Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 252

Chapter 252 Father and Son

After the beginning of spring, it didn’t snow anymore in Shuojing City, and the drizzle turned and fell non-stop, and the denseness seemed to have no end.

In the palace, there is no new year’s joy and vitality. Emperor Wen Xuan’s illness is getting worse, and the palace people’s expressions are heavy, and even with the spring rain, they are also infected with a layer of depression.

The bedroom door was opened, and the fourth prince Guang Shuo walked out from inside.

These days, he came to see Emperor Wen Xuan very often. The emperor Wen Xuan loved this son, and the servants were not surprised. Although he did not dare to talk clearly, but the palace people secretly thought about it. Although it is now a prince, it is true that the throne will go to another family in the future. Hard to say.

In the sleeping hall, Emperor Wen Xuan was lying on the roof, staring at the bright yellow curtain on the dragon roof.

In recent days, he told Concubine Lan to not have to run to this side day by day, but it was nothing else, just for fear that it would fall into the eyes of outsiders and spread some rumors. People’s hearts are unpredictable. If it was in the past, it would be okay, but now it is even difficult for him to go to court. I’m afraid he can’t protect Concubine Lan’s mother and son as well as before.

Thinking of Guangshuo, Emperor Wenxuan sighed again.

Guangshuo is very good, has both ability and political integrity, and filial piety. Putting aside other things, if there is more decisiveness and coldness, he is a rare wise emperor of Wei. But it was because of his kindness and soft heart that Emperor Wen Xuan treated him differently—because of such Guang Shuo, he was like his own son.

It is a pity that even so, Emperor Wen Xuan could not change the crown prince at this juncture and hand over the throne to Guang Shuo. Once he does this, the court will inevitably be in chaos. According to Guang Yan’s personality, I’m afraid it will immediately stage a scene of imperial children fighting each other and splashing blood in the hall.

If he were in his prime of life, he would still be able to suppress all of this, but he is already old. After these years, courtiers have followed Guangshuo and Guangyan, and everyone has their own minds. , He can no longer manage so much, and he can’t control it at all.

But… after all, there is still to be a result.

The door outside made a slight noise, and Emperor Wen Xuan was taken aback, thinking it was a palace man, and then Guang Yan’s voice rang: “Father…Is he asleep?”

The visitor was actually extensive.

Holding a mahogany basket in his hand, he saw that Emperor Wen Xuan who was lying on the collapsed was about to get up. He hurried forward, helped Emperor Wen Xuan to get up, leaned on the head of the bed, and called “Father Emperor” again.

“…Why are you here?” Emperor Wen Xuan asked. As soon as he spoke, he was surprised that his voice was strangely hoarse.

“I heard that my father was ill…” Guang Yan seemed to be a little nervous, “I want to think about it, or dare to come into the palace to see the father, the dragon of the father is healthy?”

Guang Yan Zilai was domineering and arrogant, and this was the first time he showed such a panic and helpless look. Emperor Wen Xuan looked at him and suddenly sighed.

Guang Yan hasn’t come to the palace much since Xu Jingfu’s accident. Of course, Emperor Wen Xuan knew that Guang Yan had been close to Xu Jingfu in the past because he was afraid of being involved by Xu Jingfu and deliberately avoided the limelight. Emperor Wen Xuan was also angry at Guang Yan, and indeed because of Xu Jingfu’s relationship, he was particularly disgusted.

However, Guang Yan is his son after all, and his sons are not many.

So this is why Guangyan is still safe and sound. That’s because the people of Dali Temple got the dictum from Emperor Wen Xuan, and all the cases related to Xu Jingfu bypassed Prince Guangyan.

Seeing Emperor Wen Xuan staring at him, he didn’t know what he was thinking. Guang Yan was a little uneasy, and subconsciously went to uncover the mahogany basket, and brought out a small bowl of soup from it.

“Emperor father, this is the simmering ginseng soup that the child minister went to the imperial dining room.” Guang Yan said anxiously, “Emperor father, drink a little.”

Emperor Wen Xuan looked at him, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered that when Guang Yan was young, Guang Shuo had not been born, he had only Guang Yan, the eldest son, who had sincerely loved him. Guangyan was only four years old at that time, and he was not as cruel and ruthless as he is now. He was still a little bit taller.

Empress Zhang gave Guangyan a bowl of sweet soup. Guangyan was reluctant to eat it. Baba ran from Kunning Palace holding the bowl all the way to the Imperial Study Room. The nurse who was chasing from behind knelt down in fear and begged for mercy. Emperor Wenxuan hugged Guangyan on her knees. , Smiled and asked: “What are you doing to me with this bowl?”

“Father,” the child didn’t say clearly, and was a little vague. He lifted the bowl to his mouth laboriously, “This is delicious. Father, please drink a little!”

Emperor Wen Xuan laughed when he heard the words, “It’s hard for you to be so young, but thinking about me in everything, it’s not as if you don’t care for this kid in vain!”

What is the taste of that bowl of sweet soup? Emperor Wen Xuan has forgotten. The laughter seems to be yesterday, but in a blink of an eye, Guang Yan has grown so big, the same as the little one who used to hold the bowl and lay on his knees and act coquettishly. The children have no similarities anymore. He is also at a loss. After so many years, where did he go wrong that caused the situation today?

Emperor Wen Xuan took a deep breath and asked, “Guang Yan, what do you want to say about Xu Jingfu?”

With this bowl of ginseng soup, he still feels soft, and he still wants to give Guang Yan a chance.

Guang Yan’s heart jumped, and he didn’t know the meaning of this sentence. Suddenly Wen Xuan asked, “I didn’t expect Xu Jingfu as the prime minister to collude with the enemy and treason… For so many years, the father has trusted him so much, and he has actually been rebellious. Heart, this sin is to blame!”

Emperor Wen Xuan saw the dodge in his eyes, sighed invisible, and shook his head: “When I was a young man, he was in charge of the officials, like the hunter and the eagle. Full hunger will not make you hungry. Hunger will result in insufficient power, and full will lead to flying. Veterans such as Xu Jingfu in the middle of the country are like a full-bodied eagle, shameless, corpse-positioned vegetarian food, and contented with wealth. I appreciate it and not joy. Don’t be afraid of punishment, and don’t be invincible for the great Wei.”

Guang Yan listened absently, his eyes fell on the bowl of ginseng soup, and his mouth said: “The child minister is willing to follow his father’s teachings. That Xu Jingfu is really hateful, and his children are all deceived by him, and they are all weird. If Xu Jingfu’s disobedience could be discovered earlier, the Utopians would not be allowed to succeed.”

Emperor Wen Xuan looked at him deeply, “Extending, it is better to sin oneself than to be self-righteous.”

The emperor’s eyes were muddy, but at this moment, he was extremely clear, as if he could see the soul of a person through his eyes. Guang Yan bowed his head abruptly, picked up the bowl of ginseng soup, and brought it to Emperor Wenxuan, and said with a smile: “Father has said so much, he must be tired. If you don’t drink ginseng soup, it will be cold. You should finish drinking the ginseng soup first. .”

Emperor Wen Xuan nodded his head when he saw that he was not as frivolous as he was in the past. He thought that Xu Jingfu’s affairs had finally made Guangyan a little better.

Guang Yan sat next to Emperor Wen Xuan, picked up the bowl, scooped it up with a silver spoon, and got to the mouth of Emperor Wen Xuan.

Emperor Wen Xuan was startled, “Don’t you try the soup?”

“Try the soup?” Guang Yan looked at him.

“Perhaps you have not served me with soup for a long time, and you don’t even know the rules for testing soup.” Even though Emperor Wen Xuan said so, his tone was tolerant. ”

There was a moment of panic on the broad surface.

He really hadn’t served Emperor Wen Xuan for a long time, so he didn’t know that Emperor Wen Xuan was so sick now that he actually remembered to try the poison. I didn’t expect that even the food sent by Guangshuo would not be trusted by Emperor Wen Xuan.

But this ginseng soup…

His fingers trembled slightly.

Emperor Wen Xuan was originally just a joke, although there are many rules in the palace, but occasionally he does not keep everything. He wanted to say forget it, but when he looked up, he saw Guang Yan’s slightly pale face and his white fingers holding the soup bowl hard.

At some point, people will have intuition.

The bowl of ginseng soup was boiling hot, and it was left for a while now, it was just warm, and a faint aroma could be smelled. But the appearance of the person in front of him is too nervous.

The emperor’s gaze became deep and secluded in an instant, and he slowly spoke, his tone unpredictable, “Guang Yan, you take a sip first.”

“Father…There is no other silver spoon here…”

“It’s okay, I can go to make people take it again, now, you try the soup first.”

In such a situation, it was inevitable for Guang Yan to avoid it, so he had to pick up the soup, scoop a spoonful with a silver spoon, and slowly hand it to his mouth, and he tarriedly refused to touch it.

Emperor Wen Xuan looked at it, and his heart sank.

Although he knew that Guangshuo was tyrannical and innocent in the past, he never dared to do anything to himself. It was the flesh and blood of his own dearest relatives, and he turned a blind eye to the virtues that were widely spread outside. Even if Xu Jingfu had an accident this time, Emperor Wen Xuan still wanted to protect him. Even just now, before handing this bowl of soup, Emperor Wen Xuan was thinking about giving Guang Yan a chance. Before the last minute, the matter of changing the crown prince should not be mentioned easily.

But he never expected that Guang Yan would kill his father and kill the king.

“Why don’t you drink?” He said in a deep voice, looking at his strange son.

Guang Yan gritted his teeth and was about to lower his head to drink the ginseng soup in the spoon, but at the last moment, he slammed the soup bowl away like a soldering iron and stood up all at once.

The soup bowl fell on the velvet blanket before it collapsed, and it splashed all over the whole side silently. Guang Yan regained his senses abruptly, only to realize how stupid he was just now. He trembled and looked at his falling father.

Emperor Wen Xuan looked at his eyes, disappointed, distressed, and a bit colder than ever before.

“I don’t know,” the emperor said word by word, “The purpose of your coming today, it turns out that you want my life.”

“No, I didn’t—” Guang Yan denied subconsciously, “I didn’t do it!”

“I just need to look for an emperor to check it, and I will know if it is right.” Wen Xuan looked cold, got up to collapse, and shouted: “Come on–”

“Father!” Guang Yan rushed over, covering his mouth, and said nervously, “I don’t have any children!”

In these days, Emperor Wen Xuan had been in poor health. When he was thrown on by him like this, he lay on his back and Guangyan rode on it. He caught a glimpse of the cotton pillow on the collapse, and he grabbed it without thinking about it. Covering Emperor Wenxuan’s mouth and nose, there was only one thought in his heart: Don’t let Emperor Wenxuan speak out!

The people under him are struggling desperately, but how does an elderly sick person compare to a man in his prime? The harder he struggled, the more ferociously Guang Yan’s expression became. He almost put the weight of his entire body on Emperor Wenxuan, pressing the cotton pillow tightly, like pressing a dying fish, and said shortly: “Don’t shout, I told you not to call!”

The fish thrown from Mizusawa to the desert, desperately swinging their bodies desperately for a ray of life, splashing with the scales being thrown, until the scorching sun roasts the dried fish, completely becoming lifeless.

I don’t know how long it took, the struggle underneath gradually stopped, and his head was sweating profusely. He suddenly let go of his hand, and suddenly lifted the cotton pillow.

Emperor Wen Xuan lay on his back, his face was blue and purple, his pupils dilated, and he looked at him like a ghost under the dark lights of the bedroom.

Guang Yan was taken aback. He fell from the collapse to sit on the ground, and couldn’t help taking two steps back. After a long time, he recovered and understood that Emperor Wen Xuan was really suffocated by him this time.

The outside servant had been taken away by him long before, and Guang Yan came today to poison the emperor. It’s just that the bowl of ginseng soup mixed with poison would be discovered by Emperor Wen Xuan, and in the end, he was smothered to death by his own hands.

The sleeping hall was empty, and the sound of the wind was like the cry of an evil spirit, which made a chill in the back. Guang Yan stood up with the horror in his heart, walked up to Emperor Wen Xuan, first picked up the soup bowl on the ground, put it in the mahogany basket again, and walked to the front of Emperor Wen Xuan’s dragon collapse, and helped Emperor Wen Xuan to collapse again. Lie down, smooth the emperor’s wide eyes, and cover him with a quilt.

He couldn’t see his father’s eyes, and Guang Yan was bolder. There was a flash of madness in his eyes. He looked at Emperor Wenxuan’s body and said in a low voice and hastily: “Father, don’t blame the minister, blame it. Blame yourself for not giving me the throne. If it wasn’t for you to force me, I wouldn’t do it… The throne is mine, the father… You just look at how your son can sit in this position… That’s it Look at it…”

He slowly squeezed his fist, stood up abruptly, took the mahogany basket, turned and left the bedroom.

…

It started to rain again at night.

He Yan dumbly heard the sound of rain outside in his sleep. After being awakened, he couldn’t fall asleep. He turned over and hugged the person beside him.

It’s not that she wants to take advantage of Xiao Jue anytime and anywhere, but it’s much warmer because it’s cold and holding a person next to her. Xiao Jue slept very quietly, and her sleeping appearance was very different from her leaning up.

Such a movement of her woke Xiao Jue also. Xiao Jue lowered his head and glanced at the person who got into his arms, clutching him tightly, and asked in a low voice, “Why aren’t you sleeping?”

“I was awakened.” He Yan said dullly: “I can’t sleep a bit.”

This is a bit strange. Although many years of professional life kept her vigilant in her sleep, she still slept soundly at night since she arrived at the Xiao family. Such insomnia is still rare at night. For some reason, He Yan always felt a little uneasy, as if something was going to happen.

Xiao Jue noticed her anxiety about this. Xiao Jue paused, put her chin on the top of her hair, and asked, “Would you like to get up and sit on the roof?”

He Yan: “…”

She said: “It’s raining outside.”

Xiao Jue: “That’s a joke.”

He Yan wanted to speak but stopped.

She always felt that after Xu Jingfu’s death, the matter was not over yet, and the battle between Guang Yan and the Fourth Prince had just begun. Whether it is Xiao Jue or Xiao family, the position in it is subtle, I’m afraid it won’t be solved so easily. It’s just that, talking about these upsetting things this night, it seems a bit disappointing.

He Yan was thinking, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and Feinu’s voice sounded outside, “Master, there is something important to report.”

She was startled, and in the middle of the night, Feinu was in such a hurry, what had happened.

This time, I really lost all sleepiness. Xiao Jue got up and went to bed, lit the oil lamp in the room, and He Yan also got up in his clothes. As soon as the door opened, the wind and rain outside came in, and the room suddenly became much colder.

Feinu walked in, his clothes were all wet, and his expression was a bit solemn.

Xiao Jue asked him: “What’s the matter?”

“There is news from the palace that the emperor is dead.”

As soon as these words came out, He Yan and Xiao Jue were shocked at the same time. Xiao Jue twisted his eyebrows: “When?”

“The news came just now.” Feinu said: “Master, do you see if you are going to enter the palace.”

Xiao Jue thought for a moment, and said, “I see, you go to prepare the car, and I will enter the palace immediately.”

Feinu responded and left.

He Yan took the oil lamp and walked forward two steps, his expression could not hide his surprise, “The emperor…”

She did not expect that Emperor Wen Xuan would die suddenly, although there have been rumors outside these days that Emperor Wen Xuan was not well, but the news was too sudden. Her heart was complicated and difficult to understand. For Emperor Wen Xuan, there were rumors outside that he had a lot of bad things, but in He Yan’s view, although he was not a bright king, he was definitely not a faint king.

Xiao Jue was getting dressed, He Yan asked, “Do you want me to enter the palace with you?”

Feinu’s words were simple, no one knew what was going on in the palace right now.

“No, you stay in the mansion.” Xiao Jue said: “I will go to the palace to see what happens.”

He Yan nodded, although he was worried, he knew that Xiao Jue was right. Her official position has not yet reached the point where she enters the palace for the first time under such circumstances, and as the young wife of the Xiao family, there is no reason. only……

Seeing her worried, Xiao Jue turned around and patted her on the shoulder: “Don’t worry, I will go home immediately after I go to see it.”

“Xiao Jue, be careful of everything,” she said.

Xiao Jue put on his clothes, picked up his sword and went out. He Yan lost his mind and continued to sleep. He walked to the window, opened the window, and the fine rain drifted into the room diagonally along the outside wind. The table was covered with a thin layer of droplets of water instantly, and the wind blew it. He Yan’s face was slightly cool, his drowsiness disappeared, and his mind was very clear.

Although this kind of thing shouldn’t be thought of at this time, but if one thing happens, many things will happen immediately. Before the death of Emperor Wen Xuan, he did not propose to change the establishment of the crown prince. Even though there was a lot of discussion in the hall, if not, according to the current calculation, it was the prince who succeeded.

But everyone knew who Prince Guangyan was. Although Guang Yan was not implicated in Xu Jingfu’s case, He Yan asked Xiao Jue about the meaning of Emperor Wen Xuan on the other side of Dali Temple and secretly protected Prince Guang Yan. Emperor Wen Xuan couldn’t bear to touch the prince because the prince was the blood of his direct relatives. However, as the future emperor of Wei Wei, a villain who could lead a wolf into the house in order to fight for power and gain was not worthy of being a king.

The rain seems to have no end, and so does the night.