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Chapter 25]

Bai Liyi said in a deep voice: "You mean I blamed her by mistake?"

"My son doesn't dare."

"Don't dare? Asking me like this now, what else are you afraid to do?"

"The son is just trying to clear himself and the queen mother."

"This incident has passed, and you have been punished. The crown prince is safe now, and I will not pursue it any longer. But don't forget your duty. The position of privy envoy is not for you."

"Don't pursue it anymore..." Bai Lian sneered, "Should I thank the emperor for his generosity?"

"Bastard!" Bai Liyi scolded angrily, raised his hand and slapped Bai Lian, "Who do you think you are talking to? This is how you talk to your father?"

Bai Lian turned his head, red marks slowly appeared on his face, half of his face was burning with pain, he closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I also want to ask, does father regard me as a son?"

"You!" Bai Liyi clutched his chest, panting heavily, his steps were a little unsteady.

The father-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, take care of yourself!"

Bai Lian looked at him indifferently. He hadn't seen him for a few years. He seemed to be getting older and his health was getting worse.

Bai Liyi calmed down a little, "I think you have meritorious deeds, and I can pretend that you don't see anything harmless on weekdays. You just need to sit firmly in this position, and the Jiang family's military power will never become a threat to me. The weapon of Great Xia Jiangshan."

"I promised you what you begged with me last time. Mrs. Jiang can go back to Yunsui at any time." Bai Liyi walked out with the support of his father-in-law, "but if you still care about Jiang Weiyan's life, give me a good deal." Be obedient. Otherwise, I will find ways to make him die."

When he stepped over the threshold, he heard Baili's indifferent voice, "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey is cooking. Have you ever thought about whether the Jiang family depends on our Baili family or we have to rely on the Jiang family? Lianghu stares at him, it is not us, but the Jiang family who have guarded the country for so many years."

***

The moon and stars were sparse, and the cicadas were singing constantly. Feng Zhi looked at Bai Lian who had been sitting in the backyard all afternoon, and wanted to go forward to remind him that it was time to rest, and then remembered that Bai Lian had said not to disturb him.

Normally, when he said these words, Feng Zhi dared to put on a cape or change a cup of tea for him.But today's Bai Lian had all his anger written on his face, and he rarely looked like he lost control of his emotions.

Feng Zhi thought about it, and suddenly remembered something, and went back to the house to find Wan Yue who was eating.

He looked at the fish that Crescent Moon was about to eat, and stroked its head, "Eat Crescent Moon quickly, and we will coax His Highness to go down after eating."

Seeing it finished eating the last bite of fish, Feng Zhi immediately picked it up, squatted furtively at the corner of the corridor, and said in a low voice: "It's up to you, just coax Your Highness, I will secretly give it to you tomorrow." Add another fish."

"Meow!" Crescent Moon jumped down from his arms, and ran to Bai Lian's side in a few steps.

Seeing that Bailiyan didn't want to hug her, Wanyue jumped up suddenly, jumped onto Bailiyan's lap, and nestled lazily.

"Wan Yue, do you think the queen mother will blame me?" Baili Eucalyptus caressed the back of Wan Yue, and the pear blossoms beside him were blown off by the wind. He said softly: "I should have walked into that fire three years ago." I don’t have to worry about these things now, or simply die while suppressing the bandits. I’m really tired, and I’m almost out of breath.”

"Meow……"

"I can't stay with you for long. In the future, do you want to follow Feng Zhi or master?" Bai Lian raised the crescent moon, one person and one cat face to face, "You can call out whoever you want to follow, okay?"

"Meow."

"Feng Zhi?"

The crescent moon did not move.

"Master?"

Crescent Moon still looked at him quietly.

"What's the matter? No one is willing?" He rubbed Crescent Moon's head, bent his lips and smiled, "Then do you want to follow Jiang Weiyan?"

"Meow."

Bai Lian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed out loud.

"Follow me."

***

Dingnanhoufu.

"Ayan." Leng Yu stopped Jiang Weiyan who had just come back, and raised his hand to greet him, "Come here, sit mother."

Jiang Weiyan took a seat on the other side of the Changsha, "It's so late, why isn't Mom still asleep?"

Leng Yu held Jiang Weiyan's hand and said, "Your Majesty has received the imperial edict today, and mother can go back to Yunsui."

"Why did the emperor suddenly let Niang go back to Yunsui?"

"The father-in-law who passed the word of mouth told my mother quietly that His Highness King Jing begged for me. Have you mentioned it to His Highness King Jing?"

Jiang Weiyan frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Not at all."

"I don't know if it's because you have known each other since childhood, but I always feel that His Royal Highness King Jing is like you... No, it should be you who are like him. You are as stubborn as you are, and you like to do something without saying a word." Leng Yu recalled What, said, "During the three years of his confinement, he sometimes sneaked out. I was always worried that he would be discovered by the guards on the street, so I quietly covered him a few times. I thought he didn't know, but I didn't expect that he would be found by the guards on the street. But I found a few packs of snacks in the house, I don’t know when they put them, and I thanked me with a note, very cute.”

"Perhaps he knew that mother misses father and Yun Sui, so he went to play with the emperor."

"To put it bluntly, Mother came to Beijing as a hostage back then. You and your father hold most of the military power in Daxia, and it is inevitable that the emperor will be afraid. As long as you are all right, it is fine for Mother to stay in Bianjing alone. Wait." After your mother leaves, the emperor may not easily let you go back."

"This is a good thing, mother should have gone back to reunite with father long ago."

Leng Yu's eyes were red, and she stroked Jiang Weiyan's forehead with one hand, "Ayan, mother can't see you like this the most, pretending to be okay when you are clearly feeling sad, how can mother be at ease when you are here alone?"

Jiang Weiyan reassured: "I'm fine, even if I'm asked to go back to Yunsui right now, I won't go back."

"Why?"

Jiang Weiyan closed his eyes, and said: "If you promise something to someone, you must always keep your word."

He put away his emotions and said with a smile: "Since the emperor is willing to take a step back, then mother should pack up as soon as possible and go back to Yunsui."

"Ayan..."

"When my parents brought me back to the Jiang family, I swore to myself that I would protect the Jiang family. I can feel more at ease when my mother returns to Yunsui and my father is by my side." Jiang Weiyan hugged Leng Yu , firmly said: "Say hello to Dad for me. We will definitely see you again, I promise you."

***

Midnight is quiet, and midsummer cicadas sing one after another.

Jiang Weiyan couldn't fall asleep after waking up from the nightmare, he put on a coat and walked out of the house.In the middle of the night, the Hou Mansion was so quiet that only the cries of insects could be heard.Jiang Weiyan jumped up, jumped onto the eaves, and looked at Prince Jing's Mansion on the far left.

Bai Lian didn't like too much light when sleeping, and would only keep the lantern at the door, and the lantern farther away from the bedroom would be extinguished, and the whole Prince Jing's mansion was only illuminated by that little bit of light.

Jiang Weiyan didn't know how long he stared at Prince Jing's mansion, as if he wanted to see something in the thick tiles.

It is best to be able to see a person, if possible, I hope that person is his highness.

Every once in a while there would be the sound of the watchman beating the watch. Jiang Weiyan sat on the spine like this, and he didn't know how many times he heard it.

Just when he got up and straightened his coat and was about to go down, a person suddenly appeared in the place he had been looking at for a long time.

The man jumped onto the main spine like a child, and his white clothes almost melted into the full moon behind him.The wide sleeves were blown floating by the wind, and the man was so thin that he seemed to be blown away by the wind in a second.

Jiang Weiyan suddenly smiled.

It can really be achieved.

The two looked at each other in the darkness, like two lone stars.

Bai Lian didn't expect that in the middle of the night, besides him, someone else would come out to blow the night breeze without sleeping.

He watched Jiang Weiyan jump to the eaves of Prince Jing's mansion, he stretched out his hand, "Come here."

Jiang Weiyan took his hand, sat down next to him, and said, "Why don't you sleep?"

Bai Lian asked back: "Why don't you sleep?"

"I dreamed about something from my childhood, and I couldn't fall asleep."

"It's a coincidence, so am I."

"What did you dream about?"

"Hmm... I dreamed..." Bai Lian frowned and looked at him with a smile, "It's a beautiful thing."

"Ok?"

In fact, he didn't sleep all the time, he just said something to coax Jiang Weiyan, but what he thought before was really good.

They have known each other for ten years. They were two people who had nothing to do with each other, but unexpectedly they stayed together for a long time.He seldom felt this way, obviously he was cold-hearted and felt that everything in the world was a passer-by, but now he had the idea that it wasn't long enough.

"I dreamed that when I was in Youzhou, when I came back from victory, you were waiting for me at the gate of the barracks."

It was always cloudy and rainy during that time, and the camp seemed to be covered with a layer of mist. The blood on his face and body hadn’t dried up for a long time. The blood was both his and the enemy’s. The blood was mixed in the humid air, so it didn’t smell good. .

He got off his horse and went straight to the tent, Jiang Weiyan followed behind, "Brother, take me with you next time you go to the battlefield."

He waited for the little soldier to bring him water, and only took off his armor first, "Your father only said to let you come to practice, he didn't say to take you to the battlefield."

Bai Lian still had injuries on his hands, and his movements were slow. Jiang Weiyan stepped forward to help him take off his armor, and his tone was a little proud: "The last time I competed with riding and shooting, I won everyone in the first battalion. I have the ability to fight enemy."

Bai Lian put the armor away and turned to look at him, "Whenever you defeat me, I will take you to the battlefield."

Jiang Weiyan lowered his head and muttered, "Brother, why don't you just say you won't take me..."

"General, clear water is here."

Baili Eucalyptus: "Let's put it down."

The soldier put the basin on the noodle rack and stepped back.

Jiang Weiyan was one step ahead of him, soaked the clean veil in water and wrung it dry, raised his head slightly to wipe Bai Lian's face, he wiped carefully, and asked without beginning or end: "Brother, are you afraid? ?”

"What are you afraid of?"

"die."

Bai Lian looked at the young man who wiped his face calmly, and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to become a general."

Jiang Weiyan saw that there were still some blood stains on his eyelids, so he threw the dirty handkerchief back into the sink and rubbed it to wash it. The clear water gradually became cloudy, and he murmured softly: "I wasn't afraid before, but Scared now."

He carefully wiped his brows and eyes, he liked Thyme's eyes very much, they were clear and beautiful, amber like the sunset glow on the day they reunited.

He covered Bai Lian's eyes with the veil, stepped on his feet and kissed his hand, and said seriously: "Brother, don't worry."

The author has something to say:

Seeing Yanyan flying from Hou's mansion to King Jing's mansion, a word popped up in his heart: I just want to envy some young people with sharp legs...