Chapter 18: Blessing and Misfortune
Biological mother? Sango's words were like a thunderclap, resounding above everyone's heads, and no one dared to take another step forward, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while. Chai Wu picked up Ximen March from the ground and handed it to Su Mengtang, and a big bag knocked out from the back of March's head, with tears in his eyes, but he didn't cry. Su Mengtang was busy Ziruo to take Ximen out, but Ximen March stubbornly refused to leave, and said: Xiao Qiu'er is still in her hands, I won't leave. Su Mengtang was angry and distressed, slapped Ximen on the buttocks, and said angrily: You are not messy enough, get out quickly. Ximen saw that the master was losing his temper with him, and the tears in his eyes suddenly welled up, Ziruo hurriedly carried Simon out of the door, and comforted him softly.
Seeing that no one dared to step forward to snatch Qiuqiu at this time, Coral pulled it even harder, but the child's head was stuck on the fence gate and couldn't pass at all. Qiuqiu saw that Yunhua and Su Mengtang and others were there at this time, and she was not too scared, but the coral drowning person grabbed the driftwood to survive, and insisted on pulling her into the iron fence, and the pain from her body made her very angry, and scolded Sango: You madman, tiger poison does not eat children, do you want to tear me in two? This sentence reminded Sango: yes, where is there a biological mother who pulls her child like this. She no longer dragged her hand, but firmly grasped Qiuqiu, and said: Good boy, I am your mother, the willow leaf-shaped birthmark on your shoulder, I still remember it, my mother is afraid that you will be taught badly by this group of people, and she will not recognize me, so she lost her mind and pulled you for a while.
Yun Hua endured the distress, but made a calm appearance, and said to Sango: We didn't want to kill you, if you let this child go, we will send someone to release you from the villa. Coral sneered and said, "What should I believe you?" Aren't you afraid that I'll tell Shi Miyuan the secrets here when I get out of this door? As soon as this child came, he asked me who Zhao Hong was, she was the prince's bloodline who was rescued from Puji Temple back then! It's my child! I'm her mother.
Yun Hua hated to break the coral with a sword, and the secret he had carefully buried for six years was fully told by the coral in Qiuqiu's ear. Qiuqiu was shocked when she heard this, and thought to herself: God, I turned out to be the prince's child. Descendants of royalty? She suddenly recalled the small gown embroidered with a dragon head in the wardrobe in the room, and she already understood her life experience a little. Qiuqiu looked at Yunhua, and a sad look swelled in Yunhua's eyes, and he was also looking at himself. Su Mengtang walked to Yunhua's side and said to Sango: You said that you are the mother of this child, do you have evidence? Since you are in love with Xia Zhen, how can you be willing to give birth to an heir for others. Coral said: If I wasn't her mother, how would I know about her birthmark, why did Shi Miyuan force her to give birth, what can I do? Su Mengtang felt unbelievable, and asked: If you really gave birth to a child, why didn't you say it just now? Coral grabbed Qiuqiu's hand and tightened it, and she said with some excitement: I thought that this child had died a long time ago, so I didn't want to mention it, whether I said it or not, I was her mother!
Su Mengtang didn't believe that Coral could give birth to a child after entering the East Palace for a year. She remembered many years ago, when Su Mengtang, Yunhua, Zhao Qingzhou, and Li Zhuoran were all fourteen, fifteen or sixteen years old, studying together in Luyang Academy. Zhao Hong also went, he claimed that his name was Zhao Bangxian, and he was a child of the declining clan. Although he is older than the others and looks dignified, he never puts on a show. A group of people often get together and talk about everything, from the family and the country, the past and the present, to the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs. Later, Ou Jinshu, the daughter of Ou Yuanwai, who built the academy, Tong Ning'er, the daughter of Tong Qingfang, who taught articles in the museum, and Xiang Kang, the son of General Xiang Yuanchao, who taught the art of war and martial arts, also integrated into them because they often stayed in the academy. A group of like-minded friends got together, so lively.
Xiang Kang is a general, a natural hero, this matter can be seen from his youth, after he joined, the daily activities of a group of literati, in addition to writing articles and singing poems, have expanded to such things as horse racing and hunting. What a happy few years it was, Su Mengtang can now remember the endless joy in his heart at that time. Later, again, a group of people returned from hunting, passing by Liuting forty miles outside Qingyun Mountain, Xiang Kang said: Xiang someone has to travel with all your brothers and sisters, I am so unhappy in my heart, I hate to be with each other every day, according to me, we might as well marry Jinlan, from now on every day to talk about joy, classmates to travel together, isn't it happy? ! Everyone was also feeling that their hearts were free, and when they heard Xiang Kang's proposal, they all smiled and said that it was better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and it was the best among the pavilions with beautiful mountains and rivers, only Zhao Hong's face was embarrassed.
When Xiang Kang saw it, he asked Zhao Hong: Brother Bangxian thinks it's inappropriate? Zhao Hong said: This is excellent, but the rules in my family are very strict, and you are not allowed to worship brothers with different surnames. Zhao Qingzhou couldn't help laughing and said: It seems that only Zhao can get what he wants here and bow down to Brother Bangxian. Zhao Hong saw that he couldn't hide it, so he could only tell his life experience, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked after hearing it: Zhao Bangxian, whose real name is Zhao Hong, who has always respected him as his brother, is the eighth grandson of King Qin, the fourth son of Song Taizu, and the prince of the dynasty! It turned out that Song Ningzong thought that the prince should understand the people's suffering, so he asked him to walk around the city from time to time to understand the people's customs and conditions; In addition, in the Ningzong Dynasty, the power was in the hands of the powerful minister Shi Miyuan, and no one else was allowed to put his beak, so Zhao Hong did not go to the court to discuss politics, and rarely appeared in front of the ministers, so when he came to Luyang Academy, even Lord Tong and Lord Xiang did not recognize him.
The crowd hurriedly dismounted, intending to bow down. Zhao Hong stopped: This is a separation, although I can't bow to you, I still want everyone to get along like brothers and sisters, and I don't want these rituals to lie between us. Tong Ning'er said: "Since we get along like brothers and sisters, then I have something to say, the prince's brother has been hiding from us for more than a year, and he should be punished." Why don't you be punished for being a witness for us and preside over a group of us to worship in the willow pavilion. Zhao Hong smiled: "I have this intention, but how can this be counted as a punishment, it should be a reward." Tong Ning'er rolled her eyes and said: "The seven of us are happy to worship as brothers, you are watching by yourself, isn't it a punishment~" A sentence made everyone laugh. Yunhua said: "Although the prince can't bow to us, we still treat the prince as a brother, the same blessing and misfortune, and the same deep affection. Everyone nodded yes.
Then use the wild geese that have just been hunted as a tribute, witnessed by Zhao Hong, seven people knelt in the willow pavilion, with willow branches instead of incense, worship heaven and earth. Zhao Hong took a pen and paper with the little servant, wrote down the names and font numbers of these seven people, and wrote an oath for everyone to seek common spirit, Gao Yi and be forever, in order to make the score of Jinlan and send it to everyone. The seven people faced the south, recited the oath together, and when they read "Across the mountains and rivers, they are not happy with the Si League, and they have experienced blessings and misfortunes and each has its own will", they were all a little moved, and the hands of the seven people were tightly clasped together. Zhao Hong was quite moved, and when he saw this, he also held the intertwined hands together, and said: If you are not born in the court of princes and nobles in the next life, you must worship with all the kings and share the good of Jinlan. After the ceremony, everyone rode their horses and whips and returned to Lin'an City from Liuting.
Su Mengtang came back to her senses from her memories, she looked at Coral, and couldn't tell if this woman was lying. It turned out that in the palace of Prince Zhao Hong, Queen Yang selected a lot of concubines for him, in addition to the main concubine, there were also Fengyi, Zhaoxun, Chenghui, Liangyuan, and Liangdi, and bluntly said that Ning Zong was pinched by Shi Miyuan because most of his nephews died young, and there was no one to assist; Now, for the sake of the Zhao family, in the long run, we should also have more children and raise more pigs. Zhao Hong was really helpless, but he didn't want to disobey his mother, so he had to keep the concubines in the East Palace and not mention them to outsiders. Although Su Mengtang and the others have been to the East Palace, they have not seen any other concubines except for the crown princess. Because everyone in Liuting has not yet married, Zhao Hong never talked to them about pregnancy in the backyard, which has caused the current situation - although Su Mengtang has eight or nine points of thought that Coral is lying, he still has one or two points of concern. If Coral is really Qiuqiu's mother, what should be done with it?
Coral saw that Su Mengtang and Yunhua were a little jealous, and she was very proud, she said, "What? Do you have no proof that I am not the mother of this child? Hahahaha, why is the aggressive look you had when you interrogated me just now? I knew that my good daughter was here, and I would have used this shield a long time ago. As she spoke, she even touched Qiuqiu's face with her hand. Qiuqiu took the opportunity to bite into the coral fish. "Ahh Coral was caught off guard and subconsciously withdrew her hand, although her other hand was still holding Qiuqiu, she had already relaxed her strength. It was too late, it was fast, Yunhua rushed over in one step, and slashed at the wrist of the hand that Coral was holding Qiuqiu, Coral was in pain, and before he could shout, Qiuqiu had been snatched into Yunhua's arms, retreated to Su Mengtang's side, and was saved.