Chapter 62: One Night Later
After returning to the city, it seems that all the news has been blocked exclusively for Ah Bao, and on the way he trekked through mountains and rivers, there is no way to know about Li Zongming's capital crime. It wasn't until he returned triumphantly that night and was invited to the Guichang Palace to meet the emperor and the civil and military ministers who had washed the dust for him, that he had to face everything unknown.
Although the emperor has not always been black and white, Li Abao was born and died for him, and he has already seen it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. Not to mention the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, it is this brotherly friendship that lies here, which also makes him so hesitant that he can't bear to speak.
During the dinner, people toasted and invited each other to celebrate the triumphant, and when everyone was greeting, someone suddenly leaked the matter. In fact, Ah Bao has always known about his father, but now that the nightmare has come true, he has no choice but to pretend to be calm and clink glasses.
However, the emperor could not rest assured, and he took advantage of this atmosphere to celebrate the crowd and sent his attendants to quietly present a newly published newspaper of the palace, which recorded in detail the people and events related to this rehabilitation.
Ah Bao was puzzled, but he only wanted him to learn more about this matter, and he was not very interested. However, when he turned to the back of the oiled paper, he saw an unexpected sentence, which made him write the newspaper tightly in his hand, and he did not dare to let go for a long time.
Maybe everyone thought that Ah Bao would be dumbfounded when he knew the truth, after all, at the banquet full of laughter, there were too many audience members who were very good at falling into the ground. In their opinion, although they should not be grief-stricken in front of everyone's eyes, they should at least be silent, sad, or depressed, that is in line with common sense, and only then can people be happy, right?
Yes, there will never be any more fear in his eyes!
After the dinner was over, everyone left. The Guichang Palace, which lost the sound of talking and laughing, even the desperately burning candle flame was much colder, the wind hit the Xuanchang Yongdao of the jade and gold piles, lying on the window cliff and roaring non-stop, the waning moon flowed silently in the cloud lake as deep as the sea of ink, leaving only a cold starlight squandered all over the desolate.
The emperor stayed in front of the door of the jade hall outside the corridor, and sighed alone: "Why is it so desolate tonight?"
Ah Bao faced his long back of looking up at the stars, and replied drunk and sober: "The heart is sad, and the scenery is also sad." ”
"Bao," the emperor deliberately called his own name, and said with half of his cheek sideways, "The stars and the moon are gone, what do you want to do?"
Ah Bao chuckled, didn't think for half a minute, but immediately replied: "Minister, there is no objection, I hope the emperor will deal with it according to law." ”
The moment he answered, the emperor's shoulders trembled deeply.
He is not a dramatist, but he can perform flawlessly, without a trace of emotion.
That night, Ah Bao couldn't remember how he went back, he only knew that this night, it was a long, long time, after returning to the residence in the old garden of the middle hall, he stood in front of the window in the dark room until dawn.
Heartaches, stomach aches, headaches, hanging-like pains hit me from time to time, but my mind was so lucid that I couldn't even numb myself with alcohol, and I couldn't control my will.
Only one night, white spots appeared on Duan Duanqing's silk, and he didn't want to see what he was, so he kept standing until his legs were unconscious.
The birdsong under the eaves came, and the newborn pink and jade green buds outside the window also grew. ”
That's right, that's Luoying, the first blooming flower bones, shiny, tender and tender, full of infinite hope.
After a long time, when the first light of the sun came into view, he suddenly woke up, and he only had less than a day left.
Po thought, how can I compensate for this day?
Last night, after Luo Ying saw her father's resting place, it was not much worse than she expected, and probably the ability of the human heart to bear will also grow.
The deceased rests in peace, the living celebrate Yu, she touches the slightly bulging part of her lower abdomen from time to time, laughs stupidly, and thinks blankly.
No matter how much you cry and hurt, you still have to spend every hurried and lazy afternoon calmly.
"Lingyu, Xiaoman is about to arrive, we have to buy all the offerings for Daddy before that day!" Luo Ying sat on a purple-faced marble round stool, leaning her upper body slightly, and carefully rubbing the incense burner with a stone blue silk cloth, while instructing heartily.
"Got it, Miss, early the day after tomorrow, our family of four is going to go to Xiulan Mountain to sweep the tomb of the old man, you have said it several times!" Lingyu purred and rolled her sparkling eyes and looked at her.
"Where is there a family of four? Luo Ying stopped, looking uncertain.
"Of course it's this little baby in your belly! how can you forget him?" Lingyu stroked Luo Ying's slightly convex lower abdomen like a bamboo leaf, looked at him decently and sighed: "Alas! poor baby! Look at your careless mother, I don't know who I'm thinking about all day long, and I have forgotten you out of the clouds!"
The corners of Luo Ying's eyes quietly narrowed into a crescent moon, and she said angrily but without anger: "I haven't forgotten it, okay! It's just that he hasn't been born yet, and he can't be regarded as a complete person, right, baby?"
"Fortunately, the baby can't understand it, if he does, he will definitely hide in the corner of his mother's belly and secretly wipe his tears! But let me say, the lord and the lady are in the spirit of heaven, if they know that they will have a little nephew, how happy it would be!" Thinking about it, Lingyu happily came out of her mind.
Luo Ying didn't pay attention to her, but she just pouted childishly, then buried her head and started cleaning again.
The two of them are alone in the room on weekdays, and they have exchanged and shared all their hobbies and habits, and they don't feel bored anymore. Seeing that the sun was about to set in the west, Lingyu said to Luo Ying on a whim for some reason: "Miss, I remember that you said last time that you liked me to put on makeup for you the most, and it just so happens that there is nothing to do now, why don't we give it a try?"
"It's already evening now!" Luo Ying looked at the slanted sunset outside the window, and pondered: "When we finish putting on makeup, it will be completely dark, besides, your method of applying makeup is so troublesome, I have to wash it again before going to bed, you don't know how lazy I am now.........."
"Miss!" Lingyu's voice suddenly lowered, and Luo Ying turned her head when she heard it, and when she saw her, she pouted and complained: "I rarely make requests, so you will answer me this time!"
"But," Luo Ying was still a little reluctant in her heart, and she didn't know what was going on.
"Don't be, you're really getting more and more verbose........." Lingyu took her hand and persuaded earnestly: "Oh, it's just a pre-marital drill, let's roughly practice the etiquette and rules on the day of marriage, okay?" Lingyu dragged Luoying's arm and kept being coquettish.
Luo Ying asked shyly: "Is it necessary to rehearse in advance to get married so early?"
"Of course, what girl doesn't do this?"
"But I haven't heard of it!"
"Well, since I haven't heard of it, I'll have to show you a long time!"
".........." Luoying looked at her innocently and said, "I'm afraid of you, then, what should I do first?"
"The first step, of course, is to bathe!" Lingyu said, raising her index finger sharply and winking at her in a strange way.