Zhao Xiu didn't cry for long, Gao Zhen was standing on the side, she cried once a day, how many tears could she have?

Seeing that she had collected her tears, Gao Zhenmu's expressionless face softened slightly: "Thank you for coming every day." The mother concubine often instructs you on housework, and if you miss her love like this, she must be very comforted under the nine springs. In contrast, some blood relatives who have been favored by the Zhong family for a long time are far less affectionate and righteous than Zhao Xiu, an outsider, which is really ironic.

Zhao Xiu wiped the tears on his face and asked Gao Zhen: "Is the prince still accompanying the princess in the back hall?" ”

Gao Zhen's face darkened again: "Yes, after I came back yesterday, I have been sitting next to the coffin in the back hall, not eating, drinking, or resting, sitting all night, and entering the palace as usual this morning...... I'm afraid that if he goes on like this, he won't be able to hold on. Since he was seriously injured once, his father's health has not been as good as before. ”

Zhao Xiu also heard his grandmother and brother mention that King Guangping's body was much weaker, and if he didn't eat, drink, or sleep because of the pain of losing his wife, it would be a matter of time before he got sick. King Guangping's kindness to the Zhao family was deeper than that of the princess, and Zhao Xiu didn't want to see him like this anyway, so he said, "Why don't you persuade him?" No matter how sad you are, you can't ignore your body. ”

Gao Zhen was silent. The pain in his father's heart, in fact, he can understand a little.

The imperial grandfather was poisoned and critically ill, in order to ensure that the imperial grandfather, who had always been confused, would not be induced by people with ulterior motives again in the last period of his life. made a confused judgment and jeopardized the emperor's uncle's throne, and his father could only stay by the emperor's grandfather's side all the time. Strictly guarded. Only when the emperor's uncle was busy with political affairs, and went to the emperor's grandfather's bed to fulfill his filial piety, and there was nothing important, he could take the time to go back to the palace to visit his wife and children. The mother concubine was depressed until her death, not necessarily without the factors of long-term separation from her husband. The Zhong family has repeatedly died, repeatedly challenging the royal tolerance without knowing it, but the emperor's uncle and father look at the face of the mother. The Zhong family has been forgiven again and again. The mother concubine was unhappy, and she felt that her father might have annoyed her because of this, so she rarely went back to the palace to visit. This misunderstanding aggravated the depression in the mother's heart. What's more, when the mother concubine was so angry with the Zhong family that she vomited blood and was seriously ill and was about to die, the palace reported to the palace. His father was also critically ill because of his grandfather. I couldn't go back to the house to visit for a long time, and I couldn't even pick a person from the imperial doctor in front of the emperor to send to treat my mother. It wasn't until two days after the death of his mother that his father could go home to see her for the last time.

For his father, who has always loved his wife deeply, he probably remorseful in his heart, right? But no matter how much he regrets it, no matter how much he hates, if he can do it all over again, let him choose again, he will still do it. The king of a country is critically ill and dying. Whether as a son of man or as a son. There was no excuse to leave. The etiquette is like this, the daughter-in-law always has to make concessions for her father-in-law, and even now the princess's mourning hall is deserted, the husband and son of the deceased cannot stay at home sadly, and the guests who mourn are also distracted by the state funeral, and no one can say anything. If you want to complain and hate, you can only blame the Zhong family, but at this time, the mother and concubine were so angry that they vomited blood, causing their father to suffer the pain of losing their father and wife one after another.

But being able to understand his father's pain does not mean that Gao Zhen knows how to persuade the other party. What can he say? Father just chose the right thing to do; The death of the mother concubine is also because she can't see it; If you want to blame the Zhong family, but the mother concubine was always thinking about the Zhong family before she died, and if she wanted to embarrass them, she would violate the mother's last wishes; Could it be that he could still blame the emperor's grandfather for not dying at this time?

Gao Zhen was silent, Zhao Xiu was anxious, and pulled up the corner of Gao Zhen's sleeve: "Why don't you make a sound?" Will the prince not listen to you? Then you take me, and I'll persuade him. ”

Gao Zhen didn't speak, so he silently led her to the back hall. Zhong's coffin was placed in the back hall, but at this time the lid had been put on, and ice was used, although there was still a strange smell permeating, but it did not make people feel terrible.

King Quang Binh sat on a chair beside the coffin, his face was a little pale, his eyes were black circles, and his chin was already thin and pointed. He opened a pair of dull eyes, pressed the edge of the coffin lid with one hand, and put the other on his lap, neither crying nor moving. He was dressed in black, there was no light in the back hall, the sky was gloomy, and it was dark all around. When Zhao Xiu came in, he looked at the blue and white cloth banners hanging all over the house, and the black shadow sitting quietly next to the coffin, if he hadn't been mentally prepared, he would have been really startled.

The footsteps of the two children were not very heavy, but they were not so light that they could not be heard, but King Guangping didn't seem to hear them, until Gao Zhen shouted "Father", he turned his head slightly: "Why are you here again?" I don't have an appetite, you don't have to persuade anymore. ”

Gao Zhen pursed his lips, Zhao Xiu could see that he was sad, and hurriedly shouted: "Lord Wang." ”

King Guangping recognized it: "Is it Sister Xiu of the Zhao family?" His face softened: "I heard that you come to see the princess every day, good boy, you have a heart." ”

Zhao Xiu plucked up his courage and said, "Lord, I heard that you don't eat or drink, and you have been by the princess's side, is it true?" If you go on like this, your body will not be able to hold on, so how many days can you accompany the princess? Please also take care of your health. ”

King Guangping smiled lightly: "It must be Zhen'er who instigated you to come, right?" ”

Zhao Xiu said boldly: "It was Gao Zhen who sued me, but I took the initiative to come." Lord, don't blame him for telling me this. Although he is a few years older than me, he is still a child, and he has just lost his mother, and he is very sad. You are his dearest relative, and you still don't care about your body like this, so how can he not worry? If you do fall ill, who do you want him to rely on? ”

King Guangping was slightly moved, opened his mouth, his eyes were already red, and he raised his hand and beckoned twice: "Zhen'er, are you worried about me?" ”

Gao Zhen didn't hold back, jumped up and knelt in front of him, hugged his waist tightly, but didn't speak.

King Guangping touched his head and sighed long: "It's my father's, I forgot, you are actually still a child, your mother is dead, how can you not panic?" Don't be afraid, my father is here. ”

Gao Zhen buried his head in his waist and said in a muffled voice: "What if my father is also sick?" ”

King Guangping's heart softened when he heard this: "I know, you are really a stupid child." ”

Zhao Xiu was overjoyed, and hurriedly exited the back hall, and found Cao's mother, who was already crying at the door: "Mom, go and ask someone to prepare some food." "Cao's mother cried uncontrollably, and she had to rely on the little girl to support her so that she didn't fall, where could she still do something? Fortunately, Yanxia on the side was clever, and without saying a word, he went out to instruct someone, and after a while, he came back to reply: "I have prepared a meal in the ear room, please ask the prince and Miss Zhao to move." ”

Gao Zhen helped King Guangping and slowly walked to the ear room. There was a kang here, but now there are cotton mats, and a kang table is placed, and a few light side dishes are placed, and there is japonica rice porridge boiled in the kitchen, although it is prepared in a hurry, but in fact, the kitchen has never been extinguished, just in order to prepare for the prince may change his mind when he will change his mind, and he is willing to eat.

King Guangping's eyes were inconvenient, so Gao Zhen helped him sit down on the kang, and then personally brought a bowl to feed his father. Yanxia sent a bowl of soup over with a tray and said: "This is what the doctor told the prince to make, it can replenish vitality, although the soup is not the right porridge, but please drink it." Zhao Xiu took the soup from her hand and put it on the kang table. Gao Zhen fed King Guangping half a bowl of porridge, and when he saw that he shook his head and signaled that he didn't want to eat, he put down the bowl and brought the soup to feed it.

King Guangping was half-forced and half-persuaded by his son to eat most of the bowl of porridge, and drank another bowl of soup, and his complexion was much better. He reluctantly said to his son, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Now that I'm full of food and drink, you might as well let me go back to your mother." From tomorrow, we will go to the palace and stay overnight, and we will return after the 27th, and it will be too lonely to leave your mother and concubine here alone. In the past, I couldn't accompany her, but now I can only stay with her for a while I haven't entered the palace yet. ”

Gao Zhen was silent for a while, bowed his head and said: "The father only accompanies the mother and the concubine, and the son and the chief manager are responsible for all the affairs of the palace, but the father should not delay the rest." Today, because of the great quarrel in the court, my father can return to the house early, but starting tomorrow, I will have to listen to their noise again, and the emperor will definitely ask my father's opinion. If you can't recuperate, how can you cope with all these trivialities? ”

King Guangping smiled and nodded: "For my father understands." After finishing speaking, with the support of his son, he went back to the back hall of the mourning hall.

Gao Zhen didn't want to disturb his parents' "reunion", so he withdrew from the hall, and when he saw that there were no guests to mourn, he came to thank Zhao Xiu. Although the king of Guangping has a gentle temperament, he is sometimes easy to admit death, he said that he didn't want to eat and drink, and it was useless for his son to persuade him, if it wasn't for Zhao Xiu who said that, where would he have eaten this belated lunch so lightly? It's always a good thing to eat less.

Zhao Xiu shook his head and said, "Where is my credit?" I'm just reminding the prince that he still has a son, and his son is young and needs his care. It was because of his love for his son that he came to his senses. So it was actually you who persuaded the prince to eat, and I just said those words on your behalf. ”

Gao Zhen smiled faintly: "It is your ability to convince your father, what is there to be humble?" He glanced at Zhao Xiu: "However, how old are you?" Why do you care if I call the child? speaks old-fashioned, but looks like a little adult. ”

Zhao Xiu remembered what he had just said, laughed dryly, and tried to prevaricate: "We are all children, we are all children." ”

Gao Zhen shook his head: "You also called my name, usually you are either called Shizi or brother." ”

Zhao Xiu said depressedly: "Don't you think that calling you Brother Zhen in that environment is a bit strict enough?" Anyway, I've helped you too, so don't worry about it, okay? ”

Gao Zhen didn't actually mean to care, and his tone was very gentle: "I didn't care, you helped me a lot, and I am actually very grateful to you." Don't be like an outsider to get into me, just call me ...... Brother Zhen is fine. (To be continued......)