"I'll take you to the palace to meet my brother in a few days."
"...Yeah." Lin Mo hesitated, but finally nodded in response.
"What? Are you scared?" Cheng Yan heard the uneasiness in his voice, looked down at him and asked.
“…A little bit.” Lin Mo felt that there was nothing to hide and nodded honestly.
Ancient emperors, it's nothing to hear, but you have to go to the palace to meet the emperor. Although the current emperor is Cheng Yan's brother, Lin Mo is still a little scared, because he is the ruler of a country.
However, Lin Mo's timidity was more of a psychological reaction before meeting his parents.
"Don't take the opinions of the people about your brother too seriously. He is only doing so for the sake of stability in the court. Just like the opinions of the people about me, they are exaggerated." Cheng Yan thought Momo was afraid of his brother because of the rumors, and explained.
He and his brother, one of them, transformed himself into a tyrannical and capricious war god for the sake of stability at the border, just to repel the enemies who wanted to invade Yu State when the new emperor had just ascended the throne and the court was still unstable.
In order to quickly consolidate his government, he gave up ruling the country with benevolence and used methods that were extremely brutal in the eyes of others to eliminate some evils in the court in a short period of time.
When the three brothers were young, they were bullied by the people in the palace because of their mother's death. Cheng Yan will never forget that his brother was punished by his father to kneel in the snow in order to protect him and A Yuan.
It was at that time that Cheng Yan had the idea of going to the border and taking control of the military power. Although he didn't know what his brother was thinking, Cheng Yan still felt that his brother's original intention of fighting for the throne was for him and A Yuan.
The general was my mother's father and their grandfather. Long before my mother passed away, Cheng Yan and his brother knew that their father had begun to fear their grandfather who held military power. Perhaps my mother's death was not an accident. After all, my mother was in good health before she became pregnant with Ayuan.
If the emperor's brother fails to seize the throne, not only will he and Ayuan suffer an accident, but perhaps the general's family will also meet a bad end.
Emperors have always been suspicious, and their father was a tyrant who was addicted to beauty. They have many brothers, and if the elder brother hadn't used cruel means to ascend to that position, I'm afraid that before Cheng Yan returned from the border, the elder brother and A Yuan would have met with an accident.
"What do people think of you? What do they think?" Lin Mo looked up, puzzled.
Su Qingran came over today, and Lin Mo knew about the rumors about Cheng Yan. However, Lin Mo didn't really believe those words, and Cheng Yan's own words were more authentic.
"Really want to hear it?" Cheng Yan said with a smile. He had forgotten that Mulin County was a remote place in Yu State, and it was possible that these rumors had not spread there.
"Really? Tell me quickly." Lin Mo urged.
"Why do I feel like you want to listen to a play and ask me to talk about this?" Cheng Yan said helplessly.
In the end, Cheng Yan picked out some rumors that everyone knew. Not long after, he looked down and saw Momo listening with great interest.
"That's all."
"That's all?" Lin Mo was listening intently when he heard Cheng Yan suddenly stop and say that he had finished.
"Otherwise, what else do you want?" Cheng Yan scratched the tip of his nose with his fingers and laughed softly.
After listening to him, Lin Mo thought for a moment, then stood up and put his hands on Cheng Yan's shoulders. Lin Mo leaned his head over, forehead to forehead, nose to nose... well, his face was a little small, so he couldn't touch his nose to Cheng Yan's.
Lin Mo moved, adjusted his position, and then looked into Cheng Yan's eyes without blinking.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan was distracted for a moment by Lin Mo's focused gaze, and put his hand behind his waist to support him.
"To encourage you." Lin Mo muttered.
"Um?"
"You are very gentle, not cruel at all. What they said is nonsense." Lin Mo put his arms around Cheng Yan's neck, his body softened and nestled in his arms, and whispered.
In Lin Mo's heart, Cheng Yan was very gentle. He would warm his hands and feet in winter and pamper him. He was not a cruel evil spirit at all.
"Hmm..." Cheng Yan hugged the person in his arms tightly and responded softly.
Gentle? No one had ever used the word gentle to describe him. Cheng Yan had heard the most about him being moody, cold and cruel. Only Momo and his younger brother thought he was a gentle person.
"We've been staying in the mansion for so many days, shall we go out for a walk tomorrow?"
"Okay!" Lin Mo's eyes lit up instantly when he heard that he could go out for a walk.
Finally, he could go out for some fresh air. He had been staying in the palace for more than ten days, including the time spent lying in bed. In addition, Cheng Yan was busy these days and had no time to accompany him all day. If he didn't go out, Lin Mo felt that he was going to get sick.
A few days later, Lin Mo finally had the day to go to the palace. Although Cheng Yan had counseled him before, Lin Mo was nervous when he thought about the so-called meeting with the parents.
"Cheng Yan, do you think my brother will dislike me?" Lin Mo, who woke up early in the morning, turned sideways and pushed the person lying next to him, and whispered.
"Huh? You are my husband, why do you want my brother to like you?" Cheng Yan, who was pushed awake and still a little conscious, woke up instantly after hearing Momo's words.
The next second, Cheng Yan turned over and pressed him lightly, their bodies pressed tightly together. There was a dangerous look in Cheng Yan's eyes, and his voice was slightly hoarse.
"As the love of my brother's husband, between family members! What are you thinking of?!" Lin Mo blushed.
"Is that so... Don't worry. The emperor issued an edict yesterday. He wouldn't have done this if he didn't like it." Cheng Yan said, retracting the dangerous look in his eyes.
"But... I'm still a little nervous." Lin Mo said hesitantly.
"Hmm? Nervous..." Cheng Yan's eyes seemed thoughtful.
Lin Mo thought he would say something soothing, but he didn't expect that person to suddenly kiss him.
"Um...what are you doing..."
"Do something that makes you... forget about being nervous." Cheng Yan put his lips on his, then slowly moved down, his voice unclear.
“It’s… um… morning, you…” Lin Mo quickly reached out to stop him from tearing off his clothes, blushing.
"Yes, I know."
“I know you’re still like this. You’ll be entering the palace soon, so stop making trouble…” Lin Mo put his hand against Cheng Yan’s chest to prevent him from pressing down on him.
"It's okay. You can come back to the palace in the afternoon. My brother doesn't mind anyway..."
The emperor prepared for the whole morning to meet his sister-in-law:
In the afternoon, Cheng Yan took Lin Mo on a carriage to the palace. After arriving at the palace, Cheng Yan got off the carriage and turned around to carry the person down.
Lin Mo stood aside, letting Cheng Yan tidy up his messy clothes, and looked up at the palace gate. Unlike the Forbidden City he had seen before, the palace with the emperor inside was indeed more majestic and solemn.
"Let's go." Cheng Yan was worried that Lin Mo would be nervous, so he held his hand.
Lin Mo nodded and went in with Cheng Yan.
The eunuch who was waiting on the side saw His Royal Highness Prince Cheng and his wife go in, and followed them in. He was a little surprised at what he had just seen, but in front of His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, the young eunuch did not dare to show any other expression.
I heard that the emperor had issued an order that His Royal Highness Prince Cheng would marry a royal husband in two months. Due to the emperor's pressure, the people in the palace dared not talk about it openly or secretly, and could only gossip in their hearts.
Most of the palace maids and eunuchs thought that Prince Cheng's husband would be a man of similar height to Prince Cheng. After all, Prince Cheng's husband was someone that Prince Cheng brought back when he returned to Beijing. But they were all wrong.
It looked like Mr. Cheng was more delicate than other boys. His face was so pale that the father-in-law who was waiting by the side felt an uncontrollable surge of heartache as soon as he saw him.
I didn't expect that His Royal Highness Prince Cheng would like a guy like this, but come to think of it, Mrs. Cheng's figure is half as small as His Royal Highness Prince Cheng's, and a guy like this can indeed make a man want to protect her.
Not knowing what the young eunuch following behind them was thinking, Cheng Yan led Momo through the imperial garden and walked towards the side hall.
Cheng Yan pushed the door open and walked in. Lin Mo looked inside, then retracted his gaze and followed Cheng Yan. Just now, Lin Mo took a look and found that besides An Jinyuan, the man in bright yellow clothes was the emperor brother that Cheng Yan mentioned.
Just a glance, Lin Mo had a first impression of the young emperor. Just like what Cheng Yan said before, the man had a cold temperament. In simple terms, he was what modern girls often call an iceberg cold man.
Lin Mo followed Cheng Yan and was about to salute when he stopped. Lin Mo looked at Cheng Yan with a puzzled look on his face. Even if An Chenglin was not Cheng Yan's brother, even if he was the emperor of Yu State, Lin Mo would still salute.
"This is not a formal meeting, so there's no need to perform formal formalities. My brother won't mind." Cheng Yan pulled Lin Mo to his seat and sat down.
"..." Lin Mo opened his mouth to say something, but because the person sitting on the main seat was the emperor, Lin Mo did not dare to speak.
Lin Mo felt that Cheng Yan's behavior made him even more panicked.
An Chenglin, who was sitting in the main seat, glanced at his younger brother, snorted coldly, and picked up the teacup to drink tea.
"My brother was waiting for you this morning, but after waiting for an hour, I received the news that you would come in the afternoon..." An Jinyuan saw the uneasiness on Lin Mo's face and explained with a smile. However, before he could say yes, he was stopped by his brother.
"Ayuan..." An Chenglin glanced at him with a cold face, and there was a warning in his voice.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Fifth Brother and A-Mo already understood it anyway..." An Jinyuan waved his hands and smiled helplessly. The last sentence was muttered in a low voice, but everyone present heard it.
After hearing An Jinyuan's explanation, Lin Mo looked at the young emperor again. He wanted to laugh, but he held it back.
So, the emperor who had been waiting here since early morning was stood up by his brother and was angry and upset? This was what Lin Mo understood from An Jinyuan's words just now.
This is somewhat inconsistent with his impression of the emperor as a cold and unkind person.
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