Chapter Thirty-Eight: Old Things

Zhao Xuechi's heart also tightened, "What's wrong?" Yu Nian explained, "Someone in the court proposed to let Feng'er fight, and the emperor was furious. If Feng'er brought it up by herself, the emperor would definitely think that someone was instigating," Yu Nian sat down again and asked Zhao Xuechi solemnly, "When did you tell her?" Zhao Xuechi replied, "Before sunset." Yu Nian nodded, "It may be too late for us to rush to the palace now, and Feng'er shouldn't have seen the emperor." Zhao Xuechi frowned, "It's so late, are we going to enter the palace?" Yu Nian nodded and got up, "Let's go now." ”

The two walked to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and a small servant suddenly ran from behind, panting and calling Yu Nian, "My lord, my lord, my lord is calling you." Yu Nian's eyes widened, "At this moment?" The little guy nodded, "Yes, my lord, come and take a look, the master is a little bad." Yu Nian panicked in his heart, and said to Zhao Xuechi, "Xuechi, you wait for me, I'll take a look and come back soon." Zhao Xuechi nodded, looked at the back of the hurried return after more than one year, and sighed.

Yu Nian walked to the water shelter and entered Yu's father's room under the leadership of the little maid. As soon as I entered the room, the smell of bitter medicine hit my face. The light in the house was very dim, and the little servant closed the door from the outside, leaving him alone for the rest of the year. Yu Nian took a deep breath and walked towards the inner room. He himself doesn't remember how long it has been, he hasn't seen his father, maybe it's after he became prime minister, maybe it's after he was sick.

Entering the inner room, Yu Nian saw the old man leaning on the bed at a glance. If he hadn't seen it in the room, Yu Nian would almost not have recognized this as Prime Minister Yu, who was once high-spirited. Yu Fu's face was tired, his face was sallow, and his body looked much worse than before.

Yu Nian walked to the bedside and said to the old man with his eyes closed, "Father, I'm here." Yu Fu slowly opened his eyes, looked at Yu Nian kneeling beside the bed, and said in a hoarse voice, "You're here." Yu Nian listened to Yu Fu's hoarse voice, and was faintly sad. Regardless of his evil deeds and insidious cunning when he was an official, in the final analysis, he is still his biological father for more than a year. "Father, would you like something to eat? I'll send a kitchenette to bring it to you. Yu Fu was about to speak, but was interrupted by a violent cough.

"No need," Yu Fu paused for a moment, looked at Yu Nian and said, "I know that my time is short, and I want to meet you." Yu Nian lowered his eyes, "Father..."Yu Fu began to cough again, Yu Nian hurriedly got up and slowly helped the old man in front of him to stroke his back. "Yu Nian, I don't blame you for my father," Yu Fu's voice came from next to Yu Nian, "What you did is not wrong, if you want to become a master, you must step on others." Yu Nian wanted to open his mouth to explain, but looked at Yu Fu, who was out of breath after saying a few words, sighed, and couldn't help but not speak.

"These days, I'm reminded of many, many things from before." Yu Fu motioned for Yu Nian to help him lie down, and after a moment of silence, Yu Fu continued to speak, "It's me who is sorry for them. Yu Nian didn't know who they were, but listened quietly.

"All my life, I've been fighting, trying to climb up. But now, after a lifetime of calculations, the agency still ended up like this. Sometimes I wonder if this is the punishment for me. It was they who watched me from heaven. ”

Yu Nian couldn't help but ask, "Father, who are they?" Yu Fu slowly closed his eyes, and after a long time, he spoke, "Yu Nian, tell you a story for your father, and you should listen to the story." Yu Nian nodded.

"When I was a child, I had two good friends, a boy and a girl, and the three of us read books and played together. I like to write, boys like martial arts, we are always easy to contradict, and it is the girl who reconciles in the middle.

The three of us grew up. I went to take the exam, and Yinyin High School was supposed to be my article, but others replaced my name with a high price. And so, for two years in a row. I wanted to give up. But one day, my father came home and gave me a lot of silver tickets. I learned that he sold the good land of his ancestors and asked me to use these silver tickets to buy an official. Yu Fu stopped, gasping for air. Yu Nian listened quietly.

"The boy passed high school after a martial arts test and became a martial arts person. The girls are getting more and more motivated, and more and more people are coming to the door to propose marriage.

The three of us still play together, I bought a petty official, and I live like this. When he became a martial artist, he slowly passed and fell in love with the girl, but the girl knew his mind and admitted that he only regarded him as a friend and had nothing else to think about. The boy didn't say anything, just didn't mention it again. Until one day, the girl told us that she was going to get married. Cough... Ahem... cough ....." Yu Fu began to cough violently again, Yu Nian got up and poured tea, handed it to Yu Fu, and helped Yu Fu to sit up. Yu Fu nodded, took a sip of tea, slowed down, and continued to speak.

"We didn't expect her to fall in love with the emperor who had a private visit with Weifu. She did not listen to our dissuasion and insisted on entering the palace.

She left, and the rest of us lived like this, and I gradually mastered the skills of officialdom, and in just a few years, I became a cabinet minister. Wuju people also became a small and famous little general. The little general, after getting drunk once, told me that he still had a girl in his heart, but only wanted her to be happy, even if he was not with him. Ahem... I don't believe where there is such a noble person. Ahem, ahem...

But he is such a noble person. At that time, not long after the emperor ascended the throne, foreign countries rebelled, and the Du State had always emphasized literature over military force, and there was no one to command, and the generals were already old.

The girl actually sent us a letter from the palace. She wanted the little general to go to war, and she said that she believed that only the little general could help the emperor get through the difficulties. But we all know that the Gentiles are cruel, kill people without blinking, and the location conditions are harsh, even if they win the battle, they may be frozen to death by the wind and snow.

He actually agreed. But also, how could he not agree to the girl's request, in my eyes, if the girl wanted his life, he would not hesitate to give it.

He went to war, won the battle, and was made a great general. After Yu Fu finished speaking, he paused for a long time, and when Yu Nian was about to open his mouth to ask the following, Yu Fu continued.

"I'm not convinced, why did I do everything I could to become a cabinet minister, why did he become a general, and he will always be higher than me.

So I wrote a letter to report that there was an affair between the general and the concubine, and the letter from the girl was with me at that time, and I handed it to the saint together. Yu Nian interrupted, "You slandered them? ”

Yu Fu did not respond to Yu Nian's words, and continued to preach, "At that time, the concubine was already pregnant and was about to give birth. The emperor read the letter and believed what I said, and Long Yan was furious. He was sent to garrison the frontier when he had just become a general, and he was transferred back to the capital after many years of war. "And what about the concubine?" Yu Nian couldn't help but ask.

Yu Fu glanced at Yu Nian, closed her eyes, and said, "After she gave birth to a child, she was beaten to the cold palace, and she committed suicide not long after. Yu Nian gasped, "You killed her?" Yu Fu was silent, suddenly coughed, and said emotionally, "This world is not fair, why is their life so smooth?" Yu Nian said calmly, "It's not their fault." Yu Fu suddenly laughed, "So I've always felt guilty about them, but guilt tormented me, so I hinted to myself and turned guilt into hatred." ”

Yu Nian paused, and said slowly, "That general is General Chen Huyan, and the girl is the prince's biological mother, Concubine Shuniang, right?" ”