Doudou muttered, lowered his head and kneaded his fingers.
"Will Daddy disappear for a long time? Didn't you say that you would always be with us? Why are you leaving again?"
Seeing Doudou's aggrieved look, Ye Shihan hugged him in his arms. During this time, he had grown up a lot, and his arms could no longer wrap his whole body.
"Doudou, the reason why daddy left is to be with you, because there are things to deal with in the capital, and daddy must go back, otherwise it will be unfair to your mother. You are a sensible child, I believe you will understand."
Doudou nodded helplessly, stretched out his little finger and raised it in front of him,
"Well, dad and Doudou will hook up and promise to come back, otherwise Doudou will never pay attention to you again."
Ye Shihan smiled bitterly and stretched out his fingers, hooking them with his little fingers.
Xiaoqian ran in from outside, holding a dandelion flower in her hand and holding it up to Doudou with a smile.
"Come and see Doudou, the dandelions are in bloom. The boss said the flowers can be used to make water for drinking."
Looking at Xiaoqian in front of him, Ye Shihan suddenly remembered the scene on the battlefield.
He waved his hand and motioned for her to sit down. Xiaoqian sat down next to Doudou timidly.
"Xiaoqian, do you miss grandpa?"
Xiaoqian nodded heavily, "Think about it. Before he left, grandpa said he would come back within a year at most. Now half a year has passed and he will be back soon."
Looking at this innocent face, Ye Shihan suddenly felt that it would be great if her memory never recovered. She only remembered that she was Zhuang Qian and she only had one grandfather.
However, will it actually turn out as expected? He is not sure.
I just hope that when she knows the truth in the future, she won't be troubled by those bad memories.
Ye Shihan left, but Su Muer didn't say anything. She didn't want to stop him, but just told him not to come back easily and not to cause trouble to Jitoushan. She believed that he was not a brainless person and would have the ability to do things well.
Proportionate.
The people on Jitou Mountain are still doing their own jobs, and life continues as usual, and they are doing a prosperous job.
But what she didn't expect was that the amount of the reward in the emperor's wanted order was really enviable, so someone had already decided to take the risk and leave after taking the reward.
This man is Nie Shuang, a beggar next to Biaozi. This man escaped from the military camp of the neighboring country Jinyang. Of course, his ambition is not just to be a beggar. As long as he gets this silver reward, he can become a rich man.
Party A's day of eating, drinking and having fun made him decide to get the reward.
In order to be sure, he did not report the matter to the local Luoyang government officials. Instead, he rode horseback to the capital to report the news.
So two days before Ye Shihan arrived in the capital, he met the princess who was guarding the rabbit in the palace.
The concubine sat in the main hall, looking at the people kneeling under the hall with a serious expression,
"You said you know the whereabouts of His Majesty the Seventh Prince and that witch?"
Nie Shuang raised his dirty and obscene face and nodded,
"I know, but as I said just now, I won't say anything until the concubine gives me the silver reward."
A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of the concubine's mouth,
"Humph, how do I know whether what you said is true or false? What if you lied to me?"
"No matter how courageous the ordinary people are, they will not dare to come to the capital to cheat under the nose of the concubine. If the concubine does not believe it, I have nothing to do. That person named Su Mu'er is good at breeding and farming. Now she is vigorously developing her own business, and
There are thousands of people around her listening to her orders. If the concubine doesn't take action in time, I'm afraid it will be too late to take action by the time her wings get strong."
His words surprised the concubine. Su Muer was indeed good at raising some animals and also liked farming. This was well confirmed when she was in Sujiazhuang.
After pondering for a moment, she frowned slightly,
"Okay, I will give you half of the silver reward first. After I find someone, I will give you the other half. I, a royal person, will not miss you this little silver reward, but I want to say it well. If you dare to lie,
I, I promise I won’t let you live another second.”
After hearing this, Nie Shuang clasped his fists without fear and said:
"If I lie to the Queen Mother, I am willing to sacrifice my head."
The concubine immediately ordered someone to take the banknote into his hand. Nie Shuang's hands were shaking with excitement. He had almost forgotten what the banknote looked like, let alone such a large denomination.
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him seriously,
"I got the banknote, can you tell me?"
Nie Shuang pondered for a moment. He was still afraid that the concubine would kill her if she found out the news, so he said again:
"Yes, but I have to take you there in person. When I get to the place and meet the person, I take the banknote and leave. From now on, we will not owe each other anything."
The concubine narrowed her eyes at him,
"Okay, you stay in the mansion first, and I will go into the palace immediately to interview the saint. You said there are thousands of people on the other side, so the emperor will have to send more people."
Nie Shuang raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "The Queen Mother must prepare at least five thousand people. She is on a mountain, and she is the head of the family. The mountain is hot and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack."
Hearing this, the concubine's face suddenly turned cold, and she slapped the table heavily,
"This woman really has witchcraft. In just half a year, she actually took the position of the head of the family. It seems that not destroying her is not enough to make Han'er give up."
Having said this, she hurried out the door.
When Ye Shihan returned to the palace, the concubine had not returned from the palace. He decided not to go to the palace to meet the emperor, but to wait for the concubine in the palace. The most important thing now was to negotiate with her, and the emperor would take care of it.
The concubine was shocked when she received the news that Ye Shihan had returned home. At this time, she was discussing with the emperor and the queen mother how to persuade Ye Shihan to return.
"Auntie Huang, you can rest assured now. Han'er is back. As long as you leave the others behind, everything will be fine."
The concubine shook her head in disapproval,
"Your Majesty, doesn't your Majesty think that Su Mu'er has a purpose for going up the mountain and taking the position of the head of the family? And I heard that she is farming to make money and has thousands of people under her command, including the beggars in Luoyang City.
, if such people are not eliminated, there is no guarantee that they will not do something harmful to the court and the people in the future."
The emperor did not care,
"Auntie Huang is worrying too much. How can she, a woman, turn the world upside down?"
The concubine's eyebrows suddenly tightened,
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that her brother Su Yuanmin died in a prison, and her mother also died because of this incident. If she bears the hatred of this matter to the Emperor, then..."
Her words stunned the emperor. After hearing this, the queen mother also echoed,
"Yes, that Su Mu'er is not a simple woman. She must have some ability to make a man with such insight and ideas like Han'er fall head over heels for her, even leaving your mother-in-law, your royal aunt, to elope with her.
of."
"Yes, there is also Doudou. After all, he is a bloodline of the Ye family, but now she has taken her to the mountains to become a bandit. This is going to make people laugh out loud. In my opinion, she did this on purpose."
The concubine and the queen mother exchanged words with each other, which made the emperor also fall into deep thought.
Finally, several people decided privately to send people to attack the mountain where Su Muer was located, in the name of being harmful to the people and the court as Su Muer's self-establishment on the mountaintop.
However, Ye Shihan must not let Ye Shihan know about this matter to prevent him from stopping it, and a trustworthy person must be sent out to not only annihilate Su Muer and his men in one fell swoop, but also to bring Doudou back safely.
In the end, it was decided that Xiao Mo would personally lead the troops into battle.
After arranging all this, the concubine hurried back to the mansion. She wanted to keep Ye Shihan in the mansion for at least three months, so as to give Xiao Mo enough time to eradicate the witch Su Muer.
When Ye Shihan saw the concubine coming back, although he had a grudge against her because she was not seriously ill, he still knelt down and saluted.
"Mother and concubine, good luck."
"You still know how to come back?"
The concubine looked at him with a cold expression, "Have you almost forgotten about this place?"
"I don't dare."
"Don't you dare? I think you dare to do anything. Why are you suddenly willing to come back? Are you coming back to see if the mother-in-law is dead?"
Hearing his mother's angry words, Ye Shihan explained,
"Why does the mother-in-law always use this kind of rhetoric to deceive her children? If she tells too many lies, no one will believe her."
How could the concubine tolerate her own son talking about her in such a crude and photographic manner?
She suddenly raised her hand and slammed the table,
"Bold, are you looking forward to the death of your mother-in-law? Are you disappointed to see that I am still alive?"
Seeing that the concubine was angry, Ye Shihan clasped his fists coldly and said:
"Mom, please calm down. I am just worried about my mother's safety. Please don't use your own body to make trouble in the future."
"Worried? If you were really worried about your mother and concubine, you wouldn't have gone to have a private meeting with that woman, nor would you have left your mother and concubine alone. To tell you the truth, I was indeed seriously ill some time ago and almost went to see her.
King of Hell, if I didn’t want to live to see you come back, I would have died eight hundred times a long time ago.”
At this point, her chest was heaving violently because she was angry.
After all, the person sitting in front of him was his mother-in-law, who had given birth to him in ten months of pregnancy. How could he bear to see her so angry?
Then, his voice softened.
"Please mother and concubine punish me for leaving without saying goodbye. I am willing to be punished."
The concubine breathed a long sigh of relief, and her voice softened as she thought of stalling for time and keeping him in the house.
"You are my son after all, how can I be willing to punish you? Get up."
Ye Shihan nodded and stood up, looking at her solemnly,
"Mother and concubine, my son is coming back this time. I have something to discuss with my mother and concubine."
When the concubine heard this, she quickly raised her hand and said, "Stop talking, I know what you want to say."
She got up, walked around the room for a while, and then stood still in front of the window.
"You want to come back and tell me that if you don't agree with you being with that Su Mu'er, you won't recognize me as your mother-in-law, right?"
"I don't dare."
He took a few steps forward, came to stand beside the concubine, and looked out the window at the big locust tree with her.
"If the mother and concubine want my son to be happy and have no regrets in this life, please stop preventing him from being with Su Mu'er. Otherwise, I would rather not marry for the rest of my life."