The old man walked to the pavilion in the garden with his hands behind his back.
The cold wind blows by, and the freshly bloomed buds on the wintersweet branches sway with the wind, adding a touch of greenery in the winter.
The two masters and servants have been together for a lifetime, and the old man's habits have become Pu Bucheng's instinct. As soon as the old man bent down, he laid out a fox-skin mat, and when the old man sat firmly, he quickly covered the old man's knees with a layer of Western Regions.
A blanket and a copper stove to warm your hands.
"As the saying goes, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings!" The old man looked at the buds on the branches and said slowly, "But at our age, it is really our children and grandchildren who cannot let go."
"We have told them a long time ago that our Zhu family is the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. Brothers, nephews and nephews are not only close relatives of flesh and blood, but they are also insurmountable monarchs and ministers. Ordinary people have disputes between brothers and may not interact with each other for decades, but between monarchs and ministers
Time will kill people!"
"Now it seems that they turned a deaf ear to my words. They have grown up and have strong wings, and they think they can do it. But in the end, they are all full of shit, and they ask their father, me, to wipe it for them!"
"But how long can we wipe it? Xinjun will let us do it once, and let us do it twice. If we wipe it too much, Xinjun will hate them in his heart. The more we protect them now, the more Xinjun will deal with them in the future
The more powerful it is!”
"Hey, they don't understand this. Some of them were talking privately at the beginning, saying that the boss is our biological son, and we don't care about the others. Lao Pu, tell me, if we don't treat them as sons
, will it be enfeoffed?"
"Oh, they think that we value Biao'er and Dasun because we are neglecting them. Damn, all our hard work has been in vain. If we pamper them everywhere, what will Biao'er and Dasun think? Do you think about it in the future?
Pimple. With Pimple, will they have a good life in the future?"
At this point, the old man sighed heavily, took the hot tea from Pu Bucheng, and took a casual sip.
"Hey, besides, they don't show off any of their virtues. We're not partial to them, they are all so capable. If they were partial, they wouldn't even regard me as the King of Heaven."
"It's just like Lao Wu this time. He has always been one of our brothers since they were young. He is always doing one thing on the outside and another behind the scenes. We know it in our hearts and don't point it out. Biao'er also understood it at the beginning and didn't point it out. But he doesn't even look at who he is now.
Head?"
"That kid, Da Sun, if he wasn't so angry, would he be able to do such a heavy trick?" As he spoke, the old man lowered his head and blew the tea leaves floating on the tea cup, "Hey, once this hole is opened, hum,
Their miserable days are ahead!"
Pu Bucheng took the charcoal basin from the hand of the little eunuch beside him, carefully placed it under the old man's feet, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to say so many words, the emperor thinks this time is just to scare the fifth master, and wait for him to feel angry."
If it goes away, Master Wu will be fine!"
"Ha!" the old man sneered, "We know our own nature!" He said with a long sigh, "Hey, I got my feet wet all by myself, no one else can blame me!"
Then he looked at Pu Bucheng and said, "Tell Fengyang, don't make it difficult for Lao Wu!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
At this moment, a group of palace maids came slowly not far away, surrounded by a woman in palace clothes.
Pu Bucheng stood on tiptoe, looked up and smiled, "Old man, Concubine Hui is here!"
After the words fell, the person was approaching, and Concubine Guo Hui's laughter came, "I have seen the emperor!"
"Why are you here?" The old man sat without moving, his eyes wandering around Guo Huifei.
Guo Huifei is also in her fifties, but she is well-maintained and now looks like she is only in her early thirties. Today she is wearing pomegranate-colored clothes, which makes her face look young and pretty.
"Look what you said, why can't I come?" Concubine Guo Hui smiled and took a box from the palace attendant behind her. "I just steamed some chestnut cakes. I know you like to eat this soft bite, so I gave it to you while it was hot.
You deliver it!”
"Hey, having too many sons makes me sad, but my own ladies know how to love others and care about us!" The old man smiled.
Concubine Guo Hui put the box of chestnut cakes on the stone table and said with a smile, "You are right. When your son grows up, he is the head of someone else's family. No matter how great the kindness of upbringing is, he cannot be relied on. Don't worry about it too much.
It’s annoying, you talk too much, people get tired of it.”
The old man was eating chestnut cake, thinking about it and smiling, "You're right, we still have to live as an old couple, knowing how cold it is and how hot it is."
Hearing this, Concubine Guo Hui didn't say anything, but just sat down next to the old man.
Then, as if there was no one else around, he leaned his head on the old man's shoulder. The two of them admired the wintersweet trees that were about to bloom in the garden.
After an unknown amount of time, the old man smiled and asked, "Did the Emperor ask you to come?"
"Well, I asked my concubine to coax you!" Guo Huifei said with a smile, "If you are in a bad mood, someone will accompany you to persuade you!"
The old man smiled and said nothing. He took Guo Huifei's hand and rubbed it on her leg. He still looked at the wintersweet, "What a wonderful day it is!"
Guo Huifei didn't respond and squeezed the old man's hand tightly.
In the distance, suddenly a child's voice broke the tranquility.
"Old Ancestor!" Liu Jin swung his legs and ran towards this direction, followed by a group of eunuchs who trotted nervously behind him.
Plop, because I was running fast, I tripped under my feet and a dog ate shit.
He even weighed six pounds and didn't cry. After he got up, he ran faster. "Ancestor, please save your grandson. My mother has sent someone to capture my grandson so he can study!"
"Haha!" The old man laughed heartily.
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"Drive! Drive!"
A group of cavalry rushed out of the city gate at lightning speed.
"Oh my god, where are the troops? Something has happened, it's so urgent!"
The soldiers guarding the city stared at the cavalry in stunned silence, and they rushed out of the city gate as if charging.
"Anyway, it's not a small matter!" the manager at the city gate said, holding his shoulders. "The leader is Cao Guogong, followed by General Dingyuan, Deputy General Sheng Yongsheng."
"Ah?" The soldiers guarding the gate immediately surrounded the general, and their ears were perked up, waiting for the next step.
"In my opinion, it's almost a war if it's not a war!" said the boss, "The military situation must be extremely urgent. Look at Cao Guogong's horseshoes, and sparks are flying out of them!"
"What kind of war are we going to fight now that the New Year is here?" some soldiers muttered.
Pa, he slapped the commander on the soldier's helmet, laughed and cursed, "The war has nothing to do with you, we are the defenders, there is no need for us!"
"It's better if you don't need it!" Another soldier said with a smile, "We can just live with the military pay that is just enough every month. If we really want to go out to fight, his grandma won the war as an official.
Get promoted and make a fortune. If you lose the battle, your mother will die outside."
"Drive! Drive!"
In the distance, the cries of the cavalrymen desperately beating their horses could still be heard clearly.
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"Shengyong!"
Li Jinglong shouted from his horse.
"The humble position is here!"
"You take three fast horses each and rush to the Central Plains day and night." Li Jinglong said loudly, "I have told you what to do. If anything goes wrong in the slightest, you will not come back!"