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Chapter 42 The Tired Old Father
"His Royal Highness, Yun Han came out of the Dali Temple dungeon and on the way to the quarry, he accidentally encountered three pedestrians and the prisoners who had contact with him. All of them were under our surveillance." The eunuch glanced at the prince hesitantly, "Also, Princess Fushou just handed him a plate of cakes, but it has been robbed by other prisoners, and there is no suspiciousness for the time being. Do you want to send someone..."
"Princess Fushou is the daughter of General Hua and General Wei. It is absolutely impossible to collude with these anti-thief of unknown origin." The crown prince said directly, "The two families of Huawei and Zhongliang have made great contributions to the generations of the Jin Dynasty. If you have any intent, you won’t fight Jinpo desperately without any backhand. If you doubt Fushou, you will deny the two generals’ contributions to the Great Jin. Don’t talk about that in the future."
"Yes." The close eunuch touched his head to the ground, "Slaves and maidservants fail to speak, please forgive your sins."
The prince glanced at him, and said in a light tone: "Many things, before there is no evidence, don't make self-righteous guesses about Liangchen."
"Yes." The eunuch shivered.
"His Royal Highness." The guard outside the carriage said loudly: "The smoke is here."
The prince opened the curtain and got out of the carriage. He turned and glanced back. Hua Liuli just got off the carriage, and the silk on her body fluttered gently in the wind.
"The princess." The prince walked to Hua Liuli, "The Yanlai Lake is in front of him. Whenever it rains, the lake looks like fairy clouds, and the viewers go boating on the lake, like roaming the clouds."
Hua Liuli noticed that there was a painting boat on the lake, with guards and eunuchs standing on the boat, and several palace ladies in colorful clothes.
"Come on, let's get on the boat." The prince took Hua Liuli on board, and the hull shook slightly.
There were a few kneeling musicians in the boat. Seeing the prince and Hua Liuli come in, they quickly got up and saluted.
Smelling the faint scent of the boat, Hua Liuli said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Gu said that I would ask you to listen to the musicians in the palace. How could you break your promise." On the tea table, there was some kind of tea in the teapot, exuding a faint fragrance.
"Knowing that you can't drink tea, so let someone cook the flower dew soup." The prince invited Hua Liuli to sit down, "Taste if it will get tired."
Hua Liuli took the tea cup and took a sip. The faint sweetness envelops the fragrance of the tea. After the mouth, the fragrance is sweet to the stomach. Hua Liuli smiled and said, "After drinking this tea, I feel that my whole body is fragrant."
"The princess likes it." The prince raised his hand, and the musicians began to play. The first tune they played was not a soft southern tune, but a battlefield song that made people excited.
Hua Liuli paused slightly with her teacup hand. She turned to look at these luthiers, listening very seriously.
As long as the soldiers are on the battlefield, life and death are not for them to decide. Daddy once said that as a military commander, he hopes that what he has learned in his life will be useful, and he hopes that there will be no more wars in the world.
The battlefield is ruthless, and behind a number is a person's life. The person who died may miss someone in his hometown, or there may be someone waiting for him to return.
The only thing can feel fortunate is that his Majesty is a good emperor who doesn't treat the sergeants harshly. The soldiers can eat and if the soldiers die unfortunately, there is a generous pension.
Dad often told her and his brothers that Liangjiang Yumingjun is the best opening and ending for generals and emperors. He was lucky and met Emperor Changlong. But not every generation of the Hua family has such good luck, so how to preserve their strength and survive has almost become the instinct of every generation of the Hua family.
Compared with the howls of ghosts and wolves from frontier soldiers, the musicians' performance is more pleasing to the ears, but it lacks the free and easy flavor of frontiers.
"Qi said I have no clothes, go with my son." Hua Liuli followed the tune, hummed a few words, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, the tunes played by these musicians are really interesting, but it's a pity that the courtesans are talented in leading soldiers. It's not as good as my father and mother, who can only listen to these songs and chat for self-entertainment."
"There are no two people who are completely similar in the world. General Hua and General Wei are indeed rare talents, but the princess also has his own style. There is no need to compare with others or the elders." The prince filled Hua Liuli's cup. In the eyes of those who love the princess, you are unique."
Hua Liuli smiled and looked at the prince: "If your Royal Highness wants to praise someone, he will definitely be able to exaggerate that person."
"The princess said that was wrong." The prince chuckled lightly, "I never boast, I only speak the truth."
Hua Liuli couldn't help laughing.
Men, especially good-looking men, when complimenting people, their voices can be as beautiful as nature.
This cabin Hua Liuli was accompanied by the beautiful prince and went boating on the lake. The prince Ava, who was a captive, could only sit in an empty dungeon, pulling the straw on the ground to play.
Many prisoners have been taken to the quarry today. He has a special status. He neither does hard labor nor does he need to participate in other collective activities with the prisoners. can only stay in a single cell every day, living in a daze.
Although the prisoners usually don't bother to care about him, at least they can still listen to them chatting, but now there are no people who speak, it is really deserted and unbearable.
If he stays like this, sooner or later his brain will become a pig brain.
"Prince Ava." Pei Jihuai walked out of the cell, looked at Ava who was playing with grass, and said with a blank expression: "It seems that the prince is doing well in our Dali Temple, and his waist is fattened twice."
Ava glared at Pei Jihuai, but didn't dare to talk back. He was the one who made him hungry for a few days.
Pei Jihuai raised his hand, and everyone else retreated, leaving him alone.
"You, what do you want to do?" Seeing everyone else walking away, Ava stepped back until he reached the root of the wall, and then said anxiously: "Is there something to say, it is wrong to use lynching."
"His Royal Highness has misunderstood the next official. Today is the Huachao Festival. It is a very lively festival in Dajin. The official is afraid that His Royal Highness will be bored, so I specially came to accompany you." Pei Jihuai sat down on the chair and put his waist Take the saber down and put it on the table beside him, "It's still early, why don't we talk about some of your Jinpo royal family's hobbies?"
Ava confidently said: "I am the father's favorite son, only others remember my hobbies, there is no reason for me to care about them."
"Oh?" Pei Jihuai raised his eyebrows, and put his hand on the scabbard, with his index finger on it, making a dull sound.
Ava's heart was overwhelmed by these voices: "Or, let's talk about another topic I know?"
"Okay." Pei Jihuai slowly retracted his hand and said slowly, "Just talk about why you want to see Princess Fushou."
Ava's face became extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Dajin women are all scheming poisonous women!"
Huh!
The dazzling guard knife of Dali Temple was pulled out of its sheath, and it reflected frost-like light in the dim dungeon. Pei Jihuai squeezed the handle of the knife and looked at Ava calmly: "His Royal Highness, it seems that the next official didn't hear the sentence clearly. Please tell me again.
"I mean, all the women of your great promotion are smart and beautiful, like a moon god descending to the world."
"Thank you for your praise to the women of the country. On this matter, the lower officials have similar views to your highness." Pei Jihuai put the knife back into the scabbard, "please continue to speak."
Ava's face changed, he regretted his life, and finally chose to continue talking about this topic.
"I met the Fushou Princess of your country a year ago..."
A year ago, after the death of Jinpo Country General Tuka, the Jinpo royal family was panicked. Ava volunteered and decided to enter the Huajia Army base camp Qinghanzhou to find out about the truth.
After entering Qinghan Prefecture, he learned that Hua Yingting had a young girl named Liuli who loved as a pearl. This young girl was innocent and kind-hearted, and was very popular with the locals.
Ava, who is known as a beautiful man in Jinpo, had other thoughts. He wanted to get close to Hua Liuli, even if he couldn't be military, he could trick her out of the city and take her as a hostage.
Before the start of the plan, Ava made a lot of preparations. He made up a story about "Mother was taken captive by the Jinpo people and became a slave, and after he was left, he was tortured to death" and stayed in Qinghan Prefecture as a businessman.
In order to gain the trust of Hua Liuli, he also gave a lot of medicinal materials to the people for free, so that Hua Liuli believed that he was a kind person.
Awang didn't want to tell Pei Jihuai about the infringements that happened in the middle. In the end, his plan succeeded anyway, and he tricked Hua Liuli into taking a few maids out of the city with him.
On the night when he brought Hua Liuli back to his base camp, the barn in the barracks suddenly caught fire, and the Hua family army raided. As soon as he returned to the big tent to put on his shirt, he was tied up by the maids around Hua Liuli. Up.
These women blocked his mouth and hid him in a suitcase, while Hua Liuli hid in another suitcase, pretending to be missing with him.
"The second prince and the newly brought little beauty escaped!"
I don't know who is yelling and yelling, and the military's mind is completely confused.
Someone entered his military account, saw the jewels scattered on the ground, and was about to talk about the gold and silver jewels to escape, but was found by other deserters, and finally scuffled into a ball.
He just watched that the soldiers he brought were beaten by the Hua Family Army and could not fight back, and he was also a prisoner.
"I didn't expect you to lie to me. It turns out that you are the second prince of Jinpo Country." Hua Liuli hid his face and wept. "Are you the one who attacked my Dajin border with troops and slaughtered thousands of innocent people?!"
While crying, she picked up a smelly shoe on the ground that hadn't been seen on the ground and drew it into his face.
"Why are you so bad? Boomboom."
"Do you still have humanity?"
I don’t know what’s going on with this woman, she’s obviously sick, she has to pant for two steps, but she was very vigorous when she licked his face. After a few strokes, he was dizzy and he lost two teeth. .
"Lord of the county, you are weak and can't be sad. The servants wait to put away all the gold and silver jewelry in this camp and open a shantang, OK?"
"Yes, yes, this Ava should be cut and cut, but I heard that the old king Jinpo valued him very much. We can take him as a hostage, and let Jinpo Country sign the surrender letter and pay more for compensation. This is also considered for the people. Good luck."
These maids talked and searched for things, and even the jewels embedded in his bed were picked off with a knife, and there was no valuable thing left.
In the end, under the gaze of tens of thousands of Huajia army, he was tied to death by a few women, dragged out of the military account like a dead dog, without the dignity of a prince of a country.
This past has become Ava's shame and nightmare. Until now, he still dreams of the scene when Hua Liuli smacks his face with stinky shoes. Every time he wakes up from the dream, he is in a cold sweat.
Ava was hesitant to talk about the matter, and many embarrassing details were not revealed, but Pei Jihuai still pieced together an outline of the matter.
"What you mean is that you have been lurking in Qinghan Prefecture for half a year just to gain the trust of Fushou Princess?" Pei Jihuai glanced at Ava's chubby face, no longer able to see the original outline. What kind of misunderstanding does the prince have about Fushou's princess's vision, that makes him think that his face can make a handsome man?
Don’t talk about others, just talk about the third son of the Hua family, who also has a handsome face. Will the Fushou Princess look at his family’s beautiful faces every day, will he be fascinated by a person who claims to be miserable?
Ten thousand steps back and said, even if Princess Fushou suddenly had problems with his eyes and really believed Ava's rhetoric, he couldn't just follow Ava out of the city.
People are kind and innocent, not in the brain?
What kind of self-confidence is this to feel that the daughter of the grand general will leave everything behind and go with him?
I thought I had calculated everything, but in fact it has already become a pawn in the eyes of others. This Prince Ava was so stupid that he delivered meat to the door by himself, and others felt embarrassed if they didn't eat it.
"His Royal Highness may not know one thing, but you are not to blame. After all, it was fifteen years ago." A smile appeared on Pei Jihuai's face. "Fifteen years ago, the spies from your country sneaked into Qing Within three days in Hanzhou, he was discovered by General Wei and killed at the scene."
Ava was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Your country's spies were in Qinghan Prefecture. They were discovered by General Wei after only three days. Do you think you can stay in Qinghan Prefecture in the first half of the year and take away the two generals' favorite daughters? Pei Jihuai sneered, "With your stupidity?"
"She was lying to me, she really was lying to me!" Ava said angrily. "She knew my identity from the beginning, right?!"
Pei Jihuai ignored Ava's anger, he stood up and said slowly: "Today's conversation is very pleasant, we will talk again next time."
"Get out! Get out of here!" Ava couldn't believe it, he fell into the trap of Hua Liuli from the beginning, everything was only an accident.
When he met Hua Liuli for the first time, she saw a little rabbit injured, she would bandage it with a handkerchief, and when it rained and high tide, she would drop the fish that accidentally jumped ashore into the water. How could such a woman be possible? Have such a smart brain.
Impossible, impossible!
"There is a river in Qinghan Prefecture with a lot of fish. Sometimes after heavy rain, the weather is dull and the fish will jump up on their own." Hua Liuli told the prince about an interesting fact about the border, "the firemen took these fish Collect them all and bring them back to the barracks and boil them in a large pot. Sometimes there are too many fish and they can be distributed to the people."
"In winter, the surface of the river freezes. The soldiers are worried that the beasts will hurt the people if they are hungry. They will go to the mountains to search regularly. Sometimes they hunt rabbits in robes and roast them for special fragrant food." Hua Liuli drank her saliva. "It's a pity that the ministers are not in good health, and often they can only smell them. The third brother often mixes with the soldiers and eats a lot of game."
"Although the princess is weak, rabbit meat and roe deer meat can also be eaten, but it is not advisable to eat more." The prince took the words, "someone from the lonely place happened to send these meat, and tomorrow I will send someone to pick up the princess. Please taste it."
Hua Liuli declined and said, "This is too much trouble, Your Highness."
"In fact, loneliness also has selfishness." The prince laughed. "Grandma is talking about you for three days and two. It just happens that now the first month is over, and her old man wants to keep you in the palace for a few days. You let Gu be the return speaker, so coaxing. Her old man."
"Then it's annoying." Hua Liuli was amused by the prince's words. "The courtier is watching, the empress dowager likes the prince very much. Even if you are not a messenger, you are the empress dowager's darling."
The two were talking, suddenly there was a ripple on the lake, and a big fish jumped into the boat.
The attendant eunuch bent over and grabbed the fish: "His Royal Highness is a dragon, this fish jumps on your boat by himself, it is a good omen, it is better..."
"It's better to eat it. This kind of fish stew is the most delicious."
The attendant eunuch:? ? ?
"The princess is right, the heavens are delicious, if you don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste of God's heart." The prince ordered his servants, "I remember that a cook came and asked him to braise the fish and serve it. Serve some side dishes and bring them together."
"Yes." Holding the struggling fish, the eunuch withdrew from the painting boat.
If this is encountered by other Highnesses, he might be raised as an auspicious fish leaping over the dragon gate. It's a pity, who told him to meet his Royal Highness?
"It is also your blessing to be eaten by your Highness." The eunuch jumped on the boat, took the boat back to the shore, and handed the fish to the cook.
"Your Royal Highness doesn't like to eat fish. You should prepare a few more dishes that your Royal Highness eats. The speed must be fast. You can't let your Royal Highness and the princess wait for a long time." The eunuch washed away the fishy smell from his hand and went back to the carriage and changed into clean clothes. He hurriedly returned to the painting boat.
He couldn't let other eunuchs be in front of the palace to please him.
Eastern Palace’s cooks are not only superb, but also fast. Although the braised fish has not yet come, other dishes have already come.
Hua Liuli ate the delicious delicacies, and said with emotion: "It's such a good day."
"So I lonely thank the two generals from the bottom of my heart." The prince and Hua Liuli clinked their glasses and drank the floral dew in the cups. "Because there are two generals, the surrounding countries dare not offend me. I, the Prince, can leisurely go boating with the princess on the lake, enjoying the scenery and using food.
"The prince is wrong." Hua Liuli shook his head. "My father and mother will only go to battle to kill the enemy, and the person who really allows the people to live and work in peace and contentment without fear is your Majesty."
"Whether it's the Hua family or the people of the world, the luckiest thing is to meet a Mingjun who loves the people like a child." She looked at the prince, was silent for a moment, and continued: "The courtier believes that the people of Dajin The future will be so good."
Therefore, your Highness, although you are concerned about the deceased person and become sick, but for the sake of the people of the world, please persevere.
The prince moved slightly, and he saw trust in Hua Liuli's eyes.
"Princess, believe in solitary?"
"The courtiers believe in your majesty's vision and the prince." The Hua family is always loyal to the emperor, and the prince is the emperor's most optimistic heir, so they will never stand opposite to the prince.
"I wrote it down alone."
In the Chenyang Palace, Emperor Changlong folded the last memorial and glanced at the darkening sky outside: "San Cai, when is it?"
"My Majesty, it's time to engrave, but you want to hold the lamp?" Zhao Sancai nodded when he saw his Majesty, and quickly asked the palace people to light up the candles in the temple.
"The prince can go back to the palace?" Emperor Changlong rubbed his eyes.
"Your Majesty, there is no one from Eastern Palace to report." Zhao Sancai said tactfully.
No one reported that he hadn't come back yet. The tired old father Emperor Changlong sighed: "When I was his age, how could he be so relaxed."
Zhao Sancai smiled and held a cup of health tea to Emperor Changlong.
Emperor Changlong took a sip and frowned, "This tea is really awful."
"Your Majesty, this is a health tea specially made by the Royal Doctors. You can drink a few sips for your filial piety." Zhao Sancai whispered comforting, "Otherwise, the old slave can't answer your questions. "
"You old thing." Emperor Changlong cursed with a smile, and took a few more sips of tea. "As a prince, let him learn how to govern political affairs. He is always lazy. When he goes out to play, he is very excited and unwilling. Go home."
"Your Majesty, the old slave said something arrogant, and please forgive the old slave for his innocence."
"Say it."
"Although the old slave has no children, the old slave feels that the children in the world who are close to his father are all like this. Your Majesty, you are young and powerful, and it is normal for the prince to occasionally want to go out and play. What's more, your Royal Highness has been both civil and military since childhood. What you can learn in three days, your Highness can learn well in two days." Zhao Sancai smiled, "The old slave is stupid, and I don't know how to say it."
Changlong laughed a few times: "You old thing, it sounds like the prince is lazy, but it's correct. I should suffer and suffer."
"Your Majesty, the old slave doesn't mean that." Zhao Sancai said with a smile, "What kind of temper is your Majesty, don't you know what your Majesty is?"
Emperor Changlong said that he disliked the prince, but whoever really said that the prince was bad, he would surely turn his face on the spot. Listening to Zhao Sancai's praise of the prince's filial piety and ability, the smile on Emperor Changlong's face did not disperse.
"Speaking of the relationship between father and son, the old slave heard an interesting anecdote a few days ago." Zhao Sancai said, "A few days ago in Chunwei, the third son of Hua was answering questions at Gongyuan, and General Hua stayed outside the Gongyuan every day and arrested Jing Zhaoyin. Two thieves lived."
"Poor parents in the world, Ying Ting has never been nervous and afraid of killing enemies on the battlefield in this life. His son went to participate in an imperial examination, but he stayed outside the door every day." Emperor Changlong thought about a person as big as Hua Yingting, pitifully squatting. At the gate of the Gongyuan, he smiled and said with emotion: "It's not easy for a man to be a father."
The son went out to play, and the father was in the palace to read the memorials.
The son took the test at the Gongyuan, and the father squatted outside the Gongyuan to accompany the test.
At this moment, Emperor Changlong unilaterally felt sorry for Hua Yingting.
However, this emotion became a guilty conscience after the prince returned to the palace and said that he had played with the little girl of the Hua family for a day.
After all, Hua Yingting went back to Beijing and talked with him Bingzhuye that night, she also told him that she didn't plan to let her frail daughter marry, but only asked her to live a life in peace and simplicity.
At that time, he patted his chest and said that he would definitely take good care of his daughter and prevent her from being wronged.
It has only been a long time now that the most beloved son told his tired old father with joy that he had a day of happily playing with his daughters and daughters.
Son, have you ever considered the feelings of your old father when you act like this?
As an emperor with a promise, he wants face, understand?