Chapter 263: Sitting in the City of Sorrow

Liu Fu sat on the main seat, with a gloomy face and did not speak. Sitting opposite him was Liu Gu, with a little panic in his expression, he glanced at his husband timidly from time to time, and wanted to speak several times, but he didn't have the courage to speak.

Not long after, someone outside the door came to report, and Liu Fu simply said two words "come in", and then returned to silence.

The person who came was the cronies he sent out, and probably knew that the master was in a bad mood, so he kept his head down and reported cautiously: "The little one has been to the palace, and it happened that the prince and the princess came back from the palace, and the group entered the gate of the palace, and the porter closed the door and closed the door to thank the guests." The little one begged for a while at the door, and then a familiar doorman pointed out the little one and went to the back street of the palace to find someone to inquire. The little one went to find the princess's companion, but he didn't find anyone, only saw the youngest son and daughter-in-law of the old Wang's family, and inquired about a little news. He paused, secretly glanced at Liu Fu's face, and couldn't see anything, so he had to continue: "The palace did receive the holy decree this morning, and it must return to the domain within three days, and there must be no mistake, and now the palace is busy packing up their luggage." I heard that the prince wants to leave a few powerful family members to look at the house in Beijing, and several of the princess's companions are serving in front of the princess. ”

Liu Fu sneered, and asked again: "Didn't the prince and the princess enter the palace to beg the queen mother?" It's impossible for the Queen Mother not to know about this kind of thing."

The man hurriedly said: "The little one has also asked the daughter-in-law, she was on an errand in the outer courtyard, many things are not clear, I only heard that the princess received the order in the morning, and went into the palace, but in less than an hour he returned to the house, and then he fell ill, and the prince immediately invited the imperial doctor to come and see, and said that the princess was tired, committed an old illness, and had reported to the palace, and this son was taking medicine." ”

If Princess Dongping returned to the house, she immediately asked the imperial doctor to take a look, and now it is already a waning day, if the palace intends to keep people, there will be no movement so far. It seems that the family of King Dongping is really going to return to the domain.

Liu Fu sighed secretly, and asked again: "How is the Dharma of the Great Huguo Temple?" ”

The man's face changed, and he squeaked and said, "The princess is sick, so ...... Only...... I stopped ......"

Liu Fu stared at him: "When did you stop?" ”

"Yesterday...... There have been people in the palace......"

Liu Fu closed his eyes, waved his hand weakly, and motioned for the man to withdraw, the man seemed to have something to say, but he suddenly raised his voice: "Go out" The man had to obey the order. After he left, Liu Fu remained silent in thought.

Liu Gu swallowed her saliva and tried to comfort her husband: "Don't worry too much, master, it's your own family after all, the queen mother likes the princess so much, and she has always loved the princess, even if she knows that the princess is sick, how can she force them to leave Beijing?" Presumably, tomorrow at the latest, there will be a decree. ”

Liu Fu sneered and glanced at her mockingly: "It's okay in the morning, you can go to the palace to ask for peace, but you will be sick when you return to the palace, how can it be such a coincidence?" Are you fooled when you are the queen mother and the emperor? It is also right for the vassal king to be a vassal king, and the sooner they go back, wouldn't it be more comfortable than staying in the capital? Why do everything you can to stay in the palace and obstruct the eyes in the palace? I have already persuaded the prince, but it's a pity that the advice is contrary."

Liu Gu was a little puzzled: "Since the master thinks so, then ...... Why are you still so sorrowful? ”

Liu Fu glared at her with some hatred: "Why can't you figure it out?" What I'm worried about is not that the prince's family wants to go back to the domain, but that the palace envoy who came yesterday came to the palace yesterday, and specially asked the princess to stop the ceremony, and the princess entered the palace this morning, and she was sick when she returned home, and she must have been angry in the palace. Isn't it clear yet? The palace was angry because of the method, and it was obviously a filial piety to mourn her deceased mother, why did it make the palace angry? ”

Liu Gu asked, "Yes, why?" ”

Liu Fu glared at her for a long time, then closed his eyes and rubbed the corners of his forehead with a headache: "A few days ago, the seventh brother and sister and the daughter-in-law of the brother and sister all came to the house, right?" ”

Liu Gu nodded: "Yes, the fourth brother and sister came together with the seventh brother and sister." She pursed her lips disdainfully: "The seventh brother and sister have always been rude, and the brother and daughter-in-law are also bastards, and I don't understand when I was so angry that day, how could God let that waste in the east have such a great blessing, and actually bumped into the prince of the barbarians......"

Liu Fu interrupted her: "Do you dare to say that if you hadn't offended them that day, how could our family have ended up with today's results?" ”

Liu Gu was stunned: "Master? What are you talking about? ”

Liu Fuluo stood up suddenly: "You just annoyed the seventh brother and sister and the daughter-in-law of Brother Xing, and on the second day, Brother Xing's daughter-in-law entered the palace to see him because of his military merits, and after seeing the queen, he also met the princess." I've heard they've known each other since last year. On the second day, Song Ruixuan, a guard in the East Palace, 'bumped into' the seventh brother in the official department, and invited the seventh brother to a nearby teahouse for a while. The strange thing is that the holy decree was specially given to his father and Mrs. Rong's first-class titles, but his mother was not mentioned at all. Isn't that obvious? "What's more, when I went to meet the Holy Lord yesterday, the Holy Lord asked me in private: Who is my mother?" The so-called filial piety is about sincerity, but it can be picked and thinned by those who can't be children."

Liu Gu exclaimed: "The master is saying...... The seventh brother and the daughter-in-law told the prince about the Rong family? She immediately gritted her teeth and scolded "dead girl", but soon felt that something was wrong: "The palace has known about this for a long time?" Why is it blamed now? ”

Liu Fu sighed: "It was also me who was confused for a while, thinking that more things are better than less, so I rejected the proposal of the clan to give Mrs. Rong a birthday next year, but I didn't pay attention to the princess's way of sacrificing her mother's day, and asked to stay in Beijing on the grounds of filial piety." Now that things are being said, it's ridiculous. If it is really filial, why ignore the mother-in-law and respect the biological mother? If you are only filial to your biological mother, then why ......?" he gritted his teeth, "why do you recognize others as mothers for the sake of fame?" I really didn't know how to answer when the Holy One asked me like this, so the Holy One sneered before he asked about something else. ”

Recalling the situation at that time, Liu Fu still broke out in a cold sweat involuntarily. Previously, he listened to Liu Dongxing's warning, cut off contact with those officials, and instructed others to sue them and pull them off their horses to cut off future troubles. Although he was also worried, because he couldn't get any more help from Liu Dongxing, he had to defend himself in front of the emperor, using the reason that the gentleman was serious about his character.

Because of the importance of character and behavior, when he finds that a friend who has been close to him has done something wrong that violates the law of the country and is ashamed of Jun'en, he naturally cannot forget justice for the sake of personal feelings. The emperor always believed that he was a righteous gentleman, so he believed his words and punished the man. But now, he has made a big mistake in filial piety, how can the emperor trust him anymore? He didn't know if there were still people who slandered in front of the emperor, but he knew that the emperor's gaze at him at that time was so cold that it made people's hearts chill......

Ever since he met the emperor when he was a young man, he has never been looked at by this kind of gaze, even when he was snubbed and demoted last year because of his wife's careless behavior, the emperor did not look at him like this. He also couldn't understand why the emperor had already known his life experience, so why did he have a seizure until today? Besides, although he refused to give Mrs. Rong a dead birthday, he didn't ......

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought of a possibility, then quickly stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and called back to the person just now: "You just went to the palace, didn't you see the princess?" The eldest young master wants to do a happy event, there is no reason not to invite his aunt back to drink a glass of water and wine, but the princess didn't say what to do? ”

The man shrunk his neck: "The little one just wanted to go back to the master, the little one didn't see the princess, but he met a grandmother in front of the princess, the grandmother said, the princess also intended to stay and eat the wine, but the palace was in a hurry, the holy order was difficult to disobey, and the princess had no choice, please don't be angry with the princess for this." ”

Liu Fu's face turned gray at once, he didn't say anything, slowly closed the door, and returned to his original seat to sit down.

As he guessed, after his sister begged repeatedly to no avail, she must have taken out the reason for staying in Beijing to eat her nephew's wedding wine, but she still couldn't get the permission of the queen mother and the emperor, so she died. But in doing so, she dragged him into the water, and in the emperor's opinion, he might feel that his relationship with the Dongping palace was not as distant as it seemed.

Thinking back to the emperor's attitude towards him, maybe he had already linked his refusal to the proposal of the clansmen with his sister's method for the death of his mother, and even suspected that their brother and sister changed their genealogy back then in order to climb the Dongping Palace? It couldn't be safer to make friends with two princes at the same time.

He did not deny that he did have this idea at the beginning, and it was also to fight for his mother, so he would repeatedly persuade his father to open an ancestral hall and change the family tree, if it wasn't for the clansmen to stop him again, he didn't need to back down in order to keep his sister's marriage, give up the idea of letting his mother become the main family, and change his name to Rong. But at that time, the emperor and the brothers were obviously still very close, so how could he be blamed......

Liu Fu was extremely sad and indignant in his heart, and deeply regretted that he let his sister marry King Dongping, no matter how decent a marriage is, no matter how noble a relative, it can't be against the trust of the emperor, if he hadn't married this family at the beginning, today, he will not be repeatedly affected by his brother-in-law.

He learned from the pain, and once again determined to alienate his sister's family. No matter how important the relationship is, you have to protect yourself first. He took a deep breath, raised his head, looked at his wife, and saw that she had been saying some curses there, and suddenly pulled down his face angrily: "Okay, look at your current appearance, where do you look like a housewife?" ”

Liu Gu was startled, stopped his mouth stupidly, and muttered: "They hurt the master like this, don't you allow me to scold a few more words......

Liu Fu snorted coldly: "Do you still have the face to scold others?" Originally, I had plans to reconcile with Brother Xing'er, and I also treated the seventh brother with Huairou as the mainstay. No matter what, it's also a family, I don't have to make a little noise for the sake of the old past, so that outsiders can see the joke Brother Xing'er is already an official, and his daughter-in-law is your niece, it stands to reason that if you want the two families to reconcile, it should be very easy, you are stingy, everything is against them, and today it will end up like this, it is all your fault, quickly change it for me, while there is still room for things to turn around, wipe me a little unhappiness in the past, Brother Xing's daughter-in-law has the way of the East Palace, you can bring me a good trap, Maybe it will come in handy at any time. ”

When Liu Gu heard this, he showed a look of reluctance: "The master is obviously a bad brother and daughter-in-law, how can you ask me to be an elder to please her?" No matter what, she doesn't have the courage to deal with me, if she really does that, her mother won't spare her."

Liu Fu sneered: "Do you still have the face to mention your mother's family?" Your mother's family has offended you cruelly, and your sister-in-law sent you to talk to your mother-in-law, how did you answer? Relying on his own favor in his mother's family, he doesn't take the person in front of his sister-in-law seriously, you need to know that your sister-in-law is a serious housewife Now I have lost the position of Shangshu, although I have the title of a university scholar, but it is a false position, no power and no power, it is just decent, if you really want to do things, it is not as convenient as your brother. It's nothing at the moment, wait for a long time, your brother is here, maybe you have to take care of you and me in turn, and now that the relationship is not too stiff, you hurry back and coax your mother and your brother and sister-in-law back, what do they say, as long as it is not excessive, you just have to respond. Also, Brother Ning's marriage must be done decently, otherwise, you will be the one who will lose face in the future."

Liu Gu opened his mouth aggrievedly, but Liu Fu just waved his hand to stop her: "Don't take my words as a deaf ear, otherwise, you will suffer a loss in the future, but I blame you for not reminding you." Brother Ning'er's marriage will be handed over to the fourth brother and sister, she has always done things for the elderly, and she will not make mistakes, you can concentrate on the affairs of the two families for me."

Liu Fu was impatient to listen to his wife's words, and he could guess what she would say, so he got up and walked out. suddenly lost the position of Shangshu, from now on, how he will survive in the court, there are still many preparations to be made.

Liu Gu watched her husband leave, stunned for a moment, and then became angry, and swept the tea set on the table to the ground, and the girl outside heard it, and hurriedly rushed in to clean up, and was scolded by her loudly, so she had to exit the house.

Liu Gu is unwilling, why? She did her duty as a housewife, why did her husband first take away her rights, then forbid her feet, and then deprive her of the right to organize the wedding of her only son? She suffered so many grievances, because it was his will, she endured it, but she was not angry in her heart, so she lost a little temper with her brother and daughter-in-law who didn't know what to do. Is he embarrassed? It's obviously his incompetence......

What she couldn't understand the most was what the relationship between husband and wife for more than 20 years was in his heart?。.。

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