Five years later.

On this day, Ah Tao took the five-year-old Qian Ke back to the Song Mansion to see his grandfather and grandmother.

Ah Tao stood in the courtyard, looking at his father, who was over half a hundred years old in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he was so young as Qian Ke, sitting on his father's shoulder to pick dates, as if he had found it not long ago.

Qian Ke liked his grandfather very much, looked at the dense jujube trees with jujubes, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, I want to pick dates, can you pick dates on your back?" ”

Ah Tao feels that her daughter is spoiled by her on weekdays, so she is like this

"Ke'er, if you pester your grandfather like this again, my mother will be angry."

He Tangerine, who was standing beside Song Huainan, was not happy when he saw his daughter reprimanding his granddaughter, "It's okay, since Ke'er wants to sit on her grandfather's shoulder and pick dates, then let her be." ”

"Mother, you can't get used to her like this, she will be spoiled like this."

He Chengtong said: "Ke'er is my granddaughter, I don't love her, who do I hurt?" ”

Qian Ke, who was combing his horn bun, hurriedly walked to his grandmother's side, hugged her legs and said coquettishly: "Grandmother is so good, Qian Ke likes grandmother the most." ”

When Song Huainan heard this, he was not happy, and pulled his granddaughter and said, "What about grandparents? Doesn't Kerr like her grandfather? ”

Qian Ke quickly changed his words: "My grandfather and grandmother like it." ”

With such a smart and lovely granddaughter, He Tangerine and his wife really love him very much, especially He Tangerine, for fear that she would bump into it.

But Ah Tao, who is a mother, thinks that her daughter is sometimes too naughty and naughty, like a boy.

"Ke'er, aren't you going to pick peaches and dates? Come up, grandfather will drag you to pick it up. ”

The grandfather dragged his granddaughter to pick dates, but it was really a happy picture.

At the end of the Zhuangyuan Mansion, Qian Xizhou returned to the house after the next dynasty, and did not see his wife and daughter, and after asking, he learned that his wife had brought his daughter to the Song Mansion, so he quickly got into the carriage and let the coachman drive to the Song Mansion.

Qian Xizhou lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, and saw Mama Lan and her party standing outside the door, and then asked, "Mama, my wife and daughter are in the house?" ”

This champion really can't leave his wife and daughter for a moment.

"Well, Miss is playing in the yard with Miss Xiao at this moment, so let's go in quickly."

Qian Xizhou was led by the maids and went to the yard to find his wife and children.

"Daddy." The money for picking dates on my grandfather's head saw that my father was coming, and he was so happy that he didn't even want to pick the dates, so he quickly asked his grandfather to put himself down and ran towards his father with a smile.

Qian Xizhou bent down and hugged his daughter into his arms, Qian Ke carried a basket of dates and said, "Daddy, look, this is the date that my grandfather dragged to the date tree to pick." ”

He Tangtong saw beads of sweat on her husband's forehead, so she took out a clean handkerchief from her arms, wiped it, and said, "I'm tired." ”

Ah Tao looked at her father and mother who was so affectionate, and couldn't help but fantasize about herself and Qian Xizhou when they got old......

Now, her two elder brothers have married, and her father has asked His Majesty to resign and is no longer qualified for the position of first assistant, although His Majesty is reluctant, but still agrees to his request.

Soon, my father and mother are about to leave for Luoyang, Ah Tao is very reluctant, but she can't stop it, especially her daughter likes her grandfather and grandmother so much, but as soon as the two leave, how should she tell her daughter?

Ah Tao wanted to try to keep her father, so she took her mother's arm and said, "Mother, can't you talk to your father and let you not go to Luoyang?" It's actually good for you to stay in the imperial city, and my husband can still serve the two of you and be filial in front of the two of you. ”

He Chengtong patted his daughter's hand and said: "You don't know your father's temperament, if he decides something, no one can change it, and Luoyang is clean and indeed suitable for living, I went over there with your father, if you miss us, you can also come to see us." ”

In this way, Ah Tao can't say anything anymore, knowing that her father's intention to go has been decided.

At noon, Ah Tao, her daughter and her husband had lunch in the Song Mansion before they got into the carriage and left the Song Mansion.

In the carriage, Ah Tao leaned on her husband's shoulder and told her husband that her father and mother would leave the imperial city in the future and set off for Luoyang to live permanently.

Qian Xizhou knew that she was reluctant to give up on her father, so she hugged her arms and comforted: "This is very good, and Luoyang is indeed a good place, since they want to live there permanently, you let them go." If you miss them then, I can take Ke'er to see them at any time. ”

That's all there is to it.

The day before leaving, Song Huainan made a special trip to the palace to say goodbye to the emperor.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at the man in front of him who had assisted him for decades, and he was about to leave him in a few days, and his heart suddenly had some mixed feelings.

"Your Majesty has managed the state affairs very well, I believe that the first emperor and the queen mother will be very pleased in the spirit of the sky, Weichen really has no need to continue to stay in the court, and he will leave the imperial city in the near future, and I hope Your Majesty will be solemn!"

The emperor stepped down from the dragon chair: "Since I have called you Taifu, you will always be Taifu, and I will never forget the teachings of Master Taifu." ”

Early the next morning, He Tangtong packed up his baggage and put him in a carriage, and Ah Tao also took her daughter to wait at the gate of the Song Mansion and bid farewell to her father.

When Qian Ke saw his grandmother come out, he immediately ran over, threw himself into He Tangerine's arms, and said in a milky voice: "Grandmother, my mother brought me to send you and my grandfather away." ”

He Tangtong grabbed his granddaughter's chubby little hand and said, "By the way, why didn't Brother Zhou come?" Is there something going on? ”

Ah Tao explained: "The husband is already on his way, and he will be there soon. ”

Song Huainan walked over, hugged his granddaughter in his arms, and said, "Ke'er, grandfather and grandmother are going to Luoyang, don't you miss us?" ”

Qian Ke hugged his grandfather tightly, pouted and said, "Of course I will think about it, grandfather, can you not leave?" Ke'er can't bear you. ”

When Song Huainan heard this, his heart suddenly softened, and he said: "No, we have to get it, if Ke'er misses us in the future, come to Luoyang to see us." ”

Qian Ke came out with tears in her eyes, but she had a strong temperament and didn't want others to see her crying, so she kept blocking it with her hands.

When Qian Xizhou arrived, he saw his daughter crying, so he hugged the child from her grandfather's hand.

Chang'an reminded: "My lord, the time has come, and it's time for us to hit the road." ”

In this way, Song Huainan and his wife got into the carriage.

In the carriage, He Tangtong leaned on her husband's shoulder, as if she couldn't sleep enough.

Song Huainan grabbed his wife's hand and asked, "Tangerine, we are about to leave the imperial city, will you be reluctant to come here and don't want to leave?" ”

A smile overflowed on He Tangerine's face: "No, I once said, wherever you go, I will follow you, in short, I will follow you in this life, and you will always want to get rid of me." ”

Qian Xizhou smiled, lifted the curtain and looked out of the carriage, in a trance, she really wanted to see a fifteen white-clothed young man stretched out his hand, followed by a little girl with a budding hairpin, the little girl grinned, seemed to be very happy.