In the middle of the night, when heard a small sound from outside the window, Zhu Yunxuan, who had not slept all the time, immediately opened his eyes, listened for a while, got up and put on a coat and got out of bed.

Halfway through the window, a gray-black peregrine falcon stopped on the window lattice, and its sharp beak lightly pecked the back of Zhu Yunxuan's hand, as if acting like a spoiled child.

Zhu Yunxuan smiled and stroked the peregrine falcon's wings, untied the bamboo tube tied to its legs, and took out the letterhead sealed inside.

This peregrine falcon was a tribute from Beiyi three years ago. The pair of chicks were raised by Zhu Yunxuan himself, and they only recognized him as the owner. This kind of peregrine falcon flies extremely high and very fast, and it is extremely difficult to be shot down. He was hijacked by Liang Zhen and boarded the ship that day, so he made preparations and let the peregrine falcon come out and follow him all the way to help him and Zhu Yunjing pass the news. .

In the letter, Zhu Yunjing briefly and concisely told him what happened in Quanzhou these days. They tried their best to suppress the news of the emperor's disappearance, and there were still rumors outside, as if someone deliberately wanted to take the opportunity to incite right and wrong. . Fortunately, the current situation is still stable, and there is no trouble.

They also received the letter sent by Liang Zhen, but obviously, Zhu Yunjing and the others did not trust Liang Zhen.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Zhu Yunxuan's eyes gradually sank, and the candlelight beating on the windowsill reflected in his eyes, flickering.

The letterhead stretched over the candlestick, and the flames quickly licked and kissed it.

The peregrine falcon on the window lattice tilted his neck for unknown reasons, grunted, and wished Yunxuan a return to his senses, lowered his eyes and sneered. After a moment of silence, a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

Xu'er on the bed turned over, opened his eyes whimperingly, Zhu Yunxuan walked over, bent down and patted the quilt lightly, coaxing in a low voice, "Good, Daddy is here, you sleep."

Xu'er rubbed her eyes and woke up. Zhu Yunxuan simply wrapped the person in a thin blanket and picked him up, carried the child to the table and fed him some hot water. The child gradually came to his senses, and when he saw the peregrine falcon still stepping on the window lattice, his eyes widened curiously: "Little bird."

Zhu Yunxuan laughed, and only his silly son would regard birds of prey like peregrine falcons as small birds.

Xu'er was not afraid at all, and was eager to touch the peregrine falcon. Zhu Yunxuan didn't stop him. He hugged him and let him touch the peregrine falcon's wings. He only used his arms to slightly block him to prevent the peregrine falcon from pecking at him suddenly.

The peregrine falcon tilted its neck again, glanced at the child condescendingly, and turned sideways after a while, making it easier to touch.

Zhu Yunxuan was a little surprised. Seeing the little doll's face full of excitement and no fear, he remembered how happy he was when Liang Zhen said he wanted to raise leopards and tigers for him the day before. For the first time, he knew that his son was not just playing with bunnies and puppies. .

That's fine, you can't really raise your son as a daughter.

Holding Xu'er's hand with a smile, Zhu Yunxuan asked his son in a low voice, "Xuan'er, do you want to go back? You can see your eldest father and father when you go back."

The child immediately said: "Go back!"

"But... when I go back to Xu'er, I won't be able to see my father, and no one will accompany Xu'er to the beach to pick up conch shells."

"Really?" Xu'er was suddenly in a dilemma, "Then take my father back, can you?"

"No... At least not now, or we'll stay and play with my father for a few more days, and go back later, okay?"

Zhu Yunxuan hugged his son earnestly and seduced him. The child looked at him blankly. Zhu Yunxuan continued: "I'll play with my father for a few days, and then go back to see your eldest father and father, okay?"

The child nodded happily: "Okay."

Zhu Yunxuan lowered his head and kissed his cheek: "Good boy."

Putting the child back into the bed, Zhu Yunxuan sat down at the table, picked up a pen and quickly wrote a reply letter, sealed it in a bamboo tube, and finally patted the peregrine falcon that had been waiting for a long time, and let it fly out.

Standing by the window for a while, he narrowed his eyes and smiled, closed the window and blew out the candle, went to bed and hugged the child and fell asleep with peace of mind.

Early the next morning, as soon as the father and son got up, Liang Zhen sent someone over to spread the word, saying that he would go to the military camp in the morning to deal with some things, and he would be back at noon. Zhu Yunxuan didn't ask any further questions. After washing and changing, he asked someone to bring breakfast.

When Liang Zhen was not there, Zhu Yunxuan didn't take Xu'er out. Seeing that the child couldn't be idle after breakfast, he walked around the general's mansion with him.

The general's mansion was not big, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he moved from the backyard to the front yard. The woman who forcibly took Xu'er away at the temple fair that day was in the front yard, talking to people.

The other party was a young man in his twenties, with red lips and white teeth, wearing a very simple bunt, holding a large bamboo basket in his hand, and hesitantly asked the woman, "Aunt Qin, is the Major General here?"

Neither of them noticed that Zhu Yunxuan was coming, Zhu Yunxuan stopped, looked at from a distance, and heard the woman surnamed Qin say, "Brother Ren is bringing tea to the Major General again? Major General I'm not here, go to the barracks, give me your things, and I'll take them in."

The young man smiled shyly: "No, it's quite heavy, I'll send it in by myself, the tea leaves are dried by myself, and I picked the most tender leaf core. When you look back, Aunt Qin, remember to make it for the major general, he I just love this one, and I mentioned it to me last time."

"okay."

The two walked over together while talking, only to see Zhu Yunxuan standing under the porch, who had been watching them for an unknown amount of time.

The woman immediately reacted and greeted Zhu Yunxuan, nudged the boy who was stunned after seeing Zhu Yunxuan, and reminded him in a low voice, "This is the Major General's wife and the young master."

The young man suddenly came back to his senses, lowered his head, blushed and said, "I have seen the major general's wife and the young master..."

Zhu Yunxuan looked at Xiao Langjun in front of him coldly. Seeing his delicate face, he was completely different from the tanned teenagers on the island. At first glance, it seemed that he had never entered the military camp. He was a little puzzled and frowned, "You look up. ."

The other party raised his head timidly, his eyes wandering, not daring to meet Zhu Yunxuan's scrutinizing eyes. After seeing his appearance clearly, Zhu Yunxuan's brows furrowed even tighter. It wasn't his illusion, this young man actually looked a bit like him.

"what do you do?"

"Little... Little is working in the tea garden, come... come to deliver tea to the Major General..."

Zhu Yunxuan pursed the corner of his lips lightly, and was very displeased with the other party's timid state. He didn't ask any more questions, and asked her to hand over the things to the woman, and sent the person away.

The woman took the initiative to explain to Zhu Yunxuan: "This brother Ren was brought from the capital by the major general and arranged to work in the tea garden. He would often come to the general's house to deliver tea, but there was nothing else next to him, and I didn't have much contact with him. ."

If he just came to deliver tea leaves, he wouldn't be full of admiration and affection in his eyes and words when he mentioned Liang Zhen, I'm afraid he was hiding something else. As for why Liang Zhen escaped, he brought such a helpless little man with him...

Zhu Yunxuan knew that this woman was left to him by Liang Zhen's father. She and her husband escaped from other places in Nanyang. They were rescued by Xiao Junbo and were very loyal to that general Xiao. Xiao Junbo passed away. Later, he became Liang Zhen's confidant, but he was not with the people Liang Zhen brought out of Beijing, so he must not know more.

Nodding coldly, Zhu Yunxuan didn't ask any more questions, and took Xu'er and turned back to the backyard.

Liang Zhen came back before noon, and came directly to Zhu Yunxuan when he entered the door. Zhu Yunxuan was sitting on the couch playing with chess pieces, while Xuer was playing with his rabbits and conch shells. Hearing the movement, Xu'er raised her head first, and shouted to Liang Zhen: "Father!"

Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes and glanced, then lowered his head and continued to focus on the chessboard. Liang Zhen sat on the couch cross-legged and scratched his son's nose with a smile. Seeing that there was only a cup of boiled water in front of Zhu Yunxuan, he asked him with a smile, "Why does your majesty even have tea? Stop drinking? Could it be that the people in my house were not well entertained?"

"Tired."

Zhu Yunxuan couldn't bear to spit out two words, his expression was indifferent, Liang Zhen raised his eyebrows, and he was a little unclear. Xu'er hummed and said, "Father doesn't play with Xu'er, daddy is not happy, and Xu'er is not happy either."

Liang Zhen laughed, carried his son to him, and pinched the child's chin with a smile: "You have such a big temper, aren't you?"

Xu'er was pinched by him until he giggled, and he didn't even remember saying he was unhappy just now.

After teasing the child, Liang Zhen smiled and looked at Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty won't take it seriously because of this, will you? When did Your Majesty become so stingy?"

Zhu Yunxuan lowered his eyes, rubbed the chess piece in his hand for a moment, and suddenly asked him, "Did you ever think about marrying a wife and getting married when you didn't plan to go back?"

Liang Zhen was startled, then smiled again: "Marrying a wife? Don't I already have a wife and children?"

Zhu Yunxuan's expression became cold, and before he could speak again, Liang Zhen smiled and shook his head: "How dare I marry a wife before Your Majesty has established himself, if His Majesty has a queen and has other children, I will accept it from now on. mind."

"...If you don't marry a wife, don't you even have someone close by to serve you in this barren land?"

The smile in Liang Zhen's eyes deepened: "Serve me close to you? What is your Majesty referring to?... Does Your Majesty really want to know?"

Facing the teasing smile in his eyes, Zhu Yunxuan was a little annoyed and didn't say any more. However, Liang Zhen suddenly stood up, bullied Zhu Yunxuan across the chessboard, looked directly into his eyes, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have passed the life of a monk for four years, what does Your Majesty think?"

Zhu Yunxuan looked away and said, "What are you doing with me?"

Liang Zhen's light laughter was in his ear, with the heat in his breath, making Zhu Yunxuan feel itchy for no reason, and subconsciously stepped back.

Once again, a kiss was placed on Zhu Yunxuan's lips, and Liang Zhen stepped back, sighed and smiled while Zhu Yunxuan was still stunned: "Your Majesty knows that I have only one in my heart, so why test me like this."

Looking at each other quietly for a moment, Zhu Yunxuan lowered his eyes to hide the fleeting smile in his eyes: "...It's almost noon, let's pass the meal."