An Yuan'er slept for several days and had a long dream.
This special type of benzoin is quite effective; it has a calming and energy-stabilizing effect, and all fatigue disappears.
The red candles flickered in the room, and the bright red wedding dress blazed like fire. The girl suddenly awoke from her dream, sat up in bed, and cried out anxiously, "Ali, there's danger! Run! Run!"
An Yuan'er still remembers the last scene before she fell into a coma. She suddenly lost consciousness in the bridal sedan chair, and she knew nothing more after that.
An Yuan'er couldn't believe that if she lost Yi Chenli again, she would go crazy. She couldn't bear to wait for another two years, three years, or even more.
The girl hurriedly got out of bed, trying to put on her shoes and socks, but before she could move, a slightly cold hand grabbed hers, and a deep, familiar man's voice whispered in her ear, "Where are you going?"
An Yuan'er turned her head and stared at the face. The perfect features were simply a masterpiece of the Creator. She could look at it countless times and never get tired of it.
An Yuan'er stared blankly at Yi Chenli, her eyes unwilling to leave him for a moment, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. These were not tears of sadness, but tears of excitement.
All the joys and sorrows, the gains and losses of these past years, in the end, are simply because the person in front of me is no longer here.
"Ah Li, I'm so glad you're still here. Never, ever leave me."
"You promised me that once your leg healed, you would take me to the south to see the blue sea, to the north to see the ice and snow, and when we were tired, we would go to a paradise to rest and recuperate. From then on, you would always be by my side..."
Before he finished speaking, his lips gently covered hers.
Yi Chenli sighed deeply: "My most beautiful bride, today is our wedding day. It is my fault for making you shed tears. All the past mistakes were my fault. I made my Yuan'er worry, be upset, and be mentally disturbed because of me... I swear on my life that from now on I will only be Yuan'er's guardian. Through wind and rain, as long as I live, I will never abandon her. I will keep all the promises I made."
The kiss deepened little by little, from a light touch to a more intimate one, as the temperature rose steadily.
A blush crept onto An Yuan'er's cheeks, and she gently pushed the person on top of her: "A-Li, I can't breathe."
The girl couldn't bear it, but Yi Chenli's pupils flashed with sparks, more intense than ever before. The overwhelming emotion there engulfed everything.
Yi Chenli gently kissed the girl's fair earlobe, whispering sweetly in her ear, "Yuan'er, on our wedding night, in the blissful days of our marriage, everything is just beginning."
With nowhere left to retreat, the red curtains billowed, creating wave after wave of enormous waves.
An Yuan'er felt as if she were on a high place, and then suddenly fell to the ground. Inside the house, the girl's pitiful yet adorable pleas for mercy echoed.
"Ah Li, Ah Li..."
The room was filled with enchanting beauty, and red candles burned all night.
One wave ends, and a new wave begins.
Yi Chenli was like a tireless hunter. After waiting for so many years, he finally devoured the "round and chubby" child he had watched grow up, leaving not a single bone behind.
......
As the storm subsided and everything calmed down, the girl had long since fallen into a deep sleep, completely exhausted.
Yi Chenli gazed at the girl's sleepy eyes and sighed contentedly, "Round and chubby, in this life, as long as I have you, everything is enough."
Yi Chenli suffered greatly in the first half of his life, facing several life-or-death trials. He had no blood ties or a healthy body to rely on, and lived in the treacherous imperial palace. His life should have been one of loneliness and solitude. However, through the cycle of cause and effect, his suffering eventually turned to happiness, and he received the most important gift in the world. Heaven has been kind to him.
Gu Chuzhi's dying words remained etched in Yi Chenli's heart. Did Yuan'er initially approach him intentionally, and did she truly love him the most? Given Yi Chenli's inherently sensitive and suspicious nature, he was determined to get to the bottom of it.
Yi Chenli watched the girl sleeping soundly, instinctively hugging him tightly in her sleep, showing complete dependence. Yi Chenli shook his head and smiled.
Why care about any of that? Regardless of cause and effect, or what happened in their past lives, what Yi Chenli wants is An Yuan'er's eternal love, belonging only to him. From this day forward, even if Yuan Gun Gun tries to escape or regrets it, Yi Chenli will keep her by his side, even if it means binding her.
Yi Chenli gently tapped the girl's nose, his eyes tender: "Round and chubby, you are mine. My one and only wife in this life."
This man was cold and ruthless, yet he reserved all the tenderness and gentleness he possessed in his life for the girl before him.
A tenderness that is unique in all the world.
An Yuan'er woke up several times in a daze, and when she secretly opened her eyes, the man beside her was gazing at her affectionately, the fire in his eyes never fading.
The girl murmured, "Ah Li, aren't you tired?"
Even though he's the one putting in the effort during intimate moments, he seems to get more and more energetic. He's still awake in the middle of the night.
Yi Chenli's expression was unreadable as he tidied the stray hairs around the girl's face: "You're already tired? Yuan'er underestimates me."
Before An Yuan'er could fully savor the deeper meaning of those words, Yi Chenli's body pressed against hers again, and a new round of tenderness began, even the moon shyly hiding behind the clouds.
"Ah Li, I'm so tired."
"Yuan'er doesn't want it anymore."
The girl's voice was sweet as she softly complained about the man's brutality.
The man's voice was restrained: "This is the last time."
The girl sighed softly; that's exactly what she had just said.
As it turns out, men really can't endure for too long, otherwise the backlash can be unbearable.
Having known each other since childhood, they gradually fell in love through spending time together. Yi Chenli's affection for An Yuan'er was not something that happened overnight.
On their wedding night, the lovers finally became husband and wife, and from then on, they would spend every day and night with only each other.
*
A month later, Emperor Tiansheng died suddenly, and the fifth prince, Yi Chenqi, ascended the throne as expected. He named his crown princess, Liu Yuanmeng, as empress, and appointed one imperial noble consort and four consorts. It is worth mentioning that the imperial noble consort, Tang, came from a humble background and was barely able to be made a consort, but Yi Chenqi gave her special favor and made her an imperial noble consort. For a time, no one could match her favor.
Meanwhile, Nan Xiubai, the crown prince of the Southern Kingdom, after residing in Shengjing for a month, informed the new emperor that he and his newlywed wife would soon return to the Southern Kingdom. The new emperor, upholding the late emperor's wishes and maintaining friendly relations with the Southern Kingdom, agreed to the crown prince's departure and sent a letter of diplomatic relations between the two countries, requesting the crown prince to deliver it to the emperor of the Southern Kingdom.
Like smoke, An Yuan'er and Yi Chenli walked hand in hand through the palace. It was spring again, and the peach blossoms were more beautiful than ever before.
The new emperor ascended the throne, and the palace was filled with joy. But the former residence of the Sixth Prince remained desolate due to the passing of its master.
There will never be another sixth prince in this world, only Yi Chenli who belongs to An Yuan'er.
Today's parting is likely the last time An Yuan'er and Yi Chenli will step into these palace walls. Looking at the Chenyang Palace where they once lived, memories flood back to them.
There are sweet memories, and there are also bitter ones.
Those memories belong only to the two of them.
The spring chill lingered in the air. An Yuan'er nestled gently into Yi Chenli's arms for warmth, whispering, "Ali, will you regret this?"
"Regret what?"
The girl quietly pointed to the Golden Palace, that supreme position.
An Yuan'er knew better than anyone that, according to the trajectory of her fate in her previous life, the person sitting in that position should have been the one beside her. But because of her appearance, the course of fate had deviated.
Yi Chenli was exceptionally intelligent, a genius of unparalleled talent. If he wanted it, the world should have been his. Although Yi Chenli never said it, An Yuan'er knew that he had given up the empire for her, that supreme position that so many men coveted.
Yi Chenli never expected the girl to ask such a silly question.
He took the girl's hand and placed it on his chest, his heart pounding wildly. He parted his thin lips slightly and said, "What I wanted most is now before me. She is more important than anything else, including my life."
That man, who was not fond of words, once he spoke sweet words, every word struck An Yuan'er's heart deeply, intertwining with her tenderness.
The girl tiptoed and kissed the man's forehead: "This is your seal. Yi Chenli, An Yuan'er's."
Yi Chenli smiled, his dark eyes darting around as if he had thought of something: "Round and chubby, isn't this seal enough?"
An Yuan'er scratched her head, somewhat confused: "Then what else do you want?"
"I want..." Yi Chenli hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"What?" An Yuan'er's eyes widened in curiosity.
"I also want a big panda and a little panda, Yuan'er, when are you planning to give them to me?"
Another blush-inducing scene flashed through An Yuan'er's mind, and she realized that beneath this seemingly cold exterior, this man was quite the flirt!
These days, An Yuan'er has been "teased" by Yi Chenli many times.
An Yuan'er raised her little fist in embarrassment and anger: "You're not allowed to talk nonsense."
The two ran ahead, one chasing after the other. Passing eunuchs and palace maids chuckled. The prince and the county princess had such a good relationship.
After leaving the palace, all that remained for them was the vastness of the sea and the brilliance of wildflowers, and each other alone.
*
Five years later.
In the Peach Blossom Spring, the girl had invented some fun game again, and was leading a group of people to play in the garden. Beside her were two adorable babies—a boy and a girl.
The baby boy is named Yi Ancheng, and the baby girl is named Yi Annuo. Together, their names mean "promise," signifying Yi Chenli's unwavering promise to An Yuan'er, a promise witnessed by heaven and earth.
Who could tell that the girl before us is already a mother of two? Time has left no trace on An Yuan'er's face; a woman who is pampered may never grow old.
When Yi Ancheng was born, An Yuan'er almost had a difficult childbirth. When she was on the verge of death, the man who had never been afraid of the changes in the world had tears in his eyes.
An Yuan'er gave birth to her older brother Yi Ancheng with great difficulty. Yi Chenli did not want An Yuan'er to go through such a life-or-death ordeal again. Although he wanted a child that belonged only to them, An Yuan'er was always more important to Yi Chenli than the child.
He loved An Yuan'er, so he was willing to love their child as well. One child was enough.
However, despite Yi Chenli's objections, An Yuan'er became pregnant with her younger sister and gave birth to her.
After playing around in Peach Blossom Spring for a while, An Yuan'er realized it was getting late and took the two children out for dinner.
Along the way, Anuo kept asking Anyuan'er, "Mother, Father didn't agree to you having Nuo'er back then, so why did you still insist on having Nuo'er?"
The little girl was clever and at the age when she was most inquisitive, she blinked and looked at An Yuan'er.
An Yuan'er held the two children's hands and said with a smile, "Because your father is too lonely. He has always been alone. In this world, your mother wanted more people to accompany him. That's why you two came into being."
The two children nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
From two people, to four. With you, with me, and with our child, love will continue...
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