Although Lin Man was puzzled, he still obediently stretched out his hand to the full moon.

"Auntie—" Lin Man raised his head and whispered to the full moon.

"You don't have to call me Auntie, if you were your aunt, you wouldn't be in a dangerous place!" Full Moon's voice fell, and he raised his hand and hit Lin Man's palm hard, Lin Man was still in shock, and Full Moon raised his hand and continued to snap and continue to hit him twice.

Lin Man went from shock to shame to incomprehension, although he had never been beaten since he was a child, Lin Man quickly regained his composure.

He didn't speak, just looked at the full moon and waited for her to speak.

"If you weren't the son of my husband's life-saver, maybe my slap would have landed on your face! You still don't know why I hit you? I won't hit you just because you hurt Qi Yuan! If you use Qiyuan to ensure her safety, if she calls you brother, you will be able to bear the responsibility of being a brother! Although you are the crown prince, there are too many people waiting to curry favor with you, but Qi Yuan doesn't have to! If you don't cherish her sister, or don't see her again!

You don't have the ability to protect the people around you now, and you don't have the ability to stand up for your mother, if Concubine Bai is really so easy to deal with, how can your mother wait until now? You're only five years old now, and you're self-righteous and exposed to a fancy opponent, only to find a way to deal with you early! Originally, you guarded your identity and status and did not move, and no one could move you! Whether it is the white concubine or the concubine who may be favored in the future, because you are the eldest son of the emperor, your identity and status are here, no matter how favored the white concubine is, she is only a concubine! It is impossible for her children to become princes in the future!

But you are clever to use Qi Yuan to achieve your goal of dealing with Concubine Bai, you just reminded her in advance and asked her to pay attention to you, and when you meet again in the future, even if it is not your fault, Concubine Bai will find a way to make your father think that it is your fault! Because you are at fault in the first place, it is easy for your father to preconceive that it is your trick again! If Concubine Bai deliberately said a few good words about you before this, it would confirm the accusation that you have repeatedly taught in the eyes of your father! It's okay once or twice, but after a long time, how can your father tolerate you? Not only you, but you will also be punished with your mother!

Lin Man, you remember! You don't have what it takes to protect anyone right now! You're only a kid under five years old, all you have to do is protect yourself and wait and see! For the rest, it's not your turn to make the calculations! If you take the wrong step, it will affect the people closest to you! This time, you have taken a wrong step, and your mother will help you make up for it, but next time, your mother will still need someone to help her! ”

Full Moon's words were loud, and although Lin Man was only five years old, he could understand most of them.

The three times the full moon hit his palm, it was also the first time for him, and each time it hit his heart.

This time he was indeed exposed too early!

Not only that, but also caused Qiyuan to be injured.

"Auntie, I was wrong, I should have hit." Lin Man was unexpectedly not dissatisfied, nor did he hold a grudge against the full moon because of this, but sincerely apologized to the full moon.

He didn't understand all of Full Moon's words, although Full Moon had tried to reduce the coldness in his tone, but for a child less than five years old, how much he could understand was not up to her.

But looking at Lin Man's appearance now, it seems that he has heard a lot.

Full Moon also hopes that Lin Man can become a pillar of talent in the future, after all, she once owed Lin Jian a great favor, so this time she will be very patient to tell Lin Man these words.

"If you really know your mistake, you should apologize to Qi Yuan, not me."

The words fell, and Full Moon leaned over and hugged Qi Yuan in his arms.

Qi Yuan didn't fully understand what was going on, so she still treated Lin Man as her good partner.

"Mother, the white concubine is so fierce--in the future, Qi Yuan will ignore her, and only play with the prince-" Qi Yuan pouted, looked down and saw his injured little hand, and thought of the fierce white concubine Niangniang. Obviously looks quite similar to his mother, but why is he so fierce?!

Looks like you're going to eat her!

"Mother, the prince helped me, otherwise the white concubine will push me - the prince is a good person, I will invite him to eat delicious food."

Qi Yuan also thinks Lin Jian is a good brother.

The full moon couldn't help but glance at her daughter, this little fool was sold and still helping to count the money!

"Okay, my mother knows. I'll take you back later. ”

"Don't—mother, I haven't had enough. I want to play—" Qi Yuan finally had a child her age to play with, and she naturally didn't want to go back.

"Qi Yuan, it's late, my mother is tired, and you're injured, my mother is sad to look at, do you hope your mother is unhappy?" Full Moon narrowed her eyes and looked at Qi Yuan funny.

A little pot friend is choosing between playing and his mother, and his heart is complicated and intense.

"Well, then. Let's go back out of the palace. But—"

After a fierce ideological struggle, Qi Yuan finally chose to leave the palace.

"But what?" Full Moon raised her eyebrows and looked at her, this little girl, not yet three years old, has learned to bargain?

"But my mother wants to kiss me-my mother's appearance just now is different from usual-" Qi Yuan said with his hands on his cheeks, looking at the full moon with a pitiful expression, as if what he saw just now was not the full moon.

"-I see." Full Moon smiled, and her lips immediately pressed against Qi Yuan's cheek and kissed her fiercely. This is her precious daughter, and naturally she will never be able to kiss enough.

Not far from the side of the full moon, a certain master witnessed this scene, but his face did not ease much.

His little woman repaid Lin Jian's favor through Lin Man's matter, how could he not see it? But no matter what, Qi Yuan's injury, he will not let go of Concubine Bai! The daughter's revenge must be avenged!

Lin Man waited for the full moon to put Qi Yuan down, and then stepped forward, originally wanting to take Qi Yuan's little hand and apologize, but for some reason, the guard behind Qi Yuan looked fierce and cold, especially those eyes, which looked even more terrifying than when his father was angry. It's just a small guard, how can he have such a cold and fierce look?

Lin Man thought about it, and after all, he didn't hold Qi Yuan's hand, but walked up to her, raised his hand, and patted her on the shoulder,

"Sister Qiyuan - I'm sorry, it's me who didn't protect you. It's all my fault this time. You go back and have a good rest, and wait—I'll have fun with you the next time you enter the palace." ”

Lin Man's ability to personally open his mouth to admit his mistake was still appreciated and recognized by the full moon.

"Okay. That brother - talk counts. ”

After all, Qi Yuan is two years younger than Lin Man, and he will soon forget about unhappy things, and he will not hold grudges. But this is just Qi Yuan now, if it is a few years later, when Qi Yuan understands what happened today, Lin Man's hard days will come.

――

The full moon walked out of the Chengqian Palace with Qi Yuan in his arms.

And Lin Jian has been watching in the dark all the time, never going out to see her, and never stopping her.

She hit Lin Man's palm a few times, but he didn't feel anything, but when she said the heartfelt words for Lin Man, he seemed to see her a few years ago.

They also had such a heart-to-heart conversation, he was not Lin Man, he was an adult back then, and what she said, he was more able to respond and reciprocate.

It was always easy for him to recall all the things he had spent with her, and he remembered everything that had happened during the months she had lived in the Prince's Mansion when he was the Prince.

It was as if the memories of the past, which were only related to her, were like ancient trees that had taken root for thousands of years, had been deeply planted in his mind and could not be erased.

――

At the same time, in the carriage, the full moon carefully checked the wound on Qi Yuan's palm, in fact, it was only a little bruised, but because of Qi Yuan's special identity, the entire palace was as quiet as death before, and all the concubines were waiting to see Concubine Bai's jokes, and the palace maids and eunuchs were all in danger, for fear that the emperor would be angry because of this incident and anger the others in the palace.

But now it's Concubine Bai's joke that I don't see it, but the emperor went to other concubines tonight, leaving Concubine Bai alone in Xuanji Palace.

Qi Yuan fell asleep in her arms.

Lin Dongyao got up and sat beside the full moon and hugged Qi Yuan from her arms.

The eyes he looked at Qi Yuan were full of fatherly love.

This is his precious daughter, and he has missed three important years of her growth, so he needs her to make up for what he owes her in the future.

His movements of holding Qi Yuan are already skillful, but Qi Yuan usually doesn't give him a chance.

"You always say she's heavy, but I can't feel the weight when I hold her." He opened his mouth sincerely, a certain prince with his three-year-old daughter in his arms, at this moment, his father's love was overflowing, and the eyebrows under his eyes were full of strong blood and family affection, and the cold prince who was familiar to the world was like two people.

"Maybe it's holding you, and if you hug her, it won't feel so heavy." He added.

The full moon immediately gave him a blank look.

"You mean I'm heavy? Since I'm so heavy—I won't have to hold you anymore. ”

"It's okay, on the other hand, you hug me." He slipped down on her words.

"Good. Now on-" She said, actually playfully hugged him and Qi Yuan from behind, although the length of her arms was limited, she tried her best to wrap around them, she gently pressed her cheek against his back, and felt his steady and powerful heartbeat from behind him, and in front of him was holding his precious daughter, a family of three, even in the bumpy carriage, with her holding him tightly, holding their daughter in her arms, such a feeling, it was also the most beautiful moment of his life.

If it weren't for the disturbing power struggle of the Celestial Empire in front of him, perhaps, this was what he wanted most.

Thousands of sails have passed, prosperous and lively, in the end, it is better to embrace each other warmly as a family, and spend a peaceful time quietly.

It's just that the sudden sound of talking outside the carriage destroyed this harmonious and leisurely moment in the next moment.