Return to the Qing Dynasty(64)

"Why?" Hong Xi looked at the white lanterns hanging outside. The entire mansion was busy for his funeral. He was in a trance and felt unreal. Looking at Amma who was sitting there, as steady as a rock, He knelt down and asked involuntarily.

Why? Why do you do this?

Prince Li looked at his son, "Don't you think you are wrong?"

Hongxi lowered his head slowly, with a bit of stubbornness, "My son is feeling wronged for Amma. All this is supposed to be..."

"Shut up!" When Prince Li said these two words, his voice was not loud, and his tone was even the same as usual, without causing any trouble. However, Hong Xi did not dare to disobey at all, and told him to shut up. He didn't dare to say another word.

The father and son knelt and sat down, but there was no movement in the room for a long time.

Prince Li took off the Buddhist beads from his wrist and played with them in his hand. Hong Xi knew that his mother liked to do this when she was upset. This action has not been seen often in recent years.

Seeing Ama like this, Hong Xi didn't know why, but his nose became sore, "Rather than live in such a humiliating and humiliating way, my son would rather die spectacularly. You have been trapped here for half your life..."

Prince Li suddenly raised his head, opened his eyes, and looked at his son, "A violent death? Do you think your Ama is a loser because she was imprisoned in Zhengjiazhuang? Instead of living like this, why not die cleanly?"

Hongxi didn't say anything and changed places. If he were to change places with Ama, if he had the ability, he would definitely fight to the death. If he didn't even have the ability, but wanted to die quickly, he wouldn't live in such a humiliating way. A country Your Majesty, you were so magnificent that day. It would be better to die in glory than to live in abjection.

Prince Li chuckled lightly and put the beads on his wrist again, "Let's talk today." I'm afraid we won't have such an opportunity in the future. He took a deep breath and tried not to cry. , "You have this idea... I also had it back then... What are you doing living? But can I die? No! I'm going to die, what will you, Huang Mafa, do? That would really kill him. "

Hong Xi glanced at his Ama complicatedly, "You don't hate him?"

Hate?

Hate it.

Prince Li sighed, "...But what should I hate? Hate being born as a prince?" He shook his head, "What is a prince? A prince is someone who succeeds the emperor and continues to sacrifice for this country..."

Hongxi doesn’t understand this truth.

Sacrifice for what? If there really are sacrifices everywhere, why do so many people want that dragon chair from ancient times to the present?

Hong Xi gritted his teeth and said: "So, the late emperor sacrificed Amma for the sake of the country? You are his biological son..."

"You are also my biological son." Prince Li added this sentence before he could finish.

Hong Xi looked at his Ama in astonishment: The late emperor sacrificed you for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji. Now you feel that what I did harmed Jiangshan Sheji, so you sacrificed your son. So, does your son have to die?

"Ama!" The man in his thirties finally shed tears, "My son doesn't understand...this country is not yours now..."

"So what?" Prince Li stood up for a moment, swayed and held the table steady, "The world is at peace, the people are healthy, and everything is prosperous and prosperous... Whoever wants to break it, whoever wants to hinder it, will be destroyed forever. sinner."

Hong Xi looked at his Ama in shock, and wanted to reach out to help him, but was ruthlessly brushed away, "Ama! Are you worth this? Are you worth it?"

does it worth?

Prince Li turned his back, and Hong Xi couldn't see his expression clearly. It took a long time before he heard his voice coming again. This voice was firm and persistent, and he only replied with two words: "It's worth it!"

The fourth master stood outside the door and did not go in again. He gave Su Peisheng a few instructions, left him behind, and turned back.

Su Peisheng didn't dare to sit so close to listen. He stood a few meters away from the door and waited for half the night. He didn't take the opportunity to call someone to report it until tea was asked for inside.

Prince Li sighed, glanced at Hong Xi who was kneeling on the ground and didn't move, and asked someone to wipe his face with a hot handkerchief. He didn't ask any extra questions, and just asked Su Peisheng to come in.

After receiving the gift, Su Peisheng conveyed the fourth master's words: "... Ninth Master's merchant ship will go to sea in ten days... It won't be a problem to bring thirty or fifty more people..."

Bring thirty or fifty more people?

Prince Li immediately understood that this was to ask Hong Xi to go to sea. His nose was sore, and this arrangement was certainly much better than being trapped in Zhuangzi. Only those who have lost their freedom understand how happy it is to have a broad sea and sky.

Fourth child, fourth child...

He stood up and wanted to thank him. Su Peisheng supported him, then looked at Hong Xi aside, bowed and said, "Brother, Long Live I have something to leave you."

Hong Xi raised his head in astonishment and left a message for himself? He kowtowed and put his forehead on the ground, quietly waiting for reprimand.

"A good man will not live in a separate family, and a good woman will not wear her wedding clothes." Su Peisheng said in the tone of the fourth master, "If you are really capable, you can also achieve some earth-shattering achievements outside..." After that, he started from He took out a roll of something from his body, turned around and handed it to Prince Li, and then withdrew.

Prince Li opened the thing in his hand, and a sea map unfolded. The scattered islands and the area of ​​the islands were marked on it.

"This..." Hong Xi stood up and looked at this thing and looked at his Ama in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Prince Li's hand was caressing the sea area, his expression was more serious than ever before, and he turned his face and asked Hongxi, "...Do you have such a big heart?"

Hong Xi lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Prince Li scolded him again, "Look up and look back at me. Do you have this ambition? Do you have the courage to live in a different place? Do you have such courage?"

Everyone can see the emergence of warships, ocean trade, and the role of the sea. But in this case, you still dare to release such a disloyal person. Ask yourself: Do you dare?

Don't dare!

People like this won't be able to sleep at night until they die.

Prince Li looked at Hong Xi, "Are you convinced now? Do you still feel aggrieved that you failed to inherit the country from me?"

Hongxi's face turned red, "Son... you're wrong!"

He knelt down with a thud, "My son is wrong!"

This was the first time tonight that he said he was wrong.

Maybe he knows that he is wrong, maybe this feeling is only temporary, but it doesn't matter. One day he will understand. If he really knows that he is wrong and changes it, he may be able to achieve success outside. If he still knows that he is wrong and should not, no If he knows what is most important, then his achievements will be limited. He is also thirty years old. Having done such a thing and having such an ending is already the best.

"Is this a kind of betrothal?" Lin Yutong asked the fourth master, who was leaning on the side and flipping through a book, while patting the child to sleep.

Fourth Master raised his eyebrows and nodded at Lin Yutong, "If it's a good thing, it's a good thing. Why do you feel so uncomfortable when I ask you to say this?"

Is that what it was? In the past, the places where prisoners were assigned were no longer the same places. They were all good places.

Nowadays, many islands are actually empty and no one goes there at all.

But there are some places here that have strategic value. Someone has to go there.

So the fourth master generously arranged for Hongxi to go there. No matter how big the islands are, no matter from what aspect, they cannot do without supplies from the rear. Such a place needs to be built from scratch. , it is difficult to be self-sufficient, and I don’t have that much energy to do anything else. After thirty years, all ambitions have been worn away.

Moreover, his parents, son and daughter are all in the capital, so he is not that worried and won't get into trouble.

The conditions outside are like that. The wife can be taken away, but the prince will never ask for the child to be taken away. The conditions are too difficult and the child cannot bear it.

Hong Xi's departure was handled by Lao Jiu himself.

After sending the people away, Lao Jiu entered the garden, sat opposite the fourth master, and sighed, "Hong Xi asked me to pass on something to Master Long Live..."

The Fourth Master put down the memorial in his hand and gave a faint 'hmm'.

Master Jiu licked his lips, "Hong Xi told me something..." He stretched out his hand and made a 'twelve' sign, "... He said it's best not to move this person for the time being, as he is deeply involved with many forces... "

Fourth Master turned around and took out the book from the shelf behind him and handed it to Lao Jiu, "Look..."

Master Jiu opened it and took a look, then closed it immediately. It turned out that Thirteen had already investigated everything clearly, "Then I will resign..."

Things have been bad recently, and he doesn't dare to joke casually.

He was originally going to check accounts with the queen, but as soon as he came out, he heard the cry of a child, and he stopped walking altogether.

Twelve, twelve, I don’t know what else to think about.

What can you do if you are deeply involved with those monsters and monsters?

"If you don't move him... do you want to follow the clues from him and pull out these forces from their roots?" Lin Yutong took the time to ask Fourth Master.

What else?

Lin Yutong whispered: "Actually, I am mainly afraid that he has real drawings in his hands."

There should be.

Fourth Master chuckled lightly, "Don't worry, unless he uses it himself... He is not Hong Xi, he is too eager for quick success..."

"It's not that you're eager for quick success, it's that you're stupid!" Sitting in the study, Twelve raised his hand to brush down the tea cup.

A "clang" sound startled Twelve Fujin at the door.

What's going on here?

She pushed the door open and went in, "Who are you talking to..." As she was talking, she was stunned and saw that there was no one in the study. There was a young man sitting opposite her husband. He looked a little unfamiliar and didn't look like someone he had seen before. Look.

Twelve frowned, first glanced at the young man, feeling a little uncomfortable, then turned to Fujin and said, "Why are you in?"

My father has nothing to do, so why not come in?

Twelve Fujin took the tray from the girl behind him, "I haven't eaten two meals, how can I do this? It's such a big deal, it's not important to eat."

Master Twelve waved his hand, "We'll eat later. Didn't you see any guests? Let's go out first."

Twelve Fujin has a good temper, but there is also a bit of displeasure on his face. If he speaks like this in front of outsiders, who do he think he is?

But looking at the broken tea cup on the ground, thinking that something bad might have happened to him, he suppressed his temper and didn't say much. He just put the tray down and turned around and walked out without saying anything.

The young man stood up, bowed his head and took two steps back to show respect.

Twelve Fujin took a few glances at this young man. He was wearing a lake green robe, and he didn't take off his hat even when it was not too cold in the house. He was not too tall, and was not much different from himself wearing a flower pot bottom.

Lowering her head slightly, she could see at a glance the back of his neck, which was long, fair, and gracefully curved. She couldn't help but mutter in her heart, why did the young man look so awkward with such a long neck.

With this interruption, the anger in my heart also disappeared.

The girl next to her was smart and knew that her master was unhappy, so she teased her with her, "...I don't know whose young master it is, he looks more lively than the older girl..."

Twelve Fujin chuckled and cursed "promoting narrowness".
To be continued...