Concentrate and wait! She thought until her death that he didn't truly like her, that he spoiled her because of the face that resembled the eldest princess's by a few points! Li Huailin clenched his fists, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

  If he had told her earlier, if he had shown his heart earlier, would she not have taken her own life? Or, if he hadn't sent her to another hospital, wouldn't there still be a chance to save her?

  Jiang Xuanjin was right, he seemed to have never done anything right, one wrong step led to another, and as a result, his sister left him, Ning Yuwei also left him, and he ended up in the situation he is in today, it's all his own fault!

  Is it too late for regrets now? He is willing to trade everything for this person to wake up.

  Her throat was choked with discomfort, Li Huairan's eyes reddened as he gently lifted her up, just like the countless times she had been gentle with him, holding her hand, turning around and putting her on his back.

  "Your Majesty!" Han Gu was shocked, "What are you going to do? Put down the princess quickly!"

  As if he had not heard, Li Huailian carried Ning Yuwei on his back and said in a hoarse voice: "I want to take her back to the palace."

  He Jiyuan Palace was the palace he built for her, it's her place, she has to go back there.

  "Go back?" Jiang Xuanjin said indifferently.

  His body stiffened. Li Huailian turned his head, and his eyes were complex. He thought seriously for a moment, saying: "I will issue an edict to abdicate the throne to the son of my imperial sister."

  He slightly raised an eyebrow, Jiang Xuanjin looked at him.

  His eyes lost their luster, his complexion ashen like a dead man's. Li Huailin seemed to have lost all thoughts and muttered in a low voice: "As long as you send me and her back to He Xi Palace, I won't be short of doing anything that needs to be done."

  Jiang Xuanjin had originally intended to imprison Li Huailin, after all, this man was responsible for the great chaos in the world and made his marriage bumpy with many twists and turns. But after hearing these words, he still pinched his sleeve and thought carefully.

  Li Huaiyu finished her breakfast and anxiously waited in the house, gazing longingly at the door. Half a time passed before Jiang Xuanjin returned. She immediately withdrew her gaze and casually asked: "How was it?"

  Jiang Xuanjin entered the door and widened his clothes, very disdainfully throwing away his outer gown, wearing a middle garment to lift the pearl curtain at the partition, walking towards the inner room: "Your Majesty has settled in another courtyard, and will set out with us for the capital in two more days."

  Hua Yu got up and followed him. She grabbed the swaying pearl curtain, stuck her head in and said, "Are we going to the capital too?"

  "After all, the capital is the capital of a country." With his hand on his waistband, Jiang Xuanjin turned sideways, "I want to change and bathe, can you step aside for a moment?"

  "No!" The answer was quick and loud, Huai Yu raised her chin, "What else on you haven't I seen?"

  Carrying a water bucket and about to enter, he heard this and stopped in his tracks. He turned around and immediately wanted to leave.

  "Halt." Jiang Xuanjin gritted his teeth and shouted at him, "Water."

  The yin energy in the other courtyard is too heavy, and it has stained me all over. I can ignore everything else, but bathing is a must.

  "Yes." Pretending not to have heard anything, she carried a bucket of water into the house and poured it into the bathtub behind the screen.

  Li Huaiyu made a flower-shaped gesture with her hands, and Jiang Xuanjin took off his middle garment. She couldn't help but let out a "tsk" sound.

  The person in front of him blinked and turned his head to say: "Just now when I came in, I saw Miss Xu and Chi Jin seemed to have a dispute, do you want to go take a look?"

  "I won't go."

  "Lu Jinghang has obtained another treasure and hidden it in his wine tower. Do you want to go and seize it?"

  "No."

  Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xuanjin asked: "Then what do you want to do?"

  Her eyes sparkled with amusement as she gazed at him with a sly smile, mouthing the words: "Take a bath!"

  “”

  Riding on the back of emptiness, facing her while pouring water, he didn't see what she was saying at all. Only Jiang Xuanjin, who was facing her, had a handsome face that turned red and green, green and blue, with five colors intertwined, extremely embarrassed.

  "Master, the water is ready." He tested the temperature of the water, then bowed his head and quietly slipped out. He also closed the door on his way out.

  Hearing the sound of the door handle, Li Huaiyu let out a loud cry and rushed towards Jiang Xuanjin, stretching out her hand to undo the buttons on his inner garment that he had been clutching at all along, and pulling down his clothes from his shoulders.

  Jiang Xuanjin slightly annoyed: "Playing dumb?"

  "Are you allowed to turn on the lights and bully me, but not allowed to bully you in broad daylight?" She touched his white shoulder, feeling hard and unyielding, and couldn't help but poke him with her fingers. She whispered in admiration, "So sturdy."

  Her ears turned red, Jiang Xuanjin patted open her paws, pinched her shoulders to turn her around, then removed the last piece of clothing from her body and stepped into the bathtub.

  "Ah ah ah!" Huai Yu hastily turned her head back, but it was already too late. Water splashed everywhere, hot air steamed up, and the person in front of her only had a slightly flushed face exposed above the water, with their jaw clenched tightly and thin lips pursed shut.

  One of them couldn't hold it in, and Hua Yu burst out laughing, holding onto the edge of the bathtub and doubling over: "We're an old couple now, what's there to be shy about?"

  "Outrageous! Don't look!" Jiang Xuanjin gritted his teeth, squeezing out the words one by one from between his teeth.

  "What's the use of saying this to others, what's the use of saying it to Liu Mang?" Li Huaiyu casually rolled up her sleeves, picked up a towel beside her and wiped his back, "Hurry up, I'll help you wipe your back."

  "The Jiang family rules: women are not allowed to serve as bath attendants!"

  "Alright, alright, come on, hands up."

  "This is outrageous!"

  "Right, right, okay, switch to the other hand."

  "Li Huaiyu!"

  Splashing water everywhere, Jiang Xuanjin angrily said: "Are you listening to me or not?"

  Giggling, she rubbed the soap on his hands, and Hua Yu leaned over to peck him on the cheek: "Your voice is so nice, how could I not listen to you talk? Even when you're not speaking, I love your voice so much."

  The first half of the sentence is still decent, what about the second half? What kind of sound can there be when not speaking? He gave her a cold glance, just about to scold her, then remembered something.

  The red curtains fluttered in the wind, and someone was pressing against her ear, making a muffled sound that couldn't be controlled.

  Jiang Xueming: "I don't know"

  "Hey, you said you just took a bath, why is your face so red?" Li Huaiyu asked innocently, "Was the water too hot?"

  He covered his eyes with his hand and said in a low voice: "Yesterday was my fault. It's been a long time since we met, and I didn't grasp the measure."

  Being with clever people is great, she hadn't even said anything yet, but he could already tell that she was getting revenge for his teasing yesterday. With a smile on her face, Li Huaiyu patted his chest and said straightforwardly: "I forgive you."

  "What?" He looked down at her guilty paws and then back at her, Jiang Xuanjin pursed his lips to indicate: Shouldn't you let him off now?

  "You're telling me this too late." Huai Yu continued to stroke, her heart aching and her head spinning. "If you had said it earlier, I would have left. But now that I've touched you, I couldn't move my hand away. Look at this skin as tender as frozen milk, so lovable"

  Cheng Xiao was guarding the door when he suddenly heard a "crash" from inside, followed by Mrs.'s silvery laughter: "Hahaha---"

  Can taking a bath be so exciting? I really can't understand.

  The mist dispersed, Li Huaiyu stretched out her hand and wrapped a large handkerchief around the person's face, carefully wiping away the water. She then took out a clean robe and helped him put it on.

  Jiang Xuanjin sat silently on the soft couch, letting her massage his wet hair.

  "Thank you." With a hint of a smile in her eyes, she looked at the back of his head and suddenly became more serious, saying in a low voice, "I thought I'd never have the chance to see Huai Lin again."

  For a moment, Jiang Xuanjin's eyebrows and eyes softened: "Missing him that much?"

  "How can I not remember? He's the one I've held since he was little." Huai Yu seriously rubbed his hair, "When he was young, it was me who changed his diapers. The first word he learned to say was 'older sister', every year on my birthday, he would make something small for me himself, there were wood carvings, knots, and even one year he gave me a pair of clay figurines, saying the bigger one was you and the smaller one was me. It made me so happy."

  “？”

  "Don't make that face, I liked you back then, he knew it, he knew it for sure and would definitely send something that could win me over. Don't say anything, but it was made quite realistically, hidden in the Feiyun Palace all along. Last time when we went there together, that thing was still on the ancient wooden rack."

  With her hand clutching the handkerchief slowing down, Huai Yu let out a soft sigh: "If Li Shan wasn't his father, maybe I'd still be sitting safely in Fei Yun Palace, watching him rule over a prosperous Northern Wei."

  It's a pity, no if.

  Jiang Xuanjin asked in a low voice: "Do you want him to continue sitting on the throne?"

  Li Huaiyu shook her head: "It's not a matter of whether I want it or not, but the fact is already here. He is not suitable to be the master of a country, and the Li royal family may be finished."

  She used to be very stubborn, thinking that she would die to protect the throne left by her father. But after experiencing so many things and learning two points of righteousness from Jiang Xuanjin, Huaiyu now thinks that it doesn't matter who sits on the throne, as long as they can let the people of Northern Wei live in peace, what does it have to do with whether the country is named Zhao or not?

  A hint of appreciation flashed in her eyes, Jiang Xuanjin reached out and pulled her into his arms: "When we return to Kyoto, you'll see many familiar faces."

  He twirled his half-dry raven hair and Yu Jade raised an eyebrow: "Is everyone going back?"

  "After some thought, his expression became a bit more serious: 'Are your family members also returning to Kyoto?'"

  "What's wrong?" Jiang Xuanjin asked, "Afraid?"

  "What's there to be afraid of?" Hua Yu sneered, "They just don't know yet that I've given birth to a little rascal and a little troublemaker. They won't come to fight with me when they find out."

  "Who has ever bullied you?" Jiang Xuanjin sighed, "The little overlord of Chang'an, dominating the vegetable market."

  This was a slogan that Qingxuan often shouted, and when he went out to battle, if he saw him looking worried, he would shout it at him once, telling him not to worry about the lord. Over time, it spread throughout the entire Ziyang Army.

  Li Huaiyu's mouth twitched: "I think they're itching for a beating."

  "It's great, very spirited." Jiang Xuanjin said seriously, "When marching, everyone shouted and walked at the same time, and everyone was very energetic."

  Clutching her small fist was about to smash onto his shoulder, Jiang Xuanjin slightly smiled, stretched out his hand to catch hers, and softly said: "I'm here."

  With me by your side, you have nothing to fear.

  Dazed for a moment, Hua Yu blinked her eyes, looking at his determined expression, and suddenly felt a softness in her heart.

  Yes, she's now someone with a patron, even if the sky falls, he'll be there to hold it up for her! What does she have to worry about? With a sly smile, she gently blew on his hand and kissed the back of it: "Thank you, sir, for taking care of me!"

  "Your Highness is being polite." He narrowed his eyes, pinched her chin, leaned down and returned a fierce salute.

  Liu Yunlie fled all the way to Fodu Pass, letting people keep an eye on the movement within a hundred miles. Once Jiang Xuanjin brought his men over, he would continue to retreat in the direction of Xi Liang. However, there was no movement around him for a long time, and it wasn't until a month later that he knew Jiang Xuanjin had withdrawn his troops.

  Kyoto was guarded by the army of Changlin, and Li Huaiyu thought they would encounter some trouble on their way, but unexpectedly, not only did no one stop them, but when the horse-drawn carriage entered the city, the pedestrians on the street even cheered along the way.

  "Prince Zi Yang is back! Prince Zi Yang is back!"

  "Your military strategy is divine! Your prestige and fame are unmatched in the world!"

  "Did Princess Changyang also come back with him?"

  Listening to the gossip in front of her, Li Huaiyu was still smiling and felt very proud, but when she heard the last sentence, she was shocked and subconsciously withdrew her head.

  "What are you doing?" Jiang Xuanjin asked, looking at her sideways.

  Holding her head in her arms, she whispered: "I'm afraid someone will smash my eggs!"

  She gave him a glance. Jiang Xuanjin said: "Do you think it's still the eighth year of Daxing?"

  In the eighth year of Daxing, Princess Chang passed away, and people all over the world applauded with joy. By the end of the year to the ninth year of Daxing, the war broke out, and the infamy on Princess Chang's body had been washed clean. With the rise of the first-line city and the merits of the Dan Yang army in resisting the Western Liang War, no one would scold her as a disaster anymore.

  She hesitated for a moment, then slowly lifted up one corner of the carriage curtain.

  The common people on the street all had smiles on their faces, without any fierce expressions. When mentioning Princess Chang, the crowd discussed: "So many years of grievances can also be considered as a snow-covered injustice, it is said that she has come back to life, but it is unknown whether it is true or false."

  "It's fake, isn't it? When a person is dead, how can they be reborn? Most likely, Princess Chang was clever from the start and knew she would be framed, so she staged a 'golden cicada shedding its shell'."

  "Empress Dowager is formidable!"

  Completely different from the scolding all over the street at that time. Huaiyu leaned her ears to listen, blinked her eyes, and slowly raised the corners of her mouth.

  "They say I'm awesome!" She turned back, her eyes shining brightly.

  Jiang Xuanjin nodded: "The truth."

  Her mood brightened, Li Huaiyu smiled and asked: "Then tell me, what's so fierce about me?"

  Others would modestly say "I don't dare" or "it's too much praise", but this one is good. He even thinks that others' praise is not enough, and comes to him for recognition? Jiang Xuanjin shook his head and said expressionlessly: "No comment on other things, but there's one thing Your Highness is really formidable at."

  "What?" Huai Yu clasped her hands together and looked at him expectantly.

  The people in the car adjusted their sleeves and said objectively: "When I became Mrs. Zi Yang Jun."

  Li Huaiyu: "I don't know"

  People say that husbands and wives who are together for a long time will become more and more alike. At least, they'll have thicker skin. He's really becoming more like her.

  A long procession wound its way for half a mile, and in the middle of the procession was a vehicle that was particularly strange. A long board supported by six wooden wheels, on top of which seemed to be placed something like a coffin, was surrounded by curtains held up all around, and as the wind blew, it brought with it a strange smell.