Chapter 61: It's Painful

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

After returning to the palace, it was very late. Cheng Yan took Lin Mo back to their room, and it was not long before someone came in with hot water.

Helping Lin Mo clean his face, as he finished and was about to get up and wash his own face, Cheng Yan felt a tug on his clothes and looked down.

"Cheng Yan…" Lin Mo, with his eyes closed tightly, felt the familiar aura move farther away from him, and subconsciously reached for him.

Cheng Yan handed the wet towel to the waiting maid and ordered, "Turn off the light when you go out."

"Yes." The maid took it, whispered respectfully, and then withdrew with the rest.

Cheng Yan took off his coat and lay next to him. Lin Mo felt him, turned over and snuggled into his arms. The last maid to leave saw this, carefully put down the bed curtain, and then put out all the lights before leaving. That night, Lin Mo couldn't sleep well. He had a lot of dreams, the scenes changed quickly, and Lin Mo just felt very tired.

Cheng Yan watched him the entire night and didn't sleep. Every time Lin Mo awakened, he would coax him back to sleep. It wasn't until dawn that Cheng Yan saw that Momo was finally sleeping, and then he went to sleep with him. When Lin Mo woke up, his consciousness was still a little confused, but he still knew who the warm small stove beside him was, and unconsciously rubbed his head against his chest.

Lin Mo's small action made Cheng Yan, who was sleeping, think that he was frightened by a nightmare again. Before he woke up completely, the palm behind Lin Mo pat him regularly to coax him. This series of subconscious reactions were because Cheng Yan didn't sleep all night.

Lin Mo opened his eyes and looked up at Cheng Yan. He still had his eyes closed, but Lin Mo was patted regularly by the hand behind him.

Lin Mo blinked and stilled his original movement. It was not long after that the hand behind him stopped moving. When Cheng Yan woke up, he looked down to see if Momo was awake, but he didn't think he would be looking at him with his eyes open. As soon as he saw the clarity in Lin Mo's eyes, Cheng Yan knew that he must have been awake for a long time.

"Why didn't you call me when you woke up?" Cheng Yan put his hand on Lin Mo's head and rubbed it gently, his voice was low.

"Didn't remember…" Lin Mo muttered in a low voice.

"Do your eyes still hurt?" Cheng Yan said softly. He didn't want to leave the bed, and he had nothing to do anyway.

Lin Mo was silent for a while, then decided to be honest, "… A little bit."

"I'll ask the doctor how to help." Cheng Yan touched the corner of his eyes and saw that Lin Mo's eyes were still red and swollen, and he felt distressed.

Yesterday, the swelling was even worse. He hoped Momo wouldn't cry again. Cheng Yan couldn't stand his sad look. However, Cheng Yan didn't ask what happened yesterday. He knew that Lin Mo didn't want to mention it.

"It's only a few days before the examination. You should go out with your Second Brother to take in some fresh air and relax." Cheng Yan murmured. Cheng Yan knew that Lin Mo valued his family and wanted to help his Second Brotherrelax. Lin Mo agreed.

Lin Mo raised his head and asked, "Oh, will you come along with me?"

"Momo, of course I'll go with you." Cheng Yan kissed him on the forehead and smiled. "It's spring now. We can fly kites. What shape does Momo want?"

"… An eagle." Lin Mo reached out and touched Cheng Yan's eyes. Cheng Yan's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, which was very suitable for him.

"After the exam, Grandpa and cousin will come back from the border. I will take you to meet them then." Cheng Yan hugged him and stroked his back.

Lin Mo had already met Cheng Yan's brothers, and Cheng Yan needed to take Momo to see his grandfather's family, so that he could introduce them. However, after they held the wedding ceremony, he would take Momo to the mausoleum to pay homage to his concubine mother.

When Lin Mo heard this, he was immediately distracted and asked, "General of Zhenguo? Is your cousin also a general?"

When Cheng Yan introduced his family and the people in the palace to him, he just said a few words about his grandfather's family. Because his Eldest Brother had been a soldier, Lin Mo had a strange affection, since he was a child, for generals and soldiers who protected the country .

In Lin Mo's eyes, soldiers who defended the country and protected the people had the most sense of security. During the end of the world, Lin Mo was saved several times by a small military team before he was put into the Research Institute. Although because of the zombie tide, he escaped from the Institute, it was also because a team of military ability users had ambushed the zombies.

"Mn, my cousin was my deputy before, but during the time when I was missing, he should have replaced me and appeased the soldiers at the border." Cheng Yan explained.

Cheng Yan went to Guanwai with his grandfather, accompanied by his cousin. His cousin was a few years older, and his character was calmer, but his martial arts talent was not as good as Cheng Yan's. His grandfather used this to educate his grandson, and his tone was more iron than steel.

However, Cheng Yan thought that his grandfather was too strict with his cousin, which made it clear that his talent was much better than that of ordinary people, but his grandfather preferred him as an example. At that time, Cheng Yan was eager to hold the military power in his own hands, so that his Imperial Brother would be more secure in the future.

So Cheng Yan had no time to communicate with his cousin. When Cheng Yan was crowned Prince and given the title of God of War, he found that his cousin was more silent. In this regard, Cheng Yan had to lament the way in which his grandfather taught his son and grandson. It was just that his uncle was silent. He didn't expect that his laughing cousin was also taught by his cold eyed grandfather.

After that, Cheng Yan planned to give the title to his cousin. His cousin's ability was similar to his, and the neighboring countries dared not fight with them. In the next few years, there should be peace between the several countries.

Moreover, now that he had Momo, Cheng Yan couldn't go back to guard the border.

Although Lin Mo didn't tell him, Cheng Yan had found out that without him, Lin Mo would probably stay up all night.

In Daling village, after they got married, Cheng Yan found that Lin Mo's state was not right. He slept most of the day, but this was only when Cheng Yan was around him. If Cheng Yan left, he would wake up. Cheng Yan had been observing for a long time before he realised that it was not easy to change the bad habits of Momo and turn it back to normal. Cheng Yan dared not disturb him.

As for the time when he had to go to the border in the future, he could wait until then. Maybe at that time, Momo would not have the habit of not being able to sleep without him. Or… maybe he would have to take Momo to the border, but this would only be a last resort.

"Will there be any more wars between us and other countries?" Lin Mo asked nervously.

"Not in these years."

Not in these years? That meant Cheng Yan would have to go to the border? Were they going to be apart for a long time?

"Cheng Yan… Can family members follow?" Lin Mo looked up at him and hesitated.

Lin Mo, of course, knew that when a general led a war outside the pass, his family members would be 'protected' and correctly controlled. When there were family members, those generals who wanted to make a mistake or revolt had to weigh the pros and cons.

Although, if he went with Cheng Yan, Imperial Brother probably wouldn't refuse, but the ministers in the Imperial Court would not necessarily agree. Maybe Cheng Yan would be the first one to refuse. After all, Lin Mo would lose his life if he was outside the Great Wall. What's more, he did not have a good health.

However, Lin Mo still couldn't help asking. As soon as he thought that he would be separated from Cheng Yan for a long time, and have to continue to drink spiritual water to refresh his spirit, Lin Mo felt a bit sad.

"You want to go with me?" Cheng Yan heard that, and rubbed his head. Why did he want to go with him? Cheng Yan buried his head in Lin Mo's neck and took a deep breath. Why was it so painful? "Are you so reluctant to part?"

Lin Mo reached for his head and whispered, "Reluctant."

Cheng Yan rolled over and lay on his back, hugged the man close to himself, and said with a small smile. "Mn, I'll tie you to my belt. Don't be afraid to cry."

Lin Mo lay on his side, muttering in a low voice. "I won't cry…"

"Do you want to get up? There are the crab and shrimp dim sums you like for breakfast." Cheng Yan ran his fingers through Lin Mo's hair and said as he slowly combed the black tresses.

"Shrimp and crab during this season?" Lin Mo doubted.

"The day before yesterday, Imperial Brother sent some over. If you like, I'll ask him to bring some more."

Cheng Yan didn't care how rare the shrimps and crabs were this season. Since Momo was wronged in the palace yesterday, whether it had anything to do with his Imperial Brother or not, Cheng Yan had to let him give blood back.

Or, move all the tributes in the palace back to the Royal Palace? Anyway, Imperial Brother wouldn't like this.

"Mn, like it." Lin Mo broke him away from his thoughts.

Cheng Yan and Lin Mo got up after getting bored of laying in bed for a while. The maid and the young man who were waiting outside heard the voice of the Lord calling them. They hurried to push the door in.

After washing and dressing, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan went to the hall for breakfast. It was not early at this time. Lin Xiu had woken up early in the morning and went on reading after breakfast. Now he was sitting in the arbor in the garden.

There were not many people in Prince Cheng's mansion, only the maid and the bodyguard. During this period, the garden was the permanent residence of Lin Xiu. Sometimes when he was done with reading, he would stop and walk to the garden for relaxation.

Lin Mo often went to make some tea and chat with him. At other times, Lin Xiu would stay in his study and read books, or in his own yard. However, there were still a few days before the exam. Lin Xiu planned to go to Yu Yange to chat with other students these days. Chatting with them, Lin Xiu always got different opinions.

After breakfast, Lin Mo went to the garden to find his Second Brother.

"Second Brother, you have your exam in a few days. Let's go out and take a break to relax." Lin Mo sat by and suggested.

"Cheng Yan, too?" Lin Xiu asked.

"Yes, I'm going to call on A-Yuan and Zero One." Lin Mo nodded.

As Lin Xiu was about to turn the page of the book, he stilled when he heard that An Jinyuan was going to join them.

"Zero One? Your new friend?" Lin Xiu asked. For his Fourth Brother, Lin Xiu was very concerned. Lin Mo had no friends in Daling village and it was a good thing to make friends in the Imperial City.

"Yes, he will be the Emperor's husband in a few months." Lin Mo nodded, although Lin Mo didn't know how to deal with Zero One because of his father's business, he still liked Zero One.

Cheng Yan was right. He seemed to be doing much better after sleeping.

"…"

Emperor's husband?! Well, his brother was Wang Fu. It was nothing for him to make friends with His Highness and his future husband.

"Second Brother can also ask your friends to come and play together. We will fly kites tomorrow for relaxation. The kites will be handled by Cheng Yan."

"Okay."

Chapter 62: Flying a Kite

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

On the outskirts of the Imperial City, in addition to the peach forest, there was a deep and clear river in the western suburb. On both sides of the river bank, there were big stones and some old willows, whose branches fell on the river. The river rippled with the breeze. There was a stone bridge and a wooden bridge on the Kuanhe River. The wooden bridge was old and looked weak and those on both sides of the river would not cross through using it.

On both banks of the river, there were only flat grasslands. Looking further away, one could see a forest and several paths. At the end of the path, one could see the gate of the Imperial City.

In such an open place with only flat grass, it was the best place to fly kites.

Lin Mo asked An Jinyuan and Zero One to come out with him. Considering their identity, Lin Xiu only invited Yu Yange and three friends. Except for Yu Yange, who met his brother and Cheng Yan, the others had not, but Lin Xiu was not worried.

However, to Lin Mo's surprise, An Chenglin came with Zero One. It was blatant to see how much he cared about Zero One. He said he came out to fly kites, but what he really wanted to do was play with Lin Mo, Zero One and An Jinyuan. Lin Xiu and the several people he brought were chatting. Not far from them were the dark guards disguised as ordinary bodyguards, and there were many shadow guards hidden in the forest.

Lin Mo sat cross legged beside Cheng Yan, watching him finish tying the string of the kite. Zero One was trotting over with a koi shaped kite, followed by An Chenglin whose eyes showed his helplessness.

"A-Mo, let's compete and see whose kite flies the highest!" Zero One came to squat beside Lin Mo, eyes shining.

Lin Mo looked at the hope in his eyes and patted his head, "Okay."

"Then I'll join in." An Jinyuan looked at them and said with a smile. He felt that there was something wrong between A-Mo and Zero One.

When everything was ready, the kites that were placed on the grass were now flying up and down. The guards stood by and carefully controlled the lines in their hands. Lin Mo took over the kite from Cheng Yan and sat on the grass looking up at the sky.

Cheng Yan sat behind him with Lin Mo's back against his chest. Looking down at the smile on his face, Cheng Yan was relieved at last, and his arm tightened around his waist.

It was good to laugh. Although he didn't know the cause of Lin Mo's bad mood, Cheng Yan still didn't want to see the sadness in his eyes. In Cheng Yan's mind, Lin Mo was supposed to be smiling.

"So beautiful…" Lin Mo put his back head on Cheng Yan's chest and looked up at the colorful kite in the sky. His eyes were full of wonder. Lin Mo remembered that when he was a child, his brother took him to fly kites. At that time, there were many people and kites in the sky, but it was not as shocking as the scene at this time.

"You prepared it on purpose?" Lin Mo looked at Cheng Yan behind him. But the look in his eyes made him certain that Cheng Yan had.

"Mn." Cheng Yan took the kite string in his hand and performed a few tricks. The eagle, which was suppressed by Zero One and An Chenglin's Koi kite, flew higher.

"I thought that you would only let the shadow guards fly the kites. They are overqualified." Lin Mo glanced at the 'ordinary' people in black who were flying kites with solemn looks on their faces, but he could see that they were inexplicably happy.

"Think nothing of it, they're happy." Besides, Imperial Brother's dark guard was also there.

"Shadow One, looks quite ordinary." Lin Mo's thoughts jumped to another place and he poked Cheng Yan's hand. Although some of the shadow guards Lin Mo saw before were all wearing masks, according to their figure, Lin Mo thought they should also be good-looking. At least for him to recognize them in the crowd like this was beyond Lin Mo's expectation.

If it wasn't for their black clothes and their unique cold aura, Lin Mo would have mistaken them for ordinary bodyguards.

"He changed his face. What? Momo seems to be very interested in them… Especially their looks, hmm?" Cheng Yan put his chin on his shoulder, squinted slightly, and said in a dangerous tone.

"Hah? It's just curiosity. Besides, I'm only interested in you." Lin Mo heard the meaning in Cheng Yan's tone and responded quickly. In the past, when he read novels, he thought the shadow guards, a loyal dog, were cute, so he paid more attention to them.

His husband was a big vinegar jar. It was a sweet burden.

"Mn. Momo just look at me. I look better than them." Cheng Yan held his husband in his arms, and from time to time moved some strings to make the kite fly higher.

"…Cheeky." Lin Mo chuckled.

Lin Xiu, who was chatting with his friends at the thatched pavilion, was naturally attracted by the scenery in the sky, though the kites were big and small, with different colors and shapes, it was quite shocking to see them in the air together.

Lin Xiu recovered his mind and looked at his brother and brother-in-law sitting on the grass across the river. His worry also dissipated. When Lin Mo came to see him yesterday, Lin Xiu knew that his brother's mood was very different. He thought Lin Mo and Cheng Yan had a fight.

Fortunately, Lin Mo was getting better now.

Lin Xiu saw his brother's distinct smile in the distance, his lips slightly raised in a smile, and then he turned to continue to chat with his peers.

A man in blue shook his fan and said, "… Speaking of this, I admire the Prime Minister's daughter, who has such a good literary talent."

"Her poems have different styles. Can a woman write about the tragedy of a battle? I don't believe it. It'd be more realistic if it was from His Royal Highness."

The rest of them couldn't help laughing. His Highness Prince Cheng had been fighting for many years and it was easy for him to kill enemies but not necessary to write poems. This was a disguised conversation since they had doubts about the literary talent of the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter.

When Lin Xiu heard this, the smile in his eyes faded. The Prime Minister's daughter, Su Qingran… What kind of person was that woman? So many men were obsessed with her, or was it as Eldest Brother guessed, that she was a witch?

She could also say those excellent poems. If he didn't have the warning from his Eldest Brother's previous life, maybe Lin Xiu would have some interest in that woman as he had in his previous life. Lin Xiu had been staying in the palace since he came to the Imperial City and occasionally went to the teahouse to relax. Fortunately, he never saw the legendary prime minister's daughter once.

"Second Brother! Come on!" When Lin Xiu heard his brother's call, he turned around and saw Lin Mo waving to them.

"Continue your talk. I'll go to my brother." Lin Xiu told them and got up to leave. He promised his brother that he would come out to play with him. It was better to go. The other three looked at each other. All three of them were from the capital, with distinguished family backgrounds, and some of them were officials in court.

The three had a good relationship, all were from the same college and they had been classmates for many years and knew each other's family background. At first, they made friends with Yu Yange. The Yu family's position in the Imperial City was no lower than that of the Prime Minister. But later, they were overwhelmed by Yu Yange's talent and learning ability. Even if they didn't have a family member to explain, they would be happy to make friends with Yu Yange. After all, it was not easy to find a friend with the same aspiration.

Compared with the family background of the four, they didn't know much about Lin Xiu. They only knew that he and his brother had come to the Imperial City from a remote place for the exam. At the moment, he was temporarily living in his brother's house. Now it seemed that his brother-in-law's family was not ordinary, but they didn't often go out, so they didn't know who that person was.

"Let's go, too. I've got some kites ready." Yu Yange said with a smile.

As for His Highness, they still didn't want to go over where he was. Fortunately, the grassland on both sides of the river was spacious.

"Brother Yu, do you know those people?" The man in blue walking to the side asked, and the others anticipated the answer with curiosity. Lin Xiu's family was too mysterious and they hadn't met them.

"Lin Xiu's brother is next to His Highness Prince Cheng." Yu Yange looked at them. He didn't think they were curious, and thought they were just asking as part of holding a conversation

Every time Lin Xiu went to the teahouse, he would be accompanied by a young man and more than ten bodyguards. The carriage he took also had the sign of Prince Cheng's house, but they had not noticed before.

"Cheng… His Highness Prince Cheng?!" Three people took in a breath only to give a low exhale. Their faces showed that they thought this was unbelievable.

"I heard that His Highness Prince Cheng had returned to the Imperial City. After so long, I thought he was going to the border again. I didn't expect that he was still in the Imperial City."

Although His Royal Highness Cheng was well-known in the kingdom of Yu, people in the Imperial City rarely saw the true face of His Highness Cheng. Prince Cheng returned to the Imperial City a few times but he wore a mask on his face every time he came back. Only a few had seen his true appearance.

Yu Yange was one of these few people. When he was a child, he served as a reading assistant to His Highness Prince Cheng. Later, Prince Cheng went to the border and he was also sent away from the Imperial City for family reasons. Unexpectedly, they met again and they were already of this age.

Yu Yange looked up at Cheng Yan, who was looking at his Wang Fu, with a smile in his eyes. When he was a child, he didn't understand why His Highness Prince Cheng, who was his age, was always indifferent to others. Until he grew up, he realized why.

In order to get something, you would lose something. Grandpa once said to him these words that floated in his mind. Before, Yu Yange thought that His Highness Prince Cheng would not smile at anyone except those two he cared about. Now it seemed that he had found the man in his heart.

"It's said that His Highness Prince Cheng was ruthless. The rumors are not credible." Obviously, he also saw the gentle side of His Highness Prince Cheng at this time, although it was a little scary for the others.

"I heard that when His Highness returned to the Imperial City, he brought back his husband, but no one had seen him. I wouldn't believe it if it wasn't for His Majesty's order that they should get married two months later." The man in blue said, shaking his fan.

"After all, no one expected that His Highness Cheng would get married so early. Isn't he only twenty?"

Although many men had already had several children when they were twenty years old, the premise was that His Majesty had not yet married a husband. They thought that His Highness Cheng would get married later than His Majesty, or would end up not marrying at all.

They were also the same age group as His Highness Chneg and they didn't want to be distracted, so they didn't create a family. They thought His Highness Prince Cheng was the least likely one to get married first.

Lin Xiu didn't know that his friends were talking about something related to him. He was pushed to His Highness Jinyuan by his younger brother. He said that no one was with His Highness Jinyuan and asked him to come and accompany him.

Lin Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. His Highness JinYuan was a ger, the most honorable ger in the country. Was it suitable for him to be accompanied by a man? Lin Xiu glanced at Cheng Yan and the other man with a similar face.

Needless to say, Lin Xiu could also guess the identity of the man. Lin Xiu didn't know what An Jinyuan meant to him, and he didn't dare to show his thoughts. Lin Xiu worried that he would be wrong.

An Jinyuan looked at Lin Xiu and said with a smile, "Let's go over there. There are too many kites here. They will get entangled if we are not careful."

"Yes, Your Highness." Lin Xiu recovered his mind and carefully moved the kite in his hand to the other side.

"You…" An Jinyuan wanted to talk but stopped.

"What's the matter?" Lin Xiu asked.

"Nothing, let's go." An Jinyuan shook his head.

After a few days, he would see what he thought. He had a month to go, he would ask after the exam.

Chapter 63: The Start of the Examination

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

A few days before the exam, Lin Mo stayed at his Second Brother's side or went out with him. Lin Xiu was surrounded by his brother Lin Mo. Although Cheng Yan was his brother-in-law, Lin Xiu's attitude towards him was not as arbitrary as before. After knowing the identity of Cheng Yan, Lin Xiu knew that Lin Mo was the only one who could get along with him as before. However, Lin Xiu was relieved to see that the relationship between the two was the same as before.

As he was the only one around his Second Brother with their parents still on their way, Lin Mo naturally needed to pay attention to the situation of his Second Brother.

In his previous life, during the first half of the college entrance examination, Lin Mo's parents and brothers began to get nervous. In order to supplement him with nutrition, his two elders also cooked themselves. His Second Brother would personally come from the company to pick him up every day until the end of the college entrance examination.

At that time, Lin Mo only thought that they were making a fuss, after all, it was just a college entrance examination. And he was always at the top of the list, and they didn't need to be surprised. However, Lin Mo now realised how his family felt. Even if he wasn't going to the examination, Lin Mo still felt nervous.

These days, Lin Mo also cooked for his Second Brother. Of course, Cheng Yan, who had been neglected for a few days, had been eating with them too. His Second Brother lived in a small courtyard and Lin Mo would usually cook in the small attached kitchen. At every meal, Cheng Yan, who wanted to eat his husband's food, would come.

"Take it." Lin Mo cleaned his hands and ordered the boy waiting by his side. As for the cleaning of the kitchen, of course, it was left for someone else.

"Yes, Wang Fu." The young man went into the kitchen and brought out several dishes from the stove. When Wang Fu went out, others went in and cleaned it up. Lin Mo went to the partial room and changed his clothes. When he went in, Lin Xiu and Cheng Yan had already been waiting for a long time. Lin Mo sat next to Cheng Yan once he was done.

"I will be in the exam tomorrow. Let the chef cook tonight." Lin Xiu said.

"Mn, I'll start to make you some dry food for the exam in the afternoon." Lin Mo said as he ate.

There would be three examinations, one for three days, during which no one was allowed to come out. During the examination and accommodation, Lin Mo was worried that his Second Brother's body would not be able to bear it. He planned to specially make some dry food for him.

"I will just buy the food insteadt." Lin Xiu frowned.

Cheng Yan gave Lin Mo food, but he didn't speak. He knew what Lin Mo was going to insist on it and no one would be able to persuade him.

Lin Mo shook his head and refused, "No, it's not easy to buy it from the outside. What can be bought outside is too dry." Lin Mo took a bite of the meatball Cheng Yan put on his plate and said as he chewed it, "I don't have the ingredients yet. I have to prepare them."

"If our parents knew you wanted to do this, they would be mad at me for letting you." Lin Xiu was helpless.

"When I was at home, I could cook. Why do you both treat me as a porcelain doll now? It's not like I can't breathe after a few steps."

After waking up from his coma, he had been drinking his spirit spring water, and also increased the amount he had been drinking. Although his body couldn't be transformed into his modern one, where wounds would heal quickly, at least his face had some color now.

However, the foundation of his body had been defective ever since his birth. In addition, during the ten plus years since he was born and before Lin Mo took over, he didn't take good medicine to warm up his meridians. Now it was hard for him to get better. If he didn't have a spiritual spring, Lin Mo would have one minor illness every three days, and one major illness every five days.

"Mn, but you still have to get better. You look a little ruddy now." Cheng Yan nodded. He still remembered Lin Mo's pale face and thought he looked better now.

"Do you want me to take medicine again?" Lin Mo sighed. His body was at his present state only because of his spiritual spring, it had nothing to do with those medicinal meals and medicinal soup.

Lin Mo thought that all the medicine he had to take in his previous life was enough for two lifetimes. Every day, he took medicine with his meals and soup. In fact, he cooked things himself and avoided eating these things, right? Right?

"I used to take medicine to make up for that half a month. Now I don't need it. But I have to eat some nutritious food, such as bird's nest porridge, ginseng soup, medlar and lotus seeds."

Previously, the royal doctor told Cheng Yan that Lin Mo's body was only suitable for slow warming. If he took medicine once, then he would have to take it every time.

After lunch, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan went back to have a nap. When they woke up in the afternoon, they went to the chef to test the food they needed. Cheng Yan had planned to go with him, but he was caught up with a temporary matter.

Cheng Yan stood in front of the window and looked down at the message on the note. His face was cold and his breath made the shadow guard lower his head. Cheng Yan pinched the note in his hand, looked up at the tree outside the window, and asked in a cold voice. "Recently, the Prime Minister's office has a trace of the presence of the prince of Qi? When did he enter the Imperial City?"

Out of the several countries, only Qi was a little weaker than Yu. The Qi's Emperors, both former and current, had great ambitions. Although their two countries were in a state of peace, Cheng Yan knew that this was only on the surface.

After Cheng Yan regained his memory, his brother told him about the border situation. Not long after Cheng Yan was injured and disappeared, Qi Guo and them had several conflicts. But thinking of the information just obtained, Cheng Yan thought, maybe those conflicts were premeditated, right? They couldn't wait.

He was going to start reeling in the net.

The shadow guard bowed his head and said respectfully, "Half a month ago, the prince of Qi was seriously injured and saved by the Prime Minister's daughter."

"Continue."

"Three days ago, a group of suspicious people appeared at the gate of the city, and finally disappeared near the back door of the Prime Minister's office. The Prime Minister didn't seem to know about it."

"It seems that…" That there should be a possibility the Prime Minister would have been somehow aware of this matter. However, even if it really had nothing to do with the Prime Minister, he would find a way to make sure the two would be related.

"Go to the palace and inform my brother of this."

"Yes, master." Shadow One respectfully left.

Since his brother wanted to fight against Prince Jing, he'd give him more chips. The coldness of Cheng Yan was growing.

"Cheng Yan, how are you? I made some cakes. Come and have a taste." Lin Mo's voice came from a distance.

Cheng Yan heard the voice and the cold in his eyes instantly faded away, and he rose to his feet to leave the study. "Okay, I'm coming now."

The next morning, Lin Mo, who remembered his brother was going to take the exam, got up early. He looked out of the window, and then looked at Cheng Yan who was still sleeping. He thought about it, and carefully removed Cheng Yan's hands from his waist.

Lin Mo, who was about to get up and cross over Cheng Yan, was suddenly pulled back.

"Did I wake you up?" Lin Mo looked up and saw that Cheng Yan had opened his eyes, seeming a little confused.

"Why are you up so early?" Cheng Yan hugged the man in his arms, his eyes half open and his voice hoarse.

"I'm going to see my Second Brother." Besides, Lin Mo planned to prepare drinking water for his Second Brother, which could last for nine days. What's more, he knew that for some candidates who had a background, the things prepared by their families would not necessarily be worse than those prepared by him.

"Come on, get up." Cheng Yan stabbed a finger at Lin Mo's clavicle. He was a little depressed. At this time, he was still holding the man emitting a soft fragrance but didn't think he would get up an hour earlier.

Cheng Yan completely forgot that he used to practice martial arts in the yard at this time.

"Hiss, do it lighter…" Lin Mo sucked in a breath.

"Was that painful? It seems that I was too fierce…" Cheng Yan looked down.

Lin Mo's body was too delicate. There were many bruises on his body from where he accidentally bumped into things. Cheng Yan gently touched the traces and bowed his head and gave the bruises a light kiss.

"Get up quickly, Second Brother is probably awake." Lin Mo pushed Cheng Yan's head away from his arms, feeling helpless.

"I'm still usually asleep at this time…" Cheng Yan sat up and watched Lin Mo get out of bed.

"You said before that you would be practicing martial arts in the yard for about half an hour by now. YanYan, do you know that you have become lazy?" Lin Mo glanced at him, picked up the clothes beside the bed and put them on.

"… I'll come with you." Cheng Yan choked at the nickname Lin Mo called him by, got out of bed and put on his clothes.

"Mn, YanYan is very diligent." Lin Mo went on his tiptoes and kissed his husband with a smile.

"…"

When they finished their breakfast, it was almost time for his brother to leave. Butler Fu counted all the things and ordered people to move them to the carriage. Lin Mo, Cheng Yan and Lin Xiu went out together.

"There is a jar of ginseng slices in the food box. Second Brother must remember to eat one every day. You can't have more." Lin Mo explained.

He used a hundred year old ginseng and one couldn't take too much. The ginseng slices were soaked in spiritual water, the effect was similar to the tea Lin Mo made for his Second Brother before. It was also very useful in refreshing the mind and eliminating mental fatigue.

"Mn." Lin Xiu nodded.

What his brother prepared for him was similar to what Yu Yange talked about concerning the necessary items for entering the examination room, and he didn't think much about it.

Lin Mo told his Second Brother all the precautions he could think of and they soon arrived at the destination. When Lin Mo got off of the carriage, the two young men had already taken the things off from the carriage. The servants in Prince Cheng's mansion knew martial arts, so it was not difficult for them to carry several parcels and two food boxes.

The examination center was not in the palace, but on the way to the palace. Candidates needed to be searched before entering the examination room. In order to complete this step quickly, there were four entrances. Generally, those with a background would choose a convenient channel, that is, the ancient version of a VIP line.

Lin Mo stood by Cheng Yan's carriage, looked around and found that there were many carriages parked here. Not far away was an examinee alone, carrying the package in the queue for inspection. Lin Mo couldn't help but feel that it was good to have background and privileges.

Sitting aside, the inspector glanced at random at the carriage that had stopped, and saw that it was from Prince Cheng's residence. His heart almost jumped to his throat. The middle-aged man took a deep breath to slow down and quickly got up, and walked over. Why didn't anyone tell him that there were people from His Highness's palace among the examinees of this year's examination?!

"Your Highness Prince Cheng, why are you here in person?" The middle-aged man saluted Prince Cheng and greeted him with flattery and a smile. Although he had not seen His Royal Highness before, he could guess his identity from the clothes he wore.

"Bringing someone here." Cheng Yan glanced at him, his face expressionless.

The middle-aged man shivered from the cold seen in Prince Cheng's eyes, but the smile on his face was still the same. It was worthy of His Highness Prince Cheng, as his eyes were not like those of ordinary people.

"I'm fine. You two go back." Lin Xiu took a package from Xiao Si's hand and waved at them.

"Second Brother, remember to pay attention to your body and don't be too worried." Lin Mo was a little uneasy.

Lin Mo believed that his Second Brother would be able to win the first prize in the exam. However, Lin Mo was still worried that his Second Brother might have an issue. After all, he didn't know what happened in the other life to his family before his previous scientific examination.

"Second Brother knows."

After Lin Mo saw Lin Xiu in, he got on the carriage with Cheng Yan and left. The direction of departure was the Royal Palace's gate. After flying kites that day, Zero One said they should go to the palace to find him today. Maybe Zero One would tell him something. At that time, the hesitation and struggle in his eyes could not be concealed from Lin Mo.

Chapter 64: The Lin Family Goes to the Imperial City

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

A few days before the start of spring ploughing, Father Lin and Mama Lin were ready to plant seedlings. They planned to hire people to plant all the fields after breakfast.

"Hey?! Xiaoya, what are you doing with my eggs? Isn't there one in your bowl?" As soon as Lin Xing had a chopstick of vegetables, he looked down and saw that the eggs in his bowl had been scooped away.

"Fifth Uncle lost the bet yesterday. Eggs are my reward." Lin Xiaoya took a bite, and blinked at him.

"You can't eat so much alone. Come on, Fifth Uncle will help you." Lin Xing reached for her chopsticks and wanted to get his eggs back in his bowl.

"No, Xiaoya can finish eating. Fifth Uncle is not allowed to cheat." Lin Xiaoya opened her small hand to cover the bowl, and chewed on.

"Xiaoya, didn't Fourth Brother say that a good child should know how to share, and so shouldn't you give Fifth Uncle some?" Lin Xing's head reached over, smiling.

Lin Xiaoya's movement stopped, and hesitated as her voice mumbled, "Did Fourth Uncle say that?"

"Of course!" Lin Xing affirmed.

"Then… All right." Lin Xiaoya thought about it, but she still moved her little hand off the bowl.

"How lovely Xiaoya is!" Lin Xing poked the egg into his bowl, reached out and patted her head, smiled and then gave a piece of meat to her.

"Mn…" She knew how to share and was a good child.

Lin Chen glanced at them and ignored them. They would both come home once every three days, and he was happy.

Just as they were halfway through the meal, they suddenly heard a knock on the door from the yard. When Lin Cheng saw the man outside, he felt strange, but he put down his chopsticks and walked over.

"You…" When Lin Cheng opened the door, he saw a group of officers and soldiers standing outside. He was shocked and subconsciously tried to close the door, but he was blocked. Lin Cheng settled down and said in a deep voice, "Is there something you need, gentlemen?"

What happened? Why were so many officers and soldiers with swords standing in front of their door?

People passing by saw the group and hurriedly left. They thought that this family had committed some crimes, how else would they have attracted so many officials?

"Are you Lin Cheng, the eldest son of the Lin family?" The general in charge stepped forward and asked.

"I am."

"We were ordered to take you to the Imperial City." A general took out a letter and keepsake and gave it to him.

Lin Cheng took the letter and glanced at it roughly. After listening to them, he closed the door and walked quickly to the lobby.

"What's the matter? Who's here?" Mama Lin asked as she watched her son return with a heavy expression on his face.

"A-Mo's letter, they have arrived at the Imperial City. He sent someone to pick us up. Now they are outside." Lin Cheng handed the jade plate to Mama Lin and told her the contents of the letter.

"It's Mo'ger's jade plate." Mama Lin took it. This jade pendant was given to Mama Lin from the temple. Lin Mo had been wearing it since he was a child.

"Fourth Uncle." Lin Xiaoya saw it and nodded her head. She had seen it many times from Fourth Uncle.

Lin Cheng sat aside and looked at the contents of the letter carefully. He rubbed his fingers against the letter paper and was a little distracted.

Prince Cheng's reputation had spread all over the country. In the past, Lin Cheng's impression of Prince Cheng was just like the rumors. Now, however, his impression of His Highness and Cheng Yan had coincided.

Had he recovered his memory? Lin Cheng was beginning to worry about his brother's location. If Cheng Yan recovered his memory and his character was the same as before, what should he do?

"Are you going to find Fourth Uncle?" After listening to them for a long time, Lin Xiaoya heard what she was interested in. She jumped off the stool and lay down on her dad's leg to see what was on the paper.

"Yes, we'll see him in a few days." Lin Cheng returned and touched his daughter's head.

Today's life was different from the past. Since his Fourth Brother wrote to tell them to move back to the Imperial City, it was safe for them. However, at the thought of their family's encounter in the past, Lin Cheng had some conflicts with the Imperial City. Could everything really be avoided?

"Dad, is our family really the Lin family in the Imperial City?" Lin Cheng asked, holding the letter in his hand.

Father Lin was silent for a long time, "… Is it mentioned in Mo'ger's letter?"

"Yes." Lin Cheng nodded.

Father Lin didn't speak again. When Lin Cheng saw this, he also confirmed the authenticity of it. Their home was really that of the Lin family. The trend of things in this life was really different. Maybe they could avoid the past life. The letter from Lin Mo disturbed the peaceful life of the Lin family. But they finally decided to go to the capital, since Father Lin and Mama Lin were also a little uneasy about their two sons there.

In order to arrange things, Lin Cheng, Father Lin and Mama Lin also went to their shops and went back to the village to explain things clearly. During the time when Lin Mo and Cheng Yan left, the restaurant was left to Lin Cheng and the food shop Lin Mo created had good business. Originally, Lin Cheng also planned to open another branch building in Linxian County later to expand the business. Now they could go to the Imperial City and continue expanding business there.

Father, Mother and and her grandparents had left, leaving FIfth and Sixth Uncle in the house to pack things, Lin Xiaoya licked the tanghulu and walked to the door.

"Dad said we couldn't go out." Seeing that his sister wanted to open the door, Lin Xiaonan ran to stop her.

"Oh, all right." Lin Xiaoya put down her hand on the edge of the door and licked the tanghulu. She didn't want to go out, she just wanted to sit on the threshold and look out.

It was the third day after all things had been explained. Sister-in-law Lin dressed her son and daughter and led them to the door, where Lin Lan and Yan Ningxi were waiting.

"Auntie, are you going to find Fourth Uncle with Xiaoya?" Lin Xiaoya, dressed in her new clothes, was a little happy. When she thought that she would see Fourth Uncle soon, she was even happier. Her eyes were all smiling.

"After a period of time, aunt and uncle will go to see you. Xiaoya should be obedient on the way." Lin Lan, holding a baby, said with a smile.

After all the things were packed, Lin Cheng took the things to the carriage, and Father Lin also took several boxes of books left by his father. They probably wouldn't come back after returning to the capital this time. They had to take everything with them.

Considering the amount of people in the Lin family, the soldiers, who came, slowed down their pace of return.

Lin Mo, who came back from the palace after meeting with Zero One, was in a much better mood. Cheng Yan, sitting next to him, obviously felt his change.

"What makes you so happy?" Cheng Yan asked, touching the head on his shoulder.

"Um… Happy things. " Lin Mo held his waist and rubbed his head on his shoulder.

Cheng Yan looked down at him, only to see Lin Mo's mouth rising unstoppably, and his eyes were bent with a smile. Cheng Yan lifted the corner of his lips and didn't ask him what it was.

Forget it, as long as he's happy.

Lin Mo buried his head in Cheng Yan's neck and took a deep breath. Although Zero One's subsystem was not yet in shape, Lin Mo was still very happy. His main task now was to provide the spring water for Zero One to maintain energy and find the energy for the subsystem.

When Zero One asked him to enter the palace, he didn't know what the other side wanted him to do, but he didn't expect Zero One to bring him good news. Zero One had been transformed by Dr. Wen, and his main system was naturally strong. There were no problems creating a subsystem if he had enough energy.

When Zero One saw Lin Mo, he knew that Lin Mo had treasures. He felt the strong energy from Lin Mo, which also unlocked part of the Zero One functions, including the derivative subsystem functions. Zero One didn't know what the rules of the world were, but feature unlocking meant it could be used. However, seeing a line of small red characters under the function key, Zero One also knew the reason.

The Lin family was very lucky and it was a pity that they met unfortunate deaths in the end of the world.

After hearing the Zero One's statement, Lin Mo was silent for a long time. "Are you really going to do this?"

For the creation of the Zero One subsystem, he had to let the subsystem go through time and space into his previous life. Lin Mo was very moved but he hesitated at the thought that it may put Zero One's life at risk.

Lin Mo paid little attention to the lives and deaths of other people except his family and those he was friends with. If he were still in the end of the world, maybe he would not hesitate so much. Lin Mo thought that maybe there was a reason for his father creating Zero One and he didn't want Zero One to fall into danger.

"If I don't, I will feel guilty towards you and your father." Zero One said with a wry smile.

Before Zero One was transformed, he could actually hear the conversation between Dr. Wen and Lin Xuanyan. More than once, Dr. Wen said, there was a one-third chance that the experiment would fail. But Lin Xuanyan insisted on dividing half of his spiritual strength for the two-thirds success rate.

If it wasn't for Dr. Wen's repeated refusal, Zero One thought, the man would have preferred to use all his mental strength. At that time, Zero One didn't generate much emotion, so he didn't understand why that man would choose to sacrifice his chance of reincarnation for that small possibility.

However, now that he was nearly an adult, he knew that, with his love for A-Lin, that man's feelings for his children was probably love. If he hadn't encountered the black hole and his path hadn't changed, he would've recognized Lin Mo as the main task, and then use the known history to let the Lin family avoid all disasters.

Unfortunately, there were accidents at every corner.

However, Lin Mo was also in the world, and some of his abilities had been unlocked. Although the creation of the subsystem was based on his loss of all the functions of the system and completely becoming a person, Zero One did not think it was a pity.

It was his dream to become a person. He couldn't get rid of his machine identity as he was the main brain before. Now with this opportunity, he wouldn't give up.

Lin Mo walked up to him and hugged him, and whispered, "Thank you anyway."

He knew that Zero One could have concealed all this from him, but he didn't.

"… How can I become a person, little master?" Zero One hesitated.

Although he had human feelings, Zero One knew that he would always be a machine. Before he got along with An Chenglin, Zero One tried to think of himself as a person, but now that he really wanted to break away from the identity of the system, Zero One was scared.

An Chenglin's love for him was different from his love for An Chenglin. There were a lot of ancient books in Zero One's mind. The Emperor in Zero One's head had three thousand beauties in the harem. Although An Chenglin had promised Zero One that he would be the only one.

But Zero One was still a system, and he didn't know what to do. If An Chenglin found someone else, he would leave, continue to be a system, find a way to leave forever, and find his little master. But now that he found his little master, Lin Mo didn't want to identify himself as his master. And he would become a human soon, so Zero One worried that he would not be able to become a real person.

"People are very complex creatures. You need to explore and understand by yourself. You're young. You'll know later. " Lin Mo heard his uneasiness and comforted him.

"I'm not young. I've been a system for a long time." Zero One experienced the appointment to retirement of several supreme leaders of the Federation. Human life was longer in the interstellar age. As the second generation of systems, he was more capable than the first generation. If he did not have human feelings, he could have survived even after several leaders.

"People's age can be divided into physical age and psychological age." Lin Mo laughed.

"A-Mo, do you think there will be any other people in the future? Isn't it said in ancient books that there are three thousand beauties in the Imperial Palace? Are there really three thousand women in A-Lin's harem?" Zero One asked.

"That's why you were upset?" Lin Mo could not help laughing. If there were really three thousand concubines in the harem, he knew that just the Emperor wouldn't be able to stand it, but even others wouldn't either.

"Yes."

"Did you ask Imperial Brother, or did he promise you that you are the only one now and will be the only one in the future?"

"Yes, but I worry…" Zero One sighed.

"Since he has promised you, don't worry. In fact, both of them are devoted people. You see, the Emperor is in his twenties now, and there is no one in the harem. Cheng Yan said that the court counseled Imperial Brother to marry an Empress, and didn't Imperial Brother refuse?"

"That's right…"

"Zero One, didn't you notice? You are no longer an emotionless system." Lin Mo said with a smile.

"Ah? Am I? I feel like I'm no different now." Zero One looked down at himself, and still didn't find out where he was different.

"Your emotions just showed; guilt, uneasiness, hesitation and entanglement… When you were the main system, you should not have these emotions." Lin Mo said.

Lin Mo stood aside and watched Zero One laugh happily at his explanation. He was also relieved. It was better to be carefree and he believed that An Chenglin would not make him sad.

"I have left enough spiritual water for you. You can use it in any way, but you can't tell anyone. Pay attention to safety. If you can't, stop. I'll find a way to get you the energy needed later. " Lin Mo exhorted.

"Okay. Don't worry."

Chapter 65: End of the Examination

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

When Lin Mo left, Zero One used the spiritual water. Before Lin Mo found the energy to support the operation of the subsystem, the subsystem could not appear. When the subsystem appeared, that is, when Zero One left his system identity, without any operating energy, the subsystem could not leave this space-time. It needed enough energy to be able to operate, and it had only one chance.

However, it was not easy to find energy. There might not be any other energy sources present in this space except for the spiritual water.

When An Chenglin came in, he saw Zero One sitting in a daze. Approaching him, An Chenglin lifted him into the inner room.

"A-Ling? Why are you here?" Zero One grabbed his neck, wondering.

"Standing outside early in the morning, what did you say to Lin Mo?" An Chenglin asked.

What did Lin Mo do to make him like this? I have to keep him out. An Chenglin's eyes became a little deeper, and his gloom increased.

"A-Lin, I'm the only one you have now and in the future, right?" Zero One asked.

"Mn, you are the only one." An Chenglin promised as he took him to his bed.

"But I'm not ger. What if I can't have a baby?" Zero One sat face to face with the Emperor, fixed his eyes on him and asked. Now he didn't know whether he would become an ordinary man or a child-bearing ger after he fully did away with his identity as a system. It seemed that the Emperor couldn't not have children, right?

"You said before that you are not human. I can accept this… What's more, I can also accept there being no children." An Chenglin kissed his forehead and said with a low smile. The bigotry in his eyes flashed by. The heir to the throne would be a child from one of his younger brothers. He was not worried about this.

An Chenglin didn't care if Zero One could have children, as long as he could stay by his side.

Zero One had his own concerns, and An Chenglin also had his anxieties. Zero One was not an ordinary person and could leave at any time, but An Chenglin would not be able to find him.

From the time when he realized he liked Zero One, An Chenglin was afraid that one day he would leave himself and disappear without any warning. So he would stare at Zero One all the time. Fortunately, the person he was looking for was also in the world. And he was the husband of his brother.

An Chenglin was also glad that Lin Mo didn't force Zero One to recognize him as his master. In this way, Zero One was still his own. But An Chenglin couldn't feel at ease. Zero One was not an ordinary person. He wouldn't grow old. Zero One first appeared beside An Chenglin before he ascended the throne. At that time, Cheng Yan had also gone to the border.

He wanted to fight for the throne and protect A-Yuan from being hurt by those people. Zero One appeared as a transparent figure, and often disappeared. The next time he appeared, he would forget what had happened before.

It was not until An Chenglin ascended the throne that he was able to use the vault at will to make Zero One become stable. But every time Zero One disappeared, An Chenglin would lose control of his mood.

From An Chenglin's teens to his twenties, Zero One had always had this young look. It was not like he would grow up and grow old. When he thought of it, Zero One was still young. Maybe after years of those forgetting him, and then falling in love with another, the dark side of An Chenglin's heart couldn't help releasing.

"How about… if I become a man?" Zero One asked.

"What… What do you mean?!" An Chenglin returned from his thoughts, hugged the man in his arms and held the surging emotions down in his heart. He doubted whether he heard it wrong.

"What if I give up the identity of the system and become a person?"

"You mean it? Don't lie to me…" An Chenglin's grip on Zero One increased, and his voice was numb.

"It's true, of course, but if you find someone else later, I will leave, too. Don't think I can't run if I become a person…" Zero One stabbed him in the chest, as if threatening him.

"There will be no one else!" An Chenglin held the man in his arms, bowed his head and kissed him disorderly.

His tense state could finally be put down, and Lin Mo's sadness at the bottom of his heart had also been relieved. There was progress on the other side with Zero One, and the exam for Second Brother had begun. The Lin family would arrive at the Imperial City in another month.

In this life, everything was going in a good direction.

Of course, after finishing Lin Xiu's work, he would go to Lin Mo and Cheng Yan's wedding. However, it seemed that Lin Mo had forgotten all about it.

Outside the house, Butler Fu, with the Lord's permission, pushed the door into the house. Behind him, there were many maids holding red wedding clothes and other accessories.

"My Lord, you and your husband's wedding clothes and royal clothes have been made." Butler Fu informed.

"Mn, put it down and leave." Cheng Yan put down the book in his hand, and Lin Mo, who was sitting next to him, sorted out his collar uneasily. The light blush on his face hadn't disappeared. Fortunately, the maid who came in didn't dare to look up casually. Butler Fu just took a look and took back his sight.

Hearing the Prince's words, the maids put down their things and walked away.

"Come and try it on. If it doesn't fit, we can have it changed." Cheng Yan waved Lin Mo over.

"So soon?" Lin Mo went over and admired it with his eyes. Reaching out and touching the cloth, it was smooth, delicate and comfortable to touch.

The patterns on the clothes were embroidered with gold thread, and the silver thread outlined the edge of the clothes. It was not as gorgeous as a women's wedding dress, but it could also show its delicacy. To be honest, if it wasn't for Butler Fu, who just brought these things over, Lin Mo would have forgotten that, in another month, it would be their big marriage.

Before, when he was in Daling village, he and Cheng Yan prepared for the wedding, and of course, his family had helped. Unlike now, all the wedding processes were carried out in an orderly manner by the people of the Imperial Palace and the Royal Palace.

In addition, Lin Mo's mind had been divided due to too many things these days.

Cheng Yan didn't speak. He took all the clothes and led Lin Mo into the bedroom. After entering, Cheng Yan put his clothes on the bed, found the proper order to put on the accessories, and then turned around to help Lin Mo take off his clothes.

"I… I'll do it myself. You go out…" Lin Mo quickly blocked his hand, blushing.

"I'll help you." Cheng Yan approached and took off Lin Mo's clothes.

"Don't… Don't remove this one." Lin Mo grabbed the last piece of clothing tightly to his body, his face was a little red.

If it was taken off, he would be completely naked. Lin Mo couldn't undress completely in front of Cheng Yan. After all, it was still daytime and Cheng Yan was still dressed, Lin Mo felt a sense of inexplicable shame.

Lin Mo felt that the palms attached to his waist were too hot to ignore.

Finally, Cheng Yan carefully put on the Xi suit, one by one, for Lin Mo.

Tying the belt, Cheng Yan raised his hand to straighten out the long hair of the person in front of him. Lin Mo raised his eyes and was shocked to see the seriousness in his eyes.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Yan straightened his hair and looked down to see that the man in front of him was in a weird state. Didn't he like this suit? "Don't like it? There's still a month to go. I'll have another set made?"

"No, I'm fine." Lin Mo returned to his senses and shook his head.

"There's still a month to go. Your parents will make it on time." Cheng Yan appeased.

Cheng Yan knew that Momo was sensitive at heart. Although this was their second marriage, since his parents and family were not around, his inner uneasiness was inevitable.

"Mn." Lin Mo's lips were slightly raised, and the response was a little light.

He felt that Cheng Yan misunderstood something, but Lin Mo was comforted.

After a few days, the exam ended.

Outside the examination hall, there were family members or book children waiting for the examinees. Seeing them looking in from time to time, there were still some anxieties and worries on their faces, and Lin Mo's worries were also ticked out.

When Cheng Yan wanted to open his mouth and let Lin Mo sit down beside him, the entrance to the examination hall opened. Pale candidates came out of the room one after another, and the others who were always paying attention to the gate rushed forward.

When hearing the sound of the door opening, the guards of the Royal Palace who were waiting at one side quickly stepped forward and stood at both sides of the door to block the people who wanted to flow in. As soon as the examinees came out of the examination hall, they saw two rows of soldiers standing straight and expressionless.

But after several people saw the mark on their clothes, their faces were already a little depressed, and now they tried to be a little dignified.

People from the palace of Prince Cheng? Why were they here?

For their own reasons, a lot of people on the scene felt uneasy. Lin Mo was relieved when he saw his Second Brother coming out of the room. There was no paleness in his face, and there was nothing wrong with his look.

"Second Brother!" Lin Mo took Cheng Yan's hand and hurried forward.

When Lin Xiu heard his brother's voice, he looked at the sound source and saw Lin Mo and Cheng Yan coming towards him. His eyes were warm. "Why did you two come?"

Following behind the Prince and his husband were two men who hurried to take over the things in Lin Xiu's hands.

"Momo was worried. He has been waiting here for a long time."

"Let's go back to the mansion first, and then sleep after dinner." Lin Mo said.

"Let's go." After returning to the palace, Lin Xiu slept until noon the next day. As soon as he woke up, he received a message from a young man then he went to lunch.

After Lin Xiu finished washing, he hurried to the hall.

"Second Brother, eat."

As soon as Lin Xiu entered the hall, he saw Cheng Yan and Lin Mo sitting by and waiting, and An Jinyuan sitting beside them. When Lin Xiu's gaze landed on An Jinyuan, he was stunned. After greeting him, he sat down.

After lunch, Cheng Yan took his wife and younger brother to his grandparents' home. Lin Xiu also went to the teahouse according to the agreement to get together with Yu Yange. Before the meeting, they spent their time reading books. They could get together once in a while. After the exam, they should also relax.

"By the way, at the end of the exam, there were two rows of soldiers standing outside. What happened?" A young scholar who came out of the examination hall after Lin Xiu and was lucky to see that scene, said with some doubts.

"That's the man from the palace of Prince Cheng."

"…"

All the people at the table turned their heads to one side, and Lin Xiu, who was later aware of the situation, raised his head and was not comfortable with their gazes.

"Prince Cheng should be worried about his brother-in-law…"

"For this reason?!" Some scholars in white didn't believe it.

Yu Yange took a sip of tea and said, "According to the rumors of Cheng Yan and Wang Fu Cheng, this is not impossible."

The others thought about it in their hearts and found that it seemed reasonable. After thinking about what had upset them before, they led the topic to other places.

When hearing the people at the table talking about the only unmarried prince in the palace, Lin Xiu had a figure come to mind.

"Will His Highness Jinyuan choose a husband from the candidates of the imperial examination? Is this true or not? It's not a rumor, is it?"

Others were also curious.

"It should be true. It was said a few years ago." He nodded.

When the news was revealed a few years ago, people in the Imperial City began to talk about it for a long time before it subsided. Unexpectedly, the exam was just over, and the news was dug out again.

In fact, Yu Yange also knew a little about it. If it wasn't for his grandpa telling him about it yesterday, Yu Yange still wouldn't have known. After all, he wasn't in the Imperial City before.

"Although they say he will be selected from the top three scorers, isn't it?"

"Brother Yu, you have a great chance."

"This exam is just over. Why are you already speaking of this?" Yu Yange had a helpless expression on his face.

However, thinking of his Grandpa looking for him to talk to yesterday, some waves came up in his peaceful heart.

When Lin Xiu heard their teasing, he frowned slightly and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Brother Lin, what's the matter with you? You look absent-minded." Noticing something was wrong with Lin Xiu, a voice asked.

"Haven't you adjusted yet?" Others were caring.

"No, I'm just thinking that according to the attitude of His Highness, the selected husband should be pleasing to His Highness… It doesn't have to be number one." Lin Xiu smiled with the corner of his mouth.

Choose a husband?

Lin Xiu raised his eyes and looked at the remaining people sitting opposite him.

Chapter 66: Second Brother's Abnormality

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

A few days after visiting the general Zhenguo's office with Cheng Yan, Lin Mo found something wrong with his Second Brother, especially the day when he got the test results. In addition to eating and sleeping every day, Lin Mo was worried that his Second Brother had been bewildered like in his past life.

Lin Mo went to the door of the study, left the boy behind him outside, and pushed the door in.

It was rare for his Second Brother to be holding a book but not looking at it.

"Second Brother." Lin Mo went over and called out.

"A-Mo? Why are you here? " Lin Xiu turned and looked up at his brother.

"I can see there's something wrong with Second Brother lately. Are you worried about the imperial exam?" Lin Mo sat down beside him and asked.

"… It has something to do with it. Second brother will deal with it. Don't worry about it, A-Mo. " Lin Xiu said after a few seconds.

"The test results…" Lin Mo hesitated. The day before yesterday, he knew the result of the Second Brother's examination, ranking second in total. The first was Yu Yange, the legitimate son of the Yu family. When they went to the Imperial City for the exam last time, the young scholar had come along with them.

Lin Mo has heard about Yu Yange, who had been mentioned by Cheng Yan. It was said that this year's title of the imperial examination champion was most likely to fall on him.

"He's a man of great talent and learning. Compared with him, I'm a little worse." Lin Xiu smiled.

"Second Brother is not much different from him." Lin Mo retorted.

Although he didn't know how his Second Brotherhad placed first in the previous life, he could see his talent. However, Lin Mo suddenly thought of a series of things that happened when they rushed to the capital. Several groups of people in black tried to ambush them and assassinate them. Second Brother was implicated by that group of people.

There was no Cheng Yan in the previous life. Second Brother didn't have any accidents on his way to the Imperial City for the exam. How did Yu Yange of the previous life escape? Or maybe he didn't?

"The Prime Minister's business involves Cheng Yan and his brother, even if Second Brother can't be like before…"

"A-Mo! Be careful…" Lin Xiu suddenly interrupted his brother and whispered.

Lin Mo looked at his Second Brother in a daze. When he saw his obscure eyes looking at something, Lin Mo suddenly remembered that he still had a shadow guard around him. Lin Mo had a cold sweat for a while. If his Second Brother didn't stop him in time, he could imagine Cheng Yan's reaction after hearing the news.

"Yes… I'm sorry, Second Brother. I forgot." Lin Mo still had some fear in his eyes.

Lin Mo's shadow guards rarely showed up and hid well. Most of the time, Lin Mo ignored his shadow followers. Lin Mo had some doubts. Did Cheng Yan know what he and his Second Brother had talked about before? He didn't know when Cheng Yan would arrange the shadow guards around him. If he and his Second Brother discussed the arrangements before…

Lin Mo tried to calm himself down. Cheng Yan hadn't asked him. There was nothing wrong with him. He didn't know if he wanted to tell Cheng Yan about it.

"Now things are different from what Eldest Brother said. You know that you have both of us. A-Mo, you just need to be good. We have everything handled." Lin Xiu appeased him.

"But…" Lin Mo wanted to continue.

Maybe because of the scene in his dream, he had to pay attention to the Prime Minister's office and the things related to Su Qingran. Until Su Qingran died, and the Prime Minister failed, Lin Mo would not be able to settle down.

Lin Mo had no memory of his previous life in this ancient era, but only heard the description of his previous life from his Eldest Brother and saw fragments of it in his dreams. He couldn't leave all these things to them. He didn't know if Su Qingran would let them survive.

Zero One had taken away the golden finger from her, but Lin Mo was not sure if there would be any other golden fingers on Su Qingran.

"Even if Second Brother can't get the top prize, our family is different from the past, and A-Mo, you now have status in the country, so the situation is better."

Lin Mo listened to his Second Brother's advice. He didn't speak for a while. He said, "I know."

"After the examination is your wedding ceremony with Cheng Yan. After that, you will be an official royal. Be careful with your words and actions. Don't let people grasp the handle… " Lin Xiu solemnly reminded his brother.

But at the thought of Lin Mo's temperament and Cheng Yan's attitude towards him, Lin Xiu didn't go on. Careful words and deeds… For my brother, I don't think he needs to be told…

Lin Xiu thought about it and finally said, "Cheng Yan is so indulgent to you, I think A-Mo shouldn't be stressed. It's better to let go of the past."

Lin Mo walked out of his Second Brother's yard, walked back to the main hall along the bluestone road, sat in the yard and seemed out of his mind. As soon as Cheng Yan came back from the barracks, he saw Lin Mo sitting not far away. He was all alone, his lonely aura heavily surrounding him, keeping everyone away.

Cheng Yan was stunned, his eyes were slightly restrained, and he walked towards him.

Lin Mo heard the familiar footsteps and looked back, shaking off his thoughts with a smile. "Just came back?"

Cheng Yan went to sit beside him, hugged him and whispered, "Mn."

He should always be on his side to watch him, using all of his attention. In that way, there would be no extra thoughts he shouldn't have, which would only increase his troubles. Cheng Yan wrapped his hands over Lin Mo's, and Lin Mo's cool little hand was slowly dyed with his temperature.

Lin Mo thought it was no wonder that Cheng Yan always stuck to him. He put his head on his shoulder.

"How come you're back so early today? You didn't even change your clothes." Lin Mo said. Although there was a slight dislike in his tone, he still remained in Cheng Yan's arms.

Since visiting his grandfather, general Zhenguo, and his cousin Fu Yunchang, Cheng Yan was called by his cousin to the military camp to train the general and soldiers. As a marshal in the army, he had been missing for so long, and he needed to help. Of course, it was a group of generals who had just escorted the town general back from the border.

Fu Yunchang would not be back for long this time. Although they were safe from several countries now, there must be someone guarding the border. Fu Yunchang was planning to leave the Imperial City after the big marriage between Cheng Yan and his Wang Fu. His father had been at the border before, and then his cousin Cheng Yan. Now it was time for him to go. He couldn't let someone's newly married husband leave without allowing the couple to spend time together right?

As for his father? His father had asked him to find a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, Fu Yunchang, who was cold and reticent, didn't listen to him.

"I didn't have anything to do in the army. I came back early to accompany you. Do you want to go out for a walk?"

Lin Mo looked up at him and asked, "Where? Haven't we been all over the Imperial City?"

In the past, Cheng Yan was always busy. He didn't have time to accompany Lin Mo for several days. After those times, Cheng Yan felt guilty for ignoring him and so he would take Lin Mo out of the house to play. He played with him all day for several days.

When Lin Mo went to the Imperial Palace to find An Jinyuan, he was afraid to face the Emperor. He felt that he was a siren who let the God of War, who was in charge of military affairs, waste his government time.

In this way, Lin Mo felt embarrassed.

"Go to the ancestral house of the Lin family and have a look. It's basically finished. We can go and see what's missing and buy them together. And when your family comes, they can live in the house directly." Cheng Yan suggested.

"Already?" Lin Mo was a little surprised. It was not long since Cheng Yan and he had given instructions to repair the place. Wasn't it too fast?

"There are more people involved." Cheng Yan didn't say much either.

"I'd better not go. I'll be glad when we can go together with my family later." Lin Mo refused. Cheng Yan said that there were basically no big problems. Lin Mo believed him.

As for the ancestral house of the Lin family, it would be better to give it to father and elder brother. That's where they would live in the future, so it would be better if they arranged it by themselves.

"Then go to the royal manor? Some time ago, I heard from the housekeeper that the cherry blossoms formed and the peach tree has green peaches. Didn't you mention that you wanted to pick some green peaches and marinate them?"

"Cherries?" Lin Mo thought of some things with interest. What fruit trees and flowers were there that he didn't know?

"A few years ago, when other countries made friends with Yu, there were these strange seeds in the gift. Later, when A-Yuan knew about it, he pestered me and my brother to grow them in the manor." Cheng Yan explained.

"Those trees in Daling village…"

"At the junction of several countries and near the sea, Mudin county has the earliest contact with new things."

"Ah." Lin Mo thought.

"So let's go to the manor in the afternoon? We can also call Second Brother too. I don't think he's in good shape recently." Cheng Yan knew that although he had been busy in recent days, he had heard Lin Mo mention it several times.

At the same time, A-Yuan pretended to mention Lin Xiu several times in front of him and his brother. Thinking about what the people in the Imperial City had discussed in recent days, Cheng Yan thought, maybe he guessed something.

"Then I'll go to the manor and make some cherry sauce for the children. Xiaoya should like it." Lin Mo had a smile in his eyes.

"Mn…" Cheng Yan replied, swallowing what he wanted to say.

The Lin family was half a month away from arriving to the Imperial City, half a month earlier than he expected. It was better to hide it from Momo, and surprise him then. Cheng Yan touched Lin Mo's hair and his lips were slightly raised. He could now expect that when Momo saw their faces, he would have an adorable expression of surprise.

Although the current Momo had made him addicted to it, Cheng Yan still wanted to dig out more of Momo's moods, the best were the happy ones.

After driving for more than half a month, the group of elite soldiers in the hands of Cheng Yan naturally did not feel anything. But it was different for ordinary people, not to mention the few children and two women in the team.

The people in it were very important to the Lord, otherwise they would not be sent to the Imperial City with a team of soldiers. Some of the chief generals were worried that they would not be able to bear the journey, but much to their surprise, even after hurrying for half a month, their faces were still rosy.

The head general thought this was a little strange. Their Wang Fu's family seemed to be in good health. Wasn't this the family that stayed indoors?

Arriving at the next county town, the group had a two-day rest before continuing on their way. The general led the soldiers to take the Lin family to the official residence of the county, took out the token and asked people to arrange a residence as soon as possible.

It was not just a team of elite soldiers who protected the Lin family while going to the Imperial City, but also dozens of shadow guards in the dark. Of course, there were not many people who knew these things. The chief general was one of them.

He thought to himself, it was really painstaking for the Lord to let the Lin family not worry about other things, but also to be protected from being hurt. After settling in, Mama Lin put some ginseng slices into the water to boil, and let everyone drink a bowl after cooking.

This ginseng was brought to Mama Lin by Mo'ger before he left. He said that if he was injured or sick, he would take a few pieces to boil and drink. Now they were in such good spirits. Although they didn't know why the jar of ginseng Mo'ger gave her had such a good effect, Mama Lin still didn't study it deeply. It was better to be confused about some things.

"Grandma, when can we get to Fourth Uncle?" Xiaoya took a drink with the cup and then asked.

"Soon, I'm sure we can catch up with Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng." Mama Lin touched her granddaughter's head and laughed.

The story of Cheng Yan and her son had been made clear in the letter sent, which was also the reason why Mama Lin shortened the trip to the Imperial City in order to hurry up. Although their son and Cheng Yan had already been married, this was Cheng Yan's wedding as Prince Cheng and her son's wedding as Prince Cheng's Wang Fu. Mama Lin still wanted to arrive ahead of time.

Her son, she knew, would be upset if his family was not around.

And this time they would be attending their son's wedding banquet as the Lin family of the Imperial City. They had to be the base of their son. Although their background was not comparable to that of the royal family, Mama Lin did not want her son to think that the gap between him and Cheng Yan was too large.

"How is it? Do you feel sick? " Mama Lin looked at each of them carefully to see that their faces were not different. She was still a little uneasy. Although she was anxious to go to the Imperial City, Mama Lin did not neglect her family's physical condition. If someone was not feeling well, Mama Lin would slow down the speed of the journey.

"We're okay. This ginseng is a good thing. After drinking it, I feel that I've become energetic." Sister-in-law Lin finished drinking the ginseng water and said with emotion.

"It should have cost him a lot of money before Mo'ger left." Mama Lin nodded.

"Then my brother and I will play with the uncle in black." Xiaoya said, seeing that they had all drunk water, held the handle of the teapot in both hands.

"Go ahead, be careful not to fall, and carry it with your brother." Lin Cheng warned.

Lin Xiaoya's uncle in black was the one who protected them in the dark. They had once met an ambush on the way. At that time, everyone was forced to disperse. Although the time was short, it was a very dangerous situation at that time.

Xiaoya and Xiaonan were brought back by them,. Lin Cheng had not known of the existence of these people before. But for that accident, their family didn't know that it was such a powerful person who protected them.

They didn't know if someone would ambush them on the way again. Lin Cheng thought that maybe on the way to the Imperial City for the exam, Cheng Yang, Lin Mo and his Second Brother also met those dangerous people in black.

He hoped they didn't get hurt then.

Chapter 67: Uncle Black is the Best

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

There were more than ten royal manors, but several belonged to the Emperor, Prince Cheng and His Highness Jinyuan. Fruit trees, flowers and trees, precious medicinal plants, even food crops. Each royal estate covered a large area, so most of it was located in the suburbs. The royal manor in the Imperial City had fruit trees, ornamental flowers and trees.

It was originally built by An Chenglin's father for the concubines of the harem to facilitate the supply of fruits in the palace and as an outing. Later, An Chenglin took over and cleared some of the impractical ones. After building a small palace in the manor, he gave several manors to his younger brother.

Let him enjoy flowers and fruits, he didn't need to look at other people's faces as he did when he was a child. His younger brother, An Chenglin thought, deserved to enjoy the best. He and Cheng Yan initially did all this to protect A-Yuan and their grandfather's family.

"Imperial Brother, why are you here? Didn't you say you had to deal with government affairs yesterday?" An Jinyuan joked.

"Done processing." Pretending that he could not hear the banter in his voice, His Majesty took Zero One to the cherry garden.

"A-Yuan, A-Lin and I are going to pick cherries. Would you like to join us?" Zero One looked back and asked.

An Chenglin heard him, and pulled Zero One to speed up their pace of leaving.

"No, you go." An Jinyuan waved and refused.

Waiting for them to go far, until their figures were blocked by fruit trees, An Jinyuan turned around and walked in the direction that his Fifth Elder Brother had gone.

Cheng Yan had arrived with Lin Mo and Lin Xiu early in the morning. He picked cherries with a bamboo basket. Lin Xiu wanted to leave some space for the two of them, so he went to other places. This manor was very large, and there were many kinds of fruit trees in it. Lin Mo looked around and wondered. It was worthy of being a royal manor. Every tree was well cared for. The ripe fruits on the fruit trees were big and full.

"Is this manor also A-Yuan's?"

"It's mine, but it's Momo's now." Cheng Yan took the bamboo basket in one hand and Lin Mo's hand in the other.

Before, his brother asked him if he wanted some manors, but at that time, Cheng Yan had little time to stick around in the Imperial City. In addition, it was useless for him to ask for it, so he transferred the three manors that the Emperor wanted to give him to his brother.

It was not long ago that Cheng Yan took it back from his brother. To be exact, it was An Jinyuan who offered to give it back before his brother asked.

After all, his brother now had a family. Moreover, there were many manors in An Jinyuan's hands. It was useless for him to take so many manors.

"Ah? Mine?" Lin Mo looked up at him, a little surprised.

"This manor covers a large area and has the largest variety of fruit trees. There are mature fruits in every season."

"So big, you really want to give me?" Lin Mo still didn't believe it.

"Even I am yours. Momo has even received this Prince's private seal. What's wrong with this manor?" Cheng Yan looked at him and chuckled. His voice was slightly magnetic.

"Cough… That's not… you…" Lin Mo coughed softly, his cheeks were slightly red, and his eyes were a little embarrassed.

"Well?" Cheng Yan looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

Lin Mo's heart beat faster when he saw it. He couldn't help being embarrassed and raised his hand to cover his eyes.

Cheng Yan was shocked by his actions, and the curl of his lips was ignored. His chuckles mixed with his hoarse voice that came from the depths of his throat. Cheng Yan held his husband in his arms, took off his hands, lowered his head and kissed Momo's eyes. His eyes couldn't cover the strong love.

How could his Momo be so cute?

Half a month later, the Lin family rushed to the Imperial City.

The few children in the carriage heard the noise outside. They opened the curtains on both sides and looked out from the window.

"Wow! What a beautiful place!" Lin Xiaoya opened her eyes wide, surprised. People on the side of the road were wearing nice clothes.

"Xiaoya, sit down. Don't look out. Be careful." Lin Xing held her up and drew the curtain closed.

When Lin Xiaonan heard that, he hurriedly grasped his Sixth Uncle beside him, and then continued to look out of the window.

"Grandma, which is Fourth Uncle's? The houses here are so big and beautiful."

From entering the Imperial City, Mama Lin, who was inexplicably nervous, heard her granddaughter's words and managed to suppress those emotions.

"Soon you will see the place where your Fourth uncle and Uncle Cheng live. It is the biggest and the most beautiful. Xiaoya can definitely recognize it at first sight." Mama Lin said as she patted her granddaughter's head.

Many soldiers guarded around the two plain looking carriages, and people in the street hurried to the side.

Looking in from the window where the curtain was opened, they saw several children. Everyone whispered about the young master and the young lady who were sitting in there, who could even keep soldiers around.

Lin Mo woke up in the morning and heard Cheng Yan saying that his parents would arrive today. He was excited. Following the servants around the house, he was busy here and there. He didn't stop for a moment.

He went to see if Wanqing Pavilion was ready and how the food in the kitchen was being prepared.

"A few days ago, I ordered the servants to prepare these things. Momo, you have checked them several times, haven't you been relieved?" Cheng Yan, who followed him all the way, quickly grabbed the man and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"It's your fault that you didn't tell me earlier that my parents would arrive ahead of time, which made me unprepared for nothing." Lin Mo stood up so he could wipe his sweat and complained.

This was not a day or two ahead of schedule, but half a month ahead.

"If I said it in advance, would you still have been able to sleep at night? Well, go back to the room and change. They're almost here."

By the time Lin Mo changed his clothes and went with Cheng Yan, Lin Xiu was already waiting outside the door. When Lin Mo came over, he soon saw two carriages in the middle protected by soldiers. The curtains were pulled open and Lin Mo saw the children sitting inside.

Lin Mo's eyes brightened, and he was anxious to step down and go to them. Unfortunately, he was pulled back by Cheng Yan.

"Wait here. What if you get knocked down?"

The troops and carriages stopped in front of the palace gate, and the soldiers around them quickly evacuated after receiving the Lord's gesture. The young man who stood at the side waiting saw Wang Fu go over and hurriedly followed. He led the horse, took the luggage, and set up the steps beside the carriage, all in an orderly way.

"Thank you, uncle." Lin Xiaoya looked up and thanked the uncle in black who helped her step out of the carriage.

"No… No it's alright." For the first time, he was stunned when thanked, and stuttered in reply.

Lin Xiaoya smiled at him, then ran towards Fourth Uncle with short legs.

"Fourth Uncle, Uncle Cheng, Xiaoya missed you so much!" Lin Xiaoya out.

Lin Mo quickly walked over and bent to pick up Xiaoya. "You're a lot heavier." Lin Mo said with a smile.

"Because Xiaoya grew taller, she's heavier." Lin Xiaoya said with a smile, revealing several baby teeth.

After a few steps, Xiaonan ran past, stood and looked up at Fourth Uncle holding his sister, with some expectation in his eyes.

Cheng Yan picked him up with one hand, and Lin Xiaonan, who was scared, grabbed Uncle Cheng's neck subconsciously.

"Don't know me?" Cheng Yan held the child firmly and smiled.

"Uncle Cheng." Lin Xiaonan's face showed an embarrassed expression.

"Xiaonan has grown a lot." Lin Mo felt his nephew's small head with his bare hand and smiled.

After getting off, Lin Xing greeted his Second Brother, before hurrying over. "Fourth Brother! Brother Cheng!"

"A-Xing, why do I think you've turned white?" Lin Mo joked as he walked over with Xiaoya.

Indeed, the skin color of the Lin family had turned a lot whiter. But thinking about it, the Lin family was pale as long as they didn't often go to work in the fields and get sunburned. For example, the two four-year-old children who always stayed at home. Lin Xiu, who had been studying in the Academy, and also Lin Lan, who was a married woman.

"Since our family moved to the town, we often stayed at home. Are we very pale?" Lin Xing scratched his face, a little uncertain.

"Fourth Brother, Brother Cheng." Lin Chen stood still and called out.

"Mn, go in, change your clothes and eat."

Lin Mo asked Cheng Yan to help his parents and Eldest Brother and sister-in-law, and he led the four children first.

The people who passed by the Wang mansion looked at them curiously.

Were those the family members of Prince Cheng? Those two children were lovely, many people thought.

"Fourth Uncle, is this your home and uncle Cheng's?" Lin Xiaoya held Fourth Uncle's hand and looked around with her mouth wide open and her eyes full of shock.

Since they stepped into the gate with Fourth Uncle, Lin Xing, who was somewhat restrained in his heart, did not dare to look around at all. He felt that he would lose face for the Fourth Brother in front of the royal palace maids and the young men who were dressed with dignity.

"Yes." Lin Mo led his niece and nephew to Wanqing Pavilion one by one and answered their questions patiently.

"How big! How beautiful!"

"Go take a hot bath and change into the beautiful clothes I have prepared for you before you eat. After dinner, Fourth Uncle will show you around the palace, and then we will go out tomorrow." Lin Mo took them walking and said.

"Yes, yes, I want to go out and buy a lot of cakes." Lin Xiaoya suggested.

"And tanghulu." On the other side, Lin Xiaonan reminded.

"And pancakes." Lin Xiaoya added.

"Meat buns." Lin Xiaonan piped in again.

"Dried fish, braised duck."

"Omelet, dumplings."

"All right, all right. How do you know so much when we haven't even gone out?" Lin Mo quickly stopped them, not knowing if he should laugh or cry.

"Uncle bodyguard and uncle in black bought them for brother and me."

"Huh? Uncle in black?" Would a shadow guard show up in front of them? Lin Mo thought it was a little strange.

"It's the uncle in black with a mask. He will show up and then disappear." Lin Xiaonan rarely spoke, and his tone showed that the man was adored.

"When the bad guys came to catch brother and me, a lot of uncles in black appeared. Then they picked up brother and me and kicked the bad guys away."

"Uncle black is the best! A great hero!" Lin Xiaonan attached great importance to the leading position.

Having followed the Lin family all the way, the shadow guard in question who was about to go to the shadow head to report about the task: …

He was boasted about by two small lovely children again, in front of Wang Fu. Why was he suddenly so shy?

The other shadow guards who had been hiding in the shadows of the Royal Palace: …

Fierce? Big hero? Was this really about their shadow guards?

Looking at the two kids turning the guards into heros, Lin Mo couldn't stop them from talking about them. Lin Mo didn't know whether to cry or laugh. But at the thought that they had been in danger on the road, Lin Mo still suffered from the aftereffects even though he knew that they were not hurt.

Fortunately, they were okay.

Chapter 68: I Can't Sleep Without My Husband

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

The day after the Lin family arrived at the Imperial City, Cheng Yang and Lin Mo got up early. However, the several children in the family seemed to have gotten up earlier than them. As soon as Lin Mo and Cheng Yan came out of their room, they saw Xiaoya coming over with her brother's hand in hers, followed by several maids.

Vaguely, he also heard Xiaoya's voice and spirit of retort, and Xiaonan's occasional harmony.

When Lin Xiaoya saw Fourth Uncle coming to them, her tone was a little ostentatious. "You see, I said that the Fourth Uncle had woken up, and you wanted to cheat brother and me. You adults like to cheat children."

Some of the maids who followed felt like they were suffering. Their masters normally didn't get up at this time. How would they know? Besides, they were not the only ones who served the two masters to get up and wash every day.

Lin Xiaoya finished saying this, but also did not wait for the few maids to answer, she took her brother to trot over. Several of the maids who had been following them saw this and stood by.

"Why did you get up so early? Why not sleep some more?" Lin Mo was hugged by Xiaoya, who had run over to him, so he had to stop.

"Go out and play!" Xiaoya looked up and said excitedly.

"We'll have breakfast first, then I'll take you out." Lin Mo took Xiaoya's hand and said as he walked.

Lin Xiaonan was squeezed between Lin Mo and uncle Cheng. He held the sleeve of Fourth Uncle carefully. The big eyes curved into crescent shape, and the small face stretched to show a smile. When the four of them came to the front hall, the rest of the Lin family had arrived. After breakfast, Lin Mo, with the four children in his family, plus a dozen bodyguards and several young men and maids, left the palace.

Of course, there were many shadow guards in the dark.

Cheng Yan took the others to the Lin mansion. Although the Lin family arrived half a month ahead of schedule, the Lin house had been arranged a few days ago. Cheng Yan had already arranged all the things that should be equipped for the house guard, factotum, servant boys and servant girls.

Now all that was left was mainly for them to see what else needed to be changed and finish it all while they still stayed in the palace for the coming days. In the next half month, the preparations in the Lin ancestral house would be busy.

If someone didn't finish the Lin's house and the Lin's descendants returned to the Imperial City, someone would visit them and see the depleted house. Half a month later, it would be Cheng Yan's wedding ceremony to marry Wang Fu. As everyone knew, Cheng Yan's Wang Fu was a Lin family member.

A few days after Cheng Yan and Lin Mo's marriage, the imperial examinations would be held again. Although Lin Xiu and Yu Yange were competing for the top prize, their strength was slightly different. But even if Lin Xiu didn't get the first place, according to his usual state, he would definitely get the top three. At that time, the Lin house would be revealed.

Considering the current situation of the Lin family, Cheng Yan specially assigned a steward from the palace to be the housekeeper. The man was brought out by Uncle Fu. Cheng Yan did not doubt his ability.

Lin Mo held Xiaoya in his arms, followed by Lin Xing and Lin Chen on both sides, and Xiaonan who was a little behind. They were followed by the young man, the maids and the bodyguards, and they all walked and stopped in the street.

The people walking in the street were not satisfied with the majority of the road being occupied, but they could only swallow their words after seeing the clothes of the guards around them.

They were the bodyguards of Prince Cheng's mansion, the ger in front must be Prince Cheng's husband.

It was only when Prince Cheng went on the street that there was such an entourage.

In front of them was an elder brother who was bumped into. His face suddenly became gloomy. He turned around and saw that it was a child, but he was still not in a good mood.

"Ah… I'm sorry." Lin Chen accidentally bumped into a gorgeous young man, and his face didn't look very good. He apologized. Lin Chen was a little uneasy. He had just come out and soon got into trouble.

"Boy, you don't have eyes? How can you run into someone when there's so much space around?"

After buying food for Xiaoya, Lin Mo turned around and was just about to walk forward when he caught sight of his brother being bullied. Lin Mo turned around and beckoned the bodyguard behind him to pass by. Some of the bodyguards who received the order rushed to the opposite side and surrounded Lin Chen.

He had only pulled the kid's clothes and had barely even said much words: …

Lin Chen, who thought he was going to cause great trouble to the Fourth Brother: …

It was not until Lin Chen walked a distance behind Fourth Brother that he realized later that he came back to himself. He felt… Fourth Brother had become very powerful. Lin Chen turned his head and glanced at the ger who was his brother and the several bodyguards behind them. It suddenly occurred to him that his Fourth Brother's husband seemed to be a prince.

Everything in the Lin house was complete. The Lin family, who had lived in Prince Cheng's house for more than ten days, would be leaving to live in the Lin house.

Cheng Yan led Lin Mo on the bluestone road.

"Momo…" Cheng Yan held Lin Mo's hand tightly.

"It'll only be ten days. Right?" Lin Mo's tone was helpless. Since knowing that they were going to live separately before they got married, Cheng Yan had talked about this topic more than ten times, which made Lin Mo lose his temper.

"Fifteen days… it's so long."

"It's not that we can't meet." Lin Mo glanced at him. Fortunately, there were no rules that they couldn't meet before the marriage, otherwise…

"…" It would be hard to sleep at night, okay? Cheng Yan sighed. He had to worry about whether Momo would be able to sleep at night.

After separating from Cheng Yan, Lin Mo and his family went to the Lin house. After dinner, Lin Mo followed the maid back to his courtyard. After letting people go down, Lin Mo pushed the door to enter, but he was thinking about how to spend the night for more than ten days alone.

It was impossible to sleep without Cheng Yan around. He could only sleep for about an hour. Maybe he could go into his spiritual space to have a look. He didn't go in very much during this period of time, and he should use the things in it directly. It was time to take care of several kinds of herbs.

Lin Mo went into the inner room and combed through things in his mind. After looking up at the front, Lin Mo's steps were heavy and his breath was heavy. Lin Mo breathed quietly and walked on, "Why are you here?"

Although Lin Mo's mood was not shown on his face, Cheng Yan, who was half in bed and knew his husband well, and knew that Momo was very happy at the moment.

"Come here." Cheng Yan sat up at the edge of the bed and reached out to him.

Lin Mo pursed his mouth and wanted to suppress the joy in his heart, but his slightly curved eyebrows and eyes showed his mind in front of Cheng Yan.

When Lin Mo went over, Cheng Yan reached for his waist.

Lin Mo raised his hand and touched the head leaning against his chest. Hot breath seeped in through his clothes and wrapped around his skin, making Lin Mo's ears a little bit hot.

"I can't sleep without my husband."

"…"

"… Momo, how about going to bed with your husband tonight?"

"Good."

Fifteen days felt short. In the past, it was hard for Lin Mo, but now, it seemed to pass in a blink of an eye.

On the morning of the wedding, Lin Mo was awakened by someone outside. Lin Mo, who was used to sleeping late, nestled in Cheng Yan's arms and hid in the quilt, trying to block the annoying voice.

The awakened Cheng Yan opened his mouth to silence the people outside. He didn't care how the people outside would react to his voice. Cheng Yan, who got up to put on his clothes, took the man out of the bed and dressed him.

"I'll go back to the palace to change into my wedding clothes. I'll take you to the palace later. I've told them to cook some red bean porridge. Remember to eat some." Cheng Yan put his hair up in a simple bun and told him in a low voice.

"… Mn." Lin Mo half opened his eyes and answered vaguely. By the time Lin Mo returned to consciousness, he was already sitting by the dresser. Dressed in a red suit, the makeup woman behind him was combing his hair.

"Wang Fu, the Lord asked you to have some porridge." The waiting maid noticed that Wang Fu's attention had come back and hurriedly took the porridge to the front.

The makeup woman wanted to stop the maid, but once she heard it was Prince Cheng's order, she took back the foot that was already stretched out half a step, and stood aside.

Although it was his own marriage, it was also a national event. Lin Mo could only sit and let them play with his hair on their own, which was not easy to fix. Lin Mo, who just had two bowls of porridge, was hungry again.

Even if Lin Mo couldn't see it, he could also hear from other people's words how grand his wedding was. It could be said that ten li of red makeup was too much.

"Fourth Uncle!" Xiaoya's voice came from the outside of the door. Within seconds, the door was pushed, and a red little cute baby came in.

"Why is Xiaoya here? What about Xiaonan?"

"My brother is with Fifth Uncle. Fourth Uncle looks good in red." Lin Xiaoya felt her clothes with her hands and smiled.

"Xiaoya looks good in it, too."

Lin Xiaoya sat by, propped up her chin, and looked at Fourth Uncle.

"Fourth Uncle, when are you going to wear such red clothes next time?" Lin Xiaoya asked.

Lin Xiaoya thought that if he and Uncle Cheng got married for the second time, they would also get married for the third and the fourth time.

"In red? When your Second Uncle gets married, he will wear them." Lin Mo laughed.

"Second Uncle is getting married? Which beautiful sister is it?" Lin Xiaoya asked, her eyes immediately brightened. In addition to their grandmother, their mother, their third aunt and her, they were all boys. Lin Xiaoya naturally hoped that the second aunt was also a girl.

"Sister? Doesn't Xiaoya want your uncle to marry a good-looking brother?" Lin Mo just finished, and there was a knock outside the door.

"A-Mo, it's almost time. Are you ready?" Lin Xiu stood outside the door and knocked.

Lin Mo heard that, glanced at the people on his side, he saw that they had started to pack things. "OK, Second Brother, come in."

Lin Xiu heard the response and pushed the door in. Lin Xiu, a handsome looking man in a red suit, was even more remarkable.

Waiting on the side, the makeup woman looked over with bright eyes. She was thinking about which girl or ger in the Imperial City would match him.

"Why is Xiaoya here?" Lin Xiu asked when he saw his niece standing next to Lin Mo.

"Second Uncle, when are you going to marry a beautiful brother?" Lin Xiaoya asked with bright eyes.

"…" The question caught him off guard.

"When your Second Uncle comes back, the beautiful brother will go home with your Second Uncle." Lin Mo touched Xiaoya's head and laughed.

Lin Xiu: "…"

"A-Mo!" Before Lin Xiu could say anything, there was a familiar voice outside the door.

Lin Mo saw the instant change on his Second Brother's face and chuckled. An Jinyuan came in from the outside and saw Lin Xiu standing by. He was stunned. After reacting, he walked to Lin Mo as if nothing had happened.

Lin Xiu, with a smile in his eyes, stood by and listened to the two of them, but his eyes remained on the man.

Lin Xiaoya looked up at the beautiful brother who came in, then at Fourth Uncle, and finally at Second Uncle.

Chapter 69: Dragon Shaped Jade Carving

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

Lin Mo only heard about the process of entering the palace and receiving the seal. But even if he couldn't remember it, it was okay. The courtesy officer was in charge. Cheng Yan and Lin Mo just need to do what they said. Even if Lin Mo had used spiritual water in advance, he could not bear it now. Not only the heavy clothes, but the accessories on Lin Mo's body were also heavy.

Lin Mo was led by Cheng Yan to walk down the white jade steps. Just after walking down the last step, he heard a strange sound in the distance.

The sound of weapons colliding? Lin Mo looked sideways at Cheng Yan beside him, silent.

"It's time to see your brother in the main hall." Cheng Yan murmured.

Today was a great day for him and Momo. No matter who they were, they couldn't make trouble.

"Okay." Lin Mo nodded. Since Cheng Yan didn't care, he didn't need to ask more. And the Royal shadow guard, who had been hidden in the dark, had awe in his eyes after hearing the subtle sound.

The next second, the shadow flashed by. Before long, the original noise gradually disappeared. After cleaning up the people, the shadow guards picked up the few people who were still breathing slightly and left. The remaining shadow guards cleared the scene traces, and then hid back in the dark, waiting for the next wave.

On the outskirts of the Imperial City, Fu Yunchang, dressed in armor, waited with a longsword in his hand. Before long, a group of soldiers came out of the woods.

"General, the Prince of Qi was taken away. We only caught a woman beside him, who claimed to be the first daughter of the Prime Minister." Some of the soldiers who arrived stopped before him and said respectfully.

"Prime Minister's daughter?" Fu Yunchang raised his eyes and glanced at the woman whose mouth was blocked and was struggling. Her eyes were cold.

A commander perceived the general's gaze and explained, "My subordinates saw her close relationship with the Prince of Qi, so they took the liberty to…"

However, this was not the reason why he tied up someone without permission and blocked her mouth. It was the woman who was too noisy.

"Take her down and take care of it." His cousin had told him to catch the woman. Although he didn't know the reason, the woman couldn't escape even if the Prime Minister wasn't involved in it it this time.

"Yes, general."

Following Cheng Yan to the main hall, Lin Mo saw only four people. Emperor An Chenglin and their grandfather, General Zhenguo, stood in the middle, with An Jinyuan and Zero One on both sides. Lin Mo, who was a little nervous, was relieved. Imperial Brother, A-Yuan and Zero One, he and the three had been together for a long time.

Lin Mo was often visited by An Jinyuan and the old general of Zhenguo. Lin Mo stood next to Cheng Yan with a smile in his eyes, trying to show his cleverness in front of his family.

As the Emperor, An Chenglin said a few words, and then gave the right to speak to his grandfather. General Fu didn't say much, just a few words, and then gave Cheng Yan the red sandalwood box he had been holding.

"Grandfather, this is?" Cheng Yan took over, with some doubts in his eyes.

"When you were young, Luan'er went to the national temple to ask for blessings for the three of you. This is what Abbot Ji Yuan specially gave for you, saying that you were related to this thing." As General Fu talked about it., he couldn't help but miss his little daughter.

Lin Mo glanced at the red sandalwood box in Cheng Yan's hand, his brow slightly wrinkled. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, and his heartbeat was disordered without any warning.

When the old General Fu took out the thing, his attention was attracted by it.

Zero One faintly noticed that there was an energy in the box, which was homologous with Lin Mo.

But General Fu seemed to know what Cheng Yan wanted to ask, but he didn't wait for him to speak, and then he said, "Abbot Ji Yuan said that you have killed too much in your life. If you can't find someone to defend in your life, this jade plate would not need to be given to you. If you find your person, you will hand it over to the person you are with. Just drop a drop of blood on it. Here… The rest you will know. Just do what Abbot Ji Yuan said." General Fu waved and said nothing more.

Lin Mo's uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help saying, "Cheng Yan…"

Cheng Yan could hear the slight tremor in his voice. Although he didn't understand what Momo was afraid of, he still reached out and held his cold hand under his sleeve.

"Let's go back to the palace first. It's almost time." Cheng Yan led Lin Mo away from the main hall until he came out of the Imperial Palace, but he did not hear Lin Mo speak. Cheng Yan held his hand tight. "Momo, what's the matter?"

After walking for a while, the uneasiness in his heart still hadn't disappeared, but Lin Mo still kept up his spirit.

Today was his big marriage with Cheng Yan, which couldn't be disturbed by those unexplainable emotions.

"Nothing." Lin Mo shook his head.

Hearing this, Cheng Yan pursed his mouth and didn't speak again.

One day, he would ask Momo to say the things in his heart without reservation.

It was not the time. His heart needed time. Cheng Yan kept repeating those words in his heart until he put down his gloomy mood.

Waiting for Wang Ye and Wang Fu to come out and sit in the sedan chair. And for the welcoming team to lift up the sedan chair, beat the gong and drums, and walk towards the direction of Prince Cheng's mansion. The buildings on both sides of the road had hung up red cloth and red lanterns. The whole street presented a festive atmosphere.

Red silk strips and red lanterns were hung in front of every household in the Imperial City, adding some joy to their wedding. When the welcoming team returned, the old general and the Emperor had been waiting in the hall of the palace. In addition to the officials of the imperial court, there were representatives of the families who had been close to the Lin family before their defeat.

Even Lin Lan, the third sister of the Lin family, was present. Lin Lan and Yan Ningxi, each holding a child, stood beside Father Lin and Mama Lin. Everyone in the room watched the two men coming in from the gate, holding the red cloth in their hands.

The Prime Minister's business had been settled. Fu Yunchang, who had just changed his clothes, stood by. Looking at his cousin with a cold face, his eyes were extremely soft at the moment, and Fu Yunchang's tense face was also a little loose.

He's got a family. If aunt knew about it, she would be relieved.

After entering the palace to and right to the last step of the chapel, Lin Mo was taken back to their room by Cheng Yan, and was finally relieved. Lin Mo sat beside the bed, and his straight waist bent.

"I asked the servant to prepare some food. Remember to eat. I will come back soon." Cheng Yan pinched his palm and said.

"Good." Lin Mo sat up straight and looked up.

Cheng Yan raised his hand and played with the gold tassel on Lin Mo's head, whispering, "… If you think the ornaments on your head are heavy, take them off."

Cheng Yan knew that Lin Mo didn't like to dress up. He usually tied his hair in a ponytail or with a simple hairpin like him. Today's look was the first time Cheng Yan had seen it. It was a little bit gaudy and cool. When Cheng Yan went to the Lin's mansion to greet him, he was amazed at Lin Mo's appearance at first sight. Especially the moment when his eyes glanced at him, Cheng Yan's brain was blank for several seconds.

To be honest, Cheng Yan didn't think he could see enough of Momo like this.

"I know. Well, you still need to accompany people." Lin Mo reached out and pushed him.

Although they had done more intimate things, the look on Cheng Yan's face made Lin Mo feel hot. He said that he would go back soon, but Cheng Yan still delayed for some time. Even if he could push off the wine that others offered, the wine from his father-in-law and several uncles was still needed.

Fortunately, when Cheng Yan was at the border, he often drank wine with the soldiers to warm up. When he finally got rid of those people and went back to the room, he was only a little red faced, and could still walk steadily. Cheng Yan raised his hand to touch the red sandalwood box placed in his lapel. He still had some impressions about the jade pendant placed in it.

The jade pendant was worn close to Cheng Yan's body until he was seven years old. Then, because his grandfather was stingy and thought this gave him superficial favor, his jade pendant was put away.

At that time, Cheng Yan didn't know the reason, but now, Cheng Yan knew it.

Only because the jade plate was a dragon shaped jade plate with the word 'Emperor' on it.

If that man knew the existence of this jade pendant, he was afraid that both his mother and his grandfather would not have escaped suspicion, especially since his father, the Emperor, had wanted to take back the military power of his grandfather at that time.

However, now this jade pendant was for Momo.

He just didn't know why he needed to drop blood on the jade plate.

When he walked through the door of the room, Cheng Yan pressed down his mind and pushed the door open. After drinking Heying wine, Cheng Yan stood behind Lin Mo, undid his hair and combed through it, gathered it behind him and tied it with a red hair band.

After changing clothes, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo sat on the bed.

Lin Mo watched Cheng Yan take out the red sandalwood box that made him feel uneasy, and his eyelids jumped. "This…"

"I used to wear the jade pendant for several years when I was a child. At that time, my mother who was a concubine made sure I would not remove it at any time." Cheng Yan rubbed the rune on the edge of the box with his fingers, and showed he missed his mother with his eyes.

Abbot Ji Yuan was a mysterious monk. No one knew when he appeared or when he disappeared. Anyway, despite how he would appear and disappear, the words he had spoken were still believed by Cheng Yan.

When he was six, something happened that almost killed him. Cheng Yan didn't remember what it was, but he knew that when he woke up, the dragon shaped jade pendant on his neck changed from white jade to light red.

When Lin Mo heard the words, he could only suppress his uneasiness and listen to his stories about the jade pendant. But when Cheng Yan opened the rosewood box, Lin Mo finally knew the reason for his uneasiness.

At the first sight of the jade pendant, Lin Mo's heart suddenly quivered and the color on his face faded completely. Lin Mo had a pale face and his hands on his legs shook uncontrollably.

That jade pendant… It was the same type as his medium jade pendant in his spiritual space.

"What's the matter?!" Cheng Yan was shocked by Lin Mo's violent reaction and quickly held the man in his arms.

"This… This jade pendant…" Lin Mo's voice became unusually hoarse.

"What's wrong with this jade pendant?" Seeing Lin Mo's mood getting out of control, Cheng Yan was very anxious.

Lin Mo had too many secrets, and Cheng Yan knew that he had been trying to forget them. However, after Lin Mo recovered, there were always people or things stimulating him. If there was a thorn, when the wound was just healed, it would open the scab without warning until the flesh and blood were dripping again.

In Daling village, the time Lin Xiu came back was the beginning of Lin Mo going out of control. Then on their way back to the Imperial City, he was in a coma for nearly a month. The last time he was alone with Zero One, he had also reacted strangely, and now, it was the same when he saw this jade pendant.

Feeling the fear of the person in his arms, Cheng Yan only felt that his heart had been cut. Lin Mo, who was held in Cheng Yan's arms, tightly held his clothes, and his nails turned white with great force.

Lin Mo only felt that his brain was in a trance, and the shadow brought by the space jade plate had not disappeared. Even if it was just an ordinary jade pendant, Lin Mo would still be scared at first sight. Let alone when the jade pendant appeared, it aroused the resonance of his spiritual space.

Lin Mo was in a state of extreme panic at the moment. Will the appearance of this jade pendant destroy everything he had now? Just like in the past, with spiritual space as the guide, people around him suffered from accidents one after another.

Cheng Yan closed the box and put it aside, caressing the back of the man in his arms silently until the restless breath around him gradually dissipated. Lin Mo pressed down the emotion in his heart, as if remembering something, rose abruptly from Cheng Yan's arms and asked in a hurry, "Has this jade pendant touched your blood?"

"It should have touched it. It was originally white jade." And Cheng Yan woke up with a big cut on his forehead, which took a long time to heal. Cheng Yan saw that Lin Mo had lost his mind again after listening, and understood that the jade pendant had a great impact on him.

"Since you don't like it, I'll put it away."

"Cheng Yan, is Abbot Ji Yuan still in the temple?" Lin Mo asked suddenly.

He specifically told him to drop blood on the jade plate. Ordinary people wouldn't have this idea at all. Lin Mo didn't know what Abbot Ji Yuan knew. Did he know that this dragon shaped jade pendant was extraordinary?

"No longer, no one knows where he disappeared to." No one knew if Abbot Ji Yuan was still in the world.

"Must we drop blood?" Lin Mo's eyes fell on the red sandalwood box, and the light of the red candle fell on his pale face, which made Cheng Yan's heart stagnate.

"Momo…"

"What happened to the Prime Minister and Prince Jing?"

"They had intended to rebel today, but my brother and I had them ambushed. They are now in prison."

Although the Lord of Qi was rescued, their peace with Qi for many years was torn. It depended on the Emperor's choice whether the two countries would fight or not.

"… What about Su Qingran?"

"In prison, too."

Lin Mo thought for a long time and finally said, "Bring the jade plate here."

Lin Mo estimated that the Prime Minister could rebel. Abbot Ji Yuan made it clear that Cheng Yan should keep the jade pendant and drop blood on it. When Cheng Yan was young, it indicated that his life was too important for him to die.

Abbot Ji Yuan must have known something.

Chapter 70: All the Dust Settled

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

On the second day of the wedding, when Lin Mo woke up in a daze, it was hard to see if Cheng Yan was still sleeping. Lin Mo nestled in his arms, only to feel his brain was so heavy that he could only close his eyes again.

Gradually, his consciousness fell into darkness.

And Cheng Yan, not long after Lin Mo fell asleep, suddenly opened his eyes. When Cheng Yan woke up from that hellish dream, he was still a little slow. The expression of pain and regret on his face made him look ferocious.

"Mn…" Lin Mo, who was sleeping in Cheng Yan's arms, seemed to be a little uncomfortable and slightly frowned.

Cheng Yan, with a trance like expression, suddenly regained his mind when he heard the murmur.

His mood was stimulated by the scenes in the dream that Cheng Yan was at a certain outbreak point. At this time, he was like a fierce beast on the verge of losing control. But he heard the unconscious murmur of the man in his arms and pulled his reason back.

Cheng Yan tightened his body, but carefully stuck to the person in his arms without leaving a gap. The warm touch kept telling him that the man in his arms was still there, and the treasure he held in his hand was by his side at the moment.

But Cheng Yan still felt his heart was killing him.

He now knew why Momo was so sleepy. Why when Lin Mo and his two brothers were in the wrong atmosphere in Daling village, he would cry so desperately and collapse. Knowing why he was in danger, he didn't subconsciously avoid it. Why he had an abnormal reaction when he saw Zero One and the jade.

All the questions that had left him puzzled before, Cheng Yan finally found the reason. However, Cheng Yan would rather he didn't know the reason from the beginning to the end. Then he could deceive himself that his Momo was just a sensitive ger with poor health.

Instead of the dream, he experienced a life like purgatory, and finally let those monsters nibble at his body. The depression in Cheng Yan's heart was so heavy on his chest that he felt very sad.

Cheng Yan loved Lin Mo, but had no choice.

Those things had happened. His Momo had been betrayed and tortured. He couldn't stop it or make it go away. Just because of that, they were not from the same world at all.

Cheng Yan loosened the collar of the man in his arms, and saw that the light pattern under his clavicle was deeper, and his eyes turned dark.

Was this Momo's space? The beginning of all the disasters for the Momo in that dream?

No wonder he was frightened at the sight of the jade pendant.

When Lin Mo woke up, he didn't know what time it was.

When he had woken up earlier that morning, his head was very heavy. But now it was better.

"Cheng Yan? Why didn't you get up?" Lin Mo looked up at him with his eyes half open and his voice soft.

"Wanted to stay with you." Cheng Yan's voice was low, and his mood had already calmed down.

But in Lin Mo's opinion, today's Cheng Yan seemed more gentle than ever before.

It was not that Cheng Yan had not been gentle before, but today he seemed to treat him like a fragile treasure. There seemed to be some pity in his voice and Lin Mo didn't know why.

However, after all, he was used to Cheng Yan's love for him. Lin Mo was used to it after a few minutes. It was just that Lin Mo was at a loss for his actions in the future.

He dressed him and tied his hair. That was okay. After all, Cheng Yan used to do it. Where he went, Cheng Yan would follow, just like a conjoined baby. Lin Mo didn't care. After all, they were married, and Cheng Yan was also attached to him. However, when eating breakfast and lunch, it was impossible for him to feed himself since Cheng Yan would hold him on his leg and feed him.

He was not a two or three-year-old kid. He was not a waste without hands or feet. Was that necessary?

After lunch, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan sat in a pavilion by the lake and he watched Cheng Yan help him break the melon seed shell.

"Cheng Yan…"

"Huh? Are you in a hurry? I'll hurry up." Cheng Yan sped up his actions.

"It's not that. You stop first." Lin Mo had a headache. He could see that there was something wrong with Cheng Yan today. He was afraid that was not the only thing wrong. Everyone in his family may have noticed.

Cheng Yan finished the last one, took a handkerchief to wipe his hand, and pushed a plate of white and full melon seeds to Lin Mo.

"What's the matter with you today? There's something wrong with your mood." Lin Mo told him.

"What's wrong? Momo, you think too much." Cheng Yan looked at him softly and chuckled.

Lin Mo saw him like this, his brow was tight and wrinkled, but he felt that the situation was a little serious, "If you don't tell the truth, you'll sleep in your study tonight."

Cheng Yan: "…"

Shadow guards in the dark: "…"

Although he finally got a reasonable answer, Lin Mo still felt something was wrong. Cheng Yan must have something to hide from him. After Cheng Yan finally stopped following him, Lin Mo was relieved. After sending the maid down, Lin Mo returned to his bedroom. He made sure there were no shadow guards in the room, and sat back on the bed and put down the curtain.

Lin Mo felt that his body was not right since that morning. He was confused and his brain was heavy. Moreover, his memory of last night was only up to the moment he gave the jade pendant a drop of his blood.

In his opinion, it should be about the jade pendant. Lin Mo pulled open his clothes and looked down. He really saw that the shallow mark of the space under his clavicle was getting deeper. Lin Mo raised his hand to touch the light red dragon pattern, and his heart was cold.

The jade pendant and his spiritual space were really homologous.

Lin Mo appeared in the space in the blink of an eye. However, Lin Mo was stunned by the change of space. Lin Mo was in a trance. Was this really his barren space with only a spiritual spring and land?

His former one and his present one were different from each other.

Before Lin Mo could enjoy the fairyland like space, he was shocked by a sudden sound.

"Who are you?"

It was like a voice from outside. It made Lin Mo feel shocked.

Lin Mo looked around, but when he saw the huge statue not far behind him, the shock in his eyes rose to another level.

It was a giant dragon statue, the whole body was sapphire, but the tail and claws were a little red.

To what extent? Lin Mo only thought that standing in front of it, he was as small as an ant.

"Green… Lord Dragon…"

After leaving the palace, Cheng Yan went to the prison as fast as he could.

Cheng Yan looked at the cage. The person knelt in front of him and pleaded for mercy. At the same time, she seemed to show her weak appearance inadvertently. Cheng Yan's eyes were colder and colder.

"Your Highness Prince Cheng…" The warden, standing behind Prince Cheng, felt that His Highness was more and more murderous, and the fear in his eyes deepened.

He didn't know how the Prime Minister's daughter offended His Highness. Was it not because he provoked Prince Cheng and was angered by His Highness?

"Take good care of her before her execution." Cheng Yan's voice was so cold that he seemed to drop ice dregs.

Listening to the meaning of Prince Cheng's words. The warden nodded his head attentively.

His Highness had come and ordered in person. It seemed that he could take out those devices for torture. Could that woman's weak body stand it?

After solving the problem of the Prime Minister's office, Cheng Yan went to the palace to discuss with his brother. After the discussion, Cheng Yan realized that it was almost dusk, so he had to go back as soon as possible. Cheng Yan walked through the imperial garden and happened to meet his younger brother who was going back.

"Fifth brother…" An Jinyuan made the people who were following him step back and walked to his Fifth Brother's side.

"What's the matter?"

"It is… A month later, after the imperial examination, and then… That… " An Jinyuan's hesitation was clear, making his words difficult to understand.

"To choose your husband?" Cheng Yan asked in a low voice.

"…" An Jinyuan had a red face and dared not look at his brother.

"Do you like the person who ranked first?"

"No… No." An Jinyuan heard the name of the person who was not in his heart, shook his head and denied.

"Then Lin Xiu." Cheng Yan thought in his heart and came to a conclusion. He wondered why Momo asked him those strange questions before. His younger brother often ran to his mansion at that time. He liked Lin Xiu.

When An Jinyuan heard it directly from his brother, he was even more ashamed.

"When the imperial examination is over, Imperial Brother will let the first three rankers into the palace. It's also good to add relatives." Cheng Yan touched his brother's head, which reached the height of his shoulders, and smiled. His younger brother, who would only follow his brothers closely, would soon get married.

In a flash, they all grew up and found their loved ones.

When Cheng Yan returned to the palace, it was time to have dinner. Cheng Yan saw Lin Mo sitting in a corner and waiting, while the servant just put the last dish down. The afterglow of dusk was thrown into the room through the window frame. A little warm light was reflected on Lin Mo, which gave him a warm appearance.

Just like in Daling village, when Lin Mo sat behind the counter of the food shop and read a book. The afterglow of winter dusk would fall on him and the look on Momo's face would never change. There was no expression on his face when he was lost in his thoughts.

And at the moment when he saw him, there would be no disturbance in his eyes, but a myriad of expressions on his face.

At this moment, Cheng Yan seemed to understand.

For Lin Mo, as long as there was a stable place, he would accompany him. It was the same whether they were rich or poor.

When Cheng Yan came back in from outside, Lin Mo was still thinking about his space. The fairyland space was created by Cheng Yan's jade plate. It should be known to him. What's more, Lin Mo thought that what th green Dragon said about the descendants of the Emperor and Cheng Yan. Cheng Yan was a royal, not to mention that his dragon spirit was second only to that of the Emperor.

Just, that the green dragon… Once Cheng Yan embarked on the path of cultivation, the two of them would no longer walk together. What would Cheng Yan choose?

Lin Mo was at a loss in his mind. Why did the good ancient times bring about such mysterious things as cultivation? Was there really a world above them?

At night, after washing, Lin Mo finally made up his mind. "Cheng Yan, I'll take you to a place, it's… Amazing."

Cheng Yan heard that. He was worried. Was it the one he thought about?

Seeing all the experiences of Momo in his dream, Cheng Yan knew that even though he was imprisoned in a certain place and tortured for two years, he still didn't talk about that place with anyone.

But now, he would take him there.

Cheng Yan only felt heavy in his heart. Had he trusted him so much?

He had been hiding those memories before, and no matter how he asked, he would not say a word. He was afraid that he didn't want him to know about those embarrassing experiences. Cheng Yan approached, embraced his husband and held him tightly.

Lin Mo was puzzled by his embrace, but he didn't think about the reason now.

In his mind, Lin Mo appeared in the space with Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan didn't feel anything, but after reacting, he found that his environment had changed.

Lin Mo found that Cheng Yan was holding his hand with more force. Lin Mo took Cheng Yan through the space around, told him everything about the space carefully, and finally took him to the Dragon Statue.

When they came out of the space, it had only been two hours outside. After the combination of spiritual space and dragon space, the time difference between inside and outside the space was doubled.

"Cheng Yan, the formula from the green dragon… You really don't consider… " Lin Mo still didn't believe it. Although he guessed 80% of Cheng Yan would refuse, Lin Mo did not expect that Cheng Yan would refuse decisively before he heard it. However, he was very happy to hear Cheng Yan's decisive refusal.

"It's enough to live to be one hundred years old with you around."

After practice of cultivation, one's life would be prolonged. If they were together, it didn't matter how long they lived. However, Cheng Yan did not want to let him find the avenue alone.

Cheng Yan promised to be with Lin Mo forever. To live in the same bed, to die in the same coffin.

"Mn." Lin Mo buried his head in his neck, whispered, and was relieved. After a heavy stone in his heart was removed, Lin Mo thought of another important thing. He promised to find an energy stone for Zero One so as to support the subsystem back to the end.

Lin Mo thought that he would look for one for a long time, but he didn't expect that there was one in the dragon spiritual space.

According to Qinglong, the dragon, the dragon jade space was worn by some Emperor who could not transform into a dragon. After a long time, the dragon jade became dragon Qi, which changed from a common artifact to an immortal one. But for a long time, the spirit of Qinglong dissipated almost entirely.

When Cheng Yan had been six years old, the dragon used up his last powers to protect Cheng Yan, and now he had become a storage space that could only hold things. The dragon people liked to collect treasures, even if they were not the Emperors. The spirit stone they used for cultivation were the energy stones Lin Mo needed now, and the quantity was very large.

Lin Mo thought that the former owner of the dragon jade must have had a very high position in the imperial family. He just didn't know what the existence of the blue dragon sculpture in the dragon jade was in their family.

Lin Mo planned to find Zero One the next day, and get the subsystem out as soon as possible, so as to have a long dream. Cheng Yan didn't say anything more when he saw him, and knew that he would not talk about his past life with him now.

His heart was lost but, at the same time, he also felt more heartache.

Maybe that secret, Momo would tell him after a long time, or it would never be mentioned again in his life. Besides, he already knew of the secret. If Momo didn't want him to know, he would pretend not to know.

Anyway, in this life, he would spoil the man in his arms.