If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

Late at night, at the Duke of Luo's mansion.

The study was still lit. Luo Ren sat at his desk with documents spread out in front of him and a quill pen beside him.

The aroma of butter still lingered on his lips and teeth; he hadn't turned the page in a long time.

The window was open, and the night breeze blew in, causing the candlelight to flicker slightly.

Suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes.

Because the barrier was activated.

Sure enough, the next second...

A golden light pierced through the window, circled the study, and finally landed on his desk.

Gao Gao was panting heavily, her wings drooping to the sides, too exhausted to even speak.

"Water...is there any water..." She held her knees, unable to recover for a long time.

Luo Ren glanced at her, reached for the water glass on the table, and poured a little into the lid.

He pushed the biscuits, along with the ones he had promised to save for her, in front of her.

Gao Gao plunged headfirst into the water and drank it all up with gulps.

Then, she took another epic deep breath of the biscuit's aroma: "Mmm—99% perfect, a rare find indeed—"

She plopped down on the table, forcefully placed a piece of food on it, and started gnawing on it.

Luo Ren looked at her and curled her lips into a smile: "What did he say?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Gao suddenly stopped chewing.

She flew up, clutching the cranberry cookies, and looked at Luo Ren warily: "You have a problem."

Luo Ren's expression remained unchanged, his grey-blue eyes like a deep pool of water: "What?"

Gao Gao stared at him for a while, then suddenly flew over and hovered in front of him, looking him up and down.

"You bribed me with cookies; you want me to betray my master."

Luo Ren remained silent for a moment.

Gao Gao narrowed her eyes "dangerously".

As expected! She saw right through me!

Yes, that's right, she's such a cunning flower fairy. She can chat with you very easily and casually, but if you touch her sore spot, forget what happens next.

After a long silence, Luo Ren smiled and said, "No."

"Then why did you teach me to lie to him?!"

"So you lied?"

"Oh, then you've lied." Gao Gao nodded.

Luo Ren calmly picked up his teacup and took a sip: "What did he say?"

Gao Gao subconsciously replied, "He said that pork head meat doesn't become more valuable just because it's injected with water."

After saying that, she realized something was wrong: "No, no, no, you haven't answered my question yet!"

"What should I answer?"

"Why are you trying to find out about my master?" Gao Gao looked at the biscuits in her hand, clearly unable to understand. "You're even willing to share your biscuits with me in exchange..."

Luo Ren glanced at her and put down his teacup.

"Because I am your master's future husband."

"Oh, okay." Gao Gao nodded. "That's true."

The study fell silent.

Gao Gao sat back down at her desk, munching on her food and making smacking noises.

"So you really are my master's future husband?" she asked.

"I haven't agreed yet."

"When will you agree?"

Luo Ren picked up the brush again and lightly dipped it in ink: "Wait for him to come and ask me in person."

Gao Gao nodded: "Okay, then I'll secretly inform you from now on, and we'll work together to find a way to keep our master from being sad."

"But you promised me that you would share half of the pastries he gives you from now on."

"make a deal."

The tiny flower fairy and the Imperial Duke lightly touched fingers, a gesture that could be considered a high five.

"Then I'm leaving." Gao Gao flew to the window, glanced back at him, and said, "By the way, my master is going to the palace tomorrow, so I don't know when I'll be coming."

Luo Ren paused in his writing.

"Um."

Gao Gao didn't notice and flapped its wings, plunging into the night.

The golden glow traced an arc across the night sky, growing farther and farther away, fading into the distance.

The next day.

When Pei Yuening woke up, Gao Gao was snoring right next to her.

It was still dark outside the window.

Pei Yuening quietly got out of bed, leaving her to continue sleeping in the same spot.

We're going to the palace today, so the flower cakes and cranberry cookies have to be made fresh.

The emperor's decree was "to present as tribute," so what he received had to be in the best possible condition.

The original novel doesn't focus much on this young emperor; he's even more of a background character than Luo Ren, only appearing when he bestows a marriage upon Ollie and Leo.

But now that he's transmigrated into the book, even if the other person is just a background character, they're still the emperor.

That's the emperor!!

One wrong move and you'll end up cosplaying Louis XVI!

Pei Yuening sighed, changed her clothes, and went out the door.

He entered the kitchen with practiced ease and began preparing.

He had already gone through the process of making flower cakes once before, and he was much more skilled today.

While waiting for the dough to relax, he went to the garden to pick roses as usual.

The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and dewdrops were still clinging to the petals.

When he returned to the kitchen with his basket full of fruit, Gao Gao had already woken up.

She was squatting by the kitchen counter, looking at him expectantly.

"You didn't call me!" she said, her voice trembling with grievance. "Master, I need to help drink the dew!"

"You're still snoring." Pei Yuening poured the flower bud into clean water and began to wash the petals.

Gao Gao snorted, flew over and squatted beside the flower buds, stuck out her tongue and licked the dew, drinking it from one bud after another.

Pei Yuening ignored her and continued with her work.

Drain the petals and mix them with honey and sugar.

Once the dough has risen, wrap the filling, flatten it, score it, brush it with egg wash, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Cranberry cookies are even faster—soften the butter, beat with sugar, add the egg liquid in batches, sift in the flour, and mix in the dried cranberries.

Then, shape and slice it, and send it into the magic stone furnace along with the flower cakes.

The kitchen was gradually filled with a sweet aroma.

Gao Gao squatted on the oven door, waiting eagerly.

Pei Yuening sorted the baked pastries into different categories and packed them into food boxes.

Two boxes of fresh flower cakes and two boxes of cranberry cookies.

One was presented to the emperor, and the other was for Luo Ren, Gao Gao, and Ye Jiyun.

Gao Gao squatted on the table, hugging her own cookie, eating it until her face was covered in crumbs.

"Master, if you go to the palace today, will you see the emperor?"

"Probably," Pei Yuening said, closing the food box. "The imperial edict ordered me to present this food; I can't just leave it there and go."

Gao Gao said "Oh," and then asked, "Should I go with you?"

"No need," Pei Yuening shook her head and unceremoniously tossed a food box in front of her: "Take this to Duke Luo's residence."

"This time, make sure Luo Ren is there before secretly putting it in his study."

……

In the study, the window was suddenly flung open with a loud bang.

Luo Ren looked up and asked, "Just arrived?"

"When did you arrive?" Gao Gao slammed the food box on the table. "I got up super early this morning! I helped Master drink the dew while he was making cookies! I was so busy!"

Luo Ren looked at her, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Did he go to the palace today?"

Gao Gao nodded: "Yes, Master went to deliver some snacks to the Emperor. He asked me to deliver them to you, and also asked me to make sure you were there, and then secretly put them in your study."

After she finished speaking, she opened the food box, and a fragrant aroma immediately wafted out: "Here, that's today's. There are cranberry cookies and flower cakes."

Luo Ren looked down at the neatly arranged pastries in the food box and asked, "How did he get there?"

Gao Gao was taken aback for a moment: "What? How do we get there?"

"Entering the palace. By carriage? With someone accompanying you?"

Gao Gao tilted her head and thought for a moment: "It should be by carriage. The master said the emperor wants to see him, so he can't just put the things down and leave."

Luo Ren remained silent for a moment.

He stood up and picked up the military jacket draped over the back of the chair.

Where are you going?

"Enter the palace."

"Huh?" Gao Gao's eyes widened. "You're going too? Didn't you just go yesterday?"

Luo Ren buttoned up his coat, picked up the food box from the table, and closed the lid: "On the way."

"Oh, okay." Gao Gao nodded.

Luo Ren had already strode out of the study.

She sat on the table, staring at the empty room, and didn't react for a long time.

"No, he took my cookies?!"