Chapter 872
Chapter 872: In Love
“Not in the palace? Where are you going?” Baili Jia Jue’s voice was very cold.
Helian Wei Wei paused for a moment and smiled naturally, “I can’t bring the babies along to activities like training a soldier or praying, right?”
Only then that Baili Jia Jue’s gaze regained its warmth. He tilted her head to his side and laid a kiss on her black hair, with a peculiar gentleness between his brows he said, “There are so many people in the palace. They’ll take care of these two little brats.”
“I don’t want the babysitter to look after them. I want to bring them up by myself,” Helian Wei Wei continued with a chuckle, her hand then clenched to his hand.
There was always nothing Baili Jia Jue could do against her, so of course he would agree to everything she said.
So, both of them sat on the bed and began reading about the rules of parenting.
His Highness sneered while reading, “Kids are indeed troublesome creatures.”
“Didn’t you grow up from a kid?” Helian Wei Wei listened amusingly, “They’re too little. So they need adults to look after them.”
Baili Jia Jue followed her hand and set his eyes on her belly that was as round as a ball now, “Believe me, these two brats of ours can still live well without any parenting.”
Helian Wei Wei was assured of this too. There were probably no other babies who were so domineering as hers in the whole world. They had yet to be born, but they had almost finished eating the dead souls within hundreds of miles around them.
Last time, as she saw several ghosts floating back and forth outside the palace, she was still wondering why these dead souls would dare to wander around here.
Then, according to His Highness, those were all caught by their babies to play with.
Treating ghosts as toys, uh… Helian Wei Wei had always felt that her babies had been guided wrongly without her realizing it.
However, Helian Wei Wei was glad that Baili Jia Jue’s attitude toward the babies was changing eventually from day to day.
Maybe even he himself did not realize that his expression while rubbing her stomach to promote digestion was getting more and more gentle.
Of course, he was still very impatient, as if he was born to be the rival of the babies. Every time her stomach moved, he would sneer at the side.
Nevertheless, Helian Wei Wei felt that this was good.
This unique way of father-child communication was really good.
The palace was as lively as ever, except that the smart Baili Jia Jue was playing with a teacup in his hand with a cold gaze, “Where else did the Lady go today besides the Hidden Spirit Temple?”
According to the laws, mercenaries of the hidden army should only listen to the orders of their master.
But this man was so good that he could not hide anything from him.
“Not talking, huh?” Baili Jia Jue chuckled and paced toward the mercenary, “I’ve once said that the hidden army can only be here with my permission. If my mood somehow turns bad, do you think you can still wander around the palace like this?”
Of course the mercenary knew the capability of this man. He thought about it and said, “Your Highness, the Lady has indeed been in the Hidden Spirit Temple today, but the Lady was also looking for a person earlier. We have sent someone to search for him but he was nowhere to be found. So she has withdrawn the order.”
“Who is this person?” Baili Jia Jue twirled the black jade ring on his finger.
The mercenary could clearly feel the chill emanating from him, “The hidden army is unsure of the details as well. The Lady mentioned only that his surname was Pei, without stating his age and appearance, nor did she say why she was searching for him.”
“Pei?” Baili Jia Jue stopped his finger and refrained from asking further. With his eyes as deep as the night outside the house, “She is about to wake up, do not tell her that we had this talk.”
The mercenary looked down and obeyed, “Yes.”
Baili Jia Jue retracted his gaze and put on his black cloak before he went back to his royal chamber.
The person on his bed was still sleeping. With her waist-length black hair laid on the soft quilt, she certainly looked lovely when she was asleep.
Helian Wei Wei could probably sense Baili Jia Jue’s scent so she moved. She was not fully awake yet, with her eyes still closed and a sleepy tone in her voice, “Where have you been? Meeting with the ministers?”
“Nothing, just some trifles.” Baili Jia Jue immediately reached out and hugged her, with his palm softly patting her back, “Be good, go back to sleep.”
His voice was very deep and because he had been coaxing her to sleep like that for some time, he was actually experienced in this already.
A while later, Helian Wei Wei really fell asleep.
Looking at the quiet and fair little face rubbing against his arms, Baili Jia Jue gathered her black hair behind her ears with the tip of his slender fingers. His eyes then sank slowly.
Helian Wei Wei, what on earth are you hiding from me?
The next day, the weather had turned warm again.
As the winter passed, there were signs of life everywhere.
The two sat together in the South Chancery.
His Highness seemed to be in a good mood and wanted to teach her calligraphy.
However, Helian Wei Wei was really not a person of self-cultivation. Back then when she was the Phoenix, she had no interest in scriptures. She felt torturing indeed for her to stay in the study room for two hours straight now.
Nonetheless, Baili Jia Jue was not really into teaching her to write either. He just wanted her to stay in his arms with the excuse of calligraphy practice.
So basically Helian Wei Wei would ask for a treat after finishing with a word.
Baili Jia Jue pampered her anyway. He even refused to let her use the chopsticks, only wanting her to sit there and write while he was in charge of feeding.
Their mode of getting along had always been very natural, but it was the small ordinary gestures that were showing an unspeakable intimacy.
This had indeed envied those around them.
The palace maids and eunuchs had never seen any couple like Baili Jia Jue and Helian Wei Wei in the palace before.
At first, they all thought that Helian Wei Wei would be difficult to get along with.
After all, the princess consort was too famous.
Plus, her way of killing was really comparable to the Third Prince.
However, after knowing her, they found that it was indeed a great blessing to have her as a master in the palace.
The style of the princess consort being in power had never changed. She would not blend in with the servants.
But she would never make things hard for them, and sometimes she was a little foolish.
That was right, a little foolish.
Some of the things that should have been done by His Highness, were all done by the princess consort. For example, the princess consort was always sending flowers to His Highness. Another example was, once there was a minister who came with the intention of bringing his daughter into the palace as a palace maid. But in fact, everyone knew what his actual plan was.
The minister was smart too. He went to the princess consort directly, instead of His Highness.
The princess consort looked at him then, smiled and said only one sentence.
She said, “Lord Li, don’t you know that I, Helian Wei Wei, am taking full responsibility on Baili Jia Jue?”
As women, the palace maids really thought that the princess consort was very handsome at that moment. It was something that came from deep inside her bones…