Floating Life Half Awake GL

Ningfu study

Ning Ruan raised her hand and knocked on the door of the study, and then pushed the door open and walked in.

"Father, you are looking for me"

Ning Kai raised his eyes and looked at Ning Ruan who was standing obediently below him, "You are not young anymore, it's time to get married, Dad thinks that Han Tang is not bad, he is a stable person, although he is only a fourth-rank loyal general now, but in the future he will marry you." With the help of my father, I will be able to be a minister."

"But Dad, my daughter doesn't want to marry yet"

"Nonsense!", Ning Kai burst into anger, "You are now [-], you have already passed the age of leaving the cabinet, but you are still unmarried. You didn't listen to the gossip outside, and you thought that my daughter, Ning Kai, was innocent. People want it!".

"Father, why do you care what those ignorant people say!"

"This matter concerns the entire General's Mansion and your father's face. You don't want this face, but your father does!" Ning Kai was so angry that the beard on his chin trembled.

"But does father want his daughter to marry someone he doesn't like for the sake of his so-called face?"

"Presumptuous!" Ning Kai was so angry that he slammed the table again, causing the tea on the table to splash out, "You said earlier that you liked that Leng Zongmu and that there was a way for him to marry you, but this is too late It’s been five years, have you been married yet? Let alone becoming the mistress of the palace, you can’t do it even as a concubine!”.

Ning Kai was so angry that he kept walking back and forth, "You also said earlier that Xia Lan has had nothing to do for many years, and you can replace him immediately, but look, that Leng Zongmu would rather guard an old hen that can't lay eggs. I don't want you!".

Ning Ruan bit her lower lip lightly with her white teeth, and after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and looked up to Ning Kai, "Don't worry, father, I will let Brother Mu marry me in half a year!".

"Is it enough to marry you and come in? I, Ning Kai's daughter, may I have to be a concubine for someone else!"

Ning Ruan's eyes darkened, "Since ancient times, mothers are more expensive than their children. As long as a daughter is pregnant with brother Mu's child, he will be the future son of Prince Pingnan. The position of Princess Pingnan is like picking something out of a bag."

next day

After waking up in the morning, Leng Zongmu taught Cen Nan martial arts in the yard as usual.

Half an hour later, the two were sitting on a bench beside them to rest, and Cen Nan's gaze inadvertently fell on the sword in Leng Zongmu's hand.

It was a simple-looking sword, about three fingers wide and three and a half feet long, with intricate patterns engraved on the hilt, and the blade was slightly silver-gray, with a faint icy air.

Although Cen Nan didn't know much about swords, he could probably feel that this was not a good sword, let alone a precious sword.

But since Cen Nan started practicing martial arts, she could see that Leng Zongmu loved this sword very much, so she guessed that this sword must have an extraordinary meaning to him.

However, when he suddenly thought of something, Cen Nan glanced sideways at Leng Zongmu and asked indifferently, "I heard that Miss Ning Fu gave you a rare sword yesterday for your birthday, is it true?".

Leng Zongmu glanced at her, "You are quite well informed about this news."

"Why not"

Leng Zongmu looked sideways at the person sitting at a distance from him. He was obviously still a baby, but every time he chatted with him, he always felt as if he was talking to someone who had experienced the world.

"What are you looking at me for?" Cen Nan rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"I'm really curious about how your little head grows," Leng Zongmu said, raising his hand to touch Cen Nan's head, but she took it back with a stare.

"I'm asking you, stop talking about him"

Leng Zongmu looked at her helplessly, "Listen to your tone of voice, you don't look like a child at all."

Cen Nan gave him a blank look and didn't answer.

"There are three types of people in this world who use swords. One kind of people like to use those famous and peerless swords. The other kind of people don't have high requirements for the sword itself, but pay more attention to their own attainments in martial arts. And I only use the sentient sword"

Cen Nanmin glanced at the sword in Leng Zongmu's hand, "Then this sword has an extraordinary meaning to you, but it was given by someone important."

A trace of surprise flashed in Leng Zongmu's eyes, "You know again."

Cen Nan didn't even bother to roll his eyes, nor did he bother to explain to him.

Seeing that Cen Nan was silent, Leng Zongmu had no choice but to speak, "It is indeed as you said just now, this sword is of extraordinary significance to me." Looking up into the distance, his thoughts seemed to return to the distant past, "This is Nailan My son's father handed it over to me, together with Lan'er."

Xia Lan's father's name was Xia Chunyu, and he was a close subordinate of the old Pingnan King, Leng Zongmu's father Leng Jinyi, and he was officially worshiped as the third-rank General Pingnan.

Xia Chunyu followed Leng Jinyi on the battlefield for more than ten years. He was loyal and made outstanding achievements in battle.

Such a life-threatening friendship also extended to the relationship between the two families, and later on Leng Zongmu and Xia Lan became childhood sweethearts.

Later, when Xia Lan was four years old and Leng Zongmu was 12 years old, they followed Leng Jinyi and Xia Chunyu on the battlefield for the first time.

At that time, although Leng Zongmu had achieved some success in martial arts, fighting on the battlefield was different from dancing with swords in daily life. The whole person was stunned, staring blankly at the fighting in front of him, as if he didn't hear all the sounds around him.

Until a cry of "protect the prince" came from nowhere, when Leng Zongmu came back to his senses, he felt a cold light flash in front of his eyes, and then there was a red rain all over the sky, one after another.

At the critical moment, Xia cChun blocked Leng Zongmu's fatal blow from the enemy's striker. If the sword missed by just a fraction of a centimeter, he would die on the spot.

Although he survived in the end without any risk, the root cause of the disease has fallen since then, and his body is getting worse day by day, and finally passed away two years later.

When he was dying, Xia Chunyu solemnly handed over the sword that he had been fighting on the battlefield to Leng Zongmu, and more importantly, entrusted Xia Lan, who was only six years old at the time, to him.

He said, "I will entrust this sword and Lan'er to the crown prince." Apart from that, he didn't say another word to Leng Zongmu.

Just calling out "Prince", Leng Jinyi stretched out his hand and held his hand tightly, "Chunyu".

"My lord, Chunyu can no longer follow you."

"You and my brother have been in love with each other for more than ten years. Needless to say, I understand."

Xia Chunyu smiled weakly, "As a citizen of Yunmu and a descendant of the Xia family, although this life has only lasted forty years, I have no regrets in this life if I look up to the kingdom and live up to my wife and daughter."

After speaking, Xia cChun died suddenly and forever.

But these words, like a heavy hammer, hit Leng Zongmu's heart fiercely, and gradually merged into his flesh and blood in the days to come.

After waking up from the memory, Leng Zongmu suddenly smiled, that smile was a little helpless and a little self-deprecating, he never thought that he would actually say this to a one or three-year-old child.

"So this sword not only represents a kind of belief, but also a kind of inheritance"

The soldiers who seemed to be charging alone suddenly heard the horn of the army's attack. Cen Nan's words were like a fire, which instantly ignited the raging fire deep in Leng Zongmu's heart.

Looking sideways at Cen Nan frowning slightly, with a deep look on his face, the word shock is not enough to describe Leng Zongmu's mood at this moment.

"You actually understand?!"

"How to understand, so what if you don't understand"

Leng Zongmu stared at Cen Nan for a moment, "If you are a man, you will be like my father and father-in-law in the future."

Cen Nan just raised his head and looked into the distance, Leng Zongmu thought she didn't understand what he meant, but after a while, he heard him say softly, "I can't be like them".

"why"

Cen Nan finally turned his head, looked at him for a while, and suddenly asked, "If one day, you had to choose between the country or king you swore to defend and the relative you desperately wanted to protect, what would you do? choose".

Leng Zongmu was asked at once. He has always thought about how to do both at the same time, but he never thought about choosing between the two.

"Third Brother, Nan'er", the two turned their heads and saw Xia Lan Yingying standing in the corridor, looking at them with a smile, "Hurry up and go back to the room to wash up, it's time for dinner."

In a blink of an eye, Cen Nan has been in the palace for more than three months, and he has gradually gotten used to the life here.

Although I still feel lonely occasionally, compared to those days three months ago, the emptiness in my heart has become smaller and smaller.

The beginning of winter is just over, and there is still a strong sense of autumn in the air. The weather is comfortable during the day, and it is only at night that you will feel the slightest breath of winter.

Today is the well-known local Doll's Day. Doll's Day, as the name suggests, is a festival specially celebrated for the daughters born.

According to legend, more than 100 years ago, the Pingnan area was in drought all the year round, and there was almost no rain all year round.

Later, a daughter of a farmer's family, who was in her prime, sincerely prayed for rain in front of the Rain Master Hall. She knelt for seven days and nights without sleeping or resting, eating or drinking, and then fell down. She has not woken up since then.

And on the second day after the woman fell down, the sky in Pingnan area began to be covered by dark clouds, and then the heavy rain rolled down, which lasted for three days and three nights.

In the hundred years since then, the area has never experienced drought again, and the weather has been favorable almost every year.

The local people all believe that the sincerity of the woman touched the Rain Master, so that there will be a heavy rain. In order to commemorate the woman, the day of her birth is designated as the Doll's Day, to thank her for coming to the world and blessing all people.

Although Cen Nan felt that these were all nonsense, in this age of patriarchy, it was actually not bad to improve the status of women.

Cen Nan didn't know about other places in Yunmu Country, but at least in Pingnan, she didn't feel a strong patriarchal thought, maybe it was all due to this legend.

Leng Zongmu had official business, so only Xia Lan went with Cen Nan.

After arriving at the intersection in a carriage, I could only walk down the ground, because there were so many people.

Cen Nan looked at the bustling crowd in front of him, and was really surprised, it was really, really lively.

Almost always in twos and threes, the parents accompany their daughters.

Whether rich or poor, daughters are all dressed up, and their pretty faces are filled with happy smiles.

Today's Cen Nan also put on new clothes, which Xia Lan just made for her a few days ago.

"Nan'er hold sister Lan's hand tightly," Xia Lan lowered her head and smiled softly at Cen Nan.

Cen Nan nodded, and the two walked slowly into the crowd.

After walking around for about a cup of tea, Cen Nan looked up inadvertently, and saw a candied haws seller in the front right, and a mother was taking her daughter to buy there, which reminded her of the time when her mother took her to When I bought candied haws, I suddenly felt sour in my nose, so don't overdo it.

“There is a seller of candied haws over there”

Xia Lan gestured to the front right, and led Cen Nan to go there, but Cen Nan didn't even have time to refuse.

"Ruoyue has seen the princess" and ran into an acquaintance on the way.

Cen Nan saw that the other party was also dressed in brocade clothes, and it seemed that he was either rich or expensive.

I noticed that Xia Lan still looked at her from time to time when she was chatting with others, "Sister Lan, just ask Sister Man'er to accompany me to buy."

Xia Lan thought for a while, then turned her head and told Man'er and Mo Yi to accompany Cen Nan there.

Cen Nan politely declined Man'er's desire to hold her hand, and walked forward on his own. This situation is just like the past, but things are different.

Cen Nan, who was in a daze, didn't look carefully at the road, and bumped into someone else suddenly, and hurriedly lowered his head and cupped his hands to apologize.

"Sorry, I didn't look carefully at the road just now, please forgive me"

"You are a woman"

The slightly cold child's voice made Cen Nan look up subconsciously, and saw a girl of his age who was born in pink and jade, looking at her with a slightly scrutinizing gaze.