Cui Yao did not see the final decision of the political hall, he withdrew from the hall after reading Rashid's letter, and waited until dawn before he was sent home by the palace guards, from yesterday noon arrived in Chang'an, he rested for less than an hour in total, a little exhausted, although tired, but Cui Yao was excited, judging from the attitude of the emperor and the court, the court was obviously inclined to reconcile with the big food, which made him extremely excited, he never wanted the two Eastern and Western powers to fall into the abyss of war.

Cui Yao got out of the carriage and walked quickly towards the mansion, but as soon as he entered the gate, the old housekeeper stopped him, "Eldest son, Madam asked you to see him immediately." ”

"I see." Cui Yao turned around and went to the inner house, Mrs. is Cui Xian's wife, but she is not Cui Yao's biological mother, Cui Yao's biological mother is the daughter of the Yang family in Shuzhong, died of illness a few years ago, the current wife was Cui Yu's second wife, surnamed Shen, is the daughter of a large family in Hanzhong, gave birth to a son when she was in Lingnan, so she was corrected as his wife, because Shen was corrected did not get Cui Yuan's approval, so Shen has always been very low-key, never asked about the Cui family's family affairs, and never ignored Cui Yao and his younger brother, Therefore, Cui Yao has not seen her for many years.

Shen is about in her early thirties, her appearance is barely upright, there is nothing brilliant, she was corrected because she gave birth to a son in the thin Cui family, in fact, she is a more timid and afraid woman, today she wants to see Cui Yao is also because of her husband's repeated advice, at this moment, Shen is packing up his son's summer clothes, and suddenly the maid came to report, the eldest son came.

Shen was stunned, and hurriedly ordered: "Let the eldest son wait, I will come out immediately." ”

After a while, Shen walked out, looking a little preoccupied. She didn't know how to tell Cui Yao about it, Cui Yao was standing in the small guest hall looking at the paintings on the wall, and he suddenly felt something. When he turned around and saw that his stepmother had walked out, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute: "The child will give the second mother a salute." ”

"Yao'er doesn't have to be polite. You may be seated! Shen said while secretly looking at his son, and seeing that he had grown into an adult, just like his husband when he was young, he couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "I haven't seen you for several years." Yao'er has grown so big, you came back this time to see your third brother? ”

The third brother is the son of the Shen family, who has just turned five years old this year, Cui Yao shook his head and said: "The child has been busy since he came back, and he has no time to see the third brother, please forgive the second mother." ”

"Your third brother hasn't gotten up yet. See him later! Speaking of this, Shen's tone of voice changed and she returned to the topic, she smiled slightly: "Yao'er, you will be eighteen years old next year!" ”

"Yes!" Cui Yao had already vaguely guessed his stepmother's intention to come to him, and he didn't say anything, but only replied respectfully.

Seeing his submissive attitude, Shen nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Your father is an important minister of the imperial court. It's the head of the family again. I am busy with official business every day, and I have no time to take care of your brothers. He asked me to take care of your life's work for him, so I came to you today. I want to tell you that your father and Fang Shilang have discussed and are going to officially engage you and Xiaomin in three days, and you don't need to worry about etiquette and items, as long as you are there at that time. ”

Sure enough, it was for marriage, Cui Yaodi's heart was full of anger, knowing his intention to bring Gu Dai home, and he would get engaged within three days, so he couldn't be a doll?

He restrained the anger in his heart, got up and bowed deeply to his stepmother, and said coldly: "Thank you father and mother for thinking about the child, but the child has decided to keep filial piety for his grandfather for three years, and not to talk about marriage for three years." ”

Yao'er, your Shen family was choked speechless, she couldn't put down her face, and said with a cold face: "Then forget it, I don't care about your father and son, I didn't say anything about this matter, you go!" ”

"Please forgive Erniang." As soon as Cui Yao gave up his hand, he strode away.

Cui Yao returned to his room, feeling depressed, his education since childhood was his father's order, although his father didn't spend much time with him, but after all, he was his father, he ordered himself not to disobey, but he absolutely couldn't accept this marriage, Gu Dai came to Baghdad thousands of miles away in order to save him, how could he abandon this kindness, he couldn't help but think of the journey back to Chang'an with her, that happy time made him unforgettable.

Cui Yao walked around the room with his hands behind his back, how could he convince his father?

At this time, there was a sudden noisy noise in the courtyard, Cui Yao frowned, pushed open the window and looked out, only to see one of his attendants was loudly gesturing to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper was also trying to explain to him, but unfortunately the two did not speak the same language, but the voices were getting louder and louder, and they didn't know what each other was talking about?

Cui Yao laughed, "Uncle Liu, he said that they plan to go back to Dashi, so they came to bid me farewell." ”

"Oh! I see. The old butler smiled awkwardly and said, "I saw that he was coming aggressively, and I thought he wanted to do something?" It turned out to be a resignation. The old butler shook his head and turned away.

The attendant walked into the courtyard and saluted Cui Yao respectfully, "Please forgive us, sir, we really miss Baghdad and want to go back first." ”

At this moment, a bold idea came out of Cui Yao's heart, the emperor ordered himself to send an envoy to Baghdad again, but he didn't say when he would leave, why didn't he set off immediately!

With this thought, Cui Yao's heart thumped violently, although he only came back yesterday, it seems a little inappropriate to leave today, but three days have passed in a flash, if you don't leave, will you really get engaged to her?

After more than a year of training, Cui Yao has an extraordinary decisiveness and self-reliance, and he immediately said to Congdao: "Don't worry, I will return to Baghdad tomorrow, and we will go together." ”

Having made up his mind, Cui Yao's spirit slowly relaxed, the sleepless fatigue made him tired, and he couldn't care about eating, he lay on the couch and fell asleep, until dusk, Cui Yao finally woke up, the corners of his mouth were still sweet after a good sleep, he washed his face, only felt extraordinarily energetic, at this time, a maid whispered next to him: "The eldest son." The master told you to go see him when you woke up, and he was waiting for you in the study. ”

"I see." Cui Yao cleaned up a little, and then walked quickly to his father's study.

Cui Xiandi's study is next door to Cui Yuan's study. He had ordered his father's study to be sealed, and the study was full of his father's shadow and breath. It made him feel very depressed, and after returning from Lingnan, Cui Xian gradually mastered the entire family, but he always had a grudge against his father in his heart. He hated his father's attention to the family far more than him, especially a few years ago, he learned from Pei You that Zhang Huan planned to transfer him back to the court at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, but he gave up because of his father's strong opposition, he knew that it was because his father was afraid that he would get involved in family affairs, but he left him in a wild place like Lingnan for nearly ten years. Where is there still a little father-son love in the eyes of the father.

"Master, the eldest son is here." A concubine sitting at the door saw Cui Yao walking briskly, and hurriedly whispered to Cui Xian.

"Let him in." Cui Xian put down the book in his hand, his eyes flashed with a trace of unhappiness, he first asked his wife about today's conversation after returning home in the afternoon, and learned that his son actually thought that his grandfather kept filial piety to shirk the marriage, which made Cui Xian very unhappy, and even a little annoyed. The son's affection for his grandfather far exceeded his. When his grandfather died, he had to keep filial piety for three years, so what if he died? He will keep it for a few more years. It is estimated that it will not be held for even a month.

Although Choi Hyun is very resentful of his father, there is one thing that he thinks in line with his father. That is, Cui Yao married Fang Zongyan's daughter as his wife, the Fang family has always been the Tang Dynasty's family, Fang Zongyan himself is the head of the household department, there has been news that he will be promoted to the ministry of servants next month, Fang Zongyan has always been Chu Xingshui's henchman, two years later Chu Xingshui retired, not surprisingly he will take over the position of Xiangguo, this is the inevitable result of the balance of power, can be married to Fang Zongyan, he Cui Xian will take over the second uncle's position in the future.

Just as Cui Xiandi was pondering, Cui Yao walked into his father's study, and he stepped forward and bowed and said, "The child sees his father!" ”

"Sit down!" Cui Xian's face was serious, he wanted to maintain a kind of fatherly majesty in front of his son, he saw his son sit down, so he asked straight to the point: "I heard your second mother say that you want to keep filial piety for your grandfather, so you refuse to marry the Fang family, is that so?" ”

"Yes!" Cui Yao replied very simply, he didn't want his father to be ambiguous about his thoughts.

"Then look at this!" Cui Xian took out a letter from the table and threw it to his son, "This is your grandfather's last words before he died, ordering you to be engaged to Fang Min immediately after returning to Chang'an, and officially married in three years, if you want to keep filial piety, these three years are enough." ”

Cui Yao opened the letter, it was his grandfather's words, but his usual vigor and strength were no longer visible, and the strokes were intermittent, and he could see that his grandfather was trembling and writing the letter, Cui Yao's nose was sour, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Cui Xian saw his son's true feelings, he sighed secretly, and his disgust for his son disappeared, and when his son's mood calmed down a little, he said seriously: "Marrying the Fang family as a father is for your own good, next month Fang Zongyan will be promoted to the servant of the Ministry of Officials, holding the power of the Ministry of Officials, how many people want to be his son-in-law, but people just take a fancy to you, there is such a father-in-law, plus you are from Jinshi, your future will be infinitely bright, you will be eighteen years old next year, and you should also understand the truth that there are people in the court who are good officials, And if you marry Xiao Min, the Cui family and the Fang family will form an alliance and greatly increase their power in the central region, so your marriage will be extremely beneficial to both yourself and your family. ”

Cui Yao also slowly recovered from his grief for his grandfather, and he couldn't listen to a word of his father's hard advice, he suddenly had a thought, so he blurted out: "Fang Min is only thirteen years old this year, and the age difference between him and me is too big, and he is just the right match for his second brother, why can't my father fulfill them?" ”

"Bastard!" Cui Xian slapped the table hard, he was almost mad by his son's fallacy, he pointed at Cui Yao and shouted: "You unscrupulous son, you want to marry that demon girl, I tell you, if you dare to marry her, I don't have your son." ”

At this time, Cui Yao's stubborn temper was also committed, he knelt down, stiffened his neck and retorted: "What's wrong with Gu Dai, she is gentle and considerate, she has a deep love for the child, the child was captured by the big cannibal, she came to Baghdad alone to save me, in the Mulu Desert, if it weren't for her, the child would have died in the hands of the big cannibal, she is both affectionate and righteous, how can the child be unkind." ”

"You bastard!" Cui Xian saw that his son dared to talk back to him, he was so angry that he lost his mind, he picked up the jade pen holder and smashed it at Cui Yao, snap! There was a crisp sound on the ground, and the pen holder bloomed on Cui Yao's forehead, cracking into pieces, and a stream of blood flowed down Cui Yao's forehead.

Cui Yao knelt there straight and motionless, and after a while, he slowly said word by word: "The child does not dare to hide his father, just yesterday, His Majesty the Emperor has given Gu Dai to the child in marriage, and His Majesty's will cannot be violated." ”

"What!" Cui Xian sat down on the ground heavily, he couldn't believe what he heard in his ears, the emperor actually intervened, he was not stupid, he immediately understood, this was the emperor who did not allow Cui and Fang to marry, an extreme sense of frustration permeated his heart, he looked at his son blankly, he found that he had never been so strange to him as he was today, is this his own son? When did I give birth to such an evil obstacle?

He slowly raised his hand, pointed to the door and said in a trembling voice, "You go!" You get out of the Cui family for me, from today on, I don't have your son, and the Cui family doesn't have your descendants, get out! ”

Tears flowed down Cui Yao's cheeks, he fell to the ground and kowtowed to his father, then turned around and kowtowed three times in the direction of his grandfather's study, he stood up and resolutely left his father's study and left Cui's mansion.

Cui Xian looked at the sky outside the window blankly, he had no regrets for his son's departure, but he remembered Zhang Huan's strong support for the Cui family clan to move to Chang'an, and it was only at this moment that he felt for the first time that he seemed to have made a big mistake.

After a long journey, when a once-in-a-century snow fluttered over Baghdad, Cui Yao returned to Baghdad after a four-month absence, which was December 30 in the sixth year of Dazhi, only one day away from the seventh year of Dazhi.

Cui Yao finally failed to redeem his father's expulsion order, at the last moment, his marriage has become unimportant, the important thing is that his father believes that he betrayed the Cui family, so that he has nothing to say, when he embarks on a long journey, the family's gains and losses have faded in his heart, he only has the honor and disgrace of the country in his heart, he is representing an eastern power to the far west, he will spread the civilization of the East in this country, at the same time, he also wants to spread the civilization of the West to the Tang Dynasty, his mind has become infinitely broad, He's taking a path that no one has ever taken before.

When the arc of the city wall of Baghdad appeared in his eyes, Cui Yao looked back at his most beloved girl, and Gu Dai also happened to look at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and their eyes were full of infinite tenderness. Continued, if you want to know what happened next, UC e-book Chinese network, more chapters, support authors, support UC e-books! )