Feng Xi Wu watched her indignant little face, suppressing a smile. "If you're short of money, you can tell this King. Your dowry is, after all, Princess An Yang's memento to you. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to touch it."
"She's gone, what use is keeping her things?" Lu Qing Wan was never one to sentimentalize over objects, especially since she wasn't the original owner. "Besides, the money I need isn't a small amount. How much can Your Highness give me?"
Seeing how the Cí'ān Hall treated human lives as child's play, she had set a small goal for herself: to establish a fully functional, life-saving hospital in this unfamiliar world. Bai Xing Lin was just a trial run. If it succeeded, there would be many more expenses in the future, and she didn't want to ask Feng Xi Wu for money all the time. Even if she and Feng Xi Wu were truly husband and wife, she wouldn't want to live a life where she always had to beg. Especially considering how "plastic" their marriage was, she knew it all too well. If she owed too much, she feared she wouldn't be able to repay it.
Feng Xi Wu, however, said calmly, "Those external possessions, whatever amount Your Highness the Consort wants, this King can afford. However, as far as this King knows, your life in the Zhaolie Marquis's mansion was quite difficult. Where did you acquire this excellent medical skill, this agile agility, and strength that even Li Yang can't match? Can Your Highness the Consort enlighten this King?"
"I thought Your Highness wouldn't ask!" Lu Qing Wan smiled calmly.
Feng Xi Wu also smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Outside, whatever my Consort does is reasonable." The unspoken implication was that even if Lu Qing Wan had doubts about her, only he had the right to ask, and no one else did. Arrogant yet protective, Lu Qing Wan suddenly felt fortunate to be dealing with Feng Xi Wu, a rational and clear-headed man, which saved her a lot of trouble.
"I understand Your Highness's doubts. However, even if I told you the truth now, you wouldn't believe it and would only think I was spouting nonsense. Your Highness only needs to know that I am indeed Lu Qing Wan, and I pose no threat to you or the Great Qian. As for the rest, when there's a suitable opportunity, allow me to explain it to you, alright?" Lu Qing Wan wasn't flustered at all. After all, if she hadn't experienced transmigration herself, she wouldn't believe it either. No matter how thoroughly Feng Xi Wu investigated, he wouldn't find anything. However, if Feng Xi Wu remained suspicious of her, her life in the prince's mansion would be very troublesome. Fortunately, Feng Xi Wu agreed, "Alright, then this King will wait for Your Highness the Consort to tell me everything."
Immediately, the scene changed. "It's getting late, Your Highness the Consort, we should rest." Lu Qing Wan's small body stiffened. She had just remembered that she would have to share a bed with this man again. She awkwardly changed the subject, "Where is the Young Heir? Didn't I tell you to take care of him, why did he leave?"
"I'm here." A child's milky voice came, and then, a child who had just bathed, looking like a freshly baked bun, wobbled in. With a thud, the little bun knelt on the ground. "Yuan'er greets Mother Consort. Mother Consort, I'm sorry. Yuan'er shouldn't have listened to Qingyi and called Mother Consort a bad woman, and said that Father King should divorce Mother Consort. Yuan'er was wrong, please punish me, Mother Consort!" The little bun, fair and tender, was sincerely apologizing and admitting his mistake. Lu Qing Wan's motherly heart was instantly satisfied. She quickly got up and walked to the child. "Mother Consort forgives Yuan'er. Get up quickly. A man's knees are made of gold. You must not kneel carelessly in the future, understand?" As she spoke, she lovingly pulled up the child's trouser leg and touched his knees. "You knelt so hard, does your knee hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." The little bun looked at Lu Qing Wan with a strange expression. His father treated him very well; even when he was busy, he would check his homework. When they went out, he would bring him fun toys. Qingyi treated him very well, but Qingyi always told him that Father King would not love him anymore when he married a new Consort, and only Qingyi loved him. She told him not to forget her, and the more she said it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Great-Grandmother Consort was also very kind, but for some reason, every time he saw her, he felt that she didn't actually like him that much. Qingyi and the nanny had told him that this woman was here to snatch Father King, would replace his mother, and would harm him, but she was so gentle!
"Nonsense, your knees are red, how could they not hurt?" Lu Qing Wan took out some medicinal liquid and applied it to the child's knees. She then complained about Feng Xi Wu, "What kind of ridiculous rules do you have here? Mother and son apologize by kneeling? Who came up with this idea?" Her almond eyes glared, and the grass and trees seemed to become soldiers.
Li Jin rubbed his nose and chuckled, "Your Highness the Consort, please don't blame the Prince. The Prince asked the Young Heir to apologize, but he didn't tell him to kneel." The little bun's chubby little hands also covered Lu Qing Wan's hand. "Mother Consort, don't be angry. It was Yuan'er who wanted to kneel. Father King said that a man should know when he is wrong and admit it. He shouldn't pretend that nothing happened just because others don't pursue it."
"Father King is right. Our Yuan'er is truly an outstanding little man!" Lu Qing Wan picked up the child. "Given how outstanding you are, Father King and Mother Consort will sleep with you tonight as a reward, alright?" That scoundrel, did he really think she was helpless just because he didn't give her a courtyard? With such a cute hostage in her arms, what mischief could he possibly cause?
"Really?" The little bun, having been taught a lesson, felt a little embarrassed to apologize to Lu Qing Wan. Now he was incredibly excited. "Yuan'er can really sleep with Father King and Mother Consort?" Lu Qing Wan looked at Feng Xi Wu with a smile, and the latter inexplicably sensed a hint of threat in that bright smile. He had a premonition that if he refused to sleep with Yuan'er tonight, this woman would definitely create a courtyard for herself in the prince's mansion. Therefore, the certain Regent King revealed an unprecedentedly loving smile, "Of course."
"Great! Long live Mother Consort!" The child, clenching his fists, let out excited shouts. Li Jin had an expression of unbearable observation. "Your Highness, do you still remember how you disciplined the Young Heir before? A man stands tall, how can he be spoiled like this?" Now, does your face hurt? The certain Regent King replied, what is face? Can it let him hug his fragrant and soft little Consort, or let him have a good night's sleep? If not, then don't bother him!