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The imperial city under the night is so quiet that it makes one's heart palpitate.

The imperial study room was brightly lit as usual. De Yu stood at the door with a complicated expression, lingered for a long time, and finally pushed the door open with a sigh.

"Master, it's late at night, it's time to rest..."

Under the candlelight, Tianzi became much thinner in just a few months, and his eyes were full of exhaustion. Even so, the movements of his hands did not stop at all.

"Your Majesty..." Today's emperor really works too hard, Deyu knows that he just wants to divert his thoughts about Zhuoran, but if this goes on, I don't know how long he can endure.

"Leave me alone, you can go rest on your own, I can't just leave these excerpts alone." Without even raising his head, Xuanyuanhen just waved his hand and continued with the government affairs in his hands.

I don't know how long it took, Xuanyuanhen vaguely heard some noisy sounds outside, and not long after, he heard Deyu say outside: "Your Majesty, Empress Yufei is about to give birth!"

Xuanyuanhen got up "squeaky" and his eyes flashed with long-lost joy. Of course, there is joy in this about becoming a father, but the most important thing is that if he has an heir, he can put down the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and billions of dollars with peace of mind. Wan Cangsheng...

"How's the situation?!" With eagerness in the words, Xuanyuan Hen hurriedly opened the door of the Imperial Study Room and asked.

"It doesn't seem to be good. Concubine Yu's body has been losing money since the last incident. Now... I'm afraid it's difficult..."

"I will do whatever it takes! Mother and child must be safe!" After saying that, she went straight to Concubine Yu's place.

Maybe God insisted on making a joke, but this night there was a wave of ups and downs, and there was news from Concubine Jing.

Xuanyuanhen suddenly had a premonition in his heart, perhaps these few days would be the time to understand everything.

This—maybe it's God's will.

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Perhaps because of the benefits of tonic, Concubine Jing gave birth to the prince in less than two hours. When Xuanyuanhen picked up the eldest son who had been washed and wrapped in swaddling clothes, Concubine Yu was still in chaos.

Xu is depressed, Xu is because the fetal gas hurt the mother before, Concubine Yu has never been able to give birth to a child, obviously the fetal position is normal, but the weak woman does not have enough strength to give birth to the fetus.

……

This kind of "torture" lasted for a day and a night. In the end, when the imperial physician came to ask the emperor for an edict, Xuanyuanhen actually had some hesitation in his heart.

If he had been the old man, he would have sacrificed Concubine Yu without hesitation to keep the child, but now...he can't calm down...

Although Concubine Yu could be regarded as her own fault for falling into this state, but the one who was struggling on the bed was her life after all... or his son's mother...

"Your Majesty... I want to see... Your Majesty..." the woman on the bed in the inner room, who was as angry as a hair, murmured.

"But... this is unreasonable!" The delivery room was bloody, and the emperor would never enter it. Even if the empress gave birth, the emperor would just wait outside at most.However, at this moment, the old nanny next to Concubine Yu hesitated.

"Your Majesty... I'm afraid I can't hold on anymore."

Xuanyuanhen went in anyway, Concubine Yu tightly clutched his cuff, and said softly like a mosquito moaning voice: "Your Majesty...don't worry...concubine, concubine...will definitely...have a child, if Losing my life here... can be regarded as... attaining consummation." Due to the excessive force in her white hands, the veins under the skin could be faintly seen, Concubine Yu stared at Xuanyuanhen, as if waiting for a promise.

"Forget it, you can rest assured, this child will be treated well." Perhaps as Concubine Yu said, death is a kind of relief for some people. I realized that when he hurt Zhuoran back then, he was probably in the same state of mind. Since life is worse than death, it is better to let her go.

Yeah.

"Protect the child!" finally dropped three words, and Xuanyuanhen walked out the door as if fleeing.

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In the end, Concubine Yu still left, and the child she begged for with her life was very healthy. Xuanyuan Hen teased the little doll with closed eyes in his arms, and said, "Let's call it Xuanyuan Rui."

Another child, his eldest son, was named Xuanyuanxi.

People say that the most ruthless emperor's family, but Xuanyuanhen is determined to treat these two children well, and they are also his only two children.

On the second day, Xuanyuanhen went to court as usual, but he no longer stayed up all night critiquing papers. It seemed that the two newborn children cheered him up suddenly. Seeing this, Deyu was a little happy and a little worried.

Such an emperor is not normal, but compared to the previous days, it is so much better, De Yu can only think about it as a comfort.

"Eunuch De——Eunuch De!!" De Yu's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and when he looked up, he realized that the commander of the guards of the Forbidden Palace had arrived in front of him at some point.

"Eunuch De,..." De Yu was a little taken aback by what he heard.

"Are you serious!?" It seemed that there was no need for an answer, and before De Yu finished speaking, the man had already swept away to a distance of one foot, heading straight for the palace gate.

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After the morning court, Xuanyuanhen slowly walked back to the bedroom, and when he entered the door, he suddenly had a thought, as if something was different...

For some reason, there was a subtle joy in his heart, and he couldn't help it, his heart started beating wildly, even his fingertips trembled a little, he stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the door of the bedroom, Xuanyuanhen's eye sockets suddenly became moist.

"Feiqing..."

The slender figure stood under the tree, the corners of Zhuo Ran's mouth curled up slightly, and he said with a smile: "Xuanyuan, I'm back."

He stretched out his hand, as if he was waiting for Xuanyuanhen to hold it, but he didn't expect that the next moment, the emperor had already rushed forward.

"You're back!"

I don't know how long it has passed, some wetness came from his shoulders, Zhuo Ran couldn't help stretching out his hand to gently run down the emperor's back, "Yes, I'm back..." He will never leave again.

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When the Son of Heaven recovered, it was already past noon, reluctantly holding Zhuo Ran's callused hand, Xuanyuan Hen kept picking vegetables into the opponent's bowl.

"Eat more." She was attentive like a good wife and mother.

"You just need to eat more. It's only been a while, and your face has lost weight." Noticing Xuanyuan Hen's changes, Zhuo Ran felt a little guilty in his heart. He already knew that Xuanyuan Hen was very affectionate, but he still left cruelly. , All these harms to Xuanyuanhen were only realized later by him.

"By the way, I heard that Concubine Yu and Concubine Jing were both born?" As soon as he entered Beijing, he heard the people scrambling to spread the news, and the notices all over the street also showed that what he heard was not wrong. A prince is the great joy of the country.

"Cough, cough—" Xuanyuanhen coughed suddenly, and looked at Zhuo Ran with some guilt in his eyes.

"You!" Zhuo Ran shook his head, but laughed again, "It's a good thing that you have an heir, but it seems like you stole it." Knowing that Xuanyuan Hen was afraid that he would care about something, Zhuo Ran was a little dissatisfied , but in the end I still feel the emperor's intentions.He would not take the initiative to mention their past, not because Zhuo Ran wanted to escape, but because those things were too heavy for Xuanyuan Hen, and he didn't want Xuanyuan Hen to be immersed in guilt all the time.

It was already an hour after lunch, Xuanyuanhen seemed to have remembered something, and led Zhuoran to the imperial study with a mysterious face.

"Feiqing, this is for you—imperial decree." The emperor carefully handed over the bright yellow cloth, and Zhuo Ran couldn't help smiling when he saw it.

He loosened the cotton rope tied on the cloth, and solemnly shook out the scroll of imperial edict. At a glance, Zhuo Ran's face was immediately filled with shock.

"This is……"

"This is Zhen, with the majesty of the Son of Heaven, I will give you freedom." This is the last time Xuanyuanhen called himself "Zhen" in front of Zhuo Ran. In fact, since he understood his feelings, he never used them in front of Zhuo Ran again. over this title.

But this time, he must express his heart to Zhuo Ran as an emperor.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor said, today there is a civil servant who is outstanding, who offers advice on the battlefield, retreats thousands of miles away, protects the country with meritorious service, is famous in this world, and has meritorious service for thousands of years. Marquis Zhuoran of Wu'an is worried about the common people, and he likes to subdue to the people, so I hereby present the Fangfang sword, and patrol the world on my behalf, eliminating all injustices, I admire this."

The position of imperial envoy, the position of Marquis Wu'an, these are the freedoms given to him by the emperor. It turned out that he never had the idea of ​​restraining himself, nor did he ever think of dying in the palace.

It turns out...he really just wants to hold his son's hand and grow old with him.

"Thank you... Thank you, Xuanyuan."

Embracing each other, a kiss became forever.

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