"Young Master, you sent for me?" Xue Song asked, looking at Yan Jin Chao in the study.
Yan Jin Chao looked up and said lightly, "Why didn't Xing Yue and Xing Chen come today?"
Xue Song paused slightly upon hearing this, "Young Master, you don't know?"
"What do I need to know?" Yan Jin Chao asked.
Xue Song said, "His Majesty and Lord Wen took the two young princes out."
Yan Jin Chao was taken aback. Why hadn't anyone told him?
"When did they leave?"
Xue Song said, "It's been about two hours since they left?"
Seeing his young master's displeased expression, Xue Song couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, aren't you going?"
"Should I go?" Yan Jin Chao countered.
Xue Song was slightly stunned. He looked at his young master and said, "Young Master, if you have His Majesty in your heart, you should go. If not, then don't."
Yan Jin Chao was slightly stunned. He had the Empress in his heart?
Did he? He didn't know, but when he heard she was with Wen Yu Xi, his heart felt very uncomfortable.
"Isn't Mother going with Sister and Uncle Wen?"
In the carriage, Xue Zi Ning shook her head and looked at Xue Xing Chen, "Xing Chen, why aren't you going?"
"I want to accompany Mother, otherwise Mother will be very bored alone," Xue Xing Chen said slowly, looking at her.
Xue Zi Ning was slightly taken aback and hugged Xue Xing Chen, "Let's go together."
"Mother, if you don't like it, you don't have to go. Don't consider me. I don't want to play. Accompanying Mother is enough for me."
"Xue Xing Chen, if you could be like Xing Yue, you would be much happier."
Xue Xing Chen smiled, "But I hope even more that Mother can be happy."
"Silly child." The more Xue Xing Chen was like this, the more uncomfortable she felt. She had given birth to them, but apart from these days spent accompanying them here, she had never spent time with them since.
She felt more guilt.
Xue Xing Yue, who was playing happily, looked at her brother and Xue Zi Ning as they walked over and asked, "Uncle Wen, do you really like Mother?"
"What do you think?" Wen Yu Xi asked Xue Xing Yue.
Xue Xing Yue nodded, "You must like her very, very much. I can tell."
Wen Yu Xi chuckled softly, "What do you little girls know?"
"Uncle Wen, you're saying that incorrectly. I understand a lot. At least I can tell you like Mother, but Mother doesn't like you."
Wen Yu Xi sighed upon hearing this, "Even you can tell. It seems I've been too obvious."
Xue Xing Yue said, "Uncle Wen, you should thank me. Without me, you and Mother might have no chance at all."
"So you're actively matchmaking? Don't you want a real father?" Wen Yu Xi asked as he sat down.
"I do, but he doesn't remember me and my brother, or even Mother. His care for us isn't because he remembers us, but because we earned it. Uncle Wen probably doesn't know that the first time I saw Father, he was completely cold.
The kind of very, very cold. At that time, I thought, could such a person be my father?
Later, I learned that he was indeed my father, and I tried my best to make him have a slightly better impression of me.
Then I discovered that he wasn't just like that towards me, but also towards my brother, and even towards Mother. I felt a bit tired, and Mother and my brother would also feel tired.
So, I don't want Mother and my brother to be so tired. Uncle Wen, you will treat us well, won't you?"
Wen Yu Xi picked up Xue Xing Yue, his heart aching, and nodded, "Yes, I will protect you with my life."
Xue Xing Yue nodded, knowing that the father she had found for herself would not be wrong.
This was how she knew.
"Mother, come quickly. Uncle Wen and I are catching fish. We'll roast them when we catch them."
Xue Zi Ning nodded, and with Xue Xing Chen, she entered the water to start catching fish.
Soon, both Wen Yu Xi and Xue Zi Ning had caught many fish. Xue Xing Yue and Xue Xing Chen jumped up with joy.
Wen Yu Xi took the fish to the riverbank to clean them, while Xue Zi Ning hugged Xue Xing Yue and Xue Xing Chen, sitting by the river.
"Mother, Uncle Wen is really very good. If you've lost hope for Father, then seriously consider Uncle Wen?"
"Do you like Uncle Wen very, very much?" Xue Zi Ning asked.
Xue Xing Yue nodded, "Yes, very much. Being with Uncle Wen, I can feel the fatherly love I've lost. Mother, my happiness, you should also be able to feel it, but I still hope Mother can be happy too."
"If you are happy, I will be happy," Xue Zi Ning said.
Perhaps, she really should let him go.
Wen Yu Xi brought the cleaned fish, set up a bonfire, and placed the fish on it to roast. The aroma was tantalizing.
Not far away, on the other side of the mountain, a man in a white jade brocade robe stood there. The wind blew his robes, making them dance like a butterfly, and he stood there facing the wind, motionless.
His expression was clear and exceptionally cold. Within this coldness, it seemed a sorrow was wailing.
"Since Young Master is here, aren't you going?"
Yan Jin Chao's eyes emanated sorrow, and he turned to leave.
Xue Song behind him sighed, knowing that if this continued, his young master might truly lose His Majesty.
Xue Zi Ning subconsciously looked towards a certain spot. She seemed to have felt someone watching them just now.
Now, it seemed to be a delusion.
Wen Yu Xi handed over the roasted fish. She accepted it without hesitation, "It tastes so bland."
"Delicious, really delicious!" Xue Xing Yue and Xue Xing Chen clapped their hands and called it delicious.
Xue Zi Ning's gaze flickered. She put down the fish and looked into the distance.
Perhaps they were tired from playing, and the two little ones had fallen asleep. Just as she was about to pick up the little ones, Wen Yu Xi walked over, "Your Majesty, let me!"
He picked up Xue Xing Yue and Xue Xing Chen and brought them into the carriage, carefully tucking them in, and ordered Wen Yu to watch them closely.
Returning to the stream, he sat beside Xue Zi Ning.
"Thank you," Xue Zi Ning said.
"Your Majesty, when you say that, I feel more at ease."
Xue Zi Ning turned to look at Wen Yu Xi and realized she had never truly looked at him before. His face was as beautiful as jade, and his eyes were brilliant and dazzling.
He looked at her and smiled, "If Your Majesty can let go and forget so quickly, it makes me feel that Your Majesty just wants to forget Yan Zhao completely."
"Isn't that good?" Xue Zi Ning asked.
"It's good and not good."
"Why not good?" Xue Zi Ning turned and asked Wen Yu Xi.