comeback [rebirth]

The palace was quiet, as if people could catch the sound of fine snow falling.

The patrolling palace lady held a lamp in her hand, and suddenly saw two sneaky little figures in the dark, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah!"

"Hush—" Cen Yuan said quickly, "Sister Luo, it's me."

The court lady took a closer look: "Second Highness? Young Master Yan? Why do you..."

Cen Yuan asked: "The concubine mother is still in the backyard? Where is the emperor father?"

The maid glanced at the direction of the backyard, and said softly: "Jiang Zhaoyi is still enjoying the moon in the backyard, and His Majesty has already rested."

Hearing this, Cen Yuan nodded, and dragged Yan Xuan towards the backyard in a grand manner.

Sure enough, Jiang Zhaoyi was surprised when he saw the two of them: "Why are you here?"

Yan Xuan politely called "Zhaoyi", Cen Yuan didn't pay too much attention, and picked a grape from the fruit plate, and said, "Come to my concubine to eat Lantern Festival."

Jiang Zhaoyi said angrily: "Where can't I eat Yuanxiao, but come to me."

But even so, she called someone over and told them to cook two bowls of Yuanxiao, without asking why Yan Xuan was in the palace at this hour.

Not long after, the steaming Lantern Festival was cooked and delivered, and Jiang Zhaoyi warned: "Your Majesty is asleep in the bedroom, please keep your voice down."

Cen Yuan blew the Lantern Festival with a "huhu" and said "um" twice.

The flowers are good, the moon is full, and the four directions are peaceful.

Holding the hot tea, Jiang Zhaoyi saw that they were eating in a hurry, so she hurriedly said "slow down", recalling something suddenly, and smiled knowingly.

"What did Concubine Mother think of?" Cen Yuan asked.

It's not yet the season of apricot blossoms, and the few apricot trees in the yard are still bare, only some snow hangs on the branches.

However, when the fine snow fell, it happened to be illuminated by the surrounding lights, and in the dark night, it also faintly showed a tender pink, as if it had rained apricot blossoms.

Jiang Zhaoyi leaned against the imperial concubine's couch, looked up at the full moon, and recalled: "Thinking of... the time when I first met your father."

"It was also Shangyuan that year. Your Majesty was on a tour to the south and happened to be passing through Danlin County. At that time, my grandmother, your grandmother, and I happened to be playing there. When we went out to fly kites, we met Your Majesty."

As soon as she recalled the past, Jiang Zhaoyi seemed to change back to her appearance as a girl, with a shy face and a slight blush.

"Rao is an outstanding person in the south of the Yangtze River, and there has never been a person like His Majesty. But I am only a child of a merchant family, and I claim that I am not qualified to fly on a branch to become a phoenix. Unexpectedly, His Majesty sent someone to invite me. Go on a painting boat with him, watch the lanterns and admire the moon."

Jiang Zhaoyi recalled with sincerity, but on the other side——

Cen Yuan was still not satisfied after eating his own, so he stretched his neck to look at the stuffing of Yuanxiao in Yan Xuan's spoon, and said in surprise, "You are made of sesame seeds?"

Yan Xuan nodded, and looked sideways at his bowl: "Isn't yours?"

"Mine are stuffed with meat!" Cen Yuan hurriedly showed the half-eaten Yuanxiao in the spoon, and said angrily, "I want sweet ones too."

Yan Xuan blinked, and without thinking, pushed the bowl in front of her to the side: "These are for you."

Cen Yuan was naturally satisfied, and was about to take the spoon with his fists ready, when he turned his head inadvertently, he saw Yan Xuan silently took the bowl he handed over, with his eyes slightly lowered, his long eyelashes fluttering like jade butterflies with the blinking movements, A pitiful spirit that people can't help pity.

In an instant, his heart softened, he scooped up a Lantern Festival and blew it twice, then brought the spoon to Yan Xuan's mouth instead.

Yan Xuan was startled by the sudden touch on his lips, raised his eyes to look at the other party, and the spoon that was close to his lips was immediately forced into the gap between his lips.

Yan Xuan had no choice but to open his mouth and eat the Yuanxiao.

Seeing the two of them fighting, Jiang Zhaoyi sighed, "What am I talking about with you?"

Hearing this, Cen Yuan immediately turned his attention: "Concubine Mother, we are all listening, you said that you and Emperor Father fell in love at first sight."

"..." Jiang Zhaoyi always feels that this is a very charming sentence, but it seems a little weird when it comes out of the mouth of her own son.

Her interest was disturbed, so she didn't want to say any more, but Cen Yuan asked: "Mother, are all the girls in Jiangnan as beautiful as you?"

Jiang Zhaoyi stretched out her hand and tapped him on the head: "Before leaving the palace and opening the house, I started thinking about the girl outside."

Cen Yuan chuckled twice, glanced aside, and suddenly hooked Yan Xuan's neck: "Then mother concubine, just say, is there anyone who looks better than our little general?"

Yan Xuan: "..."

Jiang Zhaoyi was taken aback for a moment, then covered her face with a handkerchief, and laughed lightly: "How can this be compared?"

Cen Yuan said honestly: "When I left the palace before, I saw girls in Chang'an City, but none of them were as good-looking as our little general."

And when he looked at Yan Xuan again, small snowflakes fell between the two of them. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached out and pinched the other's ear: "Little General, your ears are red."

……

Cen Yuan withdrew from his memories, saw Jiang Zhaoyi's meaningful smile at a glance, and said quickly: "If it wasn't for the inexplicable marriage granted by the emperor, how could we..."

Aside from the grievances and grievances in the previous life, no matter in the past or now, he just thinks that Yan Xuan is extraordinary in appearance and looks lovable, but it doesn't mean that he has emotional reverie for Yan Xuan.

It is enviable to fall in love at first sight, but on the other hand, if he and Yan Xuan had feelings for each other, they should have developed feelings for each other long ago, so why wait until now.

They are just people tied to a boat now.

only occasionally...

Cen Yuan thought to himself——

Maybe it's because he has been with Yan Xuan far longer than in his previous life, so that when he turns his head, he can see the little general he is familiar with standing beside him; or maybe it's because he walked alone for a long time, walking through Crossed a lonely and irreversible single-plank bridge, and finally fell into the abyss...

So occasionally, like when he went to Yujinlou for dinner that day, halfway through the meal he felt drowsy and fell asleep unconsciously leaning on Yan Xuan's shoulder, he would feel...

Even if he has to stay in a cold cage in the future, this person seems to be by his side forever, without any extra thoughts or worries, just listen to what he says and know what he thinks.

Then stay with him.

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Youshi palace gate was closed, even if Cen Yuan didn't want to, he could only leave the palace and return to his own mansion.

He stepped into the door, and was going directly to his bedroom, but after a few steps, he turned around and turned to the direction of the main hall.

But there was no one he was looking for in the main hall.

"Master Yan hasn't come back yet?"

As soon as Cen Yuan asked, he realized that he had asked nonsense——Yan Xuan was so busy these days that he couldn't see anyone, it was normal that he didn't come back.

But the housekeeper said: "Go back to Your Highness, Lord Yan came back just now, and then went out again."

"Come back?" Cen Yuan was taken aback, "Where did you go?"

"It seems that he went to the barracks. He said he was going to let you have dinner first, and he will be back soon."

Going to the barracks at night?

Cen Yuan only caught the first half of the sentence, then raised his brows slightly, looked in the direction of the gate, and subconsciously rubbed his fingers twice on the jade pendant hanging on his waist.

Why is it today...

The butler watched his face gradually darken, and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, where are you going to use this dinner?"

Originally, when Cen Yuan was the only one in the mansion, he would eat in the bedroom, but since Yan Xuan moved in, the main hall has come in handy.

Cen Yuan said: "Just put it in the main hall."

Probably because he was worried about the situation in the palace, he didn't know what he ate or what he ate for this dinner.When he returned to the bedroom, everything was in a state of trouble, and even the lamp that was placed on the table could be knocked to the ground by him.

Lou Yuanbai, who was guarding outside the house, heard the voice and thought something had happened, so he hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"

Cen Yuan let out a sigh, picked up the lamp and put it back on the table, and said to the outside: "It's nothing, you can go down, there is no need to keep anyone in the yard."

Although Lou Yuanbai felt puzzled, he still praised: "Yes."

After a moment of silence outside the door, Cen Yuan suddenly recovered from his daze.

He laughed at himself, and lay down on the bed with all his clothes on, thinking of just going to sleep, but it was sleep, and this sleep was not peaceful.

Perhaps it was because during the daytime chatting with Jiang Zhaoyi, he remembered his childhood, and perhaps he was disturbed by anxiety, but it happened that Yan Xuan was not by his side—he dreamed about the events of his previous life.