Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 402

"Sister, what are you talking about? Who’s being completely dominated by him?" Upon hearing this, Xia Zhining’s face turned red as she retorted.

"Zhining, you’ve been talking in your sleep these past few nights, murmuring Mo Lang’s name. Sleep talking doesn’t lie." Xia Zhiqing covered her mouth and laughed.

Due to Xia Zhiqing’s pregnancy, it was inconvenient for her to get up at night, and Xia Zhining was worried that the servants wouldn’t take care of her carefully enough, so she stayed and ate and slept with Xia Zhiqing.

Anyway, the sisters were used to it before.

"Ah." Upon hearing this, Xia Zhining’s face turned crimson, she said shyly and anxiously, "How could I talk in my sleep, and even mention him? You must have heard it wrong, sister."

"Then just assume I heard it wrong." Xia Zhiqing chuckled.

Xia Zhining had no choice but to change the topic, "Sister, what you said before could be wrong. What if it isn’t?"

"Even if it’s not, it doesn’t matter. Sister Wu Mi is right, the Chen Family has few people; having a few more sisters join in would make it livelier. And Princess Consort Huai... well, once she joins, she can’t be called Princess Consort Huai anymore. Yunxi used to be known as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan in her youth, coming from a prestigious family like the Xiao Family; she certainly wouldn’t have had to do any menial work and would have been well-maintained.

Besides, I heard she’s also a Middle-Grade Martial Artist. To say she’s already past her prime is a bit premature. If she can join the family, Mo Lang definitely wouldn’t lose out." Xia Zhiqing laughed.

"Sister, you’re really open-minded." Xia Zhiqing admired.

...

On the other side, Yi Shiyin’s room.

Without being summoned, the door was opened.

Yi Shiyin’s personal maid Xiaoling sneaked in carrying a small wooden box.

"No one else saw you, right?" Dressed in a green long skirt, Yi Shiyin quickly closed the doors and windows upon seeing Xiaoling enter and whispered.

Xiaoling shook her head, then blushingly said, "Madam, are you really going to do this?"

Originally, Xiaoling always called Yi Shiyin ’Miss’.

But as Chen Mo’s status rose higher and higher, calling Yi Shiyin ’Miss’ felt a bit inappropriate.

Changing to ’Madam’ took Xiaoling quite a while to get used to.

"Husband is coming back in a few days. We haven’t seen each other for so long, I want to give him a surprise." Yi Shiyin’s face was also flushed, her lively big eyes carried a hint of playfulness.

"But... there’s no need to go that far, what if the Marquis doesn’t like it?" Xiaoling opened the small wooden box, which contained scrapers, paintbrushes, paints, and more.

"Husband... he will absolutely like it." Yi Shiyin recalled previous incidents where her husband loved to torment her in strange and quirky ways.

Since the mistress had made up her mind, as a servant, she couldn’t say much more.

Xiaoling didn’t come from a good family background, otherwise, she wouldn’t have become a servant. When she was little, she heard others say that people were very taboo about this, yet now Madam actually wanted to become...

"Then, Madam, please lie down." Xiaoling sat down by the bed and took out items from the small wooden box.

Yi Shiyin lay somewhat nervously on the bed, her hands placed tightly at her sides, took a deep breath.

"Madam, please forgive me." Xiaoling raised her hand to untie the belt of the green dress, revealing the smooth skin, then picked up the scraper and leaned towards Yi Shiyin’s belly.

Yi Shiyin closed her eyes.

...

Huai State, Wuguan.

Jiangnan is not far from Huai State, it only takes a few days by boat.

Xiao Quan, following Xiao Jing’s instructions, rushed to Huai State first thing.

Unexpectedly, it was in vain.

He was received by an elder claiming to be the Prefect of Huai State.

"This official greets Young Master Xiao Quan." Geng Songfu cupped his hands at Xiao Quan.

The Prefect of Huai State is a Fourth-Grade Official, although Xiao Quan is a General under Prince Huai, he is not recognized by the Court, therefore Geng Songfu’s gesture gave Xiao Quan a lot of face.

The Patriarch wanted him to come and rescue people.

So Xiao Quan behaved relatively affably and said, "Lord Geng, you’re too kind, I’m just a commoner, not worthy of such courtesy from you."

Geng Songfu smiled, "Young Master Xiao Quan, please sit."

Xiao Quan, being quick-tempered, asked after only a few sentences, "Lord Geng, is the Marquis here?"

"Young Master has come at a bad time. The Marquis left Huai State a few days ago and returned to Linzhou." Geng Songfu said, "Currently, Huai State is under this official’s rule. If there’s anything Young Master has for the Marquis, you can tell this official, and I will relay it to him."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Quan frowned and then said, "It’s fine if the Marquis is not here, since you’re in charge of Huai State, would you let me meet Princess Consort Huai and Crown Prince Huai?"

"Young Master, there’s no longer a Princess Consort Huai or a Crown Prince Huai in this world." Geng Songfu said.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Quan’s heart skipped a beat, thinking Xiao Yunxi and Chu Zheng had already met with misfortune, he quickly said, "What have you done to them?"

"It seems there’s a misunderstanding, Young Master. Although there’s no longer a Princess Consort Huai or Crown Prince Huai, Xiao Yunxi and Chu Zheng are still here." Geng Songfu explained.

Xiao Quan frowned, not understanding what this meant.

Geng Songfu feigned confusion, "Doesn’t Young Master know?"

"???" Xiao Quan was even more bewildered. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"It looks like Young Master hasn’t seen the letter from Madam." Geng Songfu said, then explained, "What Young Master may not know is that the former Princess Consort Huai is now our Marquis’s woman, so there is only Madam Xiao now, no Princess Consort Huai. For this reason, Madam even wrote a letter to the Xiao Family to explain the situation. Considering the timing, it should have arrived at the Xiao Family a few days ago."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Quan was stunned.

Princess Consort Huai became Chen Mo’s... Madam?

However, Xiao Quan quickly realized it, guessing this must have been forced by Chen Mo. Xiao Yunxi must have been coerced at that time, he said, "The Marquis is a Grand Commandant appointed by the Court, a vassal of a region, yet he does such despicable things, forcing someone’s wife to become a concubine. Isn’t he afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"

"Forced? Where is that coming from?" Geng Songfu said, "Madam Xiao voluntarily became our Marquis’s woman, absolutely no coercion from the Marquis. If Young Master doesn’t believe it, you can go to Linzhou and confront Madam in person."

"I will go."

Xiao Quan furiously headed to Linzhou.

...

Less than three days after Xiao Quan left, Chang En returned from Dragon Return Mountain with twenty riders.

Chang En wanted to see Chen Mo as soon as possible.

To personally thank Chen Mo.

If it weren’t for Chen Mo reminding him to return, by the time he went back home in glory later, even if his master’s bones were protected by special medicated aroma, they might still have rotted.

If they had been damaged by insects and ants, he would have no excuse even in death.

Now, he just wanted to repay Chen Mo well.

But Chen Mo was not in Huai State.

More unexpectedly, despite not having any accomplishments yet, Chen Mo even appointed him as a Minister of the Divine Brave Guard.

Although Chang En didn’t know what rank this Minister was, from the fact that it managed thousands of people and the envious and jealous glances around him, he knew it must be a high official.

This made him even more moved in his heart.