Gan Lin still retained some rationality, staring blankly at Gan Qiongying with wide eyes.

Gan Qiongying laughed again; she just couldn't stop laughing all day.

She knew that Li Hua was acting this way because she was listening to what Gan Qiongying had just said. Gan Qiongying told Li Hua to relax, and Li Hua really did relax.

Gan Qiongying let Li Hua do whatever he wanted, and Li Hua completely followed his own will, no longer dealing with Gan Lin or drinking with him.

He hugged Gan Qiongying's neck and kept kissing her, as if he had been infected with a virus.

Gan Qiongying laughed so hard she could hardly breathe, and Gan Lin, after glaring at her for a while, also laughed, her neck turning red from embarrassment at Li Hua's words.

"This is the first time I've ever seen a prince consort so unrestrained..."

"That's about it, hahaha..." Gan Qiongying said this to Li Hua, and also to Gan Lin.

"Go and rest, stop drinking, he's completely drunk." Gan Qiongying turned her head and covered Li Hua's mouth, while Li Hua kept kissing Gan Qiongying's palm.

Moreover, he had already squatted down because he couldn't stand up at all. Squatting on the ground was very unlike the image of His Highness the Crown Prince. He kept nibbling on Gan Qiongying's hand.

Gan Lin covered his eyes with his hands, slurping the wine in his glass while laughing so hard that he spat out the wine.

The scene was quite comical. Gan Qiongying laughed until tears streamed down her face.

He kicked Gan Lin and said, "What are you still laughing at? Go and rest!"

"Hug me..." Li Hua suddenly said at this moment, "Hurry up and hug me, why won't you hug me?"

"Don't leave me again, I miss you so much... Hug me! I have so much money, I can give you mountains of gold, I can support Gan Lin's ascension to the throne!"

Gan Qiongying didn't even have time to cover his mouth before Gan Lin was already laughing so hard he was sobbing on the table and started crowing.

"Stop laughing, hurry up and go out and call a maid to clean up the table!" Gan Qiongying kicked Gan Lin again.

At this moment, Li Hua was already sitting on the ground, hugging one of Gan Qiongying's legs, murmuring, "I'm so cold, I'm so scared, it was so dark at night, why didn't you come to find me when it was thundering and raining..."

When Li Hua said these words, her speech was even clear, and her tone was full of anger and resentment, like a pitiful little child.

Gan Lin stood up from the table. Hearing Li Hua say this, he suddenly thought of the years he and Gan Qiongying had relied on each other in the palace.

He also clung to Gan Qiongying's leg, saying, "It's so dark, I'm so scared. Sister, come with me to the outhouse."

Therefore, Gan Lin didn't know if he was completely drunk or if he had lost his mind, but he reached out and hugged Gan Qiongying's head as well.

“I want to hug you too…” Gan Lin said, “Sister… hasn’t hugged me in so long.”

Gan Qiongying was suffocating as Gan Lin covered her head with his stomach.

She stomped on him, babbling incoherently about how he had hugged her when he came back.

Gan Lin and Li Hua seemed to be competing with each other, their embrace growing tighter and their entanglement becoming more intense.

Gan Qiongying couldn't push this one or kick that one; the three of them bumped into each other, causing the table to collapse with a crash.

A series of cracking sounds rang out as the plate smashed to the ground, scattering leftover food and broken porcelain shards everywhere.

All three of them fell down. The two little babies who were sleeping soundly inside the house were awakened by the loud noise and started kicking their legs and crying.

The room was like a bustling, noisy New Year's market with gongs and drums. Gan Lin had his arms around Gan Qiongying's neck, and Li Hua also climbed over and hugged Gan Qiongying, while trying to push Gan Lin away.

Gan Qiongying's face was distorted from being pulled by the two people.

But this time she didn't try to push them away. Instead, she hugged their heads from both sides, gently stroking the back of their heads to comfort them.

The baby on the kang (a heated brick bed) was crying very loudly. The lantern in the room hung not far above Gan Qiongying's head, swaying gently and bringing waves of dizziness.

Gan Qiongying closed her eyes and heard the hurried footsteps of the maids rushing in from outside. She lay on the ground without moving and slowly smiled.

Gan Qiongying recalled a saying: "If life is like this, what more could one ask for?"

What she held in her arms, what she saw, and what she heard—at this moment, that was her whole world.

They still have a long way to go, and a bright future awaits them.

In the future, Li Hua doesn't know when he will be able to truly get rid of the threat from Jin Chuan. It may not be until Zhong Li Zheng is completely old or dead that Li Hua can finally settle the grudges between the two generations.

Only then could Li Hua finally let go of the cruel nightmare of being abandoned by her family because she was born weak.

Gan Lin might suddenly come to his senses one day and confess that he wants to go back to being the emperor. He can't let go of the country and can't bear to see the people suffer from war and natural disasters.

Having come to the mortal realm, he understood the true meaning of life and death, and the true suffering of humanity. If he were to return to that high position once more, he might truly become a qualified emperor.

The two little children will grow up slowly, get sick, rebel, and develop personalities that Gan Qiongying cannot predict.

Gan Qiongying also had many things she wanted to do, to enjoy all the riches and happiness in the world, to travel all over the mountains and rivers of Nanzhao and Jinchuan, and to live the most carefree life in the world.

They may still encounter unforeseen difficulties and obstacles, but none of that matters now.

No matter where each of them goes in the future, as long as they are a family, none of that matters.

Gan Qiongying was helped up in a daze. Her vision was blurry, and she thought she was drunk, but she was actually crying.

This time it's not sadness, not grief, not pain, it's happiness.

She was helped to sit on a stool that had just been helped up by Manyue and Tianjiao. Lihua had completely passed out. Ganlin opened his eyes and threw a tantrum on the ground like a child, asking Xiao Qiansong, who rushed in, if there was anything wrong with the medicine he had been given, and why he hadn't been able to get an erection in the morning... Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he asked Xiao Qiansong if he had treated him as a woman.

The two wet nurses picked up the two babies and rocked them gently from side to side, coaxing them with soft "oh oh oh" sounds. The maids that Manyue and Tianjiao had brought in were quickly tidying up the room.

Gan Qiongying looked around and laughed again, this time out loud.

That's right.

Life is noisy, chaotic, and messy...

It started snowing heavily again outside, I don't know when it started.

The boundless white expanse is like a gently falling blanket, like a slowly closing curtain.

Gan Qiongying sat in the middle of the messy house, clenching her hands tightly. In her palms was the warmth of the world she longed for; she clasped her arms together, embracing the soft world she dreamed of.

—— happy ending