After leaving the Royal Zen Courtyard, Qu Wurong found that there were two rows of Imperial Forest Army with torches in hand and neatly lined up on the mountain road outside, she originally thought that Shen Wu'an was going to take her down the mountain, and was about to say something to stop her, but found that Shen Wu'an was holding her hand and walking in the direction of the top of the mountain.

Qu Wurong wanted to ask him what he was doing on the mountain so late, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back, because she subconsciously felt that even if she asked Shen Wu'an, she would not answer him, so it was better to follow him quietly and see what kind of surprise he wanted to bring herself.

The two of them didn't walk long up the mountain, and after about half a cup of tea, they stopped, and Qu Wurong found that they were on a platform paved with stone slabs, which looked like a fort built in ancient times, but she didn't understand how someone could have built a fort on this mountain.

Without waiting for her to ask Shen Wu'an's intention of bringing her here, Shen Wu'an took her hand and walked to a place, stretched out his hand and pointed not far away and said to her, "Look, you can see Tiandu City from here." ”

Qu Wurong looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw the capital city that was silent in the night.

"How did you know about this place?" Retracting his gaze, Qu Wurong asked the people around him.

Shen Wu'an smiled slightly: "When I was a child, my mother took me to incense, and I sneaked out alone when I was bored, and I found this place by accident." ”

"You brought me up just to show me this?" Although Qu Wurong felt that it was a little unbelievable that she could actually see Tiandu City here, she subconsciously thought that Shen Wu'an specially brought her up, not just to let her take a look at that city from afar.

Shen Wu'an shook his head with a smile and motioned for her to continue looking down, "That's what I want you to see." ”

Hearing his words, Qu Wurong turned around again, only to see that there were Kong Ming lanterns rising at the foot of the mountain, and each lamp was full of words, but because it was a little far away, he couldn't see what was written on it, and he could only see more and more lanterns rising into the air and drifting away, gradually merging with the lights of thousands of homes in the distance.

"Make a wish." Shen Wu'an reminded softly in her ear.

Qu Wurong nodded, closed his eyes, folded his hands, and made his wish reverently in front of the bright lights like stars in the sky: one wishes for the peace of the country and the people, and then wishes for the monarch to be healthy, and three wishes to be like Liang Shangyan.

When the two of them came down from the mountain, half of the time had passed, and when they returned to the small courtyard of the Royal Zen Courtyard, they didn't see a few girls, only Jin Yu sat alone at the door and dozed off, his head seemed to be a chicken pecking rice, and he suddenly woke up when he heard the sound of the courtyard door, and asked with a yawn: "Your Majesty, Miss, why did you two come back?" ”

Qu Wurong didn't answer her, but looked at her with a disapproving expression and said, "If you're sleepy, go back to the house and sleep, what if you sit here and catch a cold?" ”

"Wasn't I waiting for you?" Jin Yu stretched out his arms as he spoke, and then continued: "The hot water has been boiled, I'll go and bring it to you, and rest early after washing." ”

After cleaning her hands and face with the hot water she brought, Qu Wurong let her go back to her room to rest, this girl got up early this morning and worked all day, and she was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes!

After Jin Yu left, Shen Wu'an and Qu Wurong also lay on the bed one after another, although Qu Wurong slept alone these days, he always felt that something was missing around him every night, and at this time, he snuggled in a familiar embrace, and the feeling that a piece of his heart was missing was finally filled.

"What are you thinking?" Sensing that the person in his arms was not asleep yet, Shen Wuan asked softly.

Qu Wurong raised his head to look at him, and a faint smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, "I'm thinking, you definitely didn't do these things on a whim tonight, right?" Did you start preparing for it a long time ago? ”

There was a hint of ridicule in her words, but Shen Wuan replied seriously as if she hadn't heard it: "Well, this is our first Chinese New Year's Eve after we got married, and so many things have happened in this year, we can still stay together like this, naturally we have to leave unforgettable memories." ”

"You hide it well, so I'm always worried that I won't be able to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with you this year!" Thinking of his careful thoughts a few days ago, Qu Wurong's face couldn't help but flush a little.

Shen Wu'an chuckled above her head, hugging her arm and clenching it, "Not next time." ”

Hearing that there was no longer a muffled voice around him, Qu Wurong quietly raised his head, and unexpectedly saw that the eyes of the people around him were closed, and the sound of breathing became delicate and long.

Looking at Shen Wu'an's quiet sleeping face, Qu Wurong suddenly remembered that at this time last year, she had just been picked up from Guanzhou to Tiandu City, and as soon as she entered the Bachelor's Mansion, she was given a dismount, standing outside the door of the Begonia Residence in the wind and snow, listening to the lively voices coming from inside.

At that time, she only had hatred for Shen Duanlang in her heart, and she was full of thoughts about how to take revenge on him, never thought that she would one day be like this, staying with her beloved, her heart was no longer only full of hatred, but also happiness and satisfaction that almost overflowed from the bottom of her heart.

originally thought that Shen Wu'an would return to the palace the next day, but he had no intention of leaving at all, and when Qu Wurong asked, he only said that he would stay with her for a few more days, anyway, it was still during the Chinese New Year, and there were no important matters in the palace that he urgently needed to go back to deal with.

This stay is half a month, but Shen Wu'an does not completely leave the government aside, every day there are fast horses back and forth between Tiandu City and the Royal Zen Academy, bringing the ministers' recitals over to Shen Wu'an, and then sending Shen Wuan's approved recitals back to the ministers he appointed.

In the past half a month, Qu Wurong urged Shen Wu'an several times, asking him not to delay the major affairs of the family and the country because of his children's personal affairs, but every time Shen Wu'an brought this topic over in three or two sentences, but did not mention the matter of returning to the palace for half a word, and after a few times, Qu Wurong was too lazy to waste his words with him.

However, even if Shen Wu'an wanted to continue to stay by her side, he had to drive back to the palace after half a month, because there was a very important news from the palace: the border pass was attacked by foreign races a few days ago, although it was repelled by the generals guarding the pass, but what to do next was still to wait for Shen Wu'an to return to the palace to make a decision.

"Be careful on the road and don't rush too much." Qu Wurong sent people out of the Royal Zen Courtyard and carefully instructed, "You two must take good care of the emperor after you go back, do you know?" The latter sentence was said to Yangchun and Bai Xue, who were going back to the palace with Shen Wu'an.

Yangchun and Bai Xue replied in unison: "We will, Niangniang, you can rest assured." ”

"Don't worry about me, take care of yourself." Shen Wu'an held her hand and said, "I will try my best to take you back to the palace after I go back, and you can endure it for a while longer." ”

Qu Wurong nodded, "I'll wait for you." ”

No matter how reluctant he was, Shen Wu'an and finally could only board the imperial chariot that had been waiting for a long time, and slowly drove towards the bottom of the mountain under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army.

Just returned to the palace, there was a eunuch on duty outside the imperial study to report, saying that Master Cui of the Ministry of War had been waiting for a long time, Shen Wu'an thought that he had probably entered the palace to wait for him since he sent someone to deliver news to him, so he asked people to park the imperial chariot directly outside the imperial study.

Coming down from the imperial chariot, Cui Xinyu hurriedly walked over, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Shen Wu'an waving his hand, "If you have anything to say, go in and talk about it." ”

After his reminder, Cui Xinyu also found that he was indeed a little too anxious, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart, followed him into the imperial study, and closed the door with his hand.

"What the hell is going on?" Shen Wu'an sat down on the throne and asked with a frown.

Cui Xinyu hurriedly told him the news he had gotten as it was, "Weichen also just received an urgent secret letter from the border pass, which said that the border pass had been very peaceful during this time, and it was safe with several other countries, but I don't know why, a few days ago, a team from the Western Sai Kingdom suddenly attacked the border city, but fortunately, the generals guarding the pass led the soldiers to repel them, which avoided greater losses." ”

"The Cypriot troops?" After listening to his words, Shen Wuan's brows deepened a little, "Is it the army?" ”

Cui Xinyu shook his head gently, "This is not clear, it is not mentioned in the secret letter." After a pause, he continued: "When the emperor was in power, the Xisai Kingdom had always been uneasy, and then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally went to the war, and they stopped a little, but I didn't expect to start harassing our borders again so soon!" ”

He may not quite understand what is hidden here, but Shen Wu'an knows very well in his heart that this Xisai country is the small foreign country that had colluded with Shen Jingshi before, and what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally went on to deter them, in fact, it was just a power seizure drama directed and acted by themselves.

Now that Shen Jingshi has failed to seize power, the benefits he promised to the Xisai Kingdom before will naturally not be realized, so the Xisai Kingdom will start to harass the people of the border city of Daliang again not long after Cui Xinyu said just now, and their purpose is probably not only to create some small troubles for the newly enthroned emperor of Daliang, maybe there will be bigger movements in the future, which is why Cui Xinyu is in a hurry to urge Shen Wu'an to return to the palace.

Seeing that Shen Wu'an fell into deep thought after his words were finished, Cui Xinyu waited for a moment with his anxious mood, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Is it to take advantage of this victory to strike first, or ......"

"No way!" Before he could finish his words, Shen Wu'an interrupted him, "I have just ascended the throne, and the relationship with the surrounding neighbors has not yet been formally established, if we rashly send troops to attack the Cisse country at this time, it will make other countries feel threatened as well, and if they form an alliance to protect themselves, the situation will become very unfavorable for us." ”

His words were like an empowerment, which made the anxious Cui Xinyu suddenly calm down, "What the emperor said is true!" ”

"You tell the guards of the border city, you must be vigilant and strengthen your vigilance during this time, if the Cissai State dares to attack again, you will not be merciful in attacking them as hard as this time, but let him remember a little, he must not take the initiative, understand?" Shen Wu'an commanded in a deep voice.

Cui Xinyu nodded and responded, "Weichen understands, so I'll go and reply to General Zhang Shou." ”

"Well, let's go down."