The Holy Spirit is prosperous and the new emperor ascends the throne.
But this new change of dynasty did not bring any joy to Sikong Mansion.
After Song Yuwang learned the news, he became even sicker.
Because the doctor told him not to see the wind, the bed was placed behind heavy curtains. Even though Song Zaitian was filial and filial, personally wiping his body, changing his inner clothes, and burning light and lingering spices every day, Song Yuwang still felt that his body exuded a stale and sour smell after being ill for a long time.
This stench of physical decay comes with age and illness, and even the most precious spices cannot dispel or cover it up.
His vision also grew dim.
People who visited him recently, when they saw his face, could no longer bear to say anything like wishing him a speedy recovery. They could only say, "Take good care of yourself." They said more to Song Zaitian, not only because they thought that Song Zaitian would be more energetic to listen to them, but in fact they believed that Song Yuwang could not delay much longer, so it was better to comfort Song Zaitian.
The person lying on the couch is actually still in his prime in terms of age, but his breath is as weak as a candle in the wind, and every moment it seems that it will be cut off the next moment.
But everyone who visited thought that they would receive news of the Song family's death after returning, or even on the way. However, Song Yuwang still dragged on day by day.
There was clearly some persistence in those dim eyes, which made him unwilling to just let go.
Everyone can understand his mood.
For example, Shen Xuan went to visit him after the mourning was over, and when he returned to the Tutor's Mansion, he lamented to Mrs. Su: "Even if Hua Qing reaches his end now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to rest in peace."
Mrs. Su said: "This is natural. There are only a few brothers in the Song family, and there are few and young grandchildren. But now Huo County is occupied by refugees, and neither Song Zaijiang nor Song Zaishui brother and sister can go to Beijing. If Huaqing is gone, the Song family in Jiangnan will not be able to go to Beijing. In the imperial capital, Song Zaitian is the only one who can support him... According to what you said, he has been very haggard recently. Mrs. Wei only left last year. How can he survive the grief of losing his father again? "
"I care about my children!" Shen Xuan sighed, "Hua Qing is as old as me, so why are you so sick?"
"After all, he comes from a scholarly family, and he is gentle and elegant." Mrs. Su sighed, "Besides, the weather is unpredictable, how can age be enough to predict this kind of thing? Do you think there are many old men in the court who are getting stronger with age?"
Shen Xuandao: "It's just strange that he has reached this point but still refuses to say why he hates the Duanmu family."
"Is there something difficult to say?" Mrs. Su guessed, "Duanmu was very rude earlier. Maybe he did something extremely rebellious and biased that would hinder the elder's identity and it is inconvenient to say?"
This is probably the most likely.
The couple felt sorry for Song Yu and then talked about going back to their home. Shen Xuan mentioned that he would send Shen Liankun and his wife to Xiliang as well.
This was discussed before, but now Mrs. Su has other opinions: "Before, when you took the time to go to Xiliang with Wu Fang, it was just that our family was planning to change things for another day. At that time, although the Xiliang Army We have arrived in Gyeonggi, but there are many soldiers in the imperial forest. If the incident is revealed, or if the late emperor does something cruel, we are afraid that our sect will cause disaster if we are not careful. It is not only a training for our sect, but also a legacy for our sect. Point of blood.”
Otherwise, Shen Shuming lost thousands of taels of silver in gambling. Even if Shen Xuan and his wife hated him for failing to live up to expectations and going to the dandy at a young age, they would not be so angry that they would drive him to Xiliang. After all, people from high-ranking families are born with fine clothes and fine food, and are surrounded by people who greet them when they go in and out. If there are too many people around them, they will inevitably learn bad things.
Now that we have discovered it, we need to teach him a lesson and make corrections - even in Shen Zangli's generation, there are many people who got into the bad habit of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Shen Xuan and his wife did not take this kind of thing seriously at all. Well, who's child doesn't go astray a few times when he grows up
"But the situation is different now." Mrs. Su said, "The late emperor's great success and the new emperor's accession to the throne were unexpectedly smooth. In this case, why ask them to go to Xiliang to suffer? Besides, there are only 20,000 people left in the capital. Soldiers and horses, send more people to escort them. If there is less, we will not worry. If there is more, we will not have enough manpower. Last time they went to Xiliang tomorrow, the Su family sent a group of people because they were thinking of Yu Yin. "
Shen Xuan muttered: "But I said before that Liufang would also go to Xiliang."
"One moment, another moment." Mrs. Su advised, "The world is unfair, and the children in our family are not that narrow-minded. How can they leave a loophole for such a trivial matter? Besides, you also know that what happened in the sixth daughter-in-law's family The child is now as confused as her mother, and this time she is sick again. How can her shaky body withstand the long journey? It's hard for them to be called six. Your daughter-in-law stayed in the imperial capital and sent Kun'er to Xiliang alone? It's not like you don't know Kun'er's temperament. He is not as caring about his wife as Feng'er. He stayed in a brothel before getting married. Now he has married a wife, but his wife is... If you are not around, how can you not accept someone? If the bastard is born before the legitimate son, won't this cause trouble for the sixth family?"
Shen Xuan thought about it and said, "In that case, let's beat Kun'er and let them stay."
Although Shen Liankun was called to his parents and scolded severely afterwards - knowing that he did not have to go to the bitter cold and boring Xiliang still made him surprised and happy, and he was naturally full of demands made by his father and aunt. However, both Shen Xuan and his wife and Shen Liankun themselves knew that these requests were agreed quickly, but only God knows how much they can really achieve.
After the news spread to each room, Wei Changying also breathed a sigh of relief for Huo Qingling. Just like Mrs. Su said, if Shen Xuan insisted on sending the sixth room to Xiliang to sharpen his skills, Huo Qingling's current Due to my physical condition, it’s really a choice to follow or not to follow, and it’s a dilemma.
She congratulated Mrs. Huang for a few words, and then continued to read the letter - the letter was sent by her mother's family. It must be something important when it was sent in such a situation where the war was in chaos and the only way to go was through mountains and small roads.
Therefore, Wei Changying hoped to read the letter quickly so that he could know the details, but it was obviously difficult for the mother surrounded by her two sons to concentrate on this matter.
Shen Shuguang, who had already recognized some words, stretched out his arms to grab her wrist, and pulled the letter down to where he could see it while standing. Then he picked the words he knew from the letter and read aloud to invite praise; Shen Shuguang, who was still young, Shu Xie hugged his mother's legs and jumped up and down. Maybe he saw the letter his brother read was interesting, so he tried to crawl along Wei Changying's legs - Wei Changying simply held him on his lap.
So Shen Shuxie happily said "Ah woo" and bit down on the letter, which made Wei Changying and Huang hurriedly coax him to relax...
Finally, I finally managed to snatch it out, and it was already soaked with his saliva. A large piece of it was not mentioned, and even two words were blurred.
Wei Changying was angry and anxious, so he called the wet nurse: "Take them down first."
At this moment, Shen Shuguang immediately pursed his lips, looked at her with great grievance, and couldn't help but pull at the corners of his clothes.
Shen Shuxie, who was still young and had no need to care about her dignity, burst into tears very decisively, and while crying, she wiped her tears and snot unceremoniously on her mother's clothes.
"..." Wei Changying had no choice but to hand the letter to Mrs. Huang, "Auntie, tell me after you finish reading it." He picked up the second son, suppressed his temper, and coaxed him softly, occasionally touching the eldest son's head. Praise him a few words to prevent him from getting upset.
After finally coaxing the two little ancestors to their hearts content, they finally showed mercy and were willing to let her go. Huang came up with a solemn expression and told Wei Changying: "A group of over ten thousand bandits has appeared near Fengzhou City and has taken over. Two counties.”
"What?" Wei Changying said in surprise, "Fengzhou is Shangzhou, and the past few years have been going well. How could it be?"
Huang sighed: "It is said that it is because the nobles occupy too much land, the taxes are heavy, and the current example across the country..."
Wei Chief Ying said in surprise: "Didn't my grandparents reduce the rent and tax on the family's land from the year before last?" The Wei family is the largest noble family in Fengzhou, and the family property accounts for 67/10 of the entire state. Logically speaking, since the Wei family has reduced their rent and taxes, it means that the whole state has benefited.
"Most of the people in the tribe are working against the odds." Huang smiled bitterly, "At that time, the eldest master was not fully recovered, so the clan leader and the old lady were all thinking about the eldest master. Later, the eldest master recovered, but the situation became chaotic again. Not long after that , the valve owner injured his foot again... By the time it was discovered, banditry had become a common practice. "
Wei Changying was silent for a moment and said, "What are the family going to do now?"
"The old lady temporarily handed over her private soldiers to Mo Binwei, but she recaptured a county, which greatly shocked the bandits. However, no one was in charge of the recaptured county. As soon as Mo Binwei withdrew his troops, it was occupied again."
"How come there is no one in the clan that can be used to this extent?" Wei Chief Ying couldn't help but be stunned. She thought about it and said, "Where is brother Wei Qing?"
Huang said: "The old lady said that not only are there no generals available, but there are not enough troops. We don't know how long the world will be in chaos now, so we must be careful not to over-deplete our troops. After all, the state and city are the most important." Ruiyu Everyone is in Fengzhou City!
Wei Changying frowned tightly and couldn't help but murmured: "What should we do?"
"The old lady said that our family has a lot of food, there is a lot of well water in Ruiyu Hall, and now we have Mo Binwei as the general, so we should be able to defend the city alone." Huang said, "The old lady wrote a letter It’s not to ask for help, but to reassure you that there is chaos in Fengzhou, but as long as the old lady is here, you don’t have to worry!”
After a pause, Mrs. Huang continued, "The old lady was very happy when she heard that you had two grandsons. However, she regretted that the road was blocked and the fourth grandson's gift could not be delivered for the time being. But I heard that you and The young master is doing well, so the old lady is relieved."
Wei Changying understood what his grandmother meant—Mrs. Song traveled all the way to send this letter because she was afraid that after hearing about the unrest in Fengzhou, she would entice her husband or father-in-law to send troops to rescue her, which would lead to a dispute with her husband's family. , thus affecting the harmony with her husband's family.
She felt sad and said, "How long has it been since my grandmother had to worry about me like this?"
"Being busy for your own flesh and blood may sound tiring, but it's actually a blessing. Young Madam, don't you understand it best now?" Mrs. Huang said with a slight smile, and looked outside the door - Shen Shu Guangzheng, who had just been taken out. She dragged her younger brother and ran up and down the corridor, shouting and screaming. It was so noisy that the people on the other side could hardly hear what they were saying, but the two children were enjoying themselves very much.
Wei Changying was greatly relieved by these words, and said with a wry smile: "Now I really hope that my husband can come back soon, and I also ask him to take a look at these two treasures."
When Shen Zangfeng led his troops to Yanzhou last year, Shen Shuxie was only a few weeks old. He could barely walk a few steps and speak a few words occasionally. He was far less able to walk and run now. Even if Shen Shuguang started to move, he could not make a fuss after him. . But now the child is three years old, actually one and a half years old. With Shen Shuguang, the naughty brother, there is no quiet time for the two children as long as they are awake.
The commotion gave Wei Changying a headache, and he began to miss the time when his husband was around and could calm his eldest son with just one look. (To be continued)