We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

Shi Dami, the Parthian envoy, decided to stay in this strange place temporarily after careful consideration.

Then, he couldn't wait to find a suitable room.

While asking around, he heard that there was a place where nine out of ten rooms were empty.

This news brightened his eyes, and he thought that he might be able to find a satisfactory residence there, so he decided to go there to find out without hesitation.

Shi Dami walked quickly towards the place with ten rooms and nine empty rooms in anticipation.

Along the way, various imaginations about this place kept popping up in his mind. The doors and windows were closed, giving off a desolate atmosphere.

Shi DaMi took a deep breath, calmed down, and began to check the vacant rooms one by one.

He asked around and finally learned from a trembling old man that this place was haunted, so many people did not dare to live here and moved away one after another.

However, Shi Dami didn't care. He thought to himself: "Huh, it's not a ghost. As long as it doesn't cost money, it's easier than anything else."

So, he next found a relatively complete house, rolled up his sleeves and started packing it up.

After Xi Yu and Zhuge Liang had dinner, they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion together.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Xi Yu saw a portrait lying quietly on the table.

When I got closer, I saw that it was the exquisite portrait of Princess Anxi.

Although he never intended to interfere in the affairs of other countries, he couldn't help but look at the portrait carefully at this moment.

I can see that the woman in the painting has long eyebrows, eyes like autumn water, a straight nose, and slightly pursed lips. She looks really good.

Xi Yu's eyes stayed on the portrait for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart.

He secretly thought that such a beautiful woman must be highly respected in Parthia.

But what does this have to do with myself? She is in this troubled world and is entangled in many affairs. How can she care about the princess of another country?

However, for some reason, the face in the portrait seemed to be deeply imprinted in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Xi Yu sighed softly and slowly looked away from the portrait.

Although the beauty of Princess Anxi is stunning, it is just a glimmer of light in this complicated world.

But somehow, the eyes of the woman in the portrait seemed to carry an indescribable resentment and expectation, which made him feel slightly uneasy.

After a while, Xi Yu shook his head vigorously and tried to tell himself: "Don't think about other things anymore. The top priority is family and country affairs."

He calmed down and was no longer disturbed by the portrait. He decided to go find Ganmei and see if his son was safe.

Xiyu came to Ganmei's place with great expectations. Before he entered the door, he heard a burst of laughter from inside the house.

He quickened his pace and walked into the house, only to see Xi Ping'an staggering towards Ganmei. Although his small steps were unsteady, they were full of determination.

Ganmei opened her arms at the side and encouraged with joy: "Ping An, come, come to mother."

Xi Ping'an giggled, trying hard to maintain his balance, and finally successfully threw himself into Ganmei's arms.

Seeing this scene, Xi Yu's eyes were full of tenderness and relief.

Xi Yu walked forward, hugged Xi Ping An in his arms, raised it high, and said with a smile: "My son, you learned to walk so quickly!"

Xi Ping'an was lifted in the air, waving his little hands cheerfully, and making a "beep babbling" sound from his mouth.

Gan Mei looked at the father and son from the side, her eyes full of happiness and tenderness, and said, "Yes, this child is always eager to leave on his own these days."

Xi Yu put Xi down safely and let him continue walking on the ground, while he guarded him carefully, not daring to look away for a moment.

On the other side, Linglong was nestled in Master Huang's arms, her charming face full of sweetness, and she was increasingly favored by Master Huang.

At this moment, she looked out the window, her eyes gradually becoming blurred, and she thought of the past events in the Parthian palace.

At that time, many concubines used various means to please the king in order to win his favor.

Linglong bit her lip and thought to herself: "Now that I am in this strange place, in order to be prosperous and wealthy for a long time, I have to let go and be like them."

This incident soon aroused extreme dissatisfaction with Shao Shufang, the eldest wife of the Huang family.

In her room, she was so angry that her face was livid, she put her hands on her hips and cursed angrily behind her back: "That Linglong is just a vixen. I don't know what kind of charming tricks she used to charm the young master!"

At this moment, a servant who was usually bullied ran in crying, knelt on the ground with a plop, and complained to Shao Shufang: "Madam, you have to make the decision for me!"

While sobbing, the servant said: "Madam, Linglong is now relying on the favor of the young master and is simply lawless! She takes revenge on us servants wantonly. Although we have let her do more work in the past, which servant has just arrived? Wasn’t this the case back then? These were all rules! Now that she is favored, she abuses us like this. It’s really miserable for us!”

When Shao Shufang heard the servant's cries, she was so angry that she trembled all over, her face turned red, and she felt like her lungs were about to explode.

She gritted her teeth and kept roaring: "How unreasonable! How unreasonable! How dare she be so arrogant, I, Shao Shufang, will never let her go!"

Then, she waved her hand and said impatiently to the servant: "Okay, you go down first!"

Shao Shufang decided to go to Linglong to settle the score. The girl beside her quickly grabbed her and advised: "Madam, please don't be impulsive!"

Shao Shufang's eyes widened angrily and she yelled loudly: "Huh! Am I still afraid of a maid? Let me go!"

The girl had no choice but to follow Shao Shufang closely.

At this time, Linglong was looking in the mirror in the room, carefully arranging her makeup.

Suddenly, Shao Shufang broke in angrily.

Linglong was startled and quickly stood up to salute.

However, without saying anything, Shao Shufang raised her hand and slapped Linglong, causing Linglong to stagger.

Linglong covered the slapped cheek, with particularly angry flames burning in her eyes, and shouted loudly: "Don't think that just because you are a lady, you can do whatever you want. Why do you hit me? Give me a reason!"

Shao Shufang was so angry that she pointed at Linglong with trembling fingers and cursed: "You vixen, you confuse the young master and you still dare to be arrogant in front of me!"

Linglong laughed angrily, "Fox? You have the name of lady, but you have no tolerance for others!" After saying that, she slapped Shao Shufang with her backhand.

Shao Shufang was immediately shocked by Linglong's slap. Her eyes widened with disbelief on her face. She never expected that Linglong would dare to hit her.

When the maid on the side saw this, she immediately screamed and cursed: "You ignorant bitch, how dare you attack my wife!"

Linglong was proud of herself, folded her hands in front of her chest, and said provocatively: "How about just beating her? If you have the ability, come and do it!" As she said that, as long as Shao Shufang resisted a little bit, she would wave her palms again.

At the same time, Linglong continued to sarcastically say: "Look at you, you are old and young, and you still want to be favored by the young master? It is simply a wishful thinking! I advise you to just die in one fell swoop, so as not to be embarrassed here!"

When Shao Shufang heard that Linglong said that she was old and yellow, the anger in her heart instantly burned to the extreme.

She no longer cared about the lady's manners, and fought Linglong with all her teeth and claws, and screamed sharply: "You cheap hoof, I will fight with you!"

Linglong resisted hard at first and was torn with Shao Shufang.

But suddenly, she saw Master Huang walking towards her not far away.

So, she instantly changed her strategy, no longer resisting, but fell to the ground, squeezing tears from her eyes, and cried pitifully: "Madam, please forgive me, madam, please forgive me, it's all my fault, please let me go, madam." Me."

Young Master Huang walked over quickly, and when he saw the chaotic scene in front of him, his face instantly darkened.

When Shao Shufang saw Master Huang coming, she wanted to continue to accuse Linglong, but Master Huang stopped her angrily: "Stop!"

Linglong cried so hard that she said delicately: "Master, it's my fault. I shouldn't have made my wife angry."

Shao Shufang was anxious and angry. She pointed at Linglong and said, "Master, don't be fooled by her pitiful appearance. She was very arrogant just now!"

Young Master Huang snorted coldly and said, "I didn't see Linglong being rude, I only saw you, Shao Shufang, being so aggressive and shameless!"

The girl on the side stamped her feet anxiously and quickly clarified: "Master, that's not what happened. It's Linglong..."

Master Huang didn't believe what the girl said at all, so he interrupted: "Shut up! I have my own judgment."

Linglong looked aggrieved and said with tears in her eyes: "Master, it's all because of my bad health. It's better to let me leave this house, lest the young master and my wife don't get along because of my bad relationship."

When Master Huang heard Linglong say she wanted to leave, his heart tightened, and he quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't leave, I won't let you be wronged."

When Shao Shufang saw this, she was so angry that she almost fainted and shouted: "Master, how can you be so partial to this vixen!"

Master Huang glared at Shao Shufang and shouted: "If you continue to be so messy, don't blame me for being heartless!"

The girl was too frightened to say anything.

Linglong leaned in Master Huang's arms and cried.

Xiyu teased the child for a while, with a gentle smile on his face.

He then returned to the room.

Not long after, Xiao Hong ran in in a panic and said, "Prime Minister, Miss, please come."

Xi Yu was startled for a moment, then stood up and followed Xiao Hong to Ouyang Linlin's room.

As soon as he stepped into the door, Xi Yu asked, "Linlin, why are you looking for me?"

Ouyang Linlin's cheeks turned red, she lowered her head shyly, and said softly: "Husband, I'm not feeling well. I asked Song Shuwen to check on me, and he said I'm pregnant." After saying that, she quietly raised her eyes to look at Xi Yu, There was both joy and a little anxiety in his eyes.

Xi Yu was startled at first, then a bright smile broke out on his face, he took Ouyang Linlin into his arms and said excitedly: "Linlin, this is really great news!"

Ouyang Linlin leaned in Xi Yu's arms and said softly: "Husband, I am pregnant now, and I am both happy and a little worried in my heart."

Xi Yu gently stroked her hair and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Lin Lin. I will definitely protect you, mother and son."

Ouyang Linlin nodded slightly, with a happy smile on her face.

At this time, Xiao Hong said with a smile: "Congratulations, Prime Minister, congratulations, Miss. This is a great event."

Xi Yu glanced at Xiao Hong and said, "Go and prepare some nourishing food."

Xiaohong responded: "Yes, Prime Minister, I will go right away."

After Xiaohong left, Ouyang Linlin asked Xiyu whether he liked a boy or a girl. Why did he have to confirm that they were mother and son?

Xi Yu remembered that he had encountered this kind of problem in front of Gan Mei.

Yes, why must it be mother and son? Naturally, mother and daughter also like it.

So, he explained it to Ouyang Linlin, and Ouyang Linlin laughed jokingly.

Xi Yu said that he really didn't mean to favor boys over girls, but he was just casually saying that he was used to it.

Ouyang Linlin said quickly: "Okay, okay, I just said it casually, you don't have to explain it so seriously."

Xi Yu frowned and said with a slightly worried look: "Oh, but the other ladies' stomachs haven't had any reaction so far. I'm really anxious in my heart. I really don't know when they can give me loose leaves."

As he spoke, he walked slowly, his eyes wandering, as if he was deep in thought.

"I often think that if the other ladies can successfully give birth to children for me, then my house will really be a huge family in the future. The whole family is lively and the children are laughing and playing. Damn it, what a prosperous scene it will be when the ladies take care of the house. But I don’t know how long it will take for this to happen.”

After a while, Xiaohong walked in, bowed slightly and said, "Master, I have already given the order. Some good meals will be cooked in the kitchen right away to replenish the young lady's health."

Xi Yu held Ouyang Linlin's hand and promised her affectionately: "Linlin, don't worry, I took good care of Ganmei when she was pregnant, and I will treat you the same way now."

When Ouyang Linlin heard this, she felt very warm in her heart, and her face was filled with a happy smile.

However, suddenly her eyes dimmed, and she thought of her dead father Ouyang Fu again, and murmured softly: "How happy it would be if my father were still alive and knew that I was pregnant."

Xiaohong quickly grabbed her hand and said with concern: "Miss, please don't think too much. Now that you are pregnant, you should think more about the child in your belly and be happy. "

Ouyang Linlin raised her head, with tears in her eyes, looked at Xiaohong gratefully and said, "Xiaohong, you are still considerate. I know I shouldn't be so sentimental, but I can't help it for a moment."

"Miss, please relax. If I treat you so well, the days to come will definitely be better and better, and your father's spirit in heaven will also be pleased."

Ouyang Linlin nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down.

Xi Yu looked at Ouyang Linlin tenderly and said softly: "Linlin, don't think too much. Just take care of yourself and your children, and I'll be relieved."

After saying that, he turned around and went back first.

After returning to the room, Xi Yu sat on a chair, frowning and looking deeply, and began to think about a question: Now that a new member is about to be added to the family, how can he balance the relationship between the wives of each house so that the family can always be harmonious? peaceful.

Of course, there is a more important issue that bothers him, and that is the issue of his title after his death.

As a prime minister rather than an emperor, it is impossible for his son to inherit the position of prime minister. So how can he continue the honor and status he has worked so hard for?

Xi Yu suddenly shuddered and thought to himself: Am I thinking too much? Is that too selfish? He kept saying that he wanted to let the people live a good life, but now he was thinking about the inheritance of the family title and whether his family's glory and wealth could be continued.

But... his thoughts were confused and he couldn't explain the right and wrong and the entanglement between them.

Xi Yu suddenly slapped his forehead and suddenly thought of Ouyang Linlin's belief in Buddhism.

With a hurried expression, he came to Ouyang Linlin's room again.

As soon as he entered the door, Xi Yu said eagerly: "Linlin, for the sake of our future child, I am thinking of finding a monk to ask and pray for the child. I will not go to an ordinary temple and find a famous and enlightened monk."

A hint of surprise flashed in Ouyang Linlin's eyes, and she hurriedly responded: "My husband has thought so thoughtfully, I am naturally happy."

Therefore, Ouyang Linlin's eyes shone with anticipation, and she began to recommend with great interest: "Husband, I heard that there is an extremely powerful monk in Pizhou. This man is an ascetic, with profound Buddhist teachings and high morals. The name of the temple is "Tianxiang Temple, the monk's name is Changsheng. It would be great if we could ask him to pray for our unborn child."

After hearing this, Xi Yu's eyes were firm and he said without hesitation: "In this case, it is no longer necessary to delay. Let's set off immediately. We must not delay such important matters."

After that, Xi Yu left in a hurry.

Xiao Hong came to Ouyang Linlin with a face full of joy and said with joy, "Miss, the Prime Minister is so kind to you! Look, everything has been considered so carefully for you and the young master."

Ouyang Linlin raised the corners of her mouth, with a smile of happiness and satisfaction on her face, and said softly: "Yes, I have no regrets in my life to be so loved by my husband."

As Xi Yu walked alone, he couldn't help but have a burst of self-doubt in his heart: he was too pretentious for fame. In fact, he was not really praying for the child this time, but he had a lot of questions that needed to be answered.

But then I thought about it, even so, it was a good thing to be able to make Ouyang Linlin so happy.

Xi Yu gritted his teeth and decided to ride his horse to Tianxiang Temple first.

He got on his horse, waved his whip, and the horse galloped away.

Along the way, his heart was racing and thoughts abounded. He only hoped to see the enlightened monk soon and resolve the confusion in his heart.

Xiyu galloped forward towards Tianxiang Temple. On the first day, he slept in the open air, only rested briefly at a passing tea stall, drank a few sips of water, and continued on his way.

The next day, it started to rain lightly, the road became muddy, and the horses' footsteps became much heavier.

But Xi Yu didn't flinch at all and continued to move forward in the rain.

On the third day, the sun finally broke through the clouds, and Xiyu finally saw the mountain where Tianxiang Temple was located.

At this time, his face was full of fatigue, but his eyes were full of determination and expectation. (End of this chapter)