Chapter 44: Go to the North City Again
After Li Xiuwen returned to the palace, he recalled today's conversation with Yu Fei, thought about it again and again, and decided to go to Changchun Palace to ask what was going on.
Empress Wan has followed the emperor since she was young, and now she is close to knowing her fate. Although well maintained, there is still wind and frost on the face.
"Wen'er came just in time," she was still very happy to see her young son, "You come to see these portraits, can they be eye-catching?" ”
Li Xiuwen walked over, spread out the portraits, and saw that they were all small statues of the nobles in the capital, and smiled helplessly at Queen Wan, "The queen mother is here again, and my son has told you, and I have no plans to get married for the time being." These," he said, pointing to the portrait on the desk, "put them all away!" ”
Queen Wan was not angry, and smiled at him: "You just push it!" When your royal brother was your age, he already had a crown princess. ”
As she spoke, she walked over and took Li Xiuwen's hand, walked to the seat and sat down together, patting his hand. "You're about to perform the crown ceremony, and you'll be an adult in the future, and it's time to put this marriage and birth son on the agenda."
Speaking of marrying, Li Xiuwen looked away unnaturally, "Don't worry about this matter after the queen mother, if your son has someone he likes, he will definitely tell you." ”
After speaking, he turned his head to look at Queen Wan again, "My son is here today because he wants to ask his mother for something." ”
"What's the matter? Say, "I'm listening!" Queen Wan said with a smile.
Li Xiuwen hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Does the queen mother know about Old General Yu Chengyu?" ”
"Hasn't he been dead for more than three years? What does he do, you ask? Empress Wan put away her smile and looked at him.
His youngest son has never liked to participate in political affairs, and loves to mix with those literati and writers. After all, her eldest son is already the existence of the crown prince, and when she gave birth to her youngest son, it had been fourteen years since the birth of the eldest son, so she did not ask for this young son, and loved him very much.
Fortunately, the young son is angry and not infected with arrogance, although he doesn't like political affairs and can't help his royal brother too much, but she doesn't care too much.
Now he asked Yu Cheng......
"My son heard that General Yu's death was not natural, but man-made......" He looked at Empress Wan, who was slowly becoming expressionless, pursed his lips, and did not continue.
Empress Wan stared at her youngest son, paused for a moment and smiled, "How is nature?" What about man-made disasters? Does it have anything to do with you? ”
"I ......," he wanted to ask if they were involved, but he knew that the queen mother would be very angry if he said that.
"I want to ask if we were involved in his death?" His son himself knows best, since he has opened his mouth to ask, presumably the most important thing is to ask this question, Queen Wan looked at his hesitation and entanglement, and said this question for him.
Seeing Li Xiuwen nodded, she sneered, but did not answer this question directly, but asked, "You asked for that Miss Yu, right?" ”
Li Xiuwen suddenly looked up at her.
"Want to know how I know?" She glanced at her son, "Not only do I know that you are in contact with her, but I also know that you are unwilling to choose a concubine to marry, and I am afraid that you will not be able to get rid of her." ”
"Queen Mother......" Li Xiuwen's lips moved slightly, but he didn't continue. What is he going to say? Say that your mother sets eyeliner around you to spy on you?
Empress Wan stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "You probably don't know that that the slut of the Xie clan of Chonghua Palace has already set his sights on you, right?" ”
"What is she spying on me for?" Li Xiuwen's head is in a mess now, it's not that he doesn't know that the royal family has no affection, but his brother is the crown prince, he has never had the luxury of that position, and he doesn't want to get involved in this troubled water, so he can always avoid these battles.
He knew that Chonghua Palace and Changchun Palace were mortal enemies, but what did it have to do with him?
"Humph! You are the son of this palace, and your brother-in-law is the crown prince, and you still want to be alone? She glanced at Li Xiuwen, and then paced back and forth in the hall.
"It's the fault of this palace, it's too protective of you, and it makes you raise such a personality!" Although she said this, she still couldn't see her emotions from her face.
"I can also tell you, you'd better not have the idea of marrying that girl from the Yu family. I wouldn't agree. She looked at Li Xiuwen, and the words she said hit the deepest part of his heart.
"Why?" Li Xiuwen looked at her, "Even if Yu Cheng is dead, there is still the Lord of Jinyan County, Yu Xuan is now a fourth-grade person, although the family background of Yu Mansion is not particularly valuable, but it is still quite expensive!" ”
"Humph!" Queen Wan snorted coldly, "The current family background is acceptable, but who can say for sure in the future?" What's more, how did the Yu family girl in the capital go, don't you know it? ”
What is the future, who can say? A bad thought flashed in Li Xiuwen's heart, could Yu Chengzhi's death be true and related to his mother and brother?
"You don't care about this matter, since you just want to be an idle prince who has no quarrel with the world, then you should understand what you should ask and what you shouldn't ask. Haven't you always been doing well before? Empress Wan looked at him expressionlessly.
Li Xiuwen's heart sank directly to the bottom, and he felt that he shouldn't have come over today. What face is he going to see Ah Fei again?
Yu Fei didn't know what Li Xiuwen thought, she didn't go back to her house after separating from Li Xiuwen, but went to Beicheng.
Beicheng was the same as the last time she came, and there were homeless people and beggars lying by the walls everywhere, and she just wandered slowly through the streets of Beicheng. There were many malicious eyes, but they all hesitated when they saw the saber at her side.
The sun was slowly setting over the mountains, and the night was about to block out all the light. In Beicheng, there are not so many lanterns and lights, and Yu Fei saw that he might not be able to find it today, so he had to go home. But on the way back, I found that there were a lot of tails behind me.
The corners of his lips hooked slightly, and he continued to walk forward.
Slowly, the tail became more and more, and she was surrounded at the street entrance.
"Girl!" Yu Bai's voice suddenly came from behind the crowd. After a while, he appeared in front of her panting, "I thought I was wrong, why did the girl come to Beicheng again?" ”
Then he hurriedly said to the crowd that was gathered around: "This is the girl of the Yu family in Dongcheng, her martial arts are very high, and her father is General Yu." Uncles, don't gather around here, go home! ”
There were whispers in the crowd, because there were people among them who knew Yu Bai.
After a while, one of the men said to Yu Fei and the two: "The big guys all respect General Yu, since you are his daughter, we won't keep you, let's go!" ”
Yu Fei smiled and punched them. The crowd of people around them gradually dispersed.
"Why are you here? Coming home? Yu Fei didn't expect Yu Bai to be here, she didn't go home, she thought that if she couldn't find it today, she would ask Yu Bai to inquire, but she didn't expect Yu Bai to be here.
"Where else do I have a home," Yu Bai scratched his head, "I used to have a good friend here, so I came over to take a look." ”
Yu Fei nodded, she did not restrict her freedom to Yu Bai.
"Is there something the girl is doing here? Can Xiaobai help? Yu Bai looked at her with a pair of sparkling eyes.
She smiled slightly, "You're just in time, girl, I just need you to do something." ”