1. Chapter 1 The first step of the minister
Da Yu, Wenjian five years, winter.
It was already getting dark, and before the palace gate was about to be unlocked, a carriage slowly came out of the palace gate, and the guards only glanced at the driver who was driving the car and did not look at it again, without even checking it as usual.
At this time, the street near the palace gate was already empty, only the sound of the wheels of the carriage "rattling" and the sound of the coachman flicking the whip from time to time.
The carriage did not travel far, and soon came to a halt in front of a house. The location of this house so close to the palace shows that its owner is either a noble person or a very favored emperor.
"Slow down, sir." The coachman put the bench away, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and whispered.
"Hmm." The man who got off the carriage was dressed in a black coat, and he could vaguely see that he was wearing a first-grade crane supplement, which showed that his status was not low.
The porter heard the movement and quickly opened the door, "Your Excellency, you are back." The housekeeper explained at that time, the old lady asked you to go to Chunhui Hall when you come back! ”
The man nodded, his face illuminated by the lantern was extremely handsome, especially his phoenix eyes were quiet and dark, as if there was a small whirlpool hidden in it, which made people indulge in it at a glance.
The house was brightly lit, and the man sent the coachman and others, and went directly to Chunhui Hall without going back to the main courtyard. As soon as he arrived at Chunhui Hall, Mama Liu, who was beside his mother, saluted him and lifted the thick door curtain, "My lord is back, and the old lady has been waiting for you." ”
"It's hard work, mama." The man bowed slightly, and entered the house. There was a graceful woman sitting in the room, and the man greeted her first, "Mother is well, what is so urgent cannot wait for tomorrow." ”
The woman stroked her sideburns, beckoned the maid to quickly bring the foot stove and put it at the man's feet, and sighed, "You all go out first." ”
"Yes, old lady." The maids bowed and left the house, and the woman put a bowl of bird's nest in front of the man, "It's already warm, just waiting for you to come back." ”
The man scooped a spoonful, and sure enough, the temperature was just right, not hot or cold, the man showed a light smile, and the whole room lit up in an instant, "I'm tired that my mother has always remembered her son." ”
"What do you say," the woman snorted angrily, and gradually showed some joy on her face, "I have already heard the queen's letter, saying that you will be officially named prime minister tomorrow, and after so many years, I finally survived." ”
The man put down the bowl and spoon, wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, His Majesty finally took the court into his hands, and his son can be regarded as having survived, and his mother's life will not be hard in the future." ”
The woman smiled and nodded, took a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "No, neither my son nor I will work hard in the future." ”
"The mother should be happy, and when her son becomes the prime minister tomorrow, the mother will also be named the lady of the first grade." The man hurriedly coaxed the woman, and the woman said again and again, "Happy today, let my son have a drink with his mother." ”
"Yes." The man beckoned the maid outside to bring the wine, and poured a glass for the woman and himself, "Mother has taught her son hard all these years, and he will enjoy good fortune in the future." After speaking, he took a sip of the wine in the cup.
The woman nodded, looking a little strange, and the man said something funny, but the woman did not respond. The man stood up and bowed to the woman, "I think the mother is tired, so the son will go back first." ”
"Kiyo." The woman put down her glass and suddenly screamed. The man looked back at the woman suspiciously, "Mother still has something to say?" ”
The woman looked at the man in a daze, and suddenly laughed, different from the usual dignified smile, this time it seemed that the depression in her heart was going to laugh together. The man frowned slightly, not understanding why the woman was laughing.
"Xiao Qiao, your life should be regarded as the Xiao family's repayment of my pain over the years." The woman stood up and walked up to the man, "Don't you feel a pain in your abdomen?" ”
Xiao Qiao frowned, and looked at the woman in disbelief after feeling a faint pain in his abdomen, the person in front of him was his mother, his beloved mother, why?
The woman breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the top again, picked up the wine glass and shook it, some of the wine in the cup was spilled, and the woman looked at Xiao Qiao happily, "You killed my child, so naturally you have to pay for her life." How much I have suffered in the Xiao family over the years, the Xiao family should also repay me, as far as your life is concerned. ”
Xiao Qiao swallowed the blood that poured up, and his calm eyes became unpredictable: "I respect you and respect you, and I don't hesitate to break with my father for you, why?" ”
The woman chuckled, but her laughter was full of hideousness and hatred, and she raised her voice: "You ask me why, if that slut hadn't given birth to you, how could I have exchanged my child for you." It's all you, who killed my child, it's you and I who have been living so hard all these years! ”
Xiao Qiao didn't seem to feel the pain in his abdomen, he really laughed when he wanted to, and his handsome face suddenly became dazzling. Ridiculous, ridiculous! He didn't even notice that when Xiao Jingshu died, she was ignored by himself.
I see, I see!
No wonder she had such a strange attitude towards herself when she was a child, and it was only when she grew older that she became kind to herself. No wonder she is indifferent to other concubines and concubines, but she is only so good to Xiao Jingshu. No wonder she always told her father how he treated her badly, so that she was never close to him. No wonder when he chose to secretly help her sister Concubine Ning's son, the Seventh Prince, sit on the throne, she didn't see herself at all during that time.
I see, I see!
"Hahaha, Mother, my good mother!" Xiao Qiao opened his mouth and the corners of his mouth flowed faintly blackened blood, he staggered to her, attached to her ear and whispered, "It's a pity, your daughter was killed by you." Xiao Jingshu was not poisoned by me at all, but by the coral you personally sent to her. ”
The woman pushed Xiao Qiao away violently, and there was no trace of love and grace on her face, "Impossible, how could Coral kill Shu'er!?" ”
Xiao Qiao sat on the chair on the side according to the woman's strength, and chuckled, "Why not, that coral was drenched with deadly venom, which was originally used to give it to the Third Prince, but it was sent to the Great Prince's Mansion by you, hehe...... Ahem! ”
The woman smashed the things in the room like crazy, she gasped and looked at the chuckle on the corner of Xiao Qiao's mouth, and suddenly smiled hideously, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, anyway, your wife and children will go down to accompany my children, hahaha!" ”
Xiao Qiao's heart choked, his wife was chosen by her, although he didn't love his wife, but he also loved his wife for her, but his wife had a miscarriage after six months of pregnancy, so that one corpse and two lives, it turned out that his good mother did it!
How the woman went crazy, Xiao Qiao no longer paid attention. His vision had begun to blur, and looking at the misty space in front of him, Xiao Qiao rarely relaxed.
Over the years, for the sake of his good mother, he was not close to his father or even broke up, in order to prevent her from being angry with his father in the Xiao Mansion, he took her out against all odds, and in order to make her mother's family honorable and luxurious, he took risks and was involved in the battle for the throne. In exchange for a glass of wine, his good mother!
Xiao Qiao's divine consciousness gradually fell into darkness, if he could go back to the past, he would no longer suffer for her!
"Young Master, are you awake? Madame, please come and visit. The voice of the maid came from outside the door, Xiao Qiao frowned slightly, when did there be such a maid in his yard who didn't know the rules, I don't know if he never liked others to disturb his rest?
"Young Master?" The maid asked in a low voice, and Xiao Qiao opened her eyes and was stunned. This is...... Such a familiar room is the bedroom when he was still in the Xiao family!
"Qiuxi, the eldest young master hasn't woken up yet, don't scream." Another maid pulled Qiuxi's sleeve and reminded in a low voice. Qiu Xi was slightly stunned, then lowered her head and stopped making a sound, almost forgetting that the eldest young master would not have a good temper every time he woke up after being disturbed to rest.
Xiao Qiao listened to the silence outside the door, closed his eyes, then sat up and put on a coat, looking at the room that was exactly the same as his memory, and his heart was in a trance. Isn't he dead?
Xiao Qiao's calm eyes narrowed, no, he died, died under a glass of wine from his good mother. Xiao Qiao hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled mockingly, it was because he was too stupid before, so he couldn't see that there were so many things wrong and unreasonable, and all the abnormalities were covered up by his admiration for her.
Xiao Qiao got down from under the bed, walked to a bronze mirror, looked at the still immature face in the mirror and the pair of eyes that did not match the face, and was stunned again. This should be about what he looked like ten years ago, when he had not yet broken with his father and did not assist the Seventh Prince in ascending to the throne.
Xiao Qiao suddenly came back to his senses, opened the window next to him, looked at the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar scenery in the courtyard, and shook his mind slightly, did he go back to about ten years ago?
Ten years ago, before a qiē started, anything was possible!
The maid who heard the movement in the house leaned her head towards the door, and after making sure that there was indeed movement in the house, she knocked lightly on the door, "Young Master, are you awake?" ”
Xiao Qiao lowered his eyes, suppressed the feelings in his heart that he didn't have time to sort out one by one, and called the maid who was guarding outside to come in and serve him to dress and tie his hair, and asked without a trace: "I heard my mother invite me over in a trance, did you say anything?" ”
Qiu Xi smoothed Xiao Qiao's clothes and returned softly: "I don't know what happened, but Madam Liu next to Madame came with a smile, it should be that Madame got something good for the eldest young master to keep." ”
Xiao Qiao didn't speak, only sneered in his heart, his later ten years were grinded ruthlessly. Now that he knows that his good mother has always been resentful of herself, how can she be willing to respect her and respect her, and it would be good not to find an opportunity to harm her. As for his real biological mother, the bright and beautiful woman who died in the end, if she can save her life, let her spend the rest of her life in peace.
Xia Yang tugged at Qiu Xi and motioned her not to say much, Qiu Xi pouted, although she felt that Xia Yang was always too cautious, but she also knew that she was shut up for her own good.
"Okay, I'm hungry, go get some food, and I'll go to the West Courtyard later." Xiao Qiao waved his hand to let the two maids go down, and when they went out, they added, "Go and call Shuzhu." ”
Qiu Xi and Xia Yang Fu retreated, one went to the kitchen, and the other went to call Shuzhu.
Xiao Qiao looked at the young man in the bronze mirror and chuckled, without him, could his good mother still live as chic and wanton as in his previous life?