After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 321 Contracting the Lychee Orchard

"I'm happy, you wouldn't understand."

Inside the palace, the emperor has been having trouble sleeping these past few days.

Pei Yuan openly defied the imperial decree and ultimately married Su Xiaoxiao.

"I really underestimated him."

The emperor paced back and forth in his study, genuinely surprised that even his imperial edicts were no longer effective.

However, Pei Yuan wielded considerable influence in the court, making it impossible to impeach him easily.

This left the emperor feeling helpless.

"Your Majesty, the Empress requests an audience."

The emperor quickly stood up and said, "Please come in." In truth, he dared not offend the three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines of the imperial palace too much.

Although each woman was incredibly beautiful, the emperor, being a time traveler, simply couldn't bring himself to like them.

The rigid woman may have never had any experience with love in her previous life. The emperor was not indiscriminate in this regard, but rather extremely picky.

When the Empress entered, she looked at the Emperor with such affection that it seemed as if she wanted to devour him whole.

The emperor was secretly suffering. He truly only wanted to make Su Xiaoxiao his empress; all other women were trash in his eyes.

But what could he refuse? After all, the Empress was his legal wife, and her family was incredibly powerful; he couldn't afford to offend them.

Having no choice but to compromise, the emperor looked at the gentle and beautiful empress and felt like one of those forced to accompany a guest.

Let's leave aside how devastated the emperor was and how much he suffered in the palace.

At this moment, Xiao Bao, like a clingy kitten, hugged Pei Yuan's neck and kept calling out, "Daddy, you are the best daddy in the world."

Da Bao also clung to Pei Yuan's waist and wouldn't let go. These two children had no blood relation to Pei Yuan at all, but they were the ones who were most attached to him.

Xiao Bao suddenly looked at Su Xiaoxiao's belly and said, "Mom, when are you going to give us a little brother or sister?"

Su Xiaoxiao's face turned as red as a sheet, and she quickly tried to change the subject, but she couldn't find anything to say for a while, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Fortunately, Pei Yuan came to the rescue in time.

"By the way, let's go fruit picking in the mountains tomorrow!"

"What fruit? You'll find out when you get there."

Pei Yuan said in a mysterious tone.

"So much rationality!"

Su Xiaoxiao pointed to the fruit trees, where bunches of lychees had already ripened and were hanging heavily on the trees.

Su Xiaoxiao was too short to reach them, but that didn't stop her from jumping up and down a bunch of lychees. She immediately picked one, peeled it, and put it in her mouth to taste it.

They are indeed very sweet, but I couldn't see such branches before, but now I see a tree full of lychee fruits.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao also received some lychees. When Su Xiaoxiao was about to jump up to reach the lychees again, she saw the branch in front of her suddenly lower. A large hand reached out and easily grabbed the branch, pulled it down, and Su Xiaoxiao was able to pick it.

The owner of that hand was none other than Pei Yuan.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled at Pei Yuan, "It has to be you. I knew you were the most considerate, General."

As Su Xiaoxiao spoke, she peeled a lychee and fed it to Pei Yuan.

"Hmm, try it, it's very sweet."

Pei Yuan tried to maintain his cool demeanor, but Su Xiaoxiao directly popped the peeled lychee into her mouth. Pei Yuan clung to Su Xiaoxiao's snow-white fingers, no longer caring how sweet the lychee was; Su Xiaoxiao's fingers seemed sweeter than any fruit in the world. Pei Yuan was still deeply moved; honestly, he now felt that the lychee in Su Xiaoxiao's mouth was even sweeter.

If Da Bao and Xiao Bao weren't there, he probably would have immediately bitten into the lychee in Su Xiaoxiao's mouth.

Just imagining it is exciting.

Seeing such a large lychee orchard, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be to make lychee-flavored jam.

It just so happens that Da Bao's birthday is in a few days. Su Xiaoxiao has made up her mind. She has decided to make birthday cakes for Da Bao and Xiao Bao. They will be lychee flavored cakes.

Actually, Su Xiaoxiao never thought she could make a cake. It was actually quite easy, except that it was a little difficult to stir the egg whites with chopsticks.

After Su Xiaoxiao finished baking the cake, she placed the peeled lychees on top of it.

Of course, the cake base also contains fruit, including mango and sweet cherries.

She sandwiched the chopped fruit pieces in the cake, then spread a layer of cream on top, followed by another layer of cream.

Then, lychees and cherries were placed on top, and a very beautiful cake was ready.

To give Da Bao a surprise, we didn't let him see it beforehand.

Su Xiaoxiao also knew that this time she was celebrating Da Bao's birthday in a special way, so she had to make it extra grand.

After Su Xiaoxiao and Pei Yuan finished discussing it, they held the ceremony at their new home in the suburbs.

Su Xiaoxiao decorated the place beautifully with lots of fresh flowers and candles.

When Su Xiaoxiao brought out the cherry and lychee cake, Da Bao and Xiao Bao's eyes lit up.

Su Xiaoxiao cut a piece of cake and handed it to the children, who ate it with great joy. At first, Xiao Bao looked at the cake and didn't quite know how to eat it, but he just kept sniffing the sweet aroma under his nose.

Su Xiaoxiao found it very funny.

"Eat it quickly, the cake won't taste good if it gets cold."

Su Xiaoxiao cut another piece and handed it to Pei Yuan, who was standing next to her.

"Try it."

This was the first time Pei Yuan had ever tasted something called cake. His mouth was covered in cream, and Su Xiaoxiao quickly went over to wipe it off for him.

The birthday party for Da Bao was a great success, and Su Xiaoxiao was busy until evening. After taking a shower, she returned to her room and saw Pei Yuan playing chess alone under the lamplight.

This scene inexplicably stirred Su Xiaoxiao's heart, as if her husband were waiting for her to return under the lamplight.

Su Xiaoxiao then took out the ledger and began calculating the accounts of her workshop. It was almost the end of the month, and she needed to start calculating the dividends to give to Qian Musheng.

The thought of seeing Qian Musheng again filled Su Xiaoxiao with a strange sense of joy.

Pei Yuan walked over and closed Su Xiaoxiao's account book.

"Miss Su, what time is it? You're still here looking at the account books. Shouldn't you be serving this general your bedtime?"

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes never left the ledger; she continued writing and drawing on it.

Why don't you care about me?!

Pei Yuan looked so aggrieved that Su Xiaoxiao was at a loss for what to do, but she also wanted to tease him.

She pretended to look up, glanced at Pei Yuan's face, and said, "I'm tired of looking at your face. You'd better let me have some peace and quiet!"

(End of this chapter)