The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

At this moment, there was only the injured Empress Dowager and him, a young boy, in the palace; they really couldn't do without anyone else.

"Royal Uncle, Uncle Feng, please stay and help me."

"Yue'er, you've grown up. You're a big kid now. You need to learn to handle things on your own."

Tears welled up in Min Yanyue's eyes. "My birth mother is gone, my father and mother are gone too, are you going to abandon me as well?"

Min Rongfan and Feng Yuhan exchanged a glance, then quickly ran to Min Yanyue with smiles on their faces.

"Your Highness, please don't be angry. I was just joking."

"I was just joking. I never said I was unwilling to help you."

"Thank you, Imperial Uncle and Uncle Feng."

Seeing the strange look in Min Yanyue's eyes, the two understood.

Pointing at Min Yanyue, he asked, "You must have learned a lot of bad ideas from your father. We both fell for your tricks."

“If I didn’t lie to you, why would you let me stay and help you?”

"Alright, alright, let's go. Since the emperor has left a letter and left, we'll announce this to the world at tomorrow's morning court session, and also mention the matter of succession to the Ministry of Rites."

Min Rongfan held the opposite view: "No, how can he ascend the throne so quickly? Otherwise, the world will say that Yue'er coveted the throne."

"Why not? Do you still want to be the emperor? You are truly rebellious! I didn't expect you to be a dog that can't change its nature."

Min Rongfan had never been insulted like this before, and immediately attacked Feng Yuhan, but Feng Yuhan dodged it.

"Let me tell you, I am a scholar and a gentleman. I use words, not fists, you know? Don't force me to take action."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Min Rongfan attacked Feng Yuhan again, and Feng Yuhan, unable to contain his anger, retaliated.

“Let me tell you, I’m also very upset that the Emperor left the palace. I have nowhere to vent my anger.”

The two were playfully fighting, which gave Min Yanyue a headache, so she simply sat to the side and waited for them to finish.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, the two made up after they finished fighting and worked together to help Min Yanyue come up with an emergency plan.

On the other side, Yuqian'er examined the situation all night and still felt that the Empress Dowager had not poisoned the young prince.

"Ah Sheng, why don't you take some time and ask Master Guigu to take a look? I think there's nothing wrong with it."

"Is there really no problem?"

Yuqian nodded firmly, "At least I don't see it. Maybe it's true, as the Empress Dowager said, that not living past 20 is a lie?"

“It’s possible!” Xia Tongsheng looked at Yuqian’er. “Thank you for making you come all this way.”

"It's alright, Your Majesty and Empress. If there's nothing else, I'll head back. The children are waiting for me at home."

"Ok!"

After Yuqian'er left, the group stayed at the castle for a few days, partly to observe Xiaoheng's physical condition and partly to prepare supplies for the journey.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, the group continued their journey to Nanye.

With Min Youan's power and ability, he easily evaded the search by the government troops.

Actually, they didn't escape; rather, after Min Yen-yue ascended the throne, he didn't send anyone to arrest them at all.

The people who came that night were sent by the Empress Dowager, but they have now been dismissed by Min Yanyue.

The group entered Jiangcheng, a small border town in Nanye, without any problems.

Xia Tongsheng had bought a courtyard house in Jiangcheng earlier, initially simply because she liked its location and layout.

Unexpectedly, it has now become a base for the great escape.

After entering Nanye, Cangjue left, saying he was going to experience the martial world.

Neither Xia Tongsheng nor Min Youan stopped him, letting him do what he wanted to do.

Upon arriving at the small courtyard in Jiangcheng, Xia Tongsheng asked Yingling and Ji Shuihan to help tidy up the house, while the man went out to move things.

Xia Tongsheng, a carefree and unconventional person, sat and ate melons.

Min Youan looked at Xia Tongsheng and said, "You're no longer the Empress, so why aren't you helping out?"

“I’m busy admiring this scene,” Xia Tongsheng smiled, very calmly and peacefully, “Don’t you think this scene is very heartwarming?”

"It's really heartwarming."

"How does it feel to not be an emperor?"

"No matter what I do, as long as you're with me, it's all good!"

Xia Tongsheng smiled happily and secretly kissed Min Youan.

The good times passed unexpectedly quickly; before I could even catch my breath, I had already been in Nanye for two months.

During this time, Guiguzi also came to examine Xiaoheng, but found no abnormalities in Xiaoheng.

Therefore, Guiguzi decided to have Xia Tongsheng take Xiaoheng to Yunmeng Mountain every Mid-Autumn Festival.

With her master saying everything was alright, Xia Tongsheng's worries finally eased, and she began to live a more relaxed life.

One morning, Xia Tongsheng woke up and saw two young couples being affectionate. She asked, "Hey, how long do you guys plan to stay together like this, with no legitimate reason to be together?"

"what happened?"

"Hurry up and get married! While we still have money, I want to marry off my beauties in a grand and glorious way. Otherwise, if we run out of money one day, you won't get your dowries."

Ji Shuihan shook her head, "No need!"

"What? None of you want to get married? Fine then."

Ji Shuihan blushed and said, "No, what we mean is that we're willing to marry without a dowry."

Yingling went even further, saying, "I have a dowry, and I can bring it with me when I get married."

Xia Tongsheng clicked her tongue, "Look at how eager you all are to get married."

As her biological mother, Xia Tongsheng could only busy herself with arranging the weddings of the two couples.

Xia Tongsheng was determined to make this wedding the grandest wedding in Jiangcheng.

On her wedding day, Xia Tongsheng hosted a banquet for almost the entire city.

Of course, all the money came from Min Yoo-an.

The next morning, Xia Tongsheng and Min Youan prepared breakfast early and waited for the four of them to get up.

Seeing that they were all there, Xia Tongsheng asked, "How was your wedding night last night, you lot?"

"improvise!"

"Make do what? We were eavesdropping last night."

As soon as Xia Tongsheng finished speaking, Yingling and Ji Shuihan blushed.

"Alright, to prevent my husband and I from eavesdropping, we've decided to give each of you a large house."

Are you serious?

"Really!"

Xia Tongsheng pointed to the houses on both sides, "I've bought them all."

"Thank you, miss."

"You're welcome. Let's go look at houses after we finish eating."

After dinner, the two went to see the house and then moved in.

The day after moving, Yingling woke up to find Xiaoheng's crib right next to her bed, with a letter inside.

“Min Youan and I went to Yecheng to see Yi Yi. You and Ji Shuihan can take turns looking after the child for a few days.”

Xiao Heng is already able to eat some complementary foods, so he's not difficult to take care of.

Mo Chen sighed, "So that's why they gave us the house. They just wanted us to help take care of the kids. It's like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken—they had no good intentions."

"My lady is so good to me, what's wrong with helping her take care of the kids for a few days? If you dare to speak ill of her, I'll make sure you don't get into my bed!"

"If we don't have wives and don't sleep with them, how can we have children! Wouldn't it be better if we tried to have a child to play with Xiao Heng?"

Yingling pushed Mo Chen away and went to hug Xiao Heng, "Get away, you're so mean!"

......

After Min Youan and Xia Tongsheng returned home, they found that Yingling was taking good care of Xiao Heng.

Xia Tongsheng asked Min Youan, "What are you thinking about?"

Just as you thought!

"Let's go while Xiao Heng still doesn't have his memories!"

So these two unreliable parents, barely having sat down at home for a short while, went out sightseeing again...