Almost let it slip!
Zhan Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat.
Gu Xiaofeng looked up at Yun Shu with reluctance.
Seeing their reluctant gazes, Yun Shu felt even more reluctant to part with them.
"Let them stay at the General's mansion for a few days, okay?" Yun Xiaojing hugged Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng. "We haven't had enough fun yet!"
Zhan Tianye looked at Yun Xiaojing again.
The guess in his heart became clearer and clearer.
"Daddy?" Zhan Xiaoli called out again.
Gu Xiaofeng couldn't bring himself to say it. He didn't know why, but calling someone 'Mom' felt natural, while 'Daddy' was difficult to utter.
Yun Shu spoke, "How about Lord Ye comes back for them tomorrow? I plan to take them out shopping and for some fun today. There's a temple fair in the city today."
"I've never been to a temple fair before," Gu Xiaofeng bit his lip. He wasn't actually curious about temple fairs, but the thought of going with his mother and brothers made him happy.
Zhan Xiaoli also nodded, "I haven't either."
Yun Xiaojing's starry eyes widened, and he said excitedly, "I have! Temple fairs are so much fun! I'll take you guys. There are so many fun things and delicious food at the temple fair, and lots of things we've never seen before!"
"Really?" Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng said in unison.
The three children's expectations for the temple fair were sky-high.
Under their gazes.
Zhan Tianye's dark eyes flickered slightly. "Alright, go ahead. You can come home after the temple fair."
With that, he had Qiu Lu push him away.
Before leaving, he cast a meaningful glance at Yun Shu.
This glance made Yun Shu frown. She felt a strange hint in his eyes.
A doubt lingered in her mind.
"That's great!"
"Wow!"
The excited shouts of the three sons made Yun Shu temporarily set aside her doubts.
"Let's go, we'll go now." Yun Shu looked at the three little ones in front of her and felt that all the messy things didn't matter anymore.
What did Zhan Tianye want to do!
Yun Shu called for A'cha and Yu Le, and brought them along to the temple fair.
As for Jing Heng, he would stay at the General's mansion. He completely disliked overly lively, or even crowded, places.
At this moment, Zhan Tianye, who had left the General's mansion, got into his carriage and suddenly asked Qiu Lu, "Do you think Yun Shu has feelings for this king?"
The question caught Qiu Lu off guard.
This, this...
"Your subordinate is not sure, perhaps... she does? But, it seems like she doesn't," Qiu Lu scratched his head.
Zhan Tianye's dark eyes instantly turned cold.
Qiu Lu couldn't discern what Zhan Tianye was thinking at all.
However...
"Miss Yun Er bore children for Your Highness. If she didn't have feelings for Your Highness, she wouldn't have done so, right? Your subordinate speculates that Miss Yun Er was hurt by Your Highness's past indifference, which is why she appears unwilling to see Your Highness now." Qiu Lu speculated further.
Zhan Tianye's dark eyes flickered slightly. Hurt by his past indifference?
Seeing Zhan Tianye's expression soften, Qiu Lu immediately asked, "Your Highness, where do we go next?"
"To the palace."
"Yes."
...
People came and went.
A cacophony of voices.
The entire street was a temple fair.
Crowded with people.
Everywhere, there were various vendors selling all sorts of strange goods.
Yun Xiaojing had been to many temple fairs, so he was not unfamiliar with them. However, this was Zhan Xiaoli and Gu Xiaofeng's first time at a temple fair.
At the temple fair, there were countless things to see.
And there were also magical, magical performances.
They watched with rapt attention.
Yun Shu had never felt such happiness before. Watching them fill with curiosity about everything, buying things they liked for them, and seeing the joy and cheers on their little faces, made her truly feel what genuine joy was.
"Mom, can I buy a small sugar figurine?" Gu Xiaofeng said to Yun Shu.
His voice was very low.
A long, long time ago, when he saw small sugar figurines, he had really wanted to buy one to eat.
However, his foster mother disliked things from the street, calling them dirty.
The grandpas and uncles who made the sugar figurines had clean hands, and the sugar figurines came in all sorts of shapes. He didn't think they were dirty, and he even thought they must be delicious. Since Mother had bought them so many things just now, he suddenly felt that Mother surely wouldn't think they were dirty.
Yun Shu looked at Gu Xiaofeng's cautious way of asking her, and thought of how careful he was around Yun Yueyin, a child not yet five years old.
Clearly...
Her heart ached.
"Okay, let's go pick one out together. We'll each pick one," Yun Shu agreed immediately.
Unexpectedly, when she said each person would get one, not only Zhan Xiaoli and Yun Xiaojing became happy, but A'cha and Yu Le, who were guarding the three of them and preventing others from bumping into them, also had their eyes light up. "We get one too?"
"Your servant has never eaten a sugar figurine before," A'cha's eyes teared up slightly.
When they first arrived at the noisy temple fair, she had felt a sense of disbelief, as if she were dreaming.
When Miss bought things for Yun Xiaojing and the others, she also bought for her and Yu Le.
Unknowingly, each of them was holding something.
This feeling made her heart feel as if it were warming up bit by bit.
"Pick the biggest one!" Yun Shu said to A'cha with a smile.
"Thank you, Miss," A'cha was very excited.
Not far away.
On a teahouse.
Yun Yueyin and Yan Qi, who were quietly sipping tea and watching the temple fair hustle and bustle, were chatting idly.
"Yueyin, no matter what, I won't let Yun Shu have a good end! If it weren't for her, my reputation in the capital wouldn't be ruined now?! I hate her to death! Moreover, the various rumors against you in the capital these past few days, and the fact that she's preventing you from returning to the General's mansion, all these wicked deeds show that, Yueyin, we must deal with her quickly!" Yan Qi's face was contorted with anger.
She was as furious as could be.
Yun Yueyin wore a veil.
When she drank her tea, she lifted the veil slightly.
Yan Qi was very curious about Yun Yueyin's face. The forehead that was exposed looked as if... as if it were coated with a thick layer of powder.
"Don't worry, I want Yun Shu to die a terrible death even more than you do," Yun Yueyin narrowed her sinister eyes.
She had grasped Yun Shu's weakness and held a sword capable of piercing Yun Shu countless times. Did Yun Shu think she had the upper hand now?
How could that be?!
"Yueyin, your face..." Yan Qi couldn't help but ask with suspicion.
Yun Yueyin's gaze grew even colder. "There's nothing seriously wrong with my face, I just ate something bad recently. Why hasn't Meng Jiatong arrived yet?"
"She should be here soon!" Yan Qi leaned forward to look outside. "She's always wanted to befriend us, so when she heard we wanted to meet her, she'll definitely be eager to come. It's probably because there are too many people on the road, and her carriage can't get through. Huh... Yun Shu? Why are there three children with her?"