Chapter 8: The Son

Pei Minzhong, the son of Chengguo, has guarded Jinling for generations. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Pei's ancestor Pei Fengxian is the righteous brother of the Great Zhou Taizu, and the two met in Wei. Zhou Taizu has imperial skills, Pei Fengqi has a talent, and after becoming famous, he married Taizu's sister as his wife. Taizu relied on his trust and handed over the rich land in Jiangnan to him to guard.

Pei Minzhong is the ninth in the family, known as Pei Jiuye, and is the eldest son of the current Chengguo Gong. He followed his father in the army since he was a child, and was sent to the Liaodong military camp at the age of eleven, and came to the capital three years later to accompany the prince to study.

Although it is full of wealth, it is a scattered family. Cheng Guogong has been in the army all the year round, suppressing bandits, assisting in the defense of Japanese bandits, and also going into battle to kill the enemy. In the later years of the first emperor, there was a rebellion of the Yuanjiao sect in the Huguang area, and the two lakes area was full of smoke for a while. Cheng Guogong led the army to the aid of the Huguang Metropolitan Division, assisted the commander of the Huguang Metropolitan Envoy Wang Jintang, and it took two years to quell the rebellion. Pei Minzhong's mother and young sister lived in Jinling and had not seen each other for many years.

Xuanhui in his previous life was entangled with Pei Minzhong for the rest of his life. The two were married by Emperor Yuan He when they were young, and the country was broken before they got married. It was not until Liang Zan recaptured the capital and established the Later Zhou Dynasty that the two got married under the auspices of Liang Zhan.

Pei Min has the material of a general, and he is Liang Zhan's right-hand man in the restoration of the country, and later generations compare these two with Taizu and Pei Fengxi, which is another good story of monarchs and ministers.

The relationship between Xuanhui and Pei Minzhong is not written in the history books. But the biographies of the two revealed many clues. The two have only one son, named Pei Zhi. When this son was seven years old, Pei Minzhong asked to return to his hometown to continue to guard Jinling for the country. Liang Zhan agreed, but Xuanhui stayed in the capital with his son, and did not go to Jinling with Pei Fengji like Taizu's sister.

Until his son grew up, Xuanhui never went to Jinling. But he didn't want Pei Zhi to get involved in the battle for the prince, and after Gaozong ascended the throne, he was imprisoned in the capital, and Pei Minzhong's request to enter Beijing was not granted. Subsequently, Gaozong sent his aunt to Jinling to spend her old age with Pei Min. Soon after, the eldest princess of Xuanhui died. Because Pei Minzhong had no other heirs, Gaozong selected one of the sons of the Pei clan as the heirs of Pei Minzhong and Xuanhui.

Two people who had ups and downs in their lives left like this. Looking at the young man in his prime, Xuan Hui felt a little embarrassed in his heart, now he probably couldn't imagine that he would die so lonely in a few decades.

Xuanhui thought of herself again, will she be the same in the future? Will that child named Pei Zhi still be born?

Lovely, holding the hand, holding the hand of the son, and growing old with the son. Pei Minzhong loved Xuanhui back then.

Pei Minzhong originally stood with his eyes and nose and nose attentively, feeling that Xuanhui's gaze was always on him, and he couldn't help but glance at her. A fair face, slender eyebrows, a small nose, and red lips. Those eyes are still smart, but they are thinner than before. Hearing that her temper is completely different from before, he still doesn't believe it. After saying this just now, it is indeed a lot less domineering, and it adds a little bit of harmony and coquettishness.

Some time ago, Mrs. Xiping Marquis, her father's aunt, proposed to her father that he ask to marry Princess Xuanhui. Before his father could reply, there was a fuss in the palace about Xuanhui and Li Jingyuan competing for Xue Yuanhan and falling into the water, and he breathed a long sigh of relief at that time. However, if it's the girl in front of you, it doesn't seem bad? It's just that why is there pity in her eyes?

“…… I'm really sorry that I couldn't protect my sister and let my sister have a serious illness. When Xuanhui came back to his senses, he found that Xue Yuanhan had been replaced and was talking.

"Cousin doesn't have to blame himself, I'm used to messing around, and I always have to suffer a little loss to remember it for a long time." Xuanhui smiled and said that he didn't mind. "However, you must not marry Li Jingyuan, she is so bad!"

The three people on the other side sweated slightly, and they became more obedient, how to speak so straightforwardly.

At this time, Duan Min and He Jing came over with the county lord Chengyi.

Liang Zan said to Duanmin: "Eldest sister, we are going to leave for Liaodong tomorrow, I have come to bid you farewell, and tell me if you have any wants." ”

Duan Min was slightly surprised, and soon she said, "What else can I lack in the palace." It's you, the first time you've gone far away, and you know you're happy, but don't forget to be careful and take care of yourself along the way. Remind the people around you to be careless, and let them be careless and let you be wronged. ”

Liang Zan nodded, clasped his fists and saluted: "Then we will leave, eldest sister and sisters, take care!" ”

He Jing suddenly spoke: "You and ...... Are all three of you going? ”

Liang Zan said: "Yes! Originally, I was the only one, but Pei Jiu was familiar with Liaodong, and Yuan Han also wanted to go and read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles! So I begged my father, and let the three of us go with us. ”

He Jing glanced at Xue Yuanhan quickly, and when he saw that he was looking at him, his cheeks couldn't help but turn red, and he muttered, "That...... Then be careful on the road and come back as soon as possible. As soon as the words came out, Fang Jue felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming, don't miss this matter." ”

On the way back to the palace, Xuanhui was a little sullen, and as soon as he saw the third brother, he was about to go far away. It takes ten days and half a month to speed up, and although the things I have to do are important, I can't be in a hurry. Xuanhui sighed, take your time.

Seeing this, Duan Min smiled and said, "You little man, you sigh at how old you are." But because you didn't get the right snack this morning? I have a palace maid from the south, and her skills are excellent, so let her make glutinous rice for us to eat, how about it? ”

Xuan Hui flattened his mouth and said, "Thank you, eldest sister." This morning, Master Du told my father that my handwriting is not good, and I have to practice three characters a day. The mother concubine also said that my piano was also born, and I should practice more. I won't go to you. ”

Duan Min smiled and touched her head, and took He Jing all the way.

As soon as I entered the gate of Chengqian Palace, I saw a few more waiters in the courtyard, and when I asked, I realized that the concubine had come to talk to Concubine Xian.

As soon as the little palace maid opened the curtain of the warm pavilion, Xuanhui heard a bright female voice complaining: "...... The saint promised well, yesterday the queen mother called the saint, I don't know what to say, the saint changed his mind and let the third child go! I think if it weren't for the young age of the fifth child, where would it be the third child! Reward on behalf of the Son of Heaven, what a face! My mother's brother was born and died, how many Tartars he killed! The Queen Mother can't even get along with me about this little thing! ”

Concubine Xian saw that the more the concubine spoke, the more she spoke, and was about to open her mouth to persuade her, when she found that Xuanhui had come back from school, she hurriedly said, "Why are you so late when you come back today?" The concubine is here, why don't you come over and salute? ”