After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

To put it bluntly, Mingyue is only seventeen years old!

I first met Mingyue six years ago when he led a group of people on a mission.

Eleven-year-old Mingyue, dressed in the same night clothes as them, barged directly into their group.

He and his colleagues were utterly shocked. How old was this kid? Wasn't he afraid of them? They were dressed in black!

The most incredible thing is that this child, who looks very young, is able to keep up with their speed.

So he stopped and asked who Mingyue was.

Mingyue was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Whoever you are, that's who I am."

Qingfeng didn't understand at the time.

As a result, Mingyue pointed to his clothes and said, "We're dressed the same way, so we must be family."

Qingfeng: "..."

You're insane!

Qingfeng didn't intend to pay attention to him at the time, but the boy's lightness skill was not weak, and he couldn't shake him off.

He seems to have lost his memory and doesn't even know who he is.

There was no other way but to bring him back.

Seeing that he was quite skilled in martial arts at such a young age, and feeling sorry for him because he had lost his memory, Situ Che kept him and named him Mingyue.

They also investigated Mingyue's past afterwards, but the child's past could not be found.

Qingfeng snapped out of his thoughts and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please don't be angry with Mingyue. I will teach him a lesson."

"I hope so!" Situ Che snorted coldly, though he was actually reluctant to punish Mingyue.

He had no children, and before Tang Rui returned, he always treated Mingyue as half a child.

"This is the last time!" Situ Che couldn't bear to punish him in the end, so he waved his hand and told him to go and rest, and then go and check on Tang Rui after he had rested.

Upon hearing this, Mingyue immediately ran away, as if a ghost were chasing her.

After he left, Situ Che originally intended to have Qingfeng deliver these things to the Princess.

However, remembering Tang Rui's instructions, Situ Che hesitated for a moment, but still decided to personally deliver the dowry.

When he arrived with his entourage, Princess Li was not in her room. She was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, holding an account book and looking at it intently. There was also a thick stack of books on the stone table.

Xu, the old nanny beside Princess Li, wanted to speak, but Situ Che raised his hand in advance, signaling her to step back.

Xu Mama glanced at Qin Zhiyan with concern, curtsied, and quietly withdrew.

Situ Che stared blankly at his princess, belatedly realizing that he had never really looked at her properly since they had been married for so long.

After what happened to Tang Rui's biological mother, he felt disgusted by women who offered themselves to him.

Qin Zhiyan was someone the Empress forced into his service while he was away on campaign.

Although he and the Empress were mother and son, their relationship was not good, to the point of being irreconcilable.

He became suspicious of the empress's motives.

Later, the emperor followed suit and kept sending women into his residence.

After it happened many times, he gradually became numb to it, treating them as if they were invisible...

Now that I think about it carefully, marriage was a major life event, decided by parents and matchmakers. What choices did they have?

Situ Che couldn't help but ask himself, had he truly fulfilled his duties as a husband all these years?

Otherwise, how could he be completely unaware that his princess's dowry had been seized?

Perhaps she had been staring for too long, Qin Zhiyan rubbed her eyes, picked up her cup and took a sip of water. She then raised her eyes slightly and noticed Situ Che not far away.

Qin Zhiyan was startled and quickly stood up to curtsy to Situ Che: "Your Highness, what brings you here?"

"I'm bringing you some things and checking in on you!" Situ Che said, glancing at the boxes in the yard.

Qin Zhiyan followed his gaze and stared in surprise, her eyes widening: "These are..."

"These were all part of your dowry, and I've retrieved them for you."

"!!"dowry?

Qin Zhiyan thought she had misheard and quickly walked over.

Every item in the box was both unfamiliar and familiar; they were indeed her dowry.

Qin Zhiyan picked up a jade hairpin from a box, gently stroking the magnolia carving on it, her eyes gradually becoming moist.

Situ Che spun his wheelchair around to stand behind her: "Qin Zhirou has used quite a lot over the years, and this is all that's left. See if you're missing anything, and I'll make it up to you!"

"No...no need, thank you Your Highness. I'm already very happy to have brought back so much. Besides, it's all Qin Zhirou's fault, there's no reason for Your Highness to spend money on me."

Qin Zhiyan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, mustered her courage, and handed over the jade pendant in her hand, a blush rising on her face: "This jade hairpin was a gift my mother prepared for my future son-in-law, Your Highness... will you accept it?"

Situ Che hesitated for a moment, then accepted it: "Since it is my mother-in-law's kind intention, I should accept it. What gift does the princess wish for? I will give it to you."

"No... I am already very satisfied to be able to marry Your Highness..." Qin Zhiyan lowered her eyes, her face turning even redder.

"...She likes me?"

Realizing this, a hint of doubt flashed in Situ Che's eyes: "We...knew each other before?"

"..." You don't remember?

Qin Zhiyan suppressed her frustration and nodded with a smile: "That year, on Qin Zhirou's birthday, the Prince also came. My father locked me in the woodshed for several days, and I almost starved to death. It was Your Highness who gave me some snacks."

Situ Che: "!!"

I remembered.

He originally didn't have time to attend the birthday celebration of a minister's daughter, but the Ninth Prince dragged him there.

The ninth prince also said that the empress favored the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an as the crown prince's principal wife.

Ok!

Nothing serious happened, but he wanted to see what kind of woman his biased mother had chosen for the Crown Prince.

It would have been better not to watch at all; it was pretentious and affected, and the ambition in their eyes was impossible to hide.

That's great, she and the hypocritical crown prince are a perfect match.

Bored during the meal, he made an excuse to go for a stroll and happened to hear a faint cry for help.

Finally, following the sound, they found the woman, barely alive, in the woodshed.

"Are you that woman from back then? But you're not the Empress Dowager..." Is this a spy planted in your name?

Before Situ Che could finish speaking, Qin Zhiyan realized what was happening and hurriedly waved her hands, saying, "No, no."

Realizing she had somewhat lost her composure, Qin Zhiyan paused, trying to calm herself, but her face only flushed more: "The Empress did indeed have that intention, but I... I have always admired the Prince, so I played along and pretended to obey. After marrying the Prince, the Empress did ask me about his recent situation, but I... never revealed anything..."

"...So you took advantage of the Empress Dowager?"

Situ Che asked incredulously, "Will the Empress Dowager let you go?"

Qin Zhiyan smiled sheepishly: "That's why I've been feigning illness and rarely come to the palace!"

Situ Che thought about it carefully, and it seemed... that was true...

Qin Zhiyan had been in the household for several years, but she had attended very few palace banquets.

Even after entering the palace, she stayed by his side, never leaving his side.

Good guy!

Indeed, no woman who stays at home is simple.

He used to think of this woman as a stupid little rabbit, but she even dared to use his own mother.

Situ Che looked at Qin Zhiyan as if he were seeing her for the first time, his beautiful phoenix eyes filled with undisguised surprise!