At the end of March, Yanliu in the south of the Yangtze River and Fusang on Moshang were the most beautiful seasons of the year, but Pei Youan and Jiafu had no interest in the beautiful scenery. After leaving Quanzhou, they immediately rushed north to the capital.
Pei You'an was eager to return to Beijing, but worried that Jiafu would not be able to bear the hard work of the journey, so at first she just went on the road according to her usual itinerary.
Jiafu hadn't seen her son for several months. In addition to her worries, she also had hidden worries. She could only wish to fly back with her wings. She was not afraid of the hard work on the road.
Finally, on this day, the two rushed back to the capital and went straight to the palace to ask for a meeting. They entered the palace smoothly. The couple were led to the Chengguang Hall where the emperor's imperial study was located. There was a sound of rushing footsteps running in the hall, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Ci'er running out of it.
"Father! Mother!"
Ci'er stepped over the high threshold, with a happy smile on her face, rushed towards the two of them quickly.
Jiafu no longer cared about the etiquette of the palace, left Pei You'an aside, ran up, put her son in her arms, hugged her tightly, and the kiss fell on Ci'er's forehead like raindrops. .
Ci'er was kissed several times by Jiafu, and she was very happy, but she secretly looked at her father beside her, and when she saw him staring at her, she couldn't help feeling slightly embarrassed. Seeing that her mother was about to come to kiss again, she ducked for a while, leaned into her ear, and whispered, "Mother, Daddy is watching..."
Jiafu suppressed the mixed feelings in her heart at the moment, turned her head, saw her husband walking slowly towards this side, and then put down her son.
Ci'er walked in front of Pei You'an, and as usual, she was going to salute him in a proper manner. Before she knelt down, Pei You'an stretched out her arms and put him in her arms and hugged him tightly.
Not only Ci'er, but also Jiafu felt a little surprised.
Pei You'an loves this son deeply. Jiafu knows this, but in front of Ci'er, he has always been restrained and forbearing.
To express his feelings for his son like this today, Jiafu was the first to see it.
Ci'er was hugged tightly by her father, she seemed a little surprised at first, but gradually, she showed a happy smile, tentatively, slowly stretched out a pair of small arms, wrapped around her father's neck, her little face leaned against her father's neck. When he reached his ear, he whispered, "Dad, you've been fighting the bad guy for so long. Ci'er and mother miss you very much..."
The corners of Pei You'an's eyes flushed slightly, and she hugged her son even tighter, not letting go for a long time.
"Lord Pei, Long live said, let Zhen Shi take the young master to Xiyuan, please come in, Long live has something to say..."
Cui Yinshui just came out from the inside, and has been standing aside, looking at Pei You'an's face, and said carefully.
Jia Fu's heart skipped a beat, and she glanced at her husband.
Pei Youan returned his son to Jiafu, looked at her, and said in a low voice, "Take Ci'er first."
He slowly exhaled, stepped, and walked in.
…
Xiao Lie was no longer in high spirits when facing Pei You'an from the front. At this moment, he was only wearing a robe loosely on his body, leaning on the couch, holding the memorial in his hand, and was watching.
Pei Youan knelt down and bowed to him.
Xiao Liedao flattened his body, slowly got down on the bed, sat back on the usual throne, and looked at Pei You'an: "You'an, among the ministers' memorials I received recently, there are two things that have been said the most. The first is the great victory in the northern war. You broke the Huqi and captured several members of the royal family, and now the Huns want to seek peace. You have made great contributions to this battle, which is very good."
Pei You'an's tone was calm: "Your Majesty the Emperor is blessed with Qitian. This minister has only done his duty and dare not take credit."
Xiao Lie smiled and stared at Pei You'an in front of him: "The second thing is to ask my successor to the Great Wei."
He threw the memorial in his hand, along with the stack on the corner of the table, in front of Pei You'an with a "snap" sound.
"Too many things have happened recently, and my previous thoughts have also changed. I originally wanted to welcome Xiao Yu back and fulfill the promise I made to the people of the world. Unfortunately, you have seen it with your own eyes, and the child has no intention of doing it. , refused to come back. I took a fancy to Ci'er, and it is easy to cultivate, and in the future, Ci'er will become one of my great Wei's generation saints."
"Tomorrow, I will ask Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day. I will bring Ci'er to worship the Taimiao, recognize my ancestor and return to the ancestry, and make him the grandson of my great Wei emperor."
"You An-"
Xiao Lie called out his name and stared at Pei You'an: "You and I were separated at the beginning, and everything originated from Xiao Yu. Now that I am in Xiao Yu, I have achieved my ultimate, I want you to take a step back, this is not a problem. Is it too much?"
He said word by word.
Pei Youan stared at Xiao Lie, and Xiao Lie also stared at him without giving in at all.
Four eyes, facing each other.
"Long live, you had long expected that Yu'er would not come back. You knew this when he was willing to return to Beijing to kill him. At that time, you did not kill him, but imprisoned him on the Golden Dragon Island, and Rong Chen said falsely. , I'm afraid it's not out of long-lived unbearable heart, but to threaten the ministers in the future, right?"
Pei You'an's expression was no longer the anger he used to be, his eyes were sullen, and his tone was calm.
There was a slight embarrassment in Xiao Lie's eyes, but soon, the embarrassment disappeared.
He stared at Pei You'an: "I did expect that Xiao Yu would not come back. I also tell you the truth, a few years ago, I thought of making my grandson the successor of the Great Wei. Unless your husband and wife are in I am not able to have a son in my lifetime. Otherwise, even if the son of your husband and wife does not have the qualifications to become a holy monarch in the future, it will be more than enough to become a guarded monarch. When I left Xiao Yu, it was indeed for your consideration. But today I want to stand Ci'er, but it's not to threaten you anymore! My heart is firm, and I will never change! This son has extraordinary talent, which I have never seen in my life. If I teach him well, it is unknown that he will become a generation of sages in the future! "
Xiao Lie said, his eyes were slightly excited, he closed his eyes, slowly set his mood, and then opened his eyes again.
"You're safe!"
He called his name again and stared deeply.
"You and I can't be a father and son in this life, it's because I have no luck in my destiny, and I will no longer force it. But having a son like this is the luck of the Great Wei and the people of the world. Why can't you give up your personal feelings, be of one heart with me, and be great for me. Wei, for the sake of the world, to help create a generation of sages, to shine through the ages, and to leave a name in the annals of history?"
Pei You'an's figure was condensed and motionless.
…
Jiafu took Ci'er back to the Jiaoyuan, and while talking to her son, she reluctantly suppressed her unease, anxiously waiting for Pei You'an's return, feeling a little uneasy.
"Mother, that day I asked the grandfather what the world is. The grandfather took me out of the palace. The grandfather said that he wanted to ask me to help him continue to be emperor in the future. Mom, will you and father agree?" Ci'er finally said that The matter of the day, after speaking, widened his eyes and looked at Jiafu.
Although she had already made preparations in her heart, when she heard these words come out of her son's mouth, the blood in Jiafu's whole body seemed to have frozen together suddenly, her chest felt tight, and she couldn't breathe for a while.
If Ci'er became the heir of the Great Wei, she knew exactly what it meant.
She fixedly looked at Ci'er's face without saying a word.
"Mother? Are you not happy?"
Ci'er soon noticed the strangeness from her mother and looked at her worriedly.
"Father and mother, don't be angry, Ci'er listen to you!" Ci'er hurriedly said again, wrapping her arms tightly around Jiafu's neck.
Jiafu stared at her son's pure eyes that were still ignorant, suppressed the reluctance and sadness in her heart, and shook her head: "Ci'er, don't worry, mother is not unhappy..."
Half the words, and the remaining half, are still choked in the throat after all.
"Daddy!"
Ci'er called out suddenly.
Jiafu suddenly turned her head and saw that Pei You'an had returned without knowing when, standing outside the door, looking at herself and Ci'er, her figure was silent and motionless.
Hearing Ci'er's calling, he seemed to have finally recovered his senses, stepped over the threshold, walked in step by step, and stopped in front of Jiafu and Ci'er.
He stared at Ci'er for a long time, a smile slowly appeared on his lips, reached out and stroked his head gently, ordering Cui Yinshui to take Ci'er down to play first.
Ci'er was led by Cui Yinshui and turned back three steps at a time.
In the end, only Gave was left facing him in the room.
He looked a little bleak, stared at Jiafu, and said nothing.
Jiafu and him were silent for a long time, then walked slowly towards him, and said in a trembling voice, "Big cousin, long live there, can we change it again?"
Pei You'an said in a low voice, "Fu'er, I'm sorry for you..."
Jiafu buried her face on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and tears slowly flowed out.
…
Three months later, this year, in June of the seventh year of Zhaoping, the ministers speculated on the concerns of the emperor's heir for a long time.
The emperor took the child who had climbed the morning gate tower with him that day and went to worship the Taimiao.
The next day, the imperial court promulgated the holy will, and the emperor made the child the grandson of the emperor, and after he returned to heaven, he inherited the great lineage.
At the same time, the emperor issued another edict.
Pei You'an has made great contributions to the war against Hu, and is loyal to the court. He will be restored to his post from now on. In addition to restoring all the original titles, he will be awarded the post of Grandson Taifu. From now on, he will be the assistant to teach the Grandson of the Emperor. The important task is to be diligent and diligent, to live up to the expectations of the emperor, and to live up to the trust of the world.
On this day, Jiafu, who had returned to the duke's mansion a few days ago, after the news spread quickly, she entertained those court wives and wives who came to visit and congratulate in an endless stream.
Mrs. Pei was in the year of a woman's flower letter, and her beauty was at its peak. In her face, there was no trace of the hard and cold life outside the Great Wall for many years. Compared with the past, it added a little more grace and elegance. Flattering in every possible way, or deliberately making friends, she has a smile on her face, neither humble nor arrogant, and she treats people and things without being indecent.
In the middle of the night, Pei Youan returned to the mansion.
A few days ago, after Jiafu returned to Duke Wei's mansion in the name of returning from outside the Great Wall, Ci'er also moved out of the banana garden where she had lived for a year and a half. Xiao Lie was afraid that he would not be used to it for a while, so he personally took him to live in the Chengguang Palace, and he should live in the hall, and he personally asked.
Tonight, Pei You'an stayed in the palace until this moment, when he finally left the palace and returned to the palace.
The candle was still lit in the room, Pei Youan pushed open the door that was hidden, and when he entered, he saw Jiafu greet him with a smiling face, undressed him, and urged him to take a bath in the bathroom. Ci'er was not mentioned in a sentence, as if nothing had happened.
Pei Youan came out of the shower, Jiafu hadn't gone to bed yet, she took a piece of clothes, put it on for him herself, lowered her head to fasten the tie around his waist, and said, "Big cousin, I see that you have lost weight recently, I made a late-night snack for you in the evening, you wait, I will send it to you, and you can sleep before you eat."
After she finished speaking, she smiled at him, turned around and hurriedly walked towards the door.
Pei You'an looked at her back and couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped up, hugged her waist tightly from behind, lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair, and said in a hoarse voice, "Fu'er, these days, I know You are sad in your heart, if you want to cry, just cry, don’t bear it in front of me.”
He turned her around and faced him.
The smile on Jiafu's face disappeared, her teeth clenched her lips tightly, and her eyes slowly turned red.
"How is Ci'er these days?"
Pei You'an stared at her, thinking that tonight, when he and his son parted, he followed closely, tugging at his sleeves and wouldn't let go, asking him with tears in his eyes, from now on, if others can't be in front of him. Call him and mother, when there is no one, can you call them father and mother again, this half-life has gone through ups and downs, read all over the court, the steel that once turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain Like a strong man, at this moment, the corners of his eyes could not help but turn red.
He forced back tears: "The emperor said that he hopes that Ci'er will become a generation of sages in the future. I didn't expect that. But when Ci'er grows up, she should be able to be a competent king of the world. If so, then you For my loss today, it may well be that I have not been rewarded."
Jiafu sobbed silently, her crying shoulders trembling slightly, uncontrollably.
Pei Youan picked her up, put her on the bed, lay down with her, raised his hand and gently stroked his beloved wife's soft blue silk: "Don't worry, although Ci'er is small, she is very sensible. In the future, I will go in and out of the palace freely. , if you want him, you can enter the palace at any time."
"Big cousin, when Ci'er grows up, will I blame you and me for abandoning him like this?"
Jiafu choked with tears and asked.
Pei You'an was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Looking at the sky is ten thousand feet, and the gain and loss are in every square inch. When Ci'er grows up, he will have his thoughts."
Jiafu stared at him.
Pei You'an's face slowly leaned towards her, one by one, his lips gently kissed the tears on her face, with infinite love and pity, and finally hugged her into his arms and hugged her tightly.