A life of ups and downs is pure joy

The man lowered his head and kissed the woman's fair and slender neck, gently sniffing her fragrance. Xiao Yi felt that Lin Qinghuan's body began to cater to him, and then he hugged the beauty in his arms tightly, kissing her deeper than before. He gently pried open her white teeth with his tongue, slowly explored her soft tongue, and gently teased her. Lin Qinghuan was also intoxicated by this kiss and began to close her eyes. Her hands unconsciously hugged Xiao Yi's arms, and her whole body collapsed in his arms.

A pink bellyband half-covered her body, a hint of shyness on the beauty's cheeks. Xiao Yi gently picked up the light-as-a-swallow Lin Qinghuan and laid her tenderly on the bed. Lin Qinghuan shyly covered her body and turned away. Xiao Yi's kiss landed on her shoulder again, then moved all the way down to her slender and smooth back, kissing her waist. Lin Qinghuan closed her eyes and shrank shyly. Xiao Yi's hand wrapped around Lin Qinghuan's slender waist, then gently explored the soft and sweet spot.

"Husband..." Lin Qinghuan's breathing became rapid, and she called out shyly, her small hands constantly pushing Xiao Yi's big hands.

"Huan'er, you are so beautiful." Xiao Yi couldn't help but turn over again and pressed Lin Qinghuan down to kiss her, intertwining their fingers and kissing her wantonly.

"Husband..." Lin Qinghuan's eyes were confused. She had never imagined that married life would be so smooth, tender every night, full of music in the morning and shy every evening.

She looked at Xiao Yi, then closed her eyes and enjoyed the ultimate experience the man brought her. Also intoxicated was the eldest son of the Xiao family in Jinhan City. He once thought that he would only be a man who kept a vase in the backyard in the future, but he didn't expect that he would fall deeply in love with her gentleness, unable to extricate himself and control himself. Now he only knows that there are countless women in the world, but he prefers the girl from the Lin family. He is too lazy to look back at the flowers, and it is only because of Lin Qinghuan.

Lin Qinghuan leaned in Xiao Yi's arms, and the man played with her long hair.

"Huan'er, I'm going to Tianmen County tomorrow night. You should stay at home these days and take Hongqi with you wherever you go, okay?" Xiao Yi said.

"What are you going to do in Tianmen? Daddy said that it is a county bordering the four countries of Aisilomen, Nei Chi, and it is particularly chaotic." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi in confusion and asked.

"You forget that I'm here on business."

"But once you go to Tianmen, it's not just the territory of Dasheng. Anything can happen there, and there are all kinds of people." Lin Qinghuan heard Lin Mo talk about this county shared by four countries. There are all kinds of people in it, and many people who have fled crimes also go here to survive, so at this time she didn't want Xiao Yi to go to that kind of ghost place at all.

"Huan'er, are you worried about me?" Xiao Yi heard Lin Qinghuan's anxious voice, so he lowered his head to look at his little wife's face and asked.

Lin Qinghuan felt a little embarrassed when Xiao Yi looked at her like this, but she still nodded obediently.

"It's okay, don't be afraid. It's just a little messy there, it's not the Rakshasa ghost realm." Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan with some uneasiness in his eyes.

"Who is going with you?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"It's more convenient for Dayuan to travel alone."

"Then you can take Hong Qi with you and ask her to dress up as a man. I will feel more at ease then." Lin Qinghuan didn't know what was wrong with her now. She actually started to care about Xiao Yi.

"Hongqi?" Xiao Yi murmured.

"Don't worry, Hongqi will defend her master to the death and will not betray him. She is the one my grandmother gave me." Lin Qinghuan explained.

"Hong Qi is defending to the death?" Xiao Yi originally thought that this double-bladed female warrior was just a female guard of the Lin Mansion, but he never thought that she was actually...

Lin Qinghuan realized that she seemed to have accidentally revealed something she shouldn't have said, and looked at Xiao Yi with some trepidation.

"This... I shouldn't say that..." Lin Qinghuan bit her lip helplessly.

"Huan'er, I am your husband. You don't have to be afraid of telling me anything. No third person will know about Hongqi's affairs." Xiao Yi comforted his little wife who was very panicked at the moment.

"Then... do you want Hongqi to go with you?" Lin Qinghuan asked tentatively.

"Huan'er, it's useless for Hongqi to follow me. Her life belongs to you and only you." Xiao Yi said.

Lin Qinghuan had no choice but to nod.

The Si Shou was an inhumane arena built by the emperor of the founding dynasty of Da Sheng. It was full of captured inland people who were used as toys by the nobles. They were a race lower than slaves. Later, other countries also established such inhumane institutions. After several dynasties, the awakening of human conscience saved the inland people. Many countries, including Da Sheng, no longer have such places. The inland people can live peacefully on that small island. It’s just that they have low intelligence but very developed limbs. Nowadays, most of them are slaves in various countries. However, the most barbaric country, Nanbang, still has many arenas.

Hong Qi's life story is very tragic. Her mother is from the inland and her father's identity is unknown. Born in the arena, she has been a playboy since childhood. Lin Qinghuan doesn't know what kind of trauma she has suffered under the mask. She only heard that it was the Lin family who saved her.

Hong Qi liked to lie on the roof, because she would always remember the days when she was in that small iron cage. At that time, she could not see the sky when she looked up. Every time she was taken out to fight with vicious dogs and beasts, she would lie in the arena at the moment of winning, and what she looked at the most was the roof. She always wanted to go up and see a world that was different from the one in this iron cage. Later, the arena was disbanded by an imperial decree, and many trained animals were taken away by the nobles. Only the young trained animals like them were left with no one wanting them. They were wandering around and fled. She was also captured by the Nanbang people and made a dying soldier. However, she never thought that she was young and small in size. She was injured and fainted on the battlefield and was held down by an adult. That battle was the battle between Nanbang and Dasheng. When Lin Mutang and Lin Mufeng swept the battlefield, they found her dying. She was just a little girl less than seven or eight years old, so they took her back and found that she was a martial arts talent. From then on, she followed the Lin family to practice martial arts. At the age of ten, she began to follow Lin's grandmother. At the age of seventeen, she was given to Lin Qinghuan by Lin's grandmother.

On the second night, Xiao Yi and Da Yuan secretly left Luofeng City and headed for Tianmen County.

"I knew that big brother came here for official business. I thought that he, who was devoted to the court, would have the leisure to accompany my sister-in-law back to Luofeng to play. Humph!" Xiao Qiannan searched the huge marquis' mansion but couldn't find Xiao Yi, so she sat in Lingzhu Garden and said angrily.

"How do you feel about living in Sister Yi's yard these days?" Lin Qinghuan asked when she saw her sister-in-law looking so angry.

"There is a big martial arts training platform in Sister Yi's yard. It is indeed the yard of Madam Zhonglie!" Xiao Qiannan said excitedly, forgetting the unpleasantness just now.

"I guess you've had a lot of exchanges with Sister Yi these days, right?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"It's not just her. I've been dragged into fights several times." Lin Ancai and Lin Qingyi walked in from outside the yard. When Xiao Qiannan saw him, her little face smiled again.

"How's it going?" Lin Qinghuan asked his younger brother.

"I just went to the yamen. Prefect Chen had already taken care of everything. I was idle and drank tea for the whole morning." Lin Ancai said.

"This Chen Li has always been very good at pleasing my father, so he has been able to work in Luofeng, a fertile land." Lin Qingyi said as she sat down.

Xiao Qiannan's attention was attracted by Hong Qi who was practicing martial arts in the yard. After Hong Qi finished practicing with two swords, she walked over.

"Lady, were your twin swords given to you by the Lin family?" Xiao Qiannan asked. The three siblings of the Lin family also looked at them curiously.

Hong Qi glanced at her, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and went back to his room.

"Don't embarrass yourself. Hongqi is very frugal with words and only talks to Huan'er." Lin Qingyi herself was the most embarrassing person, so she said to Xiao Qiannan kindly.

"The texture of her double swords feels so familiar. I've seen them somewhere when I was a child." Xiao Qiannan said as she walked over, recalling.

"What do you mean the texture is very familiar?" Lin Ancai asked curiously.

"This sword was not originally a double sword. It was later refined into this. I seem to have seen it somewhere before. I recognize the sword's aura." Xiao Qiannan couldn't remember it no matter how hard she tried, and kept frowning in annoyance.

"It's normal that you have seen it. Her double swords must have been given to her by her father or grandmother. They were re-forged with other weapons to suit her." Lin Qingyi said disapprovingly, and Lin Qinghuan nodded.

"That's right. Even if I have seen it in the palace, it is normal to give it to Lord Lin." Xiao Qiannan said after thinking for a while.

"What is Brother-in-law Xiao doing in Tianmen?" Lin Qingyi asked curiously.

"I don't know." Lin Qinghuan shook her head puzzledly. She didn't want him to go.

"It's normal that you don't know. You've never been clear about anything about Brother-in-law Xiao." Lin Qingyi said.

"This is not surprising. My mother knows nothing about my father's affairs." Xiao Qiannan thought it was quite normal. The women of the Xiao family did not ask about their husband's official affairs.

"Ask your sister-in-law if she knows what official position your elder brother holds and what rank he holds." Lin Qingyi said without thinking too much.

"How could my sister-in-law not know this, right?" Xiao Qiannan turned around and looked at Lin Qinghuan, but saw the confusion on her face.

"Sister-in-law, you don't care enough about my brother. He is your husband after all." Xiao Qiannan said speechlessly.

"I know he goes to the Eastern Palace every day, he must be a civil servant." Lin Qinghuan forced an explanation.

"Sister-in-law, my elder brother is the youngest Grand Secretary of Jinglin in the history of Dasheng Dynasty. He won the top spot in the imperial examination at the age of fifteen. Although our Xiao family is from the queen's lineage, my elder brother was the top scholar personally selected by his uncle the emperor, and he was appointed Grand Secretary of Jinglin based on his own ability. Do you know how many royal relatives and nobles wanted to marry into our Xiao family before? It's just that my elder brother didn't have these thoughts." Xiao Qiannan talked about Xiao Yi with a face full of pride and admiration.

"In that case, it means that our Lin family is marrying above our station. It seems that I have to treat this husband well in the future. What if another royal noble comes to marry him?" Lin Qinghuan said deliberately. The other siblings of the Lin family also looked at Xiao Qiannan with interest.

"What? Do you want to bully me while big brother is not around?" Xiao Qiannan looked at Lin Qinghuan with a face full of grievance.

"You're quite timid now." Lin Ancai said, "Okay, you three can chat. I'm going to Wangyue Tower."

"Remember to bring the drunk duck." Lin Qinghuan reminded.

"I know. Who can forget what the pig likes to eat?" Lin Ancai's doting voice was particularly irritating to Xiao Qiannan's ears at this time.

"Who is the piglet?" Xiao Qiannan asked Lin Qinghuan with resentment.

"Qingru!" Lin Qingyi looked at her strangely.

"Oh, it's Sister Qingru." Xiao Qiannan smiled again.

"Oh, by the way, my bayberry wine. Wait, I'll go to the yard to get it." Lin Qingyi jumped up and ran out as if she suddenly remembered something important.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Qiannan, then at the back of his silly brother, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Sister-in-law, aren't you worried about my elder brother going to Tianmen County?" Xiao Qiannan looked at Lin Qinghuan curiously and asked, seeing that Lin Qinghuan was stunned, she pressed on, "Have you not forgotten my second brother yet?"

"Nan'er, I'm not... I'm not worried about your elder brother, it's just that he doesn't want me to worry." Lin Qinghuan explained.

"So do you like my older brother or my second brother?" Xiao Qiannan asked.

"I am already your sister-in-law, Yu... Gong Heyu..." Lin Qinghuan really didn't have the courage to say that she didn't love him. How could she forget the young man who wanted to be with her for the rest of her life?

"Forget it, I can understand you now. Originally, this matter was the Xiao family's fault. I was ignorant and wrongly blamed you before. Don't worry, I am here in the Xiao Mansion and no one will bully you." Xiao Qiannan said with reluctance as she looked at Lin Qinghuan's injured eyes.

"Nan'er, I have something to ask you." Lin Qinghuan said.

"I know what you want to ask. I like Brother An Cai, so I can understand how you feel right now." Xiao Qiannan interrupted.

"Nan'er, An Cai is still a silly boy. He has been spoiled since he was a child, so he often doesn't care too much about what he says..."

"I know. I just like his honest and silly look. Besides, he is very handsome, just like an older brother. As long as he doesn't like anyone else, it's fine." Xiao Qiannan smiled sweetly at Lin Qinghuan.

Lin Qinghuan looked at her and suddenly remembered that he was also fearless three years ago. He just loved Gong Heyu wholeheartedly and dreamed of becoming his wife.

"Well, as long as you are happy." Lin Qinghuan smiled and nodded.

"Sister-in-law, actually, you should have slowly accepted big brother in your heart. After all, he is really outstanding and treats you very well. For you, he made me kneel in the ancestral hall, go to the palace to learn the rules, and kneel down to apologize at the Lin Mansion. In short, I never thought that big brother would treat me like this. He dotes on me very much. Every time I do something wrong, he takes the beating from my father for me." Xiao Qiannan said.

"He has been beaten with sticks since he was a child?" Lin Qinghuan asked in surprise.

"Punishment with a stick? How could that be? That's just the legendary family rules. One, don't talk back to your elders; two, don't divorce your wife or abandon your children. How could Dad use this family rule to beat people? He took the beating for me, but it hurt too." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Oh, really..." Looking at Xiao Qiannan's expression, Lin Qinghuan probably didn't know that Xiao Yi had been beaten.