"Ah Yun is here," Ran Yan said as she saw the three children stop crying and got up to speak to Ran Yun.

Ran Yun looked at the three adorable little babies, all with teary eyes staring at them. She felt a surge of affection, greeted Ran Yan, and then squatted down to play with them.

Xiao's second child was always the most cheerful. In a short while, he was grabbing her fingers with his chubby little hands to play, tears still glistening on his weak lashes. He giggled and clapped his hands while Xiao's eldest laid sprawling and exhausted on the couch.

Ran Yan watched the little ones and smiled helplessly before sitting down on the edge of the couch.

"Let's talk here for now, and if they don't sleep later, we'll carry them out to the hall," Ran Yan was speaking when she looked down to see Ruoruo shakily crawling over and couldn't help but smile, reaching out to pick her up.

"Alright," Ran Yun recalled the events of the past few days and unconsciously curbed her playful mood, "On the day I got married, I only heard that there was a summoning in the palace and thought something was wrong with Princess Jinyang... It turned out to be such a scary incident."

Liu Qingsong had also heard about the incident that day and immediately sent someone to the Xiao Family residence, where they happened to run into Xiao Song returning home. He told the visitor there was no major problem and assured Liu Qingsong not to worry.

As a result, Liu Qingsong really did relax. After returning home, he took Ran Yun on a trip.

"It was just a false alarm," Ran Yan said.

"That's scary enough. With such incidents occurring repeatedly, you might as well find a priest to perform rituals to dispel the bad luck. I know a very famous one," Ran Yun paused, then realized, "For a great family like the Xiao Family, you probably believe in Buddhism, right? Then you should find a high monk."

During the Sui Dynasty, Buddhism was the state religion, and the nobility mostly believed in Buddhism, while Taoism was declining and could only develop among the lower classes. It wasn't until the Tang Dynasty began to suppress Buddhism that Taoism started to make a comeback. However, faith isn't something that can change overnight, and many well-established noble families still adhered to Buddhism.

"Okay, in a few days, I'll take the children to Lanling and discuss this with the family," said Ran Yan.

"Going to Lanling?" Ran Yun was surprised for a moment before nodding, "That's a good idea, Chang'an hasn't been very peaceful lately..."

While Ran Yun was speaking, she noticed Xiao's second child tugging at her sleeve, babbling something unintelligible. She looked at his chubby little face and rubbed her cheek against his.

Xiao's second child seemed to find this action interesting and rubbed his face against hers too. Wanting more, he crawled over to Xiao's eldest to continue the fun, but was impatiently pushed away with a slap. The little guy opened his mouth and started to wail.

Both Ran Yun and Ran Yan couldn't help but laugh at the scene. Ruoruo, seeing her mother laughing, wanted to join in, but, seeing her second brother crying, she felt like crying too. She was conflicted, her little brows furrowed tightly.

Xiao's second child, hearing the laughter, paused, looked around with tear-stained cheeks, thinking there was something amusing.

Seeing that the three children still had plenty of energy, Ran Yan asked the nanny to carry them to the hall.

Ran Yun wanted to hold them, but lacking experience and fearing she might hurt them, she abstained.

"Ah Yun, you love children so much, you'll have one of your own before long," Ran Yan smiled.

Ran Yun shook her head, "I only like beautiful and well-behaved children. If my future child takes after me, that would be somewhat okay, but if it takes after my husband, I might as well just give it to my mother."

"What, already regretting it?" Ran Yan teased.

Ran Yun nodded fiercely, "Regret. I was too impulsive at the time, only seeing the immediate benefits, not considering the longer term."

What Ran Yun referred to as longer term was the future child's appearance.

Ran Yan felt a sense of guilt, as she found herself almost taking pleasure in Ran Yun's predicament. So, against her better judgment, she said, "Actually, Physician Liu's appearance... isn't that bad."

Unexpectedly, Ran Yun misinterpreted her empathy and looked at Ran Yan with surprise, "Sister Seventeen, your standards are so low? When you first saw brother-in-law, you must have thought he was like a god!"

Ran Yan coughed awkwardly. It wasn't that her standards were low; rather, her acceptance was high. She wouldn't be too shocked by someone extremely handsome or extremely ugly. In terms of human anatomy, Liu Qingsong had everything in the right place and in proper proportion, so she had no problem saying he was decent-looking.

"So my Ninth Sister thinks so little of me," a voice came from the hall. Liu Qingsong's.

The three children's eyes lit up, all craning their necks to look inside.

Liu Qingsong came out, saw the three little white buns, and immediately kissed each one. Ran Yan blocked Ruoruo's little face with her hand, "Liu Qingsong, don't you dare behave indecently with my daughter."

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