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

Chapter 272 I miss Little Dumpling
As evening approached, Qin Yan, seeing no one from the Duke of Su's residence, entered the melon field.

After searching around, Qin Yan picked two spirit melons and one ordinary watermelon. As he walked out of the melon patch, he ran into Qin Tang and Qin Xun, who had also picked spirit melons and ordinary watermelons. They exchanged a glance, understanding each other without saying a word.

As they passed Qin Lang's melon patch, Qin Tan called out to them, "Give Rong Yang a spirit melon."

Qin Tang nodded: "We've picked them. We plan to give Rong Yang a spirit melon each."

None of the families had as many spirit melons as Rong Yang, but they had eaten the spirit melons Qin Bi had given them before. As elders, they couldn't just leave the children with nothing. Rong Yang had hers, and that didn't diminish their good intentions.

Besides, rare and precious melons are hard to come by; who would complain about having too many?

"Go pick a few melons," Qin Tan instructed Qin Lang. "I'm sure Rong Chi would like to eat them too."

Qin Lang entered his own melon patch. The melons were growing mixed together. There weren't many melon vines, about thirty or so. Each vine currently had two or three melons growing on it, but he didn't know if the larger ones were ripe.

"Father," Qin Lang called out, pointing to the largest melon on a vine and asking, "Is this one ripe?"

Qin Yan entered the melon patch, and Qin Tan went over to inspect it. After that, he picked five melons from a few melon vines nearby. They were the best-looking ones, because the things given to the Prince's Mansion had to be presentable.

Qin Bi, being from the Qin Yan Marquis's mansion, didn't care, but she was afraid of the Rong King's mansion finding fault with her.

Qin Tan picked a few more and gave one each to Qin Yan and Qin Tang: "Take these back for the children."

Qin Yan and Qin Tang didn't stand on ceremony and put the items away. The group headed towards the grape trellis, having already discussed that someone from the Rong Prince's residence would stay behind to watch the fields, and they would all go back.

Qin Tang and his group had absolutely no worries about the guards of the Rong King's Mansion.

Upon seeing this, Rong Yan and Jiang Xu whispered among themselves and also picked some spirit melons and ordinary watermelons to send to Rong Yang. Jiang Xu sent two spirit melons and three ordinary watermelons.

Young Master Rong Yang said, "There's no need to be so polite."

"It was given to me by my uncle and maternal grandfather," Qin Tang said. "Take it."

Rong Yang nodded to the guard, who took the melons and put them in the basket. There were so many melons that the young master's good fortune couldn't be contained. The guard's face was full of joy, thinking that following the lucky young master would lead to a bright future.

“My maternal grandfather ate the young master’s spirit melon, and his spiritual palace is gradually recovering.” Jiang Xu thanked Rong Yang and presented him with two spirit melons and three ordinary watermelons: “As promised, we will give the young master two spirit melons back.”

They promised two spirit melons, but they gave five instead. Jiang Xu didn't mention the three extra ordinary watermelons.

Rong Yang said, "Too many."

Before Jiang Xu could say anything, the little prince replied with an envious look, "Not much, not much."

He can eat a melon by himself.

Jiang Xu was a smart man, and immediately said, "These are just a few ordinary watermelons. I don't know if they're ripe or not. I'm just offering them to the young master to taste. They can't compare to the spirit watermelon. I hope the young master won't find them too bad."

Rong Yang sat up straight: "You're too kind."

The little boy was quite a surprise to Qin Tan and the others, especially since Qin Bi wasn't around. As expected of the young master of the Rongwang Mansion and the Yanguo Duke's Mansion, he exuded an air of nobility that he was born with.

Jiang Xu was a little excited; it was good that he had caught the eye of the young prince.

The Jiang family were merchants, and his father didn't like him, so Jiang Xu had to think about his own future.

Rong Yan smiled and held a spirit melon: "Young Master, please try the spirit melon I grew."

Rong Yan and Jiang Xu were able to cultivate a field in this desolate land thanks to the Rong King's Mansion's care, a fact everyone knew. Rong Yan and Jiang Xu knew they couldn't compare to the people of the Qin Yan Marquis's Mansion.

Qin Yan and the others are the maternal relatives of the young prince and the maternal relatives of the princess consort of Rong; they cannot be compared.

Rong Yan was a member of the Rong clan, while Jiang Xu was the one furthest away, so Jiang Xu sent a few more melons.

"Uncle, there's no need to be so formal," said Rong Yang, the little dumpling, in his childish voice. Sigh, Rong Yan was surprised; the young prince was quite extraordinary for his age.

He Zu was smug, he couldn't help but adore the little dumpling. This was the young heir of their Yan State Duke's Mansion, who had been noble since childhood. Look at his speech, it's all thanks to the young master Rong's thoughtfulness!

He Zu felt somewhat grateful to Prince Rong, for Prince Rong hadn't ruined their young prince.

Before the Duke of Yan's mansion knew of Rong Yang's existence, the Crown Prince Rong could easily have ruined the child if he wanted to. Even if he had, the Duke of Yan's mansion could not complain, simply because the Crown Prince Rong had kept Rong Yang.

Now, the entire Yan State Duke's Mansion is coaxing Rong Yang. Anyone with eyes can see that the child's heart is biased towards the Rong State Duke's Mansion. If it weren't for the good fortune and luck of the Yan State Duke's Mansion, Rong Yang might not have returned to the Yan State Duke's Mansion.

He Zu wanted to ask Rong Yang if she was going back to the Duke of Yan's mansion, as the Duke and Duchess of Yan missed their little dumpling.

He Zu didn't ask the question, even though the words were on the tip of his tongue. He knew that if there were spirit melons in the field, the child wouldn't go to the Duke of Yan's mansion.

After packing up, they took the melons they had picked and left the wilderness.

The young prince followed Rong Yang to the Rong Prince's residence. Qin Bi glanced at the young prince with Rong Yang in confusion. Rong Jun held the little dumpling Rong Chi with a calm expression. He knew exactly what the foodie was thinking.

"Little brother," Rong Yang pointed to the melons she had brought back and called to Rong Chi, "Eat some melons."

The little dumpling paddled around, shouting, "Eat!"

Qin Bi: "..."

Rong Jun stared blankly at the fluttering child: "You can talk now?"

Little dumpling: "Eat."

"Alright, you're a little foodie," Rong Jun said with a doting expression.

"Oh my!" The little prince leaned closer in surprise. "You can talk?!"

The little dumpling giggled happily, much to the delight of the little prince, who teased him.

Before long, the guards washed the spirit melon and cantaloupe. Each cantaloupe was divided into several pieces. The guards gave Qin Bi one piece first, and Rong Yang and the little prince each took one piece. Qin Bi fed the little dumpling.

The child hugged the melon and started eating it.

Rong Jun took the food and fed it to the little guy, saying, "Take another piece for yourself."

Qin Bi took another piece, took a bite, and found the melon to be cool and sweet, but not a spirit melon. Qin Bi thought it was delicious. Rong Jun glanced at it indifferently, and the guard cut another melon.

The melon was also cut open; its red flesh was crisp and sweet, and it looked delicious.

The young prince ate with Rong Yang and flattered him, saying, "Little brother, can you give me a spirit melon? My father loves to eat it and asks me for it every day. Where can I get a spirit melon for him? I'll buy yours."

Rong Yang put down the melon and handed two spirit melons to the little prince: "Five high-level demon beast crystals."

"This is so expensive!" This wasn't a cracked melon. The little prince took out a crystal and gave it to Rong Yang, asking in confusion, "Rong Yang, why didn't you give me a spirit melon?!"

Rong Yang washed her hands and continued eating her melon: "No need to see me out."

Qin Bi thought for a moment and explained to the little prince, "Doesn't the palace give a share of everything good they have to Fu Bao? My family doesn't have many spirit melons to begin with. Rather than giving you spirit melons and then giving them to Fu Bao, it's better not to give them to you at all."

The young prince said, "I won't give it to Fu Bao."

Unfortunately, the young prince's word didn't count. As soon as he returned to the palace with the spirit melon, Fu Bao entered the palace and took one of the two spirit melons. No one knows what the Emperor of Great Yan was thinking.

(End of this chapter)