Bai Chenghuan thought about it and agreed.

"My grandmother, you may not be familiar with it, if you know that my father and mother are coming to the capital, she will follow her anyway. ”

And Mrs. Bai's ability to toss people is beyond doubt.

If Bai Bingxiong and the Li family went back to Yuzhou directly because they were afraid of Mrs. Bai, it would be difficult to invite them to come again.

Xiao Shaotang also understood what Bai Chenghuan meant.

When he was still He Qi, he also heard about the affairs of the Bai family.

How eccentric Mrs. Bai is is already something that everyone in Hongnong County knows.

And because Bai Bingxiong was too cold, after he was awarded the title of General Dingyuan from the third grade, he did not ask for the title of Mrs. Bai for a long time.

Now if they say that they are unwilling to come to the capital because of Mrs. Bai, Xiao Shaotang believes it.

Xiao Shaotang immediately summoned Zhao Wensong and asked him to take the people to greet the Bai family.

After entering the capital, Zhao Wensong also got together with his family, and he had just met, and before he could say anything, his family was a little reluctant to let him go.

But Zhao Wensong is no longer the bastard little son of the Zhao family, he has long been accustomed to being in the army, obeying military orders, and without saying a word, he took the people out of Beijing.

Because a large number of Qin troops entered the city today, Mr. Gu and Mr. Yuan were more sensitive to the movement of the army than in the past.

Seeing Zhao Wensong hurriedly taking people away, Mr. Gu inquired and learned that he was going to pick up the Bai family, and the unhappiness in Mr. Gu's heart came out again.

"At this time, the unauthorized mobilization of the army is just to welcome the Bai family, and His Royal Highness the Prince is too much to rely on the princess!"

Mr. Yuan saw that he was furious, and knew that he wanted to find fault in the matter of the princess, so he persuaded:

"The family of the princess is also the family of General Bai, what's the matter with letting people pick them up? When Zheng Baobao asked them to go to the northwest to pick up their families, why didn't they listen to you and say that they didn't want to? Besides, at this time, it is much more stable than that time, so you can say a few words, don't make His Royal Highness the prince unhappy. ”

Mr. Gu was speechless after saying a few words, and he still said his heart disease without paying attention:

"It's not a good thing that the family of relatives has always been too favored, but now it's like this, and it will be paid back in the future?"

Mr. Yuan felt helpless:

"Where did the princess recruit you and not want to see you, so you have repeatedly speculated?"

"For the public, the Bai family is a meritorious minister, and for private purposes, the Bai family is the father-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince, and in the homes of ordinary people, the son-in-law still has to please the father-in-law, not to mention that the relationship between His Royal Highness the Prince and the princess is better than that of ordinary people. You have time to dwell on this, why don't you think about it first, and when the prince comes out of the palace, how will we persuade each other!"

Speaking of King Qin, Mr. Gu was immediately silent.

King Qin's heart was really completely unexpected.

After thinking for a while, Mr. Gu raised his head and sighed:

"That's it, it's useless for us to say anything now, let's wait for the prince to come back, let's talk to the prince again. ”

Mr. Yuan can only stop saying anything, no one is in front of him, and it is in vain to think more.

At night, the whole Qin Wangfu did not go to rest, and they all gathered in the Qingfan Pavilion of the Qin Wangfu to wait for the Qin King to come back.

"You say, let's let the prince come back and live here, will there be some ......?"

Mr. Yuan suddenly looked at the plaque above the renovated gate, and hesitated.

If you never knew what kind of woman the deceased Princess Qin was, maybe Bai Chenghuan still didn't understand the meaning of this, but when she saw the words "Qingfan Pavilion", what else did Bai Chenghuan not understand?

Xiao Shaotang said that this is the former residence of King Qin and the late Princess Qin, and from these three words, you can see the affection of King Qin towards Princess Qin.

Now, returning to his hometown, sadness and nostalgia must be indispensable.

Xiao Shaotang also looked up at the plaque, and recognized at a glance that it was his father's handwriting.

He shook his head slightly:

"It doesn't matter, my father has already said that if he comes back, he will still live here. That's why I ordered someone to make a special repair. ”

While a few people were talking, they only heard a commotion in the distance, and King Qin came back from the palace.

Everyone hurriedly greeted him, only to see that a thin layer of frost had formed on the armor of King Qin, who had walked away from the darkness with a chill, which made his face even more condensed.

"Father, has the emperor ever embarrassed you?"

Seeing King Qin's face, Xiao Shaotang was very uneasy.

King Qin shook his head, his expression was a little depressed, and he strode into the Qingfan Pavilion, and at a glance saw the magnificent ocean map hanging in the hall, and suddenly stopped.

Mr. Yuan and Mr. Gu were about to follow, but they heard King Qin suddenly speak:

"Don't come in, leave me alone. ”

In the silent night, everyone stood in unison, and for a while, inside and outside the Qingfan Pavilion, only the whistling sound of the cold wind could be heard.

Sure enough, things are still people, and the scene is emotional.

Several people felt sad in their hearts, as if the scene outside the city gate was repeated today.

The lights and shadows in the Qingfan Pavilion were longing, and King Qin stood alone for a long time before he turned around and said to Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan, who looked worried outside the door, and his subordinates:

"It's late at night, you go back first, and we'll discuss something tomorrow." ”

Mr. Gu and Mr. Yuan looked at each other, thought about it, and simply bowed and retreated.

Only Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan are still standing in place.

Seeing them, the cold and sad look in King Qin's eyes eased slightly:

"You guys go back too, it's been a day of traveling, Cheng Huan, you have to take care of yourself. ”

Bai Chenghuan knew that King Qin was worried about the child in her womb, so he respectfully agreed:

"Thank you for your concern, and please rest soon...... If the mother is still there, she must also hope that her father will take care of herself. ”

King Qin looked stunned, sighed, and then said:

"I know what you mean, you don't have to worry about me, after all these years, what else can't I think of? ”

Seeing this, Xiao Shaotang had no choice but to bow his head, take Bai Chenghuan's hand and turn away.

It wasn't until their figures disappeared into the night that King Qin abruptly gave up all support and sat down on the cold ground, covering his face and crying bitterly.

"Lan Jun, I'm back, I'm back......"

When he left, the gentle woman stood by the door, caressing her bulging belly with one hand, and waving goodbye to him with the other, and there was more and more tenderness in those beautiful and gentle eyes.

How happy he was then!

But now he's back, and there's nothing left!

In the first half of his life, he bled without tears, but in the second half of his life, it seemed that he was going to shed all the tears that had not been shed.

After Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan went back, they did not go to rest, but immediately summoned one of King Qin's personal soldiers, Lin Yu.

"What happened in the palace today?"

"The humble position is just waiting outside, the prince and the emperor have been alone in the Zhaoyang Hall for a long time, and no one is allowed to approach, and the humble position does not know what he said. ”

Lin Yu's answer, Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan thought about it, but they couldn't guess anything.

However, seeing that King Qin was just sad tonight, he was not anxious, and there should be nothing major happening.

After Lin Yu left, Bai Chenghuan sighed:

"In fact, you don't have to ask to think that no matter what happens, as long as you come back, my father will not be in a good mood. Looking at my father's face just now, it was really worrying. ”

"But these will have to be faced sooner or later, don't think too much, my father is not a person who is so easy to be defeated. ”

Xiao Shaotang was also worried, but he still tried his best to comfort Bai Chenghuan.

Since Bai Chenghuan became pregnant, although there are no other symptoms of pregnant women, they are increasingly prone to sleepiness.

She'd been following him for so long, and it was time for her to take a break.

It had been more than half a year since he came back to the Qin Palace, and Bai Chenghuan thought that he would be a little unaccustomed to it at first.

But after lying in the quilt that had been warmed by the smoker, and only said a few words to Xiao Shaotang, Bai Chenghuan involuntarily fell asleep.

The lights outside the tent shone warmly, and the woman's delicate face was hazy.

Xiao Shaotang leaned over, kissed her lightly on the cheek, and then put on his clothes again.

Such peaceful happiness is always hard to come by, and broken happiness will always leave a deep imprint on people's hearts, and eternal life will be difficult to heal.

My father probably still misses his mother, and he really wants to be there for him.

In the night, Xiao Shaotang carried a pot of wine, passed through half of the Qin Palace, and once again came to the door of Qingfan Pavilion.

The lights inside and outside Qingfan Pavilion were all turned off, and it was pitch black.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the guards hidden in the shadows swept over, and after seeing that it was Xiao Shaotang, they saluted silently and retreated.

Xiao Shaotang gestured to them, then pushed open the door and walked in.

There was no sound in the pitch black.

"Father. ”

Xiao Shaotang called in a low voice, and then wanted to raise his voice to call someone in to light the lamp, but was stopped by King Qin:

"Don't light the lights. ”

In the darkness, King Qin's voice sounded a little tired, but it was much better than when he left, and it was not so worrying.

Xiao Shaotang also took a few steps forward in the dark, and saw a faint black shadow sitting on the ground.

He also simply sat down beside King Qin, slapped open the wine jar he brought and handed it over, and the aroma of the wine suddenly overflowed.

"Father, tonight, my son will get drunk with you. ”

Xiao Shaotang didn't know how to comfort this pain in his father's heart, perhaps, such a pain in this life could not be healed, he could only be by his side at such a time in his own way.

In the dark, King Qin took the wine, took two sips, and was silent for a while before he said:

"Alcohol is not a good thing, I haven't drunk alcohol for a long time, and you have to remember not to be greedy for glasses easily. ”

Xiao Shaotang agreed kindly:

"The father can rest assured that the son will not be greedy for a cup easily. ”

When he was still a gentleman in Yuzhou, although he played with those people, he was not a greedy person.

Later, only on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, when I went to visit Cheng Huan in the Hou Mansion of Weibei, I got drunk.

"That's good, if you can be safe and all is going well, your mother and I will be relieved. ”

"Father's ...... How could such a thing be said?"

Xiao Shaotang intuitively felt that King Qin's words didn't sound quite right.

After the Zen throne ceremony is over, my father will be the Son of Heaven, and he will stay in the capital.

"Tonight, I turned off all the lights, I wanted to wait for your mother, but she didn't come, but she waited for you, and it was providential to come. ”

King Qin's voice had a deep sigh, but it was also gratifying:

"You can come to accompany me and comfort me, I am very content, there are some things that I would have told you tomorrow, but now that I think about it, I will tell you tonight. ”

"Father, it's late at night, you better rest early, I'm going back. ”

I don't know why, Xiao Shaotang's intuition is not very good, and he seems to be very afraid of hearing what King Qin said, so he stood up and was about to leave.

King Qin got up and stopped his son.

"Shaotang, tomorrow, the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Needlework Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come to tailor the clothes and make the court clothes needed for the ceremony, and let them make them according to your size. ”

King Qin said very calmly, but listening to it in Xiao Shaotang's ears was like a thunderbolt from a sunny day-

"Father, what are you talking about?"

The court clothes needed for the Zen throne ceremony, only those who are about to ascend the throne need the Ministry of Rites and the Needlework Bureau to tailor the clothes!

He is just a prince's son, and the court clothes that he and Cheng Huan need to use have been made according to the regulations as early as the time of canonization, why should they be made according to his size now?

"Don't be shocked, and don't be afraid. ”

King Qin seemed to understand the shock in his son's heart, and his voice softened a lot:

"I've just negotiated with the emperor and asked him to give you the throne. ”

"No, father, how can this be? Why do you want to give me the throne, this is your throne!"

"Silly boy, now, I want this throne, what's the point?"

As if he had finally said everything he wanted to say, King Qin's voice suddenly became a little more light and resolute:

"Do you want me to be the emperor and let you be the crown prince for many more years? I only have one son from you, and there will be no other heirs in the future, everything I can have will be given to you, what's so bad?"

Xiao Shaotang couldn't face this result that he never thought of:

"But you are my father, this world, it should be yours, your merits, prestige, can be subdued by the world!"

King Qin disagreed:

"None of this is nothing, you have forgotten that it was in your name that the incident was first started! Besides, I promised your grandparents that I would never compete with my royal brother for the throne for the rest of my life. ”

"Now, I have broken my promise, if I have to ascend to the supreme position, then a hundred years later, how can I go to see my father and queen mother?"

After speaking, King Qin reached out and patted his son's shoulder:

"Sometimes, the throne is not just a supreme glory, but only a burden - I'm sorry, forgive your father for not wanting to bear all this anymore, so he can only entrust it to you. ”

"And I want to go to Jiangnan to follow your mother's footsteps, see with my own eyes the hometown where she once grew up, and do all the things I once promised her, which is the greatest comfort for the rest of my life. ”

"But father, my son can't bear such a burden, you can't just leave me like this, you can't just leave me like this!"

Xiao Shaotang's mind was in turmoil, and he grabbed King Qin's sleeve like a helpless child:

"I don't accept this throne!"