The adult and two children did not get off the carriage, but took the green-covered carriage directly to the Ningshou Palace on the east road of the imperial palace.

Since the abdication ceremony three years ago, the retired emperor Chu Qi moved from the Qianqing Palace to the Ningshou Palace, where he lived a life of playing with his grandchildren and no longer taking care of household affairs.

In the first two years, when the ministers occasionally disagreed with the new emperor, they would come to the Ningshou Palace to ask the retired emperor to persuade the new emperor, but the retired emperor refused to see them and had no attachment to power.

"Father."

"Royal grandfather!"

After paying respect to the elders, Xiao Chuzhen handed the "Taizu Handwritten Notes" to the emperor as if presenting a treasure, "This is a gift for you!"

The little girl looked at their grandfather with eyes full of admiration, her lips curved into a pair of dimples that were very similar to her mother's.

The emperor is old after all.

He is fifty-nine years old this year, approaching sixty. His hair is half black and half white, and there are more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his face is rosy and his spirits are high. He even looks better than in the first two years after he ascended the throne.

"Good boy!" The emperor praised without thinking, all kinds of compliments were on his lips. At this moment, he saw the familiar handwriting on the blue cover of the book, and his hands trembled.

The white piece in his hand flew out and fell into the chess box, making a crisp sound of chess pieces colliding.

"This is..." The retired emperor hurriedly took the book from Chu Zhen. In his anxiety, his elbow hit the ginkgo wood chessboard, and the black and white chess pieces scattered on the board suddenly became messy.

His eyes were a little moist, his old hands were trembling slightly, and his fingertips repeatedly stroked the book cover.

After a moment, he took a deep breath and slowly turned a few pages, and saw a pool of yellow-brown medicine stains on a certain page.

This was left behind when he accidentally knocked over the medicine bowl.

Thirty years ago, when Emperor Taizu was seriously ill, the palace was in chaos. It was not until Taizu's death that the late emperor discovered that "Taizu's Handwritten Notes" was missing, and along with it disappeared a eunuch who served Taizu.

The late emperor and Fengyang immediately sent people to look for the eunuch and the letter. The Jinyiwei searched the capital for a day and a night and finally found the eunuch. However, when the eunuch found that he could not escape, he committed suicide by taking poison, and no letter was found on his body.

From then on, "Taizu's Notes" disappeared.

The late emperor always thought that it was Fengyang who was deliberately making a mystery and that it was Fengyang who took away "Taizu's Handwritten Notes" because Fengyang was coveting the throne.

But now, both the late emperor and Fengyang are gone.

The emperor's heart tightened.

"Grandfather, are you sad?" As the little girl's soft voice entered his ears, a snow-white handkerchief was handed to him.

Chu Zhen stood on tiptoe and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of the retired emperor's eyes with a handkerchief.

When he met the little girl's clean and pure eyes, the sadness in the emperor's heart disappeared, leaving only a sweet feeling.

His granddaughter was so thoughtful! "Grandfather is not sad." The emperor said softly to comfort his granddaughter, "Grandfather is happy."

"I know!" Chu Zhen said with a smile, "You are crying for joy, right?"

The emperor was amused by his granddaughter and burst into laughter.

“Pah.”

At this time, the crisp sound of falling pieces was heard.

The emperor subconsciously looked towards the chessboard and saw Chu Yun quickly place two black pieces on the board without any hesitation.

"Grandfather Emperor, I have restored the messed up chess game." Chu Yun said meticulously and smiled faintly at the retired emperor.

The chess game that had just been accidentally messed up by the retired emperor was restored to its original state by Chu Yun.

The Emperor: “…”

The retired emperor felt an indescribable amount of complex emotions, mixed with a hint of pride: his eldest grandson was just as smart as his son was when he was young, with a photographic memory, and the two had similar personalities.

"Ahem," the retired emperor cleared his throat with a dry cough, rubbed his grandson's head, and praised, "Brother Yun has a really good memory."

Little Chu Zhen glanced at the chessboard with great interest and said innocently, "Grandfather, you are about to lose."

"..." The emperor nodded helplessly and simply surrendered.

Chu Yi, dressed in a moon-white robe, sat on the other side of the chessboard. His eyebrows were as black as ink, his eyes were as bright as stars, his nose was high, and he looked elegant with a hint of nobility.

A young man of twenty-six or twenty-seven has a distinct facial contour and is extremely handsome. He is more handsome and steady than when he was seventeen or eighteen years old.

The light of the setting sun gently shone on him, and his black hair reflected a layer of bright halo.

"I can't even defeat my father." The glutinous rice dumpling-like girl looked at Chu Yi, then at the emperor, and said sympathetically, "I can't even defeat my brother."

She patted the emperor's hand comfortingly and stuffed one of her favorite candied fruits into his mouth. "Grandfather, eat the candied fruit. You won't feel sad after eating the candied fruit."

The emperor smiled with satisfaction and asked the little girl what she was going to do outside the palace today.

The little girl happily talked about how they searched for books in the bookstore and how they found this "Tingzhi Diary". Finally, she said, "Grandfather, mother promised to make wine with me using the method described in the book. When I'm done, I'll treat you to a drink, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" The emperor responded repeatedly. He was very pleased with his granddaughter's coaxing. He thought: The little girl is really filial. When she has something good, she thinks of her grandfather first.

He openly gave Chu Yi a boastful look.

The grandparents and grandchildren laughed and talked a lot, and had endless things to talk about.

The little girl was young after all, and she went out of the palace to play today. She felt sleepy after talking for a while. She covered her mouth and yawned repeatedly, with sleepy eyes.

"Yun'er, you and your sister can go to the green gauze cabinet to take a nap. Grandfather will wake you up to have dinner together, okay?" The emperor said to the two children.

Chu Yun was actually also sleepy, but he was forcing himself to stay awake. After hearing what his grandfather said, he responded like an elder brother.

The little adult's appearance made the adults present couldn't help laughing.

After the two children fell asleep, the emperor retired to his bedroom, using the excuse of being tired.

Chu Yi and Gu Yanfei smiled at each other, knowing full well that the emperor just wanted them to be alone together.

"Let's go for a walk in the back garden."

At Chu Yi's suggestion, the couple went for a walk in the back garden of Ningshou Palace.

This back garden was specially built for the retired emperor. It is not as big as the imperial garden, but it is small but complete.

The sun sets in the west, and a gentle breeze blows by. Clusters of beautiful summer flowers bloom in profusion, the fragrance of flowers floats in the air, and a few dragonflies dot the lotus leaves.

The surroundings were quiet and silent. Apart from the two of them, there seemed to be no one else in this huge garden.

Chu Yi pulled Gu Yanfei to a pavilion. Gu Yanfei sat down, but he was not in a hurry to sit down. He took out a pair of silver earrings with white magnolia pendants from his sleeve pocket and put them on her earlobes himself.

The white magnolia earrings carved from mutton-fat white jade are exactly the same as the ones on Gu Yanfei's white magnolia silver hairpin. The two are obviously a set.

"Does it look good?" Gu Yanfei touched the delicate earring on her earlobe, tilted her little face, and looked at him with a charming smile.

I don't know whether it is talking about people or jewelry.

"It looks good!" Chu Yi nodded with a smile, sat down, and held her in his arms.

Gu Yanfei naturally snuggled up to his broad chest, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder like a cat, her eyes shining like stars.

Even though he is busy with government affairs now, he still makes jewelry for her from time to time, and she likes to wear the jewelry he makes every day.

He is really nice.

Gu Yanfei raised her little face and gently pressed her cherry lips against his eyelids, expressing her love with her actions.

Chu Yi quickly took over the role...

The warm evening breeze had a hint of coolness, blowing softly on their hair, entwining them together.

It was unknown how long it had been before his burning lips left hers and he gently kissed the top of her head again, whispering, "Yesterday, Brother Yun and Sister Zhen said they wanted to polish a set of chess pieces by hand and give them to you on their birthdays."

"If you see them polishing chess pieces recently, just pretend you didn't know."

Every year on the twins’ birthdays, Chu Yi would not only prepare birthday gifts for the children, but also prepare a gift for her.

Later, the twins saw how thrilling it was when their aunt gave birth, and from then on they followed Chu Yi's example and gave her a handmade gift every year on their birthdays.

Last year it was a compass, and the year before that they made four Mohelos by hand…

As Gu Yanfei thought about it, his heart felt soft, as if it was filled with honey.

Before she met Chu Yi, she had never enjoyed the happiness of family.

In this small world, she had never seen Gu Ce and Xie; in her life in the Yaoling Realm, she was also an orphan.

When she was pregnant with the twins, she was very scared for a while, afraid that she would not be a good mother. Even when she encountered the thunder tribulation in the Yaoling Realm, she had never been so scared.

He told her that he had a good father, so he knew how to be a good father, and that was enough.

At the time, she thought it was both funny and seemed to make some sense.

Chu Yi's father is undoubtedly a good father, and he has taught his two children, Chu Yi and Anle, very well.

After the twins were born, Chu Yi fulfilled his original promise with practical actions. He looked gentle and elegant on the outside, but he was actually quite arrogant in his bones and was always selfish in his dealings with others.

He never cared about the saying "A gentleman holds his grandchildren instead of his own sons", nor did he care about those rules and etiquette. When she gave birth, he went into the delivery room and stayed with her regardless of the dirty taboos. He held the twins in his arms and brought them up.

No matter how busy he is, he will make time every day to play and talk with his two children. He taught both children personally and they like to play with him and even tell him some of their secrets.

After a few years, even the ministers got used to the twins appearing in the morning court and the imperial study from time to time.

Day by day, the twins learned to imitate their father, which included being nice to her.

"Mother, this cake is delicious, fragrant and sweet."

"Mother, the lotus in the pond has bloomed. Let's go and see."

"Mom, do you want me to massage your shoulders?"

"Let me play chess with you!"

“…”

Gu Yanfei had resolved the inner demons of her past life eight years ago, but she still had some regrets in her heart. Her father, Gu Ce, was her eternal regret.

As the twins grew up little by little, she finally let it go.

If she grew up with her father, then her relationship with her elder brother and her father's family would be like them.

Daddy would personally enlighten her, teach her martial arts, teach her the principles of dealing with people, and set an example for her to learn how to raise her children...

"Chuyi," she gently called Chu Yi's nickname, staring into his eyes, and said sincerely, "You are so nice."

People are always greedy.

She wasn't as carefree as she usually was.

When she was just reborn, she just wanted to resolve her inner demons, change her brother's fate, and clear her father's grievances.

But now, she hopes that she can be with him forever.

She was becoming more and more greedy.

Chu Yi lowered his eyes and stared at her, his brows relaxed and his eyes gentle.

Although Gu Yanfei's words were incoherent, he seemed to understand them, with an expression of unconcealable joy and satisfaction between his brows.

Joy overflowed from his eyes and brows, and he couldn't hide it.

He laughed softly, kissed Gu Yanfei's slightly swollen lips, and said jokingly, "Am I that good?"

"Yeah." She buried her face tightly in his arms, her voice sounding muffled.

She hugged his thin waist tightly and listened to his strong heartbeat.

This is her third life, and she has only met him.

It was her great fortune to meet him!

She would tell him all these words long, long time later, at the moment of his death.

There is no rush now, they still have the next fifty years to go.

Gu Yanfei curled her lips and laughed quietly in his arms.

After a while, she felt his lips kissing the top of her head tenderly, and his lips gradually moved down, from her forehead, cheeks, corners of lips, chin, neck...

She only felt a burning sensation in the crook of her neck, spreading like a warm fire, spreading to her whole body little by little.

The breathing became heavier and it was hard to tell whether it was hers or his.

"Yan Fei, we..." Waves of hot air blew across her ears, his voice was a little hoarse, a little low, and a little hot.

Before he could finish his words, a familiar cat meow came from not far away:

“Meow…”

A long-haired calico cat leaped over the flowers and rushed towards them quickly.

Qingguang rushed up to them and tried hard to bite Gu Yanfei's skirt with his sharp teeth, as if he wanted to take her somewhere.

“Meow, meow, meow!”

The cat kept meowing excitedly at them, its pair of green eyes wide open, as if complaining, or as if indignant.

Chu Yi calmed his breath, raised his head from her neck, and looked down at the cat.

Gu Yanfei also lowered his eyes and looked at the cat.

"I don't understand!" the two people said in unison.

The cat was so angry that its fur stood on end and it let out a "woop".

The two soon realized what was going on. Not far away, a middle-aged eunuch ran over here breathlessly, chasing a cat, and shouted, "Your Majesty, Queen."

"The eldest princess just woke up. She seemed to be in a nightmare. After waking up, she kept crying and calling for the queen. The emperor and His Highness Qingguang couldn't comfort her no matter what they did."

While the eunuch was reporting, Qingguang continued to meow, feeling that as a cat, he really cared about this family.

“…” Chu Yi sighed helplessly, feeling that his plan for tonight was going to fail.

"Let's go." He held Gu Yanfei's hand and stood up, his palms burning.

Gu Yanfei laughed and stood up. Just as he was about to gently tickle his palm, he was suddenly stunned.

She stood still, looking at Chu Yi with a strange look, and didn't move for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Chu Yi raised his eyebrows.

Gu Yanfei raised his hand without saying a word, and gently stroked his black hair with his fingers...

A faint golden light flashed around Chu Yi, very faint and shallow, but Gu Yanfei still saw it.

This is not sunlight, but golden light that represents luck, although Chu Yi's luck is far inferior to Gu Yun'er's back then.

It is obvious that the destiny of this small world has re-selected the son of destiny.

The afterglow of sunset and the colorful clouds in the sky are breathtakingly beautiful.

(End of Extra 04) (End of this chapter)