In the dark of night, Su Tong left Beiping and returned to the camp outside the city of Baoding, and set off early the next morning.

When he arrived in the capital, it was not as good as when he returned to Beijing from Hetao, although there were important ministers fifty miles outside the city to greet him, but there was no grand guard of honor.

The army was stationed outside the city, and only two commanders entered the palace to face the saint.

No one paid attention along the way, and no one even in the entire capital talked about King Yan's style of conquering the Tatars.

Seeing the emperor, the nephew of Su Zhi, his merits were affirmed, General Yang retreated first, leaving Su Zhi alone, the emperor said: "The imperial concubine has not been very good in the past two years, the imperial doctor goes to ask for the pulse every day, and the supplements and precious medicinal materials are also used, but there is no improvement, and the imperial uncle will stay more time when he returns to Beijing this time." ”

"Xie Shengshang has been taking care of his subordinates' mothers, and the ministers have asked him to visit the harem."

Emperor Jianye nodded, got up and said, "Uncle Huang go and take a look, the imperial concubine is also so thoughtful." ”

Qin Lingyu has been living in Yikun Palace since he entered the palace, but now he has moved to the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace and lives in a remote courtyard.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I heard a familiar and weak voice sound: "Fang'er, is it you?" ”

Su Zhi was a little afraid to move forward, the person lying on the recliner in the courtyard was so weak, and he was lying there covered with a blanket, so that he didn't look like a person, but just the blanket folded there.

"Mother, the child is not filial, and it took so many years to come back."

He finally strode forward and knelt in front of his mother, Qin Lingyu gave birth to this son at the age of 18, and now Su Zhi is 28 years old, and she is only 46 years old.

She smiled faintly, looked at her son in front of her, and said softly: "The mother concubine should have gone a long time ago, but she was just waiting for you to come back for this trip." I heard that Yue'er gave birth to a son for you? ”

"Yes, he will be one year old during the Dragon Boat Festival this year."

"Don't bring him to the capital, although the concubine doesn't have to see him if she wants to, and Yue'er doesn't want to come."

"Mother!"

Qin Lingyu smiled, raised his hand to touch his son's face, Su Zhi walked forward on his knees, took his mother's hand and put it on his face, and tears fell like that.

Qin Lingyu still smiled: "You should understand what the concubine means, this capital is not a place where you can be treated well." ”

"The child understands, mother, this time the child returned to Beijing to take the mother concubine out of the palace, and go to Beiping with me."

Qin Lingyu shook his head: "Don't go, Zhi'er, can you promise your mother one thing?" ”

Su Zhi wiped a handful of tears that blurred his eyes and nodded heavily.

Qin Lingyu lowered her voice even softer, and Su Zhi put her ear close to her mouth and listened to her say: "The hillside on the Red Maple Ridge can be seen, how to arrange it is difficult for your mother." Remember, that is also the best time for you to leave Beijing, and if you want to come back in the future, don't be called back like this. ”

Su Zhi was stunned: "Mother, that, that hillside, how did the mother know that why it was not Hongfengling?" ”

"Take the concubine to the lake to have a look, I haven't seen it for a long time."

Su Tong understood that the concubine wanted to say something to him that could not be heard by others, and there was no place in this small courtyard where she could speak with peace of mind.

When he arrived at the lake, Su Zhi carried his mother into the boat, and he rowed the boat to the center of the lake.

Qin Lingyu was lying on the cushion, covered with a thick brocade quilt, his eyes were slightly closed, and he said softly: "Zheng'er, do you know that you are not my first child?" ”

"What?"

This really shocked Su Tong, and he even wondered if his mother was confused.

Before the palace door was locked, Su Zhi left the palace, and he did not want to go to the Ten Princes' Mansion, which was where all the princes of Guijing temporarily lived.

And the original Yanwang Mansion also became someone else's mansion because of him, and his carriage stopped there for a long time when he passed by.

Huaishui East Building, the window in Xiang Yuer's house is the most beautiful imperial city under the sunset.

Su Tong sat there and watched for a long time, and the people in the room never disturbed him.

is still the same person, still sitting there, silent for a long time, but at this moment, Xiang Yu'er seems to have exhausted her strength.

Ge Lin came in and whispered something in Su Zhi's ear, but he only nodded but didn't speak.

At the beginning of the day, this is the most lively time of the day in the Huaishui East Building, Su Tong walked out of the main gate and walked on the bustling and noisy Beijing Street.

came to the small courtyard where Yue'er lived many years ago, but she was not waiting there, and said to him, "The Seventh Young Master is back, have you eaten?" ”

He said to Green, "Let people cook a bowl of noodles."

He sat alone on the steps of the courtyard to eat noodles, and the green fox was hidden in the corner of the wall where he used to pick back then, and the world has changed greatly in just a few years.

Gaozu is gone, Su Zhi is no longer the seventh prince, the crown prince of the year also died after succeeding to the throne, and the current emperor is the third emperor of this dynasty, and Su Zhi, the prince of the year, is already the feared uncle of the Seven Emperors.

Yes, he was feared from birth, and he didn't know the truth about everything until today.

He was originally a bargaining chip and a hostage, a hostage that his father gave birth to himself.

unscrupulously had this son, and then let Su Zhi be feared all his life, no matter who sat in that position, all he thought of was how to guard against him and how to suppress him.

The fifth uncle, Qin Yuan, the head of the Qin army, General Qin, left life for Su Zhi, a nephew, when he died on the battlefield.

The Qin family army, which disappeared overnight, forever shocked the incumbent, telling him that no matter how jealous you are of Su Zhi, you can't move, because the hundreds of thousands of Qin family troops hidden in the shadows are watching you and shaking your position at any time.

The next day, Su Tong asked for an order to go to Xiaoling to worship Gaozu and the emperor, and then he had to go out of Beijing to worship his father-in-law Shen Chen.

The emperor approved, but at the same time replied to Su Zhi with a message, that is, Su Tan, the king of Su, asked Shen Yue'er to canonize Princess Yan, in view of the meritorious work of King Yan in conquering Tatar, so it will be a grand canonization ceremony to bring Princess Yan and the young son of King Yan into Beijing.

After receiving the news, Su Zhi snorted and ordered: "Prepare the car and enter the palace to thank you." ”

Ge Lin muttered: "What kind of canonization ceremony, it's not that I want to use the princess and Xiao Shizi to trap the prince." ”

Su Tong, who was standing with his back to him, slowly turned around, glanced at Ge Lin, and a faint smile hung on his face: "For a superior person, maybe his approach is correct." ”

Greene still complained: "Just treat a prince with merits like this, and his subordinates can't see what's right." ”

"You can't let all the people praise a person who is not an emperor, and the power of the vassal king since Gaozu is too heavy, which is a great shock to the emperor's power, and internal worries will cause external troubles."

"It's the subordinates who think shallowly, but after all, the emperor is not the master of his subordinates."

Yes, after all, each has its own master, and it is not wrong for Ge Lin to think so, and it is not wrong for the emperor to do so.

If an emperor does not weaken the power of the vassal king, it will inevitably threaten his position, and who wants to do so? Always put a tiger on the side of the couch!

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