After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Jiang Yan, who originally said he could stay one night, left that night after reading the letter left by Aunt Sun, saying that he would go to the palace immediately to see the emperor.

Although Ning Ruyan felt sorry for his body, seeing how anxious he looked, she didn't stop him, but her heart was still there.

In the palace.

Emperor Xia Wen looked at Jiang Yan, who was still a little pale, and sighed slightly: "After all, I am the one who got you involved."

He rarely used "I" in front of Jiang Yan.

"I came here to tell you something."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Emperor Xia Wen was not pretentious. He knew that Jiang Yan would not be so serious if it was not an important matter.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the Battle of An Pass?"

"The year before last..."

"No, I'm talking about the battle that took place twelve years ago, that is, the tenth year of AXA."

"Remember." Emperor Xia Wen nodded.

"It was Jiang Changgong who fought against Beiyuan as the coach, but it was also at Antongguan that 15,000 people were killed due to poor decision-making."

"Yes." Emperor Xia Wen nodded, "I remember that there was evidence that one of his lieutenants took his token and gave wrong instructions just to get military glory. However, the lieutenant died in the battle, and then..."

Jiang Yan handed over the letter directly.

Emperor Xia Wen frowned and took a look at it. His face suddenly became even more ugly: "Where does this... come from?"

"The deputy general's name was Sun Dongchuan. He died to protect Jiang Changgong. It was Jiang Changgong who gave the order..."

"Where did this come from?"

"Sun Dongchuan was married before he went to the battlefield, and his wife was even pregnant. After Jiang Changgong came back, he found Sun Dongchuan's wife and took her to his house. Although she was a concubine, he actually just kept her She stayed in the mansion and gave birth to a daughter." Jiang Yan glanced at Emperor Xia Wen, "But Jiang Changgong is dead, so his real purpose of taking him in is unclear. It may be guilt, or..."

"For surveillance?" Emperor Xia Wen slapped the table, "I didn't expect that after the old general passed away, his descendants would be so miserable." Dad had an incident at An Pass, which caused serious losses to our country. As a result, ten years later, His son did it again, this time with even more casualties.

Now Jiang Bonian is actually following Xia Chunlin in rebellion. The Jiang family is simply...

"Ayan, what do you think we should do?"

"Your Majesty, the Jiang family has been defeated now. It is unrealistic to continue to investigate what happened for more than ten years. However, Sun Dongchuan's wife and daughter should clear their names." Jiang Yan cupped his fists.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Emperor Xia Wen nodded, then threw a blank imperial edict to him, "You fill it out yourself."

"This……"

"Go."

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Emperor Xia Wen waved his hand, "You know what I mean. If you want to do something and protect someone, you must be capable. A Yulin Guard commander can do what you want. Have you done what you did? Do you think you can protect the person you want to protect? "

"Your Majesty?" Jiang Yan suddenly raised his eyes.

"Let me meet that child some time." Emperor Xia Wen took a deep breath, "That's my grandson, my first grandson."

Jiang Yan's eyes turned red: "Your Majesty, logically speaking, you shouldn't..."

"What should I do? Should I reprimand you? Should I threaten her?" Emperor Xia Wen frowned, "I have been in office for so many years, and I finally understand a truth. As long as I am strong, I don't need external help. Ministers have to serve the emperor. , rather than being restricted by them, understand?”

"Thank you." Jiang Yan sniffed, trying hard to suppress the happiness and sourness in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, it’s the Shangyuan Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Although the disaster is passing, the trauma left to the people will not dissipate in a short time. Therefore, this Lantern Festival is not as lively as in the past.

Ning Ruyan asked her servants to go out to play, and she planned to stay at home to take care of the children.

But the servants are not interested, because the danger is still there at this time, and if something happens, it may lead to death.

The palace did not hold a palace banquet because the Queen Mother was not feeling well.

"Aren't you going to go out?" Ning Ruyan looked at everyone helplessly.

"If we don't go out, it's the same if we put up lanterns at home." Banxia shook his head, "The streets are not peaceful now."

"Okay, let's do it ourselves. I'll give you lantern riddles, and there will be prizes for those who guess..."

As a result, everyone became lively, especially the younger children such as Xiaolang, who were also given a holiday to rest. They could stop studying and just work with everyone.

The dinner was particularly sumptuous. Everyone, regardless of master or servant, gathered together to eat and drink, and they felt at ease.

However, everyone did not get carried away. Even when it came to eating and drinking, people were arranged to keep watch all night. Drinking was also limited to a limited amount, for fear that things would be missed if something unexpected happened.

After Ning Ruyan fed her son, she got ready to go to bed. She was currently breastfeeding and couldn't stay up late.

Not long after I lay down, someone came.

"Why did you come here at this time?"

"Old Lantern Festival, come here and take you to see the lanterns." Jiang Yan opened the bed curtain, "Do you want to go?"

Ning Ruyan wanted to refuse, but when she met the other person's eyes, she couldn't say the word "no".

So, a quarter of an hour later, Ning Ruyan was standing on a rooftop somewhere in the capital, and she felt a little regretful.

"It's such a cold day, standing so high, do you want to freeze me to death?" Ning Ruyan actually wore a lot of clothes, but the little north wind on the roof made it particularly cold.

Jiang Yan smiled and opened his cloak: "You are being pretentious in letting you in."

"you……"

However, Jiang Yan no longer asked for her opinion, and directly hugged her into his arms, closed the cloak, and only let Ning Ruyan reveal her head: "Our son has been born, and everything that needs to be seen and touched has been seen. I've touched it before, you said you..."

"Shut up."

"I want to ask you are you still cold?"

Ning Ruyan's face turned red, but she couldn't see it at night, but she pinched the other person in her cloak.

The sound of a man sucking in cold air came from behind.

"Yanyan, are you murdering your husband?" Jiang Yan held her hand, "Although we are on the roof, if you start to stir up trouble, you have to put out the fire. After all, I have never tried to look at the lights of thousands of houses. …”

"Jiang Yan." Ning Ruyan interrupted her hastily.

"Ok?"

"do you like me?"

Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, maybe because he didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, but he quickly hugged him tighter: "Yanyan, I'm not going to lie to you, I like you."

Ning Ruyan's lips curled up: "Then...will you marry me?" (End of Chapter)