Qi Yan's hand moved slowly, while his eyes were quietly paying attention to the little one.

Seeing Zaizai's mouth slightly open, staring at the chicken on the plate in front of him without blinking. while the corners of her mouth were still dripping with crystal clear liquid... 

He couldn't help but chuckle, and it seemed that he couldn't hold on anymore.

"Really don't eat?"

Beside, Guanquan handed the handkerchief in time, Qi Yan took it, wiped her mouth for the cub and finally came back to her senses, and moved her little body with great difficulty. In her head, she said in a low voice,

"I don't eat."

"Gu--" As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sound from her stomach.

Obviously still hungry.

Now, Qi Yan is serious.

"Why don't you eat?"

Cub Cui pursed his mouth tightly, puffed out her small fat cheeks, and stubbornly did not speak.

Qi Yan thought about it and understood.

This is the beauty of the little one...

Looking at the puffy little face like a puffer fish, couldn't help reaching out and poking it lightly.

Soft...

"PeiPei is so cute now."

Looking at the disbelieving big eyes of the cub looking at him, Qi Yan affirmed: "Really, I have never seen a child more cute than you. It 's gone."

Zaizai frowned, waving his little fat hand and said:

"Liar!"

Xiao Nian's voice also contained a few traces of grievance, "You clearly said that Pepe is a chubby little fat man!"

Qi Yan The corners of his mouth twitched into a smile,

The little guy is quite vengeful.

He immediately picked up the cub and put it in his arms. Looking at the still pouting little mouth, he said slowly:

"I said that so that you don't eat too much. Think about it, every time you eat too much and your stomach swells up, it will be uncomfortable for a long time... "

Hearing Qi Yan's words, Zi Zai lowered his head.

Although I feel like I can still eat, every time my stomach can't hold it anymore, and it's very uncomfortable... All said, a human child like her can't eat so much, and a weak body can't bear it.

However, she just couldn't control it and wanted to continue eating...

"So, isn't it the time to hold back and stop eating?"

Zaizai raised his head and looked at Qi Yan with big eyes expectantly. It means that the nest is holding back, why don't you praise me?

Rubbing Xiaobudian's head, Qi Yan said helplessly:

"Then is your little belly uncomfortable now?"

Zizai nodded his head quickly, and the little milk said:

"Well! Uncomfortable!"

She was a little confused, why is this?

Qi Yan then said slowly: "Look, eating too much will make your stomach feel uncomfortable; however, eating too little will also make you feel uncomfortable."

he squeezed Cub's chubby little hands, "So, no matter what you eat It should be in moderation, neither too much nor too little."

"It's very troublesome." Zizai lowered his head and muttered to himself.

"What?"

Pei Pei raised her head, opened her big clear black eyes, and looked at Qi Yan with some sullenness:

"It's so troublesome to be a human."

Qi Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled. He murmured in a low voice, "Yeah, being a human being is a very troublesome...and a very hard thing..." 

You will know hunger only when you are hungry, and you will know bloating when you endure it.

There are some truths that others can tell you;
but there are some that may only be understood after personal experience...

Qi Yan picked up the little guy, sat back on his seat, and then cooked the chicken thighs Put it in front of her, 

"Eat it quickly, your little belly is already screaming."

Finally, the cub couldn't bear it anymore and decided to comfort the little belly that was protesting. Without hesitation, she stretched out her fleshy little chubby hands to the fragrant chicken legs in front of her...

Little mouth chirping, the small fat cheeks on both sides trembled slightly from time to time, and her mouth was full of oily juice.

I no longer think about the flesh on my body...

Anyway, Qi Yan said, she is the cutest cub!

The bright and splendid sun shines into the hall, and the golden light shines on two figures, one big and one small, 

warm and beautiful...

**

Carved beams and painted buildings, Qushui corridor.

In the eyes of the Crown Princess at this moment, the scenery as usual was a little more strange and melancholy.

All the servants and servants were asked to retreat, and without a maid beside her, Xie Qingluan wandered carelessly in the mansion alone.

Pass through the rockery bamboo forest and pass by the rhododendron bushes.

Before she knew it, she had already arrived outside Wuye's study. I vaguely heard the voices of Du Shi and others.

Du Shi, Zuo Qian and others, long before she got married with Wuye had been following Wuye and they were all people Wuye trusted very much.

After she married into the Fuzhong, she had gotten along very harmoniously with them over the years. From time to time, she would meet with people, play the piano, play chess, drink and chat.

Zuo Qian and Du Shi, in particular, had the same interests as her, but they felt that it was too late to meet each other, so they introduced each other as confidants and talked about the world.

Before, she often discussed the current political situation with them in the study, and made suggestions for Wuye together.

Remembering that Mr. Lu and others have repeatedly praised her, if not born as a daughter, she is also an excellent strategist...

Xie Qingluan lowered her eyes, remembering the past scenes, and the sadness in her heart could not be diluted a bit.

It's just that a lot has happened recently. Thinking about it, she might not have seen them for a long time.

Now that I'm here, I'd better say hello to everyone before leaving...

Walking in front of the door, I was about to push the door. Suddenly I heard the words of several people:

"This time, if the government of Rongguo hadn't come to help in time, and dealt with His Majesty for a time or two, otherwise, His Royal Highness's position as a prince will not be guaranteed!"

"I will wait for the painstaking plan . After many years, it was difficult to send His Highness to the throne of the prince. Unexpectedly, this time, King He and others seized the opportunity. They seized the slightest mistake of His Highness and stabbed it in front of His Majesty! Who knows, His Majesty's heart was originally already very dissatisfied with the prince, and this adds fuel to the fire!"

"This time, not only was the prince banned, but we were also reprimanded, and we don't know which backcountry we're going to be transferred to!"

"You said, This crown princess is also true! Knowing that His Royal Highness is at the cusp of the storm, she has to take the risk to save a villain who has committed the crime of corruption and should be executed."

"So, the woman is short-sighted! I thought the crown prince before. What is the difference between the concubine and other ordinary women! It turns out that it is nothing more than that!"

Hearing the words of Du Shi, Zuo Qian and others, Xie Qingluan's eyes darkened, and the hand that was about to push the door fell weakly.

Countless complex emotions surged in my heart, and without disturbing anyone, I quietly turned and left.

Xie Qingluan was at a loss as if lost. I just wanted to get out of that place quickly.

She always thought that in their hearts, she was different from other women.

Compared with other women who embroidered flowers and fluttered butterflies in the boudoir, and fought for clothes and jewelry behind her back,

she read and wrote with her brothers since she was a child. She knew a thing or two about whether it was the tactics of war, the opinions of a hundred schools of thought, or even the important affairs of the DPRK.

After marriage,

other women are planning their own marriages carefully, trying to get a little more dowry at home, so that they can have a prestigious marriage. After getting married, tried every means to please the husband and mother-in-law.

And she disguised herself as a man to enter and leave the teahouse club, and debated with other scholars to point out the country, chic and happy.

It was also at that time that she met Wuye and fell in love with him at first sight. After marriage, hand in hand with each other, only each other.

Over the years, no matter who they are, they can't help but praise her when they see her, she is gentle and generous, and she has extraordinary knowledge.

Gradually, she herself thought that she was different from the grieving wives in the back house. Every time she meets other princesses, she always shows pity unconsciously...

She can accompany Wuye hand in hand to discuss state affairs; and they can only compete with other concubines and concubines in the backyard for the favor of men.

Today, the words of Zuo Qian and others seem to have suddenly broken her long-standing cognition. Bloody peeled off the truth,

it turned out that in their hearts, she was the same as other women... With a dazed look, Xie Qingluan walked into the garden.

She looked up inadvertently and saw the people in the pavilion surrounded by all the servants...

Luoyun hair bun, pale golden lotus crown, white round pearl pendant on her ears, wearing a low-key and gorgeous silver-white shirt and skirt.

That cold and moving face, like the noble and clean moon in the sky, attracted countless people's hearts...

Lu Yunxue, the daughter of the Lu family of Rongguo Gongfu, and even the majesty and the queen mother in the palace praised the noble family Female.

Now, she is the concubine of the Prince's Mansion.

This is a fact that Xie Qingluan had to accept...

The condition of Duke Rong's promise to help the Prince's Mansion is that the prince must marry Lu Yunxue to establish an alliance between Duke Rong's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion through marriage.

Emperor Yue is already old and the Rongguo Gongfu, which has always maintained neutrality, must choose a team now in order to ensure that the new emperor will also be honored and favored in the future.

Duke Rong Lu Dingqi chose Shen Wuye among all the princes. At the beginning, he originally planned to marry Shen Wuye, but Shen Wuye chose Xie Qingluan from Xie Xiangfu at that time.

Of course, the daughter-in-law of the imperial government cannot be used as a side room. But now Shen Wuye is no longer a prince, but a crown prince, the future emperor of Yue Kingdom.

Although it is the position of the prince's side concubine now, who can say that the future queen's position is accurate? Maybe it's the daughter of the Lu family, Muyi, who is in the world...

Duke Rong Lu Dingqi had decided that Shen Wuye would agree.

Shen Wuye had to agree...

Xie Qingluan's eyes couldn't help but glide through a trace of sadness. She never thought that a small thing she thought would bring such a big disaster to Wuye... 

Before the event, she considered all the possible consequences, but secretly spared the life of a trivial official, even if His Majesty found out that, the Crown Prince's Mansion is nothing but reprimands at most.

Who knows, it is such a trivial matter that others will not notice at all, and it will almost endanger Wuye's crown prince's position...

Of course, an inconspicuous little person In the eyes of the emperor, his life is irrelevant. what Emperor Yue needs is just a fair and honest excuse.

A justifiable excuse to abolish the crown prince.

Emperor Yue was obsessed with power all his life. At first, he thought that his body was dying. In order to prevent the princes from fighting after his death and the country was turbulent, he agreed to establish the prince as a last resort.

Now that Emperor Yue's health is gradually improving, he regrets it and thinks that he should not have appointed a prince so early.

The loss of authority made him feel uncomfortable; the praises of the courtiers to the prince made him feel harsh. The old and frail emperor feared death. He is paranoid that everyone is waiting for him to die soon so that the prince can succeed him.

Therefore, he is eager to take back his rights.

But he is an emperor, no matter what, there are so many pairs of eyes staring at him, and he always wants to leave a layer of dignity.

Therefore, Emperor Yue has been waiting for an opportunity to use this as an excuse to abolish the crown prince and regain all power.

Shen Wuye and the others all guessed what Emperor Yue was thinking, and Xie Qingluan knew it too.

But everyone miscalculated again...

an emperor's fear of death and paranoia about power.

Xie Qingluan miscalculated, also because she was too conceited. It's just that she can't bear the consequences of this failure...

Now the only person who can persuade Emperor Yue is Duke Rong. Duke Rong Lu Ding once had a life-saving grace to Emperor Yue, and in his hand he also held the iron scroll of the elixir gifted by the royal family. His words can still be heard by today's Emperor Yue.

I don't want to be able to dispel Emperor Yue's intention to abolish the prince immediately, but want to delay it for a while to buy more time for Shen Wuye and others...

Xie Qingluan remembers the scene of that day very clearly.

She knew that she was in trouble this time, so she was busy outside these days. she is apologetic, but powerless. Xie Xiangfu has already been involved in a corruption case, and it is impossible to intervene at this time.

She can't help much with the outside affairs this time, but the things in the house are still within her power.

Thinking about these days, my husband has not eaten well. So, she learned from the cook in the house how to mix noodles and how to make shaozi, and then she personally cooked a bowl of noodles for him, and took Zhiling and Xinrong at the table together, wanting to surprise him.

But she waited from day to night, and what she was waiting for was the news that Lu Yunxue, the daughter of Duke Rong's mansion, would be brought into the mansion as a concubine...

Her face was cold and so was her heart...

She still remembered that she had So much anticipation, so much sadness and grief later.

At first she thought it was her husband who broke the sincere oath between them, but he told her with a forbearance and solemn expression that he only loved her and nothing had changed.

Even if he married Lu Yunxue into the mansion as a concubine, they would still be the same as before.

This is just an exchange of interests...

Reason tells her to trust him, but her feelings make her unacceptable.

Those concubines in the past, it was before they got married, their status was low, and they had no official status, so she could not care about it.

However, the prince's side concubine will be officially recorded by the Yue Kingdom royal family. Just think that from now on, in addition to her name Xie Qingluan, there will be other women's names next to his name; from now on, in this mansion, there will be other women who can legitimately share her husband!

Xie Qingluan couldn't accept this fact in his heart.

She couldn't imagine that the concubines and concubines in the mansion who had been pitied by her in the past would look at her again with a look of consolation, in turn, with pity!

As long as she thinks of the scene at that time, the bitterness in her heart can't stop, her pride does not allow it!

However, everyone is persuading her to be more generous.

The staff in the Prince's Mansion all came to persuade her secretly and openly, telling her that Wuye needed the support of the Lu family of the Duke Rong's Mansion. Even Zuo Qian and Du Shi, who usually made good friends with her and regarded her as close friends, were persuading her to think about the bigger picture.

At that time, she did not understand why Du Shi and others also came to persuade her? She thought that these "best friends" could understand her and help her...

Now, she knows, she has always been self-righteous. They never thought of her as a best friend!

Now it is even more determined that she is just like other women, just a shallow and ignorant woman! Damaged their interests and caused them to be demoted!

She also thought about seeking the help of her father and mother, and using the power of Xie's mansion. As long as the Prince's mansion could pass this test, Lu Yunxue would not marry into the mansion. She and Wuye would still be the same as before, only each other.

However, her maiden's family, the Xie family, is powerless, so she can only persuade her to open up, as long as the position and honor of the prince concubine still belong to her and the Xie family...

She just feels that everyone has betrayed her. she.

Although my heart is depressed, there is nothing I can do!

She had to accept Lu Yunxue, the daughter of Duke Rong's mansion, to marry into the Prince's mansion... She stared blankly at the figure in the pavilion, Xie Qingluan was standing behind the tall and dense bushes, and for a while, no one could find her...

Suddenly , a few maids passed by the dense bushes and whispered:

"You said! The prince and the princess were so affectionate in the past, like glue. We servants thought that the prince would not marry again, why are you suddenly taking a new person into the house? "

It used to be two people raised their eyebrows together, but now there is one more! How could this Crown Princess accept it for a while? However, I think the Crown Prince still has a Crown Princess in his heart. Look, the day Concubine Lu entered the mansion. The prince didn't want to stimulate the prince concubine, so he specially ordered the housekeeper not to hang red silk and stick the happy words until the wedding..."

"Listen to you, since the prince still has the prince concubine in his heart, why did he agree to accept the side concubine? "

"If you want me to tell me, it's normal for this man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention a royal family, even a normal high-profile family has a group of wives and concubines, and a bunch of concubines and concubines, how can it be possible to only live by one person!"

"Over the years, the Crown Princess has been very sympathetic to us servants. I don't know what the temperament of the new concubine is like?"

Hearing the private conversation of the maids, Xie Qingluan looked sad, raised her eyes and kept her eyes tight. Staring at the noble and generous Concubine Lu, who was surrounded by servants in the pavilion.

Feeling more and more restless.

Obviously this is her and Wuye's