A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

“Brother Ling, I saw Prime Minister Lou yesterday, and he is indeed ill. In this sweltering heat, he was covered with several layers of quilts, his face was pale and he had clearly lost a lot of weight!”

"Is this true?"

"real!"

Xin Moyan noticed that he kept glancing in her direction, so she casually picked up a cup of milk tea from the table and handed it to him.

"Your Highness Ze, this was made by Buyu and me. Would you like to try it?"

"What is this?"

"Milk tea, a combination of milk and tea leaves, contains..."

Before she could even mention the taro balls inside, Yuan Huaize suddenly inhaled, choked, coughed incessantly, and his face quickly turned bright red.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

"I haven't finished yet! What you're eating is called taro balls, it's very delicious, eat slowly."

Yuan Huaize coughed for a long time before stopping. Looking at the drink in his hand, he found it to be sweet and unique, and much better than the refreshing drinks in the palace. Was that taro ball?

He chewed it and found that it was completely different from the tea snacks he usually ate, and it was also a little soft and delicious.

“Cousin Yan’er, when did you become so skillful? This is just a combination of milk and tea, but it tastes like wild gardenia.”

"Your Highness, I added gardenia fragrance to it, so you can naturally taste the floral aroma."

"I see."

Yuan Huaize nodded in sudden realization, then ignored Xin Moling's gaze and quickly walked over to Hua Buyu and sat down, looking curiously at the large table of milk tea.

"Cousin Yan'er, this drink is delicious, but why did you make so much?"

"I'm going to open a milk tea shop in a few days!"

"Huh? Cousin Yan'er, you're planning to open a shop selling this?"

"Yes!"

Yuan Huaize was shocked. Xin Moyan had never cooked before, but now she was saying she wanted to do business!

They had been busy running the milk tea shop these past few days and hadn't seen Lou Xiaobao for a long time. They were overjoyed to see him and didn't pay much attention to Yuan Huaize. They just coaxed Lou Xiaobao to finish his milk tea and then took him to the swings.

"Brother Ling, why does Cousin Yan'er suddenly want to go into business? Can't your General's Mansion support a princess?"

Xin Moling glanced at him sideways, then said quietly, "If Yan'er is happy, why should I stop her? Besides, you never called her Yan'er before, why are you so affectionate now? What is your purpose?"

Yuan Huaize was speechless for a moment, and explained awkwardly, "I just thought that my cousin Yan'er is too cute now, and I also thought that since we are family, it wouldn't be a bad thing to address each other more affectionately!"

"Ha! You'd better not let me find out what you're up to."

Xin Moling wouldn't give him a friendly look. Although Yuan Huaize hadn't bullied Yan'er before, he always watched the show from the sidelines. In his eyes, none of the Yuan brothers were good people.

"Mommy~ Let's fly high!"

"Little Bao, let me make you fly even higher!"

Okay~

Lou Xiaobao gripped the seatbelt with both hands, his two little tiger teeth sparkling in the sunlight, and a bright and adorable smile radiating from his tender little face.

The two men stopped talking and just sat at the table staring at them until the group got tired of playing. Then Xin Moyan came over, panting, carrying Lou Xiaobao.

"Cousin Yan'er, I never expected Lou Xiaobao to like you so much."

She put Lou Xiaobao down, clapped her hands, and said to Yuan Huaize, "Alright! Prince Ze, Xiaobao and we've had enough fun. You can take him back now!"

"what?"

Yuan Huaize looked completely bewildered after hearing what she said.

“Cousin Yan’er, I brought Lou Xiaobao to stay here temporarily today. I even brought his clothes and belongings. Are you just going to send this poor, helpless child back like this?”

"You were the one who said you'd bring Xiaobao over for a small get-together. Now that the get-together is over, how can you not go home?"

His face immediately fell, and he said to Xin Moyan in a kind tone, "Cousin Yan'er, please do this as a good deed! You don't know how badly Lou Xiaobao cried at my residence last night. Anyone who didn't know would have thought that Prime Minister Lou had sacrificed himself for the country!"

Several people's lips twitched simultaneously; he certainly had a sharp tongue.

"Lou Xiaobao only likes you, and you two get along so well. Now that Prime Minister Lou is terminally ill and has no one to rely on for his only child, could you please help take care of him for a few days?"

"He brings the child to the General's Mansion whenever something happens. Does Lou Shenghan think this is a daycare center?"

Hua Buyu grumbled in dissatisfaction, while giving Yuan Huaize a disdainful look.

Yuan Huaize was caught in the crossfire for no reason...

"No! Your Highness, you don't know this, but a few days ago, Prime Minister Lou asked me to look after Lou Xiaobao, saying he would give me two shops. You didn't see how dilapidated those shops were. Also, a few days ago at my aunt's birthday banquet, he suddenly started talking nonsense, which angered my brother. I haven't even asked him for an explanation yet!"

"..."

Yuan Huaize was speechless again. No wonder Lou Shenghan kept changing the subject when the two siblings were mentioned at the Prime Minister's residence yesterday. It turned out that he had offended people first.

“Cousin Yan’er, you know that Lou Shenghan is the most stingy and miserly person in Yuanqi, so naturally he wouldn’t be willing to give you a good reward.”

"Alright, alright! Being stingy is fine, it has nothing to do with me. Your Highness should take Xiaobao back soon. He's tired from playing and needs to rest."

Xin Moyan waved to him, signaling him to leave.

Yuan Huaize certainly wouldn't leave like that. He hadn't slept a wink since last night, so how could he possibly take Lou Xiaobao back?

"Cousin Yan'er, please do me this favor! Besides, your milk tea... Xiao Bao really likes it, and you have so many toys in your house, cousin~"

He panicked instantly. He had come here confidently because he thought Xin Moyan liked Xiaobao and would definitely agree, so his cousin A-Ling wouldn't say anything. But now that she didn't agree, his cousin A-Ling would definitely kick them out. He absolutely couldn't let Lou Xiaobao torment him any longer.

"Not negotiable!"

"Your Highness, didn't you hear what my Yan Yan said? Hurry up and take Xiao Lou back to change into clean clothes."

As Hua Buyu spoke, she tried to push Yuan Huaize forward, but he dodged her in time. She gritted her teeth and said, "Cousin Yan'er, as long as you agree to take care of Lou Xiaobao until Lou Xiang recovers, you can name your conditions."

Seeing that things were developing as expected, Xin Moyan pretended to be deep in thought and asked hesitantly, "Does Your Highness mean that as long as I agree to take care of Xiaobao, Your Highness will grant any request I make?"

"Yes!"

"Very well then! Just like Prime Minister Lou did last time, a thousand taels of silver and two shops will suffice, Your Highness, please take a look..."

Yuan Huaize hadn't even reacted to the thought of a thousand taels of silver when he followed her finger and saw a table full of milk tea.

“I need a lot of manpower to cut bamboo, so Your Highness asked people to cut three thousand bamboo tubes and five thousand bamboo pipes temporarily.”

"...Are you blackmailing me?"