A bright moon hangs between the two mountains inside and outside Changgan, gradually rising above the stone city wall.

In the huge Jiankang City, the lights are gradually extinguished, and there are few pedestrians on the street, except for the soldiers patrolling back and forth. The hustle and bustle of the day slowly dissipated under the falling night.

Even the most prosperous Jiankang city in the south of the Yangtze River has a moment to rest at night.

The lights inside and outside the Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate on the east and west sides of the palace were the first to go out, indicating that the officials on duty in the government had also returned at night. And the lights of Hualin Garden on the north side of Miyagi flickered for a moment, and they also disappeared from view.

A shadow swallowed up the figure standing under the corridor of the imperial study, but soon the lights rushed up from behind the figure to banish the darkness. A eunuch held a lantern and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, it's not too early, Your Majesty wants to rest?" ”

Standing under the corridor is the Southern Chen Emperor Chen Ji. Quietly watching the lights that once illuminated Jiankang City gradually dissipate, Chen Ji didn't say a word, the evening breeze gently blew his sleeves and beard, and his gaze slowly shifted from the bright moon in and out of Changgan in the distance to the north, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty······" The eunuch cautiously shouted again, and at the same time shook the lantern in his hand gently, so that the light and shadow in front of Chen Ji felt intertwined.

"Got it, you step back first." Chen Ji waved his sleeves impatiently.

The eunuch hurriedly answered, but he didn't dare to really leave, he just turned around and took a few steps back, letting Chen Ji's figure be engulfed in darkness again. Although Your Majesty has rarely been angry for no reason since he ascended the throne, everyone can see that His Majesty is in a bad mood these days, and the heart of the king is like a needle under the sea, the depth is unfathomable, who knows what will happen when His Majesty is angry, and it is possible to lose his head if he doesn't get it.

It is said that a few days ago, when the report of the battle of Luliang came, His Majesty dropped all the porcelain vases in the imperial study, and the imperial study was cleaned up all day.

If it weren't for his turn to be on duty today, he wouldn't be able to push it off, even if he was given a hundred guts, he wouldn't want to come over at this time.

Chen Ji didn't seem to notice the eunuch's movements, just stared at the overlapping mountains in the northern sky, and after a long time, he slowly turned around and walked back into the light projected by the lantern in the eunuch's hand.

On the front screen in the imperial study, there is a map of Da Chen, on which you can clearly see the two Huai, especially the land of Luliang, which is heavily marked out by the Zhu pen.

The sound of crisp footsteps sounded hurriedly, and several eunuchs waiting by Chen Ji's side raised their heads in surprise, and a petite figure in the darkness rushed out quickly, and threw himself directly into Chen Ji's arms: "Daddy-"

"A-Ning!" Chen Ji frowned, but he still reached out to hug the girl, and the frowning brows that had been frowning subconsciously stretched, "A-Ning, why are you here?" ”

"Daddy, why don't you rest, my mother said it's not too early, you should go to bed." The girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, delicate and lovely, with a pair of eyes as bright as stars, staring directly at Chen Ji, as if Chen Ji would never give up if she didn't answer this question.

Several eunuchs lowered their heads at this time to hide the relieved expressions on their faces. His Majesty loves his daughter more than his son in his life - perhaps because His Majesty's sons do have their own headaches, just saying that this filial piety and knowledge are not as good as several princesses - and among so many daughters, the most favored is Princess Ning Yuan.

With Princess Ningyuan here, His Majesty will endure even if he wants to get angry. Even Princess Ning Yuan always called Chen Ji "Daddy" instead of "Your Majesty" or "Father", and His Majesty has never had an opinion on this, and it seems that such a title makes His Majesty even more happy.

"Then why don't you rest?" Chen Ji squatted down to make himself and his daughter as tall, and said with a smile. At this time, Chen Ji did not have the appearance of the king of a country at all, but a kind father.

Princess Ning Yuan suddenly wrinkled her little nose, and said indignantly: "Sister Le'er has to ask the family to memorize twenty lines of "Chu Ci" today before she can sleep, Daddy, you don't know how difficult it is to memorize "Chu Ci", but my mother is still standing with my sister, so ······ So ······"

Chen Ji couldn't help laughing, and reached out to scratch his daughter's nose: "So you little girl just escaped directly?" ”

"Yes!" Princess Ning Yuan said categorically, "Daddy is very good, so he won't be like his mother and sister!" ”

Chen Ji chuckled and shook his head: "Then what if Daddy also lets you endorse it?" ”

"That ······" Princess Ning Yuan bit her finger and stomped her foot angrily, "Then you are all bad people, I won't play with you in the future!" ”

"Flutter!" Chen Ji finally couldn't hold back his laughter, and the eunuchs around him also raised their sleeves to hide their smiles.

Looking at his daughter who skipped school and fled to the imperial study, Chen Ji couldn't cry or laugh, so he simply reached out and held his daughter: "That's it, you don't want to endorse the book, so how about watching Daddy deal with some cases here?" ”

"Okay, as long as it's not an endorsement!" Princess Ning Yuan hurriedly nodded again and again.

And Chen Ji turned his head and said in a deep voice: "You go and tell Shi Ji and Le Chang that today I watched Ning Yuan study." ”

Princess Ning Yuan smiled and turned around with her hands behind her back, and Chen Ji patted her little head fiercely: "A-Ning, don't take it as an example!" ”

"Daddy, don't worry!" Princess Ning Yuan nodded solemnly, but her gaze was erratic, and she was no longer on Chen Ji.

Chen Ji sighed softly: "Tomorrow, I don't know how your sister will settle accounts with me." ”

Having said that, Chen Ji still smiled and picked up two pieces of the dim sum prepared in the imperial dining room and handed them to his daughter, but before he could speak, Princess Ning Yuan curiously pointed to the two portraits hanging on both sides of the map: "Daddy, why are these two people hanging here?" ”

"Because the two of them are very important to our Da Chen." Chen Ji considered the words and said that he didn't want his daughter to know about the raging and rolling storm, let alone let her get involved.

"Are the two of them Daddy's enemies?" Princess Ning Yuan's eyes widened in surprise, "If it's Daddy's enemy, Daddy don't be afraid of them, I'll help Daddy beat them, I have to fight all over the ground to find teeth!" ”

Chen Ji couldn't help but smile and reached out and touched Princess Ning Yuan's head: "Ah Ning, don't worry, don't be afraid, they are not, not to mention······ When the enemy comes, it must be your father who protects you, how can you let you protect your father? ”

Princess Ning Yuan waved her small fist: "Hmph, how does Daddy know that I can't protect you?" ”

Chen Ji did not answer in a hurry, but raised his head to look at the two portraits, and muttered, "I am not your enemy, but your enemy······ It's also hard to deal with. ”

On the two lifelike portraits, "Wu Mingche" is written on one side and "Xiao Maha" on the other.