The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

Yue Li watched as Shao Qi, like a rooster, ran around with his head held high and chest puffed out, showing off, but she never expected that someone would suddenly snuggle into her arms.

Seeing the envious look on Gong Hanmo's face, Yue Li pinched his baby face with her fingers and teased, "How old are you to want to be a father? Raising a child is not an easy thing."

He's not even grown up yet, and he already wants to take care of children.

Isn't Jin Chenyuan, who sits next to her, a perfect example? Although he has people taking care of him, Jin Chenyuan still has to worry about everything.

"No, I'm just envious that Shaoqi and Sister Li can have a child so quickly. I wonder if Sister Li will spoil Shaoqi even more after he has a child!" Gong Hanmo lay on Yue Li's lap and raised his baby face, his face innocent and pure, his round eyes watery, as if he had no ulterior motives at all.

Jin Chenyuan listened to Gong Hanmo's words with a blank expression and took a sip of tea. As long as he didn't do anything to hurt Yue Li and could often keep her company, he would pretend not to see those little schemes and tricks. Besides, with so many men in the harem, it was inevitable that they would occasionally compete for favor. Yue Li's harem was already much cleaner than the harems of other officials' wives, and there had never been any major conflicts caused by competing for favor.

After Tian Dong brought the news that Yue Li was pregnant with the heir's child to the Duke of Yi's mansion, the Duke of Yi was naturally overjoyed and almost lost his bearings.

It's no wonder they're father and son. After the initial excitement, the Duke of Yi immediately waved his hand and gave each servant in the Duke of Yi's mansion three months' wages. Hearing the congratulations from the servants, he wanted to laugh out loud. He thought his son was really promising, to be so favored by the Princess Consort of Chen, and to have their bloodline so quickly.

He then immediately led his men into the storeroom, and when they came out, they had already filled several boxes with jewelry and health-boosting items. Afterwards, they boarded a carriage and headed to Prince Chen's residence.

After Feng Luo took the letter that Yue Li brought back—Feng Yuanxi's letter to his father—and handed it to General Feng at the General's Mansion, he returned not long after. General Feng, with a joyful expression, arrived at Prince Chen's Mansion with a cart full of things.

Coincidentally, General Feng and Lord Yi happened to run into each other.

Although the two were "brothers" of the same wife and had a good relationship in private, they never lived together in Madam Huang's backyard.

If it was said that General Feng used most of his family fortune to marry Madam Huang, Feng Yuanxi's mother, for the sake of having offspring.

Duke Yi simply liked it.

Moreover, when he was young, General Feng had to guard the border, and after Feng Yuanxi was born, his grandfather took care of him and raised him.

When Duke Yi and Lady Huang first got married, they lived in Lady Huang's backyard for many years. However, when Shao Qi grew up a bit, Lady Huang started keeping pets in her backyard. Fearing that those messy things would affect Shao Qi, Duke Yi moved out of Lady Huang's backyard with Shao Qi.

The two have a good relationship. Even though Madam Huang now has a new pet, she still occasionally visits the Duke of Yi's mansion to keep him company and stays there for a day or two.

However, Madam Huang never went to the General's Mansion again. After all, when they got married, they had agreed that most of the family fortune was intended for Madam Huang to give him an heir. Now that the child had been born, although they still kept in touch, Madam Huang had never been close to General Feng since she gave birth to Feng Yuanxi.

As for wanting to receive her favor, forget about it.

After seeing off two large groups of people, Yue Li looked at the several boxes placed in the courtyard with a helpless expression.

Jewelry and jade ornaments are one thing, but looking at the other boxes filled with things like bird's nest, ginseng, and lingzhi mushrooms meant for health and wellness...

"Shao Qi, take half of these health-preserving things and send them back tomorrow, especially the ginseng and lingzhi. You know I don't eat these."

She can drink a couple of sips of bird's nest after it's cooked, but she has no use for ginseng or lingzhi.

Shao Qi originally wanted to persuade Yue Li to stay some, but when he thought about how Yue Li didn't even look at the hundreds of years old ginseng in the valley, let alone these ginseng that were only a little over a hundred years old.

The next day, Yue Li, together with Jin Chenyuan, escorted Gong Hanmo back to Linjiang City.

As for why he brought Jin Chenyuan along?

On the surface, Yue Li was seriously controlling the flying sword and looking ahead, but in her heart she rolled her eyes. Wasn't that because someone was worried?

Upon arriving at the Ruyang Marquis's residence in Linjiang City, the Marquis of Ruyang happened to be there. Upon seeing Prince Chen's arrival, he naturally began to warmly entertain him.

After respectfully addressing Jin Chenyuan as "Uncle" upon their first meeting, Jin Moyu stepped aside and listened to his uncle and Marquis Ruyang talking. He then secretly hooked his finger around Yue Li's, who was sitting next to him, and blinked his alluring eyes at her, eventually leading her to follow him out of the front hall.

There were only a few people there, so others naturally saw what they were doing and knew they wanted to be alone. Even Gong Hanmo only glanced at them and didn't chase after them.

In the pavilion in a corner of the garden, Yue Li was being held and kissed breathlessly at the chess table where they usually played chess. Jin Moyu, like a hungry wolf, bit Yue Li and wouldn't let go.

He swallowed all the sweetness from her mouth, entwining it with her little tongue, making ambiguous smacking sounds.

It wasn't until she felt an indescribable sensation on her chest that Yue Li realized her clothes had come undone.

"No..." Yue Li was already panting as she spoke, and Jin Moyu kept pecking at her lips, making her words even more unclear.

"Yueyue, Yueyue, please don't refuse me, okay? Yueyue, just leave yourself to me and enjoy yourself." All he wanted to do now was please her.

After entering the room, Gong Hanmo whispered in his ear about Yue Li's current physical condition, but he missed her too much, and at the same time he was afraid that Yue Li's interest in him would fade after not seeing her for several months.

Yes, interest!

He wanted to etch every move, every smile, of the person he had admired for so long into his mind. Of course, he could also sense that Yue Li didn't really like him that much; she was more interested in him and his face.

This made him very grateful that he had such a face, but he was also afraid that if he lost this face, Yue Li would lose interest in him. So ever since he got together with Yue Li, he has been particularly concerned about his face.

Fortunately, he is still young and doesn't have the anxiety of getting old quickly.

Looking at the jade-like skin revealed before him, Jin Moyu's brown eyes, which were originally only light red, became even more crimson.

Looking at his devastatingly handsome face, so full of menace, with those alluring yet wicked eyes that were impossible to look away from, Yue Li raised an arm and wrapped it around his neck. She tilted her chin up and gently bit his bobbing Adam's apple. Her other fair and delicate fingertips slid down his open shirt and slowly glided over his well-defined abs. She heard his heavy breathing and muffled groans, and then mumbled, "Alright, then A-Yu, you'd better perform well!"