Life's Natural Limit

As Xue Ye watched Ling Yi leave, the faint smile on his face vanished, replaced in an instant by indifference. His deep, dark eyes made even Marquis Fei Bai, standing beside him, feel his heart pound.

Perhaps sensing the change in Xue Ye's presence, Xue Qianxun, who was being held by her wet nurse nearby, immediately puckered her little mouth and burst into tears.

The moment the little girl cried, the wet nurse holding her dropped to her knees, her face filled with fear. She dared not look up at Xue Ye's expression.

Xue Ye glanced impassively at the crying Xue Qianxun and the trembling wet nurse. "Take her back."

With that, he turned and walked straight toward his study, showing no intention of returning to the bedchamber to see the crown princess.

Fei Bai instinctively stepped after him. Looking at Xue Ye's back, he moved his lips several times, preparing to speak, but ultimately said nothing.

In the bedchamber, the crown princess, who had just given birth, was getting dressed with her maids' help, thanks to the powerful effects of Ling Yi's Fifth Soul Skill: Sweet Rain Descends from Heaven.

But before the fully dressed crown princess could leave the bedchamber, she saw the wet nurse returning with Xue Qianxun in her arms.

"Susan? Why have you brought Qinghe back?"

Crown Princess Dixiya frowned slightly as she questioned the wet nurse, Susan.

Holding Xue Qianxun, Susan hesitated, then answered haltingly, "Mistress, His Highness told me to bring the little princess back."

Dixiya's frown deepened. She opened her mouth to speak, but when she recalled how the crown prince had treated her in a strictly businesslike manner ever since their wedding last year, her spirits sank at once.

This could be considered a tradition of the Xue Family, the royal