As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Shallan hasn't seen her children in more than a year.

This is the child I gave birth to after passing through hell, a piece of flesh that fell from my body.

How is it possible to say that I have never missed you?

Even when she asked Xie Changqing, she asked very casually and did not expect any answer. After asking, she carefully held the child and moved to the inside of the bed.

Then Shalan lay down on her side and played with the child's white and tender face with her fingers. Needless to say, she was happy in her heart.

However, he ignored Xie Changqing for a while.

Xie Changqing watched silently.

On the way back to Beijing from Yaocheng, they always slept in the same place at night, and then went to do whatever Xie Changqing had to do before dawn in the morning.

He just saw Shalan stretching out her hand towards him tiredly and coquettishly, so he decided to stay here and leave before dawn.

As a result, Xie Changqing took off his boots now. After getting on the bed, Shalan focused on playing with the child, and it seemed that she couldn't see him very much.

After Xie Changqing was silent for a moment, he took the initiative and said, "Put the child in the middle."

"Alright."

Shallan bent down for a hug.

Xie Changqing also reached out to pick it up.

He had long hands and feet, and his movements were relatively fast. As soon as Shalan bent down, her eyes blurred, and the child was carried away by Xie Changqing.

When Shalan turned around, the child had been thrown on the couch between the two of them, still sleeping soundly.

Shalan lay down, hooked the child's little hand with her fingers and murmured: "He sleeps really deeply, and he's so tall... Is he a good boy staying at Xie's house? When you go to see the child today, is he okay?" Don’t recognize you?”

Xie Changqing's hand also fell on the child's little buttocks, and patted it gently, "Very good, mother takes care of her very well."

Xie Changqing thought of Xie Changyuan's daughter who pulled his hair again, and added: "He is much more well-behaved than the children from Lao Wu's family. He is also very sensible and has the same eyes as you."

"The hair is the same...when I speak, my words are very clear."

As Xie Changqing spoke, he subconsciously patted the child.

As Shalan listened, her eyes became softer and softer.

No matter how arrogant, surly, mean, and lazy she was towards Xie Changqing, there was no mother who didn't love her child.

In the more than a year since she left the capital, she has had countless midnight dreams of children lying next to her obediently, tugging on her fingers and playing with them.

At that time, she decided to give up Xie Changqing completely, refused to have any contact with Lu, cut off everything, and left the child in Xie's family forever. She didn't know how painful it was in her heart.

It was as if a piece of flesh on his body had been cut off.

Xie Changqing watched her staring at the child quietly, her glassy eyes seemed to be filled with water, and his heart softened. He lowered his body and combed Shalan's hair with his fingertips.

Shalan raised her eyes to look at him and whispered: "Xie Changqing, when you go to the island, it's not that I don't want children, it's not that I don't want you, but I can't afford it, and I can't fight for it..."

"She said that if I don't leave, she will ask her father to give you an order to wipe out all the alien islands on the sea."

"If you don't obey, you are resisting the decree. Resisting the decree and bullying the emperor is a crime against the nine clans, and your whole family will be implicated."

"Although you have never said it, I know that your family is very important to you."

"At that time, when your sister went to Yaocheng, she just took one more look at our women, and you stood in front of her, as if just looking at us would dirty her up."

"Compared with your family, I'm like a drop in the bucket as you Qin people say."

"You will not fight against that emperor for me and bring trouble to your family."

"So I can only let go and walk far away..."

Xie Changqing held Shalan and the child in his arms, "Fool, you probably don't know me that well yet."

"No one can force me to do something I don't want to do." "My family is indeed very important, but you are also very important. To say the least, issuing an order to wipe out the entire coast is not a small matter. It is not a matter for some princess to follow. The emperor can do it just by mentioning it.”

"Your Majesty is not a pedantic and ignorant king. How could you give such an order at will?"

"Even if His Majesty is really crazy and gave that order, you are my woman. If you give birth to my child, you are also my family. How could I abandon you?"

"I believe that my family will protect you with me, instead of persuading me to give up on you for the sake of peace at home."

Even if Emperor Xuanwu really issued some decree, the Xie family would not be unable to deal with the emperor.

Shalan said blankly: "Really?"

She could never forget the look on Xie Changqing's face when he let go of her hand on the Lantern Festival night and asked her to go back alone. .

Because Xie Changqing was wavering, how could Shalan dare to gamble with the lives of the entire clan, betting that a ruthless man would still choose her at the most critical moment?

Leaving Beijing was a last resort, and it was also a matter of recognizing reality.

"Yes."

Xie Changqing answered affirmatively, and wrapped his fingers habitually around the ends of Shalan's long brown hair: "I want us to get married after you finish the diplomatic affairs."

"We are married."

"I mean worship heaven and earth, get married in front of my family."

Shalan looked at Xie Changqing and said lightly: "It's so troublesome, I don't want it."

"..."

Xie Changqing took a deep breath.

Having been with Shalan for a long time, Xie Changqing can probably tell when she really doesn't want her, and when she is just teasing him badly and deliberately.

For example, at this time, Shalan's voice rose slightly, obviously deliberately refusing to see his reaction.

Therefore, Xie Changqing was very calm, silent for a moment and continued: "I asked my family to prepare now. I will check the date and let you know when I am sure."

Sha Lan chuckled: "Xie Changqing, I said no."

Xie Changqing pretended not to hear, "That's it, let's go to bed."

After saying that, Xie Changqing wrapped the blanket around Shalan and the child, and closed his eyes.

Shalan called him several times, but he didn't respond. At this time, he seemed to refuse to communicate.

Shallan laughed and poked him many times.

Xie Changqing took the trouble to put her hand back into the blanket many times. Finally, amid this silent but tacit teasing, Shalan fell asleep holding the child.

However, Xie Changqing's sleepiness disappeared, and he lay beside Shalan and the child, quietly looking at the sleeping face, thinking about what Shalan just said.

This little girl seems to have a bad and surly personality and is full of aggression.

But in fact, my heart is sensitive and fragile.

She thinks a lot and is ruthless enough.

Xie Changqing now has no doubt that if he had not gone to the island to find her, then not to Danzhou to see her, and not to walk to Baojing Villa, then she would never come to him again.

She is cruel to others, and even more cruel to herself.

To be able to cut off everything and give up everything...even at such a young age.

The more Xie Changqing thought about it, the more he felt depressed and his breathing was dull and uncomfortable.

He turned sideways, took a deep breath, and held the woman and child in his arms tighter, enjoying the warmth now so that the discomfort could dissipate little by little. (End of chapter)