A life of ups and downs is pure joy

The chirping of summer cicadas in Qingbo Courtyard has unknowingly died down, and the refreshing air of early autumn is gradually arriving.

"Little fool, let me teach you how to play chess." Xiao Yi hugged Lin Qinghuan from behind and said affectionately.

"I know how to play. My older brother taught me since I was a child." Lin Qinghuan turned his head and said unconvincedly.

"That's because you are too stupid, Huan'er, little fool." Xiao Yi said.

"I'm not going to take the imperial examination, so why should I be so smart?" Lin Qinghuan said stubbornly.

"I just like the way you look stupid and clueless." Xiao Yi said lovingly.

"Husband, are you praising me or making fun of me? And why did you go to Huaying Pavilion to find me today? You didn't stay and you really hurt Sister Li's feelings." Lin Qinghuan thought of Li Jiaxin's lost look and felt a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong? Huan'er wants me to accompany another woman?" Xiao Yi pulled Lin Qinghuan back to sit on the couch.

"I don't hope so, but at the same time I feel sorry for Sister Li. I wish she and I weren't married. I really like her and the snacks she makes." Lin Qinghuan said, leaning on Xiao Yi's arms.

"Jiaxin is a good woman. She shouldn't have married me as a concubine. Now I can only give her wealth and prosperity for the rest of her life." Xiao Yi said.

"Then why don't you refuse? If you had stopped her from having this idea from the beginning, maybe she could have married into a family and become a legal wife now." Lin Qinghuan said unhappily, looking at the unfaithful man. He praised other people's good women, but in his heart he liked the bad woman Hu Tao Niang. Haha... men.

"She threatened her father with death, and my mother was soft-hearted and liked her, so she agreed. She would not disobey her parents' orders." Xiao Yi said.

"Ah, did she do that? I didn't even threaten my father with death..." Lin Qinghuan said halfway when he felt that he seemed to have said something inappropriate, so he quickly shut up.

"Why are you planning to threaten me with death?" Xiao Yi asked Lin Qinghuan while looking down at him.

She looked up at Xiao Yi's pair of serious and beautiful phoenix eyes, and then made a mouth-sealing gesture with her hands.

"What does this mean?" Xiao Yi asked curiously.

"Husband, you've really become stupid from reading too much. It's boring." Lin Qinghuan complained helplessly.

"Huan'er, you think I'm boring, right?" Xiao Yi asked expressionlessly.

"Ice face, my husband, if you don't smile, you will be as cold and serious as the ice chips in the coldest days of winter, which will make people feel discouraged." Lin Qinghuan stretched out her hand and lifted the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth, then laughed again.

"I'm only happy when I see you."

Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi, put her arms around his neck, and kissed Xiao Yi gently. The man was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and kissed the woman in his arms. Lin Qinghuan closed her eyes and kissed the man passionately intoxicated.

Lin Qinghuan suddenly asked while lying on Xiao Yi's body.

"Husband, why am I still not pregnant? We've been doing this every day... but there's no sign of pregnancy. When we go to the palace tomorrow, my aunt will definitely ask me again."

"You are still young, why are you in such a hurry? I want to take you on a long journey." Xiao Yi said, touching Lin Qinghuan's little head.

"I'm not in a hurry, but my mother is very anxious. Every two or three days, either Aunt Liu Rong or Liu Xi comes to take my pulse. Could it be that I really have a disease and can't get pregnant?" Lin Qinghuan sat up and said unhappily.

"How could that be? You are just young. Come here and give me a hug. Don't think about this anymore." Xiao Yi pulled Lin Qinghuan into his arms again, his hand touching her flat belly.

"By the way, husband, what did you mean by taking me on a long journey?" Lin Qinghuan asked while playing with Xiao Yi's fingers with her small hands.

"I'll take you to the northernmost part to play." Xiao Yi said.

"What place is that?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"There's a county bordering Dakun. There are a lot of delicious food there. You love to eat, right? I'll take you there to have a good meal." Xiao Yi kissed Lin Qinghuan on the forehead and said.

"Then when are we leaving? Just you and me? Nan'er will definitely insist on going with us." Lin Qinghuan put her arms around Xiao Yi's neck and asked him close to him. Now she also especially liked to be close to him.

"Let's go in late autumn and see how Nan'er is doing then. Don't consider her for now." Xiao Yi said.

"It would be fine if it's just me and my husband. Huan'er can serve my husband." Lin Qinghuan said shyly.

"You want to be with me only, right?" Xiao Yi asked Lin Qinghuan with a wicked smile.

"Now I feel very happy with my husband, and I am happy to see you every day." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Huan'er, I'm so happy to hear you say that."

"Then I will tell you every day in the future to be happy every day and stop scaring people with that icy face." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile while squinting his eyes.

"With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?" Xiao Yi murmured while hugging the person in his arms.

In the Red Lotus Pavilion, Walnut Mother cut her finger and pressed it on the yellow talisman, then stuck the talisman on a doll, and stabbed the doll with a long needle in her hand.

"I'm going to stab you to death, I'm going to stab you to death, you stinky girl, you ruined my good thing, you stole my husband, I'm going to stab you to death, I'm going to stab you to death." Hu Tao Niang's face was gloomy, and her charming little face became particularly ferocious at this moment.

Everyone in Qingbo Courtyard was busy cleaning up for the two masters early in the morning. Lin Qinghuan looked best in a white dress with a simple and elegant makeup. The beauty admired herself in the mirror. She was lucky to have such a beautiful appearance. Chuxia and Yunxiang were choosing hairpins for her when Xiao Yi walked over from the study.

"These vulgar people are not worthy of you."

"My husband, do you mean that Huan'er can only wear some velvet flowers?" Lin Qinghuan said to the man while looking at him in the bronze mirror.

"I once asked you what you wanted for your birthday, and now I can't wait to give it to you." He took out a small, exquisite box from his arms and said, "Open it and take a look."

"What is so mysterious?" Lin Qinghuan took the wooden box and opened it with a smile.

"What is this?" Lin Qinghuan had never seen a hairpin of this color before. It was a piece of nephrite inlaid with gold, and the light blue in the middle was unknown.

"This is called Mermaid's Tears. I originally wanted to make it into a necklace for you, but after thinking about it, I think it would be more suitable for you if it was made into a hairpin." Xiao Yi took out the hairpin and inserted it into Lin Qinghuan's bun.

"Mermaid tears sound so beautiful. What is this light blue thing?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"These are mermaid tears, you little fool."

"Are there really mermaids in the world? Where are they?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"I don't know if anyone has seen it."

"Young Madam, this hairpin is so beautiful." Yun Xiang couldn't help but sigh after looking at it carefully for a long time.

Lin Qinghuan also thought it was very beautiful. She kept touching it with her hands, and her little face was full of joy.

"Brother and sister-in-law, haven't you finished cleaning up yet?" Xiao Qiannan shouted in the yard.

Xiao Yi pulled Lin Qinghuan out of the inner room, and Xiao Qiannan also looked at Lin Qinghuan for a long time.

"Sister-in-law, you look so beautiful. Princess Dakun must be unhappy again today." Xiao Qiannan stepped forward and said, "What is this? Mermaid Tears?"

"Nan'er also knows about this thing?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"This piece of nephrite contains the legendary mermaid tear, the only one in the world. Where did it come from, sister-in-law?" Xiao Qiannan looked at it carefully again with curiosity, confirming that it was the one she had seen in the book before. Seeing Lin Qinghuan looking at Xiao Yi shyly, she ran over and shook Xiao Yi's arm and said, "Big brother, when can you love Nan'er too? I also want to be unique in the world."

"You have a unique sister-in-law." After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he pulled Lin Qinghuan out of Qingbo Courtyard. Xiao Qiannan stomped his feet anxiously behind him, then chased after him while shouting "Big Brother".

In the front hall, Hu Taoniang and Li Jiaxin had also packed up and been waiting for a long time. Today was the wedding of Ning Junze and Princess Dakun Fan Yitang. Xiao Bowen had already gone there with his wife Liu Ji, concubine Chen Yun, and illegitimate son Xiao Fan and the female relatives.

Xiao Fan had been traveling back and forth between Jinhan and the city for the past few years, handling matters assigned to him by Xiao Bowen and Xiao Yi. His wife, Zhang Lijun, and several concubines remained in Jinhan, so until now, Lin Qinghuan had only met this brother-in-law once, on the day Xiao's grandmother returned home.

"The young lady is as graceful as a startled swan from outer space, and the lotus cannot shame her beauty. Such an elegant and simple white dress gives the illusion of a slender waist and a jade belt dancing in the sky. This hairpin is even more unique. Looking at it this way, we are too inferior." Li Jiaxin said after completing the ceremony.

"You like to tell the truth." Xiao Yi looked at her with appreciation and said. Seeing this, Hu Taoniang also walked over with a smile.

"Of course I don't have the literary talent of Sister Li. I only know that the young lady is just like a fairy who has descended to the mortal world."

"If you two sisters keep talking like this, I'll be too dazed to go out." Lin Qinghuan blushed a little at the praise from the two women.

"Let's go!" Xiao Qiannan urged Lin Qinghuan while holding her arm.

After all, it was the wedding of the favored Fourth Prince Ning Junze and Princess Dakun, so the excitement was almost excessive.

Lin Qinghuan also separated from Xiao Yi and took Xiao Qiannan and two concubines to the women's residence in the inner courtyard.

"Huan'er, come here quickly." He Su and Lin Qinghuan's aunt Zhou Ying waved and shouted at Lin Qinghuan.

"Mother, aunt." Lin Qinghuan stepped forward and bowed.

The two cousins, Zhang Xiaolei and Zhang Xiaoyun, also held Lin Qinghuan's hands and bowed.

"It's so lively today! Why can't I see Sister Qingyi?" Xiao Qiannan asked after looking around in the crowd.

"How could she be reluctant to come when it's so lively? Who knows, she might be going somewhere else to compete with others." He Su also looked around and said.

"Then I'll go look for her." After saying that, Xiao Qiannan left her three sisters-in-law and plunged into the crowd.

"Huan'er, let me take a closer look at your hairpin." He Su said softly.

"I'll take it off and let mother take a closer look." Lin Qinghuan took it off while tilting his head.

"These are mermaid tears! They were said to be with the Sixth Princess of Dayan years ago, so why are they here with Huan'er now?" He Su said curiously.

"Isn't it the Sixth Prince's Consort?" Lin Qinghuan looked at He Su and didn't continue. He Su nodded and interrupted Lin Qinghuan, "Is this a gift from Yi'er?"

"Well, my husband said it was a gift for Huan'er's eighteenth birthday." Lin Qinghuan said shyly.

"He treats you very well. Come on, let's go to the inner room and have some tea and snacks. The imperial concubine can't come today, so she asked me to entertain the women in this courtyard. You guys should help me a little. Mo'er is already very busy." He Su said, pulling Lin Qinghuan.

Li Jiaxin also followed, but Hu Taoniang's eyes were always fixed on Lin Qinghuan's hairpin. She just felt it was so strange that Xiao Yi actually gave her such a precious and rare thing, and she felt resentful and aggrieved.

"Sister Li, do you know all these female relatives?" Lin Qinghuan stood there with a sad face, looking at the female relatives that He Suhua had assigned her to greet.

"I do know quite a few of them, but I've only met them with my husband on various occasions and we've never spoken." Michelle Reis said softly. It was impossible for Hu Taoniang to know them all, but she had to follow Lin Qinghuan all the time.

"I don't dare to go up and talk to her. Can you go and greet Sister Hu first while I call Nan'er over?" Lin Qinghuan asked pitifully.

"Ah? Young Madam, we...we are not suitable, right?" Michelle Reis grabbed Lin Qinghuan who was trying to escape.

"Okay, dear sister, just hold on for a while, I'll go call Nan'er." Lin Qinghuan patted Li Jiaxin's shoulder and said, Hu Taoniang glanced at the two of them and sneered.

"Then Madam, please come back soon!" Li Jiaxin nodded and said, then she saw her step forward and start chatting with the female relatives.

Lin Qinghuan took the opportunity to quickly walk into the yard to look for Xiao Qiannan, specifically looking for her in a busy place.

"See that woman in white?"

"Who is that?" The two men stopped to talk, their eyes fixed on Lin Qinghuan who was busy running around the yard looking for Xiao Qiannan.

"Yulan's daughter." said the man in gray. The man in white looked at him in surprise, then looked at the white figure.

"Yulan's child is... so big now." Dong Yuange looked at the little girl who was running towards him in a panic from a distance. Her face was exactly the same as Zhang Yulan's back then.

Lin Qinghuan looked at the two elders who were about the same age as his uncle in surprise, stopped to greet them, and then hurriedly took small steps to continue looking for Xiao Qiannan.

"This child..." Dong Yuange couldn't help but stagger a few steps towards Lin Qinghuan.

"It's exactly the same as Magnolia." Chen Zheyuan, the Right Deputy Censor of the Censorate, said.

Dong Yuange stared at Lin Qinghuan's back for a long time without saying a word. "This child should be eighteen now. Is he married?"

"Hmph! Lin Mutang is good at choosing a son-in-law. Her current husband is Xiao Yi, the Grand Secretary of Jinglin University." Chen Zheyuan snorted and then pulled Dong Yuange away.

Lin Qinghuan searched several courtyards but didn't see Xiao Qiannan and Lin Qingyi, so he had no choice but to go back. After all, he had left the mess to Li Jiaxin.

"Where did these two girls go? We've searched everywhere in the inner and outer courtyards." Yun Xiang ran over to meet Lin Qinghuan and said.

"Qinghuan." When she reached the vase archway, Lin Qinghuan looked up and saw Ning Sijue calling her.

"Sixth Prince, have you seen Nan'er?" Lin Qinghuan stepped forward and asked.

"Sister Nan'er and your fourth sister are playing archery in Yuqing Garden." Ning Sijue helped Lin Qinghuan up and said softly.

"No wonder I couldn't find the two of them. I never thought they loved such a lively place. Then where is Yuqing Garden?" Lin Qinghuan asked. Looking at Ning Sijue's eyes always reminded her of her husband. The same phoenix eyes were inherited from Empress Xiao.

"I'll take you there. I have something to give you." Ning Sijue took out a small brocade bag from his pocket.

"What is this and why are you giving it to me?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"It's your eighteenth birthday. I can't go that day, so I'm giving you the gift in advance." Ning Sijue took Lin Qinghuan's arm and put the brocade bag in her hand.

"Sixth Prince, this..." Lin Qinghuan looked at him somewhat bewilderedly.

"Keep it. Open it and see if it suits your taste. It's not something valuable." Ning Sijue said with a smile. Yun Xiang kept looking at Ning Sijue, then lowered his head and smiled shyly.

Lin Qinghuan curiously opened the brocade bag, and inside was a piece of scented ink. Lin Qinghuan smiled brightly, "Okay, then I'll accept it. Thank you, Sixth Prince."

"Let's go."