The day her husband welcomed the time-traveling girl into the house, she woke up

Ning Jin was slightly stunned.

He had a hunch that Li Jin asked that question on purpose to test him.

Then he realized that Li Jin wasn't the type to test him with that kind of words, so he lowered his voice and asked instead, "Is there any special reason?"

This is what Li Yan wanted to ask.

So after Ning Jin finished asking, Li Yan looked at his elder brother without blinking.

The rule in their family rules that 'Men cannot take concubines or mistresses, and women cannot marry men who have concubines or mistresses' was added by their father!

Why would Big Brother ask Ning Jin that at this moment?

But Li Jin did not answer for a long time under their anxious gazes.

When he finally spoke, he only said, "I can't tell you the reason right now."

Ning Jin was silent for a moment, then finally said, "If I don't know the reason, I can't give an answer. And if there wasn't a compelling reason to do so, I would never do it, because that would definitely cause me to lose Shushu! Even though the Emperor might never agree to my divorce from Shushu, she would never forgive me for doing that!"

Li Jin sighed secretly, "Then wait until the time comes when you have to do so, and see if your father will explain the reason to you. Of course, what to do then is up to you to decide."

Ning Jin was even more concerned.

But after Li Jin finished speaking, he glanced at Li Yan, then jumped on his horse and left.

Li Yan patted Ning Jin on the shoulder, jumped on his horse and followed.

Along the way, he wanted to stop Li Jin and ask him clearly.

But he knew Li Jin's character too well.

As long as Li Jin doesn't want to talk, no one can pry Li Jin's mouth open.

After returning to the General's Mansion and handing the horse to the guards at the gate, he couldn't help but pull Li Jin, "Brother, if the time comes when you say you have to do that, and Ning Jin really does what you and father want, and Xiaoshu will never forgive Ning Jin and us, then..."

"No, Xiaoshu has been very considerate since she was young. She will understand us one day."

Li Jin spoke before Li Yan finished speaking.

Li Yan wanted to say that that was the Xiaoshu of the past, but the Xiaoshu of today was obviously different from before.

But he didn't say it out loud. He just asked again, "Is it worth taking such a big risk for Yu'er?"

This time, Li Jin did not speak immediately.

After a long while, he sighed deeply and said, "Whether it's worth it or not is up to my father to decide."

Li Yan frowned repeatedly, but in the end he didn't say anything or ask anything.

Judging from the eldest brother's expression, no matter how much he asked, the eldest brother would not say more to him.

He couldn't get anything out of his elder brother, let alone his father!

Afterwards, they went to the main courtyard together, preparing to have lunch with Li Yunzhi, Li Shen and Li Xing.

However, just as they reached the door of Li Yunzhi's room, they saw Li Shen slamming the table and angrily saying, "Why didn't I realize before that our good sister was so capable! She actually found a way to convince the Grand Princess to adopt her as her granddaughter!"

The eldest princess wants to adopt Xiaoshu as her granddaughter?

Li Jin and Li Yan were both very surprised.

Li Jin didn't show any surprise on his face, but Li Yan was so shocked that he immediately stepped into the room and asked, "What's going on? Why did the Grand Princess suddenly want to adopt Xiao Shu as her granddaughter?"

Li Shen looked at him and said, "What else could it be? It must be our good sister who's throwing a tantrum because father wants to adopt Yu'er as his goddaughter. I don't know what tricks she used to get the Grand Princess to agree to adopt her as her granddaughter. Then she can pretend she really wants to sever ties with us to manipulate father and force him to compromise with her! And the Grand Princess is quite cooperative with her. She even set the date for adopting her as her granddaughter to coincide with the day father wanted to adopt Yu'er as his goddaughter! Just this morning, no less than ten people wrote to tell father that they had to go to the Grand Princess's residence for a banquet that day and couldn't come to our General's residence!"

After hearing this, Li Yan didn't say a word for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xing spoke quietly, "Didn't our good sister sell all of her dowry from Tongxin Garden to the Grand Princess? Is it possible that she didn't sell it to the Grand Princess at all, but gave it to her? So not only did the Grand Princess agree to adopt her as her granddaughter, but she also deliberately set the date on the same day to help her control us and Ga Yingyu'er?"

"I think it's very possible!"

Li Shen's tone became even more angry.

Li Yan glanced at him and said, "Although the dowry that Mother bought for Xiaoshu is very valuable, who is the Grand Princess? Is she the kind of person who would be moved by such a small thing?"

"Second brother, that's not just a little bit! It's a lot! When I went to the teahouse yesterday, I heard several people in the teahouse who saw the eldest princess leading people to move things out of the Dingbei Marquis Mansion that day say that the things they saw at that time were worth at least 100,000 taels of silver! If you add those things that were moved out in the boxes, and the things they didn't see, I don't know how much silver it is! Although I don't envy Xiaoshu's things, when I heard those people talking, I thought about how mother didn't leave us anything, and I felt more or less sad..."

After Li Xing finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it in one gulp.

Li Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Their mother really left them nothing.

But before their mother passed away, she had told them more than once that they were three years older than Xiaoshu and had enjoyed three more years of their mother's care and companionship than Xiaoshu, so in the future they must give in to Xiaoshu in every way and protect her...

and many more!

Li Yan's heart skipped a beat.

He hadn't thought about what his mother said for a long time.

And when he occasionally thought about it in the past, he never felt anything wrong.

But at this moment, he remembered his mother's words for the first time in a long time, and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

It's like...

It seemed as if my mother already knew she wouldn't live long...

After all, common sense says that Xiaoshu will get married when she grows up, and even after they get married and have children, they will live with their father and mother for many years. If you really count it, the days they have their mother's care and companionship are more than three years longer than Xiaoshu!

At this moment, Li Yunzhi sighed deeply and said, "Let's eat first."

In this way, until after dinner, Li Yan was still secretly thinking about the feeling of incongruity.

But he decided not to tell anyone.

Because it was very likely that he was just overthinking it.

Then, after the servants came to clear the table and served them tea, he told them that Xie Yu liked Ning Jin and had kissed Ning Jin to test his feelings.

Li Yunzhi didn't show any surprise, but his expression became a little more serious.

But Li Shen and Li Xing were completely stunned.

After a while, when they came to their senses, they turned to look at each other in tacit understanding and spoke one after another.

"So Xiaoshu may have noticed that Yu'er has fallen in love with her brother-in-law a long time ago?"

"Is that why she always makes things difficult for Yu'er behind our backs?"