After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Lin Nian chuckled. This man was nothing like the ferocious monster rumored to be; he was actually quite amusing.

Yin Cheng sat on the edge of the bed. "Alright, stop laughing."

Lin Nian smiled and lied through her teeth, "I wasn't laughing."

"The rain hasn't stopped yet," Yin Cheng said, "but I'm getting ready to go back."

"Ah...then I'll go back with you." Lin Nian said, lifting the blanket and trying to get up.

He was wearing the clothes that Prince Yu wore when he was young; the light pink dress made the usually aloof young master look a bit more adorable.

He was already very cute.

Yin Cheng thought to himself.

"Lie back down." Yin Cheng pressed him back onto the bed. "You can only go back after the rain stops."

Lin Nian hesitated, "My family will worry about me if they don't hear from me..."

"Otherwise, what would I do back there?" Yin Cheng said. "I'd go to your house, tell your family about your situation, and reassure them not to worry."

Lin Nian mustered her courage and grasped Yin Cheng's hand, her soft voice like a kitten's meow, "Your Highness, you are so kind."

Yin Cheng raised an eyebrow. "Giving me a 'friend card'?"

Lin Nian was a little confused. "What's a 'friend card'?"

"It's nothing." Yin Cheng quickly composed himself and said seriously, "I'm leaving."

"Um..." Lin Nian looked at him shyly and timidly, and vaguely reminded him, "You should also be careful."

He spoke vaguely, almost glossed over the details, and Yin Cheng asked, "What did you say?"

Lin Nian shook his head frantically. Caring about a man outside the family was far too much for a self-possessed young man like him.

"Okay, I'm leaving." Yin Cheng said, his gaze falling on the pair of slender white hands that were tightly holding his.

Lin Nian blushed and let go of him, slowly moving down, then pulled the blanket over her head.

Through the blanket, he could hear Yin Cheng's faint laughter.

He was a little annoyed. "Humph, what's so funny!"

You bastard!

A large hand was placed on his head through the blanket. "Be good and rest well. When the rain stops, your uncle will personally take you home, so don't worry."

He let out a muffled "hmm" from under the covers.

Yin Cheng seemed to smile again.

Lin Nian didn't hear it clearly.

When he finally mustered the courage to peek out from under the covers, Yin Cheng was no longer in the room.

Lin Nian's gaze fell on the white porcelain cup on the bedside table, and she felt a little worried.

He only wore an undershirt last night but shielded him from the cold wind all night, and this morning he held him in the rain for so long, I wonder if he caught a chill...

Lin Nian suppressed her disappointment and hoped that the heavy rain would pass soon.

The Lin family mansion was filled with sorrow. Their young master had been missing for a day and a night. Lin San was the first to become restless. "I'll go find the Golden Guards. Finding Nian-ge'er is the most important thing now. Even if... at worst, I'll support him for the rest of my life!"

Ye Qingyu gritted her teeth and hardened her heart, "Fine, and call on all your father's old friends in the military who can help. I don't care about losing face, I must find Nian-ge'er."

Lin Er said, "We currently have about 30 million taels of silver at our disposal. I refuse to believe that with so much money, we can't find our Nian-ge'er."

Just as the three were about to leave, they suddenly heard a loud "bang".

When Yin Cheng broke in through the window, he accidentally smashed a vase. He said somewhat embarrassedly, "Ahem, sorry, this is my first time in this courtyard, I'm not very familiar with it."

Lin San recognized Yin Cheng and cupped his hands, saying, "I was unaware of Your Highness's presence; I have failed to greet you properly."

"Alright, let's not stand on ceremony now," Yin Cheng said dryly. "Lin Nian is currently at Prince Yu's villa. Prince Yu will personally escort him back after the rain stops."

He thought for a moment and added, "Don't worry, he's fine."

Lin San was the first to react, "Is Your Highness truly serious?"

Faced with three earnest faces, Yin Cheng felt rather uncomfortable and truthfully said, "The story begins with Yin Shun..."

He had barely begun to speak when Ye Qingyu slammed her hand on the table, "I knew it was this scumbag!"

Although Yin Shun's actions were absurd, he was still a member of the imperial family, and how could he be insulted by a mere member of the royal family?

Especially in front of Yin Cheng, a legitimate member of the royal family.

Lin San immediately snapped out of his daze and quickly covered Ye Qingyu's mouth, "Cough cough, be careful what you say, little father."

"Anyway, that's the gist of it. As for the specifics, you can ask Lin Nian when he gets back." Yin Cheng took two steps, then turned back. "If I were to marry Lin Nian, what would you all think?"

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.

Ye Qingyu was no longer angry, and Lin Er and Lin San were also stunned.

Ye Qingyu blinked. "Second brother, I'm having a bit of an auditory hallucination."

Lin San said, "Second Brother, I was hallucinating too."

Lin Er picked at his ear. "To be honest, I was also hallucinating."

"I think I'm pretty good. You guys should consider it." After saying that, Yin Cheng left the Lin residence, leaving the group looking at each other in bewilderment.

The Imperial Palace.

A huge sand table was placed in front of the emperor, with the entire territory of the Great Yin Dynasty shrunken into the sand table.

He frowned, his gaze fixed on the southern border.

Heavy rain could cause flooding.

"Brother." As Yin Cheng walked, one eunuch was busy handing him a handkerchief, while another eunuch was busy wiping away the water stains on the ground.

The emperor didn't even look up. "Go change your clothes."

"Okay." Yin Cheng obediently followed the little eunuch to change his clothes.

After a while, at the emperor's instruction, Yin Cheng was forced to drink a bowl of ginger soup by the chief eunuch.

Yin Cheng was irritated by the taste of ginger and coughed for a long time, saying, "It tastes awful."

The emperor asked, "What brings you here?"

"The rain is a bit heavy." Yin Cheng decided to take a roundabout approach.

"I can see that." The emperor took the hot tea handed to him by the eunuch, took a sip, and asked, "So?"

After the roundabout conversation, Yin Cheng said, "I went to the Lin residence today and told them I want to marry Lin Nian."

Emperor: "Pfft."

"Hey bro, what are you doing? You spat water all over my face." Yin Cheng wiped his face with his hem.

The emperor patted his chest. "I think I might have a heart attack."

Yin Cheng said, "Shall I call the imperial physician for you?"

"Stop joking." The emperor took a deep breath and asked, "What did the Lin family say?"

Yin Cheng recalled for a moment and said definitively, "He didn't say anything."

"Then they must look down on you."

Yin Cheng hesitated and said, "Is that possible?"

The emperor pondered for a while, then said several times, "Since that's the case, I have no choice but to swallow my pride and issue an imperial decree to bestow the marriage."

Yin Cheng kindly reminded him, "But you said you wouldn't use imperial power to force the Lin family."

The emperor roared, "Then who am I doing this for? Ah! Who am I doing this for!"

Yin Cheng knew he was in the wrong and felt very guilty, so he dared not say anything more.

The emperor calmed himself down and looked at Yin Cheng with deep resentment at his lack of ambition.

At this moment, a eunuch staggered over and presented a memorial to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, an urgent report from the south."

After reading the urgent report, the emperor's expression changed. Then his gaze fell on the sand table, his eyes deep and unfathomable. "Go and bring Li Fu and Yan Wen to me."

The young eunuch acknowledged the order and withdrew. Yin Cheng was also about to slip away when the emperor called him back, "You stay here too."