... Chu Weixian was shaken awake in his sleep. He opened his eyes with some dissatisfaction, but saw his wife half-supported, sitting beside him, and whispered: "The people in front of the father came over and said that the father is here." I haven’t slept yet, so I want you to give me some advice!”
"Father, haven't you slept yet?" Chu Weixian was startled, subconsciously glanced at the copper leak in the corner of the room, and jumped up, "I'm going to take a look right now!"
He dressed in a hurry and rushed to the study, and sure enough he saw bright lights in the distance.
"Tomorrow we will continue to mourn Emperor Daxing, why haven't we arranged for our father to be buried?" Chu Weixian pushed the door open and went in. Seeing King Yongyi still working hard at his desk, he felt both distressed and puzzled, "Now during the national mourning period, why should we do anything?" It’s natural to delay. Besides, there doesn’t seem to be any need to give a reply overnight?”
"Why are you here?" King Yongyi wrote slowly, but did not stop. While continuing to review official documents one after another, he said lightly, "For the father's body, for the father's heart." Obviously, I really couldn’t sleep these past two days, so I stayed up late to read the paperwork... It’s okay, you can go and rest yourself!”
Chu Weixian looked at his pale face, frowned for a long time, and finally asked tentatively: "My father can't sleep, but is he sad about his sister?"
King Yongyi stopped writing this time and sighed: "Alas! Time is also fate!"
He shook his head, but continued to review.
"Fortunately, my sister has left a niece behind. At least she is a memory!" Chu Weixian is several years older than Princess Huijun. He has always treated this sister as a half-daughter. He didn't expect that the young Princess Huijun would walk in front of him. Not to mention before, according to the royal family, she died with one body and two lives. Of course Chu Weixian was very sad, but now looking at his old father's haggard appearance, he still tried his best to find reasons to comfort him, "Maybe after the national mourning is over, , let’s discuss with Prince Hui to bring Bao’er to our house to raise him for a while, so that he can be our child?”
In fact, even if it was not to comfort his old father, Chu Weixian decided to bring his niece to the Yongyi Palace. After all, Emperor Zhaode had just passed away, and no matter how quickly Prince Hui's marriage was renewed, it would still be a year later. During this year, Jiang Huibao could not be raised by his aunt Gu Grace, but her direct grandmother, the Crown Princess, was not well, and she did not know what her future would be. How long will it take to recover
In this case, if Chu Weixian did not take her to live in his own palace, he would have no choice but to let his niece go to Princess Fuling or Prince Chong's palace.
Of these two families, the former has a son and a daughter. Jiang Huibao is gone. Although Jiang Qizheng may not treat her badly because she is her biological niece, she will definitely not focus all his attention on her alone. Chu Weixian believed that it was inevitable that Jiang Huibao would be left out in the cold; not to mention the latter, it was no secret that Qiu Yilan had a bad relationship with Princess Huijun, so Chu Weixian could not rest assured that his niece would end up in Qiu Yilan's hands. !
Now it was a good time to comfort King Yongyi and tell him his plan.
After hearing this, King Yongyi snorted coldly and said lightly: "It's just a little girl's movie! What is there to miss?"
These words made Chu Weixian choked for a while and he didn't know what to say. In fact, King Yongyi's attitude towards his children has never been bad, and there is no obvious tendency to favor sons over daughters. Now that he is complaining that Jiang Huibao is just a daughter, Chu Weixian has some thoughts. But he couldn't say clearly what he was thinking about. After he froze for a moment, he had no choice but to cough dryly and turn the topic back to persuading King Yongyi to settle things as soon as possible: "It's almost dawn, if your father doesn't make arrangements, That’s not the answer. Even if you can’t sleep, why don’t you just take a nap?”
The conversation between father and son was not very harmonious, and the atmosphere between Jiang and his son in the ruins of Taishi Palace in Ganquan Palace was not much better either!
After Jiang Tianchi asked his son, "What don't you know about your father's thoughts?" Jiang Yashuang said lightly: "The child only knows that tiger poison does not eat its own children!" Jiang Tianchi's expression changed drastically and he subconsciously raised his hand - But with the help of Xiwei starlight and looking at the cold expression on his youngest son's face, he didn't fight him in the end. After putting down his arm slumpedly, he sneered for a long time: "You think you are happy to do this as a father?!"
"My father is wise and mighty!" Jiang Yashuang said indifferently and said no more. But Jiang Tianchi heard the unfinished meaning in his words: If he didn't insist on his own way, who could force him to do this? As early as when he took complete control of the Zhenbei Army, no one could force him, right? Even Emperor Zhaode, who had just gone there, had been talking to him in a negotiating tone since then!
"Wise and powerful? It would be better to say, one wrong step, every wrong step!" Jiang Tianchi looked at his youngest child intently. The familiar outline was almost the same as when he was young, standing upright like a javelin, so he just said After hearing such a sentence, I couldn't help but fall into a trance - how similar are they? It was like going back to the time when he had just joined the army and practiced his appearance in front of the bronze mirror.
The energetic figure in the bronze mirror back then has long since aged in the fights and intrigues. Even though he still looks majestic when standing now, the unique heroic spirit of young people has long since disappeared.
Those years passed in a flash, and what was left was like ruins underfoot: the gorgeous foundation pillars were still there, but those that were truly gorgeous and precious had long been burned away over the years, and all that was left were ruins and broken walls. Like a scab on a wound.
Underneath the scab were memories that he had not wanted to think about for many years, but at this moment he couldn't help but tear it open with his own hands, using the bloody pain to tell the sorrow he had licked alone in countless dark nights. Northern Army…”
Jiang Tianchi only said half of this sentence before he shook his head bitterly and did not continue to think about it. Instead, he remained silent for a while, regained his calm tone, and then continued, "Nineteen, do you know why my father joined the army back then? "
"The eldest uncle and the third uncle have already gained all the support of the imperial grandfather and great uncle in the court. If my father does not surrender to the army, how will he be able to get ahead?" This answer has long been known to everyone in the Jiang family, and Jiang Yashuang naturally answered it. .
But Jiang Tianchi listened, nodded first, and then shook his head.
Seeing a look of surprise on his son's face, he said calmly: "Your uncle and your third uncle have taken over all the support of your imperial grandfather and uncle in the court... Hey! The word 'taken' is so well used! It's just that How can people who have not been there experience the various tastes? ”
"You know, it took many years after my father was born to have your seventh uncle, so for a long time, here in Beijing, the only male heirs were your eldest uncle, your third uncle, my father, and your sixth uncle!"
"But you definitely don't know that at that time, the person who was the least valued, the most neglected, and the most often punished by your direct grandmother was your father!"
Jiang Yashuang was startled and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Jiang Tianchi with a wave of his hand. He laughed at himself, "Don't believe it? Then think about it for yourself: among the four male heirs, your uncle must be the first, whether it is your imperial grandfather or you Uncle, if there is any good thing, he is the first person who comes to mind! Even though he is the oldest, any disputes are definitely the fault of others - and then your third uncle, he is the eldest son! Your great-uncle’s only son! In this case, who else can you turn to, whether it’s neglect or punishment?”
"Don't say that when your biological grandmother was alive, she was both your biological mother and your biological mother. It is only natural to take out your anger on your father!" Jiang Tianchi said "it is only natural", but his eyes were dark and emotionless, and he said coldly , "Even after you came to your grandmother's house, weren't you also enthusiastic about getting closer to your third uncle and giving him advice - even if your third uncle didn't appreciate it?"
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, Jiang Yashuang seemed to see the water passing by, "It's okay to be ignored and ignored in front of the elders. Do you know what you remember most about being a father?"
Jiang Yashuang looked at him with a complex expression: "What?"
"I have nothing!" Jiang Tianchi recounted his childhood in a tone that was so calm, "Even if you get things from your father, nine out of ten are left over after your uncle, third uncle, and sixth uncle didn't want them. , but it still doesn’t necessarily belong to the father! Because when their hard work is stolen, they may leave or take it away at any time - and if the father pursues it or refuses to give it... "
He laughed out loud, "Your direct grandmother knows how to do things in the family!"
"So two years ago, my father heard someone say that someone was criticizing your third uncle, saying that he had no sense at all. It was completely unlike my father. Like your third uncle, he had been bullied by your uncle for so many years, but it was just a complaint. None - Weifu laughed for several days after hearing this! He had been beaten so many times even if he wanted to keep things that already belonged to him, let alone care about things that were not yet in his hands! Isn’t it stupid to not have a long memory?”
Jiang Tianchi shook his head, with a smile on his face, brisk and almost innocent, but his eyes were gloomy and cold as a knife, "Of course, there is nothing to worry about what happened when I was a child! Let it pass, as a father. I’m not so narrow-minded that I still remember the grudges I had made before I was ten years old!”
When Jiang Yashuang heard this, she asked calmly: "Is it true that my father doesn't care about those grudges, but others do?"
"You should know that your ninth sister's life experience is a bit special." Jiang Tianchi was silent for a while and then suddenly asked, "But do you know who her biological father is?"
"... Is it the uncle, the third uncle? Or the sixth uncle?" Regarding Jiang Qilai's life experience, Jiang Yashuang only knew what he told Qiu Yilan - he actually didn't know whether Jiang Qilai was of Jiang family blood. But now that Jiang Tianchi said this, it was obvious that Jiang Qilai was definitely not his biological sister!
According to what Jiang Tianchi just told, Jiang Qilai's biological father must not be among Jiang Tianao, Jiang Tianqi and Jiang Tiancheng.
Even though Jiang Yashuang had long been used to seeing the messy things happening in the Jiang family, she frowned at this moment, feeling deeply disgusted - even Prince Hui, who almost had his wife in Darui's harem back then, still guarded the rabbit from eating at the edge of the nest. Grass rules!
King Hui Jun was a lolita, wife, widow, and prostitute outside, and he indulged in all kinds of meat and vegetables. But when he returned to the Jiang family, except for the people in his own room, why did he turn a blind eye to the beauty in other rooms!
For example, for example, the recognized beauty Qiu Yilan, Prince Hui met his sister-in-law quite often, but he never flirted with her. Not to mention Qiu Yilan, even the maids in front of Qiu Yilan, Su He in front of her and now Hibiscus can be called pretty maids. It's not like Prince Hui has never seen her before. Not to mention asking for someone, she didn't even say teasing words. Just one sentence!
Although he and Jiang Yashuang wanted to take a maid named Lin who was serving in the study before, the situation was different - a maid who wanted to take a brother's place, and a maid who wanted to take a brother's wife. The former would not cause any criticism, let alone the maid after all. , even a serious concubine can be bought and sold; the latter is different, it will cause rumors of love.
The first time Prince Hui met the maid named Lin, he forced her to leave. However, he had met Su He and Mu Jin several times and never mentioned it. This shows that although he is lustful and has a filthy appearance, Gong Wei—but he definitely has no intention of messing up his family!
"Ba Ge has such a bad reputation outside, but there is a bottom line. These three uncles actually..." Jiang Yashuang breathed out and looked up at Jiang Tianchi, "Did my father go to the frontier because of this? And my uncle later devoted himself to cultivating you..."
Jiang Tianchi shook his head.