Chapter 278: Drinking to Drown Sorrows
When Huang Fuchen appeared in front of Yu Wenjing, this gray-haired, lifelong veteran general was wearing a half-worn home clothes, trimming the flowers and plants in the courtyard.
Seeing Huang Fuchen, he paused with a movement in his hand, and gently put the tool on the stone table beside him.
Huang Fuchen stepped forward and shouted "Master" and his eyes turned red.
Yu Wenjing stretched out his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, sighed, and looked up at the sky in the distance.
"From the moment you led your troops south, I knew that this day would come soon." After a pause, "When you came to me today, the emperor must have told you everything." ”
"Is all this true? Father, he actually ...... to me" Huangfu Chen's heart was so emotional that he couldn't say a complete sentence for a while.
Yu Wenjing nodded, and was silent for a long time: "Chen'er, over the years, no one can understand the bitterness in the emperor's heart. ”
When Huang Fuchen heard this, a hidden pain that had been silent for many years hit his heart, and he slowly closed his slightly reddened eyes.
Yu Wenjing glanced at him and said slowly: "Concubine Yu Niangniang unfortunately passed away back then, and there are many doubts. After the emperor returned to the palace, he was too sad and had gray hair overnight. Later, the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, because of this matter, the government and the opposition were unstable. Some people even say that your mother's identity is unknown, which damages her reputation. The matter reached an impasse, and the emperor was in a dilemma, so he had to give up.
And you are still in infancy, frail and sickly, and there is no one around you to trust. The emperor was worried that someone would be unfavorable to you, so he thought twice, so he had to reluctantly order the Nuan Yu Palace to be sealed and protect you in that square inch. pretending to be cold to you during the day, but secretly watching you fall asleep every night.
Later, when you grew up and escaped from the palace, the emperor was going crazy. Finally, I found your traces in Nanchi. However, you unexpectedly found that there was another wave of unidentified people looking for you. This incident made the emperor very uneasy, and he knew that he could not protect you for the rest of your life. That's why I couldn't bear to throw you, who was only thirteen years old, at the border to sharpen. He wants you to be strong, so strong that no one can threaten you.
Your annual birthday gift is also prepared by the emperor himself, and the emperor knows everything about every day you live in the barracks. Because, Feige was arranged by the emperor by your side. He wants you to be alone anymore, no longer lonely......"
Huang Fuchen's body stiffened, and tears rolled down his face.
It turned out that the father-son affection he had longed for since he was a child had always existed silently by his side. He was never alone. It's just that this father's love is too deep and too forbearing, and he never notices it.
However, if he had a choice, he would rather be in danger himself than live a lonely life without family affection for so many years. In the past twenty-two years, no one understands the loneliness and hurt in his heart. Every time he thinks of those lonely and dark nights, his heart still throbs. Those days when he was cold and hungry and bullied, he really never wanted to talk about it again......
Looking at the almost collapsed mood of the man in front of him, Yu Wenjing sighed softly. After a long time, he asked slowly: "Chen'er, you will forgive the emperor, right?" ”
He was silent for a long time: "I don't know ....."
When Huang Fuchen returned to King Chen's mansion, it was already dusk.
The remnant sun is like blood, and the twilight is fading.
He stood alone in the huge courtyard, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, the inky figure was even more lonely.
At some point, Feige appeared in the courtyard, kneeling down on his knees behind him, without saying a word. A master and a servant just stood and knelt like this, competing for nothing......
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In the blink of an eye, the lights are on. The restaurant is full of people.
Another glass of clear wine entered her throat, but Shangguan Jiyue only felt bitter and unpalatable. She never thought that one day she would come to the restaurant alone to buy drunk.
She smiled bitterly twice, poured herself another glass, held it in her hand but didn't drink it again. Obviously, my head was cloudy and my eyes were blurry, but my heart was still as clear as ever.
She had been sitting here since the sun was shining, and now that the sky had completely darkened, she was still not drunk, and she faintly felt that the more she drank, the clearer she became.
"Shopkeeper!" Shangguan Jiyue staggered to her feet and slapped the table, "Take your strongest wine here!" ”
The shopkeeper agreed, and soon sent another pot of wine.
Shangguan Jiyue reached out to take it, but the wine jug was held down by a big hand.
Shangguan Jiyue raised her head and looked at the visitor with drunken eyes.
The man was dressed in purple with a golden crown and his hair tied up, and looked at her with concern.
"Huh...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so noble, how could he come to such a place? Shangguan Jiyue fed a bunch of fed and said lukewarmly.
"You're drunk, don't drink anymore!" Huangfu Jin didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Shangguan Jiyue's words, and Wen Sheng opened his mouth to stop it.
Shangguan Jiyue raised her eyebrows: "His Royal Highness the Prince, is this taking care of me?" ”
"Yes! I won't let you drink it anymore! ”
"Huh...... Why do you care about me? Am I drunk or not, and what does it have to do with His Royal Highness the Prince?! ”
"Yue'er! Is it worth it? Do you deserve to spoil your body like this for him?! A hint of anger faintly appeared on Huangfu Jin's face.
Shangguan Jiyue didn't speak, picked up the previous glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing this, Huangfu Jin's eyes quickly flashed a trace of darkness. He stared at Shangguan Jiyue tightly: "Okay! You're going to drink, aren't you? Root...... I'll drink with you! ”
As he spoke, Huangfu Jin had already sat down opposite Shangguan Jiyue, picked up the wine jug and poured a full cup for himself, and drank it all with his head up.
Shangguan Jiyue smiled, but the words she said were as cold as ice: "I don't seem to have invited His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to drink!" ”
"Yue'er! After seeing each other for so long, can't you just have a good word with me? ”
"Speak well?" Shangguan Jiyue snorted coldly and looked at Huangfu Jin, "Do you know that every time I see you, I hate you very much!" I hate your face so much! ”
Huangfu Jin gritted his teeth, and the hand on the table clenched into a fist: "Why?" ”
"Why? Scold...... Why am I telling you? She slowly stood up, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to drink, then I won't accompany you." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince use it slowly, farewell! ”
After Shangguan Jiyue finished speaking, she took out a piece of silver and put it on the table, and left without looking back.
Huangfu Jin's expression was cold, and he stayed in place for a long time, and then his eyes narrowed dangerously, and then he got up and chased out.
Although Shangguan Jiyue was clear in her heart, after drinking so much wine, her whole little face was red, her brain was dizzy, and her steps were even more unsteady.
She walked towards her mansion with drunken eyes. She also knew that Huangfu Jin was following her at this time, but so what? She didn't care at all. She didn't expect that when she saw that face again, she had no emotions at all, and she was surprisingly calm.
Thinking like this, she suddenly smiled, and tears flowed out of her laughter.
It turned out that her heart was already stuffed, full of that inky figure, and there was no place to put down those inconsequential people.
Shangguan Jiyue quickly crossed the main street and turned into an alley. This alley leads directly to the back gate of the General's Mansion, and you don't have to go through the gate of King Chen's Mansion to go back from here. Because every time she saw the three words of Chenwangfu, her heart was torn and painful. She was suffocated in pain.
The cold moonlight poured down overhead and shone on the bluestone pavement.
Shangguan Jiyue walked forward blankly like this, never looking back.