Sheng Lengshuang let out a scoff, remaining silent.
Mo Lingxi dared not cause more trouble. He glanced at Xiao Feng, who was sitting obediently and quietly, then said to Sheng Lengshuang, "Look, I have a cold. Why don't you stay at the prince's manor to take care of me? That way, Xiao Feng will also have someone to look after him."
Sheng Lengshuang increasingly suspected Mo Lingxi's illness: "Are you perhaps faking your illness to trick me?"
Mo Lingxi's spine tingled, but his expression remained unchanged: "What are you saying? Even if you gave me a hundred膽子, I wouldn't dare do such a thing."
Sheng Lengshuang didn't believe him: "Your膽子 has always been very big; you've done countless things."
Mo Lingxi knew she didn't believe him and said very sincerely, "I really caught this cold by accident. For the sake of us being husband and wife..."
Upon meeting Sheng Lengshuang's narrowed eyes, he 'very sensibly' said, "For the sake of us having been husband and wife, would you take care of me once?"
Sheng Lengshuang remained unmoved: "There are so many servants, and imperial physicians specifically to take care of me. Why would I take care of you here? It would only be a hindrance."
Mo Lingxi quickly said, "With you here, my illness will get better faster."
Sheng Lengshuang glanced at him, said nothing further, and left the room.
After Mo Lingxi confirmed she was far away, he quietly asked Xiao Feng, "Did you give anything away?"
Xiao Feng shook his head, indicating no, and said very softly, "Daddy, do you think this method can trick Mommy? Even if you do trick Mommy, if she finds out, the consequences will be very serious."
Mo Lingxi knew this point well. He reminded him, "Xiao Feng, you are an accomplice. For the sake of our future, you absolutely cannot give anything away, understand?"
Xiao Feng furrowed his small brow, regretting once again getting on his daddy's pirate ship. If he had known his daddy was going to do such a thing earlier, he would never have agreed.
Now it was too late; he was on his daddy's pirate ship,卑鄙ly helping his daddy lie. When Mommy found out, she would surely scold him.
He sighed with melancholy, hoping Mommy would scold him lightly when she learned the truth.
...
Sheng Lengshuang brewed the medicine and brought it to Mo Lingxi to drink.
She noticed Xiao Feng was not in the room and asked, "Where did Xiao Feng go?"
Mo Lingxi drank the medicine in one gulp and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief: "He went to practice martial arts. It's time for his martial arts training."
Sheng Lengshuang said "oh," feeling a little concerned but saying nothing.
"I want to tell you something," Mo Lingxi said.
Sheng Lengshuang handed the bowl to a servant and asked Mo Lingxi, "What do you want to tell me? To confess that you are faking your illness?"
Mo Lingxi's mouth twitched, and his face went dark. Even now, his wife didn't believe he was sick.
"I wanted to tell you that, while I'm sick, we might as well do something."
Sheng Lengshuang raised an eyebrow: "What do you want to do?"
Mo Lingxi's gaze turned slightly cold: "I am sick, and I imagine some people will do something. Outsiders don't know about my condition, do they?"
Sheng Lengshuang thought for a moment: "Your method is not bad, but not everyone might do something."
"You haven't fully understood. Whether something is done is not important; what's important is whether something will happen."
"You want to fish?"
Mo Lingxi nodded: "We've been investigating for so long and haven't found the identity or situation of the mastermind. Why not do something to bait the mastermind? Perhaps there will be unexpected gains."
Sheng Lengshuang stared at him for a good while upon hearing this.
Mo Lingxi's whole body prickled, almost thinking his faked illness had been discovered: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Sheng Lengshuang said with a half-smile, "I just feel that you are deliberately faking your illness to kill multiple birds with one stone."
Mo Lingxi's eyelids twitched several times, but he remained very composed: "I don't want to be sick, but if it wants to be sick, there's nothing I can do."
Sheng Lengshuang said meaningfully, "Is that so?"
Mo Lingxi had a feeling something was not right: "...Yes. Sheng Lengshuang, can you please not be like this? I'm a little scared."
Sheng Lengshuang raised an eyelid and said unhurriedly, "The dignified Prince Ming Rui, a generation's God of War, is also scared? Are you joking?"
Mo Lingxi said very seriously, "I'm not joking. It's respect and care for you."
Sheng Lengshuang's heart began to beat faster, but her expression remained unchanged: "Your mouth is getting better and better at deceiving ghosts."
Mo Lingxi clutched his chest: "This is hurtful to me."
"I can hurt you even more. Do you want to try?"
"...No, thank you."
Sheng Lengshuang, too lazy to continue bickering with Mo Lingxi, turned to discuss the previous serious matter.
After they finished talking, Sheng Lengshuang brought up another matter: "How do you plan to deal with the envoys from the Southern Jin Dynasty?"
Regarding this, Mo Lingxi had already discussed it thoroughly with Zi Cheng. He said calmly, "That depends on what the Southern Jin Dynasty does."
"Are you worried about something?"
Sheng Lengshuang sighed: "No matter what the Southern Jin Dynasty does, it will have some impact on the Eastern Jin Dynasty... To put it bluntly, I don't want to go through the same troublesome days as before."
"Before, in winter, supplies were scarce, and we couldn't even buy rice and grain. Life was very tight."
Anyone who had lived through those days did not want to relive them.
Mo Lingxi comforted her: "Please rest assured, it won't be like this again. The other two countries are busy cultivating sweet potatoes and will not oppose our Eastern Jin Dynasty for a considerable period."
"As for the Southern Jin Dynasty, with those envoys and the secret actions of the Southern Jin Dynasty, they wouldn't dare to act rashly. Moreover, the Southern Jin Dynasty will compensate our Eastern Jin Dynasty with many things."
Sheng Lengshuang was somewhat relieved: "You know best in this regard. Listening to you is always right."
Mo Lingxi thought to himself, "If only you would listen to me in terms of reconciliation, how wonderful that would be."
"Are you thinking something you shouldn't be thinking?" Sheng Lengshuang asked.
Mo Lingxi shook his head repeatedly: "No, no! Without your consent, how could I think something I shouldn't be thinking?"
Sheng Lengshuang glanced at him sideways: "Without my consent, you've thought plenty of things you shouldn't be thinking."
Mo Lingxi fell silent.
Sheng Lengshuang also didn't want to bicker about these trivial matters: "You rest well. I'll take Xiao Feng back to my place and visit you again tomorrow."
Mo Lingxi grabbed her hand, looking pitiful: "Can you stay and keep me company? I'm sick."
Sheng Lengshuang was disgusted and said irritably, "You're a grown man, why are you acting pitiful! It's too damaging to my eyes."
Mo Lingxi didn't care: "If you stay, I'll recover normally."
Sheng Lengshuang took a deep breath: "If you don't let go, I'll use medicine."
Mo Lingxi 'whooshed' and let go: "Let's talk properly."
Sheng Lengshuang was extremely speechless: "You rest well, I'm going to see Xiao Feng."
Mo Lingxi watched her leave the room, pondering how to keep his wife. Given his wife's personality, he would probably need to use a different method to keep her.
What different method should he use?