A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Mother wants to hold her grandson every day. Huan'er, do you want to give birth to a child for your husband?" Xiao Yi suddenly asked in Lin Qinghuan's ear.

"Ah?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi shyly, her face turning red again.

"Huan'er, you are so cute when you are shy." After saying that, Xiao Yi carried the person in his arms to the bed.

"It's still early..." Lin Qinghuan said embarrassedly as he looked at Xiao Yi who was approaching him.

"It just so happens that I've been worried that it's too dark at night and I can't see your shy look clearly." Xiao Yi stretched out his hand and gently pulled, and the belt around Lin Qinghuan's waist loosened, and the thin top slid down to her shoulders, revealing the white bellyband underneath.

Lin Qinghuan helplessly looked at the man in front of her who was ready to torture her to death at any time. She had never imagined that he had such strong energy.

"Huan'er, you taste so tempting." Xiao Yi lowered his head and kissed the woman under him, his mind starting to feel confused again. To him, she was as addictive as a poppy. Every time he got close to her, he wanted to eat her up.

Lin Qinghuan closed her eyes and felt Xiao Yi kissing her. She didn't know when she began to enjoy being so intimate with him. The shy feeling was slowly replaced by anticipation. Her little hands couldn't help but hug the man's strong neck and back, just wanting to get closer to him.

"Ah..." As the man explored and approached further, Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but moan.

"Huan'er, do you like me kissing you like this?"

"I like...ah...husband...you..." Lin Qinghuan felt that as the man's speed increased, she began to feel dizzy. There was a strange joy in her body that was infinitely magnified until she could no longer control it, as if her whole body was pricked by thorns, numb, painful and itchy.

"Huan'er, your voice is so beautiful."

The maids outside heard the constant panting and moaning coming from the room, and they all blushed and lowered their heads, not daring to listen carefully.

Early the next morning, Lin Qinghuan saw that Xiao Yi had gone to court, so he asked Yun Xiang to call Shu Yin to Qingbo Courtyard.

"Young Madam." The red on Shuyin's forehead had not yet faded. She kowtowed to Lin Qinghuan again, then knelt and looked at her.

"Let me ask you, why do you want to attack Madam Hu?" Lin Qinghuan asked directly.

"Pan Yao, no, Madam, it was Madam Hu who came to look for me. She said...she asked me to serve in your yard and tell her everything that happened in Luoyi Pavilion. So when I saw your arm, I told her the first time." Shuyin said.

"You're lying. I heard that it was Hu Tao Niang who took the position that should have belonged to you. How could you still listen to her? Shouldn't you hate her?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her seriously and said.

"I do hate her, but..." Shuyin looked up at Lin Qinghuan, hesitant to speak.

"But what is it? Just tell me. There is only you and me here." Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Young Madam, I... dare not say it." Shuyin's expression was very embarrassed.

"Did she tell you that if you come to serve in my yard, you can see the eldest master you have been thinking about every day? If you become my maid, when I get pregnant in the future, you will have the opportunity to serve my husband, right?" Lin Qinghuan said coldly.

"I deserve to die, Madam. I was blinded by greed and had a stupid brain!" Shuyin didn't expect that Lin Qinghuan was not a stupid woman. She was so scared that she knelt on the ground.

"Shuyin, when I was a child, there was a maid in my yard named Ginkgo. One time, she took advantage of her master's drunkenness and climbed onto a bed she shouldn't have been on. When my grandmother found out, she broke both her legs and was thrown on the farm to fend for herself. This is the rule of our Lin Mansion. I wonder how your Xiao Mansion will deal with such a servant?" Lin Qinghuan stood up, walked to Shuyin, stretched out his hand to lift the chin of the trembling maid and asked.

"Young Madam, if Bai Tao hadn't come and bewitched me with a few words, I wouldn't have dared to do it even if I had ten times the courage! Wuuuuuuuuu..." Shuyin cried in despair. Only then did she realize that the person she was facing was her master.

"Bai Tao should be her name when she was a maid, right?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Yes, young madam." Shuyin nodded.

"I'm very curious why it was she who took over from you. Aren't you the one that grandma loves the most?" Lin Qinghuan returned to his seat and sat down.

There was grievance and embarrassment in Shuyin's eyes.

"At that time, the old lady asked me to grind ink and make tea for the eldest young master every day. She said that among the four maids, I was the most considerate and sensible, and could serve the eldest young master well. The mistress also acquiesced to the old lady's thoughts and agreed to let me go in and out of Qingbo Courtyard to serve the eldest young master who was only seventeen years old at that time. Everything was going smoothly at first. One day, Bai Tao found me and said that if the eldest young master took a fancy to me in the future, she begged me to take her with me as my personal maid. She tried to please me every day. In addition, the other two sisters were unwilling to give in and were very cold to me, so I trusted her more and more. Until that day, I drank the tea she made for me and started to have diarrhea. I had to urinate constantly. How could I have the nerve to serve the eldest young master? At that time, the person I trusted the most was her, so I let her serve me for a few days, but... but she was born with a charming appearance, and just like that, she became the eldest young master's first concubine. Although the mistress did not like her, the eldest young master liked her, and the old lady liked her too." Shuyin was full of hatred when she talked about this past event.

Lin Qinghuan was a little surprised, and also felt a little sorry for this woman, because she was so obsessed with Xiao Yi that she was now twenty-four or twenty-five years old, but was unwilling to leave home and get married.

"Do you think the eldest master still likes you now? Do you have the chance to serve him?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Young Madam, I know these are all wishful thinking. The eldest young master has never even looked at me, but...but I really can't forget him. Even if I can just see him from afar every day, I will be satisfied." Shuyin knelt on the ground and cried desperately and helplessly. At this moment, she no longer knew what dignity was. She just wanted to cry out for all the grievances she had suffered over the years.

"Shuyin, you should be very familiar with the eldest young master's character, so why are you so obsessed with him?" Lin Qinghuan said.

"Young Madam, I know you are a good person. You haven't punished me since the incident happened, but I just want... I only have one wish left, which is to stay in the mansion. Please, Young Madam, please fulfill my wish! You can have someone disfigure me, or poison me to make me mute, or just leave me with a pair of eyes." Shuyin was afraid that Lin Qinghuan would drive her out of the mansion, so she began to kowtow again.

"If I keep you here, I won't destroy your appearance nor make you mute. You can still be a maid in Luoyi Pavilion, but I want you to be loyal to me." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Young Madam, I will. From now on, Shuyin will follow your lead." Shuyin looked at Lin Qinghuan with joy.

"Shuyin, what I want is not your verbal promise. You send Luancheng's brother to work in Luofenghou Mansion, or I will give you a sum of money and you leave Xiao Mansion from now on." Lin Qinghuan said.

Shuyin looked at Lin Qinghuan in horror, and suddenly realized that this young lady was not the simple and silly girl that Hu Taoniang had described her as. It was impossible for anyone except the old lady to know that her brother was in Luancheng.

Seeing that the girl didn't speak for a long time and stopped kowtowing, Lin Qinghuan prepared to get up and leave.

"Young Madam, the Marquis' Mansion is a good place. It can produce such a kind person like you. If my brother goes there, he will definitely have a good future." Shuyin raised her eyes and said, her eyes were no longer as helpless as before.

"You can go down." Lin Qinghuan waved his hand, and Shuyin got up and left Qingbo Courtyard.

Lin Qinghuan was so tired. Was Xiao Yi a fox spirit? Why were everyone from the young ladies to the maids going crazy or insane for him? How many bad romances would he have in the future?

"Chuxia, come back to my mother's house with me." Lin Qinghuan shouted as he walked out.

"Girl, are you going empty-handed?" Chu Xia hurriedly caught up and asked.

"Then you should quickly prepare something and take it with you." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Sister-in-law... I have prepared everything for you." Xiao Qiannan pushed open the door of Qingbo Courtyard. The maid at the door couldn't stop her and could only look at Lin Qinghuan nervously.

"What do you mean?" Lin Qinghuan walked over and looked at her in confusion.

"Sister-in-law, we are leaving for Luofeng tomorrow. You must go back today to discuss with Brother Tongancai and Sister Qingyi when we will set off together!" Xiao Qiannan said with a smile.

"We? Are you going too?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her in astonishment and asked.

"Sister-in-law, didn't you promise to take me to the river in the Marquis' Mansion to fish?" Xiao Qiannan said unhappily.

"I didn't say An Cai and Sister Yi would go?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"In the past, it was the eldest brother of the Lin family or the fourth prince who went to pick up Grandmother Lin and his younger brothers and sisters. Now, one of their wives is about to give birth and will be married soon, so only General Luo Feng can go. It just so happens that he has to go back to register as an official." Xiao Qiannan said.

Lin Qinghuan looked at her helplessly, then shook his head.

"Let's go, while it's still early, let An Cai and Fourth Sister get ready." After Lin Qinghuan finished speaking, Xiao Qiannan happily jumped forward and took her arm.

The two carriages slowly left Jinhan City. Hongqi and Dayuan rode their horses and led the way with soldiers dressed as servants. Dayuan looked up at the rising sun, feeling a little melancholy about the extremely hot weather along the way.

"Big brother, stop looking at me. It's scary." Xiao Qiannan really couldn't stand Xiao Yi who kept looking at her without saying anything.

"Please repeat what I told you at the mansion." Xiao Yi said.

"I've taken the position of my eldest sister-in-law's personal maid, so I have to serve my brother and sister-in-law well along the way, understand!" Xiao Qiannan said flatteringly while fanning the two of them diligently.

"Just give your sister-in-law a good fan." Xiao Yi said.

Xiao Qiannan quickly fanned Lin Qinghuan alone.

"Take a break. Your arms must be sore." Lin Qinghuan signaled Xiao Qiannan to stop. He raised his arm to open the carriage curtain to look at the scenery outside, feeling happy.

In the carriage at the back, Lin Ancai and Lin Qingyi were sitting inside and taking a nap. They had gotten up early and were now very sleepy.

However, after a rest at noon, only Lin Qinghuan and Xiao Yi were left in the carriage. Xiao Qiannan took the opportunity to go to the carriage of Lin Qingyi and Lin Ancai at the back, so Lin Ancai could only ride the horse with Hong Qi.

"Why don't you ride in a carriage with your brother and sister-in-law instead of joining us for fun?" Lin Qingyi asked curiously, looking at the eldest daughter of the Xiao family.

"My brother and sister-in-law are so affectionate that I feel more and more embarrassed sitting next to them. I feel more comfortable with you guys." Xiao Qiannan said while eating the snacks and fruits made by Huang's mother, and from time to time she stretched out her arm to hand a cake to Lin Qingyi.

"Why are you so clingy to Qinghuan now? It's really strange." Lin Qingyi's intelligence and meticulousness made it impossible for her to discover Xiao Qiannan's little thoughts. She just thought that the eldest lady of the Xiao family was a weird girl who liked to be familiar with everyone.

Lin Qinghuan and Xiao Yi's carriage was not as lively as the ones behind, and the two of them spoke in low voices.

"Why did Nan'er just sit there after getting some pastries? Is she blaming you for being too aggressive?" Lin Qinghuan said.

"No matter how fierce I am, she has never been afraid of me. She's just very lazy and can't stand waiting on others for the whole morning." Xiao Yi knew Xiao Qiannan's temper too well.

"This carriage is so spacious, why don't you ask me to bring Chuxia with me?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi strangely.

"Because I just want to be with you alone." Xiao Yi pulled Lin Qinghuan closer to him and said.

"Since I was a child, I have always had maids to help me dress and wash. Now that Chuxia is gone, who will serve you and me?" Lin Qinghuan asked with some resentment.

"Huan'er, shouldn't you be the one learning to serve your husband?" Xiao Yi asked deliberately.

Lin Qinghuan pouted and looked up at him unhappily, it seemed that this was what he was planning.

Xiao Yi looked at her, then reached out and touched her little face, "If that doesn't work, I'll serve you."

Lin Qinghuan looked at this arrogant young man and couldn't help but smile, "If you know how to serve others, even a sow should be able to climb a tree."

"Are you happy?" Xiao Yi saw that Lin Qinghuan was now joking with him, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Yeah, I'm happy and looking forward to it." Lin Qinghuan nodded.

"Are you sleepy? Come and lie in my arms for a while." Xiao Yi hugged Lin Qinghuan into his arms without saying anything and asked her to lean on him.

Lin Qinghuan was too tired to complain about this clingy monster. He really didn't mind the heat, but looking at the big bucket of ice in front of him, he felt quite cool. If someone fanned him, he would be more comfortable. Thinking about it, he actually fell asleep.

Xiao Yi heard the breathing of the person in his arms, and bent down to kiss her fair and beautiful face.

I never thought that I would like a woman so much before.

After resting in Donglin County, the group set off towards Luofeng again. Xiao Qiannan still stayed in Lin Qingyi's carriage, while Lin Ancai was riding a horse outside and talking to Lin Qingyi.

"I think there's something wrong with the sky. It looks like it's going to rain heavily." Lin Ancai said. At the same time, Hong Qi and Da Yuan, who were in the front, also frowned and looked up at the sky.

"It will be cooler only if it rains. I'm almost dying of heat. It's amazing that this young lady can still sleep." Lin Qingyi speechlessly glanced at Xiao Qiannan who insisted on sleeping on her.

"She seems to be sleeping soundly." Lin Ancai said after taking a glance.

"Ancai, look out ahead to see if there are any temples or farms that can shelter us from the rain. It's so hot and stuffy it looks like it's going to rain." Lin Qinghuan lifted the carriage curtain and shouted to Lin Ancai who was riding a horse behind him.

"I know, sister."