After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

After Lin Nian's bamboo basket was full, it got dark.

Suddenly, Le Haochuan's ears twitched.

There seemed to be some movement in the dense forest, as if some large animal was approaching.

Judging from the noise, there's more than one.

He instinctively grabbed his wife and child and retreated to a towering ancient tree growing beside a cliff. Pearl was about to say "Aba aba" with her chubby little hand when Lin Nian covered her mouth.

A short while later, three wild boars strolled past under the tree.

"Niannian, do you want some?" Le Haochuan asked. "I heard wild boar is delicious."

Although Lin Nian was tempted, she remained rational. "Forget it, these three together should weigh a thousand pounds. Even if I beat them, I can't take them back."

Le Haochuan looked at the only rugged mountain road, a little melancholy, "But they're fighting for our way, so if we don't fight them, we'll have to take a detour."

"Since you're not going to eat them, then don't kill them," Lin Nian said. "You can fly over walls and roofs anyway, so you can fly off the cliff."

Le Haochuan: "..."

Le Haochuan asked, "Wife, are you serious?"

Lin Nian said matter-of-factly, "Anyway, it's not like you haven't flown before."

"You trust me that much?" Le Haochuan still had some concerns. He himself didn't care, but he would feel bad if either of his two precious babies got hurt.

Lin Nian scoffed, "Who told you to be my man? If you don't believe me, who will?"

Hearing his wife say that, Le Haochuan was energized, and said, "Hold me tight."

Lin Nian wrapped one arm around the man's neck and the other around Pearl, "Mmm!"

Pearl let out a cute "Huh?"

The "Ah" sound changed instantly as his father jumped off the cliff.

Her soft, delicate voice was instantly broken by the sound of the wind.

When Le Haochuan stood at the foot of the mountain, Pearl's two little buns were blown into a mess by the wind, and her hair ribbons were twisted several times.

He reached out and rubbed his face, which had been stiff from the wind, then snuggled into his father's arms and giggled.

Lin Nian chuckled, "Baby, you're so brave, not afraid at all."

"I suddenly realized, Niannian, have we set a bad example for our son? What if he thinks jumping off a cliff is safe and imitates it later?"

Lin Nian thought about it and felt it made sense, so she said, "Then you should just use the door properly from now on and stop flying around all the time."

Fortunately, Pearl is still young, she should forget about it in a couple of days...

The family of three returned to their thatched cottage. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Xiao Jiu rushed out.

"My lord, Your Majesty...Master!" Xiao Jiu'er's throat tightened, and she quickly corrected herself.

Master Wang?

Why does this name sound like it belongs to a cannon fodder character who won't even survive a chapter?

Le Haochuan paused for a moment, then asked his wife, "Is he calling for us?"

Lin Nian nodded and asked with a smile, "Little Jiu'er, when did you arrive?"

Little Jiu said, "I just arrived today." His gaze fell on Pearl. "Is this the young master? He's so cute!"

Lin Nian nodded slightly. "His name is Pearl."

The two men walked into the hall, chatting and laughing. The square poplar wood table was already filled with steaming hot food.

In the countryside, the main hall serves as both a place to receive guests and a place for the family to eat.

As Xiao Jiu'er shouted that dinner was ready, the doors of several rooms opened one after another.

When Yin Mo saw his younger brother, he tidied his messy hair. "If you hadn't come back soon, Xiao Jiu'er would have had to reheat this food for the third time."

Le Haochuan glanced at the young man chatting and laughing with his wife in the hall with a puzzled look.

"Who is he?"

"Your servants," Yin Mo said, "let's put him aside for now. Your brother-in-law and the others have already prepared the medicine; they'll give you the antidote tomorrow."

Le Haochuan said, "Do we have to pick a day for this? It's not like we're having surgery, where we just boil a pot of medicine and get it down to business."

The older brother said irritably, "If only drinking medicine could detoxify me. It's quite complicated, requiring acupuncture and medicinal baths."

"Oh," said Le Haochuan, "But didn't Old Man Xue say it would take a few more days to get the antidote?"

"That's because your brother-in-law didn't come; he was preparing the medicine all by himself, so it took a while. Now that someone is helping, the poison can be neutralized as soon as possible."

"understood."

The two brothers finally sat down, and Pearl was already holding her special little bowl, eager to start eating.

Originally, Xiao Jiu'er and Zhang Huailing didn't plan to sit at the table; they intended to eat outside with Hai Shier.

As a result, Yin Mo called all three of them in, saying, "This is Douzi Village, not the capital. There aren't so many rules here. Just sit down and eat."

Since His Highness Prince Cheng led the way in breaking the rules, Xiao Jiu'er didn't follow the rules much either. Hearing Yin Mo say this, he happily pulled Zhang Huailing to sit down.

"Thank you, Brother Bai Mo."

Bai Yuchen narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping lightly over the people around him.

Yin Mo seemed to sense something and gave the other party a provocative look.

Hai Twelve always had a blank expression, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Only Zhang Huailing was trembling with fear. He seemed to have already imagined that after returning to the capital, he would be implicated and his entire family would be executed because he stepped into the palace with his left foot first.

Xiao Jiu'er served Zhang Huailing some food, saying, "Brother Ling, eat some vegetables, don't just keep eating rice."

After dinner, Xiao Jiu quickly cleaned up the mess.

Le Haochuan used to do the dishes, but now that a helper has arrived, not only does he not want Le Haochuan's help, but he also kicks Le Haochuan out of the kitchen.

"Master, you should go and keep the master company. I'll take care of these tasks."

Le Haochuan thought to himself that he was only in his early twenties and it was strange to suddenly become a patriarch.

Lin Nian stood in the front yard and waved to the man, "Ah Cheng, come quick, let's go out for a walk and digest our food."

"They're here."

Fortunately, Old Xue's thatched cottage had enough rooms, and Xiao Jiu quickly tidied up the storage room, cleaning it thoroughly.

He made the bed and lay down in the soft bedding. "Brother Ling, you're acting strange today."

Zhang Huailing dared not tell Xiao Jiu'er such an important matter as the emperor being a boy, and simply shook his head, "He might be having some trouble adjusting to the new environment."

Xiao Jiu pouted, "We've been here for several days, and only now are we starting to experience acclimatization problems."

Although he said that, he knew in his heart that anything his brother could hide must be something very important.

A family of three on the other side passed by someone's yard and saw a plum tree in front of it.

Bright orange-yellow fruits hung from the treetops. Pearl reached out to grab one, but Lin Nian stopped her.

"Take pearls without asking, that's stealing. You can't do that," Lin Nian said.

Pearl nodded obediently, "Pearl knows it's spicy."

Le Haochuan cleared his throat. "Uncle Li, are you home?"

A middle-aged man's voice quickly came from inside the house, "Who is it?"

"Aquatic".

As Uncle Li came out of the house, he asked, "Oh, it's Shuisheng. What's up?"

"I'll pick your two plums."

Uncle Li said, "Just pick them, they're not worth much."

After saying that, he grabbed a branch and picked a few plump, large plums from it, handing them to Le Haochuan.

Le Haochuan took it and said, "Thanks."

"Don't mention it," said Uncle Li. "Come and pick as many as you like if you want some."