A life of ups and downs is pure joy

While Lin Qinghuan was returning to the Lin Mansion, Hu Tao Niang stood at the door waiting for Xiao Yi.

"Husband, you haven't visited Tao'er for a long time. Have you really forgotten Tao'er completely?" Hu Tao Niang said aggrievedly when she saw Xiao Yi stepping into the Xiao Mansion.

"How could that be? I've just been too busy lately." Xiao Yi patted Hu Tao Niang's hand that was holding his arm and said.

"My dear husband, would you like to go to the Red Lotus Pavilion to have a cup of tea to cool off? Tao'er has learned a new dance recently." Hu Taoniang looked at Xiao Yi eagerly and said.

Xiao Yi looked at her, then smiled and nodded.

Hu Taoniang smiled flatteringly, happily took Xiao Yi's arm and went to Honglian Pavilion. Da Yuan followed behind her and looked back at the door. He guessed that the young lady should be back soon.

In the Red Lotus Pavilion, Hu Tao Niang was wearing a transparent gauze dress, dancing for Xiao Yi with every frown and twist of her body. The man held the cup with his slender fingers and looked at the sexy and charming woman thoughtfully, with a smile on his lips.

The carriage stopped in front of the Xiao Mansion. Xiao Qiannan jumped out of the carriage and then reached out to help Lin Qinghuan.

"Sister-in-law, remember to call me next time you go back to your mother's house. Mother Huang said she would make delicious food for me." Xiao Qiannan said happily.

"Nan'er, do you think my mother's family is fun?" Lin Qinghuan reached out and lifted Xiao Qiannan's hair that was tangled together by sweat and asked.

"It's fun, Brother Ancai is very funny." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Is it just him?" Lin Qinghuan asked deliberately.

"Sister Qingyi is also very lively, but she always bullies Brother Ancai. Sister Hongqi is very powerful with her dual swords. I wonder who will be more powerful if she competes with big brother." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Actually, the most fun place is not in Jinhan. Our Luofeng Marquis Mansion is ten times the size of the current one. There is also a huge lake in it. This season is a good time to catch fish. There is also a bamboo forest. My yard in Luofeng is much bigger than Suheju. Hongqi can play with dual swords happily. There is also a very good grandmother there. Alas, I haven't been back to Luofeng for a long time." Lin Qinghuan was originally happy, but became a little sad as he spoke.

"You miss Luo Feng. I'll accompany you back after I finish this." Xiao Yi came behind the two of them and continued Lin Qinghuan's words.

"Big brother, are you coming from Honglian Pavilion?" Xiao Qiannan asked with a frown, looking in the direction behind Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi nodded calmly.

"Hmph, sister-in-law doesn't like her. Brother, you are really hopeless." Xiao Qiannan looked at Lin Qinghuan and said angrily.

"I...???" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Qiannan in confusion, then looked at Xiao Yi, and kept shaking his head.

"I get it. You've had a crazy day. Go back to the yard and take a shower and rest. You smell of sweat." Xiao Yi buzzed Xiao Qiannan's head and drove her towards Mo Shuang Pavilion.

Xiao Qiannan grabbed her clothes and sniffed them as she walked, "Jinyun, do I stink?"

"No, the lady smells good. The young master is just joking with you!" The little girl also came forward and smelled it and said.

In the Red Lotus Pavilion, Hu Tao Niang sat at the table, feeling aggrieved and tugging at her handkerchief angrily.

She thought Xiao Yi would stay, but unexpectedly he said that it was time and the young lady would be back, so he left.

The maid Chunfeng beside him didn't dare to say much. Now the eldest master was really focused on the young lady.

As soon as the couple entered the house in Qingbo Courtyard, Xiao Yi grabbed Lin Qinghuan, who was about to go to the dressing table, and pulled her into his arms.

"Now that you have captured Nan'er, you are actually standing on your side to teach me a lesson?" Xiao Yi asked in a low voice.

"I didn't! Nan is a child who speaks without thinking. You are her brother and you don't know her temper!" Lin Qinghuan tried his best to explain.

"Nan'er is telling the truth. Don't you want me to go to other girls?" Xiao Yi asked while gently biting Lin Qinghuan's ear.

"It's so itchy, you...you stop teasing me." Lin Qinghuan's hair stood on end, and she wanted to break free from his arms.

"Then tell me, do you not want me to go to someone else's place?"

"They are your concubines, I... naturally I can't control you." Lin Qinghuan didn't know why she was really unhappy in her heart, but she still said it to save face.

"Huan'er, with just a word from you, I can send them all away." Xiao Yi said.

Lin Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him and asked, "They are already your concubines. Where are you sending them?"

"There are many villas, just send it to one of them to be raised. As long as you are happy, it's fine." Xiao Yi said.

"Did you do the same to Chang Le?" Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but ask.

"Chang Le, how do you know her?" Xiao Yi was a little surprised, then let go of Lin Qinghuan and asked.

"I... forget it, just pretend I never asked." Lin Qinghuan thought about why she asked so many questions about him, turned around and walked behind the screen.

Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan's back, smiled and chased after her. When he reached her, he picked her up.

"What are you doing? Put me down." Lin Qinghuan slapped him unhappily. This man was so annoying. He would suddenly pick her up at any time and she had no power to fight back.

"Huan'er, listen to me, Chang Le is just a musician in Leyinfang. Her musical attainments are higher than your third sister's, so I kept her here. I don't have any other intentions towards her." Xiao Yi put Lin Qinghuan on his lap and sat down and said.

"Then why did she go crazy because of you? How could you get away with it so cleanly when a woman became like this because of you?" Lin Qinghuan naturally didn't believe what Xiao Yi said. The two women said that Xiao Yi personally taught Chang Le to play the flute in the past.

"Huan'er, who told you this?" Xiao Yi asked in confusion.

"All the girls in Le Yin Fang know about it. I just sat there for a while and heard a lot about the owner's romantic affairs." Lin Qinghuan said, feeling a little aggrieved for some reason. Her husband turned out to be such a philandering person.

"Huan'er, I can't tell you everything about Leyinfang in detail, but you have to believe me, I have nothing to do with the women there. They are just musicians in my eyes." Xiao Yi said seriously. Lin Qinghuan looked at him with such sincerity that it didn't look like he was lying.

On the surface, Leyinfang trains musicians, but in reality, it sends these carefully trained women to the residences of the Donggong's gang members as concubines. On weekdays, Ning Jinyang and Xiao Yi would also bring these dignitaries to this dark area of pleasure and indulgence. Of course, Lin Qinghuan had no way of knowing all this.

"I just feel that she is rather pitiful. As a fellow woman, I feel pity for her. As for what you have to do, I don't care." Lin Qinghuan bit her lip and turned her face to the side. Xiao Yi's big hands restrained her body and she couldn't move, which annoyed her to death.

"Is this really what you really think?" Xiao Yi asked, pinching her chin.

"Of course... I've said before that I'm not a jealous and stingy mistress." Lin Qinghuan said stutteringly.

"But I hope you can be more stingy." Xiao Yi looked at her and said.

"You..." Lin Qinghuan looked at him with a strange feeling in her heart. It seemed that Xiao Yi was not that scary after all, and seemed to treat her well. "Then don't take concubines in the future. I don't want my husband to have as many concubines as my father."

"From now on, you will be enough for me." Xiao Yi scratched Lin Qinghuan's nose and said, then hugged her tightly again.

Lin Qinghuan, who was sticking to Xiao Yi, had her heart beating very fast at this moment. She was a little afraid of her current thoughts. Why did she start to care about this man? She clearly loved Gong Heyu deeply in her heart.

"You want to go back to Luo Feng, right?" Xiao Yi asked Lin Qinghuan to sit on the stool next to him. Lin Qinghuan also felt that the stool was much more comfortable than sitting with his legs spread out.

"I have never been back since I entered Jinhan at the age of thirteen." Lin Qinghuan said a little disappointedly.

"Wait a few days, I will take you home and bring your grandmother and sisters over." Xiao Yi pinched Lin Qinghuan's face and said lovingly.

"Really?" Lin Qinghuan asked Xiao Yi with a smile on her face.

"How could my husband lie to you, silly girl?" Xiao Yi said gently.

The two smiled at each other.

Qingyin Hall.

"It is said that Yi'er went to Honglian Pavilion, but did not stay. Aunt Hu got very angry and punished several maids." Liu Rong said while scraping Liu Ji's shoulders.

"Hmph... What's the situation with the old lady now?" Liu Ji asked.

"Mrs. Chen went to the old lady's room yesterday and came out with a happy face. I heard that Mrs. Zhang is pregnant in less than three months." Liu Rong said.

"Is this true?" Liu Ji asked in surprise.

"The maid in Madam Zhang's room said that she hasn't had her period for several months." Liu Rong said with some reluctance.

"You should send more supplements to Yi'er's yard these days. Why is Huan'er's stomach still not moving?" Liu Ji started to get anxious again, sighing and groaning. "Do you think there's something wrong with Huan'er's body?"

"No, I took Huan'er's pulse and there is no problem. It's just a matter of time. It will happen sooner or later." Liu Rong comforted.

"When I think about the fact that Aunt Chen will come to tell me about this matter with a smile on her face when it's four months old, and I have to greet her with a smile, I feel unbalanced. Please ask Yi'er to come to my yard later." Liu Ji became more and more unhappy as she spoke.

When Xiao Yi returned to Qingbo Courtyard from Qingyin Pavilion, Lin Qinghuan was sitting there playing the music sheet that Lin Qingwan had just given her.

"Girl, why don't the songs you play and the third lady play the same song?" Chu Xia asked curiously while sitting aside.

"Hahaha, Chuxia, you just take advantage of the young lady's good temper and say whatever you want." Yun Xiang, who was sitting aside, couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Really? Why is there such a big difference?" Lin Qinghuan asked himself in confusion, plucking the strings with his fingers.

"Miss, the third young lady has been practicing the piano since she was a child. You have thought about playing it a few times. It is very smart for you to have such a level." Chu Xia spoke again quickly.

"Yes, young madam, everyone has his or her own area of expertise." Yun Xiang also said.

"Is that so? But I still feel like I'm useless." Lin Qinghuan now felt more and more useless. Even though his third sister taught him so seriously, the piano he played was still useless. Even the maid who didn't understand music could hear it.

Xiao Yi stood at the door and heard the three girls chatting happily, so he went to the study. He took out a plate of documents, among which was a document about Chen Zhifu of Luofeng City.

On the day Fan Yitang entered Jinhan City, the Queen Mother and the concubines from all the palaces personally met with the legitimate princess from Dakun. Lin Qinghuan and Xiao Qiannan also went to watch the fun.

"This Fan Yitong is the most beloved eldest princess of the King of Dakun, and is given the title of Princess Zhenguo. I heard that she is completely different from other royal princesses. Most of the princesses in Dakun are from grasslands. This princess is an extremely good archer, but I don't know how good she is." Xiao Qiannan kept talking to Lin Qinghuan quietly.

"I heard that she is going to marry Fourth Brother?" Lin Qinghuan asked in a low voice in Xiao Qiannan's ear.

"Yes, the emperor is very fond of the fourth prince. I thought she would marry the sixth brother." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Maybe she's more suitable for my fourth brother's age." Lin Qinghuan said.

Empress Xiao looked at the two girls who were whispering to each other, and they patted each other to signal them to stop talking.

The moment Fan Yitang appeared, Lin Qinghuan felt the scent of grassland coming towards her, and she indeed felt like a grassland princess.

"Sister-in-law, she doesn't look like a princess, but more like a female general, just like your mother." Xiao Qiannan was referring to He Su.

"Princess Dakun is also very individual. If she were just an ordinary princess, she would definitely not be named the Princess Guardian of the Nation." Lin Qinghuan said.

The Queen Mother was in charge of receiving the Princess Dakun, while the Crown Prince, along with the Prince and Xiao Yi, went to meet the envoy and the general who escorted Princess Yitang, as well as the Second Prince Fan Ruoyu who came to escort the bride.

After sitting down, Fan Yitang looked around and his eyes stopped on Lin Qinghuan.

"She is not a princess, but Princess Changping of Dasheng." The maid stepped forward and replied.

Lin Qinghuan saw that the Imperial Concubine was also looking at Fan Yitang. After all, she was her future daughter-in-law, so she would definitely take a few more glances at her.

Lin Qinghuan thought that he had seen the appearance of his future wife earlier than Ning Junze. Unfortunately, in terms of appearance, it seemed that Princess Yitang was not worthy of his fourth brother. However, this woman must have something extraordinary and looked very special.

Empress Xiao was indeed powerful. Such a princess born from heaven was going to marry the son of her lifelong enemy, Noble Consort Wei, but she remained calm and acted like a virtuous queen, without showing any displeasure at all. If Lin Qinghuan had not known about this in advance, she would have thought that the one to be married was Ning Sijue, the sixth son of Empress Xiao.

"Sister-in-law, Princess Dakun is quite pitiful. She has to marry so far away, and she may not be able to return to her motherland in the future." Xiao Qiannan looked at Fan Yitang's back as she left, and said to Lin Qinghuan behind her.

"Princesses have always had this fate since ancient times. She is still lucky. Her fourth brother is handsome, has a good temper, and the house is clean." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Hmph, you are not stingy at all in praising the Fourth Prince, but what about my eldest brother? Why doesn't he ever listen to my sister-in-law praising him?" Xiao Qiannan was a little unhappy that Lin Qinghuan was so close to Ning Junze.

"He...he's also pretty good." Lin Qinghuan said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Forget it, I don't expect you to say anything nice." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Are you going back home or what?" Lin Qinghuan asked her anxiously.

"I still have some things to do. Sister-in-law, do you want to go home first or go to the East Palace to wait for your elder brother?" Xiao Qiannan asked.

"I won't wait for him. I want to go to the Jia Mansion." Lin Qinghuan and Xiao Qiannan walked out of the palace, waved goodbye, and went their separate ways.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at Hong Qi in the distance, then got on the carriage. Hong Qi walked towards Xiao Qiannan.