Hidden Sky Light

"Why are you..." Shen Ci hesitated.

He wanted to ask why she was here, she was not in Lihe Palace... When he went to Lihe Palace to see her, there were others waiting in line outside Lihe Palace. Qishan said that she was not available...

But suddenly, Shen Ci stopped talking.

She deliberately asked Qishan to guard outside the Lihe Palace, so she told others that she could escape from the Lihe Palace.

She made a special trip to see him.

Shen Ci lowered his eyes slightly, and saw that she had changed out of the dragon robe and changed back to a woman's dress, the one she was in the swimming village earlier, he remembered...

It was the first time he saw her in women's clothing, but at the moment, it was only the second time.

He blushes when he sees her.

Seeing that he didn't ask, Chen Ling didn't mention it again, but said, "It would be good if Qishan was there in the Lihe Palace. He had been following the Chief Superintendent earlier and knew how to be thorough."

Chen Ling leaned over again, Shen Ci stepped forward, and saw that she was really bowing her head and sorting things.

"Don't you like **** jujube cake? Qishan asked the imperial kitchen to make it. It is not much and it is not heavy. No matter how fast you are on the road, don't lose your eyes for a few days. You have enough time to get to the border. It's not bad. A day or two..."

He stretched his arms around her from behind, his chin resting on his head, and said nothing.

She continued, "I asked Xiao Wu, where are your clothes, I've put them away..."

He said softly, "Chen Ling."

She whispered, "I can't do anything else..."

Before he finished speaking, he picked her up from behind and leaned against the couch. He didn't say anything, just kissed his lips. She was stunned for a moment, then slowly closed her eyes, and reached out to hug him.

Nearby, the firelight on the table flickered slightly, casting shadows and shades on the screen on one side, and the clothes fell to the ground in a mess.

From the couch to the bed in the inner room, gentleness and restraint alternate.

It was still early in the night, and the sound of breathing filled my ears, and it slowly passed on the clenched and loosened fingertips.

...

After the charming, he hugged her and didn't want to move.

He has been close to her many times, but it has never been like this, the separation is imminent, not a few days, a dozen days, but a few months, half a year or a year, or even longer...

His voice was low and mellow, mixed with the hoarseness that didn't fade away afterwards, "I don't do enough, I still want you...Chen Ling, you are mine, always have been, and will be in the future."

She looked at him lazily, and seemed to be a little tired, and there was a blush on her face, and she said softly, "Who said that, maybe..."

He looked at her, "Am I okay?"

"Okay."

He continued to ask, "Who cares about me then?"

Chen Ling asked back, "Where are you?"

He chuckled, "I'm fine anywhere, doesn't Your Majesty think?"

"Your Majesty, feel it well." He kissed her again.

He just had a good time with her, and she could sense that he was obviously...

She was still in the clouds just now and did not calm down. He was with her again, and her face flushed in vain.

He swallowed hard, "A Ling, can I... not be gentle?"

She was startled.

She had covered his eyes with a strap earlier, and he did the same now, and then his wrist...

"Self-safety." She whispered softly.

He kissed her fiercely and suppressed her voice back to his throat.

Only at this time did she realize how gentle and restrained he was on weekdays, like gentle drizzle and swaying spring breeze; and now, it was like a storm on a river, clouds and seabed...

She vaguely thought of Yushan Hunting Ground in her mind, but he was still young at that time, and now he is a mature and determined official of the frontier.

"Shen Ci..."

"Um."

"Shen..."

He kissed her again, not letting her speak again.

It seems that she has never lost control like tonight, there are traces left on his lips, and her brows gradually lose clarity...

When the belt was loosened, a pair of beautiful eyes filled with rhythm, hiding the sullenness, anger and grievance, it seemed that he didn't even have the strength to breathe, the rosy face never faded, and he bit his lower lip lightly, "Shen Zi'an, why are you... ... so fierce?"

He chuckled gently, "Ferocious?"

She avoided his gaze.

He reached out and stroked her ear hair, "I miss you."

She looks at him.

He smiled gently, "Are you willing to let me?"

She was decisive, "willing to."

A slight hook was placed on his lips, and he gently rubbed behind her ear, "Just now, why don't I think so?"

Chen Ling blushed and deliberately pretended to be sharp, "Shen Ci, I'm not your sweet wife!"

It's just that there is still a slight tremor in his voice, and it hasn't completely eased back from just now.

He looks at her.

She was frustrated, glanced away from him, and whispered, "I also have something to do, so busy that I don't have time to think of you..."

Seeing her duplicity, he didn't expose it, "Then I miss you."

She was speechless.

He kissed her forehead again and said warmly, "Chen Ling, don't be a young eagle, be a Kunpeng, be a phoenix."

She was stunned, this sentence...

Unconsciously, she turned her eyes to look at him, and saw that there was still warmth on his lips, "When I'm not here, protect yourself and the little eagle..."

Her cheeks were rosy, and her eyes were stained with a little bit of brokenness, so that she could see her bones.

His heart moved slightly.

"What about you?" she whispered, "what are you doing?"

He smiled and said, "Me too, I can keep up with you if I don't be a young eagle."

She said in a deep voice, "Shen Zi'an."

"Um."

However, the two suddenly stopped talking, just looked at each other and looked at each other, like a quiet silence after a feast of joy.

The tip of his nose pressed against the tip of hers, "Aren't you going to explain something?"

"Tell me what?" she asked.

He smiled, "Ordinary couples, don't they all tell their husbands, be safe, return early, don't miss them?"

"Oh." She was kind, "Keep the border for me."

He laughed out loud, then kissed her lips, and said earnestly, "Okay, I will guard the border for the emperor."

She stretched her arms around him, put her head in his arms, and rubbed lightly.

"A Ling, what are you leaving for me? Seeing things and thinking of people?" he asked.

Chen Ling looked at him, "What do you want?"

He picked up the blue silk on his fingertips, but before she could react, he took off a few of them, "Concentric knots, I wear them every day, so I'm not alone."

"Are you stupid, Shen Zi'an?" she sighed.

"Stupid, I want to marry you."

She looks at him.

He smiled slightly and kissed her lips, "Just kidding you."

He stood up with his hands up, the quilt slipped off his body, revealing his strong and sturdy back, and also reached out to lift the curtain, seeing the sky turning white, "It's almost dawn, and it's going to be an early morning later."

She didn't expect time to pass so quickly...

She wanted to stand up with her hands up, but her whole body seemed to fall apart, and she really didn't get up.

Chen Ling: "..."

Shen Ci smiled, picked her up and went to take a bath in the ear room.

"Brother Zi'an." When he wiped her head, she hugged him tightly.

"I'm coming." He took the dragon robe on one side and put it on for him little by little.

The addition of a dragon robe is completely different from Chen Ling last night, but he is the emperor he is familiar with.

He knelt down on one knee and said reverently, "Shen Ci this life, loyal to the emperor."

She warmed his lips.

***

The early morning light fell on the gap of the carriage curtain, Chen Ling reached out and raised a corner, the sky was already slightly bright.

On the carriage back to the palace, she leaned on the corner of the carriage, lost in thought, and remained silent.

The bottom of my heart that had been filled all night, with Shen Ci's departure from Beijing in the morning, a little bit empty...

As if, back to earlier times.

When Shen Ci was not there.

The wheels creaked on the wide bluestone road, and on the empty and deserted alleys, the eaves lamp had a halo, and the shadow of the carriage was gently rolled up...

At the city gate, Shen Ci tightened the reins.

There were already more than ten cavalry at the gate of the city, as well as Dai Jingjie, Guan Shubo and others.

When they saw him, they all turned their horses and shouted, "General!"

Shen Cice stepped forward, and Xiao Wu followed.

The guards on duty at the gate of the city all bowed their hands and saluted, Dai Jingjie said, "The boss is leaving today, we'll deliver it!"

Shen Ci smiled, "Everyone has your heart, thank you Zi'an."

"General, the journey is smooth, we are waiting for you in Beijing!"

"Boss, come back early!"

"General, persimmons are always picked softly, so don't be treated as soft persimmons~"

"General, we are waiting for your return!"

"..."

There was a lot of talk, and everyone made a sentence.

In the end, Dai Jingjie stepped forward and said, "General, let's go, don't delay! We also sent it away, see you in Beijing in the future!"

Shen Ci nodded, and was about to leave the city when he saw a horse coming from a distance.

Dai Jingjie frowned and looked carefully, only to see that it was Zhao Lunchi.

"Zhao Lunchi?" Dai Jingjie was surprised.

Shen Ci was also surprised.

Zhao Lunchi went before the horse. Although his face was not very natural, he pretended to be indifferent, "Send the general a ride in the future..."

Among the generals in the Imperial Army, Zhao Lunchi was also missing.

Although he was reluctant, he came and sent it anyway.

Shen Ci smiled, didn't say anything, just glanced at him with a smile, reached out and patted his shoulder.

Zhao Lunchi was not very embarrassed, and said again, "The general is precious."

Shen Ci took advantage of the situation and said that everyone cherished it, and finally, in the presence of everyone, he beat his horse and whipped out of the city, and Xiao Wucao followed.

After leaving the city gate and heading west all the way, Shen Ci hurriedly rushed to reach the garrison before the New Year's Eve.

"General, general..." Xiao Wu held back for a long time.

"Um."

"Last night, Your Majesty was there?"

"Um."

"Your Majesty, have you been there all night?"

"Um."

"Your Majesty, he..." Xiao Wu really didn't know what to say.

"How did I tell you?" Shen Ci asked.

Xiao Wu replied, "Be cautious in words and deeds, and disasters come out of your mouth."

"Then you still ask?" After Shen Ci finished speaking, he whipped a horsewhip, the horse's hoof splashed, and rushed out quickly.

Xiao Wu was stunned, and suddenly remembered what the general said indiscriminately when he was seriously injured and in a coma when he was in Fuyang County.

- go... go to customs...

——A Ling, stop being a young eagle, they will eat you, be a Kunpeng, and be a phoenix.

Xiao Wu was stunned.

"Follow up!" From the front, Shen Ci's voice came.

Xiao Wu suddenly put away his thoughts, but his face was still pale, the general liked the emperor, the general and the emperor...

Xiao Wu didn't say anything.

***

A few days after Shen Ci left, it was the end of November.

The first snow fell in Beijing, and the trees on the roof were covered with white snow, a vast expanse of white.

It's the happiest time of the year for Ah Nian.

After the heavy snow, you can build a snowman in the palace and have a snowball fight!

This is Anian's favorite thing.

Slowly, Ah Nian also recovered from the reluctance of Shen Ci to leave, and gradually recovered to his earlier state.

In the past few days, most of Chen Xiuyuan came to the palace to accompany Anian.

Shen Ci left Beijing in a hurry this time. The appointment of the Imperial Guard has not yet been made, and Shen Ci left with his official position.

Chen Xiuyuan didn't expect it either.

There was no major turmoil at the border, but Chen Ling's approval of Shen Ci's departure from Beijing must have been approved.

Looking at it this way, the border is not necessarily peaceful, but Chen Ling did not mention it.

But Shen Ci's more than a month in Beijing has indeed allowed the Imperial Army and Ziyiwei to smoothly pass through the biggest conflict, and Chen Ling can also rest assured...

In Chen Xiuyuan's thoughts, on one side, A Nian tugged at the front of his shirt, "Dabu, I still want to have a snowball fight."

Chen Xiuyuan looked down at him, "His Royal Highness, I have something to do and I have to go back to the palace."

Anian originally looked at him with anticipation, but was rejected by him. The corners of Anian's mouth twitched, and the corners of his eyes instantly turned red, "Wuwuwu..."

Chen Xiuyuan: "..."

Chen Xiuyuan rarely saw children cry, and A Nian rarely cried, Chen Xiuyuan was a little stunned for a while.

He also squatted down and said warmly, "Why are you crying?"

Anian felt wronged, "I want to have a snowball fight with Dabu."

Chen Xiuyuan sighed, "I have been playing snowball fights with His Highness for a long time. There is also an older child in my house, and I have to go back to my house to accompany her."

A Nian blinked and stopped crying suddenly. His attention suddenly shifted from not being able to play the snowball fight to the next one, "Dabu Dabu, you like the children at home, so don't you like Nian Nian?"

Chen Xiuyuan: "..."

Anian stepped forward: "Dabu, can I go to your mansion?"

"Can not!"

"Dabu..."

"Don't think about it!"

...

On the carriage leaving the palace, Chen Xiuyuan slumped, "This is the last time."

Anian nodded desperately, but had a successful but sincere smile.

Chen Xiuyuan had a headache.

Back to this, he can think of it again and again. When he was just born, the guy who was wrinkled and twisted into a ball, clearly only two palms long, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him...

That feeling, like a sudden connection, made his heart move slightly.

His name is Anian.

His nephew is actually his nephew...

Then urinated on him.

Chen Xiuyuan put away his thoughts, and A Nian was still looking at him.

Looking at this face that looks more and more like Shen Ci, Chen Xiuyuan sighed in his heart.

Not long after, the carriage slowly stopped at the Jingping Palace in the middle of the capital. Anian looked at Chen Xiuyuan curiously, "Dabu, aren't we going in?"

Chen Xiuyuan said, "Don't go in, wait for someone to come."

Anian was curious, "Is it the eldest child of your family?"

Chen Xiuyuan was slightly stunned, and then he felt that this name was a bit strange...

Chen Xiuyuan hummed softly.

When I was young, the sound of brisk footsteps came, and A Nian sat upright and upright in the carriage.

Chen Xiuyuan was very angry and funny.

Anian said, "My father said that when you first meet a guest, you should be upright and courteous, which is the etiquette of the Eastern Palace."

Chen Xiuyuan sneered, and then said, "Your father is right."

When the curtain was lifted, Lian Qing got into the carriage. She thought that Chen Xiuyuan was the only one in the carriage, but when she saw A Nian on Chen Xiuyuan's side, Lian Qing blinked, and A Nian also blinked, and called out first, "Sister !"

Chen Xiuyuan looked at him: "..."

Lianqing originally wanted to call her second uncle, but after hearing A Nian calling her like that, she answered, "Who are you?"

Lianqing's voice is very nice, with a clear throat that is unique to 16- or 17-year-old girls, and especially Lianqing's good-looking birth, A Nian said enthusiastically, "Niannian! My name is Niannian!"

Chen Xiuyuan: "..."

Chen Xiuyuan had a headache.

"Sister, where are you going?" A Nian didn't need Chen Xiuyuan at all to get acquainted with Lianqing.

Lianqing looked at Chen Xiuyuan, "Second uncle?"

She didn't know where she was going either, she only knew that he said yesterday that he was going to take her out today...

Both Lianqing and Anian looked at Chen Xiuyuan. Chen Xiuyuan looked at Lianqing and said euphemistically, "Didn't you say you missed your cat a few days ago?"

Lian Qing looked at him.

He said warmly, "Chen Bi found a cat shop, there should be one."

Lian Qing smiled.

Chen Xiuyuan glanced at him inexplicably, but he immediately confronted A Nian on the other side, "Dabu, I want a cat too!"

Chen Xiuyuan: "..."

Anian turned to Lianqing again, "Sister, I also want a cat, just like yours~"

Chen Xiuyuan wanted to die.

...

When they reached Dongshi, the carriage slowly stopped.

Chen Bi raised the curtain, stretched out his arms and hugged A Nian to get off the carriage, "I will hug Your Highness and get off the carriage."

A Nian was still immersed in the joy of having the same cat as Sister A Qing, and Chen Bi said whatever he said.

Anian rarely leaves the palace.

Chen Ling was very busy on weekdays and rarely took him out. The two consecutive trips out of the palace were either with Shen Ci or with Chen Xiuyuan, otherwise Chen Ling would not be at ease.

A Nian rarely sees the lively scene of the East City, and can't help but sigh.

Chen Bi hugged Ah Nian, Ah Nian was like a hundred thousand whys, and kept asking what is going on here and what is going on there?

Chen Bi responded one by one.

Chen Xiuyuan also stepped off the carriage, and then helped Lianqing to get off the carriage.

When getting off the carriage, the pedals were not very stable, and they almost fell on Chen Xiuyuan. Because they were afraid of falling on him, they avoided them, but they were pulled back by Chen Xiuyuan, just in front of him.

Chen Xiuyuan's voice was right in front of her, gentle and mellow like jade, "How come you have grown so fast and are so tall?"

Lianqing said in a low voice, "I'm not young at all."

Chen Xiuyuan smiled, "Yes."

"Let's go." Chen Xiuyuan let go of her.

Lian Qing raised her head and her face was a little red.

Not far away is the cat house.

Chen Bi had already hugged A Nian and entered first, and Chen Xiuyuan and Lianqing entered later.

Ah Nian, who entered first, has looked around for a while. With so many kittens, Ah Nian is overwhelmed, "Dabu Dabu, can I have it?"

"No." Chen Xiuyuan poured out a basin of cold water.

Anian pouted.

Chen Xiuyuan softened his heart and said softly, "Pick one."

A Nian grinned in a blink of an eye, and then said to Lianqing, "Sister, these two look alike, let's have one each."

Chen Xiuyuan: "..."

Chen Xiuyuan suddenly felt as if he had been tricked again.

Lianqing stepped forward, squatted down beside Anian, hugged her knees with both hands, and looked at the two kittens in the cage together with Anian.

Chen Xiuyuan did not step forward, but just looked at them from a distance.

It is clear that one is three or four years old, and the other is sixteen or seventeen, but when they watch cats together, they are actually warm and harmonious.

Chen Xiuyuan chuckled.

Just on the side, a guard stepped forward, "My lord."

"Let's talk." Chen Xiuyuan paced to the side, and the guard told him about Wanzhou Mansion. The fief of King Jingping's mansion was in Wanzhou, so everything in Wanzhou Mansion would go to Chen Xiuyuan. The guard said that there was news from the palace, saying that at the beginning of the month, the doctor gave birth to a daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe.

Chen Xiuyuan was half surprised and half surprised, "Didn't you say you're going to the first month?"

The guard said, "It seems to have been born early."

Chen Xiuyuan had lingering fears, but fortunately the mother and daughter were safe, and a heavy stone fell to Chen Xiuyuan's heart.

"Tell me from the same mansion, you can go back, you have to go back with a knife." After Chen Xiuyuan finished speaking, the guard smiled, and then backed away.

Sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter safely, and the corner of Chen Xiuyuan's mouth raised slightly.

The Chen family has another daughter...

Chen Xiuyuan turned back, obviously in a good mood, "Have you made your choice yet?"

Earlier, he was standing far away, and now he will take the initiative to ask.

A Nian and Lian Qing both nodded at him.

Lianqing replied, "Second Uncle, we're picking a name!"

Chen Xiuyuan couldn't help but look at Lianqing, Lianqing smiled, all the lead was gone, and there was no light dust in his eyes, different from Chen Ling, Xu Jiao and Qu Bianying...

Chen Xiuyuan retracted his gaze, as if carelessly, "Well, are you ready?"

A Nian nodded first, "Take it!"

Before Chen Xiuyuan could speak, Anian said first, "My name is Bubu~"

Chen Xiuyuan froze, but still had to maintain his demeanor, "Change another one."

Lian Qing couldn't help but laugh.

Ah Nian persisted, "Bu Bu."

Before Chen Xiuyuan's face turned dark, Lianqing looked at A Nian, "Call it radish, radish sounds better."

Chen Xiuyuan looked at her.

A Nian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly called out to the cat in his arms, "Radish radish~"

Chen Xiuyuan frowned. Although it still sounds strange, it is better than before...

Radish, how do you hear it, why does it sound like a nickname?

Chen Xiuyuan looked at Lianqing and asked leisurely, "Where's yours?"

Lian Qing replied, "I didn't think so."

"Oh." Chen Xiuyuan gave her one more look, "Then think about it again."

Lian Qing looked at him and said softly, "I mean, it's not a good idea."

"..." Chen Xiuyuan rarely laughed out loud.

She also looked at the cat in her arms and said softly, "Oh~ welcome to Jingping Palace, I didn't think about it."

Lian Qing rolled her eyes and smiled.

Chen Xiuyuan inexplicably felt that she smiled a little nicely.

...

Since there were radishes, Ah Nian's Chaoyang Hall suddenly became lively.

Catching radishes has become a routine event in Chaoyang Palace, and since he has to play with Chuxia every day, Ah Nian has been thinking about playing wild games for a while, and he can't endorse it well.

In the twelfth lunar month, things in Chen Ling's hands slowly eased, and he began to look at A Nian.

Earlier, it was always said that Shen Ci was used to A Nian, but in fact, when Shen Ci was there, whether A Nian endorsed or exercised, they were all in good order. , Ah Nian is actually doing things step by step, slowly developing some habits, such as being punctual, going to bed early, and exercising every day.

In fact, the person who is really used to A Nian is Chen Xiuyuan...

In the twelfth lunar month, Chen Ling began to spend time with Ah Nian every day, and Ah Nian also slowly returned to the earlier days, but because Chen Qing was there, he also wanted to leave the palace every three or five years, but Chen Ling took a look and Ah Nian knew if he didn't. should.

Everything is slowly returning to the way it was before, but Chen Ling also thinks of Shen Ci from time to time, sometimes in a daze.

When she was in Lihe Palace, she sometimes knew that it was an illusion, but she still hoped that she would see Shen Ci when she looked up, because Shen Ci was not communicated in the interior. She would always subconsciously hope that it was him when she heard footsteps.

Sometimes in the dormitory, he would be ecstatic, remembering that she was leaning in his arms to read the book.

Even in the early morning, he would look at his usual position.

It was the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and there was still half a month before the new year, so Shen Ci would arrive at the border of Licheng in a few days.

When falling asleep, Chen Ling reached out and slapped the straw grasshopper on the side of the pillow.

The grasshopper jumps as soon as she fights.

Chen Ling smiled, lying down and saying, "Good night, Shen Zi'an."