Outside the house, the warm sun still shone, but there was a slight chill in the air. Winter had arrived.
Ji Feiyu followed Yong Yaxuan all the way to the imperial garden.
Everything along the way was still so familiar. The same palaces stood there, and the same gardens were in place. However, the palace servants coming and going on the road had changed several times. The flowers and plants by the roadside had withered and thrived over the years, no longer the same as before.
This sight reminded Ji Feiyu of the time when she was playing with the rabbit nearby. So she casually asked, "Where's my bunny?"
Yong Yaxuan was taken aback for a moment, then continued leading her forward. Pretending not to hear clearly, he asked, "What did you say?"
"I'm talking about the rabbit Your Majesty gave me before..."
Only then did he remember. He slightly raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "Oh, that one. I ate it."
Ji Feiyu couldn't help widening her eyes. "Your Majesty, how could you be so heartless?"
Yong Yaxuan, however, looked like a rascal. He spread his hands and said, "Anyway, the person was gone. What's the use of keeping the rabbit? To add to the sadness?"
"You!" Ji Feiyu was about to flare up when she saw his nonchalant look. Seeing this, Yong Yaxuan quickly stopped, put his arm around her, and pointed to a meadow in front of the imperial garden. "Look what that is?"
Only then did Ji Feiyu notice that while they were talking and walking, they had unknowingly reached the depths of the imperial garden. She walked towards the meadow with him. When they passed by the shrubs, she saw a group of rabbits running back and forth on the withered grass.
"Ah! Bunnies!" Seeing this, Ji Feiyu ran towards one of them, squatted down to catch it, and lovingly picked it up. Seeing its white fur, red eyes, and three - petal mouth, she felt her heart soften and couldn't help hugging it tightly.
The rabbit was obviously frightened and struggled on her body, scratching her and making her laugh. At this time, Yong Yaxuan somehow brought a huge and fat rabbit to Ji Feiyu's side and held it in front of her eyes. "Hey, this is the one you had before."
This time, it was Ji Feiyu's turn to be shocked. The rabbit in her arms took the opportunity to struggle free from her grasp and ran towards the group of little rabbits, leaving Ji Feiyu staring at the fat red - eyed white rabbit in Yong Yaxuan's hand.
"Hold it yourself." After Yong Yaxuan said that, he threw the rabbit to her. Ji Feiyu quickly caught it, but it was so heavy. Oh no! How could it grow so fat and big after four years! Ji Feiyu was so shocked that she couldn't say a word for a moment. Thinking of its former cuteness and its current imposing manner, her intuition told her that this wasn't a normal rabbit!
"Look, I've taken such good care of it. You don't even show any gratitude. Who are you making that indescribable face for?" Yong Yaxuan looked at her playfully, which further proved that he had an ulterior motive for bringing her out.
"Ahem..." Only then did Ji Feiyu pick up the white rabbit in front of her and rub it against her. She whispered to it, "Although your figure has changed, I still love you as much as before. Tell me what you've been eating all these years. How could you grow so sturdily?"
Hearing this, Yong Yaxuan interjected, "The finest alfalfa grass. It's the happiest rabbit in the world. It always eats the freshest food!"
After he said that, he glanced at her, then pinched her face behind the veil and sneered, "Tsk tsk. Four years have passed, and you still haven't grown as much as a rabbit. You're so useless."
Ji Feiyu couldn't help slapping his hand away and said, "You don't know how well Ran Wei and Yan Yan treated me. The food and clothes were all carefully prepared. I lost weight because I exercised more."
After she said this, the rabbit in her arms struggled, jumped out of her embrace, and ran towards the group of little rabbits. Only then did Ji Feiyu notice how harmonious they were together.
"Are these its children?" Ji Feiyu looked at the group of rabbits in surprise.
Yong Yaxuan took the opportunity to put his arm around her and sighed, "Yes, generation after generation will never end... My dear consort, when will you also give me a bunch of children?"
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu wanted to play a trick on him. So she said, "If, I mean if, Your Majesty already has a child in the North Cold Region... what will happen?"
"What did you say?" This time, it was Yong Yaxuan's turn to be shocked.
Seeing the seriousness in his eyes, Ji Feiyu instantly didn't want to play a trick on him anymore. She quickly said, "Your Majesty, don't think too much. There isn't. Actually, I also want to have a child. If I had conceived before we separated, the child would be this tall by now..." Ji Feiyu gently gestured.
Yong Yaxuan instantly let out a sigh of relief. But seeing the regret in Ji Feiyu's eyes, he couldn't help comforting her, "Why don't we have one now..."
Ji Feiyu looked at his tender face and felt his hands start to be restless. She quickly said, "No, Your Majesty. This is the imperial garden!"
Yong Yaxuan, however, looked at her with a smile and said, "So what if it's the imperial garden? Since you won't let me stay in the Frost Glory Palace at night, then we might as well do it here?"
"No! Let go!" Before Ji Feiyu could finish her words, her veil was lifted, and Yong Yaxuan kissed her. He just wanted to scare her a bit because she had played a trick on him by saying there was a child, making him excited for nothing.
Ji Feiyu felt his tenderness and thought that she couldn't really do it here! Just as she was thinking about lifting his ban and going to the Frost Glory Palace with him, she heard an excited voice in the process of changing coming.
"Sister - in - law!"
As soon as they heard this voice, they instantly jumped apart as if they had been electrocuted.
Wasn't the owner of this voice the excited Little Eighteenth Prince? This time, it was Yong Yaxuan's turn to have an indescribable expression on his face.
The two quickly tidied up their clothes, and then they heard Little Eighteenth Prince's voice, which was between that of an adult and a child.
"Sister - in - law! It's really you! I've found you. I want to play with you too!"
Ji Feiyu couldn't help coughing lightly. She didn't expect him to come so quickly. Yong Yaxuan frowned and said, "What game? Yun Xuan, what are you talking about?"
Only then did Little Eighteenth Prince take out the letter in his hand and give it to Yong Yaxuan. Then he pounced on Ji Feiyu and rubbed against her. "Sister - in - law, why does your smell change? It's the same as mother's. From now on, Yun Xuan will never leave sister - in - law!" After he said that, he rubbed his head against her chest. Now he was just as tall as her chest. This action made Yong Yaxuan, who was reading the letter, immediately pull him away.
"Yun Xuan, you're already so big. You can't always hug your sister - in - law!"
Yun Xuan was puzzled. "Why can Brother Emperor hug her, but I can't! Sister - in - law isn't just yours!" After he said that, he pounced on her again, but was caught by Yong Yaxuan again. Yong Yaxuan sneered at him. "Yun Xuan, remember this well. Your sister - in - law is mine alone. From now on, no one is allowed to get close to her. Otherwise, I will never forgive them lightly!"
Yun Xuan couldn't help pouting. "Hate! Brother Emperor is threatening Yun Xuan again like before!"