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

After a hearty meal, Huayue reluctantly left the Prince Cheng's residence.

Unlike the bustling Prince Cheng's Mansion, the detached courtyard under Emperor Yanru's bed was quiet, with only the faint sound of voices audible in the study.

Without even needing to discern the voices, one could immediately tell that they belonged to Kong Sangqi and the Imperial Preceptor.

Hua Yue sneered, not wanting to listen to what they were plotting, and returned to his room with the gifts everyone had given him.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Zhao Lang and his family will return to the southwest.

Zhao Duo originally wanted to see Pearl one last time before leaving to say goodbye.

However, since Pearl was still in the palace, he had no choice but to entrust the gift to Lin Nian to deliver it on his behalf.

As soon as Zhao Lang left, Lin Si was also about to leave.

Lan Shu did not go to the southwest with Lin Si, which shocked Yin Cheng. He never expected that the love-struck man would choose to return to the northern border to continue serving as the strategist of the northern army.

"May I ask why?"

Lan Shu rolled her eyes. "I'm willing to dedicate myself to the safety of the border, even to the point of death, is that alright?"

Yin Cheng said, "So you don't want the fourth brother?"

"Men are just for fun," Lan Shu shrugged indifferently. "Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere."

He paused, then added, "Besides, with my good looks, what kind of man can't I have?"

Yin Cheng thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Did you two have a fight?"

Lan Shu turned his head away, clearly not wanting to say more, and said, "Heh."

"I understand," Yin Cheng said. "It's because they don't want you anymore and find you annoying."

Lan Shu retorted angrily, "You're talking nonsense! I'm always the one dumping others, when did it become the turn of those ugly monsters to dump me?"

Yin Cheng said with certainty, "That means Lin Si dumped you."

He felt sorry for you, saying, "You're so pitiful."

Lan Shu, who had been so arrogant, suddenly erupted in tears upon hearing this, crying out, "What's wrong with me? Huh? I'm just a little older! Why doesn't he like me?!"

Yin Cheng was just joking, but he didn't expect that Lin Si would actually dump Lan Shu.

Seeing Lan Shu crying so sadly, Yin Cheng panicked immediately, "Hey, don't cry, I just said it because I was being cheeky, hey you you you..."

Please pray for help!

Perhaps his wife was on the same wavelength as him, and just as he was thinking of asking her to save the day, she lifted the beaded curtain and came in.

"Lan Shu is here too?" Lin Nian saw Lan Shu squatting pitifully on the official's hat chair, sobbing. She sat down next to Lan Shu and asked, "What's wrong?"

Recently, all the guys in the family have been crying in groups, and Lin Nian has started to wonder if there's something wrong with the feng shui of their house.

"I……"

Yin Cheng: "He was dumped by your fourth brother."

Lan Shu retorted angrily, "You think you're so smart! Can't I just say it myself?!"

Yin Cheng spread his hands innocently. This kind of emotional problem can only be solved by you.

Lin Nian thought the same thing, and she gave her husband a meaningful look: Get out, get out.

After Yin Cheng left the hall, Lin Nian asked, "Sweetie, don't cry anymore. What happened?"

Judging by age alone, Lan Shu is several years older than Lin Nian, so it's not his place to coax Lan Shu.

But Lan Shu was crying so hard that Lin Nian had the illusion that she was comforting Zhenzhu.

Am I old?

"Not old at all, our Lan Shu is not old at all, her face is so tender you could squeeze water out of it."

"..."

Yin Cheng hadn't gone far when he overheard his wife's words and stumbled. Coaxing people isn't something just anyone can do.

How could you say such a thing!

No one knows what the two brothers talked about in the room, but half an hour later, Lin Nian angrily rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight his fourth brother.

Yin Cheng, always eager for chaos, said, "Wife, the swords are too heavy. Here, take this soft whip and play with it."

Jingyi, who was serving nearby, twitched her eyelids upon hearing this.

He said tactfully, "Your Highness, isn't this a bit inappropriate...?"

"What's wrong with it?" Yin Cheng thought for a moment, "Yes, it's not very good. This soft whip doesn't hurt at all. Wife, how about we change it to a whip with hooks? It works much better."

Suddenly everything went black before his eyes.

"A spiked club will do, but a solid one is heavy. I'll have someone forge a hollow one later, so you can have a go at it."

Lin Nian waved her hand, "No, none of these are good."

Just as Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Nian said, "Go and get that cleaver from the kitchen."

Mirror Clothes: "..." You breathed a sigh of relief too soon!

"Jingyi, prepare the carriage, I'm going to intercept Fourth Brother."

Seeing that Lin Nian's expression didn't seem like a joke, Jingyi had no choice but to prepare the carriage.

Yin Cheng mentally championed his wife's position, saying she'd beat his eldest brother with a feather duster and chop up his fourth brother with a cleaver. He casually reflected on his status within the family.

Soon a servant brought over a cleaver, the cold iron gleaming with a silvery light.

Lin Nian carefully wrapped up the cleaver and pulled the man outside.

"But, wife, what exactly did Lanshu tell you?" Yin Cheng said, "Putting everything else aside, Lanshu is a ruthless liar; she hardly ever tells the truth."

Lin Nian said, "Fourth Brother actually made Lan Shu a concubine! Our Lin family has never had the concept of concubines!"

"Huh?" Yin Cheng asked blankly, "He got married?"

"It's a long story," Lin Nian said. "I'll tell you about it later."

Yin Cheng thought to himself: I never expected that my seemingly honest and upright fourth brother would have so many cunning schemes in his heart.

The prince's carriage caught up with the southwestern army, which was preparing to leave the capital, at the city gate.

Upon seeing that they were from Prince Cheng's residence, Zhao Lang stopped and asked the coachman, "Excuse me, may I ask who this is, His Highness Prince Cheng?"

Yin Cheng got out of the carriage, jumped off, turned around and opened his arms to hug his wife as they got off the carriage.

Lin Nian said, "General Zhao, I would like to say a few words to my fourth brother."

"Please." Zhao Lang immediately understood; it turned out that his family was reluctant to part with him and had come to say goodbye.

Lin Yuntang and Lin Nian walked to the side. Just as Lin Yuntang was about to speak, he saw his younger brother slowly unwrapping the burlap sack wrapped around his bone-chopping knife.

Yin Cheng's eyelids twitched, and he quickly snatched the cleaver from his wife's hand.

It wasn't that I was worried about my fourth brother getting hurt, but rather that I was afraid my delicate wife would hurt herself.

Moreover, his wife was currently consumed by anger, and once he calmed down, he would be caught in a dilemma. He couldn't very well actually kill his fourth brother, could he?

"Niannian, be good, let's talk this out." Yin Cheng casually tossed the cleaver into the moat outside the city gate.

Lin Yuntang naturally saw what was wrapped in the burlap sack. Puzzled, he asked, "Nian-ge'er, what's this?"

Lin Nian glared angrily at her fourth brother, her rationality almost completely gone.

"You, you actually made Lan Shu a concubine!" Lin Nian said angrily. "Father said that the men in our family can only marry one person wholeheartedly. If you dare to take a concubine, your father will be furious!"

Yin Cheng finally understood. It turned out that his wife was so angry not only because of Lan Shu, but also partly because of their family traditions.

His wife, being a very filial son, certainly wouldn't want to see Lin Yuntang ruin the family's reputation.