Chapter 4: Homecoming
Wudehou Zhao Huan, Taizong Zhao Huan's great-great-grandson. Great-grandfather Zhao Wei is the youngest son of Zhao Huan, named the king of Zhongshan; Grandfather Zhao Qi is the second son of Zhao Wei, the Marquis of Yang, and the king of Zhongshan is inherited by his grandfather; And his father Zhao Ying inherited the Marquis of Chengyang, but he was Zhao Ying's second son, and the son of Chengyang could only be given to the eldest brother Zhao Qiang, and when Zhao Fang ascended the throne, he was named a villager. Zhao Huan, who has no background and no power, is really the best candidate to be a puppet.
And this Wu Dehou, or he was called into Beijing by the Empress Dowager Ouyang after he was sealed, after entering Beijing has not ascended the throne, probably Chun Yujia wants to wait for Chun Yu Nian to come back, and then hold the enthronement ceremony.
Hearing her brother's words, she hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and was about to salute but was stopped by him.
"It's all said that you don't have to be polite outside." He smiled warmly, and he said why this person looked so familiar, it turned out to be his wife Chun Yunian, who had not passed through the door. Between the eyebrows and eyes of the Chun Yu people, there is a bit of heroism.
As he was talking, Nanxing Banxia and the others arrived, and hurriedly dismounted to ask Chun Yunian if he was injured. Chun Yunian shook his head and led the two of them to see Zhao Huan.
"Where did you two brothers and sisters come from?"
"Fan Yang's ancestral tomb collapsed due to the heavy rain last month, and my father ordered me to go back to repair it, and my little sister has been born in Beijing, so I took her back to my hometown to see." Chun Yuchuan's answer was reasonable, and Chun Yunian almost believed it.
Zhao Huan nodded, looked at Chun Yu Nian and said with a smile: "Fan Yang is an outstanding person, what do you like when you go back this time?" β
Chun Yuchuan's heart sank, that's what he said, where did he think this person would really ask? Chun Yunian has always grown up in the south, how can he know what Fan Yang has?
Chun Yu Nian was also secretly shocked, I don't know if he asked casually or intentionally? But he still made an innocent appearance on the face, and thought about it seriously: "Well, I like the fried buns and shortbreads in the vegetable market street the most, as well as Chen Guan's hemp candy and peach crisp." β
When she said this, Chun Yuchuan was surprised, when did this person go to Fanyang? He actually said that the local food was like a treasure.
Hearing this, the smile on the corner of Zhao Huan's mouth deepened, "The second girl is a five-spice mouth." β
She laughed embarrassedly and ducked behind her brother, really looking like a little daughter.
"This scorching sun is in the sky, is there anything important about Wu Dehou?" Chun Yu Nian relieved the siege, and Chun Yu Chuan followed his question to show his concern for his subordinates.
"Humble Jing was pregnant with Liujia and wanted to eat some sour food, so he sent me out to buy some plums and go back."
"This kind of thing, just someone to do it, why bother you to come out?"
Zhao Huan shook his head, "That person has a bad mouth, and I'm afraid that it won't suit her appetite if someone buys it." β
"Since this is the case, I will not delay Master Hou, and Chun Yuchuan will retire." Saying that he hugged his fists and saluted, Chun Yu Nian also saluted, and waited for the two to get up when they walked away.
"Wu Dehou already has a family?" She looked at her brother and asked, her face a little ugly.
Chun Yuchuan knew that he couldn't hide it, so he sighed, took the reins in her hand, and said slowly: "There is now, and there will be in the future." β
She knows what her brother means, not to mention that he already has a family, even if he has a group of wives and concubines, his wife in the future can only be her. She laughed self-deprecatingly, feeling that power can really crush people.
"Nian'er understands." said so, but there was still injustice in her heart, and her father really found a good husband for her.
Chun Yu Nian's heart was not calm, and Zhao Huan was also full of thoughts, so that when he arrived in front of the dim sum shop, he walked forward unconsciously.
"Master, it's here." The attendant reminded.
"Oh," he woke up from a dream, "you go in and pick some, and go back first when you're done, I just remembered that there was still something to do." So saying, despite the fact that the attendant said that he did not know the taste of the lady, he hurried south.
He really didn't know, how did Chun Yunian speak Yongzhou official so fluently?
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Regarding Chun Yu Nian's Yongzhou official dialect, not only Zhao Huan was curious, but even Chun Yuchuan was also very curious. Chun Yunian didn't care, and said with a smile: "Grandfather is from Yongzhou." As for Fan Yang's food, my grandfather has taken me around since I was a child, passing by Fan Yang several times, and I know how to eat locally. Since she was five years old, Xiao Zhan would always pick a few months every year to take her out, not to mention Fan Yang, she had even been to the desert twice, and it was at that time that she learned to ride a horse.
Chun Yuchuan was stunned, and then laughed again, this Mr. Xiao really raised her as a boy. While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the door of the house, and the little guy at the door saw Chun Yuchuan coming back, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse to say hello.
"This is the second girl," he introduced, "go and inform the lady, and say that the second girl is back." β
The little girls hurriedly said hello to the second girl, and quickly ran into the door.
Chun Yunian left home since he was a child, and he didn't leave any impression of Chun Yufu, let alone the grandmother. Therefore, when she saw the crowd coming out of the inner hall with women in their teens and fifties, she did not feel much in her heart, but only bowed according to the rules: "I have seen my mother, and I greet her." β
Zhang's was dressed in a blue wide-sleeved top and black bottom, looking extremely dignified. Seeing her salute like this, she didn't feel anything, and said calmly to a woman in light yellow clothes beside her: "Ran'er, help your sister up." β
The woman who called Ran'er was the eldest daughter Chun Yuran, who was born delicate and dignified, very similar to Zhang's birth.
Chun Yuran helped her up and introduced the others present to her one by one, "This is the second aunt." β
"Erniang'an." She bent over.
Chun Yujia's concubine Wang, she responded with a light smile.
"This is my sister-in-law."
"Sister-in-law."
Chun Yuyan's wife, Li, she got up and returned the salute.
"This is the second sister-in-law."
Chun Yuchuan's wife Wei.
This doesn't need to be introduced to her, after this person came over with everyone, when he saw Chun Yuchuan, he hurriedly stepped forward to ask for warmth, could she not know that this was the second sister-in-law? She secretly glanced at her more, her face was delicate and gentle, although she was not outstanding, but she was also a small jasper, soft-spoken, and a person I felt sorry for.
"Xi'er, haven't you come to see your second sister yet?" Chun Yuran smiled at the little girl who had just entered the door.
The girl looked like she was thirteen or fourteen years old, with round cheeks and big eyes, and although she was beautiful, she was different from the people of the Chunyu clan, like her mother. She came in, glanced at Chun Yunian, and reluctantly gave a salute, "Second sister." With that, she went to her mother's side.
Chun Yunian secretly raised his eyebrows, who said that Xi'er's sister has a lively personality and should get along with her? This face full of disgust and contempt is inevitably too obvious. She glanced at Chun Yuchuan, and he happened to look at her, with a little embarrassment on his face. She smiled slightly, not thinking anything. Both of them were originally concubines, but they suddenly became concubines, and they were future queens, and whoever they were in change would be a little unbalanced in their hearts.
According to Chun Yuxi's thoughts, the queen should be the eldest sister Chun Yuran, otherwise she is also at home, how could it be Chun Yunian's turn to be that wild seed?
But with this dissatisfaction on his face, it can only be said that Chun Yu's is afraid that he will be such a fool.
"Chun Yuxi, who taught you to be so rude?" Zhang looked at the mother and daughter and frowned.
Wang hurriedly pulled his daughter and said apologetically: "It's my fault, Madame forgives me." β
Zhang Shi glanced at the mother and daughter deeply, and then said gently to Chun Yu Nian: "You have worked hard all the way, I have ordered the kitchen to make a meal, you see if it suits your appetite, if you don't like it, then order it to be redone." β
"Mother bothered."
Zhang smiled, "This is for my mother, your father is still in the court, he should come back later, and he will go to rest first after dinner." β
She answered softly, and followed Chun Yuran to dinner, seeing that Chun Yuchuan didn't follow, she turned around and said a little strangely: "Isn't the second brother coming?" β
Hearing this, Chun Yuran laughed, although this question was really a bit naΓ―ve, but she could also understand it, after all, it was the second brother who picked her up, and it was reasonable to be closer to him.
"The second sister-in-law has been preparing for a long time, so she won't come over with us." Chun Yuran said with a smile.
"Oh," she chuckled, "I didn't expect that. β
Nanxing and Banxia walked behind them, smiled at Chun Yuran's personal maid, and whispered something to themselves. Chun Yunian was afraid that people would say that they didn't understand the rules, so he turned around and frowned: "What are you two muttering behind your back?" β
"We're saying that the second grandmother is a little like the girl." Banxia said with a smile.
Saying this, Chun Yuran glanced at his sister and said with a smile: "Don't say it, it's really a little similar, the outline, mouth, and chin are quite similar." β
She touched her face unconsciously, "Like?" β
"It's quite like." Humane.
"Maybe it's not a family that doesn't enter the door." She laughed along, but an indescribable sense of loss and self-deprecation welled up in her heart.
is so good to her, it is all because of others, but she still thinks about that trace of the same affection, which is really sad and ridiculous.
"Fate." Chun Yuran said with a smile.
She nodded in agreement, the corner of her mouth still smiling.
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It wasn't until dusk that Chun Yujia returned home, he didn't return to his official uniform, and he heard his wife say that Chun Yuchuan was back, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is Nian'er?" β
"I've arranged for her to rest......"
"I'll go take a look." As he spoke, he tied up the official uniform that had just been unbuttoned, and hurriedly tidied up his clothes and prepared to go out.
Zhang hurriedly shouted behind him: "Don't worry about this moment, I'm afraid the child has already rested now." β
"I wasn't used to it when I first came, so I'm relieved to go over and take a look." As he spoke, he walked out without looking back.
Zhang frowned slightly, but also followed.
But he said that he was really not used to it. In order to avoid the assassins, he fled all the way, and he didn't care about the sadness and sorrow, but when he stopped, he began to think about his grandfather, what he was doing now, whether he had rested, and whether he was still used to being around himself......
She tried to hold back her crying and uneasiness, and silently hypnotized herself in her mind that it was okay, it was okay.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Nanxing heard the sound and asked, "Who?" β
"Has Nian'er rested? Your father came to see you. I only heard Zhang talking outside the door.
Nanxing glanced at his master, and when he saw her nodding, he responded that he hadn't slept and got up to open the door.
Chun Yu Nian straightened his skirt and got up, and bowed to his father who had just entered the door, "Unworthy girl Chun Yu Nian, meet your father!" β
Chun Yujia received the gift of his daughter as soon as he entered the door, his heart trembled slightly, and he hurriedly helped the person up, "My son get up quickly." β
As he spoke, he helped someone sit down again, looked her up and down, and calmed down after a while, but he couldn't help but be moved with a smile on his face, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back......
Maybe it really responded to the sentence of kissing the bones, seeing her father like this, she also followed the tip of her nose, "Father ......" She called softly, and wanted to say something more but it was like a fish in her throat.
No matter how calm and well-informed she is, she is only a little girl under the age of fifteen, and she is always homesick in the dead of night. And Chun Yujia's heartfelt voice suddenly hit the softest part of her heart, calming down her anxiety when she first arrived, followed by the grievance that she couldn't hold back anymore, and tears immediately fell on his hands.
Chun Yujia's heart hurt fiercely, and he couldn't care about it, so he took his daughter over and leaned on his shoulder, patted her back gently, and coaxed softly: "It's okay Nian'er, I'm going home, it's okay......"
She clung to her father's sleeve, and although her stomach was full of soreness, she still cried restraining herself.