Chu Changning was lying limply on the bed, his phoenix robe loosely wrapped around his body, revealing skin covered with bruises.
She heard the father and son's voices, widened her eyes, and stretched out her slender fingers to lift the bed curtains.
Inside the main hall, the light was dim, and the moonlight flowed across her face, making her eyes blush and glisten with tears.
Yan Beimo glanced over and, seeing her alluring and seductive appearance, his throat bobbed slightly.
He placed his son on the small couch next to him, walked over and lowered the curtain to block the view from outside.
"Put your clothes on properly."
Chu Changning snapped out of her daze, glanced at her disheveled wedding dress, and her muddled mind cleared up a bit.
She quickly sat up, flipping up the hem of her phoenix robe to check around, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it wasn't dirty.
"You pervert."
She glared at him, her fierce expression lacking any intimidation, but instead exuding a seductive charm.
Yan Beimo raised an eyebrow and reached under her skirt.
"Isn't it exciting?"
"---"
Before Chu Changning could retort, he grabbed her and pressed her down in a passionate kiss.
That tingling sensation instantly surged up her scalp like a wolf, and her mind was just like before, as if all reason had been plundered by her body's instincts.
She couldn't help but hook her arms around his neck in response.
Suddenly, she jolted, snapping out of her daze. What was she doing?
She swallowed hard, looked at the face in front of her, and lowered her eyes.
She's only doing this because she likes him, right?
His kisses were so forceful that he seemed to want to crush her.
Chu Changning snapped out of her daze, trying her best to suppress the urge to indulge in the taste, and struggled to bite him on the shoulder.
"Can you take off your wedding dress?"
Yan Beimo hummed in agreement and began to undress her.
When Chu Changning saw him touching her and trying to grab his hand, she glanced outside and saw through the gauze curtain that Ayu was sitting obediently on the soft little couch, wringing her hands together.
A pair of wet eyes stared intently at the two of them, as if to say, "What are you doing?"
Her eyes widened suddenly, her cheeks flushed and burned, and she came to her senses and began to push him forcefully.
"Your son is still here."
Reminded by her, Yan Beimo remembered Ayu, whom he had brought in. He paused, then turned around to look.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Chu Changning pushed him away, pulled the blanket over herself, and sat up.
"Hurry up and bring him over."
She gave him a light kick.
Yan Beimo lifted the curtain, ignoring the child who leaned over for a hug, and brought her a clean set of undergarments, handing them inside.
"Put it on."
Chu Changning glanced at the white undergarment, rolled her eyes inwardly, and deliberately provoked him.
"I want to wear a light, thin gauze dress."
Yan Beimo ignored her request and lifted the curtain to change it for her.
Chu Changning immediately hid behind the inner couch, saying, "I'll change myself."
He raised an eyebrow and straightened up.
After she changed, the two went to the back washroom to clean up. When they came out, they saw that Ayu was already asleep on the small couch.
Chu Changning hurried over, picked up the child, and took him back to bed.
When Yan Beimo lifted the curtain and entered, he saw a soft little bundle lying between the two of them. He raised an eyebrow in displeasure and said in a low voice.
"Let him sleep inside."
Chu Changning ignored him and turned to sleep, holding her son.
Seeing this, Yan Beimo directly took Ayu out of her arms and threw her inside.
"Yan Beimo!"
Chu Changning was angered by his rude actions and sat up, cursing, before rushing to check on her son who had been woken up by the fall.
Ayu opened her eyes groggily and rubbed her forehead with her little hands.
She quickly picked up the child and gently blew on him.
"Sweetie, don't cry, don't cry~"
Ayu didn't cry or make a fuss. When she saw her, she curled up and snuggled into her arms.
Yan Beimo climbed onto the bed and watched her skillful movements as she coaxed her son. He leaned over and hugged her from behind, teasing the baby with his eyes closed.
"You're so fat, can you even carry you?"
Chu Changning twisted her waist, picked up her son, and sat inside.
He leaned in and followed, pressing close to me.
"I'm leaving for the north tomorrow."
Chu Changning was taken aback, lowering his eyelids slightly. "What are you going to Li Bei for?"
"fight."
"ah?"
The two were already standing close together, and when she turned around, she kissed him directly on the chin.
Yan Beimo looked at her and said, "The northern tribes are in turmoil, and Liguan Pass has fallen."
"Are you going to take me with you?"
"Um."
After he finished speaking, he placed Ayu on the inside and lay down with her in his arms.
"Go to sleep."
In the dim light of the night, after an unknown amount of time, faint breathing gradually began to rise from the tent.
Chu Changning wasn't asleep. She quietly opened her eyes, glanced at her son sleeping soundly on her left, tucked him in, and then turned to look at the man sleeping on the outside.
She propped herself up slightly and carefully examined his features by the moonlight outside the tent.
The young master, raised in a wealthy and prestigious family in Yandu, was born with a handsome appearance.
"Yanbei Desert".
In a daze, she murmured his name and reached out to gently caress his features.
The moonlight outside the window illuminated their figures. Her eyes darkened, and she touched the faint, barely visible scar on her shoulder with her slender hand, a glint of light flickering in her eyes.
With a great general guarding Liguan Pass, why would an emperor need to personally go north?
After the death of Emperor Wei, the entire north was in chaos, with barbarian invasions and fragmented regimes in disarray. At that time, Xie An, who came from the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, defeated the 800,000-strong army of Southern Yan with 80,000 northern soldiers. After this battle, the north was temporarily unified.
However, within a few years, the power of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions began to be consolidated in the royal court, the Central Plains were in turmoil, the Eight Princes were in chaos, and the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions took advantage of the situation to establish a regime in the north, namely the Northern Liang, and colluded with the other kingdoms.
After Yan Beimo established the Great Qi and proclaimed himself emperor, he launched a northern expedition. However, the north had been divided for many years, and the power was deadlocked. Meanwhile, Jiankang was also embroiled in internal strife within the imperial clan and had no time to attend to the north.
At this time, Beidu, backed by the northern capital Chaoge, began to sweep across the northern states, destroying the Southern Liang and exterminating the Di people.
In this chaotic and bloody era, at the end of July of the reign of Emperor Jianyuan of the Great Qi Dynasty, Liguan Pass was breached, and the Northern Capital began to send troops to suppress the rebellion.
Once the north is unified, there will be two regimes left in the country, and it will be a fight to the death between the north and the south.
In the eighth month of the Jianyuan era, he led troops north to attack Northern Liang.
A few days before the ceremony to establish the empress, Yan Beimo took his wife and children to Xin Palace. On the way, they were suddenly attacked by assassins from Mo Nan.
The attackers launched a fierce offensive. They had come in a hurry and did not have enough troops. In the chaos, Chu Changning quickly grabbed his son and hid behind them.
During the fight, a strange fragrance filled the air, and a large swarm of snakes and insects suddenly sprang out.
Chu Changning quickly covered his son's mouth and nose, watching the fight outside through the branches.
"People of Ashletur?!"
Yan Beimo looked at the approaching assassins and spoke calmly.
"At this critical juncture, His Majesty of Great Qi actually dared to leave Jiankang and bring such a small number of people to the north. He is truly audacious."
"Yan Beimo, today is your death day."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange flute melody instantly pierced the earth. The surrounding guards were plagued by headaches from the noise and their vision was in chaos. Taking advantage of the situation, the people from Mo Nan launched an attack, and the sounds of battle echoed through the sky.
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