Liu Yunxiang's words were serious, but if Shen Yunzhou continued to pester, Qu Moran would only hate him even more, and then the father-son relationship between him and Yi'er would also freeze.

Why bother!

The others dispersed, and Yan Mu accompanied Shen Yunzhou to drink until midnight.

Liu Yunxiang had already fallen asleep and was sleeping soundly. She felt her lips hurt. She opened her eyes drowsily and saw Yan Mu looking at her with a drunken smile.

"You...um..."

Before the words could be spoken, Yan Mu blocked her. Liu Yunxiang's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat. She punched Yan Mu's chest while panting, but he grabbed her finger.

"Are you a dog?"

Yan Mu lowered his head and kissed Liu Yunxiang's nose. When he was satisfied, he lay back and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Shen Yunzhou cried."

"Um."

As others, they can understand Shen Yunzhou's suffering, but they can't force Qu Moran to make a sacrifice. How innocent is she?

"Actually, I cried too."

"Because of me?"

"That fire in Yan's Mansion, I kept crying while waiting for you to save me."

Liu Yunxiang was most afraid of Yan Mu's fire. She owed him and it was the deepest wound she left him. She turned around and hugged Yan Mu, and wanted to say sorry, but he covered her with his hands.

"I was thinking just now, did you really abandon me? Are you sorry for me?"

"..."

"How have I ever given you a sufficient sense of security, and how have I never always believed in you."

Liu Yunxiang hugged Yan Mu's waist tightly and buried her head in his arms.

She actually didn't want to mention the past, but in Yan Mu's heart, this scar always existed. And it was undeniable that on the night when everyone turned their backs on him and wanted to burn him to death, she also abandoned him. Another pinch of salt was sprinkled on his already bleeding heart.

If it were her, she might not be able to forgive him.

"Qu Moran didn't wait for Shen Yunzhou, but you waited for me." Yan Mu said and took a long breath, "If you had chosen Lu Changan at that time, I would have gone crazy with jealousy, or even killed myself."

Liu Yunxiang thought of Yan Mu who was a hostage in Beijin. He had killed him more than once during his time, but the madness saved him and made him temporarily forget the pain of being left behind by her.

"I don't love others, I only love you, from beginning to end, from the last life to this life." Liu Yunxiang said.

"You always talk about the last life."

"Because in the last life... you owed me, and I owed you."

"What about this life?"

"You are here to pay off the debt, and so am I. We have regrets for each other, so this life must be perfect."

During the New Year's Day, Liu Yunxiang and Yan Mu did not go out and stayed at home with their three children.

Soon it was the tenth day of the lunar month. Liu Yunxiang woke up early in the morning and saw Yan Mu still lying next to him, so he pushed him.

"Aren't you going to go to court?"

Yan Mu turned around and hugged her, "No."

Liu Yunxiang's mind was spinning, so he didn't ask any questions and continued to sleep in her arms. They didn't wake up until the sun was up and Sanbao was crying loudly.

Since I was at home, I simply freshened up.

Liu Yunxiang went to the east room and saw that Sanbao had stopped crying and the wet nurse was breastfeeding.

"I had just slept soundly, but a boy came to call Miss Jinyan and woke him up," the nanny said.

Liu Yunxiang waited until his son was full and then played with him in the house.

At this time, Jinyan came back, followed by two boys, who carried a large wooden box and put it in the east wing.

Liu Yunxiang followed and saw Jin Yan opening the wooden box, revealing various novel gadgets inside.

"Hey, there are wood carvings from Nanzhou, fox fur boots from Beizhou, black pearls from Dongzhou, and jade from Xizhou. Those who know him are from the southeast and northwest of the caravan, but those who don't know think he sells groceries." Liu Yunxiang

joked.

Jinyan blushed and said shyly, "He always asks people to give him these novel things."

"Can I be in Beijing?"

"I'm going back to my hometown. I'll be back in two days."

"Go back to your hometown?"

Jin Yan's face turned red again, "He went back to his hometown to invite his parents, and said he would come to our house to propose marriage after the new year."

Liu Yunxiang stepped forward and hugged Jin Yan, "Girl, I have made you suffer over the years."

"What did the girl say? It will be a blessing for me to follow you."

"Silly girl."

Liu Yunxiang rubbed Jin Yan's head. In her last life, she had been alone with her all her life. In this life, she kept Yan Mu, and Jin Yan also found her lover.

"After two days, let him come to the house first, and I will show you his character. As for the marriage, I will feel at ease if the marriage is settled earlier."

Jin Yan blushed and agreed, then went out to call Yan'er and Xingyi. The two little guys liked these gadgets so much.

"Don't grab it, these are all yours." Jinyan coaxed them both.

"No, these are given to you by Brother Zhu. We can only take one piece at most." He said his intention and stuck out his tongue guiltily.

"It doesn't matter if you take more," Jinyan said.

Yan'er shook his head, "That's not true. These are the wishes Brother Zhu gave you. You should keep them well."

Jin Yan chuckled, "You two little devils."

In the afternoon, Shangguan Xu and Wu Min came, both of them looking very bad.

"Today is the first time to go to court after the new year. Guess what, your highness, half of the ministers are not here. Some of them have retired and returned home, and some have claimed to be sick at home. It is those who went to court, and all of them remained silent for fear of causing trouble.

"

"The emperor was furious and ordered all ministers to go to court tomorrow. As long as they are not sick and buried in the ground, they must climb up."

After saying that, the two of them looked at Yan Mu together.

Yan Mu snorted, "He knows he's anxious now?"

"There are several people in the court who have invited themselves to be released from the capital. Can the emperor not be in a hurry? If we leave a few more, there will be no one in the court." Shangguan Xu said.

"Then, Your Highness, will you go to court tomorrow?"

Yan Mu lowered his eyes, and was about to say that he would give it up for another day, when the servant came over to report that a stretcher had been sent from the palace.

"He also said that Your Highness is ill and cannot work too hard. The imperial guards will come to the house tomorrow to carry you to the court."

Yan Mu snorted, "This method is quite clever."

"I guess other ministers who said they were sick at home also received a stretcher like this." Shangguan Xu said.

"Then everyone has to go to court tomorrow."

The next day, Yan Mu went to court and found that all the officials were here. One or two of them were really sick, their faces were very bad, and they kept coughing.

But when the time came, the emperor never showed up. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one came forward to ask, they just lowered their heads and waited.

Yan Mu also waited. No matter how ridiculous things were, he had encountered them before. It was just being late for court, which was not unusual.

After waiting like this for about half an hour, the emperor finally came, but he still took Meng Guiren with him.

The noble man in Meng actually wore a phoenix crown and was leaning on the emperor's arms, giggling all the time.

"Your Majesty, does this phoenix crown look good on me?"

"nice."

"How about the emperor reward me with a body?"

"good."

This was in the court hall, the two of them were acting like this, and all the ministers' faces turned dark.

"Your Majesty, the court is the place where state affairs are discussed. The concubines in the harem..."

Then Wu Min stood up, but before she finished speaking, Meng Guiren glared at him. Then she ran up the dragon steps with a smile, and sat down on the dragon chair.
Chapter completed!