The day before leaving, Jiang Tang wanted to meet Nan Xing alone.
Xiao Yinhan stood in the room holding the child and refused to move.
Half a year was enough for him to clearly see the "wolfish ambition" of some people.
Even if he died today, he would never let them meet alone!
Jiang Tang did not speak to urge him, but looked at him quietly, with all the tenderness in the world hidden in his beautiful dark eyes.
There was obviously not much verbal argument, but it brought unspeakable... pressure.
Xiao Yinhan's eyes were firm, he would not leave even if he died!
The two looked at each other, as if neither one was willing to give in.
However, she just blinked slightly and called out: "Your Majesty~"
The man tensed up and suddenly tightened his arms holding the baby: "I suddenly remembered that the high priest asked me for something, so I went to see her."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door, his voice naturally calm, as if something really happened.
He wasn't admitting defeat, he just didn't want to make her unhappy.
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Pregnancy and childbirth have made a woman's face plumper, and her facial features are still exquisite, but they have a bit more charming charm than when she was a girl.
There seems to be light in the gentleness.
When I see her, I can't help but think of the clear stream flowing in the mountains. It is silent but nourishes the earth, and has the power to make people peaceful.
Nan Xing looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful woman in front of him, and in a trance he went back to that night of blazing fire. The girl spoke tenderly and decisively: "Who said no one in the world loves him? At least I am willing to die for him."
It was that sentence that made him greedy.
Even though she knew it wasn't for him, she still wanted to get closer like crazy and desperately.
The days when he was dependent on her were the happiest times in his life, and he even once mistakenly thought that he could also get... happiness.
It wasn't until the flood came and she ran to that man without hesitation that he finally woke up and could no longer deceive himself.
She has always been for "that person".
instead of him.
Even so, when he learned that she was going to the snowy mountains to find the "truth", he still followed her resolutely because of her hidden intentions.
Then again, I witnessed her step into the forbidden area for that person regardless of life or death.
At that moment, his jealousy raged like fire and he wanted to kill him.
"He's so lucky."
The hand hidden behind his back was so hard that the veins popped out, and the young man said his first words after meeting in a young and flamboyant tone. There was a rare smile on Yanli's cold face, but her eyes were as dark as stars, but they were bottomless.
The noble prince seemed to feel that the whole world was sorry for him. But in his eyes, he was so lucky. Before he was born, he had a mother who was willing to do everything for him; a father who was admitted to be partial and indulgent; and
A woman who is willing to give everything for him.
It's ridiculous to say that even he himself was born to take revenge on him.
The woman who gave birth to him was the one who "cared" the most in her life - Xiao Yinhan.
Seeing that the young man's thoughts were gradually entering the danger zone, Jiang Tang suddenly said: "If possible, I hope you can stay here."
Nan Xing was stunned and subconsciously looked into her eyes. The gloom in her eyes didn't even have time to hide.
Jiang Tang didn't seem to notice, and his tone didn't change at all: "Stay and protect the Xueyi people."
Nan Xing's mind went blank for a moment. He thought of thousands of things she would say, but he never thought of this.
"The people here are very nice and they all like you."
Nan Xing's eyes swayed slightly. The people here were so nice and kind that he couldn't believe that they came from the same place as that woman.
"At least ten years, okay?"
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Nanxing walked out of the cabin and saw Xiao Yinhan standing not far away with her child in her arms.
Their eyes met, and there seemed to be invisible electric lights flickering in the air.
However, with just one glance, the two of them moved away at the same time, and then went in completely opposite directions.
With a "squeak" sound, Xiao Yinhan raised his hand and pushed open the half-closed wooden door.
As soon as he stepped in, he saw a woman sitting by the bed looking at the window in a daze.
"Cough, cough, cough,"
When she looked up, he pretended to be nonchalant and said, "He misses his mother."
Jiang Tang lowered his eyes and met the little guy's big, sparkling eyes like black grapes. They were made of pink and jade and looked like a doll, looking at him happily.
Well, miss her?
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"Are you unhappy?"
A little girl in white clothes suddenly appeared from the side, her voice was clear and sweet, but Nan Xing didn't even raise her eyelids.
After more than half a year, he should have gotten used to being a dead man, so he continued walking forward without stopping.
Tongtong has long been accustomed to his reticence, and even if he says nothing, it will not affect her chirping:
"Is Tangtang persuading you to stay? She has said before that you have many enemies outside, so it is better to stay in the village than to go out. Everyone likes you very much, and as long as you stay, this place will become your home.
.”
Tongtong bit her lip, knowing that the possibility was extremely low, but she still asked gently: "So, can you stay?"
[If you still can’t get used to it after ten years, come see me. 】
The girl's last sentence coincided with the sentence in her mind, and the boy paused: "Yeah."
"I, I don't insist on you staying, I just think...wait, what did you just say?"
She widened her eyes and looked at the young man with a nervousness that she didn't even notice.
"I said."
He glanced at the hem of clothes wrinkled by her fingers as if inadvertently, and then moved away: "You are so noisy."
Then he turned around and continued walking forward, a faint smile flashing across his bright black eyes.
"Wha, what?"
The girl who realized that she had been deceived came to her senses and chased after her while holding up her skirt:
"You're the one making the noise. I'm obviously caring about you! Please tell me clearly whether you want to stay or not! Nan Xing!..."
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"Noisy."
Xiao Yinhan cursed secretly in his heart and put down the window with an expressionless face to block the noise from the fight outside. He never had a good temper when facing people other than Tangtang.
When I turned around, I saw her thoughtful expression, as if she was lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?"
Xiao Yinhan sat down next to Tangtang. The little guy lying on the pillow behind him was sleeping with his eyes closed.
Jiang Tang came back to his senses and smiled out of habit: "They are so cute."
He is truly kind and beautiful, unlike her.
As if he could see what she was thinking, he snorted and raised his arms to hug her: "In my heart, you are always the best."
-
This trip back to Beijing was much slower.
In order to take care of Jiang Tang, mother and son, the carriage stopped and went all the way. It took two full months before it finally arrived in the capital.
When Eunuch Liu received the news, he led his palace attendants to wait outside the East Palace early.
When he saw Jiang Tang getting off the carriage with the child in his arms, he even reached out and rubbed his eyes, his voice even trembling:
"Mother, mother, are you back?"
Jiang Tang still looked as gentle and beautiful as in his memory, and nodded gently: "I'm back. Stay safe, Eunuch Liu."
"No, don't come here. You're fine, oh, oh..." Eunuch Liu finally couldn't help but stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and at the moment when he was about to cry, he finally realized something was wrong.
"Mother, this, this, can't be, is..." Eunuch Liu was a little incoherent.
The moment Jiang Tang nodded, he finally cried excitedly: "It's great, His Highness the Crown Prince finally has a daughter-in-law!"
-
When Xiao Yinhan went to Zichen Palace to plead guilty to the emperor, there were several other princes in the palace who came to the palace to see him.
Rather than blaming Xiao Yinhan for leaving the capital for several months despite being a prince, Emperor Huaiwen was more concerned about the news he had just received: "I heard that you brought back a child on this trip?"
Xiao Yinhan was not surprised that his father would know: "Yes."
Emperor Huaiwen asked again: "Your child?"
He choked: "It's Erchen's child, more than half a year old..."
Before Xiao Yinhan could finish his words, he was interrupted by the emperor who suddenly stood up: "Why don't you bring me here with you?"
Emperor Huaiwen couldn't wait to go up and give this unfilial son a try. When he came back, didn't he know how to take the child to see his grandfather first?
Without waiting for Xiao Yinhan to answer, he had already walked down: "Forget it, let me go and see for myself. Is it a boy or a girl? Can you give me a name?"
"It's a boy. Father, please slow down..."
Seeing the father and son asking and answering questions like this, they went to see their grandson together.
The few princes who stayed in place but were ignored looked at each other, and they all felt sour:
Looking at the excited look on the father's face, it's not like there are no other emperors and grandsons, right?
But everyone knows that the fourth brother's children are completely different from other people's children in the eyes of the father.
"So? Are you going back now?" one person asked blankly.
The other two people looked at each other and said, "What the hell, why don't you follow me and congratulate you together!"
That's the fourth brother's son. If you don't get together now, when will you wait?
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"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
When Eunuch Liu heard the voice, he turned around and saw his master, whom he had not seen for a long time. He excitedly wanted to go up and salute, but he saw him walking directly past him and towards the little grandson who was being held by the wet nurse.
Just as Xiao Yinhan was about to reach out and take the child into his arms, he was pushed away by Emperor Huaiwen behind him: "Get out of the way, you are so clumsy, are you going to pick up the child? Don't scare my little grandson."
Being pushed aside, Xiao Yinhan, who was said to "not know how to hold a child", was silent for a moment, not wanting to tell his biological father who had taken care of the child in the past six months.
"Look at my little sweet grandson, how good he looks. He looks exactly like your father when he was a kid..."
Emperor Huaiwen coaxed the child softly, and his unfamiliar and skillful movements in holding the child amazed the people around him.
And the look of love that couldn't put it down made the princes who came behind him shamelessly frightened: No, please don't dote on me so much! Don't raise another demon king who is just like his biological father!
