It's perfectly normal for a son-in-law to give his mother-in-law a treasure for protection, right?

He led the Emperor Lord and the Imperial Empress to a quieter place.

"Senior, he certainly won't dare bother either of you again anytime soon," Hua Yunfei said.

"Why are you calling us seniors again?" the Imperial Empress asked with a smile.

"Well..." Recalling the earlier scene, even Hua Yunfei felt a little embarrassed. "That was an excuse I gave myself to intervene. I hope you won't mind."

"I don't mind." The Imperial Empress looked at Hua Yunfei, truly like a mother-in-law growing more pleased with her son-in-law the more she saw him. "I only hope it wasn't merely an excuse to intervene, but the truth."

Those words undoubtedly revealed what was in the Imperial Empress's heart.

She was very pleased with Hua Yunfei.

She was also more than willing to entrust Xia Qiuer to him.

Hearing this, Hua Yunfei instinctively looked at the Emperor Lord.

The Emperor Lord's expression remained unchanged. Seeing Hua Yunfei look over, he said, "Thank you for intervening this time. Without you, she might really have been taken back. However..."

At this point, the Emperor Lord shook his head again. "Some things must be kept separate. We can't simply give you our daughter because you helped us."

Hua Yunfei nodded. "I understand."

In fact, he could hear that the Emperor Lord's tone had clearly softened compared to before. He was no longer so adamant.

This showed that his timely intervention had indeed earned considerable approval from the Emperor Lord. Otherwise, he would never have relented so easily.

"Hasn't he done well enough?"

The Imperial Empress spoke up for Hua Yunfei. "He has the intention, and Qiu'er has feelings for him. That's enough. Why must you stand in their way?"

The Imperial Empress's warm attitude exceeded Hua Yunfei's expectations.

"This concerns our daughter's lifelong happiness. How