Everyone had not seen each other for a long time. After Xijun broke the rules, the other women naturally came over to tell me what had happened recently. Seeing the group dissolve into chaos, Grandma was delighted, and took the opportunity to say, "I know all of you children are nervous, but don't crowd around here. A-Tian definitely won't be leaving for the next few months, so each of you will have a child—none of you can escape that. But you all have to be obedient. You'll have to come one at a time. For now, come do some work with Grandma and let A-Tian go back first. We can discuss who goes first and who comes later. How does that sound?"
"Good!"
"It's only right that we listen to the Ancestor."
I rubbed my brow. That was obviously impossible, but Grandma's open-minded words immediately drew everyone along behind her, milling around her in a swarm. I, meanwhile, had become utterly alone. Mother watched me with a beaming smile and said, "You child, now that you're the ruler of the world, you ought to act like one. You're different from A-Ze. He's only in charge of a small place, so he doesn't even care about having two children, but this place is so vast..."
"Mom, stop worrying about this. Here, go have fun with Grandma." I smiled and slipped away, but Xin Yuan Ying and Hu Qingya followed behind me. The two of them were my personal female officials, and they had come along because there were matters they needed to advise me on, so I had no reason to refuse them.
"Young Master, I'll arrange your schedule for the next few days. I just took leave," Hu Qingya said before she could stop herself. Xin Yuan Ying drifted over