Chapter 305: Parting
After the people in the capital were assembled, Xi Huaishou personally led the army to Xiaocheng.
It was only a day's trip to Xiaocheng, and Wei Li heard that the court had re-called General Xi, so he didn't say anything, just smiled faintly.
In the Imperial Palace in Beijing, that is, the day after General Xi led the troops away, Wan Feiying changed into palace clothes, and Miss Bang Boudoir often combed her hair in a cloud bun, wearing a red flower-sprinkled Hunan skirt, and took Wei Sheng out of the palace and went to the Shafan Temple outside the city to pay tribute to incense.
Wei Sheng, who had not left the palace for several years, was very happy and lifted the sedan curtain to look out secretly.
If Wan Feiying had scolded her in the past, but now she not only didn't stop it, but also looked at her son's face with a soft light.
The few carriages that traveled lightly did not have a guard of honor, only a team of Jinwei accompanied them.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is just a trip for the family members of a certain official family, and they can't imagine that it is the Empress Dowager and the little emperor sitting inside.
Shafan Temple is only a few miles away from Beijing, and the incense is full on weekdays, but today it is deserted.
Wan Feiying did not set up a guard of honor, but asked people to clean up the place in advance. When the monks in the temple heard that the emperor and the queen mother were coming, they all stood at the door to greet them.
Wan Feiying didn't see them at all, and took his son directly to a place called Truffle Hall in a sedan chair.
After getting off the sedan chair, Wei Sheng looked up, but saw the three big characters on the flat of the card.
"Mother, what is this place?"
Wei Sheng glanced left and right a few times, the environment here is more beautiful than his school, there are green bamboos outside the door, pine branches and rockery pools next to it, and there are some unknown flowers and plants layered on top of each other, which are very beautiful.
"Let's go in and have a look."
Wan Feiying didn't answer him and took his son in.
Although this small courtyard is in the temple, the furnishings inside appear to be private residences. A main hall with three side rooms, a study room and a kitchen, like a place for some high-ranking people to live in seclusion.
The tables and chairs in the main hall looked old, but they were spotlessly cleaned, and there were incense burners and tablets on the high seats in front of them, indicating that the owner of this room had died.
Wei Sheng glanced at the high platform and was taken aback when he saw the word Lei Yan written on the tablet.
"Queen Mother, it turns out that he has passed away."
has always been mentioned by the people around him, and I have read many of his poems and books, but I didn't expect to be an ancient.
"Sheng'er, get down on your knees."
Wan Feiying's voice was a little choked, and Wei Sheng looked up in surprise, and saw that the queen mother's face was sad that she had never felt before. That feeling was so deep that Wei Sheng was stunned, and he didn't care who the person on the tablet was, and slowly knelt on the yellow futon.
The people around Wan Feiying stayed outside, and at this time, there were only two mothers and sons in the hall.
She saw her son kneeling, covered his face with her hands, and wept lowly.
"The Queen Mother?"
Wei Sheng didn't understand the situation at all, and the person kneeling on the ground was a little stunned.
Wan Feiying was only concerned about venting her emotions at this time, and she didn't have the energy to pay attention to him at all, and when she had cried enough, she slowly suppressed her tears, looked at the tablet in front of her and said, "Sheng'er, he is your biological father." Hurry up to Sanzhu Township and kowtow three times. ”
Wan Feiying said and went to the table, took three incense sticks and lit them, walked over and handed them to his son.
Wei Sheng was completely stunned, the incense was handed to him and he just took the kowtow a little indifferently, got up and plugged it in, and then knelt down again under the guidance of Wan Feiying.
After this series of actions were completed, Wan Feiying also bowed, grabbed his son's hand tightly, ignored his son's Mu Ran's expression flawlessly, and continued to cry, "I met your father here, our hearts were happy, and I was preparing to prepare for family affairs, but when I went out, I was taken by the Dog Emperor, and your damn grandfather forcibly sent me into the palace for wealth and wealth. The queen mother was unwilling, and hanged herself unsuccessfully, how did you know that the dog emperor found out about your father's affair with me, and sent someone to this temple to kill him, and from then on, heaven and man will be separated forever. I wanted to go with him, only to find out that I was pregnant. ”
In order to leave him a glimmer of blood, the queen mother endured humiliation for many years before she poisoned the dog emperor and took the world into her palm. I just didn't expect that Wei Li ......"
Wan Feiying shook her head, she knew very well in her heart that her qi was exhausted, and Wei Li would attack Shangjing in a few days.
"Sheng'er, after today, you go back by yourself, and I will accompany your father here more. The queen mother is incompetent and has not been able to keep the world well for you. ”
"Queen Mother!"
Wei Sheng hadn't recovered from the incident just now, and he had to face his mother's departure again, no matter how strong a person was, he couldn't stand it, so he cried directly.
"Mother, I don't want you here."
Wei Sheng always had some bad premonitions, feeling that this farewell was goodbye.
"Sheng'er is obedient, Zhenguo Gong is your grandfather, there is really something going to Beijing, he will arrange to send you away, and then the queen mother will come over to meet you."
Wan Feiying was unmoved, and told some comforting lies.
Wei Sheng cried and gasped, but still shook his head and said, "Queen Mother, I don't want to be the emperor, let's talk to the sixth brother, I will be an idle king in the future, I will honor you well, and send you to the end?" ”
From the beginning, Wei Sheng didn't want to be an emperor, he preferred to read books and write articles.
"Sheng'er, don't say stupid things. Don't cry obediently, the queen mother will stay here for a few days, and if there is nothing to do, she will definitely go back. ”
Wan Feiying took out a handkerchief to wipe her son's tears and began to coax him in a whisper.
Wei Sheng's heart was too flustered, and he felt abandoned, no matter what Wan Feiying said, he just shook his head.
Patience is limited, Wan Feiying persuaded her son for a while to see that she was still like this, and her face was cold.
She pulled her face Wei Sheng was silent, hiccupping, and looked at her in a daze.
Wan Feiying sighed, and was about to let him go back, when the old lady next to him rushed in from outside the door.
"Queen Mother, Zhenguo Gong has something important to ask to see."
Before the palace people finished speaking, the thunder of the meteor had already entered.
"Queen Mother, the old concubine made a mistake!"
Lei Jian knelt in front of Wan Feiying as soon as he entered the door, looking distressed, obviously suffering a big blow.
"Grandpa Guo, what do you mean by this?"
Wan Feiying's heart began to beat faster, and a bad premonition was breeding.
"Queen Mother, Xi Huaishou has surrendered to the good army with an army of more than 100,000."
The surrender was already made before the battle began, which was clearly planned early on.
"What?"
Wan Feiying's eyes were split, and then he laughed.
"I had already guessed that there was today, but I didn't expect that the battle would fall before it started, and I would send more than 100,000 people to the good army in vain."
"Queen Mother, the old minister should be damned, I didn't realize that he had already changed his mind. Damn it! ”
Lei Lu knocked on the ground with his head, and he regretted it in his heart, it was he who proposed to use Xi Huaishou, and he felt that he had a great responsibility.
But what's the point of talking about it now?
Wan Feiying stood up from the ground with her son and said to Lei Jian with a wry smile on her face, "Grandpa Guo, you get up, it doesn't matter much whether this day is early or late." According to what we prepared before, you can take Sheng'er and go. ”