The emperor had been watching Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei from afar, his brows smiling and his expression incredibly gentle.

He did not ask anyone to investigate Gu Yanfei because he believed in his son's judgment.

His son has been extremely smart since he was a child. He not only has a smart mind, but also a pair of sharp eyes. In the past 18 years, his son has never made a mistake.

Eight years ago, when his son left the capital, he told him that he would definitely come back.

Eight years later, the son returned.

His son has always been a man of his word and has great ambitions.

If his son felt that the girl from the Gu family was someone worthy of his lifelong companionship, the emperor would be willing to believe it.

The sun had peeked out from behind the clouds at some point, casting a soft, golden glow that cast a layer of dreamy halo over the silhouettes of Gu Yanfei and Chu Yi, as beautiful as a painting.

They are truly a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman.

The emperor found it more and more beautiful, and he wished he could send a painter to paint this scene immediately.

I don’t know how old this girl is... By the way, when she was in the Water Pavilion, she seemed to have said that she was born in the sixth year of Xuanren, and her mother gave birth to her during the war.

By this calculation, this girl should be reaching marriage age in the middle of this year, which is still five months away!

very good!

The emperor raised the corners of his lips in a good mood, looking radiant. He wondered whether he should go back and ask Zhao Rang to look for the list of betrothal gifts when he married Empress Yuan.

The palace maids nearby served tea and water, replaced snacks for their masters from time to time, or looked after the fire for boiling tea.

The emperor had just picked up a cup of new tea, but before he could take a sip, Anle stuffed an orange peel into his mouth.

The emperor swallowed it obediently, and then his daughter stuffed him with another piece of orange peel.

Anle carefully picked out the orange segments from the orange peel one by one, and the emperor ate them one by one...

After finally hollowing out the orange petals from the orange peel, Anle took the needle and thread from the palace maid and enthusiastically threaded the bowl-shaped orange peel to make a small and exquisite orange lantern.

"Father, this is for you." Anle waved the small orange lantern and handed it to the emperor, smiling with her eyes narrowed into slits. She was as well-behaved as she could be.

The emperor's heart melted when he saw the cute look of the little girl.

The emperor took the small orange lantern with a smile, and imitated his daughter by shaking the little thing twice. The candlelight in the orange lantern flickered, and a faint orange fragrance wafted over.

My daughter is so filial! The emperor showed a happy smile on his face. Seeing Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei walking towards him, he smiled and said to Anle: "Nannan, are you only giving it to me?"

"I'll make one for my eldest brother, too." Anle curved her lips into a smile, took the biggest orange from the fruit plate, and continued making small orange lanterns.

The emperor, sitting by the railing, held a lamp in one hand and stroked his beard with the other, leaning leisurely against the guardrail behind him.

“Crack.”

A crisp breaking sound suddenly entered his ears.

Before the emperor realized what was happening, he suddenly felt a void behind him. His body instantly lost its center of gravity and fell backwards along with the broken guardrail...

Empress Dowager Yuan and Chu You and his mother came over upon hearing the noise.

The mother and son, one was smiling lightly, the other was expressionless, but both had sinister looks in their eyes.

Chu You narrowed his sharp eagle eyes, his gaze was burning, and his thin lips curled up slightly.

finally……

"Father!"

Anle shouted in panic, his face turning pale.

She instinctively stretched out her right arm towards the emperor, trying to grab his hand...

But she was young and sitting in a wheelchair, so she couldn't react in time and her fingers grabbed nothing.

The fingers of the father and daughter were only half an inch apart as they crossed each other.

"Someone come!"

"The Emperor fell into the water..."

The emperor fell out of the pleasure boat and saw Chu Yi, who was a few steps away, rushing towards him with a changed expression...

The emperor fell head-first toward the lake below. The feeling of weightlessness made him dizzy. The blue sky and white clouds above came into his eyes. The cold wind whistled past his ears, scraping across his cheeks like an ice knife.

The hand warmer fell out of his sleeve.

"thump!"

The lake surface splashed high with water, and the cold water wet his robe.

The lake below was shimmering, and the water was slightly chilly.

He was afraid that he would be sick again this time, and Chuyi and Nannan would worry about him again...

The emperor smiled bitterly, letting his body fall, and closed his eyes helplessly...

However, the next moment, he felt a sudden force supporting him on his back, as if he had fallen into a pile of cotton, or as if he suddenly had the ability to fly in the clouds.

When he opened his eyes again, the emperor felt as if he was in a dream.

His body stopped about three feet above the lake surface. There was nothing below him and he was floating in the air.

This scene was so incredible, as if time had suddenly stopped at this moment.

No, time didn't stop.

A strong wind blew, and his robe fluttered in the wind.

The expression on the emperor's slightly pale face was complex and difficult to describe. His hands and feet moved subconsciously, and he felt like an old hen flapping its wings, unable to stand up or fly.

Neither up nor down.

It seems like my hands and feet no longer belong to me.

What...is going on?

The emperor's eyes were wide open and he looked a little confused, which was very different from his usual gentle and elegant appearance.

Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation in his sleeve pocket, which made his skin slightly painful.

The burning sensation in his sleeves flashed away, and the next moment, the emperor felt that his body and feet were empty, and the feeling of weightlessness came again, and his body was about to fall down again...

“Whoosh!”

Just at this moment, a long, shiny black whip flew out from the pleasure boat and rolled towards him as quickly as a snake. When the whip was swung, it vibrated the air and made a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

The whip flexibly wrapped around the emperor's wrists and sleeves.

The emperor raised his eyes subconsciously and saw Gu Yanfei's beautiful little face above him.

The other end of the whip was firmly grasped in Gu Yanfei's hand. The little girl smiled at him with a faint dimple on her lips, like a lotus in the morning dew.

"Father, hold on tight."

Following Chu Yi's shout, the emperor hurriedly grabbed the long whip wrapped around his wrist with his backhand. He felt his right arm tighten, and his body flew into the air as if he had wings. Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei pulled him up together...

In the blink of an eye, the emperor's feet were back on the deck, but his feet still felt a little weak.

Chu Yi quickly supported the emperor's arm and called out again, "Father."

His clear voice became slightly tense.

(End of this chapter)