"Brother and sister, Su Bai wrote a letter saying that the emperor, no, is now the late emperor. The late emperor passed away and the prince ascended the throne. Let us prepare in advance. The decree to pardon us will come down soon." Wen Wen Shi grabbed Lan Shichu's arm excitedly, unable to hide his happiness in his tone.
"Really? That's great!" Lan Shichu was also very happy. After all, who likes to live a hard life in a place of exile? Of course it would be best to be able to return to Beijing. She had waited so hard for this day.
"Really, the prince has ascended to the throne, our family must be fine." Wen touched her red eyes and said with joy.
So in the past few days, the adults in the family were all beaming with joy. Among the three children, Gong Liangjian was already sixteen years old. When Gong Liang's family was confiscated and exiled, he had already remembered the incident. Naturally, he remembered the fear and suffering when he was convicted. Now He was naturally happy to learn that he could return to Beijing.
Gongliang Yuzhu was only twelve years old, and she spent half of her twelve years here. Although she vaguely remembered the life of fine clothing and fine food when she was a child, she had almost forgotten it. She was more accustomed to living a rough and heroic life in this desolate place, so when she heard that she could return to Beijing, she felt at a loss.
Gongliang Congyun, who was born here, didn't even understand what the adults were happy about. He lived a good life here as a child. He spent all day outdoors, either running out to play with his brothers and sisters, or going hunting in the mountains with Lan Shichu. , otherwise he would be taken to the market by his grandmother and aunt to buy snacks. He didn't even have any idea of the meaning of the term Beijing. He only felt that this was his hometown.
"Congyun has grown up so much, and he can finally go back to Beijing to see his father. Unfortunately, he has never seen his father since he was born." Gong Liangqin touched Gongliang Congyun's round head and said with emotion.
"Congyun, we can go back to Beijing to see your father soon. Are you happy?" Gong Liangxian also asked him.
The little guy, who was tanned due to his playfulness, had confused eyes and frowned, saying, "I don't even know him, so why should I be unhappy?"
When Gong Liangqin and his son heard his words, they felt a pang in their hearts, but they had no choice. They knew that they could not force their grandson/nephew to have feelings for the father they had never met, but they would feel sad for Cong Yun's direct and frank words. Things in the world only cause trouble. Who can they blame for the separation of flesh and blood between father and son, and relatives? The culprit is dead, but the six years they lost are irreversible.
"Yun'er, your father has done a lot to rehabilitate our family in the capital. It's thanks to him that we can return to the capital. In the future... don't bear any grudge against him. He couldn't help but stay with you and watch you grow up. ..." Gong Liangxian said to his nephew seriously.
Although Gong Liang Subai has never appeared in front of his son, Gong Liangqin and Gong Liangxian will often mention him to Xiao Congyun, obviously to let Xiao Congyun know who is his father.
Lan Shichu would never mention Gongliang Subai, because in her eyes, this man had not given anything to his son except providing half of his genes, so it was not worth mentioning to him at all.
When Xiao Congyun heard his uncle's words, he half-understood what he said. But when he saw his uncle's expression was not good-looking, he nodded along with his wishes, but in his heart he didn't care at all about whether he was a father or not.
Gong Liangxian saw his blank eyes and knew that he didn't take his words to heart, so he sighed.
Later, Gongliang Congyun suddenly asked Lan Shichu: "Mom, what kind of person is my father?"
Lan Shichu was stunned and asked him, "Why did you suddenly think of asking your father?"
"Because my grandfather and uncle both asked me if I missed my father, and asked me to understand my father's difficulties and so on. Is my father important? Why should I understand him? If I don't understand, is he not my father?" Gongliang Congyun said. He raised his little head and looked at Lan Shichu curiously with a pair of round and big eyes. He had no idea about the title "Dad", but his grandfather and uncle both said that Dad was one of their most important relatives, which made him Very confused.
Lan Shichu thought about it seriously and said to him: "If you want to be considerate, then be considerate. If you don't want to be, don't be. It's fine that you are your mother's child. It doesn't matter whether you have a father or not. It's not as fast as you have been without a father all these years." Have you grown up happily?"
When Gongliang Congyun heard this, he immediately felt relaxed, as if something heavy had left his body, making him feel like he had broken some kind of imprisonment and regained his freedom.
"Mom, that's great. I thought you wanted me and that dad to play the role of father and son." Gong Liang Congyun breathed a sigh of relief and said like a kid.
Lan Shichu sneered: "What kind of relationship do you and your father have? Are they still deeply in love?" Could it be that Gongliang Subai secretly helped the deposed prince to become a son because of the son he gave birth to to a wife he didn't like? In fact, isn't it for the benefit of himself and the Gongliang family?
So when Gong Liangxian asked Xiao Congyun to be considerate of his father, Lan Shichu scoffed. What's there to be considerate about? Gongliang Subai chose family interests between his family interests and his son. After his goal is completed, will he have free time to play emotional cards with his son?
"If you feel awkward, just treat him as a distant relative, someone you meet once a year or every few years. Just be polite and don't lose your etiquette." Lan Shichu added.
"Okay!" Gongliang Congyun immediately agreed. In fact, he had no feelings for this biological father whom he had never met. Although his grandfather and uncle had told many things about his father in the past, he sounded like the stories in the obedient book. , has no sense of reality, and naturally cannot produce any emotions, so the painstaking efforts of my grandfather and uncle were in vain.
Although Lan Shichu didn't have a good impression of Gongliang Subai, she had never said anything bad about him to her son. No, it should be said that she had never mentioned him to her son, just as if he didn't exist, so in this situation , Gongliang Congyun was unable to develop a good impression of his father under the influence of his grandfather and uncle. It can only be said that they really have no father-son bond.
Isn't it true? If Shichu had not become the original owner, then Gongliang Congyun would not even have a chance to be born. How could the father-son relationship with Gongliang Subai come from?
Since the people of the Gongliang family knew that they would be able to leave here soon, they began to organize their belongings. First, they sold all the land. Although they did not sell it at a good price, they could still make some money. Then they dealt with the poultry. All the chickens and ducks were slaughtered and made into easy-to-store dried meat such as cured chicken and duck, which were kept as dry food on the way back to Beijing.
More than half a month later, the people sent by Beijing to escort their family back to Beijing arrived, and the Gongliang family left the place of exile and returned to the capital.
