Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Orphans of the Former Dynasty Are Here
After Chen Shanglu finished breakfast today, he was called to the study by his father.
Chen Lin got straight to the point: "Do you like the five girls of the Jiang family?" Chen Shanglu looked at him uneasily, and responded, "Yes, I like it very much." ”
Chen Lin flicked his sleeves and stood up, he said with a cold face: "From today onwards, I will not allow you to have any more dealings with the Jiang family." ”
Chen Shanglu was stunned, "Why, Dad?" ”
"Because. You and she are not people on the same road. Chen Lin looked at Chen Shanglu and said word by word: "The Jiang family supports the crown prince, and our family swears allegiance to the second prince." ”
Chen Shanglu stood up in shock, "Dad, didn't you always say that you are only loyal to the emperor, and you will not participate in these partisan disputes?" ”
Chen Lin smiled slightly, "Those are all said to others, and the people supported by our family from beginning to end are the second prince." ”
His words made Chen Shanglu fall into an ice cave.
"Now you understand? I will never allow you to marry the daughter of the Jiang family. He said again: "Shang Lu, since your mother died, your father has indulged you too much. Now that you're older, you can't play the world like before, and you have to put the interests of your family first. ”
Chen Shanglu's expression was gloomy, and his voice was low, "But I really like Chu'er." ”
"Don't mention this matter again, in a few days, Daddy will find a good woman for you."
"Shang Lu, the eldest husband should not be confined to the relationship between his children and daughters, we have more important things to do." Chen Lin said.
Chen Shanglu said weakly: "Yes, Daddy." He never dared to disobey his father, so he could only deny his words in his heart.
"During this time, the disaster in the south became more serious, and rumors were also spreading. The prince said a lot, and being reprimanded by the emperor is a good thing for us. ”
"It's just that there is a hint of turmoil today."
Chen Shanglu said: "But Emperor Chen's heirs are thin, and they all died in the hands of the chaotic army, how can the Chen State rise again?" ”
Chen Lin suddenly turned his head to look at him, but he didn't speak, and he fell into an uneasy situation, his eyes were blank.
After a long time, he said, "No, there is still one alive." ”
"I saved him."
Chen Shanglu was shocked, "Daddy, what are you talking about?" ”
Chen Lin went to close the door, he looked at Chen Shanglu and said, "That's right, the sixth prince Yongjia, the youngest child of Emperor Chen." That night, the officers and soldiers rushed into the palace, and I blended into the crowd and went straight to the Chunning Palace, because there was an old man waiting for me. Chen Lin smiled, Chen Shanglu was sure that this was the most sincere smile he had ever seen his father laugh at.
At that time, the Chen family was next door to the Lin family, and he and the Lin family's daughter Lin Susu had known each other since childhood.
Su Su entered the palace at the age of sixteen and became Concubine Su, and a few years later, he gave birth to his last prince, Yongjia, for the emperor.
Emperor Chen was mediocre and tyrannical, and Concubine Su was worried day and night that Chen Zuo would be broken, how to protect Yongjia. She is a gentle and intelligent woman, and when she has no choice, she thinks of her former playmate Chen Lin.
She sent letters to Chen Lin many times, asking him to save Yongjia in danger, and Chen Lin agreed.
Later, the general trend of Chen Guo has gone, and the army is pressing. Emperor Chen's heirs died under the butcher's knife, Chen Lin sneaked into the palace with a mask regardless of the danger to his life, rescued the six-year-old Yongjia from the Chunning Palace, and made a wish to hang himself in the Chunning Palace.
"I wanted to take her, but she didn't want to. She wouldn't go with me. Chen Lin smiled bitterly. She has been stubborn since she was a child, and no one can change what she decides. The officers and soldiers were about to rush into the Chunning Palace, and she pushed me out with all her might. Yongjia was reluctant to leave, holding her and not letting go, she broke Yongjia's hands one by one, she told him not to hate, not to take revenge, and to live well. ”
"You ran away with Yongjia? Where is Yongjia now? ”
"I ran out of the palace with Yongjia, and was chased and killed all the way, and Yongjia was stabbed in the arm." Chen Lin tried to recall that Yongjia's right shoulder was stabbed and a large piece of clothing was cut off.
"In order to save Yongjia, I hid him, I went to lure away the pursuers, but when I came back, I found that he was gone."
"I don't know if I'm dead or alive now." Chen Lin sighed, "I have failed Su Su's entrustment."
"Daddy." Chen Shanglu wanted to speak and stopped, he had never heard his father talk about this.
"I remember that Yongjia had a very conspicuous birthmark on his right shoulder, because it was shaped like a unicorn." He saw it when Yongjia's clothes were punctured.
Like five thunderbolts, Chen Shanglu was dumbfounded, and his heart swelled out of the moment of the day's electric lightning, the unicorn birthmark? Unicorn birthmark!
"Yuewu!" He exclaimed.