Chapter 135: There are plane trees in the courtyard

Chapter 135: There are plane trees in the courtyard

When the two arrived in the palace, the little emperor was already waiting for them.

These days, because of his illness, Imperial Physician An and others did not ask him to leave the palace more, for fear that something would happen again. It's just that the little emperor is still young, so he is bored all day, somewhat bored. For him, the marriage of Fu Changxi's uncle has been the biggest good thing this year. It is inevitable that he is looking forward to it. wondered what kind of princess this uncle, who had been unmarried for so many years, finally let go of marrying.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhen Tingyun to go forward and salute, the little emperor carefully looked at the person, and then called for the seat.

Since it was the first day after marriage to enter the palace, it was natural that rewards were indispensable. The little emperor asked people to send the rewards that had been prepared earlier, all in pairs, which was a good moral. He knew that these things were nothing to the uncle, but he was sincere, and after he was seated, he specially explained to Zhen Tingyun: "Although there are no big things, but many of them were picked by myself, I just hope Uncle and aunt can like it."

Zhen Tingyun really felt the emperor's sincerity, and his heart softened, and he said, "I like it very much, thank you Your Majesty."

Seeing that the emperor's face was slightly pale, Zhen Tingyun was worried that he had not eaten his breakfast well. After a pause, he added an extra sentence: "It's not too early, shall we eat first?"

The little emperor nodded.

It's just that, compared to the talents in the Zhen Tingyun and Fu Changxi cases, the little emperor's case was mostly warm and nourishing medicated meals, and he knew the taste was not good just by looking at them.

Zhen Tingyun had to sigh: No wonder people are the emperor, the children of other people are just picking on their favorite food, and they cry when they can't eat what they want to eat, and people can't change their faces when they face such a taste of medicated food. eating...

Thinking like this, Zhen Tingyun still felt a little pitiful towards the little emperor. He felt a little sorry when he ate braised fish and meat, so he didn't use much for lunch, only a little.

Because the little emperor was still ill, after lunch, Fu Changxi took Zhen Tingyun's hand, got up to leave, and ordered the emperor to take good care of him.

The little emperor was somewhat reluctant, ran down from his seat, grabbed the corner of Fu Changxi's clothes, and whispered, "Uncle Huang, will you sit with me for a while?"

Fu Changxi looked at him with a slightly gentle gaze, but his expression remained unchanged, he just said, "Your Majesty's illness is not yet healed. It's time to take a rest when I wake up early this morning."

The little emperor blinked and looked at him eagerly.

Fu Changxi said, "Next time I will bring the princess to see your majesty."

The little emperor then let go. However, he still insisted on sending the two of them out all the way, and the look of helplessness was really softening.

Zhen Tingyun's heart softened a little, and after thinking about it, he still cared for a while: "I see that Your Majesty is bored in the palace all day long. Didn't you want to choose the children of the clan to study with you in the palace? Why not much? Pick some people to accompany Your Majesty?"

Fu Changxi was just taking the opportunity of picking a companion to read from the more outstanding children of the clan, mainly just in case, for the sake of the succession of the emperor after his death. However, since the emperor's condition worsened and he couldn't catch up with time, he naturally gave up the idea of ​​selecting the best people from the clan, and decided on Fu Nianjia instead.

Because of this, Fu Changxi simply followed the matter of the emperor's unrecovered illness and pushed aside the matter of the companion reading - after all, if the emperor's body was seen by outsiders, it would inevitably add twists and turns.

Fu Changxi didn't want to deceive Zhen Tingyun about these matters, after thinking about it, he had to change the subject: "Actually, I brought you into the palace this time, and I also wanted to take you to the Zhaoyang Palace where I lived when I was a child. …”

Hearing this, Zhen Ting Yunguo was distracted and asked, "Is Zhaoyang Palace still empty now?"

Fu Changxi nodded slightly: "When the mother-in-law passed away, Emperor Xiaozong sealed the Zhaoyang Palace. Later, because of Emperor Xiaozong's last decree, the previous emperor never let anyone live in it, and now the interior is still furnished in the old days. Empty..." After a pause, he said again, "However, I have asked someone to clean it up in advance, and it is fairly clean, just in time to take a look."

Zhen Tingyun took a few steps forward, held his hand, and said in a low voice, "Well, let's go have a look."

Fu Changxi stared at her unconsciously, with a deep expression in his eyes, and in the end there was still a slight smile: "Well, let's go and have a look."

The eyes of the two met, and everything seemed to be silent.

In fact, Fu Changxi has never returned to Zhaoyang Palace since he left for the northern border when he was young.

Occasionally, in the middle of the night, he would think back to Zeng Jin's loving father and strict mother, gentle and quiet sister... That was when Wu Huanggui and Ning Guo's eldest princess were still there, and he had not yet broken with Emperor Xiaozong.

The days at that time were so carefree and intoxicating... That's why he hardly dared to enter Zhaoyang Palace again, and could not bear to face the beauty of the past with the cruelty of reality.

Until now, he was holding Zhen Tingyun's hand, and suddenly he had the courage to face it. He wanted to take her to see the place where he grew up when he was young, and tell her about the interesting things and thoughts about his childhood...

At this moment, he was finally able to reconcile with his original self.

Presumably, Emperor Xiaozong and Wu Huanggui went underground, and they would be relieved to see him holding the bride's hand into Zhaoyang Palace.

Thinking of this, Fu Changxi took Zhen Tingyun into Zhaoyang Palace slowly.

Bright yellow glazed tiles, vermilion columns, everything is like yesterday.

Even after so many years, Fu Changxi was still able to hold Zhen Tingyun's hand, entered the front yard with familiarity, pointed to the plane tree in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "This is when the mother concubine had to seal the imperial concubine, the father The emperor personally planted it for her."

There is a saying in "Wen and See Records": "Hundreds of birds do not dare to perch on the phoenix tree, so they should avoid the phoenix." At that time, Emperor Xiaozong planted the phoenix tree for Emperor Wu's concubine. Fortunately, Empress Wang was not at fault for being a human being, and after that, she had a son-in-law, and Emperor Xiaozong still did not abolish the empress.

However, the two sycamore trees still remained, whether it was the imperial concubine Wu or Emperor Xiaozong, it was still lush and lush, and now the pavilions are covered with green shades.

Fu Changxi walked over, stroked the rough bark of the tree trunk with his hand, and said in a low voice, "Last night we drank Hexi wine, and that wine was buried under this sycamore tree - that was when the royal elder sister was born, the father of the royal family was born. Buried it with my own hands. In terms of age, that wine is older than me..."

Zhen Tingyun was amused by Fu Changxi's words, and after laughing, he remembered that the eldest princess of Ningguo had already passed away with her relatives to the northern barbarians. She couldn't help but feel a little more sentimental, and gently put her hand on the back of Fu Changxi's hand, which was pressing against the trunk of the tree. , for comfort.

Fu Changxi held her plain hand with his backhand, looked up at the tree canopy above, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "When I was a child, I used to love someone to secretly climb trees and climb to high places, so that no one else could find them. I am. Sometimes I can see the father and mother being intimate under the tree..."

"Of course, if you are unlucky and found out, the mother and concubine will definitely be angry again. Not only will they beat me, but even the father will be kicked out of the house by her."

Fu Changxi remembered a time when he was in a bad mood and quietly climbed a tree to hide. As a result, it happened that Emperor Xiaozong took his concubine to enjoy the shade under the tree and talked. The two of them were talking, and somehow they became intimate. At that time, Fu Changxi was still young and had never seen such a thing before, so he quietly squatted on it and looked down.

As a result, because he was too nervous, a few leaves fell from the top of the tree, which alarmed the imperial concubine Wu. She found out that her son had climbed up a tree, and had just peeked at her affairs with the emperor, and she couldn't help but turn pale, shocked and scared, ashamed and annoyed.

Fu Changxi was so young in the end, and seeing his mother and concubine's discoloration, he was almost scared to fall from the tree, and even stepped on a branch.

Later, Emperor Xiaozong stabilized his spirit, ordered a little eunuch who could climb trees, and went up to hold Fu Changxi down.

For this reason, Concubine Wu was so angry that she took it personally, beat her son, and said angrily: "I shouldn't care about you, I told you to stay in the tree until you fell from the tree and broke your leg. Now, I can be a lot cleaner." Then, she hurriedly threw the father and son Fu Changxi and Emperor Xiaozong out of the door, "You father and son go outside, don't bother me!"

Emperor Xiaozong felt deeply that he had suffered from Chiyu, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry with his beloved son. It's just that he always spoiled his son. After complaining a few words, he couldn't help but hold his son on his lap, and repeatedly warned: "Next time, I won't be able to climb so high again. What if I fall down?"

Remembering that his son climbed so high before that he was about to fall down, Emperor Xiaozong, who had seen so many times, felt a lingering fear in his heart.

Fu Changxi, however, was the most heartless. He responded indiscriminately a few times, and then turned to ask: "Father, what are you and your concubine doing under the tree just now?"

Emperor Xiaozong blushed, turned his head away and ignored his son: "You are still young, why are you asking these questions?!"

Fu Changxi grabbed his dragon robe and asked, "Why can't you ask?"

Emperor Xiaozong choked and was speechless for a moment.

Fu Changxi began to recall: "So, you close the door every night and just do that?"

Emperor Xiaozong finally couldn't hold his face any longer, he quickly reached out to block his son's mouth that could say anything, and coaxed his son: "You are still young, you shouldn't know these things. When you are older, I will meet you. If you like someone, you will naturally know…”

At that time, Fu Changxi was very smart even though he was young, and he could be said to draw inferences from one thing. After listening to Emperor Xiaozong's explanation, he rolled his eyes and asked reluctantly, "Do you have to do it with the person you like? Or, did you not do this with the queen and the others?"

When Emperor Xiaozong heard it, he choked again, and finally had to raise his hand to stroke the back of his son's neck, and said in a low voice, "You can only feel happy when you do something like this with someone you like."

"Changxi, the royal father only hopes that you can also find such a person."

...

At that time, Fu Changxi seemed to understand, but at this time, Fu Changxi looked up at the dense and lush tree canopy, recalled those old things, and smiled without realizing it. , bowed his head slightly, and dropped a kiss on her forehead.

Yes, this kind of thing, you can only feel happy when you do it with the person you like.