Chapter 106: Reunion Dinner
Hearing that Huang Qiong taught the kung fu she taught him to outsiders without her permission, her mother's face couldn't help but change slightly: "Who allowed you to teach me to you the kung fu I taught you to an outsider without permission?" Do you know how sloppy you are? No matter how good this woman's heart is, you can't be so casual. ”
"What did I tell you when you left the palace? How can you be so deaf to the wind? Even if you have this heart, this girl is really in your eyes, but why don't you make a decision after discussing with Xiao Yao first? This Kung Fu is not allowed to be practiced by non-beginners. If you weren't my son, I wouldn't have taught you martial arts if you were born as a disciple of my master. ”
Seeing that her mother was really angry, Huang Qiong couldn't help but be startled, and quickly knelt down on the ground and said, "Mother, my son is indeed a little negligent at this point. But the son really made this decision only for the sake of his mother and for the sake of this woman. When she enters the palace, you will know what makes your son tempted when you meet people. ”
Speaking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but want to slap her two big mouths fiercely in her heart. I was deceived by watching TV series and martial arts novels in my previous life, and I thought that those big masters didn't see martial arts wizards, and they were all scrambling to get them. Now that my mother said this, I realized that those things were nonsense at all.
Looking at Huang Qiong kneeling in front of her, her mother shook her head helplessly. After a long silence, my mother said, "Tonight, I'll go see this person." If that's what you say, I'll consider taking her as an apprentice. If not, I will catch it back after the internal skills you taught her. ”
"As for what you said, I'll talk about it when I've met someone. But this matter is not an example, if there is a next time, I will definitely punish him heavily. Remember, your efforts must not be easily leaked unless they are a last resort. This is the rule of the master, and it is also the rule I set for you. This time, you will kneel here for half an hour as a punishment for you. ”
Mother spoke, how dare Huang Qiong disobey? Besides, he also knew that he had indeed handled this matter a little hastily. So honestly knelt down in the middle of his mother's study. And according to his mother's habit of punishing him all along, his waist should be straight when he kneels, and he didn't dare to use his skills to resist the pain when kneeling.
Until the emperor came, Huang Qiong did not dare to get up to greet him. Seeing Huang Qiong kneeling there straight, the emperor was a little surprised. It's just that there are two people in the house, one is in the punishment period, and the mother doesn't dare to speak. Besides, even if he asked, Huang Qiong couldn't tell him the truth. One of them didn't speak coldly, and no one told him why.
Of course, the emperor was also very knowledgeable and did not ask what was going on. On the contrary, it is precisely because of himself that he is often choked by the anger of this ninth son, and now seeing Huang Qiong being punished and kneeling there, there is a sense of revenge in his heart. Thanks to his ex-wife, he was too late to be angry with him, and he would intercede for Huang Qiong.
The emperor's gloating face made Huang Qiong pout helplessly. The emperor is willing to have fun in himself, and what can he say, or dare to say. Anyway, he is willing to touch his mother's nose dust, so let him touch it, and his mother will still help him find it back then.
Sure enough, after seeing the emperor, my mother's attitude was still so cold. However, the emperor was also used to seeing it with a cold face, but he said with some disapproval: "It's rare for Ah Jiu to enter the palace once today, I think that now this child has grown up so much, and the family has not eaten together." ”
"I also know that my father is not qualified, and I have snubbed your mother and son over the years. Just take advantage of today's opportunity to have a meal together as a family. Although it was a little late, it was finally a compensation for Ah Jiu. Here today I am not an emperor, just an ordinary father. ”
Hearing the emperor's words, Huang Qiong couldn't help pouting in her heart, and was a little disdainful: "Still a family?" When you put our mother and son in the cold palace, and it was eighteen years after they were released, why didn't you say that it was a family? Now that I think about it, it's a family, so why did I go earlier? Wait for your mother to hit you in the face. ”
Just to Huang Qiong's surprise, although her mother did not answer directly to the emperor's words, she also nodded slightly in agreement. Mother's reply, which was not a reply, made Huang Qiong startled. He didn't know what was wrong there, how could his mother's attitude change so much?
What about the good heavenly family without family affection? What about the cold as ice? The current appearance of her mother is almost very different from what she remembers, which makes Huang Qiong dumbfounded and a little inexplicable. However, he knows one thing very well, that is, with his mother's character, he will never accommodate the emperor because of himself.
Mother changed so much that Huang Qiong, who knelt there straight, and didn't even dare to bend her waist, was somewhat overwhelmed. I felt that during the time I was out of the palace, it seemed that I had missed something. It's just that although he feels doubts in his heart, he doesn't dare to question his parents even if he has eight dares.
Whether it is in terms of his own father or mother's character, if he really asks, then he is really itchy. It's just that although her mother agreed to eat with the family, Huang Qiong, who is being punished, has not been exempted from punishment because of this. It was only after kneeling honestly for half an hour that he was allowed to stand up.
And during Huang Qiong's punishment and kneeling, the emperor was there, pretending to be there with a book, and looking at Huang Qiong's mother with his spare eyes. As for Huang Qiong here, he didn't even bother to throw half of his eyes over. For Huang Qiong, who grinned straight at her back and legs because of kneeling after getting up, it was as if she didn't see it at all.
After Huang Qiong got up, Gao Wuyong, who was very eye-catching, immediately let people pass the meal. It can be seen that this guy has also put a lot of thought into it. The royal meals that are passed down are all based on the daily tastes of Huang Qiong's mother, and most of them are vegetarian dishes. As for meat dishes, there are only one or two.
may know that in front of his ex-wife, he can't put him as the emperor of a country. didn't make any separate tables, just used the round table where Huang Qiong's mother and son ate every day. And this emperor, when he was seated, was very unconscious, and sat directly next to Huang Qiong's mother.
When it was time to eat, Huang Qiong was even more stunned. My mother didn't refuse the emperor's dishes, and even the meat dishes that my mother had never used in the past. Although he frowned a little, he actually ate it. You must know that her mother has never eaten the dishes that others give her in the past, even her own son.
Meat dishes are almost immovable. Mother's performance today almost shocked Huang Qiong's jaw. Today's meal, my mind is more focused on the pair in front of me, and inexplicably Huang Qiong from the former couple didn't eat much at all. Although this meal was the first reunion dinner with her parents in this life, Huang Qiong ate it like chewing wax.
And whether it is the emperor or Huang Qiong's mother, they are all people who cherish food. Huang Qiong's mother just ate two elephant-eyed steamed buns, drank a small bowl of porridge, and put down the chopsticks in her hand. And Huang Qiong's mother put down the chopsticks in her hand, and the emperor, who only ate a small bowl of rice, naturally put down the chopsticks in her hand.
Seeing that her parents had put down the chopsticks in their hands, Huang Qiong, who found that she hadn't even eaten half full, could only put down the chopsticks in her hand. After the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting around removed the remnants of the banquet that had not moved much at all, they sent warm water to a few people to clean their hands and serve tea.
The emperor glanced at Huang Qiong, who was constantly looking at himself and his mother with a cautious gaze, and snorted before saying, "I can't be sent casually, you should consider the errand for you this time." Remember, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and everything must be done safely. Don't rush into success, when the time comes, you will often get twice the result with half the effort. ”
"Although there is a steady side in your temperament, there is also an impatient side. It's a good thing to think of the people, and I commend you for that. But now, more than 100 years have passed since the founding of the country, and the clan has flourished, and now it has reached the point where I am a little taboo. Whether the clan is stable or not also involves the stability of the court. ”
"There are some things that I, the king of a country, can't help but have scruples. After you take out this article, don't go through the General Administration Department, and don't go through the Shangshu Province and Zhongshu Province, you can hand it directly to me. and the things of the eternal king, and thou shalt have dominion over him. I'll think about it after he gets married. But now, you tell him to be honest with me. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor looked at the ex-wife who was holding a book over there, and after glancing at his ex-wife who didn't seem to have listened to the conversation between father and son here, he hesitated slightly before continuing: "People, you have to send it to the palace as soon as possible, so as not to cause more trouble." I still know the character of King Yong, once he makes up his mind about something like this, it will be strange if he doesn't turn the world upside down. ”
"Remember, in the future, you are not allowed to engage in those messy and drunken things with King Yong. If I find out again, it won't be a matter of kneeling for half an hour. You're about the same age, and I'll choose a good family for you. For now, you should be honest with me. I repeat, one Eternal King is enough, and I don't want more. Alright, you get on your knees. ”
The emperor, who didn't know the real reason why Huang Qiong was punished to kneel, thought that Huang Qiong was punished by his mother before because of the absurdity of that night in Yongwangfu. The emperor didn't know, and Huang Qiong naturally wouldn't explain. After being reprimanded again, and seeing her mother nodding, Huang Qiong could only touch her nose and leave with a bitter smile.
It's just that Huang Qiong, who is a little curious about what will happen to her parents after she leaves. After leaving Tingxue Xuan, he looked at the sky outside and saw that it was already dark, and then quietly turned back. It's just that he knows that his mother has deep internal skills, and he doesn't dare to peek blatantly. I could only hold my breath and carefully put my ear to the window to eavesdrop.
The silence in the room made Huang Qiong a little puzzled. Gao Wuyong is still waiting outside listening to Xue Xuan, which means that the emperor is still listening to Xue Xuan, which he is very sure of. It's just that there is silence in the room, but Huang Qiong is a little confused. It wasn't until it was almost time for the palace gate to be locked, and he was ready to give up this eavesdropping on Huang Qiong and was about to leave, that some voices came from inside the house.
The mother in the room, who could only hear it, sighed lightly and said, "Why do you do this? You've done enough in the past eighteen years. In the face of national hatred and family hatred, you can still do this, which can be regarded as affectionate and righteous. I still know how much wind and rain the wall of the cold palace has blocked for our mother and son in the past 18 years. So, now there is no need to feel guilty. ”