After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Zhang saw Cheng Songan was a little stunned, and suddenly said: "Yun Dai, it stands to reason that since you are married, you should be in charge of the household affairs. Why don't you come to my room in two days and I will tell you all the accounts of the family."

Cheng Songan quickly refused: "What is mother busy with? My wife is so young. Please love me and let me hide for two years. It won't be too late to take over after the baby is born. Then mother can enjoy the grandchildren."

In her previous life, she had been a good housekeeper. Although the Cui family had a simple population, they were a family of officials for generations, and had always been on the rise. It could be said that they were as prosperous as a raging fire. All the food, clothing, and interpersonal relationships in the mansion were much more complicated than those of ordinary families. Just dealing with the dignitaries every month was enough to make it a difficult task. How could they be as free and easy as they are now?

Moreover, the Cui family has several side branches that depend on the Cui mansion for their livelihood. The intrigues among them are no less than those of large families with many descendants. In his previous life, Cheng Songan was envied by a cunning person just because he assigned the task of changing flowers to a down-to-earth person, and he almost got into trouble at the flower-viewing banquet.

She said she didn't want to be a housekeeper in this life anymore. Zhang happened to be looking forward to having a grandson, so she just used these words to perfunctorily appease her.

Zhang was very pleased to hear this and said with a smile, "Good child, our family is not very prosperous, so just give birth and don't worry about other things. No matter whether it is a boy or a girl, the old ancestor and I will love it equally."

Cheng Songan felt mixed emotions. She had been diagnosed with infertility in her previous life, so she would never be able to have children in this life. If she wanted a child, she would have to wait a few years for Cheng Wanxin's child to grow up and be brought into the mansion.

But Cheng Wanxin once said that she was pregnant on her wedding night with Cui Yuanqing, and now that this has not happened, will Yong Ge'er still be born? If fate has destined them to be together, I'm afraid there will still be a chance to have a baby in the future.

Cheng Songan calculated the date and was not afraid that she would make trouble now. Not to mention that she was already engaged, even if she was not engaged, she could not leave the house easily.

Cui Yuanqing has been in the Hanlin Academy for three years and will soon be assigned by the emperor to work in one of the six ministries. He will be much busier than he is now, and he will soon prepare for the Autumn Examination. After the Autumn Examination, there will be a fraud case and he will be sent to Jiangnan. I'm afraid he will have to wait another one or two years before he can have a child.

In the next five days, Cui Yuanqing was so busy that he seldom went home. It was not until the sixth day, when he had a day off, that he returned to Yunxiang Pavilion.

"Do you want to have a baby?" Cui Yuanqing asked indifferently as he entered the door, as if asking what he wanted to eat today.

Haitang and Yulan were serving Cheng Songan dinner. When they heard this, their faces turned red, they smiled at each other, and slowly walked out.

Cheng Songan almost spit out the old duck soup after taking a sip. He quickly covered his mouth with a piece of silk and coughed a few times.

Cui Yuanqing frowned: "Didn't you recover a long time ago? Why are you still pretending?"

Cheng Songan calmed his breathing. They had not spoken to each other since they came out of Hongyan Tower. For Cheng Songan, she hadn't seen him for ten days. She didn't expect that after such a long separation, the first sentence he asked would be this question.

She glanced at his expression and asked calmly, "Have you returned from your mother's place?"

Cui Yuanqing looked at her and agreed.

Cheng Songan understood that this was Zhang's warning, asking him to hurry up and have a child with her. Otherwise, he would definitely not come back here now.

She said expressionlessly: "If you didn't say that, you might have to send me medicinal food. Have you forgotten the taste of medicinal food?"

When the topic of medicinal food was brought up, Cui Yuanqing suddenly turned his head away from her face and asked, "So you don't want a child?"

Cheng Songan didn't answer. She didn't even have the right to choose this question. Asking her if she wanted something that was destined to be impossible was like stabbing a knife in her heart.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Cui Yuanqing asked again: "You don't want a child? Or, you don't want my child?"

Cheng Songan endured the pain and asked, "You want a child? Do you want a child born by a sinister and hypocritical woman?"

Cui Yuanqing immediately frowned: "I said, if you don't use some despicable means, I won't embarrass you. You are my wife who I married in a formal ceremony. If it's not you who gave birth to the child, who else could it be?"

Cheng Songan looked at him in disbelief. How could he say such high-sounding words? Didn't he hate her? Didn't he care about Cheng Wanxin? Then why did he want the woman he hated to give birth to his child and hurt the heart of another woman he loved?

At this time, Cheng Songan almost felt some sympathy for Cheng Wanxin. They both gave their true hearts to a cold man.

She rubbed her brows and said to Cui Yuanqing wearily, "Cui Yuanqing, can you tell me why you always say that I am hypocritical and insidious?"

Cui Yuanqing's face changed and he stood up unhappily.

Of course, I can't talk directly about this kind of ambiguous thing with my aunt.

Cheng Songan lowered his head and said for him, "You have a sweetheart, but your marriage with me was delayed, so you hate me, right?"

Cui Yuanqing's gaze stayed on the white neck that was exposed when she lowered her head. He took a deep breath and did not answer.

This is the default.

Cheng Songan said helplessly: "But I didn't know about it. It was decided by your father and grandfather. No one ever told me that you had someone else in your heart, including yourself, and then you resented me like this. Now you are discussing having a child with me as if nothing happened. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Cui Yuanqing moved his lips, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to start, and then he just said: "You didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of you."

Cheng Songan snorted coldly. He had put a huge accusation on himself because of their affair!

Cui Yuanqing ignored her sneer and continued, "The past is over, I don't want to mention it anymore. You should also stop talking about the divorce. It is not only harmful to the reputation of women, but also to men serving as officials in the court."

Cheng Songan smiled bitterly. She wanted to resolve her ties with him, either to move on as if nothing had happened or to divorce peacefully. However, he only cared about his reputation as an official. Compared with his career, Cheng Wanxin was nothing worth mentioning.

He is a cold-hearted person, his heart cannot be warmed.

Cheng Songan had a malicious thought and said casually, "Sir, my second sister's marriage has been decided. She is the eldest son of the Yangzhou Tongpan Jin family."

Cui Yuanqing's lacquer-like eyes darkened, but he was not as angry as before. He just said calmly: "Really?"

Cheng Songan smiled and said, "Yes, at first my father only vaguely considered this marriage, and I don't know who it was, claiming to be from Yangzhou, and he said the Jin family was the best in the world."

Cui Yuanqing said calmly, "That's great."

Cheng Songan propped up his chin with one hand, thinking, "This person seems to know that my father is cautious. If he mentions some shortcomings, he probably won't care too much. As long as it doesn't go against the greater good, it's fine. But if he says something too exaggerated, he will definitely get suspicious and send someone to investigate."

She asked like a storyteller: "What do you think, sir? After checking, it turns out that there is something wrong with the Jin family. Sir Jin is a sixth-rank official, but he actually owns more than a dozen houses in private. Who would believe that he didn't embezzle money?"

Cui Yuanqing let her tell the story in an exaggerated manner without saying a word, and only asked calmly when she paused, "Is that so?"

Cheng Songan smiled and looked at him and said, "Father almost rejected this marriage after receiving the pigeon letter, but the person he sent was cautious and made several inquiries. He found out that Mr. Jin's ancestors loved to collect famous paintings and there were countless authentic paintings in the family. But Mr. Jin's generation abandoned his ancestors' hobbies and sold several priceless paintings. He was able to afford a hundred houses."

She looked at Cui Yuanqing's unchanged expression and continued, "Lord Jin was afraid that people would say he had lost his literary integrity, so he kept this a secret. This time he wanted to marry into the Cheng family, so he wasn't afraid of being investigated. A few days ago, he even sent Wu Zongyuan's "Chaoyuan Xianzhang Tu" to my father."

"My father loves painting and my mother is a Buddhist. This painting really touched their hearts."

Cui Yuanqing looked at her with eyes as clear as water, as if waiting for her to finish her last words.

Cheng Songan asked, "What do you think of this marriage?"

Cui Yuanqing calmly replied: "I am not a person involved in the matter, so it is not convenient for me to comment."

Cheng Songan chuckled: "So, my Lord is a little dissatisfied, but my father has already made up his mind. He even changed my second sister's birth date."

Cui Yuanqing showed no surprise, but just stared at her for a long while before asking, "You did it, didn't you?"

Cheng Songan still had a smile on his face and asked, "Yes, why not arrange this good marriage for my second sister?"

Cui Yuanqing snorted very lightly and said slowly: "Forgive others when you can. Don't go too far, or you will hurt others and yourself."

Cheng Songan said nonchalantly: "I won't harm anyone, but I can't wait for others to harm me."

Cui Yuanqing showed disgust at her attitude, as if he didn't want to stay in the same room with her anymore, and walked out.

After walking a few steps, he remembered something and turned around and said, "Let's go to Prince Xiang's mansion tomorrow."