Past and Present

When Wanning just came out of the house, Xinjie felt very uncomfortable. Growing up, he was rarely alone with his father, and when he did, he walked away after a simple instruction. Apparently he was married, and his father was trying to treat him as an equal. Although he was the father's second son, he was the first of the three sons to start a family. My father may have felt a little weird like him. He thought that maybe Wanning was right, thinking that he had deliberately alienated his father before, and now maybe he should do his filial piety, let his old man live here for a few days, and enjoy the service of his son and daughter-in-law for a few days.

After a short period of embarrassment, Tang Lan first asked him about some things that had happened recently. In fact, Tang Lan had already known about it from the letter, but he wanted to hear it again from his son's mouth. He knew that Xinjie and Wanning were both very observant people, and maybe what they saw was not exactly the same as what others saw.

Although the lunch was simple, it was also seen that the hostess had put a lot of thought into it.

After eating, they sent Tang Lan to rest, preparing to accompany him into the palace to see the Queen Mother and Grandma before evening. Back in her own house, Wan Ning was still thinking about whether there was anything missing from the things she had prepared for Tang Lan, and asked Xing'er to go to the old house to help Tang Lan get some more clothes. There are spare ones at home in the capital, so Tang Lan has very few clothes on the road.

Xinjie sat there flipping through the newspaper, watching Wan Ning rush in and out, feeling a little lost being ignored. After Wan Ning was busy for a while, when he walked in front of him, he found that he was looking at him a little pitifully, very strange, so he walked over and asked him to hold his waist: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"When did you have such a good relationship with the old man?"

Wan Ning suddenly understood that this big boy was actually jealous, which made her feel very funny. "That's your father, or I don't care, you can take care of it?"

Xinjie himself felt embarrassed, and buried his head in her soft chest: "I'm just afraid that you're tired, aren't you just a little better!" ”

Wanning gently touched his hair, Men are really more sensitive and stingy than children sometimes.

"I didn't have a family since I was a child, how nice it was to have a daddy?!"

Xinjie remembered that his grandmother had reminded him that Wanning was an orphan, and he would be her only relative and dependent, but sometimes he felt that he was more dependent on her, just like now, he needed her attention, people are so strange sometimes, many things are not visible with the eyes.

Tang Lan stayed in the small courtyard. The tranquility and comfort here, as well as the careful care of his son and daughter-in-law, reminded him of his days in Gangnam. Looking at Xinjie and Lian'er, it made him miss Yanyan even more. He hesitated to worry Xinjie by bringing up old things to worry him when he was just regaining his pleasures, especially since they were so bloody and bleak.

When he returned from the palace, he knew that although his mother did not say it, she already knew the purpose of his trip. His mother's melancholy eyes made him more worried. And his father still hasn't done anything to ask his mother for forgiveness, which makes him feel weird.

He decided to put Jiangnan old aside in advance, observe and think about it for a while and then tell Xinjie. For the sake of my mother, I should go to see my father first. The mother is now living in the palace for a long time, ostensibly to accompany the Queen Mother, but in fact there is nowhere to go. The resurrection and bizarre appearance of her father made her lose face in the Tang Gate. The time of the old feudal lord, who has always been envied, is gone. Although Xinjie and Lian'er invited her to live with him in Aokiyuan when they accompanied him into the palace to enjoy their family, their mother insisted on refusing, just saying that she had other things to deal with and it was inconvenient to live here. He didn't understand what else his mother was doing at this time, what was she waiting for?

And after seeing her father, Tang Lan felt even more helpless. Tang Wen was extremely depressed. In the past ten years, although I still miss my wife and children at home when I go away from home with He Yanyan, after all, I get along with her day and night and accompany each other. Overnight, the truth was revealed, and He Yanyan's purpose for approaching him was even clearer, and the vicious language made his feelings for each other disappear for many years. I thought that I could abandon my home and get a true relationship with a partner, but now it seems that I am so ridiculous. And his own addiction, the indiscretion of the year, brought harm to his wife and children, especially Xinshu brought the deepest harm to Xinjie. Especially after knowing that Xinjie lost his child because of this, he deeply regretted that he couldn't return early to stop their plot, so that he couldn't forgive himself. Yanyan's eldest brother has been helping the Mongols expand for so many years, and what makes him feel even more absurd is that the Mongol prince he has directly obeyed in recent years is actually his former son-in-law. For many years, he was unwilling to do anything that was contrary to his loyalty to the monarch and damaging the country, so he never went to meet the Mongol princes and nobles, but in the end he could not escape the involvement.

After the incident, Biyan's attitude towards him put him in a dilemma. Biyan asked Xintian to pick him up and return to the Tang family's old mansion, but he lived in the palace. It's clear that he wants to part ways with him. In this life, the relationship between the two of them is always missed by mistake. When Biyan married into the Tang family, he once fell in love with her. He could feel that she had been hurt emotionally, and he tried to give her love. However, it was a very hard process. After a long period of hard work, Biyan finally developed feelings for him, and at this time he had worn out most of his enthusiasm because of exhaustion. This makes the relationship between them very fragile. And Biyan's way of doing things and being overly enthusiastic about the expansion of the family business also made them have a lot of time to get together as they deserve. Addicted to glamorous, although there is a drug, but it is also because of his self-escape from Biyan, otherwise he can survive with his personal restraint. He always made an interface for himself to stay away from Biyan.

Now that she is doing this, he understands very well. Although she is past her prime, her temperament has not changed, giving up everything in the Tang Sect to maintain her self-esteem. But after years of habit, he had no desire to ask her to come back, and he knew that people like Biyan would not be able to ask for it back. Unless something unexpected happens, it's hard for anyone to change what she decides.

In desperation, Tang Lan left in a huff. He felt that maybe it would be a good thing for Wanning to let him live in Aokien, not only to meet Xinjie conveniently, but also to not have to face the embarrassment between his father and mother. But the mother's long-term stay in the queen mother's palace is not always a solution.

On this day, they went to the palace again to visit the Queen Mother and grandmother, and several other brothers of the Tang family also came. Xinjie and Wan Ning also felt that their grandmother was in an awkward situation, and hoped that she could come and live with them. Aoki Garden belongs to Xinjie and Wanning, which can be said to be both Tang Gate and not Tang Gate. These two juniors she loves will definitely honor her. But Grandma joked with them, "I won't live with you." You kid robbed my people, I'm afraid that I will wake up one day and change my mind, let your daughter-in-law come to serve me all day long, and I don't have time to take care of you, see what you do. ”

"Isn't it right for us to honor you?" Grandma has always been used to talking and laughing with Xinjie.

"What did you say? Then I send someone to watch you every day, just like when you ran back to the Zhuangzi and were anxious to meet your daughter-in-law, I sent someone to watch you wash your hair? "Bringing up old things makes Xinjie very embarrassed. The Queen Mother Tang Lan and the brothers didn't know that the old grandmother asked Mother Qu to retell it to them, so that everyone could laugh and temporarily sweep away the depression that had been going on for many days.

"From now on, treat your daughter-in-law well, and don't forget what I told you in the Zhuangzi at the beginning. If you do the same thing in the past, I'll take them back, and don't blame grandma when the time comes. ”

"Lian'er, do you remember when grandma told you that after the big things were settled, grandma gave you a marriage? Although this kid is in a hurry, he took advantage of my absence to marry you, but grandma can't get over it, especially since you have suffered so many grievances. Don't always accommodate him in everything, if he bullies you, say that the Queen Mother and Grandma will be your master. After some things are settled here, let's go to Jiangnan to see your grandparents and your parents, and also to see Xinjie's mother. When she said this, Grandma glanced at Tang Lan, and this look was extremely complicated.

"Grandma doesn't go to live with you, but they all say that your garden is neat, and the Queen Mother and I want to go and see it after the past two days. They said that someone had already rented your Aoki Tea House and was going to hold a Wanju poetry meeting after the enthronement ceremony? ”

"Yes, Lord Zhong Lin and a few of his colleagues from the Hanlin Academy came up with it. When we got married, Lord Zhong helped me welcome my family," thinking about the beginning, he couldn't help but look at Wan Ning and smile: "Since then, we have had more interactions with each other, After Lord Zhong came to the Aoki Tea House, I liked it very much, and often invited friends to drink tea over there and sing poems and things like that, and Lord Zhong's words are widely sung today." Recently, some of the songs that are well known to women and children in the capital were filled in during the cultural gathering of the Aoki Tea Society. ”

The Queen Mother also remembered that Zhong Lin was ordered to go: "This Zhong Lin is still very talented, but he is stubborn and never stammers people." At the beginning, he said that he would let the Hanlin Academy send someone to help Xinjie welcome his relatives, at that time he was only a guest of the crown prince on the surface, but Zhong Lin went voluntarily, which surprised his colleagues. It is said that more than three years ago, Xinjie overshadowed his peak in a poetry meeting, so that he has always been interested in making friends, but Xinjie is always uncertain, so he can't find a chance. However, after welcoming my relatives back, I changed my words with my colleagues, not praising Xinjie's literary brilliance, praising our late talent. ”