Chapter 990: Entertaining the Family in Colorful Robes

d across Guo Qing's eyes, but before he could speak, Ye Gongzi coldly said, "Hold on!"He gently set down the teacup in his hand. There was no anger on his face, but a quiet majesty radiated from him.M...Mr. Tan had a matchmaker come to his courtyard, but the matter was like a small ripple that passed over without anyone taking it to heart.

Of course, the Li family far away in Xindu had no idea about this.

Jia Yin thought that since her brothers had all been assigned their posts, there wasn't much to do at home, so she tidied up and went to the palace.

The palace is busy preparing the dowry for the third princess. She must be overwhelmed and on the verge of tears.

At this point, if Jia Yin didn't pay attention, the third princess would have to come out and capture him herself.

As expected, the Third Princess was beating a ledger in frustration. Hearing that Jia Yin had finally returned, she tossed her skirt aside and ran out.

In late spring and early summer, the weather was fine. Jiayin wore a willow green spring shirt with an ivory pleated skirt. The hems of her shirt and skirt were embroidered with large sunflowers, truly refreshing and lively to look at.

Her raven hair was mostly pulled back, leaving a small portion loose. It was braided with a pearl silk ribbon, making her complexion appear even more delicate and fair. Her smiling eyes sparkled.

The Third Princess rushed forward, hugged her and spun her around, saying with a pout, "I knew you had no conscience! Once you get home, you don't think of me. I haven't slept well here, but you've gotten fat!"

Jia Yin knew she always talked tough, but was actually a pushover. So she took the intricately woven basket from Shui Ling's hands. It was filled to the brim with large, ripe strawberries.

"Who said I don't miss you Look, I grew these two baskets of strawberries in my warm house, all for you. Even Baozhu didn't get a single one."

"That's about right!" The third princess reached out and stuffed a strawberry into her mouth, immediately breaking into a wide smile.

Jia Yin gestured for Cai Yun to take over another basket and said, "Give this basket to His Majesty. It's some fresh fruit for him. Please deliver it to the imperial study."

The Third Princess scoffed, "What Imperial Study Father is bewitched by a fox spirit, he's lost his mind and has no time for government affairs! He just spends his days laughing with the Consort."

Jia Yin subconsciously pulled her in, glanced around to make sure there were no outsiders nearby, then led her into the house.

The two sat back down beside the small kang table. Shui Ling and Shui Yun guarded the doorway, and only then did Jia Yin speak, "What you just said could be very harmful if it got out. The Noble Consort is Emperor Uncle's concubine; it's normal for him to visit her several times."

The third princess pouted, unhappy. She ate four or five strawberries in one go, biting down with force as if venting her anger.

"The emperor used to favor her, but recently he's been acting strangely, almost inseparable from her every day. And because she monopolizes the emperor so much, all she has produced is a sickly second prince, with nothing else to show for it."

Someone in the palace recently wants to get Father to choose a new empress. She's probably going to wear him down, so this will just pass. Otherwise, whoever enters the palace, as long as she gives birth to a healthy prince, her son won't have a chance!

Having said that, she saw Jiayin frown and quickly smiled to please her.

"Alright, alright, I won't say it anymore. After I get married, who will care about the mess in this palace!"

"That's right," Jia Yin poured tea, whispering, "You are a princess, and you will never inherit the throne. So don't meddle in these matters. Your uncle has his own plans in mind. Just be filial to your uncle, and you won't suffer any losses."

The third princess sighed and threw the strawberry stem from her hand, replying, "I don't want it this way either, but... yesterday I went to see my mother. She was terribly thin, perhaps she doesn't have much time left. I want to ask Father to let her out and send me off to marry..."

"Your father wouldn't agree to that, would he"

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

"In the future, if I have children, I will be a good mother and won't let them suffer like this."

Jiayin didn't know how to persuade her anymore, she could only pat her on the back, comforting her silently...

Faraway Quanzhou, on this midday finally welcomed back the fleet of eight countries' envoys. The Li family also awaited the return of their three members with joy and peace at home.

Carriages lined up like a dragon, bringing the goods from the new capital into Li's mansion courtyard.

Li Zhensheng, who was out on business, and Jia Yi and Liu Yang, both from the military, also rushed back.

As for the pregnant Coral and Linlang, they were also taken over by Li's elderly family members early on.

It's really fate, Jia Yi and Liu Yang have been inseparable since they met. They later enlisted together, marched south together, got married and settled down together, and now even becoming fathers happened at the same time.

Although they are only over a month pregnant, Coral and Linlang have already become the focus of protection for the whole family.

At this moment, the fleet returned. The house was in such a flurry of activity, but no one allowed them to participate, and even feared touching them, so they were simply left to sit inside and eat fruit and pastries.

There were several little children, running all over the yard and giggling nonstop.

Coral and Lily listened with interest, but could only smile standing under the eaves, trying to make a show of being entertained.

Lao Li's hair had turned a bit white, but her daughters-in-law were all filial and had embroidered many headbands and hats for her. She changed them every day and they never looked the same, so you couldn't tell she was getting older.

Today, she was supposed to go shopping with her daughter-in-law. She put on a stone blue embroidered floral slanted lapel blouse and a dark blue horse face skirt, dressing neatly and tidily.

Unexpectedly, the grandsons returned at this very moment.

Jia Xi's mouth was sweet. As soon as she entered the door, she immediately went up to her grandmother and hugged her arm, jokingly complimenting her, "Oh my, who is this grandma She's dressed so beautifully. Is she the Queen Mother of Heaven who has come down to earth!"

Li Laotai's eyes crinkled with laughter. She feigned a slap on her grandson, chuckling, "You little rascal! Even though you're a father now, you still act like a child!"

“In front of my grandma, I don’t need to act all proper! I can put on a show for others, but my grandma knows everything about me, even when I wet the bed at five!” Jiaxi burrowed into his grandma's arms and started joking around without any restraint.

Then Xingxing, holding WENWEN's hand, trailed behind. Hearing this, she exclaimed, "Fourth Uncle, you were still wetting the bed when you were five years old!"

Wenwen also chimed in, "I don't even need to pee anymore!"

The courtyard fell silent for a moment, then everyone burst into laughter.

Jia Xi hurried to look around, seeing all the sisters-in-law there. Her face was so red, she wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Still, it was Old Madam Li who protected her grandson and spoke up to chase people away, “You reek of sweat, hurry and change your clothes! We're still waiting for you to divide the things!”

As soon as possible, Jia Xi hurried to send the box full of letters upstairs and then quickly ran away with his wife and children.

Jia An smiled and bowed before following them down.

Everyone hurriedly opened the box and took out a thick stack of letters.

Mr. Wen and the Liu family wrote to Mrs. Wen, Li Yong and the village head couple wrote to Huiniang, and even Liu Biaotou wrote to his wife and children. Peng also wrote a letter to his daughter Wenjuan.

Of course, the most received were still people from Li's family.

Then she wrote letters to Grandma, her mother, her uncle, and also Yi's husband and wife.

Li Laoer also wrote to his mother...

Li Laosan gave to his mother and daughter-in-law...

Home to Grandma and Mom, and also my sister-in-law and second brother's...

All in all, after sorting through the mail, almost everyone received at least two or three letters.

There are so many things going on at home, even if we split them up and have several people write about them, it wouldn't produce anything particularly different or unique.

But all the concern and remembrance are real.e, when Old Mrs. Li started talking about her grandson, she stopped what she was doing.She knew in her heart that it was a good thing for Jiayi to have such an opportunity. Enlisting and fighting the...