Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 367 Extra Ancient Chapter 3
Two years later.

"Jin'er, can you guess where Mother is?"

Song Yi crouched down behind the flower bushes, listening to the sound of hurried footsteps. Jiang Huaijin observed as he mumbled, "Mother...where is Mother?"

She suppressed a laugh and remained silent.

After a while, a pair of small feet suddenly appeared before her. Song Yi looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "How amazing! How did you find Mother?"

Although Jiang Huaijin can speak now, he rarely speaks in a complete sentence. Hearing this, he stretched out his short little arm and pointed to the flower branch that Song Yi had accidentally stepped on on the ground.

Song Yi clapped at him: "Wow, Jin'er is so amazing! He's so observant at such a young age."

A smug look appeared on Jiang Huaijin's young face as he looked at Song Yi without saying a word.

At times like these, Song Yi couldn't help but laugh.

Sometimes, the way he unintentionally revealed his demeanor, that arrogant yet cunning look, was very much like Jiang Lanye.

She's practically a miniature version of him.

"This flower was accidentally trampled by Mother. Jin'er, would you like to pick it and give it to your father?"

He nodded and tried to pick the flower, but Song Yi stopped him with a smile and took out a pair of scissors from the side: "This thing is dangerous, you can't touch it now."

Immediately afterwards, she cut the flower branch and handed it to Jiang Huaijin.

As soon as he received the flowers, he happily ran towards the Golden Palace. Song Yi lifted her skirt slightly and ran even faster than him, turning back to look at him with a smile: "Mother runs faster than you."

Jiang Huaijin struggled to move his short legs, and in the blink of an eye, he saw his mother run ahead of him. He was so angry that he let out an ambiguous syllable, but he didn't stop and tried his best to catch up.

Inside the Jinluan Hall.

Eunuch Cao was standing to the side grinding ink for Jiang Lanye when he suddenly heard Song Yi's cheerful laughter coming from outside. Eunuch Cao couldn't help but sigh:
"Her Majesty the Empress is so energetic every day. The First Prince always goes out with her and comes back covered in sweat."

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Lanye and found that a gentle smile had appeared in Jiang Lanye's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, a series of hurried footsteps could be heard.

"Mother Empress—stop right there!"

Song Yi didn't stop at all. The skirt of her dress was very loose today, and it fluttered in all directions as she ran, like a free-spirited cloud in the sky. She rushed into the Golden Palace and flashed to Jiang Lanye's side. Before Jiang Lanye could say anything, she immediately squatted down and hid beside Jiang Lanye's legs.
"Shh, don't talk."

After saying that, she tried to calm her breathing.

Jiang Lanye smiled and couldn't help but reach out and pat her head: "How many times have you used this trick?"

After saying that, Jiang Huaijin ran in breathlessly, holding a wilted flower in her hand, and looked around: "Mother...where is Mother?"

Jiang Lanye, who always cooperated with Song Yi when it came to bullying children, remained remarkably calm upon hearing this: "I didn't see it."

Eunuch Cao, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but shake his head.

Jiang Huaijin, of course, refused to believe it. He aggressively approached Jiang Lanye, just then, Song Yi suddenly poked her head out: "I'm here!"

Jiang Huaijin laughed.

Jiang Lanye took out a handkerchief, pulled Song Yi to sit on his lap, and carefully wiped the sweat from her forehead, plucking the green leaves that were stuck to her hair.

Jiang Huaijin stood to the side watching, then suddenly handed the flowers out: "To Father."

Song Yi immediately said, "By the way, Jin'er picked these especially for you."

Jiang Lanye looked at the flower in his hand, which was almost devoid of petals, and couldn't help but laugh and cry. She reached out and took it.

After a while, Jiang Huaijin suddenly opened his arms: "Your subject also wants to be held by Father."

Song Yi didn't get off Jiang Lanye: "Isn't your mother's hug enough?"

He frowned: "Mother is not strong, she will get tired." Song Yi looked touched: "Oh, you've really grown up, you know how to care for your mother now."

He nodded seriously, but his arms were still on, wanting Jiang Lanye to hug him.

Jiang Lanye glanced at Song Yi, who was sitting on her lap, and then at Jiang Huaijin, who was reaching out to hug her. She was caught in a dilemma.

Song Yi chuckled: "You're a big kid now, you can't keep asking to be carried all the time."

"Then the Empress Dowager is older than, even older than, your son!"

"That's different. Your mother is your father's precious darling, but you're about to become a strong and upright man. You'll have to protect your mother in the future. What kind of man needs to be carried?"

Jiang Huaijin stared at her blankly: "You're right, Mother."

Song Yi winked at him: "Then can Jin'er protect Mother?"

He suddenly put his hands on his hips and exclaimed, "Of course!"

"now it's right."

After Song Yi finished fooling the child, she felt perfectly justified in staying in Jiang Lanye's arms and refused to get down.

Jiang Lanye looked at her: "Wasn't the way I pulled you just now exactly what you wanted?"

Song Yi chuckled: "What? Don't you cherish me?"

Jiang Lanye hugged her tighter: "Yes, of course you are."

Seeing this, Jiang Huaijin reached out and tugged at Song Yi's sleeve: "Mother, play with your son."

Song Yi suddenly asked, "Jin'er, do you think your mother looks beautiful today?"

His face flushed slightly: "It's beautiful."

Song Yi then looked at Jiang Lanye: "What do you think?"

Jiang Lanye glanced at Eunuch Cao and saw that he had already walked out on his own. He then lowered his head and gave her a light peck on the corner of her mouth.

"What does it mean?"

"This is my answer."

Song Yi's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was about to say something when Jiang Huaijin urged her again, "Mother!"

Honestly, his father and mother are always like this, they forget he exists all the time.

Song Yi quickly got out of Jiang Lanye's arms. "Come on, how do you want to play? Still hide-and-seek?"

"Ok!"

"Then cover your eyes and don't peek."

"it is good!"

Jiang Lanye sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.

It seems I won't be able to finish reviewing these memorials today.

Song Yi looked around and decided to hide next to Jiang Lanye, but it was a bit too obvious. So, under Jiang Lanye's surprised gaze, she bent down and crawled under the table, hiding between Jiang Lanye's legs.

Jiang Lanye: "."

After Song Yi had dodged, she belatedly realized that her position was not good, but it was too late to change it. She gave Jiang Lanye a warning look.

Jiang Lanye placed his hand on the table and restrainedly tapped the table with his fingertips.

Jiang Huaijin searched carefully, leaving no corner unchecked, but he clearly did not expect that his mother was hiding under the table, and that his father was blocking her way.