As the night deepens, the smell of the soothing incense in the hall becomes more and more intense, which makes people feel a little distant.

After changing clothes, the Moon Emperor slowly walked out in deep clothes, sat behind the long table, and looked at the two young people in front of him whose faces were becoming more and more handsome, but their breath was still slightly green, as if he had seen his former self, and he had a freshly clothed angry horse when he was a teenager.

Therefore, there was an unconscious tenderness in his eyes, which slowly infected the two people below, so the atmosphere that lingered around the three of them at this time was no longer the tone of the monarch and the minister in front of outsiders, but the warmth between father and son and brothers.

Suddenly happy in his heart, the Moon Emperor got up from behind the long table, summoned the chief attendant, took a new woolen blanket and spread it on the ground, and after the chief attendant left with the people, he sat down on the carpet by himself while beckoning to the two brothers.

Yue Cao and Yue Tianyu were stunned for a moment, then glanced at each other, and took off their soap boots together with a smile and sat on the blanket, the father and son formed a stable triangle, not far away, not close to just right.

"The three of us, father and son, haven't sat together together for a long time." The Moon Emperor sighed lightly with emotion, saw the two brothers nodded obediently, and said with a smile: "You two brothers, you have been in a very good relationship since you were a child, Ah Zheng was not born at that time, you are like brothers of the same mother, inseparable all day long, but it is also convenient for me, as soon as you are free, you can take you two brothers to play together." ”

"Yes, at that time, my father often ordered someone to lay out a blanket, and his sons lay next to his father, and Ah Cao was only so little, lazily lying on his father's body, listening to his father's story." Yue Tianyu recalled with a smile while drawing the size of a pillow with her hand, and the father and son laughed and immersed themselves in the common memories together.

At that time, Erchen admired his father very much, he could take charge of himself at a young age, and he had traveled all over the country, that is, at the age of Erchen, his father was already a very good king, and his rich life experience also gave you enough capital to do what you wanted to do...... Very yearning and, envy. ”

Yuetian Yu's words fell, and the three of them were speechless for a while, because everyone in Nanyue knew that Nanwang Yuetian Yu was a young king, and he had won the heart of the emperor, but he was not in the court, and he was intoxicated with idyllic landscapes, but after he became an adult, the Moon Emperor did not give a decree to give marriage, and he himself did not even have a maid, and he was reluctantly left in the forbidden place many times and did not allow him to set up another mansion, all of which are incredible, and also make the outside world speculate more about this mysterious Nanwang.

And Yue Tianyu also understands that he is not indifferent, but the habit he has developed since childhood under the general trend, he has never valued family affection, although he has also not understood, but thinking of his mother's tears and the cuteness of his younger brother who is like a mother's compatriots, he understands that no matter what the reason is, he is in the emperor's family, if this general trend needs him to achieve, then he must give up his will for them, let him not fight, not rob, a corner of peace can be, but, he will not be happy, Because no one likes to be deprived of their will and confined to life, even in the name of protection.

At this moment, the Moon Emperor faced his most distressed son, and when he first heard this, he was indeed saddened, he naturally understood the intention of Yue Tianyu's words, but he still couldn't give it, maybe that kind of love would be maliciously interpreted by someone with a heart.

But the Moon Emperor has always believed that even if it will lose some of the joy of life, it is also a kind of protection, and the umbrella formed under the wings of his imperial power can at least protect his son for a while, and then he will have other arrangements, but not so quickly.

Perhaps the guardianship imposed on Yue Tianyu will go against the will of the individual, but only when Yue Tianyu is safe, Empress Wei can live well, which is the reason why the Moon Emperor thinks he has to do it, and it is also a tacit understanding that he and the Empress formed a long time ago.

Sadly, as an emperor, he also has a lot of last resort, facing the most beloved woman who has also gone through ups and downs to get together, but he can't meet her wish for a lifetime and a couple, and can only promise her the highest honor as a woman, and the promise to protect their only son in this life.

Feeling the subtle atmosphere between Yue Tianyu and the Moon Emperor, Yue Cao just lowered her head and pursed her lips quietly, and sat with her back straight and silent.

The atmosphere was stalemate for a moment, and as a father, the Moon Emperor still relieved himself first: "That's it, I summoned you two here today to call you here, it's about the secret letter about Liangzhou submitted by Xingge, I have a secret order to give you two ......" Before the words were finished, seeing that they were about to get up and salute, he raised his hand and pressed them and said, "Sit down and listen carefully." ”

Take the two of them to sit down, Moon Huang took out the handwritten secret letter submitted by Yan Xingge from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Yue Cao first, and passed it to Yue Tianyu after Yue Cao finished reading, and after a while, the two brothers fully understood why Yan Xingge asked Song Tai Hospital to go to the epidemic area while the epidemic was under control.

An hour later, the brothers went out of the Emperor's Road.

Outside the door, Yue Cao slowly took two steps forward, looking at the bright moon in the middle of the night, looking a little distracted, Yue Tianyu stepped forward to look at the moon side by side with him, "It seems that this wine is going to be owed first, Ah Cao must be very careful on this trip." ”

Yue Xiao stared at the moon and didn't move, but the corners of her lips were gently raised, "Brother Huang is too, you must take care." The words fell, paused, slowly turned to face Yue Tianyu, hesitated a little, and said, "This time...... I have wronged the royal brother, and the younger brother ....... ”

"There is no need to say such things, Ah Cao still remembers that when I came to me yesterday, I said to you, 'I've been waiting for you for a long time', although you still haven't taken the initiative to say anything to me, but I can understand." When the words fell, Yue Tianyu also turned around, and the two stood facing each other, and at the same time raised a hand and landed on Yue Cao's shoulder and patted it gently, like an encouragement.

Then, he continued: "Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, we have all grown up, and we are no longer the ones when we were young, we need to pull each other to stand firm, and we will also have fewer and fewer opportunities to really need each other, so Ah Cao doesn't have to thank me, you know?" You just have to remember that I am your brother, and I will be there for you when you need help. ”

After speaking, Yue Tianyu stretched out his right hand, bent his arm and placed it between the two, Yue Yu looked at the white but not thin hand, and put it on without hesitation, his voice was a little choked, "Brother...... You will always be my brother. ”

The two brothers looked at each other sincerely, and their hands were clenched, as if under the witness of the bright moon, gilding this moment with a layer of holy light.

In the middle of the road, the Moon Emperor seemed to say to himself in the air, "You say, am I doing the right thing? In addition to the flickering candle flame, there was only a soft sigh that answered him: "Why is Your Majesty so persistent." ”

Yin Mountain, Valley of the Immortals

"Are you practicing?" The crisp girl's voice broke into the ears of several teenagers like a silver bell.

In the room, the three teenagers lined up, originally sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, and from time to time turned out some enchantment gestures that the girl couldn't understand.

Outside the house, a delicate girl in a Suluo skirt, looking inward with the door frame, in the past three years, the little girl has become more and more symmetrical and slender from the original immature and weak, and the girl's appearance is gradually revealed, not only the face has become more exquisite, but the character has also become a lot more lively because of more partners, but this does not seem to be a very pleasant thing for Bai Ran, thinking of that person, the teenagers' eyes did not dare to stay too long, and at the same time closed their eyes and re-entered the cultivation mode.

This situation made Wu Yuan, who was standing outside the door, stunned, what was wrong, she was fine one second, and she was ignored the next......

She stood up straight, touched her nose in embarrassment, and threw a sentence at the three people in the room: "I made some mooncakes for supper, if you want to eat them, come out." With that, he turned around and left.

Before he had walked a few steps, he was sideways "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." Three shadows flashed quickly, rushed in front of her to the pergola, and after sitting down in turn, he stared at the neatly arranged moon cakes on the table, swallowed his saliva, looked at each other but did not dare to start, and his eyes swept to the wooden house not far away from time to time.

"Okay, let's eat, Xue'er will give Bai Ran medicine again, and he should fall asleep after a while, these are specially made for you." Wan Yuan looked at the three teenagers with different personalities, and they clearly looked like they were about to drool but were nervous, and couldn't help but laugh, so he kindly reminded them.

Xiao Que'er has the fastest hands and feet, and is the most greedy, as soon as the voice of the source fell, he already accounted for three or five pieces in his hand, and the durian was not to be outdone, and he ate it one by one, but the nine tails, first looked at the two people with disgust, and then took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, and then slowly picked up a piece, and ate it little by little, compared with the eating appearance of the other two, it was both elegant and good-looking.

And the durian stared at the appearance of the nine-tails eating moon cakes, and subconsciously slowed down, but the final result was that after the little finch five moon cakes were eaten, two pieces of the durian and one piece of the nine tails were also eaten, staring at the last piece left on the plate, the three of them looked at each other, just about to start, the next second the moon cake was gone, looked up, instantly retracted his neck, buried his head in holding the tea on the table, "knock, knock, knock" drank fiercely.

Wu Yuan turned his head to look up, and his eyes were a handsome face that had not changed for many years, and he was smiling at himself with a soft expression.

Originally, Bai Ran had taken medicine and was going to sleep, but he found that Wuyuan had not rested, so he came out to look for her accompanied by Xue Er, and happened to see a few people sitting under the pergola drinking tea and eating moon cakes, and a grievance for no reason came out of his heart, and he couldn't hold it down, so that when the three of them snatched the moon cakes, he also joined in naively.

Compared with Dao Xing, it seems that no one here is his opponent, so at this time he is standing behind Wan Yuan, his thin white fingers are still pinching a piece of moon cake, although there is nothing wrong with his face, but Wu Yuan just found his red ears.

Holding back a smile, let out half of his stool for Bai Ran to sit on, Xue Er was also beckoned to the side by Xiao Queer, seeing that it had already passed, the table was empty, a group of people sat together, the atmosphere was inexplicably a little embarrassing, Wan Yuan thought about it, got up and went back to the house, and came out with an oiled paper bag.

After sitting down, in the eyes of everyone, slowly opened, a sweet osmanthus fragrance came to the face, except for Bai Ran, everyone was staring at the piece of osmanthus cake with golden particles, in the encouragement of Wu Yuan's eyes, they all started.

Xiao Que'er looked incredulous, and asked while eating: "You are so powerful, Yanyuan, now that there are disasters and plagues everywhere in Liangzhou, where did you get this?" ”

Wan Yuan originally held his chin with both hands, watched them eat with a smile, and added some tea to them from time to time. But when she heard Xiao Qi'er mention the famine and plague in Liangzhou, the smile on the corner of her lips gradually closed, her eyes were a little more compassionate, and she explained softly: "This is brought back from Dongyu when Xue'er came back from collecting medicine a few days ago, let's eat it together, now in Liangzhou, I'm afraid it won't be eaten in a short time." ”

Bai Ran's cultivation generally eats very vegetarian food, and never eats sweets, so the moon cakes are eaten very slowly, and he has to drink tea almost after a bite, when Wan Yuan spoke, he just picked up the cup, felt the change of her breath in an instant, the hand holding the cup paused, and peeked at the little girl's dim look, and could roughly understand her mood.

Although she has been in the Immortal Valley almost since she was a child, and rarely goes out, after all, she is also a child of Nanyue, not to mention, they are now in Liangzhou, and they know the current situation to some extent, once one of the best first-class states and counties in Nanyue, and now it can be said that it is full of devastation, and the Immortal Valley can be regarded as a paradise at this time, and the compassionate nature that the girl carries from her bones has not changed no matter how many lifetimes she has passed.

Thinking of this, Bai Ran let out a faint sigh, and the cup in his hand, most of the moon cakes that were originally left in his hand were missing, and he took a clean handkerchief handed by Xue Er from the opposite side, wiped his hands, and gently patted the head of the afraid Yuan.

Wan Yuan looked up at her, and when she looked at each other, Bai Ran's affirmative and encouraging gaze made her settle down, and she suddenly believed that all this would pass and all would get better, although the current flood in Nanyue was not at all possible to stabilize by herself, but she just believed it for no reason.

"After eating, rest early, get up early tomorrow, and have something for you." Bai Ran took Wu Yuan's hand and got up from the stool, dropped a word to a few people at the table, and took Wu Yuan back to the wooden house.

Behind him, a few people who were still sitting around the pergola looked fixedly at the two people who left, and couldn't help whispering.

"You say, aren't you a little too blatant now, and you don't shy away from taboos at all." Nine-Tails stared at the two figures who entered the room and couldn't help but say.

"What else do you need to avoid, don't you all know it," Durian replied to him while eating osmanthus cake.

"That's not good, our Wuyuan is on September 15, and he has just turned fourteen, and he is still so young, how can he talk about it." The more Nine-Tails thought about it, the more angry he became, and in the past few years of getting along, he and Wu Yuan had already been upgraded to 'close friends in the boudoir'.

"Don't talk nonsense, the adult is not that kind of person, he is just to the source of the cross, huh...... There is an excessive desire to protect. Xue Er heard the Nine-Tails speak more and more crookedly, and immediately spoke out to rehabilitate Bai Ran.

It's just that as soon as these words fell, the rest of the people stopped their movements in their hands and mouths, and they all stared at him, their eyes were full of "Do you believe this?" ".

Xue Er was a little weak-hearted, buried her head and drank tea silently, and kept admonishing herself in her heart, I didn't know anything, I didn't say anything.

A sneer came from the nose of the shortest, pastry crumbs on the face, everyone looked together, only to see his old god clapping his hands, taking a sip of tea, and said slowly: "You, you don't have to speculate if you know a little about them, their fate is like that 'chest wrap', smelly and long, no matter what the question of morning or evening." ”

Hearing this, a mouthful of tea squirted out, choking and coughing, Nine-Tails slowly raised his hand to help him smooth his breath, while looking at the little finch with disdain and said: "It's the old woman's 'foot wrap', not the 'chest wrap', I would have asked you to read more serious books and less of those messy, hey, fledglings that haven't grown all their hair, do you know what a 'chest wrap' is." ”

After saying that, he walked away with the durian who couldn't stop coughing, and the little finch made a fuss, looked at Xue Er, who hurriedly waved her hand and said: "Don't ask me, I don't know what 'breast cloth' and 'foot cloth' are, but next time you talk about these things, at least wipe your face clean, and the credibility will be higher." After saying that, Xue Er gulped down the tea in the cup and ran away with a cigarette.

The abandoned little finch, a burst of annoyance, he couldn't remember the "chest cloth" and "foot cloth" that the booklets said, anyway, aren't they all very long, why are they so aimed at him, the nine tails are really annoying, and then thought of what Xue Er said, raised his hand and touched his face, and then looked at it, his hands were full of moon cake oil and pastry crumbs, his face was hot, and he was irritable to his handsome little face, and wiped it randomly, and then, angrily took the remaining osmanthus cake on the table, turned off the lights and went back to the house.

The moon has gradually gone down the towering peaks, the valley is dark and silent, Bai Ran remembered that he held the hand of Wu Yuan before going to bed, and asked her if she believed in herself, after getting a positive answer, she couldn't help but hold the person in her arms, feeling that the current girl's posture had a moment of stiffness in his arms, and then his hands gently climbed his waist, he was and now his heart was filled with a kind of excited excitement, he wondered if this is what people often call happiness.

Thinking about it, he sat up, took out a wrapped white handkerchief from the pillow, opened it gently, and lying in the handkerchief was the moon cake that was still half left, and sniffed it under his nose, sweet and greasy, like the fragrance of osmanthus flowers from time to time on the body of Wu Yuan, raised his jade finger and carefully twisted a small piece, put it in his mouth, and felt the sweetness spread in his mouth, occupying his taste buds, all the way to the atrium, impacting the limbs and bones.

He smiled with satisfaction, wrapped the handkerchief, put it back on the pillow, put it on again, took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve pocket, and sat at the long table, without a palm lamp, just relying on his own colorful halo, looking intently at the things in the cloth bag.

An unfinished jade-colored flute, from the outline, is similar to the bone hairpin on his head, at this time the flute in the dark from time to time through the blue streamer, the jade color is clear, at a glance it is the same kind of jade material that is rare in the world with the jade lock worn by Wu Yuan.

After rubbing his fingers for a moment, Bai Ran smiled slightly, picked up the carving knife, and poured the happiness of his heart and eyes into the basket with that knife.

Until the sky was white, and the flute was basically completed, Bai Ran was satisfied with his appreciation, wrapped it and put it in his sleeve pocket, and was just about to get up, when there was an intermittent, rapid and sad voice in his ears.

"Country, national teacher, are you there, are you there, hurry up...... Answer me quickly, Queen, Something has happened to the Queen. ”