I was reborn before the divorce

Five years later.

It's the cold winter again.

Shen Lingyi stood in the snow for a long time. When Xie Heng called him back to his room, he took off his thick clothes, put a branch of wintersweet picked by his daughter from the roadside into a vase, and offered it with clean water.

After admiring it for a while, he sat opposite his daughter on the kang, roasting chestnuts over the fire and chatting.

Gradually, amid the slight crackling sounds of the chestnut shells bursting, a faint sweet fragrance slowly drifted into the air, mixed with a hint of the subtle fragrance of wintersweet, refreshing the heart.

"I don't know how your father is doing." Shen Lingyi picked up the chestnuts with pliers, waited for them to cool down, peeled out the yellow flesh, put them on a plate, fed one to his daughter, and said, "He has been acting strange these days, I wonder if it's..."

Heng Jieer interrupted: "Mother, how is that possible? Father doesn't have this hobby!"

Shen Lingyi slowly picked up the chestnuts and took them out. While he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

Heng Jie'er turned around and saw Xie Yun walking in slowly. She quickly stood up and called him with a smile, "Dad is back!"

Xie Yun nodded: "Go back to your place, I have something to say to your mother."

Xie Heng circled Xie Yun a few times and then retreated.

Xie Yun walked over to sit behind Shen Lingyi, put his arms around her waist, breathed in her sweet breath, and said, "What did you talk about with Sister Heng just now?"

Shen Lingyi turned around and saw him smiling, leaning over from behind and looking at her. She smiled and said, "Nothing else. I just said that I haven't been back to Jinling for a few years. I don't know if my father is doing well. I'm a little worried."

Xie Yun glanced at her, then sat down beside her, reached out and picked her up, and sat her on his lap.

The two looked into each other's eyes.

Xie Yun stared at her but said nothing.

Shen Lingyi felt that he was abnormal. Seeing that his eyes were fixed on her face, she subconsciously raised her hand, touched her cheek, and said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something painted on my face?"

Xie Yun laughed out loud, and then said slowly: "I have good news for you. So you can rest assured."

......

If you ask what Shen Lingyi has been most worried about in the past few years, it is not that her man will bring back a few young women; but that she and Xie Yun both know that it is not easy for Xie Yun to retire from his position.

I remember one day, she tactfully advised Xie Yun that he must "think three times" when serving as an official, that is, "think of danger, think of retreat, and think of change"...

In fact, she, a layman in politics, did not need to persuade him. Decades of insight into the ups and downs of officialdom told Xie Yun that he would most likely not have a good ending.

Xie Yun did not seem to be afraid of death, but said in a relaxed tone: "The world is changing, the high platform can be demolished, the summons can be destroyed, I am afraid that I can't even get an inch of land to bury the gods! But the state affairs are difficult, so let me be Huo Guang and Yuwen Hu!"

Shen Lingyi remembered that she was heartbroken at the time, and she was really worried that the man in front of her would come true.

......

So, when Xie Yun told Shen Lingyi in a light and casual tone that he had some good news to tell her, Shen Lingyi could not guess what it was.

She thought for a while and said, "Husband, what do you want to say?"

Xie Yun smiled, staring at her with his bright eyes, and said slowly, "Congratulations, you are going to be the queen!"

He grinned, as if he didn't realize there was anything strange about this statement.

Shen Lingyi quickly covered his mouth and scolded: "What are you talking about!"

Xie Yun did not explain, but lay on his back on the hot kang, with his hands behind his head: "Pack your belongings as soon as possible, I will take you three to the palace tomorrow."

The three he was referring to were naturally her, Xie Heng, and Xie Yan.

Shen Lingyi was shocked: "Husband, what are you talking about?"

Xie Yun explained, "Court affairs are complicated, and I can't explain them to you clearly. Anyway, the emperor takes turns, and this year it's my turn. As you complained, I've been in charge of your life. Now that I've ascended the throne, don't you want to be the queen?"

He turned sideways again, propped up his face with his elbow, and smiled, "Or do you know that you don't have the talent to be the mother of the country, so you are shrinking from it?"

Shen Lingyi's face flushed, he rushed over and hit him a few times, saying, "I didn't say that!"

Xie Yun raised his head and laughed: "Okay, wait until I ascend the throne, then you and I will go in."

"Husband, why didn't you tell me about this important matter in advance? Why are you telling me so casually now? Are you kidding me?"

Shen Lingyi rode on him and turned his face so that he could look at her.

"As you said, even if I told you about this big thing, you would still be worried. I've already told you, don't worry, no matter what happens, I will not leave my wife and children without support for the rest of their lives."

"You said that, but do you know that I was at home and suddenly heard you do this... like this, I..."

Shen Lingyi was panting, obviously having just come out of a great shock.

"I was also anxious to tell you. In fact, shouldn't I have told you in a few months? By then, you wouldn't have been able to see me for several months in a row, so you would have doubts in your heart. Then, if I suddenly appeared and told you about this, wouldn't it be easier for you to digest it?"

Shen Lingyi's face flushed, he tugged at his collar and said anxiously, "You're making fun of me!"

Xie Yun didn't move, as if everything was expected.

"I sent someone to pick up your father several months ago and settled him outside the city... It was your father who asked me not to tell you yet."

"Really?"

Shen Lingyi was overjoyed, her eyes suddenly lit up, she shouted with joy, and immediately grabbed Xie Yun's shoulders with both hands, straightening up from his waist: "Is what my husband said true?"

She was so excited that she didn't prepare for this. Xie Yun took advantage of the situation and was sat on a vulnerable part of his body. He cried out in pain.

"Is everything my husband said true? Are you not lying to me?" Shen Lingyi asked again.

In the past few months, although she had not pestered Xie Yun to send her to Jinling, she was actually always worried. Although she knew that her father was a wealthy and idle man, nothing would happen to him. But among her parents, only her father was still alive.

But she didn't expect that Xie Yun would not only not have to find a job, but his father would also be able to see him soon! How could she not be overjoyed?

Xie Yun was pinned to the ground by Shen Lingyi. He looked up at Shen Lingyi's beautiful eyes that suddenly became beaming with joy. He suppressed the strange feeling that was slowly welling up in his heart, raised his hand to stroke her hair, and asked her strangely, "Why haven't I seen you cheering for me like this before?"

Shen Lingyi held his big hands that were stroking her hair with both hands: "Yes, yes, you forgot."

"In short, don't let others' joy be greater than mine."

Xie Yun said in a deep voice.

"Hmm, hmm." Shen Lingyi got off Xie Yun's body, and crawled inside his arm, lying with him.

Xie Yun glanced at her sideways.

Although she is already a mother, her face, which is so beautiful that any man in the world can stop and stare at it, still carries the graceful aura of a young girl.

What Xie Yun loved most was actually her eyes.

He still remembered what a deep impression her beautiful and lively eyes had left on him when he first saw her face to face in the wedding hall on the night of his wedding.

"Eh? Let me ask you, if you were married to another man before you met me, would you have fallen in love with me?"

The man moved his face closer and whispered in her ear.

Shen Lingyi felt numb all around his ears. He retracted his neck and climbed up to escape.

"Tell me now! Do you know or not?!"

Shen Lingyi clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, and refused to say anything.

"Tell me quickly, do you know it or not?"

His voice was menacing.

Shen Lingyi was distressed and buried his head in Xie Yun's chest, refusing to speak no matter how he pressed him.

Xie Yun had no choice. Her soft body rolled around on him until it became hard, so he simply picked her up and walked into the inner room.

The old women on night duty outside looked at each other, exchanged glances, closed the door familiarly and walked out.

……

"No, I haven't eaten yet. I'm hungry."

On the bed, Shen Lingyi's feet were itchy from being pressed by him.

"Say!"

"I don't know, I don't know." Shen Lingyi covered her ears and spoke in a coquettish voice.

"If you don't tell me, I won't do it!"

Xie Yun pulled her naked body, arms around her chest, onto his legs. He took her arms away and stared at the blush on her snow-white face without blinking.