Huo Shengnan said: "Isn't that a long way to go, can his body withstand it?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "The situation is compelling, we must go this way, Dakang has a food shortage, and Dayong has coerced the surrounding countries not to do grain transactions with Dakang, so even if you don't have to use a single soldier, Dakang will collapse from the inside." ” Huo Shengnan said: "The emperor has always wanted to wave his troops south and unify the Central Plains, it seems that his opportunity has finally come."
The emperor in her mouth is naturally Xue Shengkang, the monarch of Dayong.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Isn't it a pity, if it weren't for the accident, maybe it was you who commanded the army to go south." ” Huo Shengnan shook his head and said: "Those of us who are courtiers are just tools to satisfy the ambitions of the superiors, after this turmoil, I have seen everything, in the future" She bit her lip, and suddenly looked a little embarrassed: "In the future, I will be on your side, only on your side." ” Hu Xiaotian heard it in his heart, and he couldn't wait to hug Huo Shengnan into his arms now, and said that it was the passage to a woman's heart, and now it seems that this is the case, since he had an overnight relationship with General Huo, there is no estrangement between the two, and Huo Shengnan has put all his heart on himself.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Actually, I just want to live well, I used to think it was easy, but now it seems that it is not so simple to live, there are always people who want to manipulate your fate." ” Huo Shengnan couldn't help but think of herself because of Hu Xiaotian's words, she used to only think about being loyal to Dayong, resisting the black Hu in the north, and protecting the people from the Hu people, but she didn't think that she was full of loyalty in the end, but she still inevitably became a victim of palace politics, even if her father-in-law Wei Chi Chong made great contributions to Dayong, and in the end he was not snubbed by the emperor.
You want to be in control of your own destiny.
It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, Huo Shengnan said: "What are you going to do?"
"I have some ideas, but it's not mature enough."
Hu Xiaotian was about to tell Huo Shengnan his thoughts, but he heard Hoover outside report in surprise: "Young Master, Madam is back."
Madame is back. ” Hu Xiaotian was also overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't expect Qiqi to let the old lady back so quickly, it seems that he went to find her and still had a certain effect, Hu Xiaotian and Huo Shengnan went out together, but saw that Xu Fengyi had already entered the second door accompanied by several maids, Hu Xiaotian hurriedly stepped forward: "Mother, you are back, unfilial piety has made you suffer."
He bent his knees and wanted to bow down, but was stopped by Xu Fengyi and said with a smile: "Okay, okay."
Mother knows that you are filial, and you don't have to do this big gift. ” Huo Shengnan stood beside Hu Xiaotian and was about to go over to greet him, but Xu Fengyi smiled at her: "Feihong is also there." ” "Hello aunt, my little nephew has saluted you."
Huo Shengnan always felt that Xu Fengyi's smile was full of deep meaning, and he had the illusion that his identity had been recognized, and he felt a little shy in his heart.
Xu Fengyi said: "Yes, it's all free."
Let's go inside. ” Huo Shengnan said: "The little nephew has other things to do, so it won't prevent you two from talking." ” Xu Fengyi smiled and nodded.
Hu Xiaotian accompanied his mother back to the place where she used to live.
Since Hu Xiaotian took back Shangshu Mansion, all of this place has been cleaned up, and everything has been rearranged according to the original layout.
It's just that my father has always been reluctant to come back, insisting on living in Shuijing'er Hutong, and the old lady has returned to Shangshufu's own home for the first time since she came back from Jinling.
Xu Fengyi saw that everything in front of her was almost exactly the same as before her house was raided, and she had mixed feelings in her heart for a while.
Her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she muttered, "Xiaotian, you actually got all the things in our house back."
"When I walked into the landscape painting hanging on the wall and looked at it, I realized that although the painting was almost identical, I could still tell that it was a fake.
Not only the painting, but also many of the furnishings in the room are just shapes, not original objects.
Xu Fengyi sighed and said, "After all, what is lost is lost, and it can never be recovered." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Mother, don't worry, the things that were stolen from our house will be found back by the same children, as long as the children find out who is greedy for our things, I will let him vomit them out." ” Xu Fengyi smiled indifferently: "Why be so extreme, anyway, I didn't lose anything precious, if I can't find it, I can't find it, there is no need to spend so much energy and cost to find out."
She came to the table and sat down, pointed to the stool next to her, and said, "You can sit down too." ” Hu Xiaotian came to sit next to his mother and said in a low voice: "How is my father?"
Xu Fengyi said: "He's fine, although Princess Yongyang let us be arrested, she didn't wronged us, and the purpose of letting me come back in advance this time is also to make you feel at ease, I think she treats you pretty well." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "This little girl doesn't have many friends around her, if even I am offended, she, the king of Yongyang, wants to be a loner." ” Xu Fengyi said in a low voice: "I think Princess Yongyang may not treat you as an ordinary friend, she shouldn't have taken a fancy to my son?"
Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
Xu Fengyi saw him laughing, and said, "What are you laughing at, am I wrong?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Mom, this is what our mother and daughter said in private, if it really spreads, it must be laughing and generous, how old is Princess Yongyang this year, a little girl who is not yet an adult, don't think about people so complicated, save people from saying that I am self-inflicted, saying that your old man is bent on climbing the high branches of the royal family." ” Xu Fengyi said: "Now it's not that our Hu family wants to climb the high branches of the royal family, but that the royal family wants to be close to our Hu family, and wants our Hu family to serve them loyally and die." ” Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Mother, don't think about it too much, we are the king, we are the ministers, and it is our duty to serve the royal family, and people don't need to be close to us." ” Xu Fengyi said: "You are the same as your father, you hide everything from me, thinking that I am just a woman who doesn't know anything, although my mother has no knowledge, but I have been married to your father for so many years, what he thinks in his heart, I can still see some of it, you are my son, I have raised you since childhood, what calculations you have in your heart, you can't hide it from my eyes." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Mother, the child doesn't dare to hide anything from you, and my father won't." ” Xu Fengyi said: "What is written in the letter I brought when I came back from Jinling this time?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled: "The child doesn't know, you should ask my father about the content of that letter." ” Xu Fengyi said: "If you don't say it, I can guess that your grandmother must have refused the court's request to borrow grain on the surface, but secretly pointed them in the direction, so Princess Yongyang will act like she will take me and your father away from home, although you two don't say anything, but some things can't be hidden after all, Princess Yongyang has explained to me that she wants your father to lead a fleet to Luozon to find a source of food for Dakang, if I guess correctly, this trade route should be indicated by your grandmother in the letter." ” Hu Xiaotian didn't expect Qiqi to tell his mother all these things, but after thinking about it, the old lady would know about his father's going to sea sooner or later, he sighed and said: "Mother, the child doesn't lie to you, the reason why I didn't tell you the truth at the beginning was because I didn't want you to worry, and my father was also out of the same consideration."
Grandma did leave a chart in the letter. ” Xu Fengyi sighed gloomily and said, "I know that she shouldn't sit idly by and ignore our Hu family, the reason why she behaves so ruthlessly must have unspeakable hardships." ” Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "She also has to take into account the interests of the entire Xu family, the Xu family's business is all over the world, if she dares to blatantly help the imperial court, I am afraid that in a few days, the Xu family's business all over the Central Plains will be dealt a fatal blow." ” Xu Fengyi said: "So she came up with this method to ease the relationship with the imperial court."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Even if the Xu family is rich in the world, in the final analysis, it is just a businessman, and only by being cautious in the face of many forces can it protect its own interests."
It's not easy for grandma to be able to do this, think about it, she is not the only daughter of you, and she can't push the other children of the Xu family into the abyss in order to help us. ” Xu Fengyi knew that what her son said was all right, but she was still a little gloomy when she remembered that her husband was about to go to Luozon to seek food, and said in a low voice: "She can use other methods, there is no need for your father to travel thousands of miles to Luozon." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Mother, in fact, I wanted to go on this trip at the earliest, but the court was wary of me and our Hu family, and it was definitely not easy to let me go."
In fact, Hu Xiaotian understands that the real reason why he didn't let himself go on this trip is still Qiqi, because Qiqi wants to keep him in Kangdu to do things for her, in fact, it doesn't matter to the court whether Hu Xiaotian goes or not, the old emperor cares about the result, and he doesn't care who makes this trip between him and his father.
Xu Fengyi nodded.
Hu Xiaotian said again: "I discussed it with my father, I wanted to take this opportunity to let my father and mother go overseas together, if I can successfully find the source of food this time, then my father has made a great contribution, and the court will naturally not embarrass us, if this trip to Luozon is not smooth, you can avoid trouble overseas, and after I get the news, I also have the ability to escape from Dakang."
It's just that the imperial court should have seen through my intentions, so they didn't agree to my mother going with my father, and wanted to keep you in Kangdu as a hostage. ” Xu Fengyi said: "Actually, even if they promise to let me go, I won't go, leaving you here alone, how can my mother rest assured." ” Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Does my mother still treat me as a child, and the child is already an adult." ” Xu Fengyi said: "Even if you are seventy or eighty, you are still just a child in the eyes of your mother, not to mention that you have not yet started a family, there is something you need to tell me honestly, whether that Huang Feihong is a girl or not" is to be continued
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