Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 340 Withered Tree Comes Back to Life (End of Main Text)

a few days later.

This was Song Yizhen's first time leaving the Golden Palace. Even though it was a warm spring day, she was still wearing a rather thick dress and got into the carriage with Jiang Lanye.

"Why are there only two of us going to the palace this time?"

"Yes, I won't bring anyone else."

Jiang Lanye was actually a little depressed.

Ever since Song Yi gave birth, her attention has been completely drawn to Jiang Huaijin, or to the two black and white rabbits. Every now and then, the Empress Dowager and Xichun would come in.

Jiang Lanye could only be intimate with her at night.

"Wouldn't it be better if it were just the two of us? Let's stay at the palace for a couple more days."

"Good, how could it not be good?"

Song Yi knew why Jiang Lanye was unhappy, so she took the initiative to throw herself at him and kissed him: "After a few more days, you'll come back with me."

Jiang Lanye glanced at her: "Are you planning to let me meet my love rival?"

"What rival? We even have a child together, and you still say things like that."

Jiang Lanye snorted coldly.

Song Yi stared at him, unable to suppress her inner grumbling.

This man is petty.

Without anyone else by her side, only a eunuch sitting outside the carriage, Song Yi felt unusually at ease, not having to care about anything. She lifted the curtain, letting the gentle breeze, mixed with the fragrance of earth and grass, blow in, which was exceptionally comfortable.

Jiang Lanye just watched her quietly.

She wore her hair in braids today, again styled by Jiang Lanye.

He is now becoming more and more adept at arranging Song Yi's hair. Looking at the two braids hanging down on both sides of her shoulders, she looks even younger. Today, she even specially put flowers in her ears when she went out.

It seems that it really doesn't look like it's been produced. If you told people, I'm afraid no one would believe you.

It was already evening when we arrived at the palace.

Song Yi originally intended to go directly to the pavilion, but since nothing could be seen clearly at night, she decided to save her first impression for the daytime and had to take Jiang Lanye back to rest first.

The two went to bathe together.

When she returned, Song Yi's cheeks were flushed. She looked at Jiang Lanye, hesitant to speak.

Jiang Lanye had just finished bathing and was only casually wearing a dark-colored nightgown, the belt loosely tied, revealing a large expanse of his firm chest and clear collarbones.

He was casually wiping his still-dripping black hair as he walked towards Song Yi.

Water droplets rolled down his jawline, slid past his Adam's apple, and finally disappeared into the depths of his slightly open collar.

Song Yi's gaze involuntarily followed the few playful water droplets, and she felt her body, which had just been soothed by the warm water, begin to feel warm again.

"That... Jiang Lanye."

"Ok?"

He stopped what he was doing and looked up.

"Are you feeling really uncomfortable? You seemed a bit unwell while I was showering just now."

Her voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible, her eyes darting around, and she didn't dare look at him at all.

Jiang Lanye was taken aback at first, then chuckled softly, and then walked towards her step by step.

He was enveloped in a damp mist, his presence enveloping her in his shadow.

"A little," he admitted readily, his voice low and husky, carrying a clear seductive quality. "But you've just finished your postpartum confinement, and I'd like to wait a bit longer. However, were you saying those things to the Empress just now out of kindness?"

Song Yi coughed lightly: "I've been watching you hold back for too long."

Jiang Lanye took her hand: "Well then, help me out."

Early the next morning.

Jiang Lanye lifted Song Yi out of bed and let her hang on him. He skillfully began to comb her hair, wipe her face, and finally had her rinse her mouth.

"Let's go, let's go out."

"it is good."

Song Yi yawned and followed Jiang Lanye. She was a little dazed and just followed him. After a while, Jiang Lanye stopped.

"look up."

Song Yi looked up as instructed, and what came into view was a towering pavilion with upturned eaves and carved beams and painted rafters, which looked magnificent in the golden light of the morning sun.

It was clearly much taller than all the surrounding palaces.

Song Yi's sleepiness vanished instantly from the shock. She involuntarily stopped in her tracks, opened her mouth slightly, tilted her head back, and looked up with amazement and disbelief in her eyes.

"How come this one is so much taller than the previous one?"

She couldn't find the right words to describe the magnificent sight before her.

Jiang Lanye stood beside her, watching her shocked expression, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips: "Hmm, shall we go up and take a look?"

"it is good."

The two went inside and slowly climbed the stairs. When they reached the top floor, Song Yi felt as if she could reach out and touch the clouds on the horizon.

She looked down, felt a wave of dizziness, and couldn't help but shrink back. She leaned closer again and asked, "It's so high! What's that area down there?"

Jiang Lanye smiled and walked to her side: "What do you think it is?"

Song Yi squinted and looked closely, then exclaimed in surprise, "It looks like a grove of peach trees. When did you get so many peach trees?"

"I ordered people to transplant them directly from outside the palace. If we were to start planting them from saplings, it would take a long time. I want to give you a surprise, so this is the only way."

Song Yi felt a lump in her throat.

Jiang Lanye is always like this.

Many things that seem troublesome to others, he would do in any way he could to make her happy, as long as they brought her even a little bit of joy.

"Jiang Lanye, I want to watch the stars here tonight."

"it is good."

into the night.

Song Yi and Jiang Lanye sat together, and she looked up at the deep night sky.

The night sky above the imperial palace seemed even more beautiful than inside the palace, with countless stars dotting the dark night sky.

"So beautiful," Song Yi murmured, unconsciously moving closer to Jiang Lanye.

Jiang Lanye didn't speak, but simply pulled her into his arms and gently rubbed his chin against the top of her head.

at this time--

"Boom-boom!"

A sharp whistling sound shattered the silence of the night. Immediately afterward, a beam of golden light shot into the night sky, bursting open at its highest point and transforming into countless dazzling streams of light before slowly falling back down, instantly illuminating their faces.

Song Yi was startled by the sudden commotion and trembled slightly: "Fireworks! Jiang Lanye, did you prepare this?"

The sounds of explosions continued, and colorful lights flickered and changed in Song Yi's bright eyes.

"Well, do you like it?"

"I like it, I like it very much."

Jiang Lanye waited quietly for Song Yi to finish watching the fireworks. Suddenly, he reached out and cupped her face in his hands, his eyes filled with tenderness and affection: "Song Yi, before I met you, I was never good at saying sweet words. Even now, I don't really know what to say."

"But I know that this vast land, the dazzling Milky Way, and the bustling human world have all become my final resting place because of your appearance."

"I love you."

"Please allow me to be greedy just this once. I want to watch countless fireworks like this with you, in this life, the next life, and for all eternity, okay?"

Song Yi gazed at him quietly, her tone solemn: "Of course, because I love you too."

Such a promise is witnessed by the mountains and rivers, and as the sun and moon bear witness.

Life after life, we will never be separated.

He was once a cold winter in the eternal night, until he met Song Yi, which brought spring back to his withered tree, and the rest of his life was filled with warmth.

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