The baby-making system is unreliable

An autumn rain brings a chill. I'm afraid the rain won't stop today. Ye Lin went to see Mr. Yao Wenjin to discuss something.

The emperor detained them in the capital, and there were probably many eyes watching them outside the palace, but their movements were not restricted.

Why choose today? First, it is because today is the day when Chen Mengxi comes out of the boudoir, and second, it is because today is a day off for the court, and most officials have to attend the banquet.

We were all going to the same place, so naturally we wouldn't be suspected. But the weather was not good, and we were caught in the rain when we went out.

Hongye followed closely behind, carefully raised the umbrella high, and placed it steadily on Yun Xirou's head.

A light drizzle fell from the sky. As they gradually walked into the Feng family's house, the scene before them made Yun Xirou sigh: "There are more people at the wedding banquet today than before!"

She opened her eyes wide and looked around curiously. Indeed, quite a few ladies had come.

Red lanterns were hung high, and bright red silk was hung horizontally, making the atmosphere particularly festive. The inner courtyard was filled with ladies dressed in gorgeous clothes, smiling and greeting each other.

"Ahem...Sister Yun, you're here. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Zhou Qiyu heard the footsteps and knew that it was Yun Xirou coming. He immediately went to meet her excitedly. His voice was a little weak, but his face was full of smiles.

Zhou Qiyu was delighted to see Yun Xirou coming. She took Yun Xirou's hand and couldn't wait to introduce her to her mother: "Mom, this is the sister Yun I mentioned. She is so amazing! Thanks to sister Yun for saving me, otherwise I don't know what would happen to me now."

She seemed to long for Yun Xirou's carefree freedom, which was something no other girl in Yicheng had.

Yun Xirou was pulled to the bed by Zhou Qiyu. Looking at the pretty Madam Zhou, she nodded gently to the lady and said, "Hello, Madam. My name is Yun Xirou. I am... Qiyu's friend."

This lady looked kind, her face was full of kindness and gentleness. Her eyes were bright and warm, and there was always a faint smile on the corners of her mouth, which made people feel very kind.

"I've heard Saitama praise you for a long time, saying that you are extraordinary, heroic, and generous. After seeing you today, I find that you are indeed quite good."

Mrs. Zhou had been mingling in the circle of women in Beijing since her early years. She was elegant and generous in her manners, and her words and actions revealed a noble temperament, but without the slightest arrogance or conceit.

On the contrary, she is very friendly and enthusiastic towards others, always treating others with courtesy and a smile on her face, making people feel like spring breeze.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she naturally attracted a lot of people to come and praise her left and right.

"Madam, you are too kind. I am ashamed to accept it. Miss Zhou is a truly well-read lady from a noble family. Her manners and speech are unmatched."

Yun Xirou was actually not good at dealing with these things, so she just forced herself to go ahead with it. Her principle in dealing with things was to talk less and listen more.

When the women get together, what they talk about most is actually which young man has reached marriageable age, or which young girl has just reached marriageable age.

Mrs. Zhou said a few words but did not make things difficult for them. She knew that only young girls had topics to talk about, so she let Zhou Qiyu and her walk around on their own.

The two walked side by side and found a slightly secluded corner to sit in. If anything happened, someone would naturally call them.

"Miss Saitama, you seem to be in poor health? Are you sick? Have you seen a doctor?"

Yun Xirou may have some occupational disease. She habitually wants to ask a few questions when she sees a patient.

"Well... I have this problem since I was a child. I have a cough and I have been taking medicine for many years but it hasn't gotten better. It's nothing serious."

Zhou Qiyu was stunned. She never expected that she would start with this question. No one had asked her this question for a long time.

She has been ill for a long time, and maybe it would be surprising if she was no longer ill one day.

"I see. I remember..."

Before Yun Xirou finished speaking, she heard several women's voices over there, which sounded very harsh and uninhibited.

"Hey, look at her, even the heavens are ashamed of her, the rain keeps falling, doesn't it look like what they did in the water that day?!"

The girl in yellow seemed to dislike the weather today. She wiped the water stains off her face and muttered something to express her dissatisfaction.

"Isn't it? I heard that on that day, Master Feng even...pulled Miss Chen's hand into the water. The two of them were totally inappropriate!!"

The girl in green beside him wiped her shoes, lowered her body and kept talking.

"I heard that the servants who came to rescue them had no other options, so they fished them both out. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw them, his entire face changed."

"What is this?! Guess who threw her...them into the lake that day?! It was the eldest son of the Zhou family!"

Having said this, the girl in green deliberately lowered her voice and spoke stealthily.

The purple-clothed girl next to her covered her mouth and asked in confusion, "Why did the eldest son of the Zhou family throw her into the lake when she was fine?"

"You've hit the nail on the head. You're asking this to vent your anger on your sister!"

"Oh!? That sickly girl? The one who has liked Shi Yubai, the young master of the Shi family, for many years?!"

"That's her, that's her. If Master Shi really liked her, he would have married her long ago. Why would he wait until she became... an old maid!!"

"Hey, hey, hey... stop talking, stop talking." The girl in yellow seemed to have seen Yun Xirou and the others. She nudged them with her elbow and told them to stop talking.

"I wonder which family you are from?! Gossiping behind people's backs is fine, but instead of saying it behind closed doors, you come to the person in question and say it. I'm afraid that's not a good idea!!"

Yun Yirou smiled faintly while speaking, but that smile made people feel cold. Her voice was calm and powerful, as if carrying an invisible pressure that made those women feel nervous.

They didn't expect to suddenly meet such a person with such a strong aura. Yun Yurou glanced at everyone, revealing a kind of majesty in her eyes.

The women were intimidated by Yun Xirou's aura and were unable to refute for a while.

They looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces. The girl in purple tried to explain: "We...we were just chatting, there was no harm..."

Yun Xirou smiled lightly, her tone still indifferent: "Chatting? There should be a limit to chatting. Talking about others behind their backs, and saying such things! Who would dare to believe that this is what a girl in the boudoir said?"

Although her words were gentle, every word was like a heavy hammer hitting the women's hearts.

Those words are definitely not what unmarried women should say!

"Forget it, don't say it again in the future. We will just pretend we didn't hear what you said today."

Yun Xirou ignored those women and she had no intention of making things difficult for them. She just gave them a few gentle warnings.

The women's faces turned red, and they moved to another place in shame.

"Sister Yun, you left earlier that day. In fact, what they said was true. The situation between Chen Mengxi and Young Master Feng was exactly like that at the time."

Zhou Qiyu lowered her eyes and spoke softly. Her eyes were a little dim, as if she was worried about something.

"Really? I knew it... They are reaping what they sow, and can't blame anyone else." Sister Yun sighed softly, as if she had expected this outcome.

But when she looked at Zhou Qiyu, a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes. What she was more worried about was that Zhou Qiyu still couldn't let go of Shi Yubai.

Zhou Qiyu nodded slightly, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Things between the two of them have already come to that point, so naturally there is nothing that can be done. Although no one has said it explicitly, everyone knows it in their hearts."

Sister Yun frowned and asked, "Then what do you think this incident will have on the Chen and Feng families?"

Zhou Qiyu thought for a moment and replied, "It's hard to say. The Chen family and the Feng family are both big families and have been enemies for many years. But what will happen specifically, well... Anyway, life will be difficult."

It might just be a case of dogs biting each other, and the Chen family originally wanted Chen Mengxi to marry Ye Yi as the Crown Princess, but unfortunately Ye Yi looked down on her.

He had always kept his eyes on Zhou Qiyu. If Zhou Qiyu and Shi Yubai hadn't been childhood sweethearts, he would have asked for permission long ago.

Sister Yun nodded in agreement. Neither of the two families could stand the other. Looking at the expression of Chen's mother when welcoming guests today, she must have cried several times.

Looking at the current situation, she was silent for a moment, then asked Zhou Qiyu with some concern: "What about you? You are smart, you should know that some things cannot be forced."

"I know that sister is worried about me. Sister Yun, can you answer a question for me?"

Zhou Qiyu hesitated for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Shi Yubai, has he been staying in the Four Cities since he left Beijing?"

This girl is worthy of having grown up with Shi Yubai. The temperament in her speech and the intelligence in her brain are exactly the same.

After hearing this, Yun Yurou did not give a direct answer but laughed: "You are quite smart and daring. However, I cannot be sure of his whereabouts."

Zhou Qiyu nodded and a smile appeared on his lips. He thought his choice would not be wrong, so he agreed.

"Yes, my sister is right. He has always been the free and easy-going one. It's better for me not to interfere, so as not to cause trouble."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

For Zhou Qiyu, this was all wishful thinking, and his destination did not belong to her.

"I have decided to get married, Sister Yun, please remember to come and watch the ceremony."

Yun Xirou looked up at her in a daze, only to see her say this lightly, as if she was liberated and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Whose son is this? Do you like him? Why are you making such a rash decision?!"

She was Yun Xirou's first friend in Beijing, and Yun Xirou didn't want her to make a decision on impulse.

"Lei Luohua, the eldest son of the Lei family, is a close friend of my mother. This decision was not made hastily. My mother had this plan in the early years."

But she had been unwilling, so she kept delaying for a long time. Now, she couldn't afford to delay any longer. Without Miss Chen, Ye Yi had no scruples about her and was determined to get her.

"He's quite nice. He treats me well, as well as my brothers and sisters. He's good at business and enthusiastic, which is exactly the opposite of me. He likes to go out to sea and see the end of the ocean. I don't like traveling, but... maybe one day, I will be willing to go out to sea for him."

Zhou Qiyu seemed to have really let it go. In fact, when she saw Shi Yubai that day, she found that he had changed a lot.

In the past, he was both proud and elegant, but he always put himself on a high pedestal, liked to travel far away and kept his distance from other people.

You always feel that he is not far away from you, but you want to be closer, but you can't be closer at all.

Everyone said that they grew up together, were childhood sweethearts with similar personalities, and would definitely be together in the future, even she herself thought so.

But she later discovered that there were actually some differences between them. She didn't like traveling, but he liked it very much. This was probably the only difference between them.

They played chess together in the pavilion, but she was defeated and cried many times. They studied together in the academy, and she secretly drew a turtle on the teacher's book, which made the teacher so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

Later, as he grew up, he studied more with Mr. Yao. Sometimes he would come to see his brother, and she would secretly glance at him. If she was discovered, she would be too embarrassed to come out and greet him.

She spent more time playing the piano and painting, becoming a young lady who never left her room. Sometimes she would hear news about him, and even just a little bit of news would make her happy for a long time.

Later, when she was older, he liked to travel far away and was often missing. Her father and brother once mentioned marriage to her when they went to her house. Although they hinted at it indirectly, she still knew that he was not interested in her.

She just thought about waiting, waiting for him, maybe one day he would suddenly come back. After waiting for a long time, she finally found that no matter how long she waited, she could never see him.

"That's good. It's a good place to go after all. I've also heard of the Lei family's reputation along the coast. That place is far away from the court, so it's a good place to go."

Yun Xirou had heard of Lei Luohua from the Lei family. He was a rare business genius and his ancestors were wealthy. He was a good person.

"Sister Yun, does he... have someone he likes? I... am actually still very curious about what kind of girl he likes!"

Zhou Qiyu thought for a moment and waved his hand, explaining: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious. I don't think a guy like him would like a girl!!"

In her impression, Shi Yubai seemed high above her, a thousand miles away from the girl.

"I don't know either. We've been fighting in the four cities every day. He's the one worrying about the specific tactical arrangements. I don't have much chance... to think about those things."

Yun Xirou shook her head, her fingers curled up as she held the cup. She couldn't answer this question either.

"Oh..." The light in Zhou Qiyu's eyes dimmed a little, and he made a relieved expression, remembering what he said to himself after the lake boating that day.

He said he treated her as his sister and he didn't expect she would wait so long. She also knew that he kept his distance from her because he didn't want others to misunderstand him and hoped that she could find her own happiness.

"In fact, I have thought a lot these days. He really never gave me hope and even kept telling me not to wait any longer."

But... I'm still sad!! At this moment, Zhou Qiyu still wanted to cry.