Wishing You Eternal Happiness - Chapter 121

In spring, the outside of Suye City was covered with a winter’s snow, which slowly began to melt. That afternoon, Pei Youan came back from outside and saw her daughter. She guessed that she should be playing in the back garden. She was about to find her. He heard the voice calling “Daddy” from the porch outside the door. He raised his eyes and saw the little daughter. The figure appeared at the door, stepped across the threshold, and was running towards him, with a smile on his face, hurriedly greeted her, picked her up, and saw thin beads of perspiration on the tip of her nose and her bangs. Sweat stuck to his forehead, and asked about Jia Fu who was with him, saying that he had just been playing, and running around, he was sweating.

Although it’s spring, the weather is still cold. Jia Fu took her daughter to wash her hair and take a shower. After washing, she put on dry and warm clothes. Seeing that her daughter’s bangs were also a little longer, some of her eyes were covered. The mother who can twist her hair came over. Pei Youan had already held her daughter, put her on the stool in front of the dressing table, took a small scissors, and said that he would cut her for her, and promised that it would not be worse than that of the mother.

A Yuan is two years old and three years old. He looks like Jiafu when he was a child. Milky white skin, round eyes, Qiong nose and cherry lips, Yuxue and lovely. The baby-fat little girl stretched out a small hand with short and fat fingers. There were a few sunken eddies on the back of the hand, but she already knew she loved beauty. Seeing her father was about to cut her bangs, she looked in the mirror. Qian sat obediently, motionless.

When Pei Youan cut the scissors, his bangs were a little crooked. A Yuan expressed dissatisfaction. As a dad, it is easy to repair, the shorter the trimming, the shorter the trimming, and in the end it can be considered to be flush, but the original beautiful row of bangs has only been trimmed.

A Yuan’s tears gradually fluttered in his eyes.

Dad thought that cutting a flush bang was just a trivial matter, but he didn’t expect to cut it like this, and he felt regretful when he saw his daughter. It just so happened that Jia Fu came in and saw her daughter’s short bangs, he said, “How can it be so short?”

A Yuan couldn’t help it anymore and cried out with a “wow”.

Pei Youan panicked and hurried to coax her daughter. The more coaxed, the more sad A Yuan cried.

Pei Youan, Zuohong again, finally remembered, and said that she would be able to take her to the capital in a few days.

A Yuan knew about this a long time ago. In the next few days, when the ice and snow melt, parents will take her to a place called Jingcheng to visit her brother who lives there. I became happy when I heard my father say this, but then I thought about it, his hair was cut so ugly, in case my brother saw that he didn’t like him, he couldn’t help but twitch again, and tears again.

Pei Youan said that her brother would like her no matter what, and that it would take a month or two to go to the capital. Once there, his hair would grow back, and A Yuan would be as beautiful and cute as before. The little girl finally broke into a smile, and began to wait for her departure day by day.

All day long, with all arrangements in place, Pei Youan and Jiafu took A Yuan and embarked on the road back to Beijing.

This is the first time the two have returned to Beijing in three years.

In the past few years, although she was accompanied by her husband and little daughter, when she saw A Yuan, Jiafu often unconsciously remembered the way Ci’er was when she was a child. I still remember the scene when she and the eldest son last met, when he was a sixteen-year-old boy. And now three years later, he is about to get married.

After going on the road, everything went smoothly. On this day, he traveled to Gyeonggi. When he stopped at the post house, Li Shang went out of the city for fifty miles and was ordered to personally welcome the Jin couple. Stayed in the post house for one night, and arrived in the capital before dark the next day. The family settled in the mansion where they had lived for many years.

That night, the emperor came to him in a small dress, and the father and son, mother and son met.

Although it has been three years, the sixteen-year-old boy that day has grown into a young man and looks like an adult, but when he opened his mouth, he uttered the familiar “Daddy, mother” full of fist. He immediately dispelled all the worries in Jiafu’s heart that had been caused by the isolation of time and space, leaving only joy and excitement, his eyes were red, and tears couldn’t help falling again.

The young emperor smiled and wiped away the tears for her, and looked at his father who was smiling and silent. Between father and son, the tacit understanding is full.

“Brother, I’m A Yuan”

Although Ah Yuan has not seen his brother since he was born, he has already remembered his brother deeply from his parents’ mouths. He finally saw him tonight and fell in love with this handsome brother at first sight. See He wiped the tears for his mother, ran over and hugged his legs tightly, raised his head and smiled at him.

With a smile on his face, the emperor picked up this little Douding’s sister, and lifted her high above his head, as if he was lifted by his grandfather when he was a child for the first time. , In order to express my love for her at the moment.

A Yuanle went mad. One night, he hugged the Emperor’s brother tightly, and the Emperor’s brother had been holding her all the time, and her laughter was all over the house.

In the middle of the night, Gaffer left his father and son in the study to talk, but he finally coaxed his daughter to sleep.

A Yuan was lying on the bed, still chattering. His mouth was full of elder brother and elder brother was short. He was so excited that he was going to take her to him tomorrow morning. Until late at night, he was so sleepy that his eyelids couldn’t hold it anymore, so he was fascinated. Got to sleep.

Jiafu took A Yuan to bed, and there were two fathers and sons left in the study. The emperor took the initiative to mention to his father several major national affairs that he had been working on recently. Pei Youan nodded and smiled, “I know you have a lot of trouble in your chest, and I don’t worry about it. There is just one thing.”

He paused.

“Father, please speak.” The emperor immediately got up, respectfully.

Pei Youan told him to sit down. “Presumably you also know that it is related to the Zhang family’s granddaughter. A few days ago, I received a letter from Zhang Ming Zhang, which meant that his daughter was made a queen. One thing reveals pessimism. Ci’er, the granddaughter of the Zhang family, will soon be out of filial piety. What are your plans for the marriage that was made back then?”

“The matter of marriage depends entirely on parents. I don’t know what father and mother mean at the moment.”

When the emperor said this, his expression was plain.

Pei Youan groaned.

Three years ago, after he was determined, Zhang Shiyong was involved in the case of Yang Song and was forced to claim that he was sick.

Pei Youan knew that this was Zhang Shiyong who couldn’t let go of his position of power for a while, and the young emperor, he was ambitious, like an eagle falcon hit the sky for the first time, how could he wish to have the “Minister of Life Gu Ming” in front of him again. Restraint

Once the emperor and his ministers are out of step, such a result is inevitable.

At that time, he did not intervene, but waited for the changes, waiting for the dust to settle, to make up for it, but also for balance, and then he had the idea of ​​establishing the granddaughter of the Zhang family.

After he proposed, the son agreed with one bite at the time, but now the Zhang family showed a retreat. Pei Youan couldn’t decide for a while, so he asked his son what he meant.

Hearing this answer, he said, “You are nineteen years old and have not yet been married. Now you are not having a daughter, but you have to choose another family to become a queen. Your marriage is not only a private matter, but also a matter of the court of the state. Things should be stable and not change. If what I think is correct, Zhang Jiaying is not really unwilling to have this family, but he has lingering fears about what happened in the past. I mean, at the beginning, since Zhang’s daughter has been selected as the queen, the world As everyone knows, if you are a woman of another family, instead of breaking the contract and citing courtiers’ arguments, you should comfort Zhang’s family and treat it more later. Get the marriage done as soon as possible, so that the hearts of the people in the world can be settled.”

He stared at the face of his son Yingting, thinking that he had separated from his wife and entered the palace when he was only three years old. He would read books every day regardless of the heat and cold, and learn how to be the king of this empire. When he was seven years old, the children of other families would He has already taken the throne while still under the knees of his parents. No one knows better than himself, and his voice softened unconsciously. The Zhang family has a scholarly tradition, a rigorous style, a granddaughter with both talents and appearance, gentle and graceful, and very suitable for you. If you can marry, you will be able to support each other in the future.”

“Everything is up to your parents.”

The emperor remembered what Zhang’s granddaughter had previously said in private in front of her father, his eyes moved slightly, but his face remained calm, he just stood up and responded respectfully.

The next morning, as soon as A Yuan opened his eyes, he saw Jiafu’s smiling face, saying that the person her brother had sent to pick her up had arrived. At this moment, he was waiting outside. He cheered and didn’t sleep in bed. Gu Lu got up from the warm bed and hurriedly urged her mother to dress and comb her hair. He gulped for breakfast. Finally, he was led by Jia Fu and went to the front hall happily, and saw a man dressed in red standing there. The round-faced man in clothes saw himself, ran over quickly, bowed and called her little princess, and saluted her.

Before going to bed last night, my elder brother repeatedly apologized to her, saying that there was something to do this morning and could not come to pick her up in person, but he would send a person named Cui Baner to pick her up. Seeing this person smiled, he seemed very kind, Asked “You are Cui Baner”

“Oh, don’t dare to be. The little princess calls me Grandpa Cui.”

Cui Yinshui is now over forty. He has a fat head and a round face. Except for being blessed when he was younger, he doesn’t seem to be much older. Now he is already the number one **** in the palace. Come over and laughed with A Yuan a few words, then bowed to Jia Fu, “Wang Hao, so the slave servant has led the little princess into the palace first. The princess can rest assured that the slave servant will take the little princess well.”

Cui Yinshui has always taken care of the children, and there is nothing to worry about. Jiafu told her daughter not to mess around, so she let go and watched her daughter run out with Cui Yinshui’s company.

After the emperor’s brother retired, he put aside everything and took his sister to play in the swan house and peacock house in Xiyuan where rare birds and animals were kept. It was not until the third day that the freshness gradually passed and I began to miss my parents, and then I came back from the palace.

Within a few days, the courtiers knew that Zhang’s granddaughter had already passed the filial piety period of her grandfather, and the Ministry of Rites began to organize the emperor’s wedding. And Jin Wang and his wife returned to Beijing this time precisely for this. After some calculations by Qin Tianjian, the date of the wedding was set on a lucky day three months later.

A few years ago, when Pei Youan proposed to appoint Zhang’s granddaughter as her queen, Jiafu secretly paid attention to the girl, knowing her name was Xi Guang, and inquired from Mrs. Liu Jiu Shao who had met her, that she was not only beautiful, With outstanding talents, Mrs. Liu also said that the most precious thing is that the girl has a lively temperament, is very fond of laughter, has the wind under the woods, but does not have the slightest pretentiousness, which is very lovable.

Madam Liu was full of praise for her.

When Jia Fu heard it, he was very satisfied.

A woman with a combination of beauty and talent is rare, but it is also not unattainable.

What suits her best is the girl’s temperament described by Mrs. Liu, who feels quite complementary to her son.

When the son became the emperor, the marriage of a wife became Lie, and it was no longer his personal business. Even though Gaffer wished for him to be a beautiful woman in his own heart, his two hearts have been united forever, just like himself and his father.

But considering his identity, it was also due to the separation of his mother and son for many years. Out of respect for his heart, Jiafu never gave such an expectation to his son.

Gaffer just hoped that the girl who could be compared with her son in the future was a smart enough girl.

Gaffer knew her son.

His heart is too big. Even her mother, the big one, doesn’t fully understand it.

And his wife, even if you are a queen or “Mother of the Country”, her world is confined to that side of the harem.

The world is too narrow.

If the girl is not smart enough, she only regards Fang Tiandi and herself as the emperor’s son as everything. It will last forever, even if she is beautiful and talented, she will be in the cycle of hope and disappointment day after day. Lost his eyes, and then lost his heart.

Like a shining pearl, it gradually turned into a fisheye worthless.

Tragedies such as women have been unfolded from generation to generation in the magnificent palace in the harem, and they are not uncommon.

Jiafu expects that this granddaughter of the Zhang family will still be able to retain the “wind under the woods” among Liu Fu’s population and her lively and laughable nature after many years.

If so, it is her blessing and also the blessing of her son.

On this day, Jiafu took A Yuan to Changning Bieyuan in the west of the city.

This is a garden that Ci’er gave to her sister. It was named after A Yuan. After learning that she was born two years ago, she began to choose a site next to the Royal Palace Xiyuan. A few months ago, Fang was completely completed, and the Taiye Pool was completed. It occupies a vast area, with pavilions and pavilions in the center, which are beautiful and beautiful.

Jiafu stayed in the Bieyuan for one night, and the next day, in the name of flower viewing, he sent someone to take Xiguang to the Bieyuan.

A few days ago, Xi Guang learned from his father that there was no hope of retiring and couldn’t help being disappointed.

After the disappointment, things are set, and now we can only wait for the wedding.

King Jin had visited, and afterwards, her father said to her, King Jin said that his majesty was out of respect for his grandfather, and then the King Jin made her father feel relieved.

Although I don’t know the true or false, but with the words of King Jin, my father can be regarded as a reassurance.

After the visit of King Jin, his father seemed to relax a lot compared to before.

Then, the emperor’s actions seemed to prove King Jin’s words.

During the grandfather’s anniversary ceremony, the emperor himself wrote a sacrificial article. The two filial elder brothers were not only reinstated, but also promoted respectively.

This series of high praises fell in the eyes of others, and it was naturally the emperor’s gift to a family of ministers who had assisted him for many years, and they were all envied.

During these days, Xiguang could only wait for the wedding, and did not go out for half a step, nor should he pay others. Until this day, he received the invitation of Princess Jin and did not dare to neglect, so he went out, got on the carriage and arrived at Bieyuan. .

Princess Jin looked very young, at most in her early thirties. Brought her to the garden, while admiring the flowers, while chatting with her casually, surrounded by only a little princess jumping around, even the servant wife followed far behind, and the atmosphere was extremely relaxed.

Before Xi Guang came, he was a little nervous.

After all, the influence of the Jin king on the emperor was well known throughout the dynasty. It is said that after the little princess of Changning arrived in Beijing, entering and leaving the imperial palace was like his own garden.

But at this moment, after seeing Princess Jin and the little princess, Xi Guang quickly relaxed.

Not only was the little princess lively and lovely, she soon became acquainted with her, and Princess Jin was also very kind, without the slightest pretensions.

She felt that the princess seemed to like herself quite a lot, and a kind of closeness was born in her heart.

The princess told her a lot about the emperor.

What the emperor likes to eat, what books he likes to read, and finally said, “Xiguang, the emperor may seem inaccessible, because he has been lonely since he was a child. So you shouldn’t be afraid of him, and don’t be afraid to show you in front of him. Nature.”

“I like you very much. I think your Majesty, when he knows how good you are, he will definitely like you too.”

Xi Guang was stunned, fixedly looking at his princess with a smile, and suddenly remembered a rumor that he had heard from a few years earlier and didn’t know where he heard it.

It is said that the king of Jin is the son of the first emperor and the “goddess” of the year. Because of his twists and turns, he was fostered under the name of Wei Guogong, the brother of the first emperor. The current emperor is the son of the king of Jin.

Such rumors didn’t know when, who and where, because they were so absurd, they spread for a while, and gradually disappeared.

But at this moment, Xi Guang suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt that she felt as if she had sensed the extraordinary deep love of the princess for the “His Majesty the Emperor” in her mouth.

A warm current gradually poured out from the bottom of her heart.

She stared at the woman in front of her who cast her eagerly hopeful gaze, and slowly nodded her head, “Wang Hao, rest assured, I will try my best.”

“Sister, let’s go swinging, I like swinging”

The little princess suddenly took Xiguang’s hand, pointed to a swing in front, and exclaimed happily.

Xi Guang has also liked swinging since he was a child, and he is bold enough. In the past, every year on Hinamatsuri, when the boudoir girls gathered together to swing, she always swayed high and floated, and won every year.

She looked at the princess.

The princess smiled, “Go ahead, be careful.”

Xiguang nodded, took the little princess, and walked towards the swing.

She stood on the swing, looking up at her little princess with worshiping eyes and the clapping and cheers of the girls and maids who were gradually attracted. This kind of carefree cardamom years, showing a smile that has not been seen in a long time.

The emperor learned that his mother and sister had arrived in Bieyuan yesterday, and were going to stay there for a few days. This afternoon, when he came out of the palace, he wanted to accompany his mother and sister again, but was attracted by the laughter floating in the garden and looked for him. This is what I saw.

From a distance, he saw a beautiful girl in crepe, standing on the swing that he ordered specially for the little princess, wisteria like a waterfall, her wrists like snow, light like a swallow, floating in the wind, The wide sleeves are blowing in the wind, the clothes are fluttering, the smile is full, and the laughter is in the wind, carefree, like a flying fairy landing in the world.

The emperor didn’t approach anymore, stood there, and watched silently for a long time.

Xi Guang played with the little princess for a long time, until the little princess was tired, and then together with the girls, sent her back to rest.

Just now, when he was swinging on the swing, he was a little messed up by the wind. When Xiguang was applying makeup, he found a bead flower on the side of the temple was missing. Suspicious just fell into the grass when he was swinging, and was in the company of the girl. Next, followed the same path and came back to search.

After searching for a long while, I searched every inch of grass under the swing frame, but there was no trace of bead flowers.

Xiguang had no choice but to give up and was about to leave. Suddenly he heard the voice of a man behind him saying “What you are looking for, but this thing.”

Xi Guang turned his head back suddenly and saw a handsome young man who did not know where he appeared from, and stood there like this, casting two eyes on him.

In the palm of his hand, he held a thing, and that thing was precisely the bead flower that he had missed.

Xi Guang was taken aback. He really didn’t know how to let a strange young man in here. He immediately turned around and walked away quickly. Suddenly, his figure stopped, he turned slowly, and looked at the young man again.

He stood there, standing tall and straight, with straight eyes, between his eyebrows, without anger and prestige, his whole body faintly exuded a kind of deterrence that only people in high positions have.

The back garden of Princess Jin’s Bieyuan, going in and out like no one, in this world, besides that person, who else is there?

Xiguang’s heartbeat suddenly speeded up, and he forgot to kneel and bow to him. He just stood there, with his eyes wide open, staring blankly at him walking towards him, and finally stopped in front of her.

The young emperor was very tall, and when the two were so close, he looked down.

Xi Guang finally reacted, settled, and hurriedly knelt towards him.

His gaze stayed for a moment on her face, which was hot before she was swinging on the swing, and then it slowly fell on her sideburns, which was missing a bead flower. He raised his hand to lighten the bead flower. Gently inserted back into her hair, the movement was very gentle.

Xiguang’s heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and his face was flushed, and even the roots of his ears were hot. He was at a loss for what to do, and he didn’t know how to react.

When giving thanks or something else

She hadn’t thought about it yet, and suddenly she felt a cloud of shadows, and a voice in her ear said, “I heard that you don’t look down on my position as the queen, and you don’t want to be my queen.”

Xi Guang froze immediately, and slowly raised his head to see the young man, leaning down slightly, looking at him with two eyes, with a smile but a smile.

“You are right. It is really a bad thing to be my queen. But you don’t have a choice, you know, it’s not difficult to grow melons and beans. Come to the palace and I will let you grow yours for a lifetime. Melon beans.”

His face leaned closer, and she could almost smell the scent of ambergris on his clothes when she was closer. He said this to her in a nearly whispered, seemingly joking, and threatening tone. After speaking, he straightened up, said flatly, “Let’s be flat”, turned around and strode away.

In front of the girl, the young emperor finally finished speaking the words like a knack in his throat. When he left, through the wind from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of her pale face, dumbfounded, and his mood suddenly became better than ever.

It seemed a good idea to get her over and ask her to grow melons and beans in Kunning Palace.

He thought happily.