Li said: "What's going on? Hasn't that concubine of yours in the mansion caused any trouble?"

  Lin Xuan snorted and said, "What's the use of making a fuss? Even if you're a ghost or a god with a cow's head, you can't turn over the palm of King Yan's hand. And even if you shout out 'wife', that would still be a concubine; a son born to her could only be a bastard."

  The only concubine in the Qinghe Wangfu was a woman named Wu, who gave birth to the second son of the Qinghe Wangfu and Princess Qingyu, Xiao Yu. She was also the cousin of Empress Wu in the palace. The term "cousin" is quite broad, implying that any woman with the surname Wu could be referred to as such, regardless of her actual relationship or origin.

  Lin Huan had the fence of the back courtyard of Qinghe Wangfu tied up so tightly that there was not even a gap, but as a result, he was pecked in the eye by a goose at Wu's house and Wu's family unexpectedly pulled out a stunningly beautiful cousin from somewhere and sent her into Qinghe Wangfu. Hum, saying it's a cousin, I'm afraid she can't even be counted as a fifth-degree relative.

  Lin Huan continued to say disdainfully, "That woman is quite amusing, I don't know where she heard the news from, but she made a fuss at Prince Wang's place. Guess what she said?" She imitated Wu Ce Fei's voice and tone, raising her voice, "The eldest son is already the heir, he will inherit Prince Wang's title in the future, the fifth son will also be a general, only Xiao Er has nothing, Prince Wang can't be so biased, this king's position should belong to Xiao Er no matter what."

  Lin Huan snorted disdainfully and said, "If she really understood her place and cared about Xiao Er, she should have asked the king to let Xiao Wu inherit the title of Duke, and then had the king help her obtain the title of General for Xiao Er. But instead, she's been eyeing the title of Duke for herself, thinking that it would allow her son to surpass my Xiao Wu. I've thought about it, and although the emperor said he'd give our royal family another dukedom, he didn't say anything about taking back the title of General. I can try to arrange things so that Xiao San inherits it in the future. After all, even if only legitimate sons can inherit titles, a nominal son is still a son. From now on, I'll consider Xiao San as my own, and it's not unreasonable since he grew up by my side."

  At that time, Xiao Chi's biological mother had passed away, and she already had Xiao Chong as her eldest son. Originally, there was no need to raise another concubine-born child. However, she still raised him by her side, just to let Wu Ce Fei see that the one she raised could surpass her own son.

  "Then what did your king say?"

  No matter how well a woman thinks, she is afraid that men will become reckless. Like Lao Guogong, who was usually very clever, but when he got old, didn't he also get entangled with Xia Yiniang and Lin Pei?

  Lin Huan raised an eyebrow and said, "What can the king say? The king should let her be reborn in the next life and marry a legitimate son as his wife. If she's still a concubine, don't think about it too much. She's been lying in bed for two days because of anger." Lin Huan continued with some self-satisfaction, "The king has many bad habits, is romantic and has many mistresses in the backyard. The only good thing is that his brain is still clear, he didn't let the illegitimate child climb over the legitimate one, nor did he let those mistresses give birth to a bunch of illegitimate children."

  Mr. Li nodded and said nothing more.

  Lin Huan said, "In short, you can also rest assured. If Xiaosan really succeeds in inheriting the title of Town General, Xiangniang's future will also be settled, so that you won't always be worried."

  "Speaking of Xiangniang, she's been married for five years now, and there's still no news about her having a child?"

  Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Let's wait for two more years. I think she has a lot of pressure on her own mind too, and she doesn't dare to rush herself either."

  Xiaosan wasn't born to her, Xiaosan's descendants she really doesn't care much about, Lin Niang is also her own niece, in her heart naturally leaning towards her own niece, won't casually stuff concubines into the house of a commoner.

  *******

  Lin Ya originally wanted to come over and find Li Shi, but stood outside listening to the conversation between Li Shi and Lin Huan inside. After standing alone for a while, she finally turned around and went to the courtyard where Zhuang Lao Furen lived.

  Lin Yun was squatting in front of Old Lady Zhuang, listening to her talk about the big ships that only existed in Jiangnan while sitting on a taishi chair.

  "Those ships are huge, filled with gold, silver and precious jewels. One trip out and they can bring back enough wealth to support a family for generations..."

  Lin Yun stretched out her hand and drew a rough outline in the air, asking: "Is it this big? Like this house?"

  The old lady said: "It's true, some are even bigger than houses."

  Lin Xiao walked in while asking: "What are you talking about?"

  The old lady saw that it was her and happily beckoned to her, saying: "Yuanyuan, come quickly, come quickly, come over here to your grandmother."

  Lin Xiao laughed and walked over, grasped her hand, and as a result, she sniffed with her nose, then deliberately pulled a long face to Old Lady Zhuang: "Grandma, you've been drinking again!"

  The old lady chuckled and pulled her into her arms, then took out a jade button from her bosom and stuffed it into Lin Dai's, whispering to her: "This is for you, but don't go telling your mother about it."

  Lin Xiao got up helplessly and said, "There mustn't be a next time."

  Lin Wan saw it and ran over to Lin Xiao, stretching out her palm: "Grandma, I want one too. If not, I'll tell mom."

  Madam Zhuang chuckled and said: "You have everything." As she spoke, she took out a jade calabaza and handed it to Lin Xuan.

  At this time, Qi and Zhuang walked in together. Zhuang asked while walking: "What do you want to tell me?"

  Lin Xuan and Mrs. Zhuang simultaneously covered their mouths, then secretly exchanged a smile, with a sense of satisfaction at having gotten away with something mischievous. Lin Di shook her head and said to Mrs. Zhuang, "Nothing, it's just Yu Yu bothering her grandmother about the big boat." Then she bowed to Qi Shi again and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Second Aunt, why did you come too?"

  "Ha! What, can't I come?" said Qi.

  Lin Yidao said: "It's not natural."

  Zhuang's family scolded Lin Xuan: "Young Jade, your great-grandmother wants to take a nap, don't disturb her again." Then she replied to Lin Yan: "Your second aunt came over and asked me for something."

  After finishing speaking, he went into the inner room with Qī Shì together. Not long after, the two came out together again, and Qī Shì had an extra piece of paper in his hand.

  "Third sister-in-law, thank you. If Huan Niang really does become pregnant, it will truly be your merit."

  Zhuang said: "I don't know if this prescription is effective or not, but I've heard others say it works. Anyway, it won't harm the body, so let Huan Niang try it first."

  The two of them said a few more words before Mrs. Qi took the prescription and left.

  The old lady looked at Zhuang Shi standing at the door and asked: "Who can't have children?"

  Zhuang's family looked at her and walked over to help her up, saying: "You don't have to worry about these things, I'll take you to rest for a while."

  The old lady struggled and said: "No, I don't want to sleep."

  Zhuang said: "If you don't sleep, I'll throw away all the wine you've hidden."

  The old lady listened and immediately became obedient.