On the second day of winter, Huo Tian returned triumphantly.
The people of the capital lined the streets to welcome him, and their cheers were loud.
The Huo family is a loyal family. Although only the Huo Tian lineage is left, they still contribute to the country. How can they be unpopular?
He entered the palace and thanked him, and the emperor praised him highly in front of all the civil and military officials.
Then he said with a smile: "General Huo has fought very hard for the country. Now that the state affairs are over, I will give you a few months' leave so that you can spend time with your wife and children."
There will be a banquet in the palace in five days to welcome you and wash away the dust for you. After a long and tiring journey, there is no need to stand with them anymore. Go home quickly and spend time with your wife and children!"
Huo Tian thanked the Holy Father, left the court early and ran home.
The people from Dingbei Gongfu had already opened the main entrance and were waiting there.
The housekeeper even led his people to wait outside the palace gate early. When they saw Huo Tian, they all stepped forward to say hello.
Huo Tian was indescribably kind when he saw them. He said with a smile: "Get up quickly! There are many people on the street. Let's go home."
The housekeeper hurriedly agreed, led Huo Tian's horse himself and said, "Madam and young master are waiting at home. Everyone is looking forward to your return like the stars and the moon."
Huo Tian arrived at the door of his house, got off his horse and ran directly to the inner house.
Jiang Nuan also came out of the room to greet him. The two of them slapped each other in the face and were both stunned.
We had been apart for a long time, and although we thought about them day and night, there was an indescribable feeling of strangeness when we met.
But it only lasted for a moment. Jiang Nuan smiled first and said to Huo Tian, "My father-in-law is back. It's been a hard journey."
The maids and women in the house also asked Huo Tian for their hard work.
"Madam, it is really hard work to do housework and raise children." Huo Tian said, holding Jiang Nuan's hand, and said to everyone, "You all go and receive the reward!"
Everyone thanked him again and went out one after another so as not to disturb the couple's intimacy.
"Is everything okay at home?" Huo Tian hugged Jiang Nuan and asked her distressedly, "Is anyone bullying you?"
Jiang Nuan's face was pressed against his chest, and she couldn't help but close her eyes and listen to the long-lost steady and powerful heartbeat.
"No one bullied me, but you must have suffered a lot, right?" Jiang Nuan saw that Huo Tian had lost weight, his face was weathered, and he was covered in dust.
It is conceivable that during the few months he was away, he lived a life of sleeping in the open air and fighting with swords and horses.
Everyone in the world envies Huo Tian for his achievements and thinks that this is what a man should be like.
But she was more concerned about his safety.
She didn't want any royal orders or meritorious deeds. As long as Huo Tian was safe and could stay with her until old age, she would be satisfied.
"You have forgotten that I am a general. I have horses to march and tents to camp. How can I suffer?
It's just that it's a bit cold outside the Great Wall, plus the traveling all the way." Huo Tian kissed Jiang Nuan on the forehead, his affection was beyond words.
He said this just to make Jiang Nuan feel at ease. In fact, he led the soldiers as close as his own children. He ate and lived with the sergeants. He never ate an extra piece of meat or drank an extra sip of water.
Whenever there is a war, he takes the lead and never hides behind.
It is precisely because of this that the troops he brought out were so brave and good at fighting that one was worth ten.
"I know you were coaxing me, but fortunately you came back safely." Jiang Nuan put her arm around Huo Tian's waist and said distressedly, "You have lost a lot of weight, have you got a new injury? Now that you are back, I have to take good care of you.
I’ll take care of you and give you a good patch of health.”
"Then I'm going to become a big fat man?" Huo Tian laughed, "You should dislike me by then."
"No, no." Jiang Nuan's little head shook desperately, "I like you no matter what you look like, but I'm afraid you will have a blue head? You won't be able to bear the weight."
"How much do you like me?" Huo Tian asked softly in Jiang Nuan's ear, "Do you know how much I miss you?"
Jiang Nuan blushed and lowered his head slightly, not daring to look at him.
"Good boy, tell me do you miss me?" Huo Tian didn't let her avoid it and gently raised Jiang Nuan's chin.
"I asked knowingly," Jiang Nuanqing's eyes filled with mist, "I never ask you if you miss me, because I know that your heart is the same as mine."
"My Ah Nuan, my little Ah Tuan," Huo Tian murmured, hugging her tighter, "You miss me so much, do you know?!"
He hugged her so tightly that Jiang Nuan's bones ached and she couldn't breathe.
But she remained motionless, letting him hold her.
Huo Tian hugged Jiang Nuan's soft and delicate body, smelled his long-awaited body fragrance, and couldn't help but kiss him.
Who would have thought that something suddenly touched his leg behind him.
Huo Tian looked back and saw a little man, no taller than his legs, holding a small wooden sword in his hand and stabbing his legs repeatedly.
His little face was tense, and his expression was somewhat similar to Huo Tian's.
"Oops, I forgot about the child." Jiang Nuan's face turned even redder.
The servants all went out just now, but the nanny left Brother Zao behind, probably to reunite the three of them as a family.
But the couple was so busy with each other that they completely forgot about the child.
Brother Zao didn't recognize Huo Tian and thought he was bullying his mother.
As a young man, of course he has to protect his mother.
Huo Tian knelt down and picked him up.
He smiled and said: "Good boy, I dare to use the knife on you."
Brother Zao was not afraid at all. He held the small wooden sword tightly and waved his short little arms, extremely persistent.
"He thinks you are a bad guy," Jiang Nuan said with a smile, "Who told you to do anything when you meet him?"
"I hug my own wife, and I, the King of Heaven, have nothing to do with it." Huo Tian snorted, blaming his own son for interrupting his good deeds.
"Brother Zao, be good. Mom, come and hold me." Jiang Nuan took the child, took a few steps back, pointed at Huo Tian and said, "This is daddy, the daddy in the painting."
It turned out that when Huo Tian was not at home, Jiang Nuan showed his portrait to the child and told Brother Zao that that was his father.
It is also to allow father and son to get familiar with each other faster after they meet, otherwise children are often afraid of strangers.
Jiang Nuan had already put away the painting, but now he found it again and hung it in its original place.
Then let Huo Tian stand beside him and compare the two.
This portrait was given to Jiang Nuan by Cen Yunchu when she once entered the palace. It was painted by Cen Yunchu himself.
The reason why Cen Yunchu painted Huo Tian's portrait was so that Brother Zao could get to know his father. This was also her painstaking effort.
"Brother Zao, look, this is daddy, and that one is daddy, too." Jiang Nuan pointed at the portrait and then at Huo Tian.
Brother Zao looked at this, then that, and finally said: "Daddy..."
"Okay, Brother Zao is so smart! Be good and let daddy hug you." Jiang Nuan kissed his son's little face.
Brother Zao hesitated for a while, and then he opened his two little hands like a bird.
Huo Tian's heart softened, and he came over and hugged both mother and son into his arms.
I feel more at ease and contented than I have ever felt before.
