Chapter 401

Huo Qijun changed his posture and leaned back on the chair. He was quite puzzled and asked Huo Zheng, "this boy looked very popular when he was a child. How did he grow up and become this virtue?"

Huo Zheng smiled: "my father is worried. My second brother... He is now the pillar of Dasheng and has lived up to the expectations of my father and mother."

But in my heart, my father really wears colored glasses. This boy has been annoying since he was a child!

"I have to worry about it when I'm so old. It's better to be a girl. It's like wanwan. People like it!" the supreme emperor sincerely lamented that his son is not as clever and sensible as his daughter.

Huo Zheng nodded: it's true. Sister Anle is really naive and lovely. She's better than Huo Yan. It's better to have a daughter. It's a pity that his concubines in the harem gave birth to one son at a time. The bastard gave birth to three or four. He hasn't looked forward to the shadow of a princess for four or five years.

It's sad to think about it.

Huo Yan walked slowly on the only way to Kunning palace. In fact, he didn't think about how to meet his mother. He hasn't seen her since xueluo died three years ago.

Maybe the empress mother is not the culprit who killed xueluo, but if she wasn't to please her, xueluo wouldn't enter the palace at all, nor would she be burned to death in the star picking building.

The reason for the fire was that Huo Zheng's concubines were dissatisfied and wanted to set fire to the most beloved concubine Zhao Guifei. The star picking building is thousands of feet high, and the exit is very narrow. Those damn slaves only care to save those high-level concubines. His snow rose is dressed in green dress with light makeup, but he is regarded as the bottom concubines without grade. The dog slaves not only didn't save her, but even trampled on her.

How helpless should xueluo be when she falls in the fire and can't breathe? Often think of these, his already hard as iron heart will still ache in bursts.

Because of his anger, all the palace people related to this matter were killed. At the beginning, Zhao Guifei, who was the most popular, was almost buried with Wen xueluo. If she was not found to be innocent and her father Zhao Cifu tried to plead for mercy, she could barely save her life. Although his life was saved, he was sent to the cold palace and never saw the sky again.

He always suspected that this matter was not as simple as it seemed, but he did not gain much after he tortured the people involved one by one. Even he gradually wondered whether God could not see his love with xueluo, so he deliberately created the accident?

How cruel God treats him!

Seeing the tall and straight figure striding into the hall door, empress Shen couldn't help showing a happy color on her face. She quickly ordered someone to get the dessert cake bait that King Wei loved to eat before. Huo Yan behaved like his mother. Please salute. After sitting down, the mother and son were silent for a moment.

When she gave birth to her second son, Shen Qingru was not in good health, so Huo Yan gave it to the nanny. At that time, Huo Zheng was only four or five years old. He broke his leg because of mischief. He lay in bed every day asking for his mother. The eldest daughter was small at that time. Shen Qingru was really separated and lack of skills, so his heart on the second son was a little shallow.

Now I think, the reason why Huo Yan developed such a silent temperament is more or less related to his negligence in his youth. Shen Qingru also reflected on himself. Huo Zheng is the eldest son, and his first child has attracted more attention from his parents. Anle is a young girl. In addition, she has been weak since childhood, so she has become more delicate. Their husband and wife do prefer their eldest son and young daughter, but Yan'er is also their own son. Is there any reason not to love?

She watched Yan'er grow into a graceful young man and gradually become the most talented General of the Empire. She was not unhappy when her husband proudly praised her second son "Yingguo me". Only when she realized Yan'er's ambition, Shen Qingru was afraid.

She hopes that her two sons will step by step. One will become the crown prince of the Empire and the other will be a virtuous king to assist the next emperor. It's really not good to be a rich, noble and idle prince. Ke Yaner's excellence has affected Zheng er's status. She can't sit idly by.

So she acquiesced in Huo Qijun's disposal of her son and exiled Yan'er far away, so as to save the two children at the same time.

Yan'er silently took over the edict that demoted him to Donglai. When thanking, the fundus of his eyes was red. Shen Qingru hiding behind the screen felt his heart breaking.

Yan'er never came into the palace again. Before leaving, she couldn't help but sneak out of the palace to see him. Yan'er mechanically listened to her instructions and thanked like a lifeless puppet. Finally, she asked him what else he needed. Huo Yan slowly raised his head and smiled and asked her, "empress mother, it's also your child. Just because I was born a few years later than my royal brother, am I destined to kneel at his feet forever?"

Shen Qingru's face turned pale in an instant. Huo Yan's question made her bleary for a moment. The child really resented her eccentricity.

But she couldn't help but do so. Zhenger's position as a prince has long been set and can't be changed again. Shen Qingru knows exactly what happens to the abandoned princes of all dynasties. She will never let ZHENG'ER go this way!

Even if Yan'er will be kind to his brother in the future, how can ZHENG'ER deal with himself? Although he is not as literate and martial as his brother, he is also a gentle and kind-hearted child and a qualified prince. Is it just because my brother is so excellent that he will abolish the position of Prince of Zhenger?

She answered him firmly: "yes, I will never allow anything to threaten ZHENG'ER."

Children, when you are a parent, you will understand the heart of parents. All parents in the world want their children to be successful, but compared with their children's safety and health, success or failure is not so important. You and ZHENG'ER have been born in the top rich royal family. Rather than seeing your progress and ambition, your parents prefer to see you be a virtuous king in peace and hope that your brothers are safe and healthy.

So parents can only send you far away, because in our eyes, this is the only way to protect your brothers.

But the fire three years ago once again pushed their mother child relationship to a precarious point. Although Shen Qingru doesn't like the girl surnamed Wen, he never wants to kill her. The palace people involved in the fire were interrogated and found nothing else suspicious.

Huo Yan listened numbly to Shen Qingru's comfort and slowly looked up at her: "empress mother, why don't you even leave her to me?"

Shen Qing is like a heart falling into an ice cellar. Yan'er is doubting her! I doubt she did it to Wen xueluo!

Since then, he has never returned to the capital. His mother and son have not seen each other for three years.

Huo Yanduan sat on the chair, twisted a sweet scented osmanthus lotus root powder cake and chewed it in his mouth. In fact, he doesn't like these sweets very much, but it's strange to just sit here. He had to plan to eat this cake and get up and leave.

"Yan'er, I heard you took a concubine?" Shen Hou asked her son with a smile. Her face showed some caution. She was not sad that the mother and son were born to this extent.

Huo Yan said "um" and didn't seem to intend to say more to her on this issue.

Shen Hou looked at him lovingly. His son sat obediently with his eyes down, and there was a little cake crumb on the corner of his mouth. She smiled and took out a silk brocade to wipe his face.

But before she handed over her handkerchief, Huo Yan stood up and saluted her in good order: "don't disturb the rest of the mother, and the children's ministers will leave first."

Shen Hou was slightly stunned. Seeing her son leave without looking back, she subconsciously called, "Yan'er!"

Huo Yan stood still and looked back slowly. There was no half temperature in his eyes: "what else does the empress mother have to say?"

The heart cooled down bit by bit. Empress Shen stared at the handsome and cold looking young man in front of her. She squeezed out a smile from the corners of her mouth: "when will you bring your concubine's room to show her."

Huo Yan answered without expression. Empress Shen subconsciously said, "if you like it, give her a name. “

At the beginning, Yan'er insisted that the girl surnamed Wen be princess Wei, but she firmly opposed it, which hurt her son's heart. She really didn't like the girl, not only because of her common female background, but also because she saw the burning ambition in each other's eyes.

If Wen's daughter became Yan'er's imperial concubine, she would certainly double incite him to have a relationship with ZHENG'ER. Her eyes clearly showed that she was restless, so empress Shen resolutely refused to let go.

Unexpectedly, the death of Wen's daughter has created a deep gap between herself and Yan'er, and the gap is getting deeper and deeper.

So Shen Qingru very much hopes that a woman can draw Yan'er's heart, at least let him stop thinking about the dead Wen's daughter. The appearance of this woman is just right. Yan'er must like her a bit since she is willing to bring her back. Even if she is a girl of a small family, she is born in vain, so it's not too much to give her a title.

Huo Yan couldn't guess what queen Shen was thinking. He just wanted him to forget xueluo and the old things three years ago and continue to play the role of mother, kindness and filial piety with her.

Is it true that all parents in the world are so eccentric that they verbally refuse to admit it. They clearly hate the child, but still like to perform a drama of mother's kindness and son's filial piety?

It's really hypocritical. Huo Yan lifted a sarcastic smile on his lips, slowly turned his head and stared straight at Queen Shen: "empress mother, I'm afraid you forgot what you said three years ago."

You say xueluo is "the daughter of excellence, born in a humble family". It's not enough to be a princess. Although xueluo is a concubine, she is also a lady of the government.

Lin Yao is a girl from a civilian family. In terms of birth, he is far inferior to Xue Luo.

Why did you refuse to let go three years ago and promise three years later?

Because you know xueluo is my favorite woman. You don't want to see me have even the slightest joy. In your heart, I shouldn't covet the throne or have my favorite woman.

So why did you give birth to me?

Empress Shen stared at her son who left laughing. The tall and straight figure quickly walked out of the Kunning palace and gradually disappeared between the corridor columns in the distance until it disappeared again.

Her tears slowly fell down.