Huo Shengnan said: "Isn't it a long journey? Can his body bear it?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "The situation forces us to make this trip. There is a grain shortage in Dakang, and Dayong has threatened the surrounding countries not to do grain transactions with Dakang. If this continues, even if there is no need to use a single soldier, Dakang will never do anything."
It just fell apart internally.”
Huo Shengnan said: "The emperor has always wanted to send his troops south to unify the Central Plains. It seems that his opportunity has finally arrived." The emperor she spoke of was naturally Xue Shengkang, the monarch of Dayong.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Are you a little regretful? If it weren't for the accident, maybe it was you who led the army south to conquer."
Huo Shengnan shook his head and said: "Those of us who are courtiers are just tools to satisfy the ambitions of those in power. After this incident, I have seen through everything. From now on..." She bit her lips and suddenly looked a little shy.
Said: "I will stand on your side from now on, and only on your side."
Hu Xiaotian felt his heart heat up after hearing this. He wished he could hold Huo Shengnan in his arms right now and love him. They said it was the passage to a woman's heart. Now it seems that it is indeed the case. Ever since he fell in love with General Huo one night,
After that, there was no longer any barrier between the two, and Huo Shengnan put all his heart into himself.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Actually, I just want to live well. I thought it was easy in the past, but now it seems that living is not that easy. There are always people who want to control your destiny."
Huo Shengnan couldn't help but think of herself because of Hu Xiaotian's words. In the past, she only wanted to be loyal to Dayong, resist the Northern Black Hu, and protect the people from the Hu people. However, she never expected that she would inevitably become a victim of palace politics in the end, even if she was herself.
Yu Chichong, the adoptive father of Yu Chichong, made great contributions to Dayong, but was still ignored by the emperor in the end. He wanted to control his own destiny. It is easier said than done, so Huo Shengnan said: "What are you going to do?"
"I have some ideas, but I'm just not mature enough yet." Hu Xiaotian was about to tell Huo Shengnan what he had in mind, but he heard Hoover's surprise announcement from outside: "Master, Madam is back. Madam is back."
Hu Xiaotian was also overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't expect Qiqi to release my mother so quickly. It seemed that going to find her had some effect. Hu Xiaotian and Huo Shengnan went out together, but they saw Xu Fengyi standing there.
Accompanied by the famous maid and woman, Hu Xiaotian has already entered the second door. Hu Xiaotian hurriedly stepped forward: "Mom! You are back. Your unfilial son has made you suffer all the time." He knelt down and wanted to kneel down, but Xu Fengyi held him back.
He smiled and said, "Okay, okay. As long as Mom knows that you are filial, you don't need to do this big gift."
Huo Shengnan stood next to Hu Xiaotian, and was about to go over to see the gift, but Xu Fengyi smiled at her and said, "Feihong is here too."
"Hello, aunt, my nephew salutes you." Huo Shengnan always felt that Xu Fengyi's smile was full of meaning, giving the illusion that her identity had been revealed, and he felt a little shy in his heart.
Xu Fengyi said: "Okay, everything is waived. Let's talk about it after we go in."
Huo Shengnan said: "My nephew has other things to do, so I won't stop 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, he has cleaned up everything here and rearranged everything according to the old layout. But his father has never been willing to come back and insists on living in Shuijing'er Hutong.
This is the first time I have returned to my home in Shangshu Mansion since I came back from Jinling.
Xu Fengyi saw that everything in front of her was almost exactly the same as before her home was ransacked, and she had mixed feelings in her heart. Her eye circles could not help but turn red, and she murmured: "Xiaotian, you actually found all the things in our house." Let's go.
When I entered the landscape painting hanging on the wall and took a look, I realized that although the painting was almost exactly the same, I could still tell that it was a fake if I looked carefully. Not only this painting, but also many of the furnishings in the room were just similar in appearance.
, is not the original object. Xu Fengyi sighed and said: "After all, what is lost is already lost and can never be found again."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Mom, don't worry, the things that were confiscated from our house will be recovered in large quantities. As long as I let the kid find out who embezzled the things from our house, I will make him spit it out twice as much."
Xu Fengyi smiled calmly and said: "Why be so extreme? Anyway, nothing precious was lost. If you can't find it, you 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 him and said, "Sit down too."
Hu Xiaotian came to sit next to his mother and whispered: "How is my father?"
Xu Fengyi said: "He is fine. Although Princess Yongyang asked people to take us away, she did not wrong us. The purpose of letting me come back early this time is to reassure you. I think she is pretty good to you."
Hu Xiaotian said: "This little girl doesn't have many friends around her. If she offends even me, does she, the Yongyang King, want to become a loner?"
Xu Fengyi whispered: "I think Princess Yongyang may not treat you as an ordinary friend. Is she interested in my son?"
Hu Xiaotian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
Seeing him laughing, Xu Fengyi spat: "Why are you laughing? Did I say something wrong?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Mom, this is what we and I said in private. If it gets out, it will definitely make people laugh. How old is Princess Yongyang this year? For a little girl who is not yet an adult, don't think so much of her.
It’s complicated, so that people won’t say that I’m being sentimental or that you, the old man, only want to climb the ranks of the royal family.”
Xu Fengyi said: "Now it's not that our Hu family wants to climb up the royal family, but that the royal family wants to get close to our Hu family and wants our Hu family to be loyal to them and work hard for them."
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Mom, don't think too much. He is the king and we are ministers. It is our duty to serve the royal family and work hard. There is no need for others to get close to us."
Xu Fengyi said: "Like your father, you hide everything from me, thinking that I am just a woman who doesn't understand anything. Although my mother has no knowledge, your father and I have been married for so many years. What is he thinking? How much do I think?"
You can still tell a little bit, you are my son, I have raised you since you were a child, and you cannot hide what you have in mind from my eyes."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Mom, I don't dare to hide anything from you, and neither will my father."
Xu Fengyi said: "What is written in the letter I brought when I came back from Jinling this time?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "My child doesn't know either. You should ask my father about the content of that letter."
Xu Fengyi said: "I can guess even if you don't tell me, your grandma must have refused the court's request to borrow food on the surface, but secretly pointed out the direction for them. That's why Princess Yongyang made a show of putting you and me together."
Dad was taken away from home. Although you two didn’t say anything, there are some things that cannot be hidden after all. Princess Yongyang has already explained to me that she wants your dad to lead a fleet to Luosong for the sake of
Dakang is looking for food sources, and if I guessed correctly, this trade route should have been specified by your grandmother in the letter."
Hu Xiaotian didn't expect that Qiqi would actually tell his mother all these things, but then he thought about it. Sooner or later, my mother would know about his father's going to sea. He sighed and said: "Mom, I won't lie to you. The reason why I didn't follow him in the first place
You tell the truth because I don’t want you to worry. My father also had the same consideration. Grandma did leave a nautical chart in the letter."
Xu Fengyi sighed sadly and said: "I knew she shouldn't just sit back and ignore our Hu family. There must be unspeakable reasons why she behaved so heartlessly."
Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "She also needs to take into account the interests of the entire Xu family. The Xu family's business is spread all over the world. If she dares to blatantly help the court, I am afraid that within a few days, the Xu family's business all over the Central Plains will be fatally affected."
Strike.”
Xu Fengyi said: "So she came up with this method to ease the relationship with the court?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Even if the Xu family is the richest in the world, in the final analysis, they are just a businessman. In the face of many forces, they can only protect their own interests by being cautious. It is not easy for grandma to do this. Think about it, she is not
You are the only daughter, so you cannot push the other children of the Xu family into the abyss just to help us."
Xu Fengyi knew that everything her son said was true, but she still felt a little sad when she thought about her husband's upcoming trip to Luosong to seek food sources. She whispered: "She can use other methods. There is no need for your father to go all the way to Luosong."
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Hu Xiaotian said: "Mom, actually I wanted to take this trip at the beginning, but the court is wary of me and our Hu family, and they will definitely not let me go easily." In fact, Hu Xiaotian understood that he would not let himself go on this trip.
The real reason for the trip was that Qiqi wanted to keep him in Kangdu to work for her. In fact, it didn't matter to the court whether Hu Xiaotian left or not. What the old emperor cared about was the result, and he didn't care about him and him at all.
Father, who is responsible for this hard work?
Xu Fengyi nodded.
Hu Xiaotian added: "My father and I discussed it and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to let my father and mother go overseas together. If we can successfully find food sources this time, then my father will have made a great contribution, and the court will naturally
I will not embarrass us. If this trip to Luosong does not go smoothly, you can avoid trouble overseas, and after I get the news, I will also be able to escape from Dakang. But the court should have seen through my intention, so they do not agree with my mother accompanying my father.
Let's go together, and I will keep you in Kangdu as a pledge."
Xu Fengyi said: "Actually, even if they agree to let me go, I won't go. How can I rest assured if I leave you here alone?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Mom, do you still treat me as a child? The child is already an adult."
Xu Fengyi said: "Even if you are seventy or eighty years old, you are still just a child in the eyes of your mother, not to mention that you have not yet married and established a career. There is something you need to tell me honestly. Is Huang Feihong a girl?" (To be continued.)
