Chapter Seventy-Three: A Fireside Night Talk Reminiscing Back to the Past
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finally got rid of the encirclement of the enthusiastic neighborhood and squeezed into the "grandmother's small canteen". Dudu and Xiaoqiang originally liked to join in the fun, but now they are not even in the mood to sell cute, and they don't know where they have gone when they slip away.
My grandparents politely declined the invitation of the night star, saying that they were old and did not know the etiquette of the court, so they would attend when the little fan got married. After that, he was busy dancing the square dance again.
Xiao Fan went to Lingxiao Express to ask for a few large woven bags, and a few people carried a few large cabbages back to Lingyuntian like migrant workers returning home in the Spring Festival.
When Lu Xiaofan and Night Star talked and laughed and returned to Xuandu Palace, Emperor Xuan and Lin Xuan glanced at each other. Lin Xuan said: "Reconciled so soon? Do you still want to eat this meal? β
"Of course! I haven't eaten hot pot yet! It's better now, have a good time! Emperor Xuan said happily.
Lu Xiaofan and his mother worked together and adjusted the bottom of the mandarin duck pot. The attendants had already washed and cut the dishes and prepared them into the pot. When the vegetables were scalded and floated up, Xiao Fan's mother said that it was okay to eat.
Emperor Xuan held up the long bamboo chopsticks and said, "Let's eat!" The immortals couldn't help but move their index fingers, and they picked up the bamboo chopsticks with great interest.
A palace lady picked up dishes for Emperor Xuan, and Emperor Xuan waved her hand to step down: "No, no, the fun of hot pot is to do it yourself." β
Emperor Xuan especially likes the bottom of the red-flavored pot and wipes his tears while eating.
"Big brother, are you crying with joy?"
"yes, yes." Emperor Xuan said, and blew his nose with a silk scarf again, "Xuan, you taste this." Emperor Xuan sandwiched a piece of cabbage wrapped in red pepper oil for Linxuan.
Lin Xuan took a bite and was stunned and shed tears of happiness......
The aroma of hot pot is overflowing, and the whole Xuandu Palace is floating with the enticing aroma of hot pot, which is mouth-watering. The palace maids smelled the smell, and their stomachs growled.
After the first round of dishes, the immortals finally remembered today's topic. What are you eating hot pot for? Yes, first of all, it is to ease the tension between Night Star and Lu Xiaofan. But it looks like they've reconciled, so what's next...... Keep eating?
Night Star poured Emperor Xuan a glass of fairy wine and said, "Father, the child has something unclear about, and I want to ask my father for advice." β
Emperor Xuan took the wine and took a sip: "Why did you become crepe after eating hot pot?" If you have something to say, say it. β
"Okay, Truth or Dare begins, why did my father drive my father away back then?" The problem of the night star has been in my heart for seventeen years.
"Well, it's a long story." Lin Xuan saw that Emperor Xuan was not easy to answer: "It's up to me to speak." β
Everyone put down their chopsticks and listened quietly to Lin Xuan's story.
"Although your father and I are half-brothers, we have always had a deep relationship." Lin Xuan stretched out his hand to hold the wine glass, and Emperor Xuan hurriedly filled it for him personally.
"We have loved freedom since we were children, and we are especially yearning for the lifestyle of the Wenxiang people living in all walks of life. When your father was eighteen years old, the Tianche of the Wenxiang clan happened to pass through Xuandu, and we became acquainted with your mother, Sakura, who was the daughter of the elder of the Wenxiang clan. Your father confessed to Ah Ying first, withstood the pressure to tie the knot with her, and gave birth to you. When Lin Xuan said this, Yexing quietly looked at Jiang Tong and saw that her expression was as usual, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
"Soon after your father took the throne, and before you could canonize your mother as the queen, there was news in the Wenxiang world that the tree of life of the Wenxiang clan, Yuanxiang Mountain, was disturbed by the heavenly demons, and all the Wenxiang people who traveled were recalled to the enemy. Your mother had to leave you alone, who was less than half a year old, in Xuandu. Speaking of this, Emperor Xuan also recalled the past, and his expression was gloomy. Seeing this, Yexing hurriedly served vegetables to Emperor Xuan.
"Your father was imprisoned on the throne, and he was so anxious that he and I had a bad idea, and I faked my death and gave me the throne. At that time, Ah Ying's sister Ah Feng married the son of the Seven Elders of the Ancient Holy Realm, and your father begged Ah Feng to find a medicine for himself. After taking it, he immediately "died violently", and even the imperial doctor couldn't find out the authenticity. Lin Xuan couldn't figure out how he could be so naΓ―ve at that time, and directly begged his father to bring troops to Yuanxiang Mountain to help. However, at that time, it was indeed unknown whether the father would agree or not, after all, the father did not agree to Sikong marrying Concubine Sakura at all.
"......" Xiaofan's mother has always been the king of bad ideas, and when she heard this, she sighed and found the organization.
Emperor Xuan couldn't help but interject: "Our plan is that when he is funeral for me, I will escape with Xing'er on the way. However, I needed to find someone to answer, and I blamed me for believing Hua Zishan, the most understanding prime minister at the time. Unexpectedly, Hua Lao Thief had already begun to plot to seize the throne from that time. β
Lin Xuan said: "Yes, it's a pity that we were young and ignorant back then, and we were deceived by his hypocritical appearance. When you "lived" on the way, I was assassinated, but fortunately Zhou Chao led troops to rescue me. β
"When I fled, I was also chased and assassinated, and I was ...... Lost the ...... star. Emperor Xuan said, glancing at the night star with a weak heart.
"It's all the tricks of the old thief." Lin Xuan has been on the run for many years, recalling the past, and gradually sorting out the clues, "The old thief Hua saw that he failed to assassinate me, so he took you hostage in an attempt to rebel." β
"That's not it, when the old thief Hua 'took in' me, he said that you wanted to cut down my father and son in order to consolidate the throne." Emperor Xuan said hatefully, "He also showed me a series of evidence, and I was so confused at that time that I was really a little suspicious of you for a while." Emperor Xuan was a little ashamed, and hurriedly served Linxuan with another dish.
"The red-flavored tofu is good, but the leaves are too spicy." Lin Xuan continued: "At that time, thanks to Ah Tong's cleverness, when he saw the crows gathered in one place, he led people to rush there and happened to save Xing'er. Lin Xuan recalled: "As soon as we left on the front foot, the pursuers of the old thief Hua arrived. β
"Sister Tong's life-saving grace, the night star will never forget." Night Star realized that it was Jiang Tong who saved his life, and quickly respectfully toasted Jiang Tong with a glass of wine.
Jiang Tong raised his head and drank it and smiled: "The prince of Linxuan raised you, loved you in every way, and poured great effort. Your father is controlled by others, and he also tries his best to protect you in a difficult situation, so he should never forget that kindness. β
Yexing poured wine for everyone present, stood up, picked up the wine glass and said to Emperor Xuan and Lin Xuan: "The two fathers have worked hard, and the children will give you a glass." β
"My regret is that I couldn't raise Xing'er personally." Emperor Xuan drank all the wine in the cup and said with annoyance.
"The eldest brother was under house arrest by the old thief Hua at that time, the dragon soul was taken away, and he was controlled by others, which is also helpless." Lin Xuan said considerately.
"Alas, the old thief Hua secretly enshrined Yu Guangtian's Yin and Yang envoy, and let him take my dragon soul. He also married Hua Zun to me and gave birth to the former dynasty and Yan Rou, but as a price, the former dynasty was controlled by the Yin and Yang envoys, so that he later opposed him everywhere. This is the retribution of the old thief! Emperor Xuan said, "I knew what they wanted, so I hid the heirloom jade seal in the most unexpected place for them." In this way, even if they seize the throne or even occupy the entire Xuandu, they will encounter the curse of heaven and will not die well. β
Speaking of this, Emperor Xuan remembered Su Rin: "I should invite Su Changshi today, thanks to him for informing me of the news of Hua Lao Thief all these years." He also hid my heirloom jade seal properly, and also helped me find the dragon soul. β
Speaking of the dragon soul, Emperor Xuan looked at Lu Xiaofan again: "When my daughter-in-law returned the lock dragon seal to me with her own hands, I thought she was Su Rin's daughter. β
As soon as Emperor Xuan said this, everyone looked at Lu Xiaofan, Lu Xiaofan was embarrassed when he heard the word "daughter-in-law", and when he saw everyone looking over, he didn't know where to put his hands.
Lin Xuan hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "I have sent people to look for my eldest brother everywhere, but there is no news. Later, the old thief launched a mutiny when he was full-fledged. He first sent people to create trouble at the border, released a large number of demon beasts, and attacked all the way to Xuandu, Li Xian led his troops to fight, but Han Yun took the opportunity to rush into the palace. I wanted to take Xing'er to escape, but Han Yun forced me into the imperial study, Zhou Chao came to the rescue to rescue me, and Ah Tong pretended to be a palace maid to find Xing'er in the palace. β
Nightstar remembers this scene too well: "I was waiting in my father's dormitory that day. My father punished me to write, and I wrote it and gave it to him when my father returned. After waiting for a long time, suddenly there was a fire everywhere, and then the dormitory also caught fire, and the bookshelf fell, and I don't remember what happened in the future. β
"When I found you in the prince's dormitory, you were unconscious. I took you out of the fire, just in time for your father to come and look for you. Jiang Tong then said to Yexing: "Your father seems to have a lot of scruples and constraints when he speaks, but he resolutely asks me to leave you behind. I decided to go with him first, and then protect you secretly. β
"After Ah Tong reported the situation to me, he asked to stay and protect you. Ah Tong was my secret guard, and no one in the palace recognized her, so I agreed to her request. I met a convoy of the Wenxiang clan in the Ethereal Realm, and among them was Ah Ying's clan. They recognized me and rescued me. Zhou Chao was chased and killed by Han Yun when he covered my escape, but fortunately he was rescued by Li Xian, who rushed to hear the news. Lin Xuan said.
"You were eight years old." Emperor Xuan said to the night star: "After the old thief Hua drove away Linxuan, he proclaimed me as the emperor. As soon as I found you, I made you prince in order to save your life. What's more, it's going to kill you. β
Emperor Xuan sighed and continued: "Your mother came back at this time. But seeing that things are wrong, and being provoked by Huazun, he will take you away. I said that I had made you the crown prince, and your mother scolded me for being stupid, but things have come to this point and cannot be changed. So your mother left her guard, Xiao Yi, in the Ethereal Realm, and told me to find a way to send you away. β
Emperor Xuan poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip of it, and continued: "Your mother is really right. After you stayed, the old thief father and daughter wanted your life every day. When I saw that the situation was not good, I deliberately provoked you everywhere. You had a misunderstanding about me, thinking that I was going to expel and even kill Lin Xuan, and you were angry with Ah Ying, and after that, you were even more incompatible with me. Finally, after a violent quarrel, I decreed that you should be exiled, and Ah Tong was finally able to escape with you to the Ethereal Realm. β
"I misunderstood my father." The night star's eyes are a little red, and his father's life has actually been very depressed over the years.
Emperor Xuan patted Night Star's back and touched Night Star's wine glass with his cup: "It's all over." Father and son drank their glasses together.
"We were attacked by skeleton soldiers in the Ethereal Realm, but fortunately, the Xiao guards arrived in time." Jiang Tong then recalled: "Later, Commander Zhou investigated the source of the skeleton soldiers and found that they were actually the people who were secretly created by the old thieves of Hua earlier to make demon beasts and plunder. After he was crowned queen, he had his own army, and he attacked his own soldiers. β
"The sin is heinous!" Emperor Xuan hated the authentic way, and Yang Tianchi, who helped Hua Lao thieves raise demon beasts, had been thrown into the prison and imprisoned for life. And Han Yun, the leader of several rebellions, was beaten to death by his own subordinates in the prison, which can really be described as a retribution.
"It's better to have a good time with the Mine Star and the Arsenal." Yexing said, "Dad came to see me once, took me and Sister Tong to the music world for a walk, and asked me if I would like to live this kind of free life with him." But at that time, I had only one thought in my mind, revenge. So he devoted himself to mining mines, building armies, and building arsenals. When everything is ready, I will return to Xuandu. "Nightstar's teenage years were also very depressing.
"When you came back, you were fifteen years old, extremely brave, and the army was also strong, and the old thief did not dare to attack you for the time being. So I had another plan and asked me to make Meng Qing the crown princess. At that time, Meng Qing was still a little girl who had just come from the countryside, and she looked simple and simple, but she was like a snake and scorpion. Emperor Xuan said.
"I have also been deceived by Meng Qing's innocent appearance." Night Star honestly said that in fact, in addition to being innocent, Meng Qing was indeed beautiful at that time, empathetic, and gentle like water.
"When the old thief saw that Xing'er was big, I was also wary of them, so I completely surrendered to the Yin and Yang envoys, and made a desperate bet to collude with the heavenly demons." Emperor Xuandao.
"Eventually, it will be destroyed." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
When Emperor Xuan heard this, he laughed. Everyone in the room smiled with relief.
"By the end of the story, the dishes were almost cooked. Come, fish these first, and re-serve the dishes. Emperor Xuan beckoned, and Gong E hurriedly stepped forward to take away the boiled vegetables and boil the fresh vegetables.
Emperor Xuan stood up and raised his wine glass: "Come, celebrate the victory of good over evil!" Cheers! The sound of cups, plates, and bowls resounded, and the atmosphere finally returned to lightness and cheerfulness.