Hidden Sky Light

Chen Ling watched silently for a long time.

After listening to their father and son count from one to thirty-six, Anian deliberately made a mistake in counting, and then started over again with Shen Ci.

Shen Ci was still gentle and patiently accompanied him.

The two of them counted from one to ten, slowly accumulating upwards from ten...

For the parts that were counted earlier, Shen Ci should try to speak as softly as possible and let Ah Nian read it out loud. For the parts that Ah Nian was prone to make mistakes earlier, such as the top twenty and thirty, Shen Ci would speak louder.

Ah Nian can count with him.

At the end of the count, Ah Nian stopped looking at the stars at all, and looked at him with a smile.

A Nian will act like a spoiled child to Shen Ci, which is different from acting like a spoiled child to her; Shen Ci will also be gentle and tolerant, reminding her of the first time she met Shen Ci in Zhoucheng...

Chen Ling looked at them from a distance.

It was clearly just a trivial matter so simple that it was easy to be ignored, but it became a simple and warm little time between the two...

Chen Ling looked at it for a long time, and returned to the room softly, without stepping forward to interrupt their father and son's time.

***

Chen Ling was also not sleepy.

With the window ajar, she sat beside the couch in the outer cabinet, looking at the two of them with her cheeks raised through the window.

Under the breeze and the moon, Shen Ci and A Nian played together for a long time.

Later in the day, Ah Nian seemed to be sleepy.

Children always have inexhaustible energy, but suddenly sleepiness is also a momentary thing...

Chen Ling looked at A Nian lying on Shen Ci's back. She was sleepy, but she depended on him and hugged him. Shen Ci carried him into the room, afraid of waking him up, so she walked very lightly and tried her best to be as steady as possible without bumping. .

The door was closed, and Chen Ling stepped forward to open it.

In order to make A Nian sleep comfortably, Shen Ci leaned forward slightly, the door opened, and he looked up at Chen Ling in the room.

"Come in, he's fast asleep and won't wake up." Chen Ling said softly. I don't know if it was because of seeing him and A Nian being gentle and patient, Chen Ling's voice seemed to contain a long-lost moving expression, which flashed by, like an illusion.

Shen Ci was stunned.

Chen Ling had already turned around and stepped forward to lift the curtain of the inner room.

Shen Ci withdrew his gaze and prepared Anian to enter.

Shen Ci was careful, and when he got to the bed in the room, he didn't put A Nian down directly, for fear of waking him up, but asked Chen Ling in a low voice, "Why don't you let him down without waking up?"

A Nian is always with Chen Ling, and Chen Ling is always clear.

Chen Ling said warmly, "I'll take him down, he won't wake up when he's asleep."

"Okay." Shen Ci did as he did.

Chen Ling reached out and wanted to gently hug Nian Nian from his back, but although Nian Nian was fast asleep, her hand wrapped tightly around Shen Ci's neck.

Neither of them thought about it.

For a time, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and I didn't know what to do.

After a while, Chen Ling spoke softly again, "I'll let go of his hand, be careful not to let him fall, soon..."

"Okay." Shen Ci also said softly.

Chen Ling walked forward from behind him, because Nian Nian was holding Shen Ci's neck, if Chen Ling wanted to let go of his round little fleshy hand, he had to approach Shen Ci and face him.

Ah Nian's little hand was tugging tightly again.

Chen Ling was a little slow for fear of waking him up and hurting him at the same time.

She lowered her head, her breath was in front of her, Shen Ci blushed inexplicably, but Chen Ling looked at A Nian seriously and didn't pay attention to him, he looked at her carefully.

Compared with the previous impression of him when he left the capital, he was a head taller, but his eyebrows and eyes became more delicate, and his temperament was not as lively as before, more emperor, and more cold and supportive...

In her thoughts, she suddenly said, "Okay."

Shen Ci withdrew his gaze, afraid that she would see it.

Chen Ling said quickly, "Be careful."

He clasped A Nian on his back with both hands, and Chen Ling went around behind him and hugged A Nian.

He emptied his back and saw A Nian in Chen Ling's arms.

Chen Ling hugged him and leaned over to put him on the bed.

A Nian seemed to have her eyes half-open and half-awake suddenly, and she felt at ease when she saw Chen Ling in a daze, but she was still used to reaching out and hugging the back of Chen Ling's neck, "Father Huang."

Chen Ling said softly, "Go to sleep."

A Niancai closed her eyes again, but because she stretched out her arms around Chen Ling's neck, she loosened the collar on Chen Ling's neck, revealing the snowy white skin on the back of her neck. Shen Ci was behind her, completely unexpected. And because she leaned over, she had a panoramic view.

Shen Ci looked away and said solemnly, "Go to sleep first, I'll prepare for tomorrow's affairs."

Chen Ling put down A Nian and covered his stomach with a thin gauze quilt. When he turned around, Shen Ci had already reached the curtain.

She called to him, "Shen Ci."

Shen Ci stopped and turned to look at her.

Chen Ling said softly, "Thank you for taking care of A Nian."

A Nian just now was very happy...she was so happy she had never seen before...

Shen Ci said in a deep voice, "It should be."

After Shen Ci finished speaking, he lifted the curtain and added, "I have to leave tomorrow, go to bed earlier."

"Okay." Chen Ling responded.

Soon, the sound of the door closing came from the outer pavilion, and Chen Ling slowly retracted his gaze, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed to watch Anian in a trance.

Outside the garden, Shen Ci did not return to the house, but sat in the warm pavilion, leaning against the column on one side, looking up at the moonlight in the sky.

Ah Nian looks like him.

He can't see...

Shen Ci lowered his head, hiding the look in his eyes.

***

In the inner room, Chen Ling didn't fall asleep, thinking of the Yushan hunting ground in his mind.

Shen Ci was very close to her.

A slightly hoarse voice, half coaxing and half hugging her, don't make a sound...

Outside the tent, the wind and rain were turbulent, and the torrential rain was like a note. Her brows gradually lost clarity. She and Shen Ci, whoever made a wrong step would be doomed.

…

Chen Ling retracted his thoughts, but did not feel sleepy at all, and felt that the house was a little hot, so he put on some clothes and went out to breathe.

But as soon as he got out of the house, his feet stopped.

He originally thought that Shen Ci had already returned to the house, but he saw Shen Ci and Yun Niang sitting on the side in the warm pavilion in the garden. Shen Ci took the soup handed by Yun Niang and said thanks. As they spoke, the two of them couldn't help but smile easily...

When Shen Ci was with her, she had reservations in her heart; but when she was with Yun Niang, it was not, like a friend... and like Shen Ci and Chen Ling earlier...

Suddenly, Yunniang glanced at her.

Shen Ci also glanced out of the corner of his eye.

Chen Ling stepped forward generously, but instead of letting the other party guess, Shen Ci looked at her.

Yunniang asked gently, "Master Zhu, is A Nian asleep?"

Chen Ling looked at each other carefully, she was gentle and demure, and she was very good-looking, Yi Shi and IKEA...

He is also close to Shen Ci.

Chen Ling lowered her eyes lightly, "Thank you Miss Yun."

Yunniang smiled and said, "Where is it, the little boy is very cute, I like it before it's too late."

He was talking about Young Master Zhu and Young Master, so it should be that Shen Ci didn't tell her the truth.

Zhu is her aunt's surname, which she mentioned to Shen Ci earlier.

Sure enough, Shen Ci also looked at Chen Ling.

Just as Yunniang had just finished speaking, she said to Chen Ling, "Young Master Zhu, talk to your second brother, and I'll go get a cup of lotus seed soup."

Did Chen Ling come here to drink lotus seed soup with Shen Ci?

After Yun Niang finished speaking, Shen Ci and Chen Ling both wanted to call her, no need...

But Yunniang had already left the garden.

Suddenly, Shen Ci and Chen Ling were left in the warm pavilion.

Looking at each other, Chen Ling asked first, "Aren't you preparing something for tomorrow?"

But he was clearly with Yunniang.

"A Ling." He suddenly called out his name. At first glance, Chen Ling's heart suddenly thumped, but his face was calm and calm, as if there was no wind or waves.

Shen Ci hesitated, "Mother Yun is..."

Chen Ling said quietly, "You don't have to tell me, Shen Ci, that's your own business."

Shen Cinai looked at him, "Yunniang is Lao Qi's never-before-seen wife..."

Chen Ling was surprised.

Shen Ci looked at her and continued, "The second year that Lao Qi and I went to the border gate, there was friction between Xi Rong and Licheng border gate..."

Chen Ling was surprised, "Didn't you guys win big?"

Shen Ci also looked at her in astonishment.

Chen Ling kept silent, she shouldn't show clues to him, she actually knows everything...

But she really didn't know about Lao Qi.

Shen Ci raised his head and leaned on the stone pillar, his eyes dimmed, "In order to save me, Lao Qi died under the arrows, and I didn't even bring back his corpse."

Chen Ling froze.

Shen Ci's eyes were dense, "He was going to come back to marry at the end of the year, and he died at the border... I didn't bring anything back."

Chen Ling clenched her palms tightly. She only knew that she won a big victory at that time, but she didn't know everything at that time. When the news of the victory came back to Beijing, it was always good news and not bad news. Many people in the army were routinely rewarded, and she also heard that Shen Ci scattered all the rewards.

Shen Ci said softly, "Lao Qi took a life, and in the end, I only brought Lao Qi's clothes back to Lizhen for Yunniang; this time, a few of them wanted to see Yunniang, so I brought them along..."

Then, on the way to Lizhen, I encountered a change in Huaicheng, and this was what happened.

Chen Ling also knew what happened next.

The sound of Yunniang's footsteps came, Shen Ci closed her eyes, and restrained the water vapor in her eyes.

Chen Ling's nose was also slightly red.

It's okay that I didn't know about Yunniang earlier, but now, seeing Yunniang's gentleness and demure again, and treating A Nian with kindness and gentleness, Chen Ling felt a little uncomfortable...

"Thank you very much." She just happened to take the small bowl from Yunniang's hand.

Yunniang smiled and said, "Young Master Zhu, try it first, I didn't put it too sweet, A Nian doesn't like it too sweet, and the second brother doesn't like it either..."

Chen Ling: "…"

Shen Ci: "…"

The two sentences that were originally unrelated were put together, Chen Ling and Shen Ci both paused, and then they both smiled at Yunniang without saying a word.

Yunniang said, "I'll go back first, let's take a rest early, and I have to hurry tomorrow."

Chen Ling and Shen Ci nodded.

After Yunniang left, the two finished drinking the lotus seed soup in their hands by the stone table in the warm pavilion.

At the end, Chen Ling asked, "Do you have a map in your hand?"

Shen Ci replied, "Yes."

"I want to see." Chen Ling said, it's good to have Shen Ci along the way, but she doesn't know and can't rely on Shen Ci. She had sat in the king's seat for three years, and she knew this very well.

"I'll go get it." Shen Ci got up.

The warm pavilion was not far from Shen Ci's house. Chen Ling waited for a while, but Shen Ci did not come out.

It was already late at night, so she couldn't call him, so she approached the front of the house, and she couldn't get in, so she called again, "Shen Ci?"

There was no movement in the room. Chen Ling didn't think much about it at first, but he remembered that when he saw him just now, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and he looked tired, didn't he?

Chen Ling's heart tightened, and she suddenly entered, but just happened to bump into Shen Ci, and Shen Ci quickly helped her up.

He was fine, and Chen Ling's eyes were clearly relieved.

But next to him, Chen Ling didn't say a word, took the map from him, avoided his gaze, and returned to his room.

Spread out the map.

Chen Ling carefully looked at the cities and routes on the map. Apart from thinking about the route to bypass Fuyang County, he was also thinking about which places were safe and which were not.

Besides Qu Guangtong and Fu Menci, who else could be Tan Jin?

In addition to arriving in Pingnan safely and reconciling the troops stationed in Hepingnan, there are still many things that she needs to think clearly in advance.

Before meeting Shen Ci, she had no idea at all.

But for now, it's time to start slowly.

Tan Jin will lead her to the army, and she will return him slowly, she will not be chased by him all the way, she is the emperor.

Even if Grandpa is not around, she is.

Chen Ling lit the lamp and fought at night, and didn't sleep much for almost one night.

***

At dawn the next day, there was an annoying noise in the garden early in the morning.

Last night, Chen Ling was lying in front of the case in the inner room, looking at the map, and fell asleep while thinking about things. Right now, she is still sleepy and confused.

Someone knocked on the door outside.

When Chen Ling opened the door, it was Tang Wu, whom he had seen in the garden yesterday. He would be called by this name. It should be because of his surname Tang and the fifth oldest in the family.

Tang Wu has been at the border. This time he came back with Shen Ci, and he has never seen the emperor. At the moment, he was so nervous that he was incoherent, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

Chen Ling looked at him, he put down the food in his hand, and cupped his hands, "I'm going to leave soon, the general asked to bring some food to His Majesty and His Highness."

Tang Wu was the youngest of the group, and when he saw Chen Ling, he was so nervous.

Chen Ling smiled and said, "Your name is Tang Wu?"

Tang Wu hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty, please instruct me if you have something."

He is a little young, a little nervous, and a little honest and honest...

Just as Zhu Ma stepped forward, "The slave family is here to deliver clothes to the son and the little son."

Chen Ling took it, and seeing that one of the clothes was still from a servant, he should have been disguised as a servant in Zihua Embroidery Workshop.

The other is A Nian's, which is quite satisfactory.

When he returned to the room, A Nian also sat up from the bed, looking sleepy, rubbing his eyes and calling out to his father.

When Momma Fang was away, Chen Ling stepped forward to change his clothes.

A Nian is really a sensible child, and he obviously didn't wake up, but when Chen Ling changed his clothes, he never made any noise or made trouble, and let Chen Ling help him.

When Chen Ling finished dressing him, he threw himself into Chen Ling's arms, relying on Chen Ling to hug him.

Chen Ling had to pick him up.

A Nian remembered that he was leaving Lizhen today, so he leaned on Chen Ling's shoulder and asked, "Will Uncle Shen come with us?"

Shen Ci was still thinking about in his heart.

Chen Ling should be.

A Nian said to Chen Ling, "Uncle Shen counted the stars with me last night!"

Chen Ling was light.

Anian sighed, "I still want to count the stars with Uncle Shen. Can I count the stars tonight?"

Chen Ling didn't know how to respond, but seeing Anian's expectation, Chen Ling whispered, "Ask Uncle Shen."

As soon as Chen Ling finished speaking, he was afraid that A Nian on his shoulder would suddenly straighten up, "Uncle Shen!"

Seeing Shen Ci coming this way from the window, Chen Ling turned around and Shen Ci stepped forward, "Everything is ready."

"Uncle Shen~" A Nian greeted him and opened his hands to embrace Shen.

Chen Ling did not refuse.

Shen Ci took Ah Nian from Chen Ling, and Ah Nian looked at him with a smile, "Uncle Shen, can we count the stars together tonight?"

"Of course." Shen Ci didn't hesitate.

Ah Nian was happy.

Shen Ci said with him, "His Royal Highness, go to Yuanzhong to play with Tang Wu for a while, and then you will find your Majesty in the end."

A Nian nodded obediently, and then went to the garden to find Tang Wu.

Shen Ci took out the mask, "The road is safe."

Chen Ling nodded.

He stepped forward, let her sit on the couch, and carefully pasted the human-skin mask on her as he did when Yucheng had done earlier.

At that time, when he came out of Yucheng, if it weren't for the mask, when Chen Ling and Tan Jin met, they should have been recognized by Tan Jin. Right now, Pingnan has to detour the entire Fuyang County, and it is always better to be careful.

She closed her eyes and looked up as much as she could.

For a moment, Shen Ci was slightly stunned.

"Okay." After posting it once, Shen Ci was much faster.

Chen Ling looked in the bronze mirror, and it seemed like another image today...

By the time they arrived in the courtyard, A Nian was already with Yun Niang. Right now, we are going to Quecheng. Quecheng is about a day’s journey from Lizhen. Zihua Embroidery Square also has business in Quecheng. Yunniang and Zhu Ma can take them along the way.

So A Nian was with Yunniang, pretending to be Yunniang's nephew, in a carriage with Yunniang and Zhu Ma, Tang Wu and Xue Chao riding as guards, and Shen Ci and Chen Ling still pretending to be embroidery workshops Boy, the safest in another carriage.

It takes a whole day to go to Quecheng, except for feeding the horses and drinking water, and probably will not stop on the way.

There were more silk and satin piled up in the carriage than yesterday, and there were many finished embroidery items, all of which were sent to Quecheng.

Chen Ling looked at the map for a long time last night. Right now, the carriage was a little bumpy, and she was also sleepy, so she slept on one side.

But slowly, the carriage was bumpy, and the head slowly leaned to the other side, sinking his shoulders.

Shen Ci didn't move or make a sound.

She leaned firmly on his shoulder, and the even breathing sounded. Shen Ci originally wanted to call her, but he swallowed the words.

The carriage was rolling, and the road ahead was long.

Chen Ling leaned on his shoulder, and Shen Ci could only try to raise her shoulder as much as possible to make her lean on it more comfortably and not let her notice it.

He knew that Chen Ling must have read the map for one night last night and thought about the countermeasures for one night.

Chen Ling has been hardworking and smart.

Among the princes at the time, although Chen Ling served in front of the late emperor at the latest, he was most liked by the late emperor.

The late emperor's love for Chen Ling was even more than that of the prince at one point, and he frequently sighed, "My son hates seeing each other late..."

Later, when the prince passed away, the late emperor skipped the two older brothers on Chen Ling's head and established Chen Ling, who had no family background in Beijing at that time, as the crown prince, which shows that the late emperor liked Chen Ling.

Later, the matter of establishing the heirs aroused unease and dissatisfaction in the hearts of King Xian and King Yuan.

The matter of the Yushan Hunting Ground is that Chen Xian and Chen Yuan were unwilling, and they did anything to pull Chen Ling off the horse, and they played tricks on Chen Ling's wine.

Once it was discovered that Donggong and the emperor's concubines had committed adultery during the autumn hunting, Chen Ling's charges of treason and wickedness were confirmed.

Not to mention Chen Ling's position in the Eastern Palace, even Chen Ling's life is at the mercy of the courtiers...

Later, there was an accident in the Yushan hunting ground, and Chen Ling drove him out of the East Palace.

The Shen family and Donggong also avoided being implicated in his affairs.

Chen Ling also had the means to cover up the incident.

He didn't know what Chen Ling did in it, but he heard that the first emperor was disappointed with the two princes Chen Xian and Chen Yuan during that time. Later, there were rumors in the court that Donggong was frightened at the Yushan hunting ground and became seriously ill.

The late emperor let Chen Ling go to the palace to raise him for several months.

When Chen Ling came back from the palace to recover from illness, he brought back a little grandson by his side.

The first emperor had no grandson under his knees, and the little grandson was the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The little emperor was deeply liked by the late emperor, and it also made the courtiers who were worried that the East Palace had been away from Beijing for too long and whether the East Palace's status was stable completely understood that the East Palace was the most powerful one.

Later, the late emperor died, and the Eastern Palace ascended the throne.

Chen Xian and Chen Yuan also had meaningless disputes one after another, but in the end, it was Chen Ling who eliminated foreign enemies step by step in the DPRK, consolidated his power, and became a wise ruler who was diligent in political affairs in the DPRK...

Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, no one would have expected Tan Wang to rebel.

King Tan is the poisonous snake that has been hiding in the dark for a long time...

Right now, Chen Ling was already sleeping beside him.

He whispered, "A Ling, we will arrive at Pingnan safely."

***

The carriage slowly stopped, Chen Ling woke up slowly, and then found that he had been sleeping on Shen Ci's shoulder just now.

Chen Ling's drowsiness woke up suddenly, and he sat up straight. When he looked at him, he seemed to be worried in his heart, and there was a rare panic in his eyes, which was not obvious...

"Let's rest." Shen Ci was about to get up when Tang Wu's voice came from outside the carriage, and he said in a tight voice, "Boss, there is a garrison searched, be careful."