Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

The Sixth Prince was instantly furious at the words of the secret guards. He could not help but pick up a teacup at hand and smashed it directly on the heads of the two secret guards. The Sixth Prince used all his strength, and the teacup was heavy. When it hit the heads of the two secret guards, a stream of bright red blood instantly flowed from their heads, but they had no expression on their faces and seemed to have no feeling at all.

"Your Highness, please be patient and don't use too many tricks. We should adopt a gentle policy towards that courtesan. What we need is the secret about Xia Yingying. If that courtesan is really in love with Xia Yingying, then using such tricks will only increase her vigilance. If she really has any secrets with Xia Yingying, she won't reveal them to us. If we alert her, then we will lose more than we gain."

The Sixth Prince's Consort gently persuaded the Sixth Prince, and the Sixth Prince was soothed by the Princess's Consort's voice, and his fur was smoothed, and he instantly became like a well-behaved cat. He shook his sleeves and sat next to the Sixth Prince's Consort.

"Did you two idiots hear me? Just do as the princess says. If anything goes wrong, don't come back."

The Sixth Prince said aggressively.

The two secret guards knelt on the ground, responded and left quickly. After the two secret guards left, the maids and eunuchs came out and quickly cleaned up the mess and stains on the ground. The flower hall was instantly clean and tidy as if nothing had happened.

After Xia Yingying and Lu Ziren returned home, Uncle Lin came out to greet them and walked towards Xia Yingying as if he had seen a savior.

"Madam, you are finally back. The young lady has been crying since she came back from outside. Several masters have been trying to comfort her, but no one can comfort her."

Lu Yurou has been sleeping with Song Ruyi these days, and she missed Xia Yingying, who has been busy in the pastry shop recently.

Song Ruyi used the same trick to coax Lu Yurou every time, but Lu Yurou was not fooled this time.

After receiving the message from Uncle Lin, Xia Yingying trotted towards the flower hall. Lu Ziren followed behind her. He was a little worried that she would fall, so he always stayed by her side to protect her.

As soon as Xia Yingying arrived outside the flower hall, she heard Lu Yurou's breathless crying. Perhaps it was because Lu Yurou had been crying for too long, her voice no longer had the original crispness it had at the beginning, and her voice was hoarse like a sick kitten.

Xia Yingying walked in quickly and saw Lu Yurou’s face was red and her eyes were swollen like walnuts.

"Mom..." When Lu Yurou saw Xia Yingying, all the accumulated grievances poured out like a flood breaking through a dam.

"Little sister, don't cry. Mom is here. Come to your brother." Lu Haojie consciously took on the responsibility of a brother and coaxed Lu Yurou. But Lu Yurou only wanted Xia Yingying now, and didn't want to care about other people. She was just being willful.

So when Lu Haojie was about to reach out to hug her, Lu Yurou waved her two warm arms like a fierce kitten and slapped Lu Haojie's arms directly.

As soon as Xia Yingying and Lu Ziren came back, they heard Lu Yurou's heart-wrenching cries outside the door, and Xia Yingying felt very distressed.

Lu Yurou has always been well-behaved. When Xia Yingying is busy, she will tell Lu Yurou and Lu Yurou will let Song Ruyi take care of her. Xia Yingying naturally knows this.

But now when Lu Yurou was screaming heart-wrenchingly and asking for her, Xia Yingying's heart trembled with pain. Sometimes she felt a little guilty and sorry for Lu Yurou's attachment to her.

As soon as Xia Yingying came in, Lu Yurou waved her two short arms and raised them towards Xia Yingying like the sails of a small sailboat.

Xia Yingying also trotted and took Lu Yurou directly from Song Ruyi's arms.

Lu Yurou lay in Xia Yingying's arms, her small hands tightly around Xia Yingying's neck, her head buried in Xia Yingying's chest. Tears kept flowing down her face, and she felt extremely aggrieved.

Originally, Lu Yurou was just a little aggrieved, but after seeing Xia Yingying, the grievance in her heart was like a flood bursting through a dam. She cried and sobbed.

Xia Yingying held Lu Yurou in her arms, patted her back gently, and walked around the room.

"Arou, be good. Mommy is here. Mommy is here. Arou, don't cry. Next time, mommy will take you with her wherever she goes, okay?" Xia Yingying's voice was extremely gentle, and she kept repeating it over and over again.

Lu Yurou cried for a while, and after she had vented enough, she slowly stopped crying.

When Lu Haojie saw Lu Ziren coming in, he felt a little resentful towards Lu Ziren.

"Daddy, why did you kidnap mom today? Look how my little sister is crying." Lu Haojie was very dissatisfied, with his lips pouted high, as if a soy sauce bottle could be hung on it.

Lu Ziren took Xia Yingying away. He also wanted to be with Xia Yingying and play with them, but Lu Ziren took Xia Yingying away. Not only did his wish come true, but Yu Rou's wish was also unfulfilled. This is totally unfair.

"Sorry, I was wrong."

Lu Ziren didn't think they were wrong at all. These little brats were with Xia Yingying all day. He couldn't even spend some time alone with Xia Yingying. They had been occupying Xia Yingying for too long. He only took Xia Yingying away for a few hours. Was it necessary to be so angry with them?

But he is an adult, and as an adult he won't argue with a little kid.

"Hmph." Lu Haojie snorted coldly, ignoring Lu Ziren's apology. Then he returned to Xia Yingying and excitedly told her about the ring-tossing game between him and Lu Haoran today.

"Mom, you don't know. My eldest brother and I won a lot of things today. Look, these are the prizes we got, including jade pendants, hairpins... Everyone in the family has one. It's just that we won so many things that the boss's face changed in the end. My eldest brother told me that he was doing business, and we won so much that he lost money, so his face was not good. In the end, I returned a lot of things and only kept these." Lu Haojie enthusiastically shared today's lantern riddle guessing with Xia Yingying.

Lu Haojie had a smug look on his face, and his entire face was filled with an expression of "come and praise me".

Lu Haojie placed the things he and Lu Haoran had won on the table as if they were presenting treasures, and let Xia Yingying choose.

"You are really good. You know how difficult it is for others and are considerate of them. That's great. Thank you Haojie, Haoran, and Xiaowei for these gifts today."

Xia Yingying said to the three children.

"Thank you, Mom, for helping me take care of the kids today,"

"Hey, kid, what's the point of saying thank you or no thank you between family members?" Song Ruyi was a little confused by Xia Yingying's sudden thanks.

But knowing that Xia Yingying was educating the children after she said this, he fell silent and treated himself as a stone sculpture.

Xia Yingying looked at what Lu Haojie placed on the table.

Those things were similar to the gadgets Xia Yingying bought on Taobao and Duoduo, except that these were not industrial products. Each one was purely handmade, and even if the workmanship did not look particularly exquisite, they were still interesting in a different way.

The things Lu Haojie left on the table included a little tiger puppet, a silver hairpin that looked very crudely made, a bow and arrow, a sachet embroidered with orchids, but the embroidery was not very good, a sword, a pair of jade earrings, a copy of the Tao Te Ching, and a copy of Qianjin Pharmacy. It can be said that the things Lu Haojie left behind were perfectly matched to everyone.

Xia Yingying looked at the hairpin and the jade earrings, pointed at them and asked Song Ruyi, "Mom, which one do you like?" "Please vote"