Chapter 1: A New Beginning
As soon as Liu Ning and Tang Changyu came home, Liu Xia ran out and hugged Liu Ning's legs, his voice was sweet, and he shouted aunt, aunt a little vaguely. Liuning touched his head and led him to Liubin with a smile, Liubin squatted down and held his hand, but Liuxia hid behind Liuning with some fear, Liuning smiled and rubbed Liuxia's little head and said, "Silly boy, this is your father." ”
Liuxia's pair of black peach blossom eyes were exactly the same as Liubin's, his eyes looked at Liubin, and then at Liuning, and he cringed and called out tentatively: "Dad." ”
When Liubin heard this, he instantly smiled, hugged Liuxia in his arms, and hugged his child with great love. It was the first time he had seen his child in such a long time, and the child's eyes were exactly the same as his own, and it was the first time that Liubin felt that he was so kind.
All this was seen by Liuning, but unfortunately, if Yunqing is here, it would be best for a family of three to reunite here, Liuning knew that Liubin must have thought the same in his heart, if he could take this opportunity in Chang'an to complete this song dream for his brother, it would be the best.
"Brother, the child is still young, if you treat him well, he will be good to you, your father and son have been separated for too long, don't mind too much, the relationship should be cultivated slowly, don't be too anxious." Liuning comforted Liubin, Liubin also understood this truth, nodded knowingly, Liuning and Tang Changyu left hand in hand, leaving Liubin and Liuxia to slowly get acquainted here.
Liu Ning and Tang Changyu lay side by side on the bed at home, and the smell of home was always so comfortable and warm, full of a sense of security. The long-lost peace of mind and relaxation made the two drowsy. Liu Ning hugged Tang Changyu's waist, nestled on his shoulder, and muttered: "Changyu, this is so good, can we live like this forever?" ”
"A-Ning, yes" Tang Changyu said groggily, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Mingfu followed Zhao Nan back home, and Zhao Nan arranged a side room for her, which was the room where Zhao Jin lived when she was a child, and it has been preserved until now. Mingfu looked around, looking at the furnishings, she knew for the first time that the original home was like this.
"This is the room you lived in when you were a kid." Zhao Nan was a little weak when he told lies.
Mingfu stretched her waist and said to Zhao Nan with a smile: "It turns out that the family is like this." Zhao Nan smiled reluctantly, not knowing how to respond.
The life I want always passes quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it's time for the dinner arranged by the emperor.
Everyone came to sit down at the table one after another, Liuning looked around, those well-dressed ministers, occasionally whispered, such a scene, strange and familiar, maybe in Chang'an, such a way of life is the safest and most stable, everyone is smiling, but they don't know why they smile.
Liuning looked at the emperor, the emperor has aged a lot over the years, but Wanyan sitting next to him is still young, it is not easy to say, Wanyan has worked hard in the harem alone for six years, the previous dynasty was helpless, and only she and her son depended on each other in the harem, and in the past six years, she is still Li Shimin's favorite woman, and her position in the harem is standing.
The celebration banquet slowly kicked off in the sound of silk and bamboo, in fact, all the programs and routines are the same, the people at the banquet are staggered, toast each other, and have a heart to say a few nice words, so that everyone laughs. At the beginning, Liuning especially didn't like this kind of occasion, thinking that the people here were hypocritical and boring, but now he can gradually adapt to it and wait calmly until the end of the banquet, which can be regarded as a major change over the years.
Since Wanyan entered the palace, it seems that her program is indispensable for every banquet, although this is the case, but every time Wanyan can bring a new program, which is amazing, and thus becomes the focus of attention of the audience, this time is no exception. Wanyan wore a golden Turkic traditional costume today, they played Turkic folk songs, danced Turkic traditional dances, since the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, these have gradually tried on, and fewer and fewer people understand them.
These people who grew up in the imperial city, from childhood to adulthood, have watched these cookie-cutter songs and dances in the palace, and they are naturally bright. Li Shimin has never seen such a Wanyan, so he is naturally full of praise, for so many years, Wanyan is the first time that Li Shimin has seen her original appearance.
Zhao Nan watched Wanyan dance, although she hadn't seen her for a long time, she was still so beautiful and moving, for so long, she seemed to be more charming and moving, Zhao Nan recalled Wanyan's clear and smart eyes at night, and couldn't help but tremble, Zhao Nan looked at Wanyan's eyes that seemed to be absent and glanced at herself from time to time.
Zhao Nan's eyes looked at Mingfu on the side, Mingfu seemed to have nothing happening, talking and laughing with Liuning on the side, and didn't seem to pay attention to the movement here, Zhao Nan felt as if he had put down a big stone in his heart, Wanyan finished dancing and quit to change clothes, but Zhao Nan followed with a ghostly surprise.
Wanyan walked for a while, turned left and right to an inconspicuous corner in the imperial garden, and then turned her head and said lightly to the darkness behind her: "Long time no see." ”
Zhao Nan walked out of this darkness, walked to Wanyan's side, and said with an unclear expression: "It turns out that you found me." ”
Wanyan didn't answer, the atmosphere was a little awkward, the two looked at each other but didn't know what to say, Zhao Nan had nothing to say, tried hard to find a topic, and said: "Ah, you are very beautiful today, and you are dressed very chic." ”
Wanyan smiled slightly, the corners of her mouth seemed to be a disdainful smile, and said: "You see, no one knows, only I remember, today is a very chic day." ”
"What's wrong?" Zhao Nan asked.
Wanyan's eyes became extremely fierce in the darkness, flashing with a resolute but hateful gaze: "Today is the day when the Turks surrendered, and it is the day when our Turks fell. How can I forget, I don't mention it, it doesn't mean I don't remember, I can only pay tribute in my own way. ”
The last two words, Wanyan said very lightly, Zhao Nan didn't hear clearly, whether it was a commemoration or a memorial, Zhao Nan didn't know how to take the following words, he just didn't think that Wanyan's hatred was so deep, he thought that her indulgence was just uneasy about the lonely life in the deep palace, just rebellion, but he didn't expect it to come from such a deep hatred.
Seeing that Zhao Nan didn't answer, Wanyan felt that maybe her topic was too heavy, but it was strange that in front of Zhao Nan, he always inadvertently unloaded his heavy guards and revealed his truest self. It's just that after carefully observing words and emotions step by step for so long, she seems to have become more sensitive, and she can easily see what is on the minds of others.
"Every time you went out on a war before, no matter how big or small the war was, you would come to see me as soon as you came back triumphantly." Wanyan was talking to herself, with a faint sense of loss in her tone.
"I ......" Zhao Nan was a little difficult to answer, he didn't know, Wanyan was jealous, in fact, Wanyan was right, he returned triumphantly in the past, and the most impatient thing was Wanyan, Zhao Nan always felt that it was a fluke to pick up a life and come back, but he cherished the things he thought were precious.
He will come up with different ways to please Wanyan, and will always collect some local gadgets to bring back to Wanyan to play with. But when he came back this time, he was a little afraid to see Wanyan, and even avoided her, and he didn't tell Wanyan in advance before coming back, and Wanyan still learned the news from the emperor. It wasn't until this banquet that the two had to meet.
"I just came back recently, and I'm a little too busy, I was thinking of coming back to see you in a few days." Zhao Nan found a high-sounding reason, and both of them knew that this was just shirking.
The two didn't continue to chat, too much time was not there, and it would also attract the attention of others, and the two returned to the banquet one after the other, in fact, from the eyebrows of the two on the stage just now, to Zhao Nan quietly slipping out, all this, Mingfu saw it in his eyes.
Speaking of which, this is the first time for Mingfu to sit on such a big scene, although it has long been commonplace, she used to be an inconspicuous dancer, or a miscellaneous maid, but now she can sit comfortably here and enjoy the service of others, this feeling was once Mingfu's dream, but now it has changed a taste.
Mingfu saw that although the hall here was magnificent, it was full of dirty and unspeakable secrets, and everyone was scheming and deceitful. Everyone had bad intentions, but Mingfu saw it, but didn't say anything.
When Zhao Nan entered, the emperor was chatting with Liubin, and most of the questions were about the Turkic situation, and in the end, Li Shimin said: "You see, your sister and Changyu have a deep relationship, and they have been married for so many years, and they are still in love as before. ”
Hearing the emperor's words about marriage, knowing that Yunqing's hearts are all in their throats, Liubin doesn't know that such an occasion is good and bad, but it is better to choose a day than to pretend to be a day, since there is such an opportunity, it is not impossible to pick it out, Liubin can't think about it so much, but the tragedy of Princess Huajin is still vivid, and sometimes it is really a terrible thing to mess with the mandarin duck score.
Liubin got up very solemnly, walked to the center of the hall, looked at Li Shimin, looked into his eyes, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, in fact, Weichen already has a candidate for a wife in his heart, although we don't have any ceremony, but in Weichen's heart, he has long been Wechen's wife, and ......"