Chapter 11: In the Palace
Lu Renyi said "hey", telling a story, this little girl is not good to listen to and actually sarcastically mocks him, Lu Renyi is ready to do ideological work for her, but before she can say a word, Ding Weilan has already "banged", her head tilted, and she fell asleep directly.
As for Qingying, she had already slept when King Xuan was a child.
Lu Renyi was still unsatisfied, seeing this scene, he could only shake his head helplessly, pulled a blanket and covered the two people, except for the door, turned the corner, and approached Xiaobei, the apprentice who was working hard to make medicine.
"Apprentice, Master will tell you a story......
In the palace.
Su Yi instructed the little eunuch below to clean up the leftovers on the table, and served tea to the father and son in front of him.
Mo Huaiyu picked up the teacup and put it to his lips and blew it, lowered his eyes and looked at the two tea leaves that were floating in the curl, put it down again, and sighed.
Mo Lingfeng was observing from the side, not moving or speaking, as if he couldn't read his face.
His father would not announce his entry into the palace for no reason, he must have something to explain, but the things that his father confessed were nothing more than the affairs of the court and the private affairs of his house, both of which he was unwilling to take the initiative to mention.
The stalemate didn't last long, and there was a cough above his head, Mo Lingfeng knew that this was his father who was going to talk to him, so he turned around, raised his head, and made an appearance of obeying the teachings, but he was not very convinced in his heart, and only hoped that he would finish quickly.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you, but everything is okay in the house?"
After Mo Huaiyu finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on him, and Mo Lingfeng's heart sank.
Things in the court are okay, the clichΓ© topic, even if he doesn't have any ideas, he can pat himself on the back or something, his father eats this the most, but if he asks him about the things in the palace, he will be embarrassed, and if he asks him about the house, he can't say that everything is bad, but it's true.
Can you hide it, Father-in-law Su has already gone to the house in person, and he is not blind.
Since it's not okay to tell the truth, and it's not okay to tell nonsense, then don't say it at all.
"The affairs in the palace can be handled by the sons, and the father does not have to worry."
"You mean to leave me alone?"
Mo Huaiyu sneered, he knew that this kid would not tell the truth.
"If I let you mess around any longer, I'm afraid it won't be long before you're the widower that no one wants."
"Father!" Mo Lingfeng's face suddenly fell, how could a father say this about his son, a widower is just a widower, no one wants it yet......
"Am I wrong?"
Mo Huaiyu glanced at him, "Do you know what Su Yi told me just now?" He said that you let the princess be left out in the cold and didn't ask, and almost lost your life, and said that your whole house has no respect for the princess who is marrying this Ming media, and it doesn't look like there is such a person, why, do the people in your Qi palace think that the princess given by me is not qualified? Are you slapping me in the face? β
"Never."
Mo Lingfeng got up from his seat and bowed deeply to Mo Huaiyu, "Father, you should know that the son is ...... The princess has no feelings, and the sons and daughters also retained her position as the princess according to their father's words. β
"So you think that this is the end of your righteousness, and you can ignore her life or death?"
ββ¦β¦ Erchen didn't dare. Mo Lingfeng lowered his voice, a little lacking in confidence.
Mo Huaiyu sneered: "Of course I know that your temperament is the same as that of Concubine Xian, and you will not easily harm others, which is naturally a good thing, but don't learn the way of Concubine Xian to protect yourself, just care about leisure, and have no responsibility at all." Now that the princess has become your princess, not only has she been given a title, but you should give her all the dignity she deserves. β
"I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll ...... son."
"Don't tell me that you can't do it, Concubine Xian spoiled you too much, you are too willful now, so you will only rely on your own temperament now, asking you to do a little reluctant thing and bargain with me, if you can't even handle this little thing, how will you ...... in the future?"
Mo Huaiyu paused for a moment, seeing that Mo Lingfeng was listening attentively, but obviously didn't listen, he couldn't help but feel a burst of anger in his heart.
"If you continue like this, don't meet with Concubine Xian for the time being, and she will teach you some useless things."
Mo Lingfeng raised his head suddenly, which really attracted attention, but ...... He himself is angry, why do he have to pull it on the head of the concubine.
The father is like this every time, he is used to using the matter of the mother concubine to blackmail him, and the key is that it works every time, he is like a kitten cub who is choked by the back of the neck, and there is no room to move at all. That's why he hates being alone with his father the most.
Looking at his father's expression of "I know", Mo Lingfeng couldn't help but turn his head over and sulk alone.
Mo Huaiyu raised his eyebrows with interest, "How is it?" β
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, the stinky boy who hasn't grown up still wants to fight with him, haven't you heard that Jiang is still old and spicy, he is sure of this stinky boy, so he waited for him to nod and agree.
As he expected, after a while, Mo Lingfeng finally had a stinky face, and reluctantly said, "Erchen understands", and then stopped talking.
Mo Huaiyu laughed twice, Concubine Xian's weakness is really a poke and a quasi, it can be seen that this kid is also very dependent on Concubine Xian...... Mo Huaiyu thought about it, and his mood began to complicate again.
"Alright, you go down first."
Mo Huaiyu was relieved, but in front of this big Buddha, he still didn't dare to show it too obviously, so he just said "Erchen retires" in a proper manner, then stood up, turned around and wanted to go out the door.
"Wait."
Mo Lingfeng's face pulled, and when he turned around, he changed to a sincere and frightened expression, "Father." β
"What if...... I mean that if, if the Great Liang Kingdom invades the imperial city and hostages me and Concubine Xian, who are you going to save first? β
"Huh?"
Mo Lingfeng was stunned, is there such an if? In the past two years, their Shuiyue Kingdom has also gradually risen, and even other countries are not willing to bow down to each other, they are secretly competing with each other, in the first few years, all countries have declared themselves vassals to the Great Liang Kingdom, and they are very dissatisfied in their hearts, if the Great Liang Country takes the lead in provoking a war, everyone will definitely share the same hatred......
So is the father trying to make him analyze the current situation? Didn't you say you could go, really......
Mo Lingfeng cleared his throat, ready to reluctantly speak.
Just as he was about to speak, Mo Huaiyu suddenly waved his hand impatiently, "Get out, don't let me see you again!" β
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Mo Lingfeng went out, Su Yi was guarding the door, and when he saw him come out, he bent down politely.
Mo Lingfeng endured and endured, but he still couldn't help but ask, "Father is in a bad mood today?" β
Su Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this question, but after reacting, he looked inside, and said with some uncertainty, "It's good, it's good." β
Mo Lingfeng felt even more inexplicable, since he was in a good mood, why did his face be so stinky just now......
Mo Lingfeng left with a question mark on his head, and he was also inexplicable as Gonggong Su, he remembered that before leaving the palace today to go to the palace, the emperor was really in a good mood, why did the prince ask like this, could it be that the exchange between the two people just now was unpleasant?
Su Yi looked at the direction Mo Lingfeng left, decided to go in and have a look, pushed open the door, and saw the emperor walking aimlessly around the room alone, and when he saw him coming in, he beckoned him to come over.
Su Yi approached and shouted "Your Majesty".
Mo Huaiyu looked at him, his face was very ugly, and he didn't speak, just silent.
Su Yi didn't know what these two people were talking about when he was away, and he didn't dare to talk casually, the two of them stared at each other like this, and in the end, Su Yi was a little weak-hearted, did he do something wrong?
"Your Majesty?"
Su Yi asked cautiously, with a trembling liver.
Mo Huaiyu took a deep breath.
"Does I look scary?"
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Scary, but he can't say.
Mo Lingfeng was relieved, strode away after leaving the palace gate, turned around and came to Concubine Huang Wu, who was already waiting at the door.
"Mother."
Concubine Xian was in her early forties today, and she was not yet old, and when she saw Mo Lingfeng coming, she raised a gentle smile.
"Come on in."
"Mother, please."
The two entered the room, and Mo Lingfeng saw Concubine Xian sit down, so he sat down at the bottom position, picked up the pastries on the table and ate them.
Concubine Xian smiled: "I just heard that you had dinner at your father's place."
Mo Lingfeng heard the meaning of the words, finished the pastry in two or three bites, and wiped the corners of his mouth, "Father is watching from above, where does Erchen dare to eat more, now his stomach is still empty, fortunately, the things here are delicious, otherwise Erchen will starve to death." β
Concubine Xian shook her head helplessly, "They are all married people, and seeing your father is like a mouse seeing a cat." β
"Doesn't the mother concubine know that no matter how big a mouse is, it is also a mouse, and you have to hide when you see a cat, this is nature."
After Mo Lingfeng finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Concubine Xian, his tone changed, and he said: "What's more, Erchen's relatives are no different from success or failure."
"What, your father mentioned this to you?"
Mo Lingfeng nodded, and the relaxed expression on his face faded a lot.
"Erchen originally thought that he could go on without incident, but now it seems that he may not be able to."
"How?"
Mo Lingfeng told Ding Weilan about his inexplicable resurrection after being poisoned, of course, omitting the part where she was molested by her and the part where she went out without permission today.
Even so, Concubine Xian shook her head when she heard this.
"Ling Feng, don't you remember what your mother said to you?"
Mo Lingfeng frowned, and seemed to recall it extremely resistantly, "Yes, but Erchen ......"
"Can't do it?" Concubine Xian could see through it almost at a glance, what Mo Lingfeng wanted to say, and immediately shook her head disapprovingly, and said: "The mother concubine has already told you that this kind of thing may be the whole of a woman's life, but for a man, it is just a means to achieve the goal, even if you are hypocritical, pretending, and giving her a superficial explanation, it is better than locking people in a side courtyard and not seeing the light of day."
"Erchen did not restrict her freedom."
Mo Lingfeng reluctantly explained, obviously she was able to come and go freely before, but she often used some means when she was squeezed out, so she was naturally reluctant to move around, although he knew, but he didn't want to care, over time......
Thinking about it, Mo Lingfeng felt that there was indeed something wrong, but he didn't want to admit it, he hated Ding Weilan, of course he wouldn't stand up for her, even if he did something wrong, he admitted that he was a bad person, and he didn't want to change it.
Besides, what the concubine said, he didn't agree at all, if for men, feelings are just a tool to achieve a certain goal, wouldn't it be too ruthless.
There was nothing to hide between Mo Lingfeng and Concubine Xian, so he said this.
"I really want Erchen to make a deal with his feelings, but Erchen can't do it."
Concubine Xian did not refute, but said: "If you can do what you can't do, one day, you will find its benefits, and one day, you will occupy its position, seek its own government, and many things have to be done, and then you will understand what your mother and your father said."