Chapter 186: The Palace
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A snow-white carriage stopped at the gate of the palace.
The open and magnificent gate was guarded by several guards, and the surrounding hustle and bustle was undoubtedly stopped within a radius of ten meters.
And the snow-white carriage stopped at the door unhurriedly.
The people around stopped and watched.
The guards at the door looked at each other, the oldest of them.
The guard looked at him blankly, and suddenly said, "The young master is back!"
With a low cry from the guard, there was a sudden boil ten meters away.
"Ah, Prince Linyuan!
"Really, really, really, where? I haven't seen you in a long time!"
"Is it the Linyuan son who is said to have Chinese medicine that can bring the dead back to life, and his appearance is comparable to that of Pan An?"
"Naturally, there are still a few Linyuan sons in this world?!"
"Why can't I see?!"
"No, isn't the carriage there?
The reputation of Prince Linyuan is the same as that of the prince's mansion, and it is a first-class good in the capital.
Many people gathered ten meters away, wanting to see the true face of the prince of Linyuan, more and more people surrounded them, and the voices became louder and louder, but they all had some goodwill and respect, and no one squeezed into the forbidden area of the prince's mansion.
It is rumored that the little prince is peaceful and quiet by nature, and does not like crowds and noises.
Everyone consciously respected the preferences of this Linyuan son, and no one wanted to offend him.
The carriage looks simple from the outside, but the material is excellent, and it has the effect of soundproofing in the hustle and bustle.
The journey was far away, Lin Yuan fell asleep inside, and when he woke up, he saw the little man who drove the carriage waiting quietly at the door.
He smiled sheepishly, picked something up from his side, and got up to lift the curtain.
This is good, and a noise suddenly came.
From the second his feet hit the ground, the hustle and bustle of the crowd began to escalate.
I haven't seen him for four years, but the simplicity and support of the people are still there.
He wasn't surprised. After only a slight pause, he smiled at the crowd and walked towards the gate.
The prince and his wife have already rushed to hear the news.
I haven't seen him for a long time, and his father, who is majestic and heroic in his eyes, has gradually become old. The mother's weeping face had turned yellow.
He stood there and shouted "Father" and "Mother", his throat choked, and he couldn't speak.
The princess stepped forward to hug him, crying and laughing, "Look at my child, he is already so old, and he is getting better and better." Child, why are you so ruthless, you haven't come to see your mother for four years! My hair is gray and my eyes are gone!
The princess cried as she spoke, completely losing her dignity as a princess.
He stood still, hugged tightly by his mother, unable to say a word. A voice in his heart asked him, did I do this wrong?
The prince coughed and said, "Okay, okay, it's a good thing that my son is back, what kind of body is it to cry and cry here." Get on in. β
Night.
Lin Yuan settled his mother, and then walked to the study.
The prince is waiting for him.
"Father. β
"Come and sit. Your mother is asleep?"
"Yes. β
The prince sighed, "Your mother has missed you very much over the years, and when she misses you, she complains about me, blaming me for not knowing where to get you again, and not treating you as my own son." β
Linyuan's nose is sour. "It's all the child's fault." β
The prince shook his head and said, "I formed a rebellion with General Xuanyuan, and he rushed to the front at the last moment. Give me the chance to live, how can I let his flesh and blood die in vain? In this matter, not only my father and son have the same heart, but even the emperor acquiesces to it. β
"To put it another way, she is your fiancΓ©e, and you do something for her and fulfill your promises, which is what a gentleman does, how can I blame you......? Still haven't you found anything?"
Lin Yuan replied, "No." All the local officers and soldiers who participated in the flood control that year also became martyrs, and the local people erected a 'hero's grave' by the Yellow River. Father, perhaps Xiang'er's death is indeed a natural disaster. β
The prince said disapprerovingly, "The Xuanyuan family has always done good deeds and accumulated virtue for the country and the people, how could God behave such a person?"
Lin Yuan was silent.
However, such a reason is always untenable, and the prince finally sighed and said, "Maybe this is the so-called providence." β
Lin Yuan couldn't bear the sadness and self-blame of his aging father, so he changed the topic and said, "Please ask my father to see something." β
The thing he brought in opened layer by layer, and it turned out to be a painting scroll.
He looked at his father and slowly unfolded the scroll.
It is the image of the beauty that Shen Rui can't ask for.
Calm as a prince, he couldn't help but let out a pleasant "ah" in surprise.
After reacting, this short-term "surprise" turned into surprise and doubt.
"Qian'er, who is the girl in this painting?"
Lin Yuan smiled, "It's very similar to Xiang'er, right?"
The prince picked up the painting and looked at it again, and said, "It looks like a portrait, but it's clearly not, compared with Xiang'er, the girl on this painting looks the same, but it is a little less sharp and a little more melancholy." Don't say it's you, even I can tell it's not at a glance. Qian'er, don't be stupid, where did you get this girl?"
Lin Yuan looked at his father's worried and anxious appearance, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Father, this is not the girl I got from anywhere, but the sister I found for Xiang'er based on the information you and Xiang'er gave back then. β
"What?" the prince was taken aback, "what did you say?"
Lin Yuan smiled and didn't speak.
The prince picked up the painting with trembling hands, his face full of disbelief, "You say...... The person in this painting is Xiang'er's sister...... That is, General Xuanyuan's youngest daughter?"
"That's right. β
The prince looked at the painting in amazement, at the girl's eyes, nose, mouth...... Oops, it's not really the same as Xiang'er, but you can't find traces of the Xuanyuan couple everywhere!
"That's right, that's right, no wonder, no wonder ......"
The prince's face was full of surprise, and he muttered to himself, and he was a little incoherent.
"Where is this girl? No, no, Xuanyuan's second daughter, my name I have heard is the same as Xiang'er......'s name!
Lin Yuan looked at his father's messy appearance, secretly laughed, and reminded, "It's 'Hanyu', right?"
"Hanyu, Hanyu, Leng Xiang, that's right, it's a couple, that's the name! Then you can't be wrong, I didn't expect her to be alive! The Xuanyuan family has finally not broken its bloodline! Qian'er, where is Hanyu? You bring her to see me, or I go to find her, where is she?"
Lin Yuan smiled again and replied, "Father, Hanyu is fine now, I will bring her to see you, but it will be a few days." β
"Why do you want to live some days?"
Lin Yuan lowered his head, was silent for a while, and said, "Do you remember the person who asked Xiang'er to ask Ying to fight the flood without hesitation?"
When the prince heard him say this, he also fell silent.
After a long time, he sighed and lined up his son's shoulders.
"Qian'er, what you have done over the years, Xuanyuan has more or less revealed it to me, I know a little bit about it, but I have been ignoring it, do you know why?"
Lin Yuan looked at him and didn't speak.
The prince sighed again, "Qian'er, I'm waiting for you to figure it out yourself." The hatred of taking a wife is hateful, but we are in the Wang family, how can you, as the most respected little prince in the world, bend the law for personal gain?"
"That's right, Father. When I was a child, I always reminded myself not to live up to the expectations of the world, but after all, children are just individuals, there will be seven emotions and six desires, and there will be loves, hatreds, likes and dislikes. If it was just the hatred of taking his wife, the child could still bear it, but he not only snatched Xiang'er, but also indirectly killed her...... Father, the child wants to do this, but he will not use his private power, please don't stop it. β
The prince turned his back, was silent for a long time, and persuaded: "You and Jiang Kuo, this child, used to be very good friends. Their family treated you very well, I remember that year you accompanied him back to attend Jiang Fu's birthday, and Jiang Fu even built a piano room for you......"
"That's the businessman's trick. Jiang Fu got acquainted with his father because of this, and then it happened that the salt merchant who originally supplied salt in the imperial court had a problem...... Not to mention whether this is a coincidence or not, have they received less benefit from getting to know their father over the years? If I were not your child, I would not have received such courtesy. Why should my father have any scruples about friendship with them because of a small piano room?"
The prince was speechless, only feeling that his son had changed.
Is this change growth, or sophistication?
He turned his back, pondered, and was silent for a long time.
Lin Yuan said again, "Father, this is not only what the child wants to do alone, but also Hanyu, she knows what happened back then, and she also wants to avenge Xiang'er." β
The prince was startled and turned around, "Qian'er, Hanyu has a bad fate, she must have suffered a lot, how can you still tell her about this kind of thing? Revenge is a fun thing? How can you pull her into the water?!"
Lin Yuan was silent for a long time, and finally replied, "Father, as the only surviving relative of Xiang'er, the child thinks that she has the right to know the truth, instead of thinking that her sister is still alive and well like the people of the world. β
The prince was stunned when he heard this, and the fire in his chest was instantly extinguished, leaving only self-blame and remorse.
"Father, the child will not use the power of the palace, but please don't stop me, father, can you agree?"
The prince stomped around the house, and finally said, "Qian'er, the survival of the Jiang family is of extraordinary significance to the Jiangnan generation and even the entire Central Plains. Have you ever thought that if the Jiang family does not exist, it will shake the economy of the entire country, and many people will lose their source of livelihood...... You only think about your own revenge, but have you thought about the consequences?"
Lin Yuan seemed to have been prepared, "Yes, father, have you ever thought about it, the Jiang family has monopolized the salt in Jiangnan over the years, privately suppressed the small salt merchants of the Jiangnan generation, and sat alone to grow up, such a larger and more arbitrary businessman is extremely detrimental to the economic development of the entire country." β