A month later.
After Ying Zhao settled the important matters, he led the team on the journey home.
At the time of parting, the people in the city came to see him off spontaneously, each of them reluctant to leave and with tears in their eyes.
"Your Highness, take care on your journey."
"Wuwuwu... Your Highness, will you come back? I'll give you my favorite lollipop, please don't leave, okay?"
"Your Highness, I no longer feel that your training is strict..."
“…”
"Your Highness, we will always remember your kindness. This is the People's Umbrella that we all made together. I hope you won't mind it."
A respected old man walked up slowly and handed an umbrella to Ying Zhao with both hands.
This umbrella is not exquisite, it can even be described as crude.
But it was made by the people using the best fabrics in their homes.
The color is black, which is favored by the Qin people. His achievements and benevolence are written in gold on the umbrella, and the edge of the umbrella is decorated with colorful silk strips.
The umbrella looks ordinary, but it unites the hearts of the people, representing that it protects the people like an umbrella.
This is undoubtedly the highest praise for Ying Zhao.
He glanced at the simple and sincere faces and couldn't help but feel touched.
At this moment, he finally understood what his mother had warned him -
If you care about the people, the people will lift you up.
Ying Zhao solemnly took the umbrella that symbolized the people's hearts and held it in his arms with care.
"I am extremely honored!"
Amid the people's reluctant farewells, the grand procession set off in a mighty procession, just as it did two years ago.
The spring is bright and the crabapple trees are still in full bloom.
Life is full of separations, and we don’t know when we will meet again.
One day later, in Xianyang City, in the Imperial Palace.
The beautiful woman with fairy-like appearance and jade-like face snuggled in the arms of the majestic emperor. Time had left no trace of vicissitudes on her body, but only added a touch of mature charm.
She played with the man's slender and powerful hands, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, a little absent-minded.
"It's been a month, why hasn't Zhao Zhao come back yet?"
"Don't worry, Black Ice Guard has sent news that he is on his way back."
Ying Zheng held his wife's hand, his deep and cold eyebrows lowered, revealing a different kind of tenderness.
After hearing the good news, Chu Yuening's beautiful eyes lit up, and the sadness between her brows dissipated a little.
She leaned on her husband's chest and sighed softly.
"That's good. I haven't seen you for two years. I wonder how Zhao Zhao is doing?"
"Don't worry, he's no longer a naive child. In two years he'll be a grown man."
Ying Jue lowered his eyes and stared at his wife's slightly furrowed brows, pinched her palm, and comforted her in a gentle voice.
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuening was stunned.
In ancient times, when a man turned 20, he would be considered an adult and a ceremony would be held to mark his coming of age.
However, in modern times, eighteen years old is considered an adult.
Before I knew it, the cute little baby in my memory has grown into a man who stands tall and proud.
But as parents, they are already in their forties.
However, perhaps because she had always lived in happiness and her youthful appearance, Chu Yuening suddenly realized that she had already passed nearly half of her life journey.
Counting the time, she has been in Daqin for nearly twenty years, and everything in the modern world is gradually becoming blurred in her mind.
She sighed, feeling inexplicably melancholy, lamenting the ruthlessness of time.
"Time flies so fast, Zhao Zhao has grown up so much..."
"When I first met you, I felt like it was just yesterday."
Chu Yuening raised her eyes to look at her lover, her autumn eyes were still clear and bright, and the admiration and love in them were still strong.
Ying Zheng's heart softened when he was looked at, as if he was soaked in honey and was about to melt for his lover.
He leaned over and placed a kiss on the forehead of the person in his arms. His once arrogant and cold eyes now carried a lingering tenderness that could drown one.
Looking back, he had endured hardships, countless assassinations, betrayal by his loved ones, misunderstandings, and condemnation from thousands of people...
A heart gradually becomes as hard as a rock, as cold as the wind and snow, and as lonely as the stars.
As an emperor who controls the world and is rich, he enjoys wealth, power, fame and fortune, but he also endures the cold and loneliness at the highest point in the world.
Being alone, a lonely man, is nothing more than this.
Ever since he was abandoned at a young age and ever since he dreamed of his past life, he has been carrying a heavy burden and seems to have never been happy.
No one cares whether he is happy or not.
When did everything change?
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng looked at his beloved, her petite and soft body filling his arms and his heart.
At that time, a reckless little butterfly was not afraid of the burning flames and flew into his arms without hesitation.
From then on, the gears of fate began to turn.
In his past dreams and present life, for more than twenty years, he has been walking alone in the dark and cold world.
Suddenly, a bright moon finally fell into his arms.
He finally felt what love, home, and happiness were.
His heart was finally no longer hard, cold, or lonely.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but lean over and kiss his wife again. It was like a dragonfly touching the water, but it contained a deep love that would last until death.
After meeting her puzzled look, he curled his lips and spoke in a low voice.
"Yuening, wait for Zhaozhao to come back and we will tour the world."
"ah?"
Chu Yuening was suddenly stunned and blinked in confusion.
Why did you suddenly decide to travel around the world?
Ying Zheng lowered his eyelashes, closed his eyes slightly, and spoke in a very light and faint voice, as ethereal as the wind.
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