The clingy concubine ran away, and the sickly prince lost control.

Because Pei Shiyuan overslept, he didn't wake up until evening. During that time, Luo Qingyan checked his breathing several times, worried that Pei Shiyuan might fall asleep again.

Back at the Duke's mansion, it was already evening. Dinner was already laid out at Linfeng Residence, a large table full of delicious food and colors.

Six maids, three on each side, stood with their hands clasped in front of them and said in unison, "Greetings, Your Highness."

"What day is it today?"

Make so many dishes.

Pei Shiyuan didn't think today was any special day.

Liu Yue came over and reported, "Your Highness, it was the Old Madam who gave the order."

The old lady was overjoyed to learn that Pei Shiyuan had spent the entire afternoon with Luo Qingyan at Kangning Pavilion, as she knew that holding a grandson was not far off. She was even happier to learn from Pei Shiyuan's attendant that the young master had not handled any official business for several days and had been spending all his time with Luo Qingyan. So she ordered that a few more dishes be prepared for dinner.

The son has finally come to understand love. From childhood to adulthood, he has been either practicing martial arts or studying. Now he can finally feel the gentle tenderness of a woman.

Luo Qingyan looked at the table full of food, her eyes sparkling. She had never eaten a ready-made meal before. No matter how tired she was, she had to wait for others to finish eating before she could eat the leftovers.

Kangning Pavilion is about to open, and after a busy day, today's exhaustion is just like her previous life, where she was always exhausted every day. In her previous life, there was never a hot meal waiting for her.

It would be good enough if Luo Haitang gave her what she had left over.

The servants had to be observant and act accordingly, and she often ate what the servants left behind.

"You may all leave!" Pei Shiyuan saw that Luo Qingyan was not used to being served by a group of people, so he dismissed them all, including Liu Yue.

With them around, Luo Qingyan definitely wouldn't be able to eat her fill.

He was the only one who had ever seen her eat so badly.

"Eat up! Don't be shy."

Luo Qingyan had been drooling for a long time, and had even decided which dish to eat first and which to eat next.

She grinned, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating: "Young Master, try this, and this too."

Every time Luo Qingyan ate a piece, she would also put a piece on Pei Shiyuan's plate. At first, she remembered to put down her own chopsticks and use the serving chopsticks to put the piece on Pei Shiyuan's plate. But as she ate, she forgot about it and started using her own chopsticks to put the piece on Pei Shiyuan's plate.

Pei Shiyuan didn't mind. He raised the corners of his lips and looked at Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan had a good appetite, which made him feel hungry too.

He hadn't expected that Luo Qingyan would want Rainbow, and now he found her much more pleasing to the eye. The matter of using aphrodisiacs didn't seem so serious anymore.

She was forced by her mother to drug him, which shows she had guts.

"I talked to her about it today. Why don't you want children?" Pei Shiyuan breathed a long sigh of relief. He felt so good that Luo Qingyan would no longer bother him.

Luo Qingyan happily finished her meal, patted her stomach, burped, and looked at Pei Shiyuan, feeling like she was dreaming and had met a good person.

Pei Shiyuan is a good person, no, he is her benefactor, and she will obey his every command from now on.

Finally, that look was gone. Pei Shiyuan's heart finally settled down. In Luo Qingyan's bright, round eyes, there was no ambiguity, only happiness.

"Hand over the medicine."

Seeing Pei Shiyuan extend his large, well-defined hand, Luo Qingyan chuckled, knowing what he meant. She went to the side room and retrieved a small medicine bottle: "Here, it's all here."

She offered it with both hands.

Pei Shiyuan held it to his nose and sniffed: "Aphrodisiac, you've got some nerve! How did you bring this in?"

Luo Qingyan blushed instantly: "I knew the old lady would search me, so I left it here."

She pointed to the center of her exposed breasts.

"There was a small hidden compartment inside the bellyband. It was wrapped in cloth back then, so you couldn't find it even if you touched it. Later, they changed it to a bottle."

"Stop, no need to say anything more."

Who told her to speak in such detail? A blush rose to her cheeks, and Pei Shiyuan felt his face burning. He immediately turned his wheelchair around and said, "I'm going to the study. You don't need to come with me."

Luo Qingyan pursed her lips and curtsied, saying, "Respectfully seeing off the Crown Prince."

His God of Wealth must be treated with utmost respect; if he's told not to follow, he won't, and if he's told to do something, he'll do it.

"Nonsense." Pei Shiyuan glanced at Luo Qingyan and muttered.

Back in the side room, Luo Qingyan collapsed onto the soft bed, sprawled out on her back. It felt so good to have hope in life; even the stars in the sky outside the window seemed to wink at her, as if they were happy for her.

Suddenly a shooting star streaked across the sky. Luo Qingyan lowered her eyes. She wanted to make a wish. If it were possible, she would still hope that Pei Shiyuan would have children, and she would also hope that the divine doctor could cure Pei Shiyuan's illness.

I slept without any dreams.

Luo Qingyan woke up refreshed: "Young Master, what's wrong? Didn't you sleep well?"

Pei Shiyuan, with dark circles under his eyes, sat at the table and said, "It's nothing, hurry up and eat your breakfast."

He couldn't sleep last night. He finally got rid of Luo Qingyan's entanglement, but as soon as he closed his eyes, all he could think about was her taking advantage of him. He thought it would get better after a while. If it really didn't work, he would give Luo Qingyan a courtyard and let her move out.

Pei Shiyuan was annoyed by his lack of willpower. He got up early and practiced some exercises to feel better.

Luo Qingyan quickly ate breakfast as instructed, and then read for an hour as Pei Shiyuan requested, before heading to Kangning Pavilion.

"Luo Qingyan, why hasn't Mother returned yet?"

As soon as Luo Qingyan went up to the second floor, she saw Luo Haitang rushing up from the doorway.

When questioned, Luo Qingyan calmly replied, "Sister, let's go inside and talk. There are too many people talking outside."

Luo Haitang followed Luo Qingyan angrily. Her mother's delayed return must be due to Luo Qingyan's poor handling of the situation.

"Sister, please sit down. I gave out all ten thousand taels to bribe officials. Mother could have left the pleasure boat and gone home, but before she left, she hit someone. She had no choice but to continue working on the pleasure boat. Considering the ten thousand taels, they didn't extend her working hours and kept it at one year."

As Luo Qingyan spoke, she wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"What? What about the ten thousand taels? How could Mother hit someone?" Luo Haitang stood up abruptly.

"Sister, didn't I tell you? They only spared Mother's labor because of the ten thousand taels of silver; otherwise, she might not have been able to get out in two years."

Luo Qingyan said sadly, "If it's two years before you get married, and your mother can't be by your side, how tragic would that be?"

Pei Shiyuan casually called someone to the pleasure boat to verbally provoke Sun Shi. In the ensuing chaos, the person fell to the ground during the shoving and pushing.

"I don't believe it." Luo Haitang angrily tugged at her handkerchief, saying that she had a miserable marriage, but you had a miserable marriage, and the person you married had a miserable marriage.

Luo Haitang cursed inwardly.

"Sister, if you don't believe me, you can go to the pleasure boat and ask Mother in person. The person Mother beat is still unconscious, and the medical expenses are still waiting for our Luo family to pay. The family is demanding five hundred taels."

Luo Qingyan held up one finger to cover her face, then covered her face with a handkerchief and sobbed, seemingly overwhelmed with grief.

"I'll go ask Mother. As for the five hundred taels, there isn't any. Also, sister, you didn't handle things well. You have to return the ten thousand taels no matter what. If you don't return it, people will think you stole it."

Luo Haitang left in anger.

If Luo Qingyan doesn't return the 10,000 taels, she'll accuse her of stealing money from the family.

Threaten her? Luo Qingyan raised an eyebrow.

"Miss, what should we do with ten thousand taels? Should we return some of it?" Granny Liu was worried; ten thousand taels was far too much.

Luo Qingyan smirked, "No, I won't pay it back. I used to be the easiest target in our family, but who am I now?"

Whoever it is, pinch them.