A few withered yellow leaves fell and floated gently on the lake, like a faint boat. They moved closer to his arms, put their hands around his waist, and said, "Holding my hand, we will grow old together with you."
When Yue Yin woke up in the morning, she found that the door to the courtyard was open. When she was blaming herself for being careless and forgetting to close the door at night, she saw Ling Jiyun and Gardenia sitting in each other's arms, quietly watching the sunrise.
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Smiling with tears in her eyes, she turned around and ran into the kitchen. She wanted to make more delicious food to celebrate.
Suddenly feeling green smoke floating around, Gardenia said: "Who is in the kitchen?"
Ling Jiyun said: "The music is starting. It's cold outside. How about we go back to the room?"
Gardenia was still leaning in his arms with her head slightly tilted. Ling Jiyun picked her up and turned towards the room. A dead leaf fish jumped up behind him, shining dazzlingly in the sunlight.
Luo Xun got up earlier than Luo Xi. As soon as he saw the smile on Yueyin's face, he knew that his mother had woken up.
Luoxi was the one who woke Cai'er up. She hadn't seen it barking so joyfully for a long time. When Leyin was dressing her up, she told her that Gardenia had woken up. Before she even put on her clothes, she was naked.
Littlefoot ran out of the room.
Ling Jiyun was feeding Gardenia some rice porridge. After Yao Wang came in and checked her pulse, he couldn't bear the scene which he thought was boring and left in a hurry. Luo Xun stood aside quietly, watching his father feeding him.
Porridge, while his mother was drinking porridge, he thought of the day when his mother saved him. As a young boy, he secretly swore that he would take good care of his mother and not suffer any harm.
"Mother——." Luoxi shouted happily and got the first shout. Gardenia pushed away the spoonful of porridge that Ling Jiyun handed her and said, "That's enough."
"Mother——." Luoxi ran in, and Leyin chased after her with her shoes: "Miss, you haven't worn your embroidered shoes yet."
"Mom——." Luo Xi threw herself into Zhi Niang's arms and said affectionately: "Why did you sleep for so long? Daddy always lied to Xi'er that you would wake up soon."
Passing the porridge bowl to Leyin, Ling Jiyun hugged her and sat on his lap, saying, "Little girl, when did you learn to complain?"
Luoxi pointed at Luo Xun and said, "I learned from my brother. He always reports me to my mother."
Luo Xun frowned, and Gardenia said, "Xi'er, isn't it because your brother is suing you because you are naughty and ignorant?"
Just after he finished speaking, Luoxi stuck out his tongue mischievously and said breathlessly: "I have some."
Gardenia smiled wryly and tapped Luoxi's nose. She looked at Luo Xun and waved, "Xun'er, come here and let me take a look."
Luo Xun walked over obediently, remembering the danger that night, Gardenia said: "Xun'er, don't be so impulsive in the future, you know? What will mother and father do if you make a mistake?"
Luo Xun cried, but kept silent. Leyin took Luo Xi in Ling Jiyun's arms, sat aside and put on her shoes.
"It's Xun'er's fault that my mother was hurt." Luo Xun finally started sobbing and said in a trembling voice while wiping her tears with her sleeves.
Just when Gardenia was about to say something, Ling Jiyun turned his body toward her, stared into his eyes, and said with a serious expression: "A man, a man who bleeds but does not shed tears." After a while, he slowly eased his small body.
He slowly pulled her into his arms and said softly: "Xun'er, don't cry, mother is fine."
Hearing what his father said, Luo Xun buried his head deeply, and his tears continued to flow.
Luoxi looked at Leyin in confusion and asked: "A man, what does it mean to bleed but not shed tears?"
Luo Xun left her father's arms, wiped the tears on her face, and said before Leyin: "You don't understand this, you are such a stupid girl."
Luoxi pouted at him, ignored him, and looked at Leyin, who said: "It means that if you are a man, you cannot shed tears even if you bleed.
Luoxi turned his head, pointed at Ling Jiyun, and said loudly: "That father is not a man either."
"Uh——." Before Leyin could react, the other three people also looked at her, and Luoxi continued: "When mother is not awake, doesn't daddy often hold mother and cry? I've seen it all."
As Luo Xi spoke, she seemed to have discovered a secret that no one knew about, and she knew it and was very proud of it.
Ling Jiyun felt uncomfortable: "Cough-cough-."
Gardenia was shy and moved her mouth to smile, while Leyin suddenly knelt on the ground and said in fear: "This slave deserves to die. I have offended Tianyan with my words, and I beg the emperor to punish me."
Ling Jiyun said: "Get up."
Leyin still knelt: "I don't dare."
Gardenia smiled and said: "Leyin, I've almost finished my porridge. Please take the bowl back to the kitchen and wash it."
Leyin responded and said gratefully: "Yes, Master."
After Yueyin left, Luoxi got off the stool and looked at Luo Xun with beautiful eyes: "Why does she want Daddy to be punished?"
Luo Xun opened his mouth, no longer bothering to pay attention to her. He took her hand and said, "Let's go. I haven't finished the homework assigned by Grandpa today."
After recuperating in the Lost Forest for two months, Gardenia decided to return to Aoran Imperial City with Ling Jiyun. Before leaving, Gardenia led her children and Ling Jiyun to pay homage to Hua Xuzi and her mother's grave.
She wanted her parents to see her current happiness to comfort their souls in heaven.
After receiving the letter from Fei Ge, Feng Qing had been waiting at the city gate for a day, but still could not see the two of them. Thinking that they might not arrive until tomorrow, she went back to Prince Xiang.
As a result, they returned to the palace in a carriage in the dead of night.
After Fengqing received the news, she entered the palace overnight. When she arrived at Yaxu Palace, she saw the safe and sound Gardenia and the figures of Luoxi jumping as she wished.
"I see you, Your Majesty." No matter how good brothers we are, now that we are monarch and minister, we have to be different.
Ling Jiyun supported him and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, and we are not in the court, so there is no need to use this trick."
"Uncle Feng——." Luoxi threw herself into his arms, smiling sweetly.
Feng Qing picked her up and asked, "Xier, do you miss me?"
"Of course." Luoxi assured him with a serious assurance around his neck.
Feng Qing smiled and looked at Gardenia: "Gardenia, are you okay?"
Gardenia smiled and said, "Thanks for your concern, Senior Brother, everything is fine with Gardenia."
"It's okay, it's okay. It's okay." He was so afraid that the scene from the past would happen again. Now as long as Gardenia is safe, he has nothing to ask for.
Leyin walked in and said to Luoxi: "Princess, Your Highness, I will wait for you to sleep in peace."
Luo Xun turned around and walked out, but Luo Xi was shaking in Feng Qing's arms: "No, no, Xi'er isn't sleepy yet."
Feng Qing put her down and said, "Xi'er is obedient. Uncle will come back to play with Xi'er tomorrow."
Luo Xi then smiled and took Le Yin's hand towards the outside of the hall.
The palace maid and eunuch were packing their belongings, while Ling Jiyun and Feng Qing sat aside, "What about Qin Yujing, how did you and the Prime Minister deal with it?"