463 Birthday Banquet
Just his hard-mouthed appearance made Qin Su even more angry, and said coldly: "You still don't know what is wrong, where is it that makes the mourning family unhappy, don't you know it in your heart?" There is no impermeable wall in the world, as long as you have done it, the mourners will know it sooner or later. "Mother, I don't understand what you're talking about." Zhou Wei still tilted his head and resolutely refused to admit it. Mama Lan looked at Zhou Wei anxiously, why did he still argue with Qin Su at this time.
There is something in this palace that can't be found out, it's just a matter of time, Zhou Wei's attitude made Qin Su finally can't suppress the anger in his chest, he slapped the table, the teacup jumped up, and landed in the bottom tray with a crisp bang. Lifting his eyelids and looking at Zhou Wei's stubborn little face, the blood marks on his forehead, Qin Su would also feel distressed, but he disappointed Qin Su too much.
"I don't understand, I don't understand a good sentence, then the mourning family will say it clearly, you don't feel guilty about Yanran, she is your sister, so young, how can you bear to do it to her, you can go to Yanran today, will you be able to do it tomorrow!" Qin Su gritted his teeth and jumped out from between his teeth word by word, his face was blue, and it seemed that anger was spurting out from every pore.
Xiao Muzi was so frightened that he lay on the ground, shaking his body like a sifting chaff, he knew that sooner or later he would be known by Qin Su, and he would come too quickly. Zhou Wei stood silently, he was still a five-year-old child after all, although he was precocious. Mama Lan quickly stepped forward to support Qin Su, who got up and walked towards Zhou Wei step by step, she didn't dare to look at Qin Su's face at all. There was no guilt in Zhou Wei's eyes, this was what made Qin Su angry the most.
"Queen Mother, you are my Queen Mother, I can't do anything to you!" Seeing Qin Su approaching step by step, Zhou Wei's little hand curled up under his sleeve began to sweat in his palms, trying to tear away the topic, but he didn't expect his words to confirm Qin Su's guess from the side.
Qin Su only guessed about Zhou Wei, who in the palace had so much hatred for Yan Ran and wanted to take her away. The guards went out to look for almost three hours, but they still haven't found Yan Ran, which means that Yan Ran is not lost, but taken away. After thinking about it, even if she didn't want to guess Zhou Wei, Zhou Wei really disappointed her.
"Come on, pull Xiao Muzi out and kill him with a cane!" Qin Su lowered his head to hide the loneliness in his eyes, and the clear voice reached Zhou Wei's ears, making him subconsciously explode: "Queen Mother, you can't kill the little wooden cane, he is the person next to me, you can't dispose of him!" For the sake of Xiao Muzi, Zhou Wei even stepped forward and pulled the corner of Qin Su's skirt, and the stubbornness in his eyes made Qin Su push him away without hesitation, and Zhou Wei was pushed to the ground by Qin Su.
Seeing this, Mama Lan was about to lean over to help, but was stopped by Qin Su's fierce glare. "The Queen Mother spares her life, the Queen Mother spares her life, the slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave knows that she is wrong." Xiao Muzi had long been worried that Xiang Shang's head would not be safe, and Qin Su's words made him so frightened that he kowtowed to Qin Su and begged for mercy. Qin Su let out a heavy snort from the end of his nose, "You now know that it's too late to beg for forgiveness from the mourning family." Since you dare to attack the county lord of Yanran, you should think of the consequences that the mourning family should bear afterwards, come here, and what to do, quickly pull him out of the mourning family and kill him with a rod. Zhou Wei, if you still want to intercede for him, you can, then you will die instead of him. ”
Yanran is Zhou Wei's sister, how could he give birth to such a dirty mentality. Instead of Xiao Muzi to die, five-year-old Zhou Wei still couldn't understand the anger in Qin Su's words, raised his head and picked it up from the ground, quickly moved to Xiao Muzi, and opened his little hand, "Okay, Queen Mother, this is what you said, then I will die on behalf of Xiao Muzi as the Queen Mother wishes." ”
Qin Su was just joking, how could she watch Zhou Wei die, that was her son born in nine deaths. Emperor Xian, you tell the concubine, what should the concubine do now? Mama Lan glanced at the guards, and before she hurriedly listened to the queen mother's order, she pulled out the little wooden child who was kneeling on the ground and killed him with a cane. As for Zhou Wei, he was knocked unconscious from behind by Mama Lan, and Mama Lan, who was just about to lean over to ask Qin Su for sin, held Zhou Wei who had fainted in her hands, and before she could speak, Qin Su's legs were weak and she fell to the ground.
When Zhou Wei opened his eyes, he learned from the palace maid that Xiao Muzi had been killed with a cane, and he was silent in the palace alone for a long time. In a blink of an eye, Zhou Wei's fifth birthday, this time the palace was particularly lively, the lights were bright, and Langhua, who was so happy with his noble son, stood at the gate of the palace with a smile on his face and was ordered by Qin Su to greet the ministers and family members who came to see the banquet.
A familiar voice in the crowd attracted Lang Hua's attention, Zhou Mingmu was also invited to the palace, he was busy taking care of Qiuhua after giving birth to a child in the past few days, and it seemed that he had missed a lot of things. Five years have passed, and the years have left a mark on Zhou Mingmu's face, leaving many frowns, and it seems that life on the border is not easy. Just as Zhou Mingmu was about to go in, Lang Hua approached him and stopped him: "Wait, Zhou Mingmu, do you know who the little girl who talked to you that day was?" ”
I don't know why, so I asked with a hot brain. Zhou Mingmu glanced at him lightly, "Isn't it your daughter?" "Zhou Mingmu actually thought that the county lord of Yanran was his daughter, and it was clearly your daughter, Lang Hua retorted in his heart, but the county lord of Yanran had left the capital a few days ago, so he didn't tell Zhou Mingmu." What, what's wrong? Zhou Mingmu looked at Lang Hua, who had an obscure expression, frowned and asked.
Langhua shrugged, "It's nothing, it's nothing, okay, you can go in quickly." I'm going to call the other ministers! Afraid that Zhou Mingmu would think of something if he stayed longer, Lang Hua patted him on the shoulder perfunctorily and watched him leave. It seems that Zhou Mingmu is also stupid, and he doesn't even recognize his own daughter standing in front of him. Langhua couldn't help but be proud, Qiuhua had just given birth to a big fat boy for him, over the years, the county lord Yingxiu was very critical of Qiuhua, and Qiuhua was stunned and didn't mention a word of complaint in front of him. He still learned from the mouth of the county lord of Yingxiu that even if it was a stone, it had been five years, and Qiuhua had warmed the heart of the county lord of Yingxiu with enthusiasm.
In addition, this time Qiuhua won the man in one fell swoop and gave birth to a son, and the county lord Yingxiu was even more pampered, and told Langhua to take care of Qiuhua in confinement, and let her take the child first, so as not to disturb Qiuhua. Langhua now has a son and everything is enough, Zhou Mingmu waited for him to be happy before telling him about the county lord Yanran. Zhou Wei learned that Xiao Muzi was killed with a cane, and his mood has been very low, even Qin Su organized a banquet for him, he never showed a smile from beginning to end, the courtiers are all human spirits, of course they know the inside story.
In front of Qin Su, he acted as if he hadn't seen it, and he was very calm. When the banquet was over, Zhou Wei immediately jumped off the stool and walked away, Mama Lan looked at Zhou Wei's appearance and was very distressed. Qin Su pulled Mama Lan's sleeve and stopped it with sharp eyes, she should know the measure, if she wasn't strict with Zhou Wei, he wouldn't grow. Even though he had hatred for Qin Su in his heart, he should understand that he couldn't violate Qin Su's bottom line, and there were some things that he couldn't do.
Since you have done it, you should bear the corresponding consequences. If Zhou Wei continues to act mischiefly as an emperor, it will be the people around him who will be punished. Zhou Mingmu sat upright tonight, as if everything had nothing to do with him, and drank silently with a wine glass in isolation. It's been five years, Qin Su couldn't help but be secretly surprised, it seems that the border is not having a good time, and the years have left a deep mark on his face.
You can still vaguely see Zhou Mingmu's scattered white hair on her temples, I don't know if her eyes are dazzling, or if it's true. Mama Lan led Zhou Mingmu to the Ronghua Palace, and Qin Su wanted to see him. Zhou Mingmu saluted Qin Su, "Weichen see the Queen Mother, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" "I haven't seen her for five years, Qin Su has long been no longer the favorite concubine of Emperor Dayue, but has become the queen mother of Dayue, with great power in her hands. Qin Su squinted: "General Zhou, excuse me, once upon a time, you and the mourning family became so strange." Come, sit down, Mama Lan, don't hurry up and serve tea to General Zhou. ”
Mama Lan bowed her head and answered, and when Zhou Mingmu sat down, a cup of hot tea was already placed in front of him. "General Zhou, there is no need to be formal in the dormitory of the mourning family, if there was no Dong Xian at the beginning, there would be no mourning family and the emperor today. I don't know how General Zhou has been doing in the years he has been on the border? The reason why Qin Su mentioned Lin Dongxian was to pave the way for the following things, and when he suddenly heard Lin Dongxian's name from Qin Su's mouth, Zhou Mingmu's body shook slightly.
At the border, no one dared to mention Lin Dongxian in front of him, which was an eternal pain in his heart. Zhou Mingmu's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was light: "Thanks to the Empress Dowager and the Holy Hongfu, everything is fine with Weichen." In addition, there were no other superfluous words, Qin Su shook his head helplessly, "General Zhou, the mourning family has a private matter I want to ask you, I don't know if you have continued or taken concubines in the past five years, and whether you have any heirs under your knees?" Don't think about it, the mourning family just asks casually. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip. Zhou Mingmu's eyes flashed slightly, continuing, taking concubines, and heirs were no chance for him in this life. "Weichen has only one Dongxian in this life, and only Yanran has one daughter. Wechen has been in the palace for so long, and I haven't seen Yanran, can I ask the Queen Mother to be accommodating and let Wechen see Yanran, after all, Wechen has only seen her once for so many years.
Of course, thanks to the Queen Mother's care of Yanran over the years, Weichen is grateful. When Zhou Mingmu came, he had already looked around, and originally thought that Mama Lan had brought him over just to let him see Yanran. Unexpectedly, it disappointed him, and Zhou Mingmu's request Qin Su was not surprised at all.
He wanted to see Yanran, that was human nature, but his words in front of him moved Qin Su, and she really didn't see the wrong person. Qin Su looked at Mama Lan lightly, and she immediately took the palace people to retreat and stay outside the door. Qin Su sighed faintly and said calmly: "I heard that you arrived in the capital a few days earlier this time, why didn't you enter the palace to see the mourning family?" Yanran had already left the capital to go to Jiangnan a few days ago, and her body was not suitable for staying in the capital, and the mourning family entrusted someone to take care of her in Jiangnan.
Every once in a while, the mourning family will send someone to take her back to the palace to stay for a few days. The implication is that Zhou Mingmu and Yanran missed it so perfectly, and when they returned to the capital, they wanted to meet him and Lin Dongxian's daughter, and he missed Lin Dongxian and their daughter at the border. If you don't see it, you don't see it, it's because their father and daughter have no fate, they didn't grow up with him in the first place, and they don't know if it's good to have him as a father.
No, just now Qin Su said that Yanran's body is not good and not suitable for the capital. "Queen Mother, how is Yanran's body now, is it better?" As a father, when he hears that his daughter is unwell, he must ask a few more questions. Qin Suyan smiled, "She is much better, this girl stayed in Jiangnan, but her temperament is not as gentle as a Jiangnan woman, but in her bones she is as heroic as a northern woman, and the mourning family likes her very much." It's just a pity that she can't stay with the mourning family for a long time. By the way, do you want to go to Jiangnan this time to relax, and prepare to see Yanran. ”
The reason why Zhou Mingmu was summoned back to the capital to attend the emperor's birthday this time and let him go to Jiangnan was Qin Su's purpose. Zhou Mingmu groaned slightly, "Thank you for the kindness of the Queen Mother, there are still military affairs on the border waiting for Weichen to go back and deal with them." He refused, he didn't go to Jiangnan to see Yanran, then her hard work would be in vain.
Qin Su made a straight face: "Zhou Mingmu, as Yanran's father, only when she was born, you hugged her once." Besides, are you fulfilling your responsibilities as a father? Indeed, Dong Xian entrusted her to the care of the mourning family, but it didn't mean that you don't have to take on the responsibility of being a father. The mourning family has let you hide at the border for five years, which should be enough. I hope you can figure it out, it seems that you are going to disappoint the mourning family. You saved a little girl at the palace gate a few days ago, didn't you? ”
There are too many accusatory words, but it is not good, and when the point is over, Qin Su's words turned sharply, making Zhou Mingmu subconsciously reply: "It was at the gate of the palace to save a little girl, she was trapped in a cloth bag." If he hadn't passed by, he didn't know when the little girl would be saved, and I don't know why, Zhou Mingmu's heart was inexplicably sad. After Langhua told Qin Su, Qin Su always wanted to find an opportunity to tell Zhou Mingmu that it was better to choose a day than to hit the day, "Zhou Mingmu, that girl is Yanran, she is the daughter of you and Dong Xian." ”
The corners of Qin Su's mouth raised slightly, hooking a sneer, this week Ming Mu lost that he was still a general who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and he didn't even know his own daughter standing in front of him. When Zhou Mingmu heard this, his face was filled with incredible ecstasy, "Queen Mother, Yanran is so big." I thought back to Yanran's small appearance, her puffy face, her eyes as black as jade, her lively appearance, and her name Lang Hua.
"Queen Mother, isn't she Langhua's daughter?" clearly called Langhua's name and left with him! How could it be his and Dong Xian's daughter, couldn't it be that Qin Su lied to him? Qin Su's eyes narrowed into a slit, and his expression was faint: "Zhou Mingmu, what do you think is the benefit of the mourning family deceiving you?" Did Langhua tell you, or did you guess it yourself? Langhua doesn't have a daughter under his knees, you can go to the capital to inquire, he only had a son a few days ago. ”
Qin Su learned that he also sent someone to send a lot of rewards, and before the first emperor died, he took Qin Su's hand and asked her to be more tolerant of Lord Yingxiu. He regretted that he demoted the county lord of Yingxiu to a commoner and imprisoned him in the county lord's mansion for life, but he was angry at the time, as the king of a country, how could he go back on his word. When the first emperor died, Qin Su pardoned the ban of the county lord of Yingxiu and let her attend the funeral of the first emperor.
No wonder Lang Hua will ask at the gate of the palace today, he knows that Yanran is his daughter, but he doesn't tell him, and keeps him in the dark. Zhou Mingmu clenched his fists at this moment, wanting to rush in front of Lang Hua and punch him hard. If it was at the gate of the palace that day, Lang Hua would tell him that Yan Ran was his daughter, and it would not be so that he would not be able to see Yan Ran.