Three months later.

In the imperial court, the prime minister, the privy envoy and the governor were not there, and Gao Wei and the old general Song Qi resigned on the grounds of old age. At this time, the government and the cardinal government were in charge, and they suddenly fell into chaos. The emperor immediately made a decision and appointed Song Yi as a privy envoy in charge of the Privy Council. And the position of the prime minister must be Shao An.

The emperor wanted to invite Shao An out of the mountain several times, but Shao An repeatedly excused himself on the pretext of being ill.

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When the imperial grandson saw Shao An again, it was in a leisurely afternoon. After seeing him in March, Su Xiangzuo saw that Shao An had lost a lot of weight, and was sitting on the bed at this time, and smiled at him without surprise: "Your Highness, you are here." ”

"I'm coming." Su Xiangzuo said. He had heard the story of Li Hongyi and Shao An from the emperor's grandfather, and knew how hard General Li's death had hit the people in front of him. But when he faced such a breezy Shao An, he didn't know what else he could say.

Maybe Shao An doesn't need to be comforted, Su Xiangzuo guessed. Just as he was out of his mind, Shao An opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness has just arrived in the palace, are you still used to everything?" ”

"Fortunately, the food and clothing are very careful, and the grandfather took my mother into the palace. Grandpa liked me very much, and my grandmother's illness was cured. Su Xiangzuo thought that when she first saw the queen, she hugged herself and cried bitterly, but she muttered her father's name in her mouth.

The queen's long-term illness is known to both the government and the opposition. It's just that I didn't expect that Su Xiangzuo's arrival made the queen's condition gradually improve and improve greatly.

As for the emperor, when he saw this eldest grandson for the first time, he liked it very much. Even Shao An, who was recuperating at home, heard that the new prince was very loved by the saints, and invited many great Confucians to teach him carefully. The battle for succession is estimated to not appear in this dynasty.

"Recently, when I read the Analects, I have doubts in my heart, so I have come to ask you for advice." After being silent for a long time, Su Xiangzuo finally mustered up the courage to speak.

Shao An was slightly surprised and asked, "Where are the doubts?" ”

Su Xiangzuo said: "Zixia said: 'If you are excellent, you will learn, and if you are excellent, you will learn. 'What do you mean, sir?' ”

It turned out that the emperor couldn't persuade Shao An, so he sent his grandson to persuade him. Shao An smiled disdainfully, and explained word by word: "There are clouds in "Shuowen": learning, enlightenment. "Xiao Erya" cloud: excellent, more. "Paragraph Note" has clouds: Shi, things also. Your Highness understands? ”

"Understood, Mr. Xie will teach you." Su Xiangzuo is smart, and he only needs a little dial, and he understands in less than a moment. However, he didn't really come to ask questions on this trip, and his ultimate goal had not yet been achieved, so he couldn't make a plan, and he made another plan.

"Grandpa Huang invited many Confucian scholars for me, but I think that although they are good at learning, their views are outdated and unrealistic." Su Xiangzuo paused for a moment, and finally spoke, "Sir, I want to ask you to be the crown prince and teach me homework." ”

"Those old Confucians are all old and virtuous scholars, it is better to have them to teach His Highness, how can they compare with famous teachers and Confucians?" Shao An politely refused.

Su Xiangzuo said: "Mr.'s knowledge is no worse than that of Master Suru, when my father was in Qianzhou, he asked me to read Mr.'s strategy, and I really benefited a lot after reading it." ”

"What?" Shao An was really taken aback this time, Su Shenghui would still remember the strategy he wrote before?

"The articles that my husband wrote before were written down by my father silently and kept them in the collection." Su Xiangzuo explained, "My father agreed with Mr. 's theories very much and often taught his children to learn from him. ”

After Shao An heard this, he was a little dumbfounded. Su Shenghui used to love to work against Shao An, and on the surface he was disdainful of Shao An's strategy, but he didn't expect to agree with it in his heart. Shao An sighed, I don't know how the emperor will feel after knowing this?

"Okay, I can be the crown prince, but I am only responsible for teaching, and ignore everything else." Shao An looked at Su Shenghui's face in the end and agreed to Su Xiangzuo.

When Su Xiangzuo heard this, he was overjoyed, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Teacher." ”

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Seventeen years of Tai'an, summer.

A loud cry pierced the sky of the capital, Li Hongyi's posthumous son was born, and his mother died in childbirth.

When Wu Huiming was dying, he entrusted his two young children to Shao An, and left a last word saying that Li Hongyi had named his son An Guo.

"Anguo?" Shao An looked at the little boy in his arms, and then looked at the ignorant rouge next to him, and sighed slightly in his heart. Secure the country, secure the country, and stabilize the country. It turned out that this was Li Hongyi's last wish.

Shao An adopted the two children and took them back to Shao Mansion. At this time, Rouge still didn't know what happened to his parents, grabbed Shao An's hand and asked, "Uncle, where are my father and mother?" ”

"Wait a little longer, in a few days, my uncle will take you to see your parents." Shao An held back the grief in his heart, looked at the northern slope of the outskirts of the city again, and said.

Wu Huiming and her husband Li Hongyi were buried together on the north slope, and Shao An hugged An Guo and led the rouge to Li Hongyi's tomb.

On the northern slope of the outskirts of the city, there are many hidden guards, and here it is still the same as before, solemn and solemn. He actually came here before, back then to worship Ding Yi, and now he is here to worship his brother.

"Brother, I'm back." This brother, after so many years, Shao An finally called out. However, Li Hongyi could no longer hear it.

"Brother, I took my child and came to see you. An Guo's eyes are big and look a lot like you. Rouge is naughty and loves to cause trouble, and his temperament is most like you. ”

An Guo and Rouge stared blankly at their parents' tombstones, not knowing what it meant. They are still too young to experience the pain of life and death.

Shao An looked at Hong Yi's tombstone, and suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was extremely familiar, as if he had experienced it once. He remembered that it was the twenty years of Yongkang, and he knelt in front of his brother's clothed cup, and he couldn't help himself with grief. That year, he resented God, why did it be his brother who died. Now that he understands, he doesn't complain about God, because this is his brother's choice. From the moment he stepped onto the battlefield, Li Hongyi chose the ending.

Shao An slowly knelt down and stroked the white tombstone. Horse leather shroud, green mountains bury bones, that's your choice; It is my will to do my best and die.

I will protect the country you have recaptured desperately. The prosperous era you are looking forward to, I will complete it for you. Brother, don't worry......

The next day, Shao An paid his respects three times. He stood in front of the door of Zhongshu Province, looking at the sky in the distance, the sky was porcelain, the summer breeze gently blew the hem of his clothes, and the three big characters of "Zhongshu Province" on his head shone brightly under the scorching sun.

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There's one last chapter left, and tomorrow's finale!!