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Chapter 5228: 5.0980 Happiness

"If it weren't for other shops in the family sustaining our livelihood,"

"Just relying on your broken ironware shop, I think our mother and son would starve to death."

Qiao Hu chuckled honestly, patting his head. "Heh, why would the family lack money from me? Wife, I just opened a shop to pass the time."

"Little Brother Hu's craftsmanship is quite good," Qiaomu nodded. "The batch of swords I sent to the guards last time were very handy for everyone."

"That's good, that's good." Qiao Hu laughed heartily. He always seemed very happy to be able to help his little sister.

"Big Brother, Sister-in-law!" Qiao Lin's voice rang from outside the door.

Qiao Hu quickly went forward, opened the door, and with a beaming smile, welcomed his little sister in. "Alright, you sisters-in-law chat amongst yourselves. I'll go to the kitchen and get some pastries for you."

"Sister-in-law!" Little Lin'er bounced forward, smiling as she called out, "Quick, quick, let me see my big fat nephew, hahahaha! I'm an aunt now too."

Qiaomu couldn't help but want to laugh, waving at the little girl.

Qiao Lin flew to the bedside, picking up various small toys, teasing the lazy little baby.

"Hahahaha, he's so funny."

Qiaomu rolled her eyes. "You're funny, your whole family is funny."

Shaoyao: ...

Watching the two sisters teasing the little baby by the bed, Shaoyao's heart was filled with happiness.

She turned around and saw her husband rushing in, holding a large tray in his hand, shouting as he entered, "Here they are, the pastries are here!"

Shaoyao couldn't help but let out a giggle.

A little later, when Crown Prince Mo came to the Qiao Manor to pick up his wife, he naturally heard about the incident.

Without a word, His Highness the Crown Prince immediately sent someone to the Huainan Earl's Estate, found the old Earl, and severely admonished him.

The old Earl, who was originally fuming and wanted to settle scores with the First Madam, was immediately intimidated and deflated.

His Highness the Crown Prince delivered a harsh warning: if he dared to take those two mother and daughter back within three years, his title as Earl would be at its end.

Thus, for the sake of his title and future, even if he felt sorry for his concubine and illegitimate daughter, Fang Xianguan no longer dared to speak of taking them back.

Madam Liu's heart was filled with gratitude for this.

If His Royal Highness hadn't sent someone in time, she would have been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall again.

Meanwhile, Madam Xiao Bao and her daughter, who had already been carried to Ciyun Nunnery and locked inside, received reliable and accurate news.

The Earl had canceled his trip and withdrawn the carriage he had originally sent to pick up the mother and daughter.

Fang Mingyue felt as if struck by lightning, throwing a tantrum in the nunnery, breaking and smashing everything she could get her hands on.

"How could this happen? Is Father abandoning us?" Fang Mingyue shrieked furiously. "Why is this happening, Mother? Didn't you say that as long as we showed our faces at the Earl's residence and cried a little, Father would compromise?"

"And you were the one who said that as long as the Crown Princess relented and let us go back, everything would be fine."

But what was the result?

"How could that slut relent! She's too busy dealing with us, how could she be so kind as to relent!" Fang Mingyue yelled furiously. "Now it's over, everything's over! We can't go back."

"Enough, enough, stop arguing!" Madam Xiao Bao had a splitting headache from her daughter's constant nagging and couldn't help but turn around and yell at her daughter.

Fang Mingyue's eyes widened, staring in disbelief at her mother, who always indulged her. She cried out mournfully, "This was all your idea!"