Cheng Yan sat by the bed, lowered his head and looked intently at Lin Mo lying on the bed, tracing his eyebrows and eyes with his fingertips. After a long time, when the old housekeeper wanted to knock on the door again to remind him to enter the palace, Cheng Yan got up and left.
"Yingqi, don't let anyone in."
"Yes, master." Ying Qi's voice came from the darkness.
After Cheng Yan left and closed the door, the room fell into silence. Lin Mo, who was lying flat on the bed, suddenly trembled his fingers, and then there was no reaction.
After changing his clothes, Cheng Yan rode towards the palace.
The people on the street heard the sound of horse hooves not far away and quickly moved away. After avoiding danger, others looked up, thinking of remembering the person and reporting him to the government for riding a horse in the street.
You know, no one is allowed to ride a horse in the street in the imperial city. Even if they are the children of powerful people, they will be punished if they commit the crime.
However, after seeing the iconic mask on the horseman's face, those people's thoughts completely disappeared. Then they lowered their heads and went about their own business, and no one discussed the horse riding incident just now.
In Yu State, besides the current emperor, the highest-ranking person is the God of War, King Cheng. In addition, he is the emperor's younger brother, so who would have the courage to report him to the government? The prohibition of riding a horse in the street does not include King Cheng.
Soon, Cheng Yan arrived at the palace. He handed his horse to the eunuch who had been waiting at the palace gate, and walked in.
"Your Highness Prince Cheng, His Majesty and His Highness Jinyuan are waiting for you at Qinghua Palace." The eunuch behind him handed the reins to the guard guarding the palace gate and hurried after him.
"Um."
Before the palace guards recovered from the shock of seeing Prince Cheng in person, the reins of the warhorse were stuffed into their hands. The guards looked up at the black horse standing aside, and shuddered in their hearts, hoping that the horse would not be as moody as its owner.
Cheng Yan walked all the way in without any obstruction. When the palace maids passing by saw His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, they stopped to salute and stood up and left after the people walked away.
Only when he reached the gate of Qinghua Palace did Cheng Yan stop, look up and stare at the plaque of the palace for a long time without moving.
Finally back.
"Your Highness, His Majesty is waiting for you inside." Eunuch Yu, who was waiting at the door, reminded.
"Yeah." Cheng Yan heard it, came back to his senses, took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and pushed the door open and walked in without waiting for a response.
"Fifth brother!"
Before Cheng Yan took a few steps inside, he heard his brother sobbing. An Jinyuan stood up and walked over quickly, stopping a few steps away from his fifth brother, his eyes red.
Emperor An Chenglin, Prince Cheng An Chengyan, and the Seventh Prince An Jinyuan are brothers from the same mother. Since Cheng Yan went to the border, An Jinyuan has rarely seen his fifth brother, and a year ago he learned from his third brother that his fifth brother was missing. Now that his fifth brother has returned safely, An Jinyuan is naturally very excited.
"What's wrong? Are you becoming estranged from Fifth Brother?" Cheng Yan walked over, reached out to touch his head, and said with a slight smile on his face.
"No... I'm just so happy to see my fifth brother." An Jinyuan raised her hand to wipe away her tears and smiled with red eyes.
"Okay, are you two going to keep standing and talking?" The emperor, who was sitting aside drinking tea, put down his teacup and said in a cold voice.
"Royal brother..." Cheng Yan looked at his royal brother who was sitting beside him and said hesitantly.
"If I hadn't summoned you to the palace, how long would you have waited to see me?"
“…I forgot about it for a moment.” When Cheng Yan thought of Momo who was still lying in his room, his originally relaxed mood became heavy again.
…
Lin Mo accompanied his elderly parents in the garden to bask in the sun. The warm sunshine made people drowsy.
"Momo, you are already thirty years old, don't you plan to find someone to marry?" Mother Lin asked.
"Hmm...get married? I'm already married, there's no need to get married again..." Lin Mo said in a daze.
"Are you already married? Why didn't you tell mom? Which girl is it?" Mother Lin asked in surprise.
When Lin Mo heard the word "girl", he woke up immediately. The blurry figure in his mind gradually became clear.
"What's wrong? Which girl is it? She didn't even tell mom and dad that she got married." Lin's mother laughed.
"...Sorry, Mom, the person I'm going to marry is a man...Also, I should go back..." Lin Mo said, took one last look at his father and mother, stood up and left.
I should go back, otherwise Cheng Yan will be worried.
I have lived with you in my dreams for more than ten years, and I am satisfied.
As what Lin Mo thought in his mind came to fruition, the surrounding scene slowly dissipated, revealing a dark foggy forest.
Lin Mo lay on the bed with his eyes closed, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and then his brows slightly frowned. After a long time, Lin Mo opened his eyes, and what he saw was a blurry scene.
Lin Mo frowned and closed his eyes again, then opened them again, repeating this several times before he could see the scene clearly. Above him was a dark curtain, and Lin Mo moved his somewhat stiff neck and tilted his head to look to the side.
There weren't many furnishings in the house, but it was clear that the owner of the house was not short of money. But Lin Mo didn't care about these things at the moment. The only thing on his mind at the moment was that Cheng Yan was not there and it was a strange place.
"Cheng Yan..." Lin Mo's throat was dry at this time, and he couldn't shout loudly, and could only make some breathy sounds.
"Ahem..." Lin Mo swallowed hard, trying to get rid of the itch in his throat, but it didn't seem to be of much use.
Where is Cheng Yan?
Lin Mo turned over with difficulty, supported himself on the bed with his elbows, and lifted the bed curtain, thinking about leaving here.
"Cheng... cough... cough..." Lin Mo's arms became weak and his whole body fell on the bed, with beads of cold sweat on his forehead.
Ying Qi, who was watching in the dark, knew that the person had woken up when Lin Mo called out his master's name. Ying Qi hurried out to explain the situation to Ying Yi, and then returned to the house. As soon as he came in, he heard the muffled sound of flesh hitting the bed, and Ying Qi's heart trembled.
"Mr. Wang, are you okay?" Ying Qi appeared and stood beside the bed, speaking.
"Where's Cheng Yan... cough... cough cough..." Lin Mo was startled when he heard the sudden voice.
"The master is in the palace. Someone has been sent to deliver the news that you have woken up to him." Ying Qi replied, and thinking of the importance of Wang Fu to his master, Ying Qi added.
"Um...is there any water?"
In the imperial study, Cheng Yan and the emperor were discussing something.
"You said you suspected that it was Prince Jing who did it?" The emperor said with a heavy face as he sat on the dragon throne.
"Yes, and three out of the five assassination attempts I encountered on my way back to Beijing were by the emperor's uncle's men." Cheng Yan nodded.
"What about the other two times?" asked the emperor.
"Prime Minister."
"I have only collected some evidence about the Prime Minister." As for Prince Jing... the emperor had never thought that Prince Jing was involved in this.
Before Cheng Yan could say anything, there was a knock on the door of the imperial study. "Your Highness Prince Cheng, there's news from the palace saying that Prince Cheng's wife has woken up." Eunuch Yu's voice was heard outside the door.
"!!"
"Brother Emperor, I'm leaving first. I'll tell you more about this later." After Cheng Yan finished speaking, he turned around and left quickly.
Just as Eunuch Yu, who was standing outside the door, finished speaking, the door of the imperial study was opened. Before Eunuch Yu could react, His Royal Highness Prince Cheng had already walked away.
Eunuch Yu walked into the imperial study, "Your Majesty..."
"Yu Ming, do you think A'Yan has finally come to his senses?" An Chenglin asked, staring outside the door.
"Seeing how anxious His Royal Highness Prince Cheng is, I guess so." Eunuch Yu walked over and answered while grinding ink.
Eunuch Yu was originally a person close to Imperial Concubine Yuan. Like Butler Fu who was close to Prince Cheng, he watched the three brothers grow up. Later, after Imperial Concubine Yuan passed away, one of them followed the Emperor and the other followed Prince Cheng.
Eunuch Yu was more or less clear about the personalities of the two brothers, and he also knew that His Majesty really cared about Prince Cheng.
"Is that so... Then I feel relieved." An Chenglin nodded, and continued to review the memorials.
An Chenglin was a little worried before, because his brother's terrible reputation would make him unable to find someone he liked. And Chengyan had a bad temper and had no patience for other people. Fortunately, he came back this time and brought back a brother.
"Your Majesty, His Highness has already found the prince's husband, so you should look for one too. There is no concubine in the harem, and if time goes on, the ministers in the court might bring this up again." Eunuch Yu couldn't help but advise.
"What do they dare to say? Don't mention this matter again." An Chenglin said in a cold voice.
"Yes, I have overstepped my bounds." Eunuch Yu knew that His Majesty was not angry with him, but he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With His Majesty acting like this, it would be difficult for him to have a concubine in the harem.
Your Majesty still can't let go of that matter.
Cheng Yan was riding his horse towards the palace. His eyes were bright and his heart was beating fast.
Momo woke up!
Cheng Yan rushed back to the palace, dismounted and used Qinggong to rush to his bedroom. The shadow in the dark caught the master's mask and led the horse back to the special stable.
However, when he arrived outside the room, Cheng Yan did not dare to push the door open. He was worried that the news he received was false, and when he went in, his Momo was still lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
Cheng Yan, who was nervous, never thought about who would have the guts to lie to him?
Inside the room, Lin Mo was lying on the head of the bed, with a maid carefully feeding him water.
“Cough cough… cough…” Lin Mo drank too quickly and choked accidentally.
"Master Wang, please drink slowly." The maidservants beside him heard Master Wang's cough, and their hearts tightened and their faces looked a little nervous. In the past few days, they saw how nervous the prince was about Master Wang.
"Your Majesty..." Just as the maid finished her words, she felt a gust of wind blowing by, and then she saw the prince appear in the room, sitting beside the bed.
"go out."
Cheng Yan sat next to Lin Mo, held him in his arms with one hand, and took the bowl from the maid.
"Yes." The maid's face turned pale, but she still pretended to be calm and respectful, then left quickly.
"Cheng... cough cough... Cheng Yan?" Lin Mo raised his head. He coughed so hard that his eyes were a little red.
"Yes, I'm here. Do you want some water? Are you hungry? I'll have someone make some porridge."
"Yeah, I'm hungry." After getting the answer, Lin Mo's body softened. He hugged Cheng Yan's waist, buried his head in his chest, and said in a muffled voice.
"Momo, please don't sleep so long in the future, okay?" Cheng Yan put down the bowl, tightened his arms and hugged the person tightly in his arms, and whispered.
"good."
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