That day was the day Zhou Leping came back from the battlefield, so before he left, he specially ordered someone to put a hairpin in and out a few times before he went to battle. He even said that he must get a peony flower and gave it to Zhou Leqi, instructing him to give it to her when Zhou Leping reached the age of 30.

It was also Zhou Leping's birthday after the hairpin had been struck.

But who would have thought that on this day, news of Zhou Xuan's death in the battlefield was urgently delivered from eight hundred kilometers away. After her corpse was returned to her for burial, she turned around and left the army on the battlefield.

How many years had it been since she had last held a hairpin? The item in her hand gave off a heavy and oppressive feeling.

When father died, Zhou Leqi was sick again. Zhou Lean was still young, and she was in charge of everything, both inside and outside. In the end, she had no choice but to leave the siblings behind and head to the borders of the Forbidden City. Other than crying ruthlessly on her father's grave before she left for the night, she hadn't shed a single tear in the past four years.

However, when he saw the hairpin, his eyes reddened uncontrollably. His nose turned sour, and tears began to well up in his eyes.

Zhou Leqi held her hand, sighed, and silently consoled her.

Zhou Leping held the hairpin tightly, put it close to his chest and kept it well, as he choked back his tears. He held it up and stood up, "You guys came to celebrate my birthday, I was very happy. "Thank you, I'll toast first!"

She raised her head to drink the wine and seized the opportunity to swallow her tears as well.

Zhou Leqi's body was not well, he should not drink too much, and he should not catch a cold. After accompanying him and drinking a few cups of wine, he apologetically left the table.

Zhao Deng was a man who went insane seeing wine, he had met two Qi Si who did not know how to live, the three of them drank a cup of wine and drank, but their father who was already drunk from the third patrol did not even know them, as he knelt in the courtyard with his arms wrapped around his shoulders, and said to Master Guan that he wanted to be sworn brothers.

Zhu Guanliang watched the show for a while and when he turned his head, he realized that Zhou Leping had suddenly disappeared.

It wouldn't be hard to find her. He raised his head and looked up. He was just holding the wine jar on the roof and drinking with Yue Ri.

He found a ladder, climbed it, sat down beside her, and clinked glasses with her.

The hairpin in her hand shone brilliantly under the moonlight. To be honest, it was not a good hairpin, the most common peony flower and the most beautiful red color could not help but emit a sense of dust no matter how you looked at it. Poor Great General's taste really did not look good.

My father originally had high hopes for him, but he was so ill that he could not even lift his sword. When my mother gave birth to me, it was difficult for her to give birth to a child, so half of her life was also gone. Then, when she gave birth to Le An, it was difficult for her to give birth.

"I was three years old when my mother left, and now I can't even remember her face. "My big brother and Le An's health aren't very good. At home, I was the one being naughty since childhood, climbing trees and climbing walls. I was feeling extremely healthy, so when I left, my dad taught me martial arts."

"When he was young, he was also a sickly guy. The late emperor, in order to train him, also gave him to my father, asking my father to teach him martial arts to strengthen his body."

He laughed, "He was two years older than me, but at that time he was even skinnier than me. When my father was training me, I always felt that I wasn't his daughter and had truly done it hard, that as long as I still had a breath, I wouldn't be able to lie down. At that time, I didn't know better and envied the little girls from other families for their endless embroidery and playing the zither, so I hated him for making me ride horses, climb onto wooden stakes, and carry buckets of water everyday.

Zhu Guanliang clinked his cup with her, "Your father is anxious for your daughter to become a dragon."

"My father never treated me as a little girl and used to despise me. He always said that I looked too much like a little girl, and that I was both delicate and beautiful, without the slightest bit of deterrence towards my opponent." She smiled bitterly, "But I was a little girl in the first place, so I had a big fight with him, saying that I hate to dance with blades and guns the most, hate to get up every day at dawn to practice martial arts, and even hate to be treated like a little brat by him. I said that I would never follow his wishes and go to war with him in my entire life."

Her smile suddenly froze at the corner of her mouth. She took a deep breath and softly sighed, "At that time, he seemed to be quite injured, looking at me guiltily, with his mouth open, and only saying the word 'I' after a long time. I guess he wanted to apologize to me, but before he could finish his words, he was urgently summoned to the palace for an expedition .."

"That was the last time I saw him."

Zhou Leping's voice was choked with sobs, he turned the hairpin over and over again, "Now it seems like, at that time, he wanted to apologize to me, but in his entire life, he had never said anything soft to anyone, not even his own daughter, so he came up with this idea."

She took off her mask and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, "When my mother was alive, she loved peony flowers the most. My father never knew anything about peonies, he thought peonies were the most beautiful, time women always loved them the most, but I don't like peony flowers at all, I like bush orchids!" My yard is full of monarch orchids and he has never noticed them! "

Even though she was crying, she held back her tears. Without making a single sound, she started crying until her sleeves were wet and her eyes were swollen.

Zhu Guanliang searched all the pockets on his body before finally realizing that he had forgotten to bring a handkerchief. He turned her head and used his sleeve to wipe her tears.

"Can you not call me ugly today?"

"Alright, I'm not ugly." He obediently changed his words, "But you are really ugly when you cry."

Zhou Leping could not hold it in, she choked and buried her face in the crook of her arm, "If I knew that it was the last time I would see him, I would have agreed to go with him no matter what, I would never have quarreled with him."

"Nothing in the world can predict what will happen in the future, but your dad should be happy about you arguing with him. He knows he's sorry, so if you quarrel with him, he might feel a lot better."

She came out to look at him with her eyes wide and bright as a small animal's, and there was a strange light in them. "How do you know?"

"You'll know when you have a child."

"You speak as if you have already become a father. Don't you not even have a woman?"

"After all, I've lived a few years longer than you. I've experienced much in the world, so I naturally know." He took her hand and pulled her to her feet. "Here's something for you to see."

She hastily dried her eyes. "What is it?"

"You'll know when you see it."

"Who took the ladder away?"

Chang Feng who was eating a chicken leg at the corridor heard this and shrunk back into his room. He closed the door and extinguished the candle.

Zhou Leping suddenly hugged his waist, and looked down. "It's fine, I'll take you down."