for Lin Qinghuan while admiring her new masterpiece.

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and I don't want to use my hands." Lin Qinghuan put down his pen and took the hot water bottle handed to him by Li Xue.

"It's been very cold these days, and the wind is very strong outside. I guess it's going to snow." Yun Xiang lifted the windproof blanket at the door, poked his head in and said.

"The calligraphy and paintings that the young lady wanted are here." Lu Hua followed in with a bunch of things.

"Why did you take so much? Where did you buy it?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously while holding the hot water bottle.

"When I went shopping, I met the Sixth Prince and his servant. He actually recognized me. When he heard that I came to buy calligraphy and paintings for you, he said that as a thank you for picking up the jade pendant, he bought all these fine calligraphy and paintings and gave them to Madam Yu." Yun Xiang said as he placed the calligraphy and paintings on Lin Qinghuan's desk.

"Is it him? Then keep it for now." Lin Qinghuan really didn't expect it.

"I'm going back to see Dad tomorrow. Have you packed everything?" Lin Qinghuan asked Chuxia who was sewing next to her.

"Put it away." Chu Xia said, and then continued to mend clothes.

"Young Madam, are you going back by yourself?" Yun Xiang and Lu Hua couldn't help but look at Lin Qinghuan. The eldest master hadn't been here for almost two months.

"Of course not." Lin Qinghuan said strangely.

Yunxiang and Luhua smiled at each other.

"The four of you come back with me. Ask Yunxiang and Luhua to try Mother Huang's cooking, and the two of you clean up as well." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Young Madam... I thought you were going to look for the eldest young master." Yun Xiang muttered in a low voice in disappointment.

"Why should I look for him?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Yun Xiang puzzledly.

"Young Madam, don't you like the eldest young master?" Lu Hua asked curiously.

"Luhua, you're talking too much." Yun Xiang was startled and slapped the talkative girl, then pulled her down to kneel down.

"Young Madam, Luhua is ignorant. I hope you won't be angry with her because she has served you for more than a year." Yun Xiang said.

"Get up, I've always told you two not to kneel down so easily." After Lin Qinghuan said that, Chu Xia stepped forward and helped the two of them up.

"Your eldest son and I are husband and wife. Whether he likes me or not is not important to me or him." Lin Qinghuan now looks at her marriage with Xiao Yi with a little less concern. It's just a political marriage. Anyway, neither of us has our hearts set on each other, which is for the best. Maybe one day, Brother Yu will come back...

"Sister Yunxiang, I still don't quite understand this embroidery method." Seeing this, Chuxia called two maids over to save Lin Qinghuan from worrying.

The green plums in Suheju have blossomed, and the subtle fragrance is refreshing.

Lin Qinghuan was very comfortable at this time after returning to his home.

It wasn't even time for dinner yet, but Lin An came over with the snacks he bought from outside.

"Second sister didn't come back today?" Lin An saw that there were only Lin Qinghuan and Lin Qingyi sitting under a tree watching Hongqi playing with a knife in the yard.

"My second sister has something to do at home and won't be back until tonight." Lin Qinghuan said, then waved to her silly brother to come over.

"What's wrong?" Lin Ancai looked at Lin Qinghuan curiously and asked.

"An Cai, you have loved wielding swords and guns since you were young. Your sister will give you a gift." Lin Qinghuan gestured to Chuxia and Lixue to go into the house and get a sword with a pattern painted by Lin Qinghuan herself.

Lin Ancai opened the wooden box.

"Is this Qingmei?" Lin Ancai took out the sword in surprise. The scabbard was decorated with a plum blossom-shaped brocade pattern, the hilt was carved with the Lin Mansion's auspicious white tiger pattern, the sword head was in the shape of a Ruyi, and the words "Mei Ling" were engraved on the sword body.

"Mei Ling, what does this mean?" Lin Qingyi and Hong Qi also ran over to join in the fun and asked.

"Huan'er wants you to uphold the spirit of plum blossoms and your perseverance to turn decay into magic." Lin Yuzhi's voice came from behind.

"Big brother, fourth brother." Lin Qing happily turned around and looked at Lin Yuzhi and Ning Junze.

"What do you mean? Am I not your sister-in-law?" Ning Xiaoqi came over from behind Lin Yu and said to Lin Qinghuan unhappily.

"My sister-in-law is here too. You were hiding behind them. How could I see you?" Lin Qinghuan only then noticed that there was someone following behind.

"You...you did it on purpose. I've never heard you shout at me before." Ning Xiaoqi said unhappily, shaking Lin Yuzhi's arm.

"No, I didn't. It's just that my sister-in-law is stingy. She counts how many times I call you every day." Lin Qinghuan also became unhappy.

"Hmph." Ning Xiaoqi also turned away angrily.

"Huan'er, you must call your sister-in-law when you see her in the future. Don't be rude." Lin Yuzhi sat down and said to Lin Qinghuan.

Lin Qinghuan pouted and rolled her eyes at Lin Yuzhi in complaint.

"As Huan'er's sister-in-law, you don't love your younger sister, but compete with her every day, and now you are showing off." Ning Junze said to Ning Xiaoqi who was looking secretly happy.

"Fourth brother, you always speak for her and I will ignore you." Ning Xiaoqi glanced at Ning Junze and sat down angrily.

Two girls of similar age were sitting there getting angry with their respective brothers, while Lin Ancai and Lin Qingyi next to them were completely oblivious to the commotion and were happily studying Mei Ling.

Hong Qi glanced at Ning Junze and went back to her favorite pavilion.

"Miss, the Fifth Uncle is here." Li Xue came in from outside, carrying a pile of wood that Lin Qinghuan wanted. "I saw Da Yuan waiting outside the Marquis's study."

"Why is he here?" Lin Qinghuan stood up in surprise.

Everyone else looked at Lin Qinghuan strangely.

"What's so strange about your husband coming to look for you? Why such a big reaction?" Ning Xiaoqi muttered in surprise.

"I... I didn't react that much. You must have seen it wrong." Lin Qinghuan sat down again.

"Huan'er, doesn't Xiao Yi treat you well?" Ning Junze asked, looking at Lin Qinghuan's uneasy expression.

"No, Fourth Brother, he has never made things difficult for me." Lin Qinghuan looked at Ning Junze and said with a smile.

Seeing that everyone was staring at Lin Qinghuan, Chuxia took the wooden block that Lixue brought and said something.

"Girl, didn't you say you wanted to learn how to carve figurines for fun? Li Xue picked out all this wood. I don't know if this silly girl picked the right ones."

"Yeah, I almost forgot." Lin Qinghuan looked at Chuxia and smiled happily, then stood up and picked up the wood with Chuxia Lixue.

Yunxiang and Luhua were in the small kitchen, learning how to brew sweet rice wine from Mother Huang, and they were very busy.

"Carving these things is very tiring. Just tell me what you like and I'll buy it for you." Lin Yuzhi said to Lin Qinghuan.

"I want one too." Ning Xiaoqi said coquettishly, holding Lin Yuzhi's arm.

"Big brother, just buy it for your loved one. Anyway, you don't love Huan'er that much now." Lin Qinghuan was very vindictive.

"Hmph! So sarcastic." Ning Xiaoqi said angrily.

"Then Fourth Brother will buy it for you, do you want it?" Ning Junze asked.

"Yes, but I don't want big brother's." Lin Qinghuan squatted on the ground, turned his head and pouted, looking at Lin Yuzhi with a complaining look.

"It seems that Suheju doesn't welcome me." Lin Yuzhi said helplessly.

Lin Qinghuan suddenly felt like Xiao Qiannan. The person she loved most since she was a child was Lin Yuzhi. Now Lin Yuzhi could no longer treat her the same way as when she was a child. She felt a huge gap in her heart, so she had been sarcastically angry with Lin Yuzhi and Ning Xiaoqi. However, it was wrong for Xiao Qiannan to hit her and Chu Xia, so she still hated the brother and sister.

"Sixth Uncle." Following the maid's greeting, Lin Qinghuan looked up and saw Xiao Yi walking in. It had been almost two months since they last saw each other, so he looked a little unfamiliar.

"Your little yard is quite lively." Xiao Yi greeted Ning Junze and Lin Yuzhi, then looked down at Lin Qinghuan who was picking wood on the ground.

"Mother Huang made a lot of delicious food today, and everyone is here to enjoy it." Lin Qinghuan looked at him and said, then lowered his head to choose wood.

"What are you doing with all this wood?"

"Your wife is planning to be a carpenter." Ning Xiaoqi said as he sat there.

"Hmph." Lin Qinghuan snorted coldly when she heard Ning Xiaoqi's voice as usual. Then she picked two people who she felt could be used and stood up. Suddenly, her vision went dark and Xiao Yi reached out to support her.

"Maybe I've been squatting for too long. I'm fine. I'll be fine after a while." Lin Qinghuan said a little embarrassedly.

"I'll hold it for you." Xiao Yi reached out and took the wood from Lin Qinghuan's hand, then let her go.

"I didn't expect you to come today, and I don't know what you like to eat, but Yunxiang and the others are making sweet rice wine, you can try it." Lin Qinghuan said.

"You have been married for more than a year, and you don't even know what your husband likes to eat?" Ning Xiaoqi asked curiously.

“…” Lin Qinghuan could only roll his eyes and look at Ning Xiaoqi.

"I will go to the palace with my father-in-law later. I heard that you are back, so I came to see you." Xiao Yi said.

"I heard that she is back. You didn't even know that your wife went back to her parents' home!" Ning Xiaoqi sat there listening attentively to the two people talking, and occasionally remarked.

"Why do you worry so much?" Ning Junze reached out and pulled Ning Xiaoqi's face.

"It hurts, it hurts..."

"Aren't you staying for dinner?" Lin Qinghuan glanced at the brother and sister over there, then asked Xiao Yi awkwardly.

"Well, I'm going to the palace soon. You can live in Suheju for the next few days. I have to go out for some business tomorrow and I will be gone for at least half a month." Xiao Yi said in a low voice.

"You...Okay, I understand." Lin Qinghuan nodded in response.

"Then I'll go first. My father-in-law should be waiting for me in the front hall." Xiao Yi said, then said goodbye to the two idle people in the yard and left Suheju.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi's back.

"Oh, I won't accompany you anymore! Who told you not to even know that others like to eat... Why are you so happy?" Ning Xiaoqi was about to tease Lin Qinghuan, and then saw Lin Qinghuan turned around very happily.

"He said I can live in Suhe for quite some time." Lin Qinghuan said happily.

"Silly girl." Lin Yuzhi shook his head helplessly.

"Big brother, he said that daddy also entered the palace. What's going on?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"There's going to be a war in the west." Ning Junze said.

Lin Qinghuan was a little confused and nodded in confusion.

Lin Mo and Jia Xu arrived just in time for dinner. The Lin children all loved Mother Huang's cooking, so the food on the table was swept away in no time.

After dinner, Jia Xu and Lin Mo stayed to chat with Lin Qinghuan for a while.

"Sister Mo, is this how my life will be?" Lin Qinghuan leaned on Lin Mo's shoulder and watched Jia Xu and Lin Ancai practicing martial arts.

"Huan'er, what do you think of Xiao Yi?" Lin Mo asked.

"He, I don't know him. If he hadn't come to look for daddy today, we wouldn't have seen each other for two months." Lin Qinghuan said.

Lin Mo looked at her in surprise, with an incredible expression.

"Do you think my marriage is ridiculous? He knows that I have Brother Yu in my heart, so he doesn't want to come to see me. I feel very uncomfortable seeing him. I always feel very sorry for Brother Yu when I see him. Do you think he is living well in Dayan now? I miss him so much." Lin Qinghuan is not as crybaby as before, but her voice is getting sadder and sadder.

"Huan'er, I don't know how to persuade you, but the fact is that you have already married Xiao Yi, and life must go on. Sister hopes that you can live well in the present no matter what. You are only seventeen years old." Lin Mo lifted Lin Qinghuan's hair behind her ears and said softly.

"But I, I just can't forget him, and Xiao Yi doesn't like me either." Lin Qinghuan said aggrievedly.

"Huan'er, I would rather you marry Ning Junze. At least I believe he will treat you well." Lin Mo said with heartache.

"Sister Mo, every time we meet, I make you worry about me. Huan'er has never asked you until now, how are you and your brother-in-law?" Lin Qinghuan smiled, tried hard to hold back her tears, looked at Lin Mo and asked.

"Well, he is a very good person and is the right person to spend my life with." Lin Mo murmured as he looked at Jia Xu who was smiling happily in the distance.

"That's great." Lin Qinghuan looked at Lin Mo and hugged her tightly again.

"Huan'er, you are going to be an aunt." Lin Mo looked at Lin Qinghuan for a long time and said in a low voice.

"Aunt?" Lin Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Mo and smiled brightly.