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Under the moonlight, in the garden, the sound of fighting could be faintly heard. Yu Song Ling's voice hit east and west, Cheng Ying was caught by surprise, and the wooden swords were crisscrossed. Hua Yu, who was standing aside, was terrified, and kept shouting: "Be careful! It's a competition, the point is over~ Don't, don't take it too seriously~~"

With a sound of "ding", Chengying pushed aside Yu Songling's sword, bowed and rushed over, pressing Yu Songling under him, and handed the wooden sword to his throat.

"You lost." A trace of complacency flashed across Chengying's face, and he narrowed his eyes slightly at Yu Songling, as if he was a prey that had been watching for a long time.

"If it's a sword competition, I'm not as good as you." Yu Songling smiled calmly, stared at Chengying's slightly smug face, raised his hand to stroke his back, and said with a smile, "It's really like a leopard."

The tense body instantly went limp after being touched by Yu Songling's fingers. Cheng Ying blushed and wanted to get up, but Yu Songling held her waist tightly.

"Let go." Cheng Ying whispered in embarrassment.

"Haha..." Yu Songling smiled suppressedly, pinched his buttocks, and then let go of his hands in satisfaction, allowing him to get up.

Hua Yu, who didn't know it, ran over, and couldn't help being very surprised to see that Cheng Ying, who had won, looked uglier than Yu Songling, who had lost.

Yu Songling waved his hands to let Hua Yu go down first, while he and Chengying came to the secret room to see Yu Yanrui.The two took him to Yutangchi to bathe him.Rui'er also got acquainted with the two fathers, babbling excitedly.

"Rui'er is good, Daddy will take you to take a bath." Cheng Ying said softly, holding Yu Yanrui in her arms, and gently splashing warm water on his body.

"Is it comfortable? Huh?" Yu Songling scratched his little nose and asked with a chuckle.

"Ah! Ah!" Rui'er grinned, waving her arms dancing and splashing a little bit of water.

"Look, Rui'er likes it very much." Cheng Ying said with a smile.

"Yes." Yu Songling replied, poking his fleshy belly.

"Huh?" Yu Yanrui's gaze was locked on the petals floating by, and he stretched his arms and kicked his legs to catch them.

"Want to grab the petals?" Cheng Ying asked with a smile, gently holding up his little belly, let Yu Yanrui float on the water, and slowly moved over, feeling as if he was swimming by himself.After successfully catching the petals, Yu Yanrui waved his arms excitedly, as if showing off his success.

"Rui'er is amazing." Yu Songling, who was watching him from the side, praised him.

"Ah~ah! Whispering~"

"What did you... say?" Cheng Ying suddenly trembled after hearing his words, and even the hand holding his belly trembled unconsciously.

"嗤嗤~~嗤~嗤!" Yu Yanrui didn't notice the moisture in the eyes of the person in front of him, and continued to shout cheerfully.

"He is calling, Daddy?" Yu Songling also came over, with a trace of uncertain excitement and joy in his eyes.

"Good boy, Rui'er, are you calling Daddy?" Cheng Ying asked tremblingly, "Isn't it?"

"Huh? Whispering~~ah! Whispering~~crying~~~" Yu Yanrui clapped his hands and shouted.

"Good... good..." Yu Songling and Cheng Ying said together, there was undisguised excitement in their eyes, and kisses were hidden on Yu Yanrui's tender skin one after another.

"Master, please see Eunuch Gao." Hua Yu's voice outside the Shimen broke the warm atmosphere.

"Well, I see." Yu Songling put Rui'er in Chengying's hands, pressed his slightly frowning brows, got up and put on his clothes, and said, "I'll go and see." Then he turned and left.

"Fourth prince, Prince Jing, I'm gone." Eunuch Gao, who was dressed in plain clothes, said in a deep voice.

Prince Jing is the father of Empress Anya, that is, Yu Songling's grandfather, and the elder brother of Lord Yan.Yan State is powerful. Back then, Prince Jing married his daughter to Yuan State, which formed an alliance between the two countries and promoted the development of Yuan State. The bond between the two countries is even more precarious.

Yu Songling frowned, it was really a wave of ups and downs.

"The Empress asked the Fourth Prince to prepare and follow her back to Yan Country for the funeral." Eunuch Gao said.

"Well, I see." Yu Songling said.

"The old slave will leave first."

As soon as Eunuch Gao left, Hua Yu came to report again: "My lord, the emperor, I want you to come over."

"Oh~ I knew..." Yu Songling sighed, "Get the car ready."

"Greetings to Royal Father." In the bedroom, Yu Songling saluted respectfully.

"Emperor, your grandfather has passed away." The emperor's voice was low and his face was gloomy.Yu Songling knew that he was not sad about his grandfather's death, but worried about the alliance between the two countries.

"My lord, this trip to Yan Country is for the funeral, but there is another more important thing. I want you to propose marriage to Princess Yan." The emperor said solemnly and could not be refuted.

"Royal father..." Yu Songling felt a chill in his heart, thinking that this day has finally come.On the way here, he kept thinking that the leader Yaoyue had already found the treasure, so he must be planning his grand plan to usurp the throne intensively. If he lost the backing of Yan Guo again, then this country would really face the danger of changing hands. .Therefore, they must maintain their alliance with Yan.This marriage is inevitable.but……

"Grandpa has just passed away. Is it wrong to mention the marriage now..."

"You don't need to delay!" The emperor interrupted Yu Songling impatiently, "I know you let a shadow guard live in the Xiangzhu Pavilion. These days I have been pretending to be confused and deliberately ignoring the ministers' announcements. , I just don’t want to use the rules set by those ancestors to restrain you. But now, the country is in trouble, as a prince, you know that marriage can resolve it, how can you make things wrong because of your children’s personal relationship?!”

"My son..."

"Ling'er, I have taught you that you were born in an emperor's family. If you enjoy what others can't enjoy, you have to bear what others can't. You are a prince, and you can't choose many things!" The emperor patted Yu Songling shoulder, said earnestly.

"I understand..." Yu Songling said sadly.

Yu Songling dragged his exhausted body back to Xiangzhu Pavilion, his head was heavy, and there were too many things in it that he couldn't figure out and didn't know how to do well.Chengying had already coaxed Rui'er to sleep, and when she saw Yu Songling with a gloomy face, she walked over and asked softly, "What happened?"

Yu Songling just shook his head without answering, went straight to the bed and lay down on his back, put his hands on his forehead and rubbed vigorously.

Seeing his expression, Chengying seemed to have a premonition in his heart, the expression on his face froze, but only for a moment, then walked over and sat beside Yu Songling, took his hand away, and covered his own Knead gently.

"Father, let me propose marriage to Princess Yan." After a long time, Yu Songling said in a muffled voice.

The only illusion remaining in her heart was finally shattered, and Chengying seemed to hear the voice of her own heartbreaking.The muscles on his face became extremely stiff, but he still curled the corners of his mouth vigorously: "Is that so ~ when are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow, I will take the opportunity of going to the funeral for my grandfather, Prince Jing, to propose marriage." Yu Songling closed her eyes and said slowly.

"Oh...then I'd better move out of Xiangzhu Pavilion earlier." Cheng Ying smiled stiffly.

"No~" Yu Songling stopped, "I want to try... If I can successfully persuade Yan Guo to form an alliance with us, I don't need to marry the princess."

"That possibility..."

"Always give it a try!" Yu Songling knew that the possibility was very small, but it was a possibility after all, and there was no reason not to work hard.

"Actually, I don't have to be the main concubine." Cheng Ying suddenly laughed, "Even if you marry Princess Yan, I can still be your side concubine. In this way, we can still stay together."

Chengying smiled easily, but Yu Songling could see the desolation in it.Gently stroked his cheek, said with a smile: "Chengying, we've known each other for many years, based on what I know about you, you don't have the air."

"Heh~~ What else?" Chengying shook her head and smiled wryly.

"I told you that if one day I can no longer protect you, I will let you go." Yu Songling got up, hugged Chengying from behind, and gently rubbed his hair, "So, before that , don’t have any thoughts of backing down, I won’t allow it.”

"Yeah." Cheng Ying nodded numbly.

"I used to be very afraid that the two of us would follow the old path of father and the young master in the painting, but when we actually walked this path, I found that it was not so terrible. After all, I am not father, and neither are you. That young master in the painting." Yu Songling pointed to the dark night outside the window, and whispered in Chengying's ear, "Look outside, the sky is getting darker and darker, but when the darkness swallows everything, dawn will usher in. It's a pity that many people gave up before dawn, they didn't lose to darkness, but to despair."

Yu Songling felt that Chengying's hand in his palm gradually warmed up, and he clasped his fingers more forcefully.Lifting Chengying's chin, forcing him to look at himself, the melancholy and cautiousness in those deep eyes made people feel distressed.

"Chengying, I don't want you to be the second prince of Baili, nor anyone else to be the second queen mother. The reason why I insist on making you the concubine is because I have already determined in my heart that you are the one who can join hands with me." People who live a lifetime, although a little belatedly, but fortunately it is not too late."

"Ling, you..." Chengying's melancholy eyes shone brightly, like the dawn light.

"I don't want you to be engulfed in darkness and despair, so I want to tell you, I love you." Yu Songling's smile was so warm that it shone like sunshine, and Chengying couldn't help reaching out to touch it, "Although I I think you should know my intentions, but I won’t tell you, those are all your guesses after all. You once said that you can’t learn my confidence, so let me give you confidence.”

A hot kiss interrupted Yu Songling's words, and the tight circle of lips and teeth trembled slightly.

"Ling~I love you~I've always loved you~" The thin tweed circle murmured with a faint choke, and the figure who had been chasing for many years was pleasantly surprised to find that he also had the same important weight in his heart.

It's dawn.

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