Natsuhime (4)
Xia Dan still came to Yong'an to meet Xia Ruofu.
Originally, Zhu Yunqing thought that he would not come, after all, he was an important minister of the imperial court, and it was a felony to leave the royal capital without permission; But Xia Dan still came from thousands of miles away, which made Zhu Yunqing feel a little more good about this so-called father.
"Jove." When Xia Dian saw Xia Ruofu, he showed a look of disbelief, and then smiled with relief, "I thought I would never see you again in this life, but I didn't expect us to finally see each other again." ”
Xia Ruofu's eyes widened, and clarity appeared in her cloudy eyes; The corners of her lips twitched slightly, as if she wanted to say something.
Zhu Yunqing felt that her mother should have something to say to her father alone, so she consciously withdrew from the room.
She didn't know what her father and mother would say when she saw her father and mother again after twenty years, and she couldn't guess it.
Yan Qi came over and handed her a piece of cake: "Hungry, right?" Eat a little first. ”
Zhu Yunqing thanked him before taking the cake and taking a small bite, but he felt that he was in a really bad mood; Yan Qi saw Zhu Yunqing's sad expression and asked, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”
"You know what? My father was Charton. Zhu Yunqing said gloomily.
"I don't mind where you come from." Yan Qi answered.
"But I care." Zhu Yunqing was a little sullen.
Yan Qi didn't know how to arrange her, so she could only pat her hand gently.
The two of them talked intermittently outside the house for a while, and then Master Xuan came over, and it was very strange to see the two of them wandering around outside the house: "What are you two doing walking around here?" Why don't you go in? ”
Zhu Yunqing was frightened by the sudden appearance of Master Xuan, and pointed to the room trembling and said, "Xia, Xia Xiang is here." ”
Master Xuan was obviously stunned for a moment, but without saying anything more, he turned around and left.
Zhu Yunqing couldn't figure out what Master Xuan was thinking, and only after seeing Master Xuan leave, did she ask Yan Qi: "Senior Brother Jingming, is Uncle Xuan angry?" ”
"I can't see it." Yan Qi shook his head.
I don't know what Chardon and Charlotte were talking about in the house, and it wasn't until sunset that Charton came out.
After that, Yan Qi's master, Song Fu, the master of the North Division, also came over, and Song Fu naturally didn't have a good face when he saw Xia Di, so he just snorted coldly and went in with Yan Qi.
Xia Ruofu asked Zhu Yunqing a lot, and regretted that she would never see Zhu Yunqing again when she married a wife.
Yan Qi knelt in front of Xia Ruofu's bed and kowtowed to her, promising that he would treat Zhu Yunqing well in the future and would not let Zhu Yunqing be wronged.
After explaining the matter, Charlotte died of illness that night.
As Charlotte said, all the secrets of the past can only be carried to the grave by her in the end.
Later, Zhu Yunqing learned the story of Xia Dan and Xia Ruofu from Xia Dian, which was a story that only belonged to the previous generation many, many years ago.
Thirty years ago, Emperor Jingmu was seriously ill, and the rebellion of King Yongding plunged the dynasty into chaos.
No one wants to be born in an era of war and chaos, living a precarious and displaced; It's just that it's not easy to survive in troubled times, and everyone can only helplessly follow their fate.
Xia Ruofu is Xia Dian's sister-in-law, and in fact, the two are childhood sweethearts. It's just that the army was in turmoil that year, and Xia Dan joined the army for the glory of his ancestors, and there was no news when he left; And the Xia family's parents were killed by the rebels, and only Xia Ruofu was saved by the Yongan secret guard, and later became the Yongan secret guard.
Three years later, Emperor Jingmu died, and the empress dowager ascended the throne, that is, Empress Zhaozhen.
Xia Ruofu entered the palace as a secret guard of Yong'an and became a female official in front of the palace; As far as Yong'an Secret Guard is concerned. It was a great privilege to be by the side of the Lord.
And when he sees Xia Dan again, he will already be the general of the Yong'an Army.
At that time, Xia Ruofu was full of expectations, thinking that after she left the palace in five years, she could marry Xia Dan as his wife; Xia Dian also promised Xia Ruofu that he would marry her after she left the palace.
Xia Duan didn't know that Xia Ruofu was the identity of Yong'an Secret Guard, but he only knew that Xia Ruofu was already the Imperial Shangyi; He once wanted to use Xia Ruofu's identity to do things for him, but Xia Ruofu refused without hesitation. Although Xia Ruofu didn't tell anyone about this matter, she was a little more suspicious of Xia Dian in her heart.
Their relationship lasted until the rebellion of the Fu thieves; In fact, Xia Ruofu should have been able to detect it, but she didn't expect Fu Fei to be really frantic and suddenly start an army.
After all, at that time, the general Fu Fei and Ningyuan Marquis Xie Huai were the heroes who pacified the Yong'an Rebellion, and they were also the ministers left by Emperor Jingmu, and the Fu Xie family was already at the peak of their prosperity; However, the Fu family was afraid that the prosperity would decline, after all, the endings of the powerful ministers of the previous generations were also vivid, and most of them not only did not die well, but also affected the family.
Fu Fei raised troops, but in the end, he was cheaper than the Xie family, who sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.
And Xia Ruofu calculated the right time to lure Xia Dan to rain and dew with her for a night and became pregnant with Zhu Yunqing; After that, Xia Ruofu wrote a letter to say goodbye to Xia Dian, since it was impossible to convince each other, they could only stop seeing each other and never miss each other again.
However, before the letter could be reached in the hands of Xia Dian, the Fu family mutinied; Charloton had no idea of the letter Charlotte had written to him, and he went to look for Charlotte, who was told that Charlotte had been killed in the rebellion. Xia Ruofu was killed by the rebels, Xia Dian hated the Fu family and also hated the Yong'an secret guard, feeling that if Xia Ruofu had not become the Yong'an secret guard, he would not have died like now; This is also why Xia Dun has been deliberately trying to get rid of the Yongan secret guard completely since then.
He never imagined that Charof was still alive and that they had a daughter.
He didn't know anything, but now he knows everything.
"Your mother meant on her deathbed not to let you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, but in the heart of your father, you will always be my daughter. In the future, if there is anything needed in the future, just come to Xia's house to find me, no matter what I can do, I can do it. Xia Dan promised Zhu Yunqing, perhaps because he still felt guilty about their mother and daughter, hoping to make up for it.
Hearing that Xia Duan said this, Zhu Yunqing was unequivocal: "Father, you know very well by now that the assassin that night was indeed reckless and reckless by his daughter, and he really had nothing to do with King Song. It's just that King Song was innocently implicated, and his daughter is really guilty; Can the father tell the truth in front of the emperor and return the Song king's innocence. ”
Xia Dan was puzzled: "This, you know the King of Song?" ”
Zhu Yunqing naturally wouldn't tell Xia Duan about their relationship between Yong'an Secret Guard and Xie Lan, and only said nonsense: "My daughter is really guilty. ”
However, Xia Duan had already seen the true purpose of their Yong'an Secret Guard: "Actually, King Song has always had a relationship with your Yong'an Secret Guard, right?" I'm not sure about anything else, but King Song did appear that night. ”
Zhu Yunqing lowered her head and didn't speak, she didn't know whether to say it or deny it.