Hu Huanxi raised his glass and said, "Okay, stop keeping us in suspense. What's the happy event?"
Zi'an looked at Zhuangzhuang and said, "It's a great event for the princess."
Zhuangzhuang was stunned, "My happy event? How come I don't know about it?"
"I have inside information and knew it in advance. However, the news will arrive in the capital in two days. You will know it then too." Zi'an smiled.
"Tangbao? My happy event is related to Tangbao?" Zhuangzhuang really couldn't think of any happy event of hers that was related to the war.
"That's right, Xiao Xiao went to the battlefield." Zi'an put down his wine glass, looked at her and said.
Zhuangzhuang's hands trembled and he almost spilled the wine. "What did you say? Say it again? Did I hear you correctly?"
"You heard it right. Xiao Xiao is already well. He went to the border. He is now temporarily taking over the position of marshal for Lao Qi. Lao Qi... was slightly injured."
"I don't believe it." Zhuangzhuang's lips trembled a little. She didn't believe it. She had had this dream so many times. Every time she dreamed that he was alive, she found out in the end that it was just a dream.
Zi'an and Hu Huanxi clinked their glasses and said, "Whether you believe it or not, you'll know in a few days."
"Hey, how did you know? Xiao Tuo and Su Qing didn't tell us." Zhuangzhuang didn't believe her. Xiao Tuo and Su Qing didn't mention this matter at all when they came back yesterday.
"Anyway, I know." Zi'an smiled mysteriously.
Zhuangzhuang stared at her. "If I find out that you lied to me and made fun of me, I won't forgive you."
Zi'an shrugged, "Okay, if it's fake, you can use my head as a stool."
Hearing this, Zhuangzhuang suddenly stood up and said dignifiedly: "I'll go back for a while, you guys drink first."
After saying that, he hurried into the inner room.
Hu Huanxi looked at her in surprise. "So calm? I thought she would at least laugh or cry."
"Calm?" Zi'an smiled. "Who knows? Maybe she'll cry when she goes in, or laugh."
Hu Huanxi asked, "You are not really making fun of her, are you?"
"How could I possibly joke about something like this? She cares the most about it. I've been busy running around this early in the morning, so how could I have the time to make fun of her? If it wasn't true, I would have saved the wine for my seventh son."
Hu Huanxi was relieved and said sincerely: "This is really something worth being happy about. I have finally waited for it."
However, Hu Huanxi immediately said, "Why did this man suddenly go to the battlefield after he recovered? He didn't even come back to see the princess first."
"The war is tense, right?" Zi'an evaded the question. He couldn't tell anyone about Lao Qi's return. It wasn't that he didn't trust Hu Huanxi, but there was no need to tell him.
Zhuangzhuang came out after a while, his eyes were red, but his brows were full of joy. She sat down, gathered her clothes, and asked, "What did you say?"
"Tell me if you went in and cried." Zi'an said with a smile.
"Who's crying?" Zhuangzhuang was angry, "Isn't this a happy thing? Why are you crying?"
She poured herself a glass of wine, her fingers still trembling a little, "But, this is what you said, I haven't seen the person, so I won't believe it completely."
"Okay, just treat it as a lie." Zi'an said with a smile.
Zhuangzhuang was startled, "Are you telling a lie?"
There was already some anger between his brows.
"Good aunt, really, I'm serious, is that okay?" Zi'an didn't dare to offend a woman who was extremely happy or sad.
Hu Huanxi said: "What she said should be true. Didn't she say that the Regent was injured? She wouldn't curse her prince just to amuse you."
Zhuangzhuang looked at Zian, "Is Laoqi okay?"
"It's nothing, just a minor injury."
"That's good." Zhuangzhuang felt relieved. At the same time, the big stone pressing on her heart was finally moved away by more than half.
Qinzhi and Qionghua personally brought the dishes up and placed them on the table. "Okay, that's all. The lamb chops are ready too."
Qionghua asked, "Princess, what's the happy event?"
Zi'an said: "General Xiao has recovered from his injury."
Qin Zhi Qionghua was overjoyed when she heard this, "Really?"
"Why do you have the same reaction as your princess? Of course it's true." Zi'an said unhappily.
Qin Zhi wiped her tears and said, "This is a big happy occasion. What side dishes should we have? I will make a few exquisite dishes right away."
After saying that, he grabbed Qionghua and went downstairs.
When best friends chat, they inevitably talk about matters between men and women. Zhuangzhuang finally got the moon to shine through the clouds, but Hu Huanxi had no news.
"Does this Night King have any intentions towards you?" Zi'an asked.
"Bah!" Hu Huanxi frowned immediately, "Don't bother me with that."
"You're reacting so strongly, are you feeling guilty?" Zi'an smiled and waved his hands, "Okay, I won't talk about you anymore, let's make a bet to see if Liu Liu's first baby is a boy or a girl."
Zhuangzhuang smiled broadly, "That's a good idea."
"With good genes, maybe the first baby will be three, a boy and a girl," said Hu Huanxi.
"Gene? What is gene?" Zhuangzhuang asked. She found that sometimes when Hu Huanxi and Zi'an talked, they always said things that she couldn't understand.
"Well, heredity. My mother in the country calls it genes." Hu Huanxi corrected quickly.
"Your mother is from the countryside?" Zhuangzhuang didn't know where her mother was from. The things in the Hu family were a mess, with a bunch of monsters and demons.
Zi'an changed the subject, "I don't think there are triplets. Liu Liu was born as a singleton."
"That's hard to say." Zhuangzhuang disagreed.
The three of them talked and laughed until the evening. They were so happy. They hadn't been so relaxed in a long time. Their nerves had been tense during these days. It was rare to have such a leisurely afternoon.
I really hope the peaceful days will continue like this.
When it was getting dark, Zi'an and Hu Huanxi both stood up and said goodbye.
Hu Huanxi went out and said to Zi'an worriedly, "I've enjoyed this afternoon, but I have to work overtime tonight."
"There's no end to making money, so take it easy," Zi'an advised.
"Isn't it the same no matter how much money you have? You also know about our family's situation. If I don't make some achievements, how many people will question me?" Hu Huanxi also had a lot of difficulties. In this era, a woman who came out to do business and support a family was already an anomaly.
"Okay, then you should go back quickly." Zi'an said.
Hu Huanxi took out the white jade Guanyin and gave it to Zi'an. "When you see Sun Fang'er later, return it to her and tell her that I, Hu Huanxi, recognize her as my friend and will not take back any gift I have given her."
"Don't you like this white jade Guanyin very much? After all, it is made by a famous artist and is hard to come by."
“You only like something at the beginning. As time goes by, the feeling of liking it will slowly fade away.”
"You are touched. Okay, I'll keep it and return it to her when I see her again." Zi'an put the white jade Guanyin away.
"I really wish I could live like this every day." Hu Huanxi sighed before getting on the carriage.
Doesn’t Zi’an want to do that too
She thought that the seventh brother would not come back so soon, so she went to Tingyuxuan to discuss leaving with her mother.
But when they arrived at Tingyuxuan, Aunt Cuiyu said that the emperor summoned her and Xia Lin to the palace at noon today.
Zi'an didn't expect the emperor to take action so quickly. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and he hurriedly ordered the coachman to drive the carriage into the palace.
(End of this chapter)