Chapter 48: Thinking of Family
Fourteen years later.
The situation in the world has gradually stabilized, and Shui Duyan has always kept his promise and has not made waves. And Mu Zuoyi and the others also sat in Sanssouci Palace without incident, as if Bai Lan was really just a serious illness and nothing happened.
It took 14 years, and for them, it was just like a few months, and the long life made them not feel the speed of time.
Long Haotian supervised Nancheng and dealt with many twists and turns for Bai Lan, and in the past fourteen years, Shui Duyan has also been as loyal as in previous years. It is rumored that Bai Lan took Qianfei and Shui Duyan in Sanssouci Palace and restored the identity of Emperor Shui Dui Yan.
The Temple of Snow Silence.
Shui Duyan guarded Long Haotian's review and review, the warm sun made it easy to get sleepy, and after a while, Shui Duyan's sitting body was planted in front, only to hear a "bang!"
"Ahh
Then Long Haotian laughed at her voice: "Hahahaha......"
Shui Duyan rubbed his sore head, looked at Long Haotian with a look of resentment, then got up and stretched his waist, and asked, "How long will it take you to finish?"
"Heh, it's going to take a while, you're tired and go to rest first, why do you have to spend it here?" Long Haotian smiled at her, and buried his head to review it.
"Okay. Then you get busy first. Shui Duyan walked out of the Snow Silence Palace, and as soon as she went out, she was blinded by the scorching sun, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to cover it.
It took her a while to get used to the scorching sun, and then she walked to the swing in the courtyard, sat on it and shook it, as if she were much more awake.
Shui Duyan looked at the large light and shadow on the ground, quietly in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking in his mind, and it was always running.
Until a shout pulled her back from her trance: "Masterβ"
Shui Duyan was so frightened that she almost fell off the swing, and when she looked up, it turned out to be Bai Xi.
The childishness on the eighteen-year-old Bai Xi's face has not been taken off, and his eyes are bright and cute.
Bai Xi came with a cup of tea and a gentle expression: "Master, I'll comeβ"
"Wait, who are you calling? Don't scream, when will I be your master?" Shui Duyan frowned slightly, looking at Bai Xi with a confused expression.
Bai Xi said kneel, kneel! A serious person held the tea and looked up at Shui Duyan: "You taught me spells, and taught me the way of life, taught me medical skills, for so many years, I remember your kindness to me in my heart." I should have called you Master a long time ago, but I have always held a grudge against you, which is why it has been delayed for so long. I hope Master will forgive me. β
After speaking, Bai Xi looked apologetic and handed out the tea, but Shui Duyan seemed to be funny, holding the swing and looking at Bai Xi with a scared face: "Do you know what the second half of the sentence is when you become a teacher for a day?"
"A father for life. Bai Xi replied, and then seemed to have guessed something, and said with a smile: "In my heart, I will respect Master and you as much as I respect my father." Although Master is a woman, my heart is the same. β
Shui Duyan nodded, and then pretended to tremble and added, "You remind me of an idiom - recognize a thief as a father." β
Bai Xi's face was embarrassed, his smile froze, and before he had a chance to react, Shui Duyan took the bowl of tea and poured it all in front of Bai Xi.
"Master-you......" Bai Xi's face was full of embarrassment and couldn't hide, and he refused to leave.
Shui Duyan looked at Bai Xi coldly, and said mockingly: "Bai Lan really gave birth to a good son, and if she has milk, she is a mother?"
Bai Xi frowned fiercely when he heard this, and retorted: "You ......"
Shui Duyan shook the swing and sneered: "What am I, I'm just like that." I just don't want the future heir to look bad, and you don't have to thank me, after all, I taught you things just a deal with Long Haotian. β
"This ......" Bai Xi was even more confused, the deal with Long Haotian But Long Haotian said that it was Shui Duyan who took the initiative to teach Bai Xi. And for so many years, Shui Duyan has been extremely good to him.
It's just that as Bai Xi gets older, Shui Duyan speaks more and more politely, and she becomes more and more strict with Bai Xi, not coaxing Bai Xi like when she was a child.
Bai Xi looked at Shui Duyan's arrogant appearance, so he knew the difficulty and retreated, got up and saluted and said, "Yes, Bai Xi retires." β
As soon as Bai Xi turned around, he looked at Long Haotian who was leaning against the door with a joke look, Bai Xi opened his mouth, and quickly lowered his head, stunned and at a loss.
Long Haotian leaned against the door, clasped his fists and looked at Shui Duyan and Bai Xi, and shook his head with a smile.
"Who gave him that bad idea?" complained to Shui Duyan.
Long Haotian shrugged, and then said that it was not him.
Bai Xi sighed, then stood there refusing to leave, Shui Duyan gently shook the swing to look at him, and asked, "Is there anything else you have to do?"
Bai Xi hesitated for a long time, but still stepped forward and spoke: "I want to meet my father." β
"Impossible. Shui Duyan's face changed in an instant.
Bai Xi was unwilling: "But I haven't seen him for many years, and I've almost forgotten what he looks like." β
Shui Duyan sneered: "Isn't it better to forget? When you grow up, you will be the young emperor, and it is okay if you can't remember him, and you don't have to take care of his face when you ascend the throne." β
Shui Duyan's words were ruthless, and Long Haotian on the side couldn't help but laugh and snorted.
Bai Xi wanted to say something, but Shui Duyan preemptively refused: "I've said it many times, don't be delusional to see him, kill me if you want to see him." β
Bai Xi couldn't figure out how a person who taught him to love the people, teach him justice, and teach him morality could say such bastard words.
So Bai Xi asked confidently: "Admiral Mu always told me not to hate you, and what did you say that you are actually very good to me, you can give me so much power, why don't you let me see my father?" What are you afraid of?"
Facing Bai Xi's shouting, Shui Duyan was slightly surprised, can Bai Xi understand these at a young age? Shui Duyan's silent kung fu, Bai Xi had already knelt down for her.
A pair of brows furrowed on Bai Xi's immature face, as if he was playing with his temper, but he kowtowed to Shui Duyan: "Master-I beg you, let me see my father, I haven't seen him for fourteen years, I really miss him." In recent days, my sister has missed them very much, can Bai Xi -"
"Bai Yun asked you to intercede?" asked him with a cold face.
Bai Xi realized something, and hurriedly took the blame: "No, it's me who thinks about my father and queen mother, so I ......"
Shui Duyan dropped a sentence: "From now on, you are not allowed to have anything to do with Bai Yun again, Bai Yun I can send it to your father." She's your sister, and it's your wish to be reunited with your father. What do you think?"
Shui Duyan's aura was compelling, and Bai Xi was so frightened that he sweated on his forehead, but he also knew that Shui Duyan had always been reluctant to beat him, but he was just more fierce.
"Not good...... I also want to see the ...... of my father and queen mother" Bai Xi's voice was a little weaker, but he still wanted to insist.
"I'm just informing you, do you really think you have a choice?" Shui Duyan laughed at Bai Xi like a prank, and her face was light.
Bai Xi looked at her aggrievedly, with tears in her eyes, and she cried in a few seconds......
"Wow...... I want my father to ......" Bai Xi's grievances over the years finally cried, and tears flowed in front of Shui Duyan, the cry was piercing and earth-shattering.
Shui Duyan listened to him crying quietly, not coaxing, and not comforting, while Long Haotian on the side was a little unbearable, and wanted to coax him several times, but was swept over by Shui Duyan's cold eyes and blocked.
It wasn't until Bai Xi's throat was hoarse from crying, his eyes were dry, and he sat there with a sad face, that Shui Duyan walked over and looked at him with his eyes wide open.
Bai Xi thought that her heart had softened, and hurriedly shouted: "Master-"
Shui Duyan stretched out his hand to rub his head, and said with a smile: "Your voice is hoarse, your eyes are swollen from crying, you see, how pitiful, but I still have a hard heart and won't agree to you." Therefore, crying is the most useless, others will not let you because you are weak, what you want is a sympathetic gaze? No, Long Haotian feels very sorry for you, do you want to cry in his arms for a while?"
Long Haotian saw Shui Duyan say this, and he didn't know what to answer, he was born in the emperor's family, and he was originally guilty. Long Haotian wasn't worried about whether Shui Duyan would distort his young mind if he taught Bai Xi like this. And even if he could, what could he do?
Shui Duyan also knelt down for Bai Xi, and said with a look of grievance: "I will also kneel down for you, I beg you not to mention the matter of going to see your father again, can you promise me?"
Bai Xi shook his head aggrievedly and began to cry again.
Shui Duyan smiled: "How many times did I kneel for your father back then? I was almost beaten to death by your father, but your father didn't let me go, didn't let go of the people I loved, didn't let go of the people I cared about." Bai Xi, you say, I wasn't pitiful back then?"
This is the first time Bai Xi has heard Shui Duyan say bad things about Bai Lan, in Bai Xi's heart, Bai Lan has always been a great person, because he is the Demon Emperor, who looks down on all living beings and blesses all people.
"You...... Speak ill of my dad. Bai Xi said so.
Shui Duyan raised her eyebrows and smiled, and nodded: "Yes, I'm talking bad about him, so I won't say it, so as not to destroy your father's flawless image in your heart." But Bai Xi, let me tell you, I'm a bad person, I won't agree to any unreasonable demands, you know? β
Shui Duyan waved his fist, scaring Bai Xi, Bai Xi's nose was sour, and he spoke again: "I want to see my father's ......"
β......β
Shui Duyan's face was full of black lines, she had no choice but to look at Long Haotian: "What's the matter? Don't take care of your young emperor? I can really stand it if I slap him down in a while?"
Long Haotian looked at Shui Duyan helplessly, he naturally knew why Shui Duyan didn't allow Bai Xi to go to see Bai Lan, if Bai Lan saw Bai Xi, he might ask Bai Xi to contact the old ministry to rebel.
Moreover, Bai Lan didn't know anything about the outside world, if Bai Xi told him, then Shui Duyan's imprisonment of him would have no effect. Shui Duyan just wants to leave Bai Lan alone and deeply understand what Shui Duyan once endured.
Long Haotian came over and pulled Bai Xi up, but Bai Xi played tricks and cried.
Shui Duyan stretched out his hand and slapped him, Bai Xi was beaten and hurt, and his crying stopped abruptly.
Long Haotian looked at him with a shocked face, but Shui Duyan smiled and said: "Didn't I say it, it's useless to cry, why are you still crying? You are all eighteen years old, is it so squeamish to lose the favor of your father? I have never been used to children, let alone children who are unreasonable." β
Bai Xi looked at Shui Duyan with a shocked face, tears in his eyes, grievances crawling all over his face, but Shui Duyan turned a blind eye.
"Everything you want is fought for by yourself, and when you sit on the throne of the young emperor one day and get the recognition of the world, I will let your father out. Don't want to see your dad until then. Shui Duyan was unceremoniously, just so ruthless, and then left directly.
Bai Xi was stunned there, his heart ached, there was an extra layer of resentment in his eyes, and the words "rebel and thief" left a deep imprint on his heart.
Long Haotian stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, thinking that Bai Xi would cry in his arms, but he didn't want Bai Xi to just turn around silently, push Long Haotian away, and run towards Longyuan Mansion with his little feet.
"Young Emperor, where are you going?" Long Haotian followed.
Longyuan Mansion.
Bai Xi ran to the gate of Longyuan Mansion, and the guards saw him, but they didn't see it, but the high wall was so thick that Bai Xi didn't know where to enter.