"Qiang'er said the same thing, and the people watching also spoke for Miss Su!" Wen Jin'an sighed softly, "But the more this happens, the more embarrassed and annoyed the two girls will be. They have already aroused public anger! If they say it in public again What unpleasant words have been said, and I don’t know how to end it!”
"We can't let them be like this!" Before King Jing could speak, Princess Jing beside her became anxious, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Qi Mansion have always been the most harmonious. If discord arises because of this matter about the children, and the monarch and his ministers are separated again, it will be a disaster. Something is seriously wrong!"
"That's right!" Prince Jing nodded vigorously, "Without further ado, let's set off now! Come and prepare your horses! Ah, by the way, have you reported this to His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"We have sent a report to the palace!" Wen Jin'an replied, "I originally came to see His Highness first, but then I thought about it, neither Your Highness Miss Su nor anyone from the Gao Qi family is suitable to appear on that occasion. That’s why I came to invite you!”
"You did the right thing!" King Jing nodded, "At this time, it's better for them not to show up! Let me, the peacemaker, go and make peace with Xini first!"
Prince Jing and Princess Jing galloped all the way to the rescue. The people sent by Wen Jin'an also entered the palace to report. When they learned that Xiao Lin and Su Li were out of the palace to play, they were extremely anxious. Chengyue asked for the whole story and summoned the guards in the East Palace to search the streets. people.
At this time, Xiao Lin and Su Li were drinking in a tavern in an inconspicuous alley.
Although this alley is inconspicuous, it is extremely quiet and leisurely. Compared with the bustling city, it makes people feel more elegant and comfortable. The tavern is not big and there are not many customers, only a few or two, but judging from their conversation and dress, they are all... Gentleman.
The decoration inside the tavern is also very elegant. It doesn’t even look like a tavern, but more like an elegant place for chatting.
Several plum trees were planted in the courtyard, and they were blooming in the cold wind. The white plum blossoms were piled in the clouds and covered with snow, and the red plum blossoms were scorching brightly. A cold wind passed by, sending the elegant and cold fragrance into the room.
The various furnishings in the room were neatly arranged, and the charcoal was burning brightly in the furnace, making the whole room as warm as spring.
Su Li and Xiao Lin gathered around the stove to make tea and warm wine. The aroma of tea overflowed and the aroma of wine was intoxicating. Oranges, sweet potatoes and other foods were also placed on the grill on the small stove, which also exuded bursts of sweet aroma.
The two of them sat on the soft seat by the fire, drinking tea and chatting, enjoying the peace and warmth they had never experienced before.
"In the past, when I was studying, I would read the phrase "I stole half a day's leisure from the rest of my life", which was not a big deal. Now I can understand the meaning of it!" Xiao Lin said with a smile, "The two of us just stole this half-day's leisure! A Li How does it feel?"
Su Li was busy stuffing tangerines into his mouth. The tangerines that had been grilled over charcoal fire had some of the water evaporated, making them one degree sweeter, making them taste even sweeter.
With an orange petal in her mouth, she nodded with a smile when she heard Xiao Lin's words: "Your Highness, this place is very beautiful! Just now you took me to this corner. I didn't know what you were going to do, but it turns out that there are winding paths. You, there is such an elegant place in this remote place! How did you discover it?"
"I have been here when I was a child!" Xiao Lin replied, "At that time, I was only eight or nine years old, and I had been practicing on the battlefield since I was young. Although everyone said that I was extremely talented and that I was the god of war, but I also had nightmares when I went to the battlefield for the first time and killed people for the first time! That winter, we fought a bloody battle with Da Yu. At that time, Da Xiao’s troops were not as strong as Da Yu. The battle was extremely difficult. The soldiers’ The blood dyed the river between Da Xiao and Da Yu red! Because the weather was extremely cold, the blood soon froze, and the river turned into a bloody glacier! Many soldiers who died in the battle The body could not be fished out in time, so it was frozen inside..."
He recalled the tragic scene he had seen for the first time in his life, and his usually cold black eyes also showed a slight surge.
"That scene must be terrible, right?" Su Li imagined the situation he described and sighed, "You were so young at the time, you must have felt very uncomfortable seeing that!"
"Uncomfortable!" Xiao Lin nodded, "I had a very good brother at that time who protected me all the way. Later, he was killed by the Chongqing soldiers just to protect me! Later, we repelled the Chongqing soldiers and I went to find him. I found the body frozen in the ice and still looked like he was in pain when he died. I wanted to pull him out and bury him, but I couldn’t pull him out at all! The ice was more than half a meter thick. I took a hammer. After two hours of smashing, my hands were cracked and I still couldn’t dig him out!”
"What happened next?" Su Li asked.
"Later, my grandfather took me back forcibly!" Xiao Lin replied, "But after that, whenever I close my eyes, I will think of my brother. He is actually not very old, but he looks about sixteen or seventeen years old. You Do you know what his last words were when he died?"
"What?" Su Li looked at him.
"Mother!" Xiao Lin replied hoarsely, "When he was in so much pain that he called her mother. He said, mother, I want to go home! I miss home so much!"
Su Li's throat felt clogged and his eyes were sore. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he silently put a piece of orange in his hand into his mouth.
The orange is very sweet, hoping it can neutralize the bitterness in his heart.
Xiao Lin opened his mouth and bit it down, feeling the sweet juice spread in his throat, and his sour and heavy mood relaxed a lot.
"I'm actually telling you these things..." He sighed with a smile, "If you don't go out today, you can relax, so you shouldn't talk about these heavy things! In fact, what I mainly want to say is that my brother's family is now running the business People from this tavern!”
"So, this is your old friend's property..." Su Li chuckled, "They did a really good job!"
"No!" Xiao Lin shook his head, "Actually, to be precise, this tavern is your mother's property!"
"Ah?" Su Li was stunned, "How could it be related to my mother?"
"This is a long story!" Xiao Lin said, "I have to start from the beginning. When I was eight or nine years old, I returned to Beijing. In order to repay my brother's kindness, I came to look for his family and found out that they were all in this tavern. At that time, their employer was your mother... No, I should respectfully call her mother-in-law now! But she doesn't come here often. Most of the time, my brother's mother takes care of it! I know a lot about your mother..."
"Then can I meet her?" Su Li asked urgently, "I want to hear her talk about my mother..."
Ever since she learned about her mother, she often dreamed about her mother, but she had never seen her mother's appearance. Since Jiang Fei replaced Tao Jiang with Su Yun and Li, he naturally would not leave behind his mother Su Ning's old belongings. The Su family experienced a catastrophe, and even more Nothing was left behind.
Therefore, Su Li had never even seen her mother's portrait, let alone the old things she had used.
Now, she could see an old person who had been with her mother for a long time, and she was extremely excited.
