Rebirth of Glory and Splendour - Chapter 36

Wei Chongrong thought that his expression should be very deep and serious, but he forgot one thing, that is, his meat dumpling face, with such an expression, as weird as it is.

Wei Zhao watched from the side, and couldn’t help but “puchi” and laughed: “It’s alright, come down quickly, don’t always rely on your uncle, and don’t think about how heavy you are.”

Wei Chongrong gave Wei Zhao a “sad” look, and took the initiative to slide to the ground to stand, but he was thinking, you are my father, you can’t make fun of your son.

Wei Xian was obviously more sympathetic than Wei Zhao, he touched Wei Chongrong’s chubby cheek and smiled: “Rong’er looks good, you should be happy, if you are like Mao’er, frail and sickly, don’t worry kill you.”

Wei Zhao restrained his smile, took his son into his arms, kissed both sides of the face, and said seriously: “Rong’er has suffered a lot with me, and if you are a little bit unlucky, you may not see him again. .” When the old incident was brought up again, Wei Zhao not only did not feel relieved, but felt scared.

Wei Ming raised his hand and patted his shoulder, comforting: “Azhao, things are over, don’t think about those unhappy ones.” Wei Chongrong imitated Wei Ming’s movements and patted Wei Zhao as well.

Five days later, the emperor set off and drove to Shanglin Garden. Wei Zhao took Wei Chongrong with him.

The imperial chauffeur was traveling, the specifications were grand, and the speed was definitely not fast. Wei Chongrong sat in the carriage and recited the contents of Mr. Protestant teaching three times. He really had nothing to do, so he asked Wei Zhao: “Dad, can I go out and ride? Horse for a while?”

When he was in Fuyu, he often rode his pony out for a walk and returned to Yujing, but he didn’t have such an opportunity. Occasionally when riding, Wei Zhao would hold him with him. He never controlled the horse by himself. Taste on the back.

Wei Zhao glanced at the winding line outside the window and couldn’t see the head and tail. He shook his head and said, “Not now, your pony is at home and didn’t bring it out. I’ll talk about it at Shanglin Garden first.”

Wei Chongrong lay on top of Wei Zhao and blinked: “I don’t want to ride a pony, I want to ride a ‘Liuyun’.” His eyes were bright, obviously full of anticipation.

That year, Princess Gaochang gave her brother two Wusun horses, and Wei Zhao named them “Meteor” and “Liuyue” respectively. Meteor followed Wei Zhao to Fuyu, and was shot and killed when he was captured. Liuyue gave birth to a pony, and then went on hunger strike. When Wei Ming heard about this, he ordered someone to take good care of the pony, and after Wei Zhao returned, he returned the horse to him, which is “Liuyun”. Wei Chongrong especially likes Liu Yun, he is tall and mighty, and the horse is unusual. Unfortunately, Wei Zhao does not let him ride alone, and it is useless to let him beg.

“No.” Wei Zhao refused his son’s unreasonable request without thinking about it. It is true that Wei Chongrong’s level of horse riding is far beyond ordinary people, but after all, he is a child, and he is only a minor pony. How dare he let him ride alone with a fierce horse like Liu Yun.

Wei Chongrong had expected such a result, but he was not disappointed, he just tugged at Wei Zhao’s sleeve and said coquettishly, “Dad, let me ride for a while, Liu Yun is very good and won’t fall on me. Daddy, are you alright?”

Liu Yun was violent by nature. When he was raised in the East Palace, no one could ride it except Wei Ming and Wei Xuan. But it seemed to have a natural affection for Wei Zhao and Wei Chongrong, and when he brought it back from Wei Xuan, he became very close to them, changing his previous irritable temper.

Wei Zhao couldn’t see what Wei Chongrong was thinking, pinched his cheek and smiled: “Liuyun is definitely not good, it’s useless for you to act like a spoiled child, come and tell me when you grow up to the height of a horse’s back.”

Wei Chongrong waited for Wei Zhao’s words, and pushed the boat along the river: “Liuyun can’t do it, other horses should do it.” It seems that Sun Tzu mentioned in the Art of War that Wei Zhao gave Huo Qingyang that day. Talking about the art of war, he heard it beside him.

Sure enough, Wei Zhao didn’t insist any longer. He sat up with Wei Chongrong in his arms and ordered the entourage outside to find him a docile mare. He saw it, and he didn’t want Wei Chongrong to go out to ride, he didn’t want to have a moment of peace.

The horse was soon brought in, Wei Chongrong jumped off the couch, and excitedly asked Wei Zhao, “Dad, do you want to go out to breathe?” It was uncomfortable to ride in the carriage, especially the slow one.

Wei Zhao waved his hand and said he didn’t want to go, and Wei Chongrong climbed onto the horse himself. I saw him lightly rein on the horse’s reins, stretched out his hand and patted the horse’s head, and the horse jumped out with a cheerful pace.

“His Royal Highness, the little prince, he, he…” The groom was frightened and could not speak clearly. He has been raising horses in the palace for many years. For a prince and grandson of Wei Chongrong’s age, it is unprecedented for him to ride a horse without being led by others.

Wei Zhao said in disapproval: “It’s okay, let him go, Rong’er can walk, and then he can ride a horse.” After he put down the curtain of the car, leaving the entourage outside and the groom looking at each other, His Royal Highness Qin’s heart was a little too big. .

Shanglin Garden is located in the north of Yujing City. It has a grand scale and many palaces. It covers an area several times that of the Imperial City.

From the imperial palace to Shanglin Garden, there is a straight and wide imperial road. Due to the old age of the emperor, the imperial carriage traveled extremely slowly and smoothly. Wei Su reclined on the wide throne and could hardly feel that he was traveling.

Suddenly, the neighing of Arima came from the side, awakening the sleepy emperor. Wei Su said displeased, “Who is making noise here?”

Huangmen ordered Su Wen to kneel and say, “Go back to your majesty, it’s His Royal Highness King Qin’s little prince riding a horse outside…” When they first saw it, they all thought they were dazzled.

Wei Su snorted softly: “Did King Qin ask for the title of the prince? You just called…” It turned out to be the kid, and he didn’t want to see him.

Su Wen hurriedly pleaded guilty: “This servant made a mistake, and ask Your Majesty to punish him.” Before he could finish the words, the neighing sound went away and returned, so frightened that Su Wen’s face changed.

Wei Su raised the curtain, but saw Wei Chongrong alone on the horses galloping by quickly, his expression changed, and he immediately said, “I have something to ask him if the King of Qin is here.”

Su Wen didn’t dare to look up at the emperor’s expression, and said anxiously: “Your Majesty, do you want to let King Qin’s young son go horseback riding somewhere else, so as not to…”

“No, let him be here.” Wei Su waved his hand with a smile that was not a smile. That little wolf cub wasn’t even five years old. When Wei Zhao was his age, he couldn’t ride a horse alone, which was a bit interesting.

After Wei Chongrong got out of the car, Wei Zhao was a little sleepy, so he lay on the couch to catch up on sleep. Just as he was about to fall asleep, a message from Xiaohuangmen came to say that the emperor had summoned him.

Wei Zhao woke up in an instant, tidied up his clothes a little, and hurriedly followed, but he thought to himself, why did the emperor suddenly call him, could it be that Rong’er was too presumptuous by running a horse, and shocked the holy driver.

Entering the imperial carriage, Wei Zhaoji paid a visit and said, “My son and his ministers pay tribute to the father, the father is happy and Weiyang.”

Wei Su raised his lower jaw, signaling Wei Zhao to abstain from the ceremony. Wei Zhao stood up calmly and stood with his hands down. Wei Su said again: “Come here, sit down.”

Wei Zhao moved over and sat down on the feet in front of the throne. Wei Su raised his hand and landed lightly on his face. After a while, he said, “I’m thinner than when I was in the palace. What did Duanmu Hui say?” is very understanding.

Wei Zhao didn’t dare to hide it, and replied truthfully: “The muscles and veins are damaged, and they need to be carefully recuperated. If the method is right, it can recover more than 80%.” After that, he rested his head on the emperor’s lap, just like when he was a child.

Wei Su looked down at him, and pondered: “Azhao, you don’t have to force yourself to lead the army to fight. The important thing is to strategize and do everything yourself.” The Ji family has led the army for generations, and not every king of Changning is very good at fighting .

Wei Zhao replied softly: “My son understands, thank you for your concern.”

Wei Su rubbed his cheek and said for a while, “After the New Year, I will ask some old guys from the Taiyuan Hospital to give you a consultation. If they all say there is no problem, you can go back to Dongcheng Camp.”

Wei Zhao raised his head and said, “My son thanked the royal father.” His voice was slightly excited.

The military system of Dayan inherited the Shenchuan Dynasty, and was divided into capital soldiers and local troops. The capital soldiers were divided into three parts: the forbidden army, the east city camp and the west city camp.

The Forbidden Army is the troop guarding the imperial city. The chief is the commander. The chief soldiers under it are the Nangong Guard Order, the North Palace Guard Order, and the Left and Right Waiters. Because they are stationed in the north of the city, they are also known as the “North Army”.

The East City Camp and the West City Camp were the elite parts of the Dayan army. According to Emperor Taizu, the East City Camp was in charge of Prince Ping and Prince Jing, and the West City Camp was in charge of the Yongan Prince and the Changning Prince.

Since Prince Jing’s title has no children, and the line of Prince Yong’an has changed to the civilian line, for many years, the troops of the East and West battalions have basically been in the hands of the Prince of Pingjun and the Prince of Changning.

The first generation of Prince Ping, Weishang, was the uncle of Emperor Taizu. He made great achievements for Dayan. His title was originally hereditary, but it was a pity that his descendants did not live up to his expectations. Stop at the position of King Pingjun.

The prince of the Wei family joined the army and always went to the Dongcheng camp, and Wei Zhao was no exception. It’s just that his mother’s family is the Changning Palace. Some people object to this, saying that the Xicheng camp has always been in charge of the Ji family, and it is almost their personal soldier. . Seeing Zhezi’s anger, the emperor scolded the minister who was on Zhezi and demoted him three levels to the frontier to shepherd sheep.

At that time, King’s Landing had passed away, Ji Qing and his son were not alive, Ji Xin was still an ignorant child, Ji Jiakong had influence in the army, but there was no leader, Wei Zhao appeared just right, that person was simply a Slap on the horse’s hoof.

Wei Zhao entered Dongcheng Camp when he was twelve years old. His roots in the army were all there. Wei Su was willing to let him go back. His revenge plan was the first step.

“Azhao, do you want to make the little wolf cub the prince?” Wei Su still didn’t like Wei Chongrong. This disgust came from his bloodline itself, and had nothing to do with whether he was good or not.

Wei Zhao raised his head and looked directly at the emperor, then nodded and said, “Yes.” It is a royal practice that the eldest son of the prince and the county king can ask for the title of the prince when he is ten years old. , Only after passing the examination of Zongzheng Temple can he be named the prince.

Wei Su frowned, his eyes were deep and unpredictable, and he asked back: “You don’t plan to marry anymore?” No noble family would marry their daughter to Wei Zhao, the queen and princess of Dayan. its place.

“I don’t think about it for now, I’ll talk about it later.” The grievances with Helianzhuo are not over, Wei Zhao has no time to think about the long-term relationship between his children, let alone the person he likes, they are impossible.

“Zongzheng Temple will not accept your request.” With just one name, Zong Zhengqing met Wei Zhao and wanted to establish Wei Chongrong as the heir, even if Wei Zhao had no other son, he would have to wait until he became an adult. , Whether it will succeed or not depends on his ability.

The corners of Wei Zhao’s lips rose, and he said firmly: “Rong’er is no problem, he has both talent and hard work.” He has already thought about it, and the only one who can inherit his throne can be Wei Chongrong, not other people.

Seeing Wei Zhao’s obviously proud expression of showing off, Wei Su felt inexplicably heartbroken. He used to show off his son in front of others, but now Wei Zhao is showing off to him. It seems that the little wolf cub, There is still merit.

“Really?” Wei Su squinted his eyes and said expressionlessly, “Then I’ll take a look at it.” He is different from the Queen. Wei Zhao doesn’t want to get married, so he won’t force him.

Wei Zhao was overjoyed, and buried his head back on Wei Su’s lap, rubbing lightly. He learned this trick from Wei Chongrong. Sure enough, Wei Su was very satisfied with his son’s behavior of being close to him, and chatted with him.

Wei Chongrong slowed down when he had had enough fun. He wanted to wait for Wei Zhao to get off the imperial carriage and return to the car with him.

Who would have thought that he would wait on the left and wait on the right, but Wei Zhao was not seen coming out. Wei Chongrong was shivering with cold, so he had to wrap his clothes and climb back to the car. Fell asleep.

Wei Zhao accompanied Wei Su for a long time until the emperor had a lunch break before he retired from the imperial carriage. When I got back to the carriage, I saw that my son was sleeping in a ball, like a cute little pig. Wei Zhao laughed dumbly, took Wei Chongrong into his arms, and slept with him in his arms.

Shanglin Garden is not far from the imperial city, but it is more than two hundred miles away. It can be reached by fast horse in half a day, but the imperial carriage is heavy and the car is slow, so it is not unusual to walk for two days.

Because Wei Su kept Wei Zhao by his side along the way, the rumors about King Qin falling out of favor disappeared before he knew it. Only Wei Chongrong was very dissatisfied with Wei Su’s behavior of occupying Wei Zhao all day long. He couldn’t see his father except sleeping at night.

When he arrived at Shanglin Garden, the emperor stayed in Linguang Palace as usual. Linguang Palace is located on the east side of Shanglin Garden. It was built by Emperor Taizong and enjoys the dawn of the mountains and forests for the first time every day, hence the name.

Wei Zhao and Wei Chongrong were placed in the Pang Dang Palace, which is the closest to Lin Guang Palace. In the eyes of others, this means infinite grace, but Wei Chongrong hugged Wei Zhao’s neck and refused to step down. gone.

It was the place where Wei Yang gave him his death in his previous life. It would be a lie to say that Wei Chongrong had no shadow at all.

Wei Zhao thought that Wei Chongrong was tired from riding during the day, so he carried him into the Palace of Dangdang. He was very satisfied with this residence. Because Shanglin Garden is big enough and there are many palaces, unless it is the person closest to the emperor, the Palace of Dangdang would rather be empty than for people to live in.

Chidang means soothing and joyful, and the name of Chidang Palace is a scenic spot in Shanglin Garden in the spring.

Since the spring scenery is the victory, it is inevitable that it will be bleak in winter. As soon as Wei Chongrong entered the palace, he felt that the cold here was more intense than other places, and he couldn’t help hugging Wei Zhao tighter.

Aware of his son’s abnormality, Wei Zhao said softly, “Rong’er, what’s wrong today? Are you feeling unwell? Let daddy take a look…”

Wei Chongrong shook his head and said coquettishly, “Daddy, can I sleep with you tonight?” After returning to Beijing, their father and son rarely slept together again, and it was unknown whether Wei Zhao would like to.

Wei Zhao patted Wei Chongrong’s back and said repeatedly, “Okay, daddy sleeps with you.” That night, Wei Chongrong’s sleeping position was particularly bad, and he used both hands and feet, all wrapped around Wei Zhao.