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

Yin Cheng slapped his son's bottom. "What are you crying for so early in the morning?"

Yuanbao, still crying and clutching his bottom, cried, "Little Daddy, I want Little Daddy!"

"Stop pretending, I didn't even use any force." Yin Cheng was completely woken up by his son, and he got up, rubbing his shoulders.

Looks like it's time to let this brat sleep alone.

This kid is so young he can barely speak, yet he has an incredible amount of energy that seems to have nowhere to go. And his kicks actually hurt quite a bit.

Lin Nian and the others had already gotten up and were preparing things for Hua Yue to take back home.

"Although I'm not pursuing academic studies, I still need to practice writing. I'll bring these writing implements with me; they were all tribute items, and you definitely can't buy them in Yanru."

"Pack a few of each type of mooncake filling; let's just pack two boxes of red bean paste filling."

"By the way, when I made the mermaid-style dresses for Pearl, I also made a few sets in your size. I was originally planning to have someone deliver them to you on New Year's Eve this year, but since you're here, I'll take them back with me."

"This is medicine to remove fire poison. Although Yanru also has some, you will pass through the desert on your way back, so it's better to be prepared."

"And this..."

"This also carries..."

Yin Cheng joked from the side, "Wife, why don't we just bring Hua Yue a house and carry it with us?"

Lin Nian gave the man a reproachful look, then continued with her work.

When Hua Yue returned to Yanru, she couldn't carry all the gifts she had, so she had to rent a camel caravan to bring them all back to Youmeng City.

He didn't hide his trip from Kong Sangqi, so when he returned, he even reluctantly shared a box of his favorite sweet red bean paste mooncakes with him.

As for the rest, he took them to the tower and ate them with his master.

The gift Lin Nian prepared for him also included a gift for her master.

He only brought food, worried that preparing gifts for his master would arouse Kong Sangqi's suspicion.

My master served as the national advisor in Yanru to cure illnesses, but after so many years, his illness has not been cured.

It's clear that the despicable poison He Mu gave him was truly insidious.

That day, Huayue went to the tower to find her master as usual, but she accidentally saw him crying.

He simply sat atop the tower, gazing into the distance, his pupils devoid of any light, tears falling drop by drop.

My master has always been a very gentle person.

At least Hua Yue has never seen him lose his temper with anyone.

But Master was also a man of few emotions, and this was the first time Huayue had ever seen him shed tears.

He sat cautiously next to his master, and since he didn't know how to start the conversation, he simply remained silent.

If Master needs it, Master can lean on his 'broad' shoulders.

However, Master doesn't need to rely on anyone.

He has a high talent for martial arts and has received the true teachings of the old master of Tianji Mountain Villa.

It's so unfair that the manor should be handed over to Hemu just because he's a young man.

Hua Yue held her face in her hands, feeling a little like crying.

Her master was such a good man, yet his life was ruined by the dead He Mu.

Chu Ningyun turned her head to look at Hua Yue, reaching out to wipe away the tears on his face. "Why are you crying?"

Hua Yue let out two soft "woof woof" sounds, feeling that she needed her master's shoulder, so she hugged his arm and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Master, I'm a little sad."

Chu Ningyun asked in confusion, "Hmm?"

"Because you are sad, I am sad too."

Chu Ningyun chuckled, "Silly girl."

"Master," Hua Yue asked, "will you be unable to leave the medicinal spring for the rest of your life...?"

Chu Ningyun didn't hide it from him, "Yes."

Hua Yue said, "Then when I become emperor, I will give you the medicinal spring."

Chu Ningyun chuckled. "Didn't Kong Sangqi tell you that this medicinal spring is a priceless treasure of the Yanru royal family?"

"He didn't say," Huayue said. "Even if he had, I would still give you the medicinal spring so that you can freely enter the imperial mausoleum every day."

Chu Ningyun rubbed Huayue's head and said nothing more.

After a long while, Hua Yue finally mustered up her courage and asked, "Master, why are you sad?"

Chu Ningyun said, "I am sad because I have something to be sad about."

"Can't you tell me?" Huayue's expression was both sad and pitiful, as if she had suffered some injustice, exuding a pitiful aura.

Chu Ningyun sighed, just as she was thinking of how to gloss over the situation, when she heard Huayue talking to herself.

"It must be because of Hemu. Letting him die like this is too easy for him!" Huayue said. "You have no idea, Hemu claimed that the prince killed you. He was really bullying you."

Chu Ningyun was indeed unaware of this matter. He was just about to listen carefully when Hua Yue stopped talking.

He then spoke of Chu Wan, "After He Wan went mad, the king didn't kill him. Instead, he kept him in the capital, providing him with good food and drink. He even changed his name to Chu."

That's right, I'll take your surname! That'll infuriate Hemu!

Chu Ningyun asked suspiciously, "Has Wanwan gone mad? What happened?"

Hua Yue looked up at the sky.

"Little Flower Moon, speak."

Hua Yue looked down at her toes.

He looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Chu Ningyun sighed. "How about this, you tell me, and I'll tell you, okay?"

Hua Yue had already learned to be clever. "Then you go first."

Chu Ningyun poked Hua Yue's head. "Trying to play tricks on me, huh?"

Flower Moon Pig snorted, "You tell me, and I'll tell you."

Chu Ningyun said, "What saddens me is that after all these years, I'm still the same in the water, without any change, without any... progress."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Your turn."

Hua Yue said, "It was when the prince won a great victory one year and returned to the capital that He Mu and Chu Wan went to the capital to look for him."

"and then?"

"Then the king found out about how Hemu had bullied the prince in the past, so he sent the prince to the palace to hide from Hemu. Unexpectedly, His Majesty found out about this... So... this is how it ended up."

Hua Yue told her master the whole story.

Chu Ningyun asked doubtfully, "Are you saying that He Mu used my death to suppress Xiao Cheng?"

Hua Yue nodded heavily, "Those two, father and son, are really wicked. Once, Chu Wan deliberately tripped up the prince, causing him to miss a battle opportunity, and in the end, he was even beaten with military rods."

He was very puzzled. "Master, how did Chu Wan come to be? Before He Mu died, he only said that the child was not yours."

Chu Ningyun replied succinctly, "I found it."

"That's it! After you died... no, Master, I'm not cursing you! It's just that you disappeared... no, anyway, how could someone as good as you give birth to a child as wicked as Chu Wan!"

"So Wanwan went mad because the Emperor of Da Yin drugged her?"

"That's about right...," Hua Yue said. "Master, please don't be angry."

"I'm not angry," Chu Ningyun said.

"That's good."

"I just find it absurd. If I had known this would happen, I should have let Xiao Cheng take Wanwan away back then. At least she wouldn't have developed that kind of personality," Chu Ningyun said. "It's better that she's stupid. She touched the emperor's sore spot. Being alive is already an imperial favor."