The carriage was not too hurried, the wind lifted the curtain, and Qing Rang was not looking outside, it was the best time for spring flowers to bloom, and the scenery of Linsu City was very good.

"Your mother loved this road the most when she was alive," Duanmu Anrui remembered that they had come here with Qing Rang at that time, "I have been busy with business all year round, and I know that your mother has suffered a lot of grievances, so she must stay away from the ancestral grave of the Duanmu family when she dies." ”

The carriage stopped, and the car in front of him couldn't get up, so Qing Rang got out of the car first and helped her father, since his mother passed away, his father's body has never been very good.

Duanmu Anrui asked Qing Rang to let go of his hand, "I'm not old enough to need your support, when your mother sees it, she will secretly laugh at me again, she never waited to see me when she was alive." ”

"Dad, my mother is actually hard-mouthed, when you are not at home and go out, she always comes here, because on the left side of that hillside you can see the post road into the city, and on the right side you can see the sails on the Linsu River, she is looking forward to your return." Qingrang still stepped forward to help Duanmu Anrui, because the ramp was a little steep, and when he was a child, he didn't walk here because his mother pulled him or his father hugged him.

"I know she's always been duplicitous. When your mother was as old as you, she had a very arrogant temper, and your grandfather always said that he was afraid that no one would dare to go to her, a tigress. ”

"Then why did Dad marry his mother?"

was asked by his daughter, Duanmu Anrui suddenly fell silent, and came to Qinglian's tomb, the tombstone was only engraved with the words "My Beloved Wife", no name and no surname, only their father and daughter came to worship every year, "Because I like it, but I really regret it, I regret not marrying your mother earlier, and I shouldn't care about those identities and statuses at that time." ”

Qing Rang saw that the corners of his father's eyes were moist, "Dad, my mother told me that the happiest thing in her life is to marry you, her reputation is nothing, and she knows how sincerely you treat her." ”

Duanmu Anrui wiped his eyes and took Qingrang's hand, "Come with me, I brought you here today to come and see your mother before you got married, and the other is to give your mother the dowry she prepared for you back then." ”

Behind the tomb is a pool of green lotus, behind the lotus pond is a simple thatched house, Jin Niang often comes to repair, and every year a few days before her mother's death Duanmu Anrui has to come to live for a few days.

Please let follow behind your father, and watch him take out a small box from the dark compartment of the bed, there is no trace of dust on it, presumably someone wipes it often, Duanmu Anrui handed it to Qing Rang, "Open it and take a look." ”

Qing Rang opened the wooden box, which was wrapped in a silk handkerchief and had been a golden hairpin, although it was ordinary and unremarkable, but the insiders could see that the workmanship was exquisite, and the number of rough reports in Qing Rang's heart was without a finger. She knew that her mother had always disliked such extravagant hair accessories, and her mother was afraid that her mother would be more willing to leave a message for her than a precious golden hairpin, "Dad, you didn't buy it to coax me, right?" ”

Duanmu Anrui pinched his daughter's nose, "I'm still so naughty with my father, when did I lie to you?" ”

"My father taught me, no matter how close you are, you must keep three points of mind."

"I know that you have studied well," Duanmu Anrui smiled dotingly, and took the golden hairpin in the wooden box, "This is indeed not something your mother will like, but this is indeed what your mother left for you, she is actually reluctant to give it to you, but she has no choice but to give it to you." You must know that your mother has spent a lot of hard work to leave this golden hairpin to you. Duanmu Anrui inserted the golden hairpin into Qingrang's hair, "What I put on you today is yours, you must keep it well, don't live up to your mother's wishes." ”

"Dad, I remember." Although she had a lot of questions in her heart, she knew that she wouldn't say it if she asked her father now. And Duanmu Anrui also understands that his daughter has a lot of questions in her heart, but the time is not yet ripe, he doesn't want her to know those too early, in fact, he would rather she don't need to know in her life.

"Qingrang, do you blame your father? Marry you to the Yu family as a concubine. ”

"No wonder, I know that my father has done his best, my father is for the entire Duanmu family, I know in my heart that my father loves me, and it is not a bad thing to go to the Yu family to be a concubine, that Yu Zichen is so good-looking, it's okay to look at him without eating."

"Don't comfort Dad, when are you the kind of superficial person who only looks at your appearance." But as Qing Rang said, he has done everything he can do, "Actually, my father regrets it very much, and he should have found you a generous husband earlier." I've been waiting for you to meet the person you want to marry, but I didn't expect to marry the most unworthy of the end, yesterday I dreamed that your mother blamed me. ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to find someone who is willing to join me as a husband within a hundred miles of Linsu City, I am taught by my mother, she knows better than anyone else in her heart, no wonder others."

"How can the girl's family say this about herself, hey, I originally wanted to marry Hua Shu to Zichen to relieve the difficulty of the Yu family, the Yu family's current power has indeed been high, if we have the help of the Duanmu family, the court will not dare to act rashly, but now it is you who are married, and Hua Shu has given marriage to the eldest prince, the court will not feel any deterrence, I am afraid that the Yu family has already begun to attack. There are no eggs under the nest, so my father really doesn't want to marry you. "Duanmu Anrui and the master of the Yu family have always been old friends, and they originally wanted to help, but they didn't know that the news was leaked, and the emperor came up with such a move, and if the marriage failed, he would take it into the lifelong event of Qingrang.

"Dad, I remember you once taught me that it is better to fight back than to live in fear. Since the daughter is destined to be a member of the Yu family, she will naturally not watch it fall into trouble, and besides, how can the Yu family be defeated in one day or two? Dad doesn't have to worry about me, on the contrary, I have always been worried about how the Duanmu family will balance the relationship between the crown prince and the eldest prince once Hua Shu marries the eldest prince. ”

For example, today Zhaoguo is very chaotic, whether it is the court or the community. The emperor is addicted to pills and has long been unconcerned about the affairs of the DPRK and China, the power behind the crown prince is weak, the uncle of the eldest prince is the current prime minister, and the brothers have started a secret contest for the throne. Natural disasters have occurred one after another, and the court has fought infighting without caring about the lives of the victims, and the forces of civil rebellion have also become small.

"My father resigned 20 years ago and returned to his hometown, and I will not participate in political affairs in this life. Hua Shu's marriage to the eldest prince is not a bad thing, as long as Mingzhe protects himself, no matter who wins the world in the end, it will not harm the Duanmu family. ”

Qing Rang nodded and smiled, but he also knew that his father was just comforting himself, such a turbulent government was not just trying to protect himself, the prince had already sent a few greetings, begging his father to go out of the mountain as an official.

The breeze entered the house and gently swept the foreheads of the father and daughter, as if to help them comb their sorrows, and the father and daughter suddenly looked at each other and smiled, because they both felt that the force of the wind was as soft as someone's hand.