Chapter 827 Return to Jinling

Nan Yan smiled and patted the swaddled little An Ping, saying, "Look, it's such a big box. What did your brother give you?"

Zhu Feng opened the box.

As soon as I opened it, I saw that the box was filled with all kinds of toys.

There are rattles, small dolls, tumblers, hexagonal windmills, pheasant feathers, and almost all the children's toys that can be found on the market.

It can be seen that the King of Wei must have had people search everywhere to find so many toys.

Nan Yan laughed: "The King of Wei is really thoughtful."

“…”

Zhu Feng looked at it and was silent for a while.

He said lightly: "There is no point."

As he spoke, he picked up something, which turned out to be the Nine Links. He couldn't help but ask, "Is this something Anping can play with now?"

After saying that, he threw it back into the box.

When Nan Yan saw the nine-ring chain, she was a little amused. It was indeed a toy that only older children could play with. Now if she gave it to little Anping, she would just stuff it into her mouth.

However, one can feel that Zhu Chengxuan should be very happy about the arrival of this younger sister. After all, Zhu Feng finally has another child, and he finally has another younger sister.

That's why we sent over all the toys we could find on the market.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Your Highness, Prince Wei, you want to give Anping a carefree childhood, right?"

Zhu Feng turned his head and glanced at her.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "It's rare that he cares so much about his sister. Your Majesty, please don't be so strict with him."

“…”

Zhu Feng's face still looked a little gloomy.

His eyes also looked complicated.

In fact, at this time, Nan Yan understood what he was thinking.

If the baby boy she gave birth to was still alive, the position of King Wei would probably not be so stable now.

However, one's heart may not necessarily be at peace.

To be fair, the King of Wei is a good boy, and Zhu Chengxuan's gentle temperament and gentle way of doing things are what a prince should possess.

Before the child was born, she didn't want to think so much, but after the child was gone, she was able to think clearly.

Using one's own son to replace the King of Wei may not necessarily be a good thing.

Although Zhu Feng insisted, he was not really willing to do so.

So, she was very sad when her child passed away, but perhaps, it was God's will not to make things difficult for her or her child.

Seeing her expression slightly gloomy, Zhu Feng asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Nan Yan immediately shook her head: "Nothing."

“…”

Zhu Feng looked at her for a while and sighed: "Don't let your imagination run wild."

"Um."

Nan Yan agreed, but in fact she was thinking in her heart, don’t let your imagination run wild.

Having such a good son, you should be satisfied.

As for myself, I am already very satisfied with having a lovely little Anping. Besides, having a daughter is not necessarily a bad thing. Many fights will have nothing to do with her.

At this moment, as if seeing the colorful things in the box, little Anping suddenly cried out, stretched out his little hands towards the box, looking like he couldn't wait to grab them.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Do you like it, Anping? Do you like what your brother gave you?"

“Ahh…”

"You like it, right?"

"Woo woo."

"But you are still too young now. I will let you play with it when you grow up a little."

“…”

"When the time comes, let your brother take you out to play, okay?"

Zhu Feng listened, slowly closed the box, and said, "Don't worry, let Cheng Xuan take her to play?"

Nan Yan raised her head and looked at him calmly, saying softly, "Your Majesty."

"Um?"

"I know what the Emperor has been looking forward to."

“…”

Zhu Feng frowned slightly, as if a needle had pricked his chest.

A man like him has suffered countless knife and sword wounds. Nan Yan has seen with her own eyes that the various scars on his body record the hardships he experienced in fighting on the battlefield in his early years. Therefore, those pains are nothing to him.

However, some minor injuries would really hurt him.

Just like this thing.

For Nan Yan, it was a nightmarish memory, and for him, wasn't it the same?

Nan Yan said softly: "But now that things have come to this, the emperor still——"

"What are you going to say?"

"Your Majesty," Nan Yan stepped forward and said softly, "Prince Wei is a very good prince."

“…”

"It wouldn't be a bad thing for the emperor to be a little strict with him. But—"

“…”

"He is truly the emperor's good son."

Zhu Feng looked at her solemnly for a long time.

Somehow, his eyes turned slightly red, and after a while, he turned his head away.

He murmured, "Sometimes, I feel that he is more like your son."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "It would be great if I could have a son like this. I like the King of Wei very much."

"In that case," Zhu Feng said, "Will you be happier this time we're reunited?"

"Reunion?"

Nan Yan was stunned for a moment - what does that mean?

Zhu Feng turned around and looked at her, saying, "Now that your child is born, it will take some time for the imperial palace in Beiping to be repaired. Since it's spring, it's time for us to return to Nanjing."

"ah……"

Going back to Jinling.

Nan Yan was a little dazed.

This time, she had been away from Jinling for so long and so many things had happened that she almost forgot that Jinling was still the capital of Yan State and their home was still in the imperial palace of Jinling.

Indeed, it’s time to go back.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Let's go back, okay. When?"

"We are preparing. It will probably take a few days."

Zhu Feng said this, looking down at the swaddled little Anping, and said, "I don't know if Anping can withstand the fatigue of the journey."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "She just sleeps and eats every day, so there's no need for her to travel."

“…”

“The ones who are really working hard are the people around me.”

Zhu Feng smiled.

Then he took the child and said, "Then you should go to bed early. Get enough sleep these two days."

Nan Yan turned around and looked at him: "Your Majesty, are you going to stay here tonight?"

"Why, you want me to leave?"

"The child would cry at night and make people unable to sleep."

"So what?"

"Your Majesty, you still need to stay alert to do your work. How can you—"

Zhu Feng couldn't help himself and pinched her cheek again: "Do you think that after I gave birth to this daughter, I will just leave it to you and not care about anything else?"

“…”

Nan Yan was stunned for a moment.

In fact, there are many fathers like this in the world.

After the child is born, you can play with him/her when you have nothing to do, but eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are of course the mother's responsibilities.

Sometimes, even if the child cries so hard at night that the roof is about to fall off, the father will not move and still ask the mother to get up.

But Zhu Feng——

Zhu Feng held little Anping in his arms, lifting her a little higher so that she looked like she was flying. The baby immediately cried out in joy, "Wow!"

Zhu Feng smiled and said, "Does Anping like to be carried high? Then father will come every day and take you flying, okay?"

"Wow!"

Seeing the father and daughter having so much fun, Nan Yan's eyes felt a little warm.

Suddenly I felt that God was not so bad to me.

It was a rare occasion that the emperor stayed tonight, so Ran Xiaoyu and Xiao Shunzi came in and helped the emperor and the imperial concubine to wash and dress. The two of them changed into comfortable casual clothes, while Zhu Feng still held little Anping in his arms.

Even when he was leaning against the head of the bed, he still kept little Anping on his body.

When the finger poked her little nose, she giggled. After a pause, he poked her again and she laughed again.

Zhu Feng also laughed non-stop.

"This child loves to laugh."

Nan Yan leaned against him and said with a smile, "The Emperor treats An Ping as his toy, right?"

"I never knew raising children was so much fun."

"Your Majesty...have you never taken care of a child before?"

"Of course not."

"Then the King of Wei—"

When the King of Wei was mentioned, Zhu Feng fell silent again, but he still looked at little Anping, smiled, and put his forehead against hers, teasing her, and then said: "When he was born, I was very busy."

“…”

After thinking about it, it seemed that that period was when Zhu Feng was the King of Yan in Peking.

I was busy riding horses and fighting every day, so I really didn't have much time to take care of the children.

Probably, it was the Queen - that is, the Prince of Yan's Mansion at that time - who took care of Zhu Chengxuan.

Moreover, judging from Zhu Feng's current attitude towards King Wei, his coldness must have been there for a long time, so King Wei dared not get close to him at all.

The father-son relationship between the two seems very weak.

Zhu Feng was teasing little Anping, but he saw her clenching her fists and rubbing her eyes.

He whispered, "What's wrong?"

Nan Yan took one look and said, "She's sleepy."

"Um?"

"I only let her sleep for a short time during the day because I was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep at night and would keep everyone awake. She should be sleepy by now."

As Nan Yan spoke, she took the child from Zhu Feng's arms. Just like Qin Ruolan had done before, she held the child in her elbow, humming softly and rocking the child carefully for a while.

Sure enough, the child began to yawn, and soon he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Nan Yan carefully put her back into the cradle and rocked her twice.

Little Anping fell into a sound sleep.

Zhu Feng looked at this scene and felt that it was extremely beautiful. In the past, he only thought that this young girl was cute and lovely. Now, as a mother, she has become more mature and beautiful, making it even more difficult to take your eyes off her.

But after doing all this, Nan Yan felt a little sleepy, so she covered her mouth and yawned.

Zhu Feng said, "Looking after the kids must be tiring."

“A little.”

As Nan Yan spoke, she leaned into his arms.

Zhu Feng waved his hand and extinguished the candlestick beside the bed. Usually, they would leave a little candlelight in the room, but now that there was a child, they were worried that the candlelight would keep her awake, so they extinguished them all.

The room immediately became dark.

The two of them lay on the bed, and Nan Yan nestled obediently in his arms.

Zhu Feng said, "You are more familiar with the child now than before."

Nan Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "It was Concubine Ning who taught me."

“…”

In the darkness, one could feel Zhu Feng's breath pause slightly.