The candlelight in Xie Hao'an's house was dim, and there was a light rain outside, which made it feel cold. For some reason, Gu Ruosu, who had been thinking about Xie Hao'an, was also lying on the bed at the moment, with wisps of moonlight shining on the beds of Gu Ruosu and Xie Ruqing.
"Alas." This was the nth tone Gu Ruosu sighed.
"Go to sleep, Xiaoliu is fine." Xie Ruqing stretched out her hand to take Gu Ruosu into her arms and comforted her.
"Tell me, will the slaves and servants in Xiaoliu Courtyard take good care of him?"
"The slaves in Xiaoliu's courtyard are all carefully selected. Tonight, the doctor from the mansion is also staying in Xiaoliu's courtyard. It's okay. You should rest early. It's so late at night. You should be sleepy. Don't worry. If not, I’ll accompany you to see it tomorrow morning, okay?”
"...You're right, it's late at night, those slaves must be sleepy, and they definitely won't take good care of An An... I'm going to have a look!" After Gu Ruosu said this, he immediately got up from the bed and stepped over Xie Ruqing It's time to go out!
Xie Ruqing quickly stopped the person and said, "You've had a hard day today, very hard, and it's so late, Xiao Liu is already asleep, so it's better not to go."
"You don't understand... I'm not tired at all. I can only sleep when I see Xiaoliu..." After saying that, Gu Ruosu shook off Xie Ruqing's hand and took a dark lotus-embroidered cloak from the shelf. , and walked out. Cang Qiong and Cang Wu who were keeping watch at night looked confused, but they were afraid that something might happen to Gu Ruosu, so they immediately picked up a lantern and followed him, leaving Xie Ruqing alone and forced to "guard the empty boudoir alone."
"...You are really the same as before..." Xie Ruqing muttered to herself.
The moon at night was half-covered by dark clouds. The interior of Xie Haoan's Jufuzhai was very bright and warm at the moment. The exquisite incense burner emitted a light incense, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Many precious acacia trees were planted under Xie Haoan's window. Among them, the plum tree survived the cold winter with great difficulty and ushered in the spring when the begonias bloomed. The figure of the plum tree slowly turned into a line under the candlelight. The shadow of Tao fell in front of the house. Tonight, many maids and slaves were waiting inside and outside the house with various things to ensure that all accidents would happen.
Gu Ruosu walked non-stop to Xie Hao'an's yard. Seeing this scene, she felt a lot happy, but she still entered Xie Hao'an's house in a hurry but cautiously without making a sound.
Xie Hao'an was lying on the bed to rest, his brows furrowed, not sure whether it was because of pain or a nightmare.
Gu Ruosu gently sat down next to Xie Hao'an, then slowly stretched out her hand, gently loosened Xie Hao'an's frown, and murmured in a low voice: "An An, be good, An An is not afraid, mother is here." "
While Gu Ruosu was doing this, she was shocked that she would be so concerned about her nominal son. She didn't know it, but she thought that it was not the original owner who gave birth to Xie Hao'an in ten months of pregnancy, but herself.
But this unreliable thought passed in an instant. After all, in Gu Ruosu's view, he did all this because the consciousness of the original owner still remained. Xie Hao'an was the only child of the original owner. For his own child, even a trace of his remaining soul , but as the original owner is a mother, she will definitely burst out with the greatest strength.
"Mother..." Xie Haoan's unconscious murmur interrupted Gu Ruosu who was thinking. Gu Ruosu quickly responded: "Mother is here, mother is always here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, mother will not let others hit you again... ...Be good..." He said, his eye circles still a little moist.
Gu Ruosu's mind was now focused on Xie Hao'an, and she did not notice that Xie Ruqing, who was following her, was standing at the door wearing only a thin undershirt, looking at their mother and son.
"Go and call the uncle to my study." Xie Ruqing stared at Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an silently for a long time. Then, before Gu Ruosu could react, she immediately turned around and left in the night, and gave the order to the boy beside her.
"But it's so late? Duke, do you really want it?...Yes." Before the young man could finish his words, Xie Ruqing cast a meaningful look. The young man immediately changed his words when he was prompted by the look.
At this moment, Xie Haowen was still lying on his bed, with his beloved wife beside him, sleeping quite peacefully. However, the boy did not care about Xie Haowen's feelings, and kept loudly announcing his intention to come outside the house. In the end, he even He slammed the door anxiously.
"Officer, why is father looking for you so late?" Haishi asked while hurriedly changing Xie Hao's clothes.
"It should be business, maybe related to the Southern Barbarian Mission. You go to bed first, I'll be back soon." After Xie Haowen got dressed appropriately, he hurried out of the room without holding an umbrella, braving the rain, and headed towards Xie Ruqing's Go to the study.
"My son has seen his father. I wonder what urgent matter his father called late at night." Xie Haowen entered the study under the leadership of the servant. He saw Xie Ruqing standing under the window wearing a pair of underwear, with disheveled hair. There was only a weak light beside her. The candle covered most of Xie Ruqing's face, but after Xie Haowen entered the door, the boy retreated and even closed the door, leaving a dead silence in the room.
"Kneel down." Xie Ruqing stared at Xie Hao for a moment and said these two words indifferently.
Xie Haowen's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to resist and quickly knelt down.
"My son knows his mistake."
"You are the Prime Minister, the leader of civil and military officials in the world, how could you be wrong?":
"No, my son must have made a mistake. It's just that he was so wrong. Now he doesn't even know where he went wrong. He still asks his father to point it out."
"I said, as the Prime Minister, you are not wrong."
"Father?"
"As the prime minister, you have thought carefully and made no mistakes. It's just that as a son, a brother, and a member of the Xie family, you made a mistake." Xie Ruqing walked out of the gloom, stood in front of the desk, and said slowly.
"My son is wrong!"
"I know that you are so smart and you understand all the reasons. You just don't want to do it."
When Xie Haowen heard this, his palms throbbed in pain, as if he had gone back to the time when he was a child, when he lied about being sick to avoid studying and writing. After Xie Ruqing found out, Xie Ruqing whipped his palms with a bamboo whip.
"As the Prime Minister, the head of the civil and military officials in the world, you know very well that what happened today is not just an ordinary fight between young men and sons, but is serious enough to involve the nobles behind them. If this matter is brought to court, It is a small thing to lose face, but it is a big thing to damage the relationship between several families and make several families turn against each other. Therefore, for the sake of the harmony on the surface of the court, you also worry about the impact that your identity will bring if you come forward. Regarding this, It's right that you don't want to come forward."
Xie Ruqing changed the topic and continued: "But as a son of a human being, you let your mother stand in front of you when something happened, leaving your mother alone to face the aggressive Mrs. Deng who refused to compromise. She looked at her as if You are an ant on the hot pot, but you still refuse to come forward. This is unfilial."
"As a good brother, you saw your brother being seriously injured by others, and you know that your brother has no responsibility at all for this matter, but you still worry about your so-called face and the rumors and rumors that will come from your face. To influence others and refuse to take a "tough" stand, this is unjust to our brothers."
"Father, my son has my mother and sixth brother in my heart. I have already planned that once the Nanman mission leaves Beijing in the future, my son will secretly..."
Before Xie Hao had finished speaking, Xie Ruqing interrupted: "You want to secretly stumble General Weibei in the officialdom in the future? You are confused. As a son of the Xie family, you have forgotten me, the son of the Xie family." His family mission is to dedicate his life's efforts to his family and country. Mr. Deng is the main force against the Southern Barbarians. If you stumbling against him, you will put the safety of the soldiers on the frontier at risk and ignore the safety of the people on the frontier and the world. The subjects were put to death and ignored. You went against the wishes of the Xie family and failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations. This is disloyal. Maybe I just said something wrong. You are just a good prime minister on the surface..."
"Father! My son really knows he was wrong!"
"You have been smart since you were a child. Many people have to learn a lot of knowledge for a long time. Once you learn it once, you will never forget it. Many principles of life can be understood by you without me deliberately telling you. I have always been devoted to you. I am very relieved, and I even feel that you are the one who is most like me, but I have forgotten that officialdom is a big dyeing vat. Even if you have never been involved in those private calculations, it does not mean that you will not be involved in private calculations. ."
"Father...I..."
"You are right. If a person does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. If a person cannot love himself well, let alone love others? But you have forgotten that in this world, if a person does not have anyone or anything worthy of your sacrifice, To put it simply, if you have no weaknesses, then you are an incomplete person, and sooner or later... you will fall from the clouds into the quagmire."
"I once told you that the world is not just black and white, there are gray areas, but you should also know that for your family who love you wholeheartedly, it can only be white, or to be more precise, it should be the vast majority. Part of Bai, you can scheme against your family, or even take advantage of them, but you can't harm them, and you can't stand idly by while your innocent family members only want the truth..."
"I also know that you seem to be in bloom now, but in fact you are roasting on the charcoal fire, which is quite difficult. But the Deng family has never been different. Mrs. Deng can no longer cherish feathers for the sake of her family, and even prefers to be a rogue to lead others. Let's go, what about you? Are flashy feathers really that important to you? Are they so important that you can let others confuse right and wrong, turn big things into small things, and turn small things into small things to bully your family?"
"You are a bunch of flowers roasting on the charcoal fire, but our whole family is not the same..."
After Xie Haowen heard these words, he remained silent and just knocked his head heavily on the ground, making a muffled sound.
"You're old too. You're no longer of the age where you need me to play tricks. I won't punish you. You can go back... Just meditate on it yourself..." Xie Ruqing sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said calmly. Xie Haowen, who was kneeling on the ground, said.
"My son understands..."
Xie Haowen uttered a few words in a daze, like a walking zombie whose soul had been stolen and only a body was left. He slowly left the study. The rain outside the house became heavier and heavier, and even started to rain. The boy waiting outside the door was frightened by the thunder. He wanted to hold an umbrella for Xie Haowen, but Xie Haowen pushed the umbrella away and walked alone in the heavy rainy night... ...Finally, he slowly disappeared from Xie Ruqing’s eyes.
"Your eldest son is getting older and has more problems. He is not as cute as he was when he was a boy." The bookshelf behind Xie Ruqing slowly parted from the middle, revealing a deep and endless secret room. A green figure walked out of the secret room. Robe man.
"If you stay in the officialdom for a long time, you will inevitably catch those bad habits, but fortunately, you can find them early and correct them in time."
"Haha, he is indeed a father of six children. He is more patient with his own children than others and is willing to give him a chance."
"As a father, it is my duty to teach my children the principles of life. You, a person who is only responsible for giving birth but not raising children, do not understand."
"Hey, so what, you are annoying me the most. I don't want those children in the first place. Whether they can live or not depends entirely on their own destiny. I think it's good for me to do this. I don't have to be responsible for the children. Children There is no need to support a father like me who I have never met until his death, it is reasonable and reasonable."
"Here's nonsense..."
"Tch...you will never understand my happiness. However, I have done everything you asked me to do...When are you going to take action?" When the man in green robe said this, his tone was no longer naughty. Not respectful, but whispered in an extremely serious tone.
"It's not that fast yet. You should keep an eye on them for me first. If there is any trouble, remember to notify me in time. If necessary, you can also act on your own."
"Okay, I understand what you mean... These are just mice. We can definitely get rid of them beautifully. You are a fox and I am an eagle, why are you afraid of this thing?!"
"Oh, I'm talking to you about serious matters... You are still not serious in your old age... That's all... You can go back and be careful on the way so as not to be discovered by others." Xie Ruqing shook her head helplessly and said.
"Tch, I'm very serious, okay, but you're too old-fashioned, and I don't know what your wife is interested in you... I'm obviously not bad looking either... ugh~"
"Go away...if you do it ten more times, my wife will only like me forever." Xie Ruqing gritted her teeth but said confidently.
"Hahaha, you look like a human being. You are always so prude. Who are you showing me? It seems that Gu Gu really changed you... You kid... you are so lucky... If Gu Gu had chosen... I, maybe...I will have a different life..." The man in green robe suddenly felt a little emotional.
Xie Ruqing frowned and was about to comfort him when the man in green robe smiled and said: "Okay, I'm just going to tell some jokes. You don't have to take them seriously. I'm leaving first... Take care of yourself." With that, he patted him. He patted Xie Ruqing on the shoulder, and then walked into the dark secret room again.
Everything returned to tranquility, as if nothing had happened...
