Holding the script, I want to give up.

All the princes and princesses presented the eighteen martial arts skills they had prepared to the Eastern Emperor. When it was Mu Rongyi Ke's turn, he stood up, walked to the central stage, and knelt down to pay his respects.

"Father, please punish your son."

"Because I have been carefully preparing for this autumn banquet, I have not prepared any special entertainment."

"It's all my fault for spoiling Father's enjoyment."

Mu Rongyi knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Your Highness, what crime have you committed?"

"This is a minor matter and doesn't cause any major problems."

"It's just a program, no need to kowtow or bow, get up."

Donghuang gestured to him slightly with his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I thank you."

Mu Rongyi bowed and returned to her seat. Liu Yunwan asked worriedly about the situation of the people outside.

Have all the people outside the palace left?

She was still somewhat apprehensive.

"Don't worry, Xubin is absolutely reliable."

Mu Rongyi winked at her.

"Alright, let's head back after the banquet."

Liu Yunwan whispered to him.

"Yes, as you wish."

Mu Rongyi has already compromised with her.

Shangguan Zitong had been staying in Liu Yunwan's palace for the past few days. When she saw that Liu Yunwan had returned so quickly, she couldn't help but ask what had happened.

"Why are you back so soon?"

Shangguan Zitong lay on the bed and turned his head to look at her.

"Of course I came to see you as soon as it finished."

"Are you bored? Do you want me to take you out for a walk?"

Liu Yunwan sat down on the edge of her bed and said.

"Sister, are you taking me out to starve this late at night?"

"Go wash up and go to bed. We can go out and play tomorrow."

Shangguan Zitong remained silent.

"Alright, alright, you've only been here a short while and you're already criticizing me like this, huh? What will you do in a few days, like tearing the roof off the house!"

Liu Yunwan scratched the ticklish spot on her waist.

"Haha...haha...stop scratching me, please, I'm still injured!"

Shangguan Zitong couldn't escape it, and tears welled up in her eyes as she laughed.

"You go to sleep first, I have something to do, I'll come and keep you company later."

After Liu Yunwan finished speaking, she left.

Why don't they stage a coup today?

"I watched so much of the live broadcast, but it was like watching a performance."

Shangguan Zitong wanted to ask what was going on with the system.

[I don't know, the plans may have changed.]

I have a bad feeling. You need to get out of here quickly, or I might not be able to teleport you in time.

Ahri is currently fixing bugs, but there are too many things beyond its comprehension, and it cannot fix them completely in a short time.

"I'm not afraid. Aren't you already at max level?"

"With you here, I feel very at ease."

No, you cannot let your guard down.

The level is just a figment of imagination...

That's all I can remind you of. I have other things to do. Call me if there's anything important.

"Alright, you can go. I'm not in any immediate danger."

"Could you...help me restore my hands and feet?"

"I'm almost disabled."

【...cannot.】

"Okay, okay, we can't forget about it. You go ahead and do your work."

Shangguan Zitong could only try to hypnotize herself by counting sheep out of boredom.

Inside the study, Mu Rongyi was plotting with others when Liu Yunwan brought in a bowl of wontons.

"Why are you here? Aren't you going to stay with her?"

As Mu Rongyi spoke, she waved the people away, since she had already said almost everything.

"I noticed you didn't eat much at the banquet, so I cooked you a bowl of wontons."

"Why, I'm not welcome?"

Liu Yunwan put down her chopsticks and made to leave, but Mu Rongyi stopped her in time.

"No, heaven and earth can bear witness, that's absolutely not what I meant."

“I just feel that ever since she came, your mind has stopped being on me and the baby.”

Mu Rongyi hugged her and said aggrievedly.

"You're still feeling wronged? Who caused her disability?"

"If I didn't care about you, why would I be here bringing you wontons? I should have just had a servant bring them over."

Why should I bother making it myself and delivering it to you personally?

Liu Yunwan broke free from him and walked towards the door.

"Who told her to climb over the wall in the dead of night, dressed in black? We can't entirely blame the previous Shadow Guard Chief."

Mu Rongyi took a large stride to her and opened her arms to block her way.

"Wanwan, I was wrong."

"I should train the Shadow Guards properly so they don't indiscriminately torture people."

He clasped his hands together in prayer before her.

"So, was I wrong to take care of her?"

"No."

"Then are you still angry?"

"I don't dare anymore."

"Let's go see the baby together."

"Okay, it's all up to you."

Mu Rongyi followed Liu Yunwan around excitedly as they went to see the babies in the nursery. She had already forgotten to count how many babies Shangguan Zitong was still awake.

Inside the nursery.

"Wanwan, who do you think she'll look like in the future?"

Mu Rongyi leaned weakly against Liu Yunwan.

"You must look like me, because you're too ugly."

Liu Yunwan never cared about handsome men and didn't hold back in criticizing the handsome guy next to her.

"...You actually think I'm ugly! I'm not in love anymore."

Mu Rongyi pretended to be angry and slapped her shoulder.

"So you're handsome and happy now!"

Liu Yunwan watched as the baby touched her little hand, and she gave him a perfunctory response.

"As expected, you're such a fickle woman."

"You've found a new love and forgotten your old one. Your soul has been stolen by Shangguan Zitong."

Mu Rongyi transformed into a complete resentful woman.

"...This is unreasonable."

"If you keep doing this, I'm taking the baby and leaving here."

Liu Yunwan wanted him to shut up quickly, besides, her ears were getting calluses. Sometimes she really couldn't stand his inexplicable rambling and wanted to leave him and the child to travel the world.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Zitong was already asleep.

......

The next day, Liu Yunwan came to her bedroom and woke Shangguan Zitong.

"Tell me, where did you go last night?"

"How dare you leave me alone in this huge bedchamber! You promised to come and keep me company later!"

"Do you know how many sheep I counted before I fell asleep! Five thousand! A whole five thousand!"

Shangguan Zitong stood up and let the maids do her hair and makeup. She raised one of her hands and gestured to Liu Yunwan.

"Sorry, I've had too much to do."

"I have to take care of the baby, and sometimes I really can't take care of you."

"Don't be angry."

Liu Yunwan tugged at her sleeve.

"Humph~"

Shangguan Zitong's nostrils pointed upwards, and his eyes never looked to the side.

"If someone is so angry, then I won't stay here and get in the way."

Liu Yunwan made a move to get up and leave, but Shangguan Zitong grabbed her wrist and glanced at her.

"Oh dear, someone's about to slip up again."

"Didn't you say you'd take me out for a drive?"

"What, you're not going?"

Shangguan Zitong glanced at the red marks on her neck, and the anger in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a sigh of pity.

"Fine, fine, Mu Rongyi, you're really something! You did this on purpose, didn't you!" In her heart, she had already cursed him to the bone.

"Go, go, I said I'd go, so of course I have to go."

"What are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."

Liu Yunwan waved her hand in front of her face.

I was thinking about...you...

"The area around the neck..."

Before Shangguan Zitong could finish saying the four words about the ambiguous kiss mark, she came to her senses and remembered that there were other maids beside her.

Following Shangguan Zitong's words, the maids looked down at Liu Yunwan's neck and saw the blush-inducing mark. Liu Yunwan tried to cover it with her collar, while Shangguan Zitong and the maids glanced around nervously.

"I'm all better now, push me around!"

"No need to cover it up deliberately, it's nothing."

"I've been shipping you two as a couple for a long time."

Shangguan Zitong said softly to Liu Yunwan.

"You! Go away, go away, with that mouth of yours!"

"He kept babbling on and on, blurting out everything he should and shouldn't have said."

"Be careful, or you might never be able to get married."

Liu Yunwan gently pinched her nose and said.

"It's so nice to be alone!"

"You don't have to worry about mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships, childbirth issues, who will take care of the children, etc."

"How wonderful it would be to travel the world alone, going wherever you want, without any constraints."

"I just want to save up lots and lots of money so I can live in a nursing home when I get old."

Shangguan Zitong made Liu Yunwan lower her head and whispered to her.

"That's a dangerous idea of ​​yours. Let me take you to see my baby. Maybe you'll change your mind."

"Let's go see the baby first, and then I'll take you to the palace after we eat, okay?"

Liu Yunwan looked at her, a flicker of surprise in her eyes. She had once thought the same way, until she met someone...

"Either is fine, whatever you prefer."

"I'd like to see your child too!"

Shangguan Zitong's eyes gleamed with curiosity. She had actually seen it the day she climbed over the wall, but it was too dark and the room was too dim, so she couldn't see it clearly.

"Let's go then."

Liu Yunwan pushed her, changing direction and heading towards the nursery.

......