Chapter 999 Happiness Has No End
Inside the Guanju Palace, Cheng'an was lying on Yuwen Che's lap, studying the words on the memorial.
Tingxue tugged at Su Luoxue's sleeve and played cat's cradle.
Bai Xiao burst in, first grabbing Tingxue's braid, then snatching the calligraphy brush from Cheng'an's hand.
Finally, he approached Yuwen Che's desk and asked, "Your Majesty, this year's tribute silk from Jiangnan..."
"Speak your mind directly," Yuwen Che said without looking up.
"Your Majesty, please grant me and Fuling a marriage!"
Bai Xiao suddenly became serious, "It would be best... that you grant her another house and some money, so that I can take her to travel the world."
"Cough!" Su Luoxue choked on her tea. "Ah? When did you all..."
Fuling blushed and emerged from behind the screen: "This servant has been with this bastard for five years..."
"What do you mean 'bastard'!" Bai Xiao jumped up and down. "Back then, you were the one who peeked at me while I was bathing..."
"Shut up!" Fuling grabbed a candied fruit and threw it at him.
Yuwen Che flicked his vermilion brush and threw out the imperial edict: "Granted. If you make any more noise, I will betroth you to Han Ying."
Han Ying, who had just entered, silently took three steps back.
Tingxue suddenly raised the flower rope: "Uncle Bai is going to marry Aunt Fuling? Then Ning'er will be the wedding attendant!"
Cheng An grabbed Bai Xiao's robe: "I, the Crown Prince, also grant permission, but you must hand over the sugar pills you brought back from the Western Regions."
Bai Xiao's eyes widened: "I say... Your Highness, your father, the Emperor, rules the entire world, and you're actually eyeing my few jars of sugar pills?"
Cheng'an, hands on his hips, spoke in a childish yet imposing voice: "I'll count to three. If you don't agree, I'll make Aunt Fuling marry Hanying! One..."
"Here you go!" Bai Xiao reluctantly pulled out a painted candy jar. "Western Regions Mystic Butterfly Candy, this is the only jar left..."
Han Ying silently leaped onto the roof beam.
Fuling pinched Bai Xiao's ear: "You actually kept Ning'er's candy for yourself?"
"Wife, spare me!"
Bai Xiao grinned and pulled out a jar of candy, handing it to Cheng An. "Your Highness, please put in a good word for me!"
Cheng'an nodded solemnly: "I will tell the Empress Dowager that you secretly hid Aunt Fuling's rouge last Qixi Festival..."
"My little ancestor!" Bai Xiao hurriedly covered his mouth, "I'll add three more Ferghana horses!"
Yuwen Che suddenly spoke up: "I remember you still have luminous pearls in your private treasury?"
Su Luoxue laughed and leaned on her husband's shoulder: "Alright, stop teasing him..."
Tingxue suddenly raised the candy jar: "Ning'er is going to bully Uncle Bai too!"
Bai Xiao clutched his head and lamented, "My God, I can't stay in this palace anymore..."
As dusk fell, Yuwen Che and Su Luoxue watched Bai Xiao being chased all over the courtyard by the three of them, their clasped fingers gradually tightening.
"I could live like this for another hundred years and never get tired of it."
When the plum trees in Guanju Palace bloomed for the fifth time, the figures leaning on each other on the swing remained unchanged.
Yuwen Che adorned Su Luoxue with newly picked red plum blossoms, while Cheng An led Tingxue in reciting "The Strategies of Governing the Country" under a tree.
Bai Xiao and Fu Ling's marriage certificate was quietly kept at the bottom of the dressing case. Occasionally, dried flowers from the Western Regions would be sent with the letters, still carrying the scent of desert winds and sand.
The Empress Dowager passed away peacefully on a spring morning, with a painting of a hundred longevity symbols by her grandchildren placed beside her pillow.
The story may end, but love never ends.
We witnessed a ruthless emperor who reserved all his gentleness and exceptions for one person.
We also saw the kind and resilient Queen, who melted the ice with love and tolerance, and protected a complete family.
After going through conspiracies and trials of life and death, they finally joined hands and made a vow to live for three lifetimes.
In the years to come, the lights of Guanju Palace will always be warm.
There was always a cup of tea reserved for him next to the memorials presented in the Hall of Political Thought.
Their story is an epic tale of love, trust, and growth, and its lingering happiness will quietly flow in a corner of history books.
Their story will never end, just as true love endures forever.
And you, dear reader, as you close this story, please believe:
You will definitely meet someone like that too—
Perhaps I won't offer you an emperor's kingdom as a dowry, but I will give you a unique and sincere heart.
It may not have the grandeur of a palace, but it will build you the safest haven against the wind and rain.
He/She will cross the sea of people to meet you, know your joys and sorrows, and cherish you like a treasure.
May you:
In this life, I hope to find someone who loves me dearly, and stay with me until our hair turns white.
In ordinary or extraordinary times, write your own perfect ending.
Goodbye is for a better encounter.
May everyone who believes in love eventually find their soulmate.
—The End—
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