Southeast? The king of Zhennan has not returned to Beijing since he went to the southeast fiefdom ten years ago, but occasionally letters have come to him, and it is rumored that the twelve cities of the four counties in the southeast are quite rich under his governance, and the annual taxes paid to the imperial court are also higher than those of other counties. In the past, when his father mentioned his brother of the opposite sex, he was always quite proud.

Xuanyuan Che pondered for a moment, flicked his sleeves and said to everyone: "Li Deqian stays, everyone else goes down!" ”

When everyone heard this, they bowed down and bowed down one by one.

Because it is summer, the main entrance of the dormitory is open during the day, a dragon bamboo chair on the right side of the main hall is set up by the window, Emperor Fuxuan's eyes are half-narrowed and reclining on the bamboo chair to rest, Li Deqian bowed and walked slowly, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qin has come to see you!" ”

Emperor Fuxuan was stunned when he heard this, and slowly opened his eyes after following the sound, only to see that King Qin had already knelt down in front of him, "Son, see your father!" Father, Wan'an! ”

A short greeting greeting, but Emperor Fuxuan showed a long-lost smile, raised his hand to help King Qin up personally, and instructed Li Deqian to make a pot of Yunjian tea, which was newly paid tribute in the southeast.

Since the death of Concubine Mei, the father and son have rarely gotten together to drink tea and chat.

At that time, Emperor Fuxuan was sad and hid in the deep palace, and King Qin was also secretly investigating the cause of Concubine Mei's illness, and because of this, he did not go to the regent's hall for a long time. Until the day of the prince's wedding, the person who was appointed to investigate the matter suddenly handed him a package, which contained a letter in addition to a letter, a long-dried blood orchid, and a box of phoenix incense. He finally realized that his initial suspicion was true, and his mother was not sick but poisoned to death. And as far as he knew, the blood orchid was ordered by the prince to honor his mother.

After that, he wanted to inform the emperor about this, but the emperor only improved slightly from his grief at that time, and he really didn't want his father to be hurt again, so he kept it silent.

After a while, Li Deqian had already brought up the brewed teacup.

Emperor Fuxuan saw that he lowered his eyebrows, as if he was thinking, and only thought that he was still worried about political affairs, so he personally handed the tea cup to him and said: "Che'er, it is rare for our father and son to get together, so let's put aside the affairs of the government for the time being!" Come! How about tasting this tea? This is the tip of the cloud sent by your imperial uncle from the southeast, and the fragrance is very mellow! ”

Xuanyuan Che looked slightly stunned, picked up the teacup and bowed his head elegantly, smelled it carefully, it was really fragrant, took a sip, and praised: "It is really a good Yunjian, Uncle Huang's Hengzhou Mansion is the blessed land of our Southern Chu, and even this Yunjian tea is better than other places." No wonder he went to Hengzhou for more than ten years, but he never returned to Beijing to visit his father. I'm afraid that he has already been stumped by the good mountains and rivers of Hengzhou, and the poor father is still thinking about him! ”

Emperor Fuxuan froze slightly when he heard this, put the tea cup on the table, raised his hand to support the corner of his forehead, frowned lightly, his temples were gray and white like frost, and the worries in his eyes gradually emerged, and he sighed lightly, and said: "Che'er, my father is old, since your mother and concubine left, my father and emperor feel that his heart seems to have been hollowed out." Recently, I always think back to the years when I was young and fought with your imperial uncle, and we were as old as Che'er and Qing'er at that time. When the Northern Zhou invaded the land of Southern Chu, we were ordered by the emperor to go to the north to recover the lost city of Xizhou, the war was stalemate for several months, seeing that Xizhou was about to be taken, but I strayed into the trap of the enemy country in a siege battle, and was almost captured by the general Gongsun Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. ”

"Fortunately, Shangguan Jing was brave and brave, and he broke into the enemy camp single-handedly and rescued me. After that, the morale of our army was greatly boosted, and within three days the enemy army was driven out of Xizhou, and the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty took advantage of the situation to sign a contract that he would not violate our borders again within 30 years. In this way, I finally secured the most important pass in the north, and on the way back to Beijing, I took it upon myself to worship Shangguan Jing and became brothers with different surnames. It's just that later, his wife suddenly died in the house, and he was so sad for a while that he begged to be released to the southeast, and refused to step into Yunyang half a step again. Time is merciless, and he is nearly sixty years old, and I recently received a letter from him, saying that he is very nostalgic for the old days. ”

The relationship between Emperor Fuxuan and Shangguan Jing, Xuanyuan Che has heard Concubine Mei mention it since he was a child, but he didn't want to have such a past in it.

After saying a word, I saw that his eyes were slightly closed, his face was indistinguishable from joy and anger, and his eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was very worried. There was a strong ambergris incense in the smokers on both sides of the main hall, and Xuanyuan saw that the tea cup on the desk was already cold, and motioned to Li Deqian, who was accompanying him, to step forward and replace.

Li Deqian stepped forward lightly, but before he touched the teacup, he heard a light cough from Emperor Fuxuan, and suddenly opened his eyes, with a faint sadness at the bottom of his eyes.

Looking at the emperor's face, Li Deqian felt a little uneasy in his heart, and when he left with the teacup, he glanced at King Qin with deep meaning.

Xuanyuan Che's heart was slightly sluggish, since his father ascended the throne, the national strength of Southern Chu has become stronger and stronger, and he can be called the holy monarch of Wencheng Wude. But his father is a very affectionate king, this is true for his mother and concubine, and the same is true for his righteous brothers.

"Since my father misses my uncle, I don't call him back to Beijing to live for a while."

Emperor Fuxuan was stunned, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he smiled bitterly: "Che'er, you don't understand." Thinking about it, your imperial uncle has not forgotten the pain of the year, otherwise how could he have gone for ten years and never returned. He did not want to return to this sad place, and if I ordered him to come back, I am afraid it would only increase his troubles. He waved his hand and shook his head slightly, "That's it!" That's it! Don't mention it! ”

Seeing his father's sadness to this point, King Qin's heart was awe-struck, and now he realized that even as a king, there were many things that he couldn't do. is like the death of the mother, if the father knows the truth, what can he do? Compared with the king of Zhennan, his father treats him better than his flesh and blood, but he can go for several years without paying it back, although there are occasional letters, after all, those old things in his heart are better than the brotherhood with his father.

As soon as he thought of this, Xuanyuan Che suddenly felt a touch of disgust in his heart for this imperial uncle who he hadn't seen for many years, lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, and said, "Father, why are you so troubled?" If Uncle Huang has a heart, he should go back to Beijing to visit his father! ”

Emperor Fuxuan was stunned for a moment when he heard what he said, but then he smiled and said, "Okay, Che'er!" Let's not mention this matter for the time being, let's talk to my father about the recent events in the court! It was the height of summer, and the disaster in Pingzhou was resolved early, can the epidemic be prevented after the disaster? I heard that there was a mess with the disaster relief funds in Pingzhou, can I find out who did it? ”

Xuanyuan Che saw that Emperor Fuxuan took the initiative to ask about the government, thinking that he had heard about the affairs of Pingzhou, thinking that the case had not progressed for a long time after Yin fell off the cliff in Pingzhou Mansion, and his heart was already depressed.