"Your Majesty, my energy is limited and I can only raise Bei Bei. If your Majesty feels that your family is weak, I can help you choose some lovely children."
Whoever loves giving birth will give birth to him. She fought hard to give birth to Beibei and almost died.
What's more, the child is the fruit of two people's love. She only hates Prince Xiao and doesn't want to be another burden.
"Auntie!" Ye Yaner looked at the eldest princess.
The eldest princess turned her head and ignored it.
At this moment, Ye Yaner's heart felt cold and she put all her expectations on Prince Xiao.
Prince Xiao pursed his lips tightly and said nothing. He couldn't plead for mercy because he had gone back on his word. Who let Ye Yaner provoke him first?
"Yan'er, three years have passed so quickly."
In desperation, Prince Xiao had to make a choice for Ye Yaner.
Ye Yaner shook her head, gritted her teeth and raised her hand to slap her fair little face.
Three years is too long, and no one can guarantee what will happen if we come back.
She didn't dare to bet on whether King Xiao's heart would change.
Therefore, she must not leave the palace.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Ye Yaner closed her eyes tightly and slapped her face one after another.
After a while, his little face as fair as jade was covered with slap marks, and everyone present shook their heads after looking at it.
Concubine Ye, who has always been noble and decent, is nothing more than this.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Yaner's body was swaying, her hands were almost numb, her mouth was bleeding, her ears were buzzing, and even her breath smelled fishy.
She didn't dare to open her eyes, she didn't want to see everyone laughing.
From a high-ranking woman who was out of reach of everyone, she suddenly fell to become a joke to everyone.
Ye Yan'er now wanted to die, and at the same time she hated Chu Yunning in her heart.
"That's enough, Concubine Ye." Chu Yunning called out at the forty-ninth hour.
Ye Yaner opened her eyes, and her whole little face could no longer be seen.
"That's it, there's no need to fight the rest." Chu Yunning sighed and said helplessly: "I know you are going crazy and can't think about it for the moment, so I don't blame you."
Ye Yaner was so angry that she almost vomited blood. There was only the last one left. It made no difference whether he was beaten or not. Chu Yunning was deliberately trying to spite her.
Under the scrutiny of everyone, Ye Yaner uttered vague words: "Thank you, Princess."
After saying that, Prince Xiao led Ye Yaner out of the eldest princess's mansion.
The farce was over, and Chu Yunning had no point in staying, so he looked for Beibei and left quickly.
"Mom is so powerful!" Beibei gave a thumbs up. He watched this scene from behind the corridor.
A few times he even wanted to rush out, but when he thought of his mother's advice, he held back. He believed that her mother could solve the problem.
"Concubine Ye often bullies mother. If she falls into trouble this time, will she secretly plot against mother?"
Beibei was worried that his mother would suffer because after all, Prince Xiao had always been partial to Ye Yaner.
"Mom will teach you another idiom today: when soldiers come, the water will be blocked and the earth will cover it up."
"What's the meaning?"
"It means..." Chu Yunning explained the source, and he understood it quickly.
When the two returned to the palace, the palace was quiet, and the sounds of the maids and women walking were deliberately lowered.
The atmosphere was extremely depressing.
"Your Majesty!" Ye Yan'er cried hard, half hurt and half angry, her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Normally, Prince Xiao would definitely be sympathetic to her, but today Ye Yaner had a pig-headed face and couldn't clearly see her original charming appearance. It could be described as miserable, and she was even more cautious when she cried.
Prince Xiao really couldn't pity him.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Ye Yan'er kept crying, sobbing and nestling in Xiao Wang's arms. She felt heartbreaking pain when she opened her mouth, and she couldn't control her tears.
So Prince Xiao ran out of patience, comforted him a few words, and casually made an excuse to leave.
As soon as they left, Ye Yaner's anger couldn't be restrained.
Angrily, she smashed the furnishings in the room to pieces, and the maid stood at the door, not even daring to breathe.
After King Xiao left, he came to Danqiong Garden unknowingly.
"The princess is back?"
The guard replied: "Yes, the princess rushed back within half a stick of incense after the prince returned to the house."
Prince Xiao thought thoughtfully, the princess has also suffered a lot of grievances today.
I don’t know how the princess is doing now.
At this time, the butler happened to come over with a few keys to the accounting room and several account books, and bowed to King Xiao.
"What's this?"
Butler: "Go back to your lord, here are the key to the accounting room and the account books for the last three months. The princess said there is no need to send them over at three quarters noon."
Three quarters to noon?
Prince Xiao frowned. If nothing else happened, he should be having dinner in the eldest princess's mansion at this time. Is she so sure that she can make it back?
"What do you mean, princess?"
The chief butler followed the words: "The princess checked the palace's accounts for the past few years overnight and said that the expenses were too high and it was necessary to save money."
"Within one night?" Prince Xiao didn't believe it. Although he didn't care about the accounts, he also knew that the accounts were complicated and needed to be sorted out.
The chief steward nodded and exaggeratedly told Chu Yunning that he had settled two large boxes in one night.
King Xiao was stunned for a moment, then took the key and account book and entered Danqiong Garden.
"Your Majesty..." The butler was overjoyed. Prince Xiao must have gone to find the princess to settle accounts. Maybe Prince Xiao would search again and find something fishy.
When the time came to take back the princess's stewardship rights, the chief steward was beaten twice by Chu Yunning, and he couldn't swallow this breath.
King Xiao entered Danqiong Garden. Unlike usual, there were a few more servants waiting in the yard.
There are several pots of peonies in full bloom placed under the corridor, which are eye-catching.
I don't know when there was a grape trellis in the corner of the yard, with green vines hanging on it, and a small tea table set up under the trellis, which was exquisite and compact.
The main house that was burned has been repaired, and there are no signs of being burned.
Smoke lingered in the backyard, and there was a scent in the air.
Prince Xiao slowed down his pace and felt inexplicably quiet while looking at this scene.
"princess!"
There was a maid shouting in his ear, and Prince Xiao followed the voice and walked over.
Chu Yunning put on a plain white dress, pulled up her hair slightly, rolled up her sleeves and stood in front of the chopping board, pinching the dough skillfully, with a gentle smile on her pretty face, and her smile was as bright as a flower.
King Xiao was stunned.
"Your Majesty!" Bixiu saluted to Prince Xiao.
Chu Yunning came back to his senses and looked along the line of sight, and sure enough he saw Prince Xiao who didn't look very good.
She guessed that she must have come to seek justice for Ye Yaner.
So Chu Yunning winked at Bixiu: "Take Beibei to the backyard to play for a while."
"yes."
When Prince Xiao saw that she was wary of him, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Princess, this is the account book you want. In the past few years, Concubine Ye has been very serious about her career and has not dared to slack off. All kinds of expenses in the house are strictly controlled. She will never be fooled easily and rashly reduce expenses, so that
When outsiders looked at it, they thought the palace was in decline."
The chief steward took the opportunity to speak, and did not forget to put in a good word for Ye Yan'er.
Chu Yunning suddenly realized that he was looking for trouble to save money.
"Your Majesty, the palace has been in a deficit in the past few years. The harvests in the village and the shop can barely sustain it. I feel it is inappropriate, so I propose unnecessary expenses. It is not just to save a certain person."
Chu Yunning's explanation was not approved by the chief steward. Instead, the chief steward seized the loophole in the words and asked: "What do you mean by the princess, is that Concubine Ye enriched herself while being a housekeeper? This is really an injustice to the concubine, prince, concubine."
I would never do that.”
"Since the palace has been handed over to the princess, the princess has the final say in everything." Prince Xiao said.
The chief butler was stunned: "But the concubine..."
"The concubine is in poor health and needs to rest. There is no need to disturb the concubine with such trivial matters in the future."
When Prince Xiao mentioned Concubine Ye, he felt a little repelled.
The chief steward would look at him and couldn't figure out what Prince Xiao meant, so he could only keep silent.
Chu Yunning was confused, but she didn't dare to let down her guard. Who knew what her love brain was planning.
"Go down."
After driving away the chief steward, Prince Xiao and Chu Yunning were the only ones left in the courtyard.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Chu Yunning thought to herself, if you want to quarrel, just quarrel, don't let me have a show of affectionate love.
Prince Xiao walked to the corridor and sat casually on a small idle stool, wondering: "I remember that the princess is not good at calculating accounts, and she doesn't know how to cook. Aunt Mao is old and can't read. Where did the princess learn this from?"
Coming?"
Chu Yunning was stunned. How could she explain such a metaphysical thing as time travel?
"Is he Beibei's biological father?"
Prince Xiao endured it for a long time and mentioned that this person still had a strange sourness in his heart. He didn't care about it in the past, but now he will start to investigate.
This person must never stay in the palace again.
Sure enough, I still overestimated the weird ideas of the love brain. Chu Yunning rolled her eyes.
, and sighed: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about it. Beibei's father has long since passed away."
King Xiao was suddenly startled: "Dead?"
"Yes!" Chu Yunning nodded without hesitation. Some people are worse off dead than alive.
There was another moment of silence, and Wang Xiao's eyes shifted to the delicate snacks on the chopping board. There were various cartoon patterns that he had never seen before.
"I am the legitimate daughter of the Chu family. I used to be proud, but after suffering a big loss, I calmed down. There is nothing I can't learn after five years of hard work."
Chu Yunning explained calmly and let Prince Xiao look at him.
"What happened to Broken Jade today?"
Prince Xiao checked it privately and found that Chu Yunning indeed put the complete jade in the box. How come it was transferred to the eldest princess's house when it arrived?
"You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. It is just a multi-layered guarantee. Who would have known that it would be so unfortunate that the eldest princess would have to open it in person."
Chu Yunning shrugged and didn't mention Ye Yan'er at all.
Prince Xiao felt like a mirror in his heart. The matter of broken jade must have something to do with Ye Yan'er, but he just didn't want to admit it.
"mother!"
Beibei was worried that Chu Yunning would be bullied, so he ran from the backyard, hugged Chu Yunning's thigh, and looked at King Xiao with a wary expression.
King Xiao looked at Beibei with an incomprehensible expression. This child was smart and lively, and his appearance was very pleasing.
"Bei Bei is the only child in the palace, which is really weak. Shouldn't the princess think about it for the heirs of the palace?"
Chu Yunning couldn't believe it. Did she hear it wrong?
King Xiao wants a second child?
Prince Xiao said solemnly: "I need a legitimate son."
"I can adopt him and keep him under my knees. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never treat him harshly."
The more Chu Yunning resisted, the more anger simmered in Prince Xiao's heart. He grabbed Chu Yunning's hand and said coldly: "You are Princess Xiao. It is your duty to spread branches and leaves for me. You cannot refuse."
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"You bastard!" Chu Yunning struggled, but King Xiao was so strong that his wrist was almost crushed and he couldn't pull it out.
"Let go of my mother!" Beibei stepped forward and beat Xiao Wang.
King Xiao grabbed Beibei's hand and his eyes became fierce. Chu Yunning was so frightened that he immediately said: "If you have anything to say, please say it, don't touch Beibei!"
"Chu Yunning, I want a legitimate son who belongs to Prince Xiao's Palace. I can accommodate him regardless of the past grudges. I will also give him half of the family property and let him bear the title of the heir of Prince Xiao's Palace for the rest of his life. No one will insult him!"
King Xiao pointed at Beibei, intending to threaten.
Chu Yunning was almost furious. She used to think that King Xiao was seriously in love, but now she felt that he was too scumbag.
Ye Yaner was injured today. Instead of comforting her, she wanted to have a baby with another woman.
There is no humanity at all.
Chu Yunning raised her hand and grabbed Xiao Wang's hand, and traced it with her fingertips. Xiao Wang immediately felt pain and let go of Bei Bei's hand, took two steps back and stared at her.
"How dare you plot against me!"
Chu Yunning held Bei Bei behind him and said in a deep voice: "My lord, please respect yourself!"
"you!"
At this time, the little maid's greeting came from outside the door.
"My slave, please pay your respects to the eldest princess."
After a while, the princess came angrily.
Prince Xiao had no choice but to retract his anger and stepped forward to salute: "Why is aunt here?"
The banquet is not over yet at this hour.
The eldest princess pushed aside Prince Xiao and headed straight to Beibei. Chu Yunning quickly stopped in front of him with quick hands and eyes, blocking the eldest princess's sight.
"If you have anything to say, eldest princess, please say it so that you won't get so angry."
"Snapped!"
The eldest princess raised her hand and aimed at Chu Yunning, and slapped her hard and fast: "It's all because of the evil you raised. My son has suffered so much. Now my son is unconscious. If anything goes wrong, I want you to