Farmers' Lucky Baby Has Space

Life after marriage was peaceful and beautiful. Liu Qing and Dong Xue quickly adapted to their new identities. Besides taking care of the family, they continued to serve Lin Chu on weekdays. Ying Qi and Lin Er were still one by Nalan Ming's side and the other managing Lin Chu's nearby businesses. Occasionally, they would receive letters from Lin Yi in Kyoto and report the accounts to Lin Chu. Their days were busy and fulfilling.

However, Lin Chu was unable to conceive and was worried all day long, which Nalan Ming noticed.

Actually, he didn't care about having children, but Lin Chu did, so he took it to heart as well.

But there's no way to work on this elsewhere, so all I can do is to toil day and night, hoping to sow the seeds of love.

As time went on, Lin Chu couldn't keep up, which led her to avoid Nalan Ming whenever she saw him, and she couldn't care less about her pregnancy.

Another summer arrived. In the village where they lived, because it was close to the mountains, there was always a cool breeze blowing through the courtyard. Nalan Ming had someone build a trellis in the courtyard and planted two grapevines on the left and right. The grapevines climbed and covered the trellis. When bunches of purple fruit hung down, Lin Chu would lie on the swing chair, reading a book while picking grapes and putting them in his mouth. He was living a very comfortable life.

De Shun returned at this time.

He entered the palace at a young age and was saved by Nalan Ming's protection. Later, he entered Nalan Ming's Eastern Palace. When Nalan Ming divorced Lin Chu, he arranged for him to stay and help Nalan Rong stabilize the court. Now, he has been in the palace for almost a year and can retire successfully.

"This servant greets Your Highness and Your Highness's Consort!" De Shun smiled and knelt on the ground, performing a respectful salute, leaving the two people on the seat completely bewildered.

Your Highness, who is the Princess Consort?

Lin Chuxian realized what was happening and burst into laughter: "Deshun, have you gone mad from staying in the palace? How can you address me like that?"

De Shun scratched his head and stood up, saying, "Master, this servant didn't call you that out of turn. It was His Majesty who personally bestowed the title upon you. You are the King of the Underworld." Lin Chu's lips twitched slightly upon hearing this, and he thought to himself, "So Ying Qi and Lin Er are the Black and White Impermanence?"

Not only him, but even Nalan Ming felt that Nalan Rong did this on purpose, and was still angry about the "grudge" that he had run away and given the throne to him.

De Shun then spoke of matters in the palace, saying that the court was now stable and that Nalan Rong had been quite diligent. Nalan Ming nodded, feeling gratified.

At this moment, Liu Qing brought over fresh grape juice, and De Shun took a sip and praised it highly.

"What about the Empress? How is she?" Lin Chu was still concerned about her friend. With Murong Xue's carefree personality, she wondered if she could adapt to suddenly becoming the Empress.

"Your Highness, Her Majesty the Empress did have some difficulty adjusting at first, but she is much better now," De Shun replied with a smile.

Speaking of Murong Xue, De Shun admired her quite a bit. She was probably the most capable woman he had ever met besides the princess. No wonder the two of them were friends.

When she entered the palace, the Crown Prince was already one year old, and her position was quite stable. De Shun knew a little about the entanglement between the Empress and the Emperor. She thought that the Empress would definitely make a fuss when the Emperor suddenly took in many concubines, but she didn't expect that.

"The Empress is virtuous and kind. She not only helps the Emperor select women to enter the palace, but also manages the harem in an orderly manner."

When it comes to virtuous and kind, Lin Chu always felt that it was a derogatory term.

But listening to Murong Xue's way of handling things, Lin Chu felt that the girl had probably given up on the emperor completely. Now she was just doing her duty and fulfilling her responsibilities. Thinking of this, Lin Chu couldn't help but curse the new emperor a few more times in his heart.

Lin Chu sighed softly, "As long as she's happy."

De Shun smiled and said, "Everything is going smoothly. Not only that, the Empress is pregnant again. The imperial physician said that this time it might be another prince."

"Really?" Hearing this, Lin Chu smiled. She genuinely hoped that Murong Xue would be happy.

After discussing matters in the palace, Nalan Ming suddenly spoke up, "De Shun, now that you're back, you don't need to leave again. The family is short-handed."

"Yes, Your Highness," De Shun replied and then left.

"Ah Chu?" Lin Chu was still thinking about what De Shun had mentioned about the palace when Nalan Ming suddenly called her.

Lin Chu was a little surprised that he hadn't called her name in a long time. "What's wrong?"

"Do you want to go home and visit your family?"

They now live in a village near Liushui Town, not far from the Lin family's home. Nalan Ming knew that Lin Chu sent news of the Lin family's home every day because he missed home.

"Forget it." Hearing him mention the Lin family, Lin Chu felt a little lonely. Recalling the unpleasantness before she left last time, she suddenly felt a little tired. Some family members are only suitable for missing, not for going back to see.

Seeing that she was unwilling, Nalan Ming did not force her.

The very next day, news came from the Lin family.

"What did you say?" Lin Chu asked the guard in front of him in disbelief.

"You mean, my niece is missing?"

Lin Chu's niece was the child of her fourth brother, Lin Silang, and Qiu Yue. Lin Chu herself delivered the baby and took a liking to her when she first saw her because the child looked three or four parts like her.

"Has anyone gone to look for us at home?" Lin Chu asked anxiously when he saw the guard hesitate.

The guard glanced at Nalan Ming, and seeing him nod, he said, "The Lin family didn't send anyone to look for them, but our people went."

Lin Chu didn't quite understand what those words meant.

Seeing this, the guard bluntly said, "The people we were secretly protecting discovered that the child was... that your fourth sister-in-law, Qiuyue, secretly took the child out. We didn't pay much attention at the time, but when she came back, we heard her telling her family that the child was missing. That's when we realized something was wrong, and we immediately sent people out to look for the child, but... we haven't found him yet."

Lin Chu's eyes widened, her face filled with anger: "Why did Qiu Yue do this?" Nalan Ming held her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, our people will definitely find the child." Lin Chu took a deep breath, suppressing the anger and worry in her heart.

They then rushed to the Lin family home, where the old Lin family was in complete chaos. Lin Silang was anxiously pacing around, and Old Man Lin was sighing and complaining. On the other hand, Old Lady Lin sat calmly, while Old Lady Lin huddled in her chair like a quail, not saying a word.

Lin Chu entered and immediately questioned Qiu Yue. When Qiu Yue saw them, her eyes darted around, and she stammered, refusing to tell the truth.

Lin Chu was furious and shouted, "If you don't tell me where the child is, don't blame me for not caring about our past relationship!" Qiu Yue was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and cried as she told the truth.

It turned out that ever since the child was born, she had been somewhat disgusted that it was a girl and felt a little unhappy, but she thought that she and Lin Silang were still young and would have a son sooner or later, so she didn't care too much.

But after so long, she still hadn't gotten pregnant, and she started to get anxious.

So she believed the words of a wandering Taoist priest who said that if she gave her eldest daughter to the mountain god as a page, she could get a son in return.