On the day of departure, Wei Changying was worried and worried as he hugged Shen Shuxie and Shen Zangzhu and said goodbye to boarding the train - he had to tell her to pay close attention to Shen Shuyan and Cao Yiren, not to say that they should not neglect their care. But they must be disciplined to prevent them from doing stupid things again.
Because it carried many earthen rituals and baggage, the convoy was winding like clouds and was surrounded by mighty soldiers. It left Xiliang and passed the ancient road to the imperial capital.
The Xiliang Army is now one of the most elite soldiers in the Wei Dynasty. Although there are many places where civil uprisings have occurred or many people from the green forest have gathered along this long journey, but after a brief inquiry, it is the Xiliang Army who escorted the Shen family. The young lady and Mr. Sun returned to the imperial capital. Except for a few whose heads were broken, the others stayed away from the wind, so they traveled very quickly.
What made Wei Changying happy was that perhaps the good health of her and Shen Zangfeng had spread, and the long journey did not seem to cause Shen Shuxie any discomfort. After getting enough sleep and food every day, whether the child is held in his arms or placed on a cart paved with thick mats when the road is flat and the carriage is not so bumpy, he appears to be full of energy and amused. Just laugh out loud and clear.
Shen Liankun paid his respects to his sister-in-law in the morning and evening, and took a look at his nephew. When he saw him, he praised him repeatedly: "After all, he is the blood of my Shen family."
After such a long and dusty journey, we were able to reach Gyeonggi Province at the end of summer, but could not go any further - this was because the Shen family was said to be "uneasy." Wei Changying, a female descendant, returned with his infant grandson, so he had to leave. A brother-in-law who had not yet been crowned was escorted, and a total of 40,000 elite Xiliang troops were sent to escort him.
The combat power of the emperor's own imperial army, which was known as three hundred thousand, had already been in sharp contrast with the frontier army when they attacked Yanzhou. Therefore, the arrival of the Xiliang Army, not to mention the Holy Emperor, even the princes in the court, including the Su family, firmly disagreed with the Xiliang Army entering the imperial capital or stationing near the imperial capital.
The Liu family even proposed that they should not be stationed near the capital. They must retreat to a place a few days away from the imperial capital and have the central government dispatch supervisory troops. It would be best to confiscate weapons or ban some weapons from leaving the camp... Shen Zhou is not as well-educated as Brother Nai , before he heard this request, he rolled up his sleeves and went up to beat someone...
All in all, the Xiliang army stayed in the capital, waiting for the outcome of the dispute between the DPRK and China - while Shen Zangfeng brought his eldest son with his guards to greet his wife and children and reunite them in advance.
This time Shen Liankun also experienced the treatment of his cousin Shen Zanghui. He greeted his third brother with great enthusiasm. However, from the third brother Shen Zangfeng to his nephew Shen Shuguang, they didn't even give him a glance and just brushed against him. And then he walked straight towards Wei Changying, who was already in tears...
After Shen Zangfeng persuaded Wei Changying to stop crying uncontrollably, he saw that his wife was still wearing the mourning filial piety on her temples for Mrs. Wei of the Song family, and she couldn't help but comfort her again.
After a long while, Mrs. Huang ordered people to fetch water and served the captain of the guard, Ying Jing, to wash his hands. Only then did the couple have the mood to pay attention to each other's flesh and blood.
As early as when Shen Zangfeng was coaxing his wife, Shen Shuguang, who had called her mother several times without receiving any answer, had already curiously ran to see her brother.
At this moment, Shen Shuguang was ignoring the persuasion of his servants, stepping on a small piece of tea, lying next to the cradle and looking at his younger brother who was sleeping soundly inside, and even the arrival of his father and elder brother and the crying of his mother could not wake him up. This child was patient but kind. His father and mother behind him were urging and crying. He just lay there and watched. Except for occasionally touching his younger brother's cheek with his fingers, he was actually very interested.
Wei Changying turned around to see it, and her heart was full of pity. She broke away from her husband's hand, walked over and touched the head of her eldest son - this child was not even a week old when she was forced to leave him, and he was almost the same as Shen Shuxie now. It has been more than two years since we last parted, and before we knew it, we were already four years old.
Shen Shuguang was touched on the head, so he turned around to look. The little hoe he was stepping on was not very stable, so the servant stopped him. When he turned around, the whole hoe began to shake. Wei Changying quickly reached out to hug him. Stopping, Shen Shuguang hugged his mother's neck and said with a smile: "Mother!"
He called her affectionately and sweetly, not at all like he was separated from his mother in his infancy. This was the first time he knew his birth mother, and it seemed as natural as if he had been raised at the knees of Chief Wei every day. This shows that Mrs. Su's intention in teaching her grandson did not make Shen Shuguang feel any regret or dissatisfaction about being separated from his parents when he was an infant.
All the actions and words Wei Changying had originally prepared to adopt if his eldest son was alienated from him were all useless in front of this "mother" without any hint of havoc. He could only hold his eldest son tightly and couldn't help but Kiss his cheek and the soft fetal hair on his forehead.
On the other side, Shen Zangfeng carried his second son, Shen Shuxie, around the room. He came back and showed it to Shen Shuguang, and said with a smile, "Do you think your brother looks like your grandmother?"
Shen Shuguang was acting coquettishly in his mother's arms - obviously he often did this with other elders, and he coaxed Wei Changying to the point where he didn't know how to hurt him - Hearing this, he leaned his head against Wei Changying On his arm, he rolled his black and white eyes and said with a smile: "The child has just discovered that my grandmother was very happy when she heard that the fourth brother looked like her. When the fourth brother comes back, her grandmother will definitely like him. "
Shen Zangfeng nodded, just when Wei Changying thought he would say something like brotherly harmony and not being jealous of younger brothers - this was not because Wei Changying was overthinking, but because Shen Shuyan was so jealous. Niece, you have to prepare for a rainy day. Unexpectedly, what Shen Zangfeng said was: "In this case, I won't be afraid that no one will make your grandma happy in the future. From tomorrow on, you don't have to go to your grandma to accompany her every day for ten days." Going there once every eight days is enough. It’s decent to learn something from my father.”
"..." Wei Changying glanced at her husband with disapproval... After Shen Shuguang heard his father's words, Shen Shuguang shed tears at an extremely fast speed and looked at her with aggrievedness. Shen Zangfeng could not see it. When the little hand on the other side was still pulling her sleeve pitifully, it reached its peak - the third young lady of the Shen family, who was born as the eldest daughter of Ruiyu Hall, immediately darkened her face and angrily scolded her husband, who had been crying together just now, "Guang'er is just At four years old, what do you want him to learn when he’s not yet enlightened? Did you learn this or that when you were four?”
Shen Zangfeng is so shrewd. He can tell by looking at his wife's angry look that her love for her children is ardent now. Anyone who dares to disobey her on matters involving their two children will definitely not end well. !
He took a deep look, his eyes still sparkling with tears, trying to win sympathy and pity. Wei Changying didn't notice that there was a smug and sly smile on the corner of his mouth as he peeked at his eldest son. Shen Zangfeng explained softly and slowly: "He just How can I ask him to learn anything at such a big age? It’s just a description of something and a few allusions.”
Wei Changying didn't hear any problems with this answer, because although children are generally enlightened at the age of six, in the family, the elders and even the slaves can read and write, basically starting from the age of three or five. I will teach some words, sentence reading, etc. intentionally or unintentionally.
Not to mention Shen Shuyan, who was able to compose poetry at the age of three, Wei Changying himself was taught step by step red painting and simple ancient poetry by his mother and grandmother at the age of three. However, before formal enlightenment, this kind of teaching is not mandatory. Children are often taught if they are interested, and children are allowed to play if they want to.
So Wei Changying's anger temporarily stopped.
Seeing this situation, Shen Shuguang suddenly became anxious. He leaned into his mother's arms, reached out and grabbed her sleeves, shook them, and said aggrievedly in his childish voice that was waxy, soft, clear, crisp and sweet: " The child misses his mother and wants his mother to teach him, not his father!”
Wei Changying's heart was shaken by him, and he agreed without hesitation: "My son, don't worry! Mother will teach you personally!"
Shen Shuguang looked at his father "timidly" - he noticed that her husband seemed to have different opinions, and he was immersed in "Although it was forced to leave Guang'er to his grandmother to raise him and go to Xiliang, it was pitiful that the child was less than one year old. Without the care of his biological parents, even if his grandparents love him, how can he be compared to his biological parents? After the reunion, it is right for the child to hate me and blame me, even if he is a lowly child, I have to make him happy. Unexpectedly, he was raised so well by his mother-in-law. Well, the mother-in-law will raise children again. This must be because Guang'er is very generous... Anyway, this child doesn't blame me at all. How can I not love him and protect him even more? " Wei Changying immediately threw away the ancestral motto of "a loving mother often loses her son" that she had heard since childhood and that both the Wei and Shen families had repeatedly emphasized, and said to her husband with a displeased face: " Why, you think I can’t teach Guang’er?”
"My grandmother and my eldest aunt both said that my mother is the daughter of the Wei family in Fengzhou, and she has learned a lot!" Shen Shuguang's big black eyes smiled like two crescent moons, and said sweetly, "My child, I really want my mother to teach me in person! My child. I miss my mother so much! My child loves my mother the most!”
This kid was so quick and ferocious in his last strike - Huang and others looked at Shen Zangfeng sympathetically - and sure enough, as his wife looked at her eldest son with more and more motherly love, and at herself as she became more and more ferocious, Shen Zangfeng swallowed all the words he had to say. After sitting down, he thought for a moment and then reluctantly said: "Yinger, you just came back, but my husband is worried that you are tired."
"It's a long journey with people waiting on you, so what's the point of being tired?" Before Wei Changying could finish his words, he was generously kissed by his eldest son. He was immediately elated and felt that all the pain of the bumpy road was gone. , said without thinking, "Besides, seeing Guang'er and Xie'er, how could I still feel tired?!"
Speaking of this, what else can Shen Zangfeng say besides complying? He had no choice but to smile and praise her shamelessly, saying that she was a model of a loving mother and a virtuous wife in the world, and then suggested that a small team of soldiers and the bodyguards they brought with them should escort the family of four, including servants and Tuyi, back to the capital.
The master's family had just been reunited, and only a fool would be so indifferent as to let the couple put down their children and take charge in person. Huang and He took over the task. They were both old servants and quick at work. They were ready to go in more than an hour.
It was only then that Shen Zangfeng remembered his younger brother who was left hanging outside. He called Shen Lengkun to him. He said a few words in an understatement that his family members missed him a lot, and asked him if there was anything important going on in Xiliang. He was ordered to stay with the army and wait for the outcome of the contest between Shen Xuan, Shen Zhou and other princes in the court.
Regarding Shen Liankun's euphemistic request to go back to Beijing for some relaxation, Shen Zangfeng refused without even thinking about it... Poor Shen Liankun watched his brother's family board the car and leave with aggrieved eyes...
On the way back, Shen Shuguang stayed firmly in his mother's arms. Watching his father quietly or blatantly please his mother all the way, he felt deeply that he had followed his cousin's advice and took the money he had saved for three months. How wise it is to exchange the monthly money with your eldest cousin for "a unique secret book on how to escape the cruel personal teachings of your father or grandfather and the various cruel and inhuman punishments after causing trouble"!
What the cousin said is absolutely right. As long as he pleases his mother, his father will be nothing but a cloud!
Shen Shuguang, who felt that he was unparalleled in wit, was immersed in the narcissism that could not be promoted, but he did not realize that his father Shen Zangfeng also took advantage of his mother Wei Changying's inattention to cast a meaningful glance at him... (To be continued)