Chapter 284: Chapter 284

Li Xingmao took out another red envelope and handed it to Nanny Jiang, smiling, "Nanny, you’ve worked hard."

Nanny Jiang happily took it in her hand, "Thank you, sir."

She gave a bow to Li Xingmao and walked out of the room cheerfully.

Chai Eying turned to look at Li Xingmao and found he had rolled up his sleeves and was washing his hands in the copper basin. She then chased after Nanny Jiang.

"Nanny, wait a moment."

Nanny Jiang turned around, "What’s the matter, girl?"

Chai Eying looked at her nanny with a stern face and pulled her into another bedroom.

"Nanny!" Chai Eying stomped her foot playfully, "Were you eavesdropping outside the door just now?"

Earlier, she and Li Xingmao couldn’t control themselves, and the noise was a bit loud.

Nanny Jiang would never admit she had been eavesdropping, which would embarrass her own girl.

She noticed that it was already daylight and the two should have gotten up, bringing water to their room, only to find the young couple was at it again.

With the mindset of an old mother who had brought up her girl literally by hand, she did indeed listen for a little while, but it was only when she heard the couple’s laughter that she felt relieved.

It seems the girl’s judgment wasn’t bad, as the groom considered her in everything, even in the smallest matters, always asking her first without any domineering behavior.

To save her girl’s face, she shook her head seriously, "No, I was just carrying a basin over when you opened the door." She feigned ignorance and asked, "What were you two talking about in there just now?"

Seeing Nanny Jiang’s clueless expression, Chai Eying was reassured.

She blushed, turned around, and sat down on the chair, "Nothing really, I just saw you standing outside the door and thought you were eavesdropping on us."

"I would never do such a thing. If I wanted to eavesdrop, I’d let you know beforehand," Nanny Jiang said with a smile.

Chai Eying’s face turned even redder, and she coyly said, "Nanny."

Nanny Jiang stopped teasing her, collected her demeanor, and said seriously, "Won’t you go bathe, young lady? It’s hot today, a bath would be refreshing." She tugged at her own outer garment, "I also bathed and changed my clothes early in the morning."

Chai Eying replied, "I’ll go later, I’m very tired right now. Nanny, massage my arms and legs, I’m so tired I can’t walk."

She moved to Nanny Jiang’s bed and flopped down onto it, regardless of her image.

She looked quite wearied.

Nanny Jiang stifled her laughter; the young couple had been up from the second watch last night until dawn, it was no wonder they were exhausted.

"Here I come, here I come; these hands of mine are the best at massaging," Nanny Jiang rolled up her sleeves and went to give her a rubdown.

One had to admit, Nanny Jiang’s skills were excellent.

After a while of being massaged, Chai Eying’s arms and legs felt less sore.

She returned to the bedroom.

Li Xingmao was already tidied up, having changed his clothes, and was sitting at the table, pen in hand, writing something.

A freshly bathed man, no matter how you looked at him, was a pleasant sight.

The candlelight was too dim last night; this morning’s good light allowed her to see Li Xingmao clearly.

When Li Xingmao looked up, he found Chai Eying standing at the doorway, staring at him absentmindedly.

He raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Eying, what are you looking at me for?"

Chai Eying snapped back to reality, blushing, and said, "Oh, what are you writing?"

Li Xingmao smiled slightly, "Nothing much, just making some records."

Chai Eying walked over for a look, realizing Li Xingmao was organizing the cash gifts from the villagers.

The villagers gave gifts, which would need to be returned later, so it indeed needed to be recorded properly.

Seeing her standing there without moving, Li Xingmao smiled, "Eying, go change your clothes quickly, we need to go see Father and Mother. If we’re late, they might think we slept in."

This reminder brought Chai Eying to her senses.

She blushed, picked up her change of clothes, and ran towards the bathhouse. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝔫𝔢𝔱

Li Xingmao glanced over and couldn’t help but chuckle lightly.

Once Chai Eying was ready, the young couple carried tea trays and headed towards the North Courtyard Main House.

On the way, they met with Li Yuzhu and her siblings.

Everyone laughed and greeted, "Good morning, big brother, good morning, sister-in-law."

Li Xingmao nodded to them,

Chai Eying laughed and said, "Good morning to you too."

Everyone entered the North Courtyard Main House together.

In the main house, Prince Luling and his wife were playing with the two children.

Everyone called out in unison, "Father, Mother."

Chai Eying looked at the lively family and smiled, carrying the tea tray forward, "Good morning, Father, good morning, Mother."

"Oh, you’re here? Sit, sit," Princess Consort Luling said, holding Guoguo and nodding and smiling at Chai Eying.

Chai Eying placed the tea tray on the table and respectfully offered the tea, "Father, have tea; Mother, have tea."

Prince Luling and his wife gave a red envelope again, this time only to Chai Eying, not to Li Xingmao.

Chai Eying was stunned, not knowing whether to accept it or not.

Li Xingmao smiled and said, "Take it."

Princess Consort Luling smiled and said, "This is a red envelope congratulating your great joy, you must accept it."

Congratulating her great joy meant congratulating her and Li Xingmao on consummating their marriage.

Chai Eying suddenly understood, blushing, accepted it, "Thank you, father and mother."

Princess Consort Luling beckoned to Li Jing, who was playing with wooden block toys on a chair, "Jingjing, come, quickly call father and mother." Then she pointed to Chai Eying and said to Guoguo, "Guoguo, call her mother."

Guoguo looked at Chai Eying with a bright smile, and in a childish voice called, "Mother." She even stretched out her arms wanting Chai Eying to hold her.

This time, Chai Eying responded graciously, "Guoguo is so good."

She took Guoguo into her arms and sat on the chair next to Princess Consort Luling.

But after Li Jing called father, he refused to call mother, staring blankly at Chai Eying, "Why? Isn’t this Aunt Chai? Why do I have to call her mother? I have a mother."

Chai Eying’s smiling expression suddenly froze.

"Mother." Guoguo stared at Li Jing, "She’s mother."

"No, she’s aunt." Li Jing corrected, "Guoguo, you’re so silly, you called it wrong, you need to call her aunt. Come, follow me, aunt——"

"Hmph!" Guoguo turned her head, hugged Chai Eying’s neck, and ignored Li Jing.

"Jingjing!" Li Xingmao’s face darkened, "Call her mother, you can’t call her aunt."

"I won’t, I have a mother, she isn’t mother, she’s aunt." Li Jing shook his head, "Father, you’re wrong, you’re all wrong."

Chai Eying was extremely embarrassed, awkwardly said, "It’s okay, Jingjing is still young, you can’t demand too much from him."

Prince Luling looked at his grandson, "Jingjing, this is also your mother, you should call her mother."

Li Jing remained stubborn, "No! Aunt Chai clearly isn’t mother."

Princess Consort Luling glanced at Chai Eying, sighed, and pulled Li Jing into her arms, "Jingjing, but from today on, Aunt Chai is your mother."

"No! I want my mother, I want my mother, boo hoo, wah wah——" Li Jing’s little mouth turned down, and he cried out loud.

Li Xingmao frowned, "It’s early in the morning, why are you crying?"

"Boo hoo, wah wah——" Li Jing cried even more in fear.

Chai Eying pressed down on Li Xingmao, fearing he would hit the child, she pulled Li Jing to her side, "Jingjing is very good, why did you start crying? How about Aunt Chai takes you to see paintings? Let’s paint colorful rabbits."

Li Jing wiped his tears, "Aren’t rabbits white? Oh, and gray, where are there colorful ones?"

Chai Eying smiled and said, "Heavenly immortal rabbits are colorful."

"I’ve never seen immortal rabbits." Li Jing stopped crying, his eyes widened in curiosity as he asked Chai Eying, "How big are immortal rabbits? What do they look like?"

"Hmm, I can’t say for sure, I can only draw them." Chai Eying smiled.

"Aunt Chai, can you draw them for me?" Li Jing completely forgot about the previous matter, his face filled with excitement.

Chai Eying smiled and nodded, "Sure, come on, Jingjing, let’s go draw colorful rabbits."

She held Guoguo well and stood up, freeing a hand to hold Li Jing.

Li Jing was even more eager than her, pulling her outward.

Chai Eying turned back to everyone, "Father, mother, Jin Lang, I’ll take the two children to the South Courtyard first."

Princess Consort Luling smiled, "Alright, go ahead."

"Aunt Chai, let’s go quickly, faster." Li Jing wouldn’t stop even for a moment, pulling Chai Eying to run out.

Li Xingmao also said, "Father, mother, I’ll go and have a look too, Jingjing is growing up, his temper is growing too."

Prince Luling waved his hand, "Go on, go on, you’ve just gotten married, don’t worry about family matters, spend more time with your wife."

"Understood, father." Li Xingmao nodded and turned to leave.

Just then, Princess Consort Luling called out to him, "Wait, eldest."

Li Xingmao turned back, "Mother, is there anything else?"

Princess Consort Luling looked outside, Li Jing pulling Chai Eying, they had already run dozens of steps away.

She sighed and said, "Eldest, the child is still young and can’t distinguish some things. But though he’s young, he still remembers some things. His birth mother hasn’t been gone for long, he still remembers her. You can’t force him to change what he calls people, if he doesn’t want to call her mother, then forget it."

Li Xingmao said, "I understand, mother."

"Also explain to Eying, don’t let her keep knots in her heart." Princess Consort Luling added.

Li Xingmao nodded and left.

After he walked far away, Princess Consort Luling heavily huffed, "Blame the Xue Family! Such good days, why run off? Guoguo is still young and doesn’t remember anything, but Jingjing is already three, he still remembers her."

Prince Luling said discontentedly, "Why bring her up again? It’s not good if the eldest daughter-in-law hears this."

"I’m just upset." Princess Consort Luling snorted coldly.

Early in the morning, there was a bit of unpleasantness, the Second Young Master, Li Xing’an, and both the Great Princess and Second Princess dared not utter a word, sitting in the house, looking at each other.

At this moment, Li Yuzhu said, "Mother, I believe elder sister-in-law will handle this matter well, she’s very smart, you all don’t have to worry."