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

"Think what you want!" Xin Moyan shrugged, secretly laughing to herself. These people always bullied the original owner of this body. If she had the chance, she would make them all suffer!

Hua Buyu immediately understood her meaning and quickly chimed in, "Your Highness, you are so refined and dignified, surely you can afford to be unable to come up with even a thousand taels of silver? Besides, my Yan Yan's demands aren't high; cutting some bamboo is certainly more cost-effective than two shops, isn't it?"

Faced with her series of questions, Yuan Huaize's usually gentle and refined expression crumbled instantly. His feelings were just like Lou Shenghan's those days; he was being asked for a thousand taels of silver for just a few days of foster care—it hurt so much…

"Mommy, hug me~"

Lou Xiaobao couldn't quite understand the adults' conversation, so he pointed his little finger at the milk tea on the table, wanting Xin Moyan to hold him in her arms.

"Xiao Bao, come here!"

Xin Moyan picked him up cooperatively, took a glass of milk, and said gently to him, "Little Bao, how about I give you some milk? You drank a lot of milk tea earlier, you can't drink any more, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."

He nodded as if he understood, then suddenly turned to Yuan Huaize with a cute smile, "Play with the baby, Uncle Zhe, don't go to sleep~"

Seeing his little expression, Yuan Huaize's already aching head throbbed even more. He said helplessly, "Lou Xiaobao, Uncle Ze hasn't slept a wink since last night. Please let Uncle go!"

"Your Highness, have you made up your mind?"

Xin Moling asked him calmly. Although Lou Shenghan's mouth was indeed sarcastic, Lou Xiaobao was still quite lovable. In addition, she understood what Yan'er meant just now, so she naturally had to help her younger sister.

"Cousin Yan'er, could you possibly reduce the price by a little?"

"Hey! Your Highness, how dare you call the Prime Minister stingy? You're bargaining along with him now!"

Hua Buyu was the first to object. How could all the princes and prime ministers in Yuanqi be so stingy? They were even worse than her cold-hearted boss!

Yuan Huaize's lips trembled slightly, his expression awkward. Everyone in the entire Yuanqi knew that the Fifth Prince was gentle, considerate, and generous. If it weren't for Xiao Liu borrowing 20,000 taels of silver from him last month, would he be here haggling?

"Alright! I'll have someone fetch the thousand taels later. As for the bamboo, it will take a few days. Cousin Yan'er, it's agreed that you must wait until Prime Minister Lou recovers before sending Lou Xiaobao to the Prime Minister's residence, not the Prince's residence!"

"Your Highness, rest assured, I keep my word."

No matter what, he's going to get that debt back from that stingy Lou Shenghan!

Yuan Huaize didn't dare to delay, so he casually gave a few perfunctory replies and then made an excuse to hurry back to his residence to catch up on sleep.

"Yan Yan, you're amazing!" Hua Buyu walked up to her and gave Xin Moyan a thumbs up.

"Hehe~"

She blinked her eyes, her clear and bright eyes looking very innocent and naive.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ Yan Yan, you look so honest and simple, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning. This thousand taels can keep me eating and staying at the Hua Zi restaurant in Yunxiang Tower for several days."

"Is a thousand taels a lot? What's the 'flower brand'?"

When Yunxianglou, her masterpiece, was mentioned, Hua Buyu immediately began to speak eloquently about it.

“A thousand taels is a lot of money. Apart from the main hall on the first floor, the middle floors of Yunxiang Tower are private rooms for people to eat. Above that are ordinary rooms for people to stay in. The next four floors are named after the four characters: Flower, Good, Moon, and Round. All four floors are presidential suites. The Flower one is the most expensive. We went to the Flower one a few days ago. And the top floor is naturally off-limits to people!”

After listening to her explanation, Xin Moling said quietly, "No wonder it cost me more than three hundred taels of silver that day. It turns out you thought you didn't need to pay."

"That's right! Surely you, a general of a nation, can't afford to treat someone to a meal?"

"..."

Lou Xiaobao hadn't slept well last night, and was also tired from playing earlier, so he gradually became sleepy and closed his eyes while leaning against Xin Moyan's chest.

"Little Bao, let's go to sleep, okay?" Seeing this, Xin Moyan put one arm around his neck and hugged his little shoulders, and with the other hand she lifted his knees and gently held him in her arms as she stood up.

"Brother, Xiaobao is sleepy. I'll take him to bed first. Cailian, could you please tidy up these things and put them in the main room?"

She deliberately lowered her voice, afraid of waking Lou Xiaobao.

Xin Moling nodded slightly, saying that it was necessary to have more children's items prepared in the manor.

"master!"

As the two of them walked away with Lou Xiaobao, Qingque suddenly came over and gave him a look.

study--

"What's the matter?"

"There's news about the Imperial Advisor."

Xin Moling immediately looked up at Qing Que and asked, "Where is she?"

"At the border between Yuanqi and Qiyun, our people were about to make contact with the Grand Preceptor when..."

"say clearly."

"Unexpectedly, the Night Assassins suddenly appeared, and the Grand Preceptor was ambushed by them. He is now missing at the border."

"Yelan? Is it the Emperor Yelan?"

"It should be, although I don't know why the Night Emperor has been so arrogant lately."

Are you sure the Imperial Advisor is still at the border?

"Yes, the border of Qiyun is heavily guarded, and our people recognize the Grand Preceptor. If the Grand Preceptor enters, we will definitely report it."

His handsome face immediately turned serious. After a moment of contemplation, Xin Moling said, "Order Hongluan to protect Yan'er these next few days. You will come with me to the border."

"Master, are you going to see the Grand Preceptor in person?"

"Yes, Yan'er's milk tea is ready. The shop should be ready in the next few days. Let's not delay, let's set off tonight and try to be back before Yan'er's shop opens."

"Yes, master."

Xin Moyan and Hua Buyu went back to their room to coax Lou Xiaobao to sleep, but in the process, they both fell asleep as well...

As evening approached, in a half-dreaming, half-awake state, they felt something wriggling beside them, which startled them so much that they opened their eyes.

"Giggle giggle~~~"

Lou Xiaobao was lying on the pillow, tangling their hair together, and even took Hua Buyu's hairband to braid their hair in a very professional manner, although... it was a complicated situation.

"Oh! Little Lou, you scared me to death! I thought there was a monster!"

"Sister, what is a beast?"

"They're the kind of bad guys who eat children, especially cute kids like Xiaolou Baobao. Monsters love to eat them!"

After saying that, she made a funny face with her arms outstretched, which scared him so much that he shrank his neck.

Xin Moyan smiled helplessly, "Oh dear! Buyu, don't scare the little one... Ah!"

"what!"

Just as she was about to get up and sit up, her hair was suddenly yanked, and the two of them screamed at the same time. Their exaggerated expressions made the little guy giggle.

No one knew how Lou Xiaobao had managed to make it, but the two of them had their hair tangled together in a complicated and contradictory way. They only felt relieved when Cailian came in to help.