The wife travels through time and space to honor her husband: The heirless prince raises a child

Chapter 196 I will not interfere with your summons
Lady Qin Yanhou nodded approvingly, signaling Qin He to continue the summoning.

"Thank you for your hard work," said Lady Qin Yanhou.

Qin He smiled and glanced at the sky: "There's no wind yet. I'll use the wind to summon it. I'll be more confident in my summoning ability when there's wind."

Upon hearing this, the ladies of the Marquis's mansion all looked up at the sky, but there was neither wind nor rain.

He and Zhu went to rest under the tree. After all, today's plan was to summon rain, and it could be done whenever it was needed. Qin He wanted to wait for the wind, so they could wait.

"When will Sister Qin Bi be summoned?" Qin Yan asked the guard.

The guard replied, "I was just about to summon him when I returned."

Upon hearing this, Qin He said, "Prepare to summon."

Everyone stepped aside to avoid hindering Qin He's summoning. Qin He checked the summoning artifact while observing whether the wind was blowing. She would summon as soon as the wind picked up, but she hesitated and didn't start summoning.

Madam Cui sat down at the table that had been set out, took a sip of tea, and concealed the doubt in her eyes.

Qin He wasn't in a hurry, and neither was Qin Bi. As the Crown Prince's wife, she simply set up tables and chairs under the corridor and under the trees, prepared tea and melon seeds, and everyone discussed how to summon the prince while eating and drinking.

Qin Yan was getting restless. Today was the day of summoning rain; how could he summon rain by just sitting there?

When Prince Rong came out of the room, he saw that Luo Bi seemed to have forgotten to be summoned. He couldn't figure out what this woman was up to. Qin Bi was a woman of her word, and it was inappropriate for her to act so carelessly after agreeing to be summoned.

Prince Rong's doting on his wife was no joke; he sent someone to the palace to ask the Emperor of Great Yan for pastries made by the imperial kitchen.

The Emperor of Great Yan was busy summoning rain with his ministers, so he had no time to attend to the imperial kitchen. Eunuch Fu sent a young eunuch to the imperial kitchen to give the order that the guards of the Rong Prince's mansion should wait for the pastries to be made and take them away.

At this moment, the dark clouds dispersed, and the summons of the Great Yan Emperor only brought a light rain. Moreover, this light rain only fell in the palace, and the entire capital city barely received a drop of rain. It stopped falling outside the palace.

"Your Majesty," the Prime Minister said, "it's not raining anymore."

The Emperor of Great Yan withdrew the summoning artifact and sighed, "Alas, Great Yan desperately needs rain!"

Thinking of something, the Emperor of Great Yan said, "I heard that both the Crown Princess Rong and the Crown Princess Xue summoned rain today. A couple of days ago, when the Crown Princess Rong summoned rain, the wind also blew. At that time, Fu Bao was still sick because the summoning consumed a lot of spiritual energy. Could this weather be from the summoning?!"

The Prime Minister asked in surprise, "Was the Crown Prince's wife summoned two days ago as well?"

"Ah, I heard it was a summoning." The Great Yan Emperor stammered, feigning ignorance.

The Prime Minister and the Minister of War exchanged a glance. This was a summons. Both summons coincided with this kind of dark cloud cover, which was somewhat suspicious. However, it was not entirely possible to say that someone had summoned the strong winds.

Even the summoning of immortal sects cannot produce such a grand spectacle; how could someone with low cultivation level summon such overwhelming dark clouds?

Two days ago and today, on such windy days, the Prime Minister and the Six Ministers hoped that it was Princess Rong or Fu Bao who summoned it, but the cultivation world has cultivation level suppression, and people with low cultivation levels cannot do it even if they exhaust their spiritual power.

Moreover, seeing that Fu Bao was sick from exhausting his spiritual power, one could tell that it was a consequence of insufficient cultivation.

Princess Rong isn't even a disciple of a celestial sect, so it's unrealistic for her to summon real rain.

"How about..." the Minister of War discussed with the Emperor of Great Yan, "...send someone to investigate?"

It's easy to deal with the Princess Consort of Xue; she's in the Marquis's farmland, so we can just send someone to take a look. The difficult one is the Prince Rong's residence. You'd better think twice before sending someone to inquire about the Prince Rong's temper.

"Isn't that a bad idea?" The Great Yan Emperor clenched his chubby hand.

The emperor and his ministers exchanged glances. The thought of the guards at the Rong Prince's residence waiting for the pastries prepared by the imperial kitchen brought a glimmer of hope to the Great Yan Emperor. The Prime Minister and the six ministers also wore shrewd smiles. When the guards returned with the pastries, the young prince Yan Xun followed.

Upon arriving at the Rong Prince's residence, the Rong heir only glanced at the young prince.

"Brother Rongyang!" The little prince ran to Rongyang and said, "The pastries in our imperial kitchen are delicious."

The young prince shared a portion of the delicate little cake he had brought with Rong Yang. Rong Yang thanked him, accepted it, and ate it. The adults didn't interfere with the children's conversation. Two plates of freshly baked pastries were placed on each table.

The staff members, all of them frail scholars, took the pastries, tasted them, and nodded slightly.

Qin Bi also tried a piece of pastry. Qin Yan couldn't hold back any longer and asked Qin Bi, "When are you going to summon rain?"

Qin Bi glanced at the time; it was almost noon. "Let's do it this afternoon," she said.

Qin Yan nodded to indicate that he understood, and activated the teleportation array to go to the Marquis's farmland. Qin He was summoning under the scorching sun, holding the summoning artifact. The air was stuffy and hot, and the farmland was especially scorching.

Qin He was sweating profusely, and her face was flushed from the sun.

"Qin He, stop summoning. You're consuming too much spiritual energy," Qin Yan stopped her.

Qin He immediately withdrew the summoning, large beads of sweat dripping down her face, her hair sticking to her cheeks: "Big brother, you've come. Alas, my spiritual power was insufficient. I care about the people of Great Yan, but I only managed to summon a light rain."

Yes, Qin He's efforts were not in vain. She summoned a light rain that morning, covering a small area, and it stopped in a short while. But Qin He made an effort, so it's worth mentioning.

"Sigh." Qin Yan also sighed, "There are few rain clouds in the Great Yan, so it's normal that we can't summon rain."

As they spoke, Qin Yan helped Qin He to sit down on a bench under the tree. Everyone was fanning themselves because of the heat from above and below, and they all frowned. The ladies couldn't even drink their tea anymore, as they became thirstier the more they drank.

After resting for a while, Qin He's complexion improved. She said with a serious face, "What's wrong with Sister Qin Bi? Didn't she say she was going to summon something? I even summoned a light rain, but she didn't summon a single breeze."

Zhu said, "Summoning at home probably won't work."

"Summoning rain is such a serious matter, yet she treats it like a child's play," Qin He rebuked righteously.

Qin Yan could only reply, "She hasn't summoned her yet."

The ladies: "..."

Qin He: "......"

"No summons all morning?" the Crown Prince's wife asked, blinking.

"That morning's gust of wind shouldn't count," Qin Yan nodded. "No summoning."

Qin He's mind went blank for a moment, and she stood up angrily, saying, "What does she mean? We agreed to summon the rain together today. I did my best to summon rain for the Marquis's mansion, and she just sat back and enjoyed the benefits."

Several ladies glanced at Qin He, their excitement bordering on irritation.

Qin Yan remained silent for a moment before saying, "The little rain you summoned is yours. Qin Bi didn't say that she summoned it, so how can you say that you're reaping the benefits without doing anything? Qin Bi hasn't even summoned it yet, so your summoning is none of your business."

Qin He was taken aback, then said angrily, "She doesn't take the summoning seriously at all. We agreed to summon it."

"Mind your own business." Qin Yan stood up and said meaningfully, "Why are you always getting involved with Qin Bi?"

Qin Yan said goodbye to the ladies and then activated the teleportation array to return to the Rong King's Mansion.