His Highness the Madman gave in again today.

The shopkeeper could tell that the other party didn't care about the small amount of money, but only about efficiency and the quality of the goods, so he stopped arguing and decisively accepted the banknote.

The matter is settled.

The couple finally managed to get out of the house, so they went to visit other places as well.

Mo Sangyu has had a particularly good appetite lately, eating a lot and not being picky at all. She eats everything, whether it's sour, spicy, or sweet.

This left Granny Yu and the others completely bewildered.

Isn't it said that sour foods indicate a boy and spicy foods indicate a girl?

The Empress's ever-changing tastes were simply impossible for them to guess.

They bought a bunch of food and went back. Mo Sangyu carried Bai Tuanzi and was in charge of buying things in front, while Feng Xingyu was in charge of paying the bill and carrying things in the back.

The white dumpling was timid and would try to burrow into her arms whenever it saw a stranger, which made Feng Xingyu frown and wanted to throw it away several times.

Later, perhaps sensing the threat from Feng Xingyu, she dared not move again and obediently huddled in Mo Sangyu's arms.

When they returned to the palace, the entire carriage was piled high with all sorts of snacks and delicacies.

When Granny Yu saw this, she was completely bewildered.

She picked and chose, finding this too greasy, that too salty, and others too oily, too sweet, or too nourishing...

In short, there are many things I can't eat.

In the end, I left her a few dishes that were neither too hot nor too cold, and had a light flavor.

Mo Sangyu's head was even bigger.

Pregnancy is truly awful.

"oops."

As Granny Yu was directing the palace servants to remove all the inedible items, she suddenly remembered something, slapped her forehead, and said, "Look at this old servant's memory! Your Highness, Your Majesty, there are still guests waiting in the front hall."

"guest?"

Mo Sangyu was feeling sorry for the food that had been confiscated when she heard that guests had arrived. She simply asked, "Who is it?"

"It's a man and a woman."

Granny Yu lowered her voice, her expression somewhat strange: "This old servant doesn't recognize them either, but how could ordinary people enter this forbidden area of ​​the palace? Those two looked extraordinary, especially the man, who was clearly not someone to be trifled with. The woman, on the other hand, was gentle and polite, but the key thing is..."

She paused for a moment before continuing, "The woman's eyes were exactly the same as His Majesty's, both red. The guards and palace servants outside the palace were dumbfounded, and they were all speculating in private about what her relationship with His Majesty was."

Red eyes?

Mo Sangyu exchanged a silent glance with Feng Xingyu.

Both of them saw a hint of understanding in each other's eyes, but neither of them spoke. They simply turned around in tacit agreement and walked towards the main hall.

They hadn't gone far when Bai Tuanzi suddenly darted out of Mo Sangyu's arms and disappeared in an instant.

"Ignore it, it will come back to us." Feng Xingyu said.

Mo Sangyu found it strange that Feng Xingyu was so certain.

He had said before that the white dumpling would come looking for her, and it actually did...

The two continued walking towards the front hall.

Sure enough, as soon as they stepped into the main hall, the woman sitting inside immediately stood up. Her eyes lit up slightly when they saw the two of them, and she quickly stepped forward to greet them.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Yu."

She stepped forward, took one of their hands naturally, and affectionately pulled them to sit down on the chairs.

Yun Wangshu looked at the two of them gently, and smiled apologetically, "I didn't give you any advance notice before coming to see you. Will this cause you any trouble?"

Upon arriving here, seeing the shocked and inquisitive looks from the palace servants around her, Yun Wangshu belatedly realized that her red eyes were too conspicuous in this place, and that she might be seen as an oddity by others.

This also reminded her that Xiao Qi's eyes had been red since he was a child, so... hadn't he been subjected to a lot of criticism?

However, now that he is the emperor here, no one should treat him as an outsider anymore.

"How could that be?"

Feng Xingyu concealed the coldness in his eyes and said gently, "People are just curious about you because they don't know your identity. It's alright."

Mo Sangyu smiled and reassured her, "Don't worry, Mother. I'll have Lord Gu announce your identity to the world. You are the rightful Empress Dowager of our Great Chen Dynasty. Who would dare to question that?"

Just then, a chilling voice suddenly came from the side: "And what about me?"

The three of them looked over together.

Rong Huaijin stood there with a cold face, his aura frighteningly low.

However, no one paid any attention to him.

The three of them turned around in perfect unison and continued their previous conversation.

Mo Sangyu looked at Yun Wangshu and asked, "Mother, is there something you need that you've suddenly come to see me about?"

Yun Wangshu smiled gently, her eyes softening as she looked at Mo Sangyu and said softly, "Ah Jin's injuries have healed, and I was thinking it's time to start preparing for your wedding. So I wanted to ask you if you have any thoughts or requests?"

At this point, she sighed helplessly, "But Ah Jin insisted on coming along. I hope it won't cause you any trouble."

Feng Xingyu remained silent.

The air in the hall seemed to freeze for a moment. The two men had a strong magnetic field between them, their gazes meeting in the air, both looking at each other with dislike.

Not wanting to put Yun Wangshu in a difficult position, Mo Sangyu could only try to smooth things over: "No, after all, he is my third uncle."

The implied meaning behind those words is quite obvious.

Yun Wangshu is the rightful Empress Dowager in Da Chen, while Rong Huaijin is at most the Empress's third uncle, and shouldn't even think about having any official relationship with the Empress Dowager.

As soon as he said this, Rong Huaijin's aura grew even colder, and his handsome face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

But he held back and didn't utter a single rebuttal.

"That's good."

Yun Wangshu breathed a sigh of relief.

It was almost dinnertime.

Mo Sangyu had been snacking all the way down the street, but her stomach wasn't full at all. On the contrary, she still had a good appetite and didn't miss dinner.

She instructed Qingwu to prepare a meal, requesting that tonight's dinner be more lavish.

With guests present, the request is reasonable.

Before long, the palace servants brought out one dish after another to the table.

This was the first time Yun Wangshu had eaten with Feng Xingyu and Mo Sangyu. Apart from the superfluous man next to her who had a cold face the whole time, everything else was quite warm and harmonious.

When everyone had almost finished eating, Yun Wangshu put down her chopsticks and looked at the two of them, speaking gently: "Xiaoyu, in a couple of days I'd like to go to the Rong clan to discuss with your brother and set a wedding date."

"No!"

Before Mo Sangyu could speak, Rong Huaijin stood up to object.

"Why not?"

Yun Wangshu looked at him, puzzled.

Rong Huaijin's expression froze slightly, and he turned his head away without saying a word.

Yun Wangshu doesn't understand, but Mo Sangyu knows it perfectly well.

They just didn't want Yun Wangshu to run into the second brother, Rong Xiuyuan.

Petty.

Seeing that he remained silent, Yun Wangshu ignored him and continued, "As the groom's mother, it is the most basic etiquette and manners to formally propose marriage and discuss the marriage with the elders of the clan. If these are missing, wouldn't it be unfair to Xiaoyu?"

Mo Sangyu didn't really care about these formalities.

However, with elders around, she couldn't be bothered to care about these things.

Feng Xingyu also felt that all the necessary formalities and rules were essential; otherwise, how could it be called grand?

Ah Yu deserves the best in this world.

only……

Feng Xingyu looked at Mo Sangyu's flat stomach and was a little worried about whether she could withstand such a torment while pregnant.

Unaware of the details, Yun Wangshu continued to explain in great detail: "Besides the marriage proposal, there are also the three letters and six gifts, and the exchange of birth charts."

"I will have the Yun Clan prepare the betrothal gifts. They must be the most precious things in the world to be worthy of our Xiaoyu."

"I will sew your wedding dresses by hand myself..."

Mo Sangyu frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Mother, there are top-notch embroiderers in the palace, you really don't need to do everything yourself..."

"It's okay."

Yun Wangshu insisted, "Mother is already making them, and they'll be finished soon. We'll send them over for you to try on."

"daughter."

Feng Xingyu called out to her, but hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"What's wrong? What's on your mind? You can tell your mother directly."

"Um, Ayu, she..."

"What's wrong with Xiaoyu?"

Seeing his hesitation, Yun Wangshu immediately became anxious: "Speak quickly!"

She's pregnant.

Feng Xingyu looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and tentatively asked, "How about we wait until after the baby is born to hold the wedding? That way, we'll have enough time to prepare."

"If we rush things, I'm afraid we won't be able to achieve a perfect result. But if we delay it too long, Ah Yu will be too pregnant to wear her beautiful wedding dress then."

He blurted out his opinion, saying that he was actually more anxious about the wedding than anyone else.

But he didn't want to have any regrets, and he didn't want Ayu to suffer any injustice.

"Feng Xingyu, mother."

Mo Sangyu said calmly, "What I mean is, a simple ceremony will suffice; nothing too complicated. It should be done within a month."

"no."

"No!"

The mother and son spoke in unison.

Yun Wangshu was so shocked by the word "pregnant" that she didn't react for a long time.

The surprise was fleeting, followed only by joy.

She's actually... going to be a grandmother?

Yun Wangshu looks very young. With a little dressing up, she looks no different from a girl in her twenties. Standing next to Mo Sangyu and Feng Xingyu, she could easily be mistaken for their older sister.

Watching the family happily discussing their wedding, and now with another child on the way, Rong Huaijin felt increasingly superfluous.

From then on, did he still have a place in Ashu's heart?

He's already in third place now, but once that child is born, won't he be in fourth?

The air pressure inside the hall dropped even further.

Yun Wangshu was in a good mood when she noticed his unhappy expression, which gave her a headache.

Since leaving the secret realm, this awkward man hasn't had a single happy day.

We can't stop him from coming!

Yun Wangshu is too busy to deal with him right now.

"Xiao Yu".

She grasped Mo Sangyu's hand, her gaze gently falling on her lower abdomen: "You child, why didn't you tell your mother you were pregnant sooner? Xiao Qi is right, we'll postpone the wedding until after you give birth."

"Firstly, it's best not to do anything strenuous during pregnancy. Secondly, wedding preparations take time. I'll go talk to your brother first to set a wedding date, and then we can start preparing slowly, okay?"

A hint of helplessness flashed in Mo Sangyu's eyes. Not wanting to argue further about this matter, she agreed to their terms.

The matter was temporarily settled.

That evening, Mo Sangyu prepared two rooms for Yun Wangshu and Rong Huaijin to stay in Zhaohua Palace.

That evening, Feng Xingyu summoned Gu Jinzhi and recounted in detail how his mother had only disappeared, not died, and ordered him to make preparations immediately so that he could announce to the court and the public the next morning that Yun Wangshu would be honored as the Empress Dowager of Da Chen.

From now on, Yun Wangshu will be free to enter and leave the Da Chen Imperial Palace without any restrictions.

The civil and military officials in the court never imagined that the second woman to enter their emperor's harem would be the Empress Dowager!

As for Rong Huaijin's identity, it was only mentioned privately.

Rong Huaijin felt aggrieved but had no way to express it.

Although Ashu and he had lived in the secret realm for more than ten years, their relationship was never that kind of.

Ashu never agreed to give him a formal title.

Those stubborn old fogies of the Rong clan will definitely try every means to obstruct us.

But no matter what, Ashu can only be his for the rest of his life!

Go to bed at night.

When Mo Sangyu came out of the shower, her hair was still a little damp. Feng Xingyu had already gotten into bed and warmed the bed for her.

Seeing her come out, he casually pulled back the blanket, revealing a muscular chest with the lines of his abdominal muscles faintly visible.

He patted the spot beside him, his voice slightly coaxing: "Come here, I've warmed it up for you."

Mo Sangyu glanced at him, then casually looked away.

This man probably wouldn't dare to seduce her at a time like this, right?

Yes, it definitely wasn't intentional.

She walked over, and as soon as she lay down in bed, he pulled her into his arms.

The man's burning body temperature emanated through the thin nightgown, like a natural heater.

Mo Sangyu shifted slightly, and a strong arm wrapped around her waist, holding her tightly: "You're cold. I'll hold you while we sleep."

Ever since she found out she was pregnant, the man has been very well-behaved, and he doesn't dare to get close to her at night.

What's going on tonight?

It's only been a few days, and you can't hold back anymore?

However, to her surprise, the man had great self-control and simply held her to warm her up.

In the darkness, Mo Sangyu quickly fell asleep.

However, Feng Xingyu was not as detached from worldly desires as he pretended. He spent the whole night holding the fragrant and soft Ayu, which was quite torturous.

He couldn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning.

Hearing a noise coming from the roof beam, a little while later, the white dumpling carefully slid down from above and jumped onto their bed.

Its big, round eyes met Feng Xingyu's red eyes, startling it so much that it turned to run away, but Feng Xingyu stopped it in a low voice: "Dare to run?"

The white dumpling seemed to be frozen in place, and it really didn't dare to run away anymore.

"come over."

The phoenix beckoned to the emperor.

The white dumpling was clearly afraid of him. It walked over stealthily with its four short legs hidden in its fur, only to be grabbed by the ear and lifted up by Feng Xingyu.

It remained motionless in Feng Xingyu's hand, as if dead, daring not to struggle in the slightest.

This thing looks so timid, did he really give it to Ayu?

Feng Xingyu had some vague memories of this white dumpling.

This is a gift he gave to Ayu.

It seems to have nothing to offer except for its cute appearance.

Actually it is not.

Dream beasts can not only help people store memories, but also trap them in illusions, where they are killed in their sleep.

It's a small beast that makes people lower their guard easily.

However, dream beasts are extremely rare, making them incredibly precious. Feng Xingyu vaguely remembered that Ayu liked this little guy and had tried to take it from him many times, but he had never given it to her…

In the end, I don't know why, I gave it to her again.

How could he not give Ayu what she likes, and make her come and snatch it herself?

These memories often made him feel unreal and uneasy.

So, he actually resisted these memories, but he couldn't help wanting to continue exploring them.

Perhaps, the dream beast is the opportunity for him to regain these memories.

"Feng Xingyu..."

At this moment, Feng Xingyu heard Mo Sangyu call his name in her sleep. Looking down, he noticed that she was covered in sweat.

"Ayu!"

Feng Xingyu was startled and quickly whispered to her, "Ayu, wake up!"