This is truly a wonderful thing.
Lang Xuan knew that she was slowly emerging from the shadows of her past life.
In this life, she has married Yuwen Duo.
Baoxuan, however, was still just an innocent child.
That's great.
None of the bad things happened.
Before noon, they returned home laden with their spoils.
Lunch was another sumptuous meal.
Lang Xuan is very adaptable and now really enjoys the atmosphere of everyone sitting together to eat.
After dinner, Qu Nian took Ren Yingying back to rest.
While listening to the others talk, Lang Xuan skillfully picked out the snail meat with a needle.
The little snail was about the size of her fingernail. She held it between her thumb and forefinger, while the needle in her other hand quickly and accurately picked out the meat, spinning it out perfectly.
The empty shells were thrown into the bowl on the left, and the meat was placed in the small bowl on the right.
She worked quickly and well; just watching her fingers fly was a pleasure.
Yanran was unaware of her surroundings and kept coming over to steal snail meat to eat.
Linlin glare and warning were ineffective; only action remained.
Yanran: "... My sister-in-law hasn't said anything yet!"
"This is for me. Did I tell you to eat it?"
Yanran: "Tch, who cares!"
Cui Xiaoqiu smiled and said, "I'll take you out for a walk."
In the morning Yanran wanted to take off her shoes and socks and wade in the water, but there were too many people and she couldn't relax.
Now, while everyone is taking their lunch break, and it's the time when the sun is at its warmest and brightest, he wants to take Yanran to try it out.
"We'll go later," Yanran said, "Waiting for Wei Jun and Zhao Qing to return."
When Lang Xuan heard Wei Jun's name, her hand trembled, and she almost pierced her fingers with a needle.
Where did they go?
Before she could speak, Linlin explained softly, "There's a mountainous area behind here. Yanran wants to go hunting, so they went to scout the terrain beforehand."
Yanran said that since she had finally come out, she had to make the most of it.
She went to the beach, and she wanted to go hunting too.
However, when Lang Xuan heard about hunting, she thought of Wei Jun, and her expression immediately changed.
Linlin asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Yanran smiled and said, "Sister-in-law must think, 'Rabbits are so Lovely, how can you shoot them?' Hehe, sister-in-law, rabbit meat is delicious! And there's venison too. Wait for me to hunt two deer for you."
I'll give her brother some deer blood to help him recover from staying up late, hehe.
Since she's not having children anymore, her brother and sister-in-law have to work harder and have more!
Otherwise, what will she play with in the future?
"No," Lang Xuan forced a smile, "I just suddenly remembered hearing someone mention something terrible."
Tell me about it.
"Someone encountered a pack of wolves while hunting and was eaten by them."
"If only we had wolves!" Yanran rubbed her hands together, eager to get some wolf pelts.
Linlin replied, "They already inquired; there are no wolves here."
The little one looks extremely frightened; don't scare her.
"No, there are no wolves?"
"Um."
Lang Xuan then remembered that Yuwen Duo hadn't been besieged by wolves in Liaodong in her previous life, and she immediately breathed a long sigh of relief.
But then I thought, no, Wei Jun's sword is always hanging over my head, making me feel uneasy.
Perhaps in this life, Wei Jun will use other means?
She still needed to target Wei Jun and quickly come up with a solution.
We must not let Yuwen Duo's gentle advances cloud our judgment and make us forget our original intentions.
This is the umpteenth time Lang Xuan has reminded herself of this.
However, not long afterward, the people who went to scout out the situation in the woods returned.
Zhao Qing's left arm was in a sling.
"What happened?" Linlin voice, "How were you injured? How badly are you hurt?"
Could there be assassins lurking here?
In fact, for safety reasons, Linlin had already brought many guards with her.
"Your Highness," Zhao Qing said with a smile, "It's nothing serious. I was careless and startled a wolf, and was bitten when I wasn't expecting it."
However, he planned to embellish the story in a letter and have it sent back to Yuanyang.
Let her take good care of herself.
Thinking about all this, Zhao Qing felt that even being bitten by a wolf was a good thing to be happy about.
Anyway, he's young, so his wounds heal quickly.
A sudden inspiration struck him, and he was now both in pain and delighted by the idea.
--You want him to call you "sister"? No way!
Upon hearing the word "wolf," Lang Xuan's face turned deathly pale, and her voice changed. "Wolves?"
What happened to the promise that there were no wolves?
Will nightmares overlap in this life and the next?
Linlin: I just mentioned face and I'm already being slapped in the face...
Yanran, however, was eager to try. "Where is the wolf? Can we still find it if we go now?"
She no longer wants to go to the beach; now she just wants to go hunting.
"Perhaps it is possible. If the princess wishes to go, I will accompany you!" Zhao Qing was also a young man, full of vigor and high spirits. Although he was injured, he was still full of enthusiasm.
Lang Xuan grabbed Linlin's sleeve, even forgetting that she hadn't washed her hands, which were still covered in snail juice.
"I'm not going." Linlin sensed her nervousness and gently patted the back of her hand.
Seeing that Lang Xuan was still worried, Linlin looked at Yanran and said, "Neither of you are allowed to go."
Yanran: "..."
Cui Xiaoqiu whispered something to Yanran, who then turned and left.
Lang Xuan no longer cared whether Yanran was angry or not.
Nothing is more important than safety.
I'd rather she's overthinking things than have anything go wrong.
Although Linlin promised her she wouldn't go, Lang Xuan was still worried.
Because given Yanran's personality, if she doesn't go today, she'll be clamoring to go tomorrow.
Despite being heavily pregnant, Ren Yingying is still quite the go-getter.
Lang Xuan couldn't give a clear reason for stopping her, so it seemed unlikely she could stop her.
No, we have to stop them even if we can't.
We must at least stop Yuwen Duo.
Lang Xuan remembered the mantis shrimp from last night.
If there were still some left today, she could eat a few, and if she fell ill, Yuwen Duo would take care of her, so she definitely wouldn't go.
But it was clear that Yuwen Duo wouldn't let her eat anymore.
What should we do then?
Lang Xuan had a sudden inspiration and came up with an idea.
If you're not sick, then just pretend to be sick.
If he were sick, he would definitely call on Imperial Physician Wang to treat him; but what if it was an illness he couldn't bring himself to talk about?
For example, is your period approaching?
They'll probably only stay here for three or four days, as they have a lot of things to do.
My period is almost over, so I've decided on this!
Although it was embarrassing, it was nothing compared to Yuwen Duo's safety.
So that evening, after making snail dumplings for Linlin, and Linlin obligingly ate a big meal, Lang Xuan stammered to Linlin that she had started her period and her stomach was hurting and she felt very uncomfortable.
Linlin massaged her stomach again, just like yesterday.
But Lang Xuan didn't dare to sleep today.
She feared that if she fell asleep, Yuwen Duo would go out and face that calamity alone.
"Your Highness," she said, biting her lip, her face burning, "Would you be comfortable sleeping inside tonight?"
That way, he'll definitely know when he gets out of bed.
Linlin was both amused and exasperated. "It'll be easier for me to take care of you if I sleep outside."
"No, no, I won't be able to sleep soundly that way. You sleep inside!"
Please, I beg you.
Seeing her like this, how could Linlin possibly refuse?