【Twenty years ago, Nienhira Island】

In the southern part of the summer, the sea breeze carries gusts of heat, and even in the evening, there is no coolness. She sat on a bench by the beach, in the shade under an umbrella, looking at the waves crashing on the shore.

I don't know when the soft black hair was mixed with a few gray hairs, lazily tied into braids, hanging on her side on her chest, she was of the Xihua blood in the northern country, her complexion as white as moonlight and translucent black eyes, she had lived here south of the border for several months and had not changed.

The fisherman couple who took care of her saw her from a distance on the beach in a daze, looked at each other, the fisherwoman sighed and said: "Hey, Miss Yan'er has always been preoccupied in the past few months, and she only smiled when she saw us, she is usually so in a daze, you said that her heart is so heavy, and her appetite is not good, how bad it is for the children." ”

The fisherman retorted, "Don't you say that, didn't you hear from the adult, her husband abandoned her, and she had to go to this no-man's place to raise her baby and give birth." But then again, didn't the adult say that he would be there a few days ago? Why is it almost July yet, could it be that something has happened? ”

"Bah, don't talk nonsense, no matter what, we just need to take care of the smoke girl!"

The two of them walked up to her together, and the fisherman smiled from afar, and shouted to her, "Miss Yan'er, it's still hot, why don't you rest more in the house?" ”

Fangyan heard the shout, carefully helped her belly that was about to give birth to get up, and also raised a gentle smile, and said softly: "I want to see the sunset, so I came, Uncle and Auntie, why are you here too?" ”

The fisherwoman's dark face was full of simple smiles, and she said to her: "Isn't it almost time to eat, today I slaughtered a chicken and made soup for you, no matter how bad your appetite is, you have to eat a few more bites for the sake of the child." ”

"There are Uncle and Aunt Lao, the two of them have taken care of me for the past few months, and I don't know how to repay them."

When the fisherman and his wife heard her say these polite words again, they waved their hands again and again, and the fisherwoman came forward to help her, and the fisherman carefully watched the road on the beach and led them, chatting all the way back to the hut by the sea.

A few days later, in Ruian City, the eldest princess of Qingning, who had finally completed the task of patrolling the territory of Xihua instead of King Nuojia He Wu, walked quickly to the room, thinking that the due date of Spinning Tobacco had passed for three days, but she had been delayed for a whole week because of this temporary task, and her heart was already anxious.

In a hurry, she was just about to enter the door, when a childish cry suddenly came from behind: "Mother." ”

She looked back and saw that it was Ling Tian who was walking towards her carefully accompanied by the nurse, she showed a faint smile, stopped her hurried steps, walked towards him, squatted down and hugged him in her arms, and asked the nurse next to her: "What about Lan Hai and Yunshen?" ”

"Back to the eldest princess, the eldest young master and the eldest lady are taking them to play in the woods."

"How are the two of them? What about Jing Kai? ”

"Lord Duke is in the room at this time, you have not been here recently, Young Master Ling Tian is always clamoring to find you, and when I see you coming back today, I will come to you from afar."

Hearing what the nurse said, Qingning looked at Ling Tian in his arms, and saw that his lazy eyes were staring at him at a young age, not crying or making trouble, blinking slowly, just looking at his mother's face, for fear of missing a second. She was reluctant to caress his dark purple hair, which was different from his parents, and watched him look a little different from the previous days - children always grow up quickly, and they have missed a lot after a few days of not seeing him.

In the end, she reluctantly hugged Ling Tian back into the nurse's arms and said to him: "Ling Tian, you have to be obedient, you have to listen to your brother and sister and father, you know?" Mother went first, good. ”

He was only a little more than a year old and understood Qingning's words, but he didn't know how to express his feelings when he was so young, but as usual, he still didn't cry or make trouble, watching Qingning walk into the room.

As soon as Qing Ning entered the room, she saw her husband, the current patriarch of the Ji clan, the lord of the Qingmo territory, and the Duke of Ji Jingkai. He had not yet changed into a military uniform, and was busy packing up the paperwork on the table, when he saw Qingning enter the door, he smiled and said, "It's been hard all the way." ”

Qing Ning shook his head, stepped forward to look at his busy appearance and asked, "What about you, I'm not here these days, have you had a good rest?" Are the kids bothering you? ”

Duke Ji Jingkai still smiled faintly, put down the matter at hand, the tall man needed to lower his head to look at Qingning's eyes full of longing and admiration, he replied: "You don't have to worry, the children are also very good, but Ling Tian always thinks of you, this child is smart, he can't coax much, since you are back, go and accompany him more." ”

"I'm ......" Qing Ning hesitated, looked away from him, and said, "I'm going to leave for Qingmo." ”

"Really?" Ji Jingkai didn't seem surprised, nor was she curious why she was leaving just after she came back, but said lightly, "Okay, I'll send someone to give you a ride, when will you leave?" ”

Qingning raised her head cautiously, seeing that his face was calm and unresponsive, and she had mixed feelings in her heart - they had been married for ten years and had five children, but the man she had loved for more than ten years was still so far away, obviously a dearest husband, but he was like an ordinary friend, politely caring about each other.

"I'm ready to go, I'll ...... now"

"Well, then I'll send someone ......"

"No!" Qing Ning interrupted him, looked at him in the eyes, as usual, did not have the momentum of being the eldest princess of the Wanting Kingdom at all, and said in a low voice, "I'll just go by myself, there have been a lot of things in your army recently, and I can't help you deal with the chores in the clan at home, I'm sorry...... I'll be back as soon as I'm done with things, and I'll take care of the kids too, sorry...... I ......"

Seeing her blaming herself, Ji Jingkai smiled again, there was comfort in that smile, and there was also a little rare favor, he gently touched her head, and said softly: "You also have to take care of yourself." ”

Qing Ning grabbed the cuffs nervously, nodded vigorously, looked up at him reluctantly, and only after a long time did she move her steps towards the door, and after taking two steps, she stopped again, hesitated and asked him, "Are you...... Why don't you ask me, where am I going? ”

"You naturally have what you have to do."

"But ......"

"Don't worry." Ji Jingkai interrupted her and said the phrase he said most often, "I believe in you, Qingning." ”

“…… Well. ”

Time was pressing, she couldn't delay, and she didn't even have time to say a word to Xiao Lingtian, who was still waiting at the door to see her again, so she got into the car parked at the door and headed towards Qingmo.

Ji Jingkai walked out of the room, and the cronies around him hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Eldest princess, is this?" ”

"As usual, I will explain and conceal Qingning's whereabouts, and this time I will say that she will go to Qingzhou for me."

"Yes. But Lord Duke, usually the eldest princess only sets off at night, how can she ...... this time?"

"I'm worried about it, but I can't stop her. You guys help to watch more, so that no one will find out. ”

"Yes."

The cronies retreated, Ji Jingkai looked to the side of the corridor, Xiao Lingtian not far away leaned on the railing, looked at Qingning in the distance, and didn't say a word, didn't cry or make trouble. He walked behind Ling Tian and squatted down, Ling Tian felt his father's breath, turned around, still with such lazy little eyes, and called in a milky voice: "Father." ”

Ji Jingkai gently hugged him in his arms, kissed his little head, and said, "Isn't it easier to call Dad?" ”

Xiao Lingtian thought for a while, and called again: "Father." ”

Ji Jingkai let go of his embrace, shook his head with a smile and said, "You are so stubborn at a young age, how can you get it in the future?" ”

Xiao Lingtian stopped talking, turned around and continued to hold on to the railing, staring blankly at the gate that had become empty after his mother Qingning left. Knowing that he missed his mother, Ji Jingkai asked him: "Ling Tian wants to find his mother, right?" ”

Xiao Lingtian replied inarticulately: "Yes." ”

"Mother has to go out for some things, and she won't be back in a few days."

Xiao Lingtian raised his head and blinked at Ji Jingkai, seeing that he was a little lost. Ji Jingkai didn't want him to be disappointed, so he raised a smile and said, "Let's go, Dad is here, Dad will take you to the woods, and your brothers and sisters are over there." Ji Jingkai put Ling Tian on his thick shoulders, which made Ling Tian finally laugh, hugged Jing Kai's neck, and ran to the woods together with a smile.

After more than two days of travel, Qingning finally arrived at Nianping Island, and she didn't care about the difficulty of walking on the beach, so she took off her shoes and ran to the hut by the sea. As she approached the door, she vaguely heard the sound of a baby crying, and she stood stunned for a few seconds, and when she reacted, the corners of her eyes were a little moist, and she rushed into the hut with a wild run.

I saw that the baby was holding a pink-faced baby in her arms, and the little baby was making trouble, she was busy coaxing the baby, and her eyes were full of happiness and tenderness that she hadn't seen for a long time.

Fangyan looked at the baby in his arms, didn't notice Qingning by the door, and didn't raise his head until he heard the sobbing, and when he saw Qingning's tear-stained appearance, he laughed out loud and asked her, "Why are you crying?" ”

Qingning wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, and couldn't find a towel for a while, so she wiped the regular clothes on her body at will, and hurriedly stepped forward, looking at the child who was coaxed to quiet down by the spinning smoke, and asked her in a choked voice: "Boy or girl?" ”

"It's a girl, it's okay, it's healthy."

"It's good to be healthy...... It's great, it's great......" Qingning read, somehow she couldn't hold back her tears, but she was busy spinning cigarettes, coaxing the child in her arms while coaxing Qingning.

Seeing that Fangyan's posture of holding the child was not right, Qingning hurriedly stopped her tears and helped Fangyan, a novice mother, learn how to raise children.

"Qingning." Spinning smoke interrupted her.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Fang Yan looked at the sleeping child in his arms, and said to Qingning: "Back then, they wanted me to die at the stake, and I tried my best to resist, not for myself, but for her in my belly." I am not afraid of burning at the stake, let alone any punishment, and a person like me deserves to die a thousand times and be cut by a thousand knives. Since following you to this island, there is only one thing left in my heart, and that is to give birth to this child, and then ...... Come back with you to Turbidity and accept the late judgment. ”

"Spinning cigarettes, you ......"

Qing Ning couldn't bear to admit that she had already guessed the idea of spinning cigarettes, and she also knew that it was the child in her arms who was sleeping peacefully in her arms who supported the huge guilt of spinning cigarettes.

"But...... When I really hold this soft little life...... I regret it. She didn't dare to cry, for fear that the tears would fall on the child's body, she held back her tears, but she choked up and said something that she had never dared to say, "I ...... I want to live and watch her grow up......"

Qing Ning looked at her in surprise, she didn't know that Fang Yan had already thought that she was a dead person, but when this body still had the last task that had to be completed for this country, why Qing Ning was so anxious and had to come to Nianping Island, she was afraid that if she came one step later, she might never see Fang Yan again. She never thought that the life in Fangyan's arms would give her so much courage, so that a person who loves the people like a son can say such "greedy for life and afraid of death" for the first time.

Qingning looked at the spinning cigarette, tears rippled, she choked up and said, "That's how it should be, you just grow up with your child here, okay?" I will build a city for you, build a world without pain and regret, don't care about Wanting, Yayu City, you will spend your whole life here, happy and happy all your life, okay? ”

"Qingning ......" Fang Yan looked at her in surprise, but her face was full of tears, it seemed that it was not an exaggeration, but she really wanted to do so.

Qingning remembered that day, the afternoon saved by Spinning Cigarettes, the afternoon that brought the first light to her dark life, her tears were even more raging, she was almost crying so much that she couldn't say what was in her mouth, and said to her vaguely: "Spinning Smoke...... In this world, I am the only one with you, and I only have you...... I can't...... I can't live without you......"

Fangyan smiled, she carefully put down the child in her arms, and hugged Qingning tightly in her arms, being held by Fangyan like this, Qingning couldn't control it anymore, she cried loudly, muttering: "I can't live without you...... I can't ......."

But this kind of pleading can't change the struggle in Fang Yan's heart, she can't forgive herself, but she can't let go of this poor child and make her an orphan without a mother, but no matter what she does, this little life is innocent.

She let go of her embrace and wiped away Qingning's tears, and then, she stood up with her weak body, walked up to the child, slowly raised her arms, and began to seal the powerful spiritual power on the child's body.

"Spinning cigarettes?"

A brilliant golden light encircled the child lying on the bed, and the child suddenly began to cry loudly in that tender voice, struggling with his hands and feet, as if in great pain.

"Spinning cigarettes...... Spinning cigarettes! ”

Qingning on the side was very surprised, instinctively wanted to save the child, but when she thought of what she was doing, she was reluctant to let the child suffer such pain and had to stand by, besides, her biological mother Spinning Tobacco didn't add a hundred times more distress?

Qing Ning is very familiar with the spiritual technique used to spin cigarettes, which is the secret spiritual technique taught to her and her brother He Wu by her father Mu Yan Wangfu - Spiritual Power Seal.

The so-called spiritual power seal is to let the spiritual power be sealed in another enchantment in the embryonic state, so that the spiritual power is independent of the person's body and grows freely in the enchantment, so that the person who is sealed can be disguised as a civilian. This is the dream of Mu Yan Wangfu - to let children gain ordinary power.

At this time, the spinning smoke looks very difficult, and the child who is being sealed is also suffering from unbearable pain for her young body, such a spiritual skill is very costly, and it is a challenge to both the sealed person and the sealer, the spinning smoke at this time is very weak, but the spinning smoke has to be carried out now, because the sealing can only be carried out soon after the child is born, and the spiritual power at this time has not yet grown, and it belongs to the embryonic stage, and only at this time can the sealing be successful.

Qingning was worried about spinning cigarettes, and she was even more worried about that child, but on the side, she suddenly realized one thing, the spiritual power seal can only be carried out by someone with stronger spiritual power, and the seal can last for twenty years, and the second sealing or lifting of the seal still needs to be carried out by someone with stronger spiritual power than the person being sealed, and she needs to know the method of sealing. Qing Ning thought about it, Fang Yan couldn't tell the high priest her sealing method, in addition, no one in this world has stronger spiritual power than Fang Yan, so there is no one else who meets this condition except Fang Yan himself, does this mean that Fang Yan has decided to stay with the child and live forever?

Thinking about this layer clearly, Qing Ning was very excited in her heart, she decided that Fang Yan must really hope to survive before she chose to seal the child's spiritual power, otherwise it would mean that the child would die at the age of twenty, and Fang Yan would never do this.

After a long time, Fangyan finally put down her hand, she slumped to the ground, Qingning hurriedly stepped forward to help her to the side and sat down, and hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?" Spun cigarettes. ”

Spinning Smoke covered her heart, opened her eyes with difficulty, and watched the child gradually quiet down and stop crying, she smiled with a complicated expression. Fangyan looked at Qingning and was about to speak, but Qingning hurriedly stopped her and said, "Don't!" You are not allowed to tell me how to seal, you are the only one in this world who knows, and only if you live, the child can live. ”

Fang Yan shook his head and smiled, and said, "Why don't you ask me why I know about the spiritual arts that your father, son, father and daughter only know?" ”

Qing Ning was not curious about this matter, and said with a sour breath: "You and Your Majesty are like conjoined babies, you will know, and it is not strange." But...... Even the mother didn't know about this spiritual art, and the father said that being a commoner is the greatest happiness, and if we want the children to be ordinary and happy, we can use this spiritual magic to seal the child's spiritual power, and then tell the high priest the method of sealing, so that the child can spend an ordinary and happy life. Thinking of this, Qing Ning laughed, she looked at Fang Yan and said, "Now you can't escape, except for you, no one can seal this child." You've got to live a long life, you know? ”

"Really?" Fang Yan just smiled, looked at the child who had fallen asleep on the side, propped himself up and walked to the side of the bed, gently picked up the sleeping child, and dropped a kiss on her forehead.

Looking at the picture in front of her, Qing Ning only felt that those hellish days were finally coming to an end, and the spinning cigarettes she cared about the most would live well for the sake of her children, and all the good things would come to them and be so happy forever. She asked Fangyan, "Have you thought of the child's name?" ”

Spinning Yan nodded, looked at the child, and gently pronounced the name she had poured all her love into: "Nuojia Yuyang." ”

On the second day, after settling down all the needs of Spinning Tobacco here, Qingning finally put his mind at ease, if he couldn't go back early and show his feet, it would only hurt the Ji family and Spinning Tobacco, as a last resort, Qingning left Nianping Island after saying goodbye repeatedly.

She took the ferry and left Nianping Island, and as soon as she got ashore and got in the car, she fell asleep. It's remote here, it's far away from the place where there are many people in Qingmo, and it's even rarer to see a car as a means of transportation, except for the roar of the engine of the old car, there is no sound on this road, and Qingning, who is relieved to do a lot of things, sleeps very peacefully.

However, Qingning, who was asleep, was suddenly woken up by a gust of wind blowing through the window, and opened his eyes in a daze, only to see that the driver who was driving seemed to be a little angry.

"What's wrong?" Qingning asked hurriedly.

The driver frowned and said, "Back to the eldest princess, it's not a big deal, it's just that the car that just came over almost rubbed us." ”

“…… It's okay. ”

After answering his doubts, Qingning closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

The car drove out of the way, the driver found a place to have lunch, and then stopped to wake up Qingning, Qingning got out of the car and was about to walk to the restaurant, when suddenly a car rushed over and almost hit her, fortunately she reacted quickly, stretched out her hand and conjured up a thunderbolt that deflected the direction of the front of the car, which avoided a car accident.

Qingning's driver stepped forward angrily, and the driver who grabbed the car shouted, "Won't you drive slower?!" With such a narrow road, what should I do! ”

The scolded driver was first startled by the thunder, and then grabbed and scolded by an inexplicable strong man, and was so frightened that he apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" It's strange, we only run this route for delivery, and there are usually no cars around here! ”

The driver's words made Qingning suddenly think of the car that had just passed by, and he was busy with his driver: "Hurry!" Turn around and go back! ”