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Feng Wuyou came over holding a cup of tea and placed it in front of the Emperor, "Father, please have some tea."

Susu’s milky voice called out, "Momma, I want some Cake."

"Alright, Momma will have someone prepare it." Feng Wuyou said with a smile, turning her head to instruct Little Guizi, "Go prepare some pastries."

"Yes." Little Guizi trotted off, and when he returned, he brought a plate of pastries to the table.

Feng Wuyou gently reminded, "Eat just a little, lunch will be served soon."

"Momma, I know, I’m saving room for meat." Susu happily picked up a piece of pastry from the plate and turned to hand it to the Emperor, "Grandpa, taste."

"Thank you, Susu." The Emperor took the pastry with delight.

Susu then reached into the plate again, took another piece of pastry and extended it toward Jun Moqing, her tiny body almost sprawled on the table, "Great-grandpa, taste."

"Thank you, Susu." Like the Emperor, Jun Moqing also happily took the pastry from Susu’s small hand.

Susu fetched a piece for Gugu as well before finally taking one for herself.

At lunchtime, the Empress arrived. On her way, she learned about the Crown Princess’s origin from Xiao Jinyu, which left her as astonished as the Emperor.

It seemed her judgment was not bad after all, and the Crown Princess was different from ordinary people—no wonder she was the daughter of the National Master, so likable.

When she entered the dining room and saw the Emperor there, she hummed inwardly; he didn’t even invite her to come along.

She walked with dignified elegance to the National Master and greeted him, "National Master."

Jun Moqing looked up at the Empress. Although he had heard about her from someone, this was their first meeting. Like the Emperor, she had aged but maintained herself well.

Once the Empress had taken her seat, she kicked the Emperor under the table.

The Emperor glanced down wondering what he had done now to irritate the Empress. Why was she kicking him as soon as she arrived?

The dining table was full of people.

Xiao Jinyan put some food on Ninth’s plate, "Eat more, you’ve lost a lot of weight these days."

Feng Wuyou added some meat and fish to Xiao Jinyan’s bowl, "You should eat more too. You haven’t had time to exercise lately, and you’ve lost quite a bit of muscle."

"Fish is good for replenishing protein and preventing muscle loss."

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

He suddenly remembered the drawing that Ninth had made of him, with his muscles so smoothly defined and clearly depicted.

So he did have muscles—

But from the assassination attempt until now, he hadn’t had time to exercise, and he had indeed lost much of his muscle.

It seemed he needed to focus on his training.

Ye Suhuan looked at the scene in front of him and then at the vegetarian food in his bowl. He would throw up if he ate even a mouthful of meat. He didn’t have much muscle on him anymore, whereas he remembered having quite a bit before.

The Emperor had wanted to drink with the National Master, but finding out that the Master did not drink, he had no choice but to give up the idea.

After lunch, Taotao and Susu went to their room for a nap.

The Emperor and the Empress spent a little while together before leaving.

Xiao Jinyan had just returned with a load of work to be done, so he got busy as well.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Chun Xi had just finished her busyness. Seeing Qin Xiao enter, she felt a bit bashful after not seeing him for so long.

Qin Xiao took out a wax paper-wrapped cake from his chest and handed it over to Chun Xi, "This is for you."

Every time Qin Xiao left the palace, he would bring her something. She took the wax paper package and, looking up at Qin Xiao, assessed him and said, "You’ve lost a lot of weight."

Qin Xiao replied, "Mostly been on the road, so I lost a bit of weight."

"I’ve made soup, have some to nourish your body." Chun Xi put the wax paper package on the table, fetched a clean bowl from the cupboard, and filled it with a big bowl of Chicken Soup.

Qin Xiao looked at the Chicken Soup in front of him and then at Chun Xi. The person he missed the most during their separation was her.

"Chun Xi, I want to ask you something."

Chun Xi answered with a smile, "Ask away."

Qin Xiao was always straightforward, so he didn’t beat around the bush, "What do you think of me?"

Chun Xi replied, "You’re quite nice, what’s the matter?"

Qin Xiao continued, "What if I ask our Master to make the arrangements for us to marry, would you agree?"

Chun Xi’s face blushed instantly, not expecting Qin Xiao to be so direct about marrying.

Qin Xiao asked again, "Would you agree?"

Chun Xi, feeling bashful, nodded her head with her eyelids lowered.

Seeing her agreement, Qin Xiao was ecstatic, "Then after Master finishes his work in the next two days, I’ll go speak to him."

Chun Xi nodded shyly, "Mm."

Qin Xiao happily picked up the bowl and gulped down the Chicken Soup.

At night, Feng Wuyou lay in Xiao Jinyan’s arms, feeling sleepy, but his restless hands kept her awake and even more alert.

It had been more than a month since they had been intimate, and Xiao Jinyan could hardly restrain himself. He had just started to undress her when there came a knocking at the door.

"Momma, open the door."

Xiao Jinyan recognized Susu’s voice immediately and opened the door, only to see Susu hugging a pillow.

"Susu, what brings you here?"

Susu, with her milky voice, said, "I wanna sleep with Momma."

Having been apart for so long, Xiao Jinyan couldn’t bear to deny his daughter’s request, so he lifted her onto the bed.

Once on the bed, Susu hugged Feng Wuyou’s neck, "Momma, why didn’t you want me last time?"