Lanling covered the moon

Chapter 222

"Your Highness... Your Highness is away on business. The Prince of Hejian just came back to Yecheng? Is there something urgent?" Cuiniang looked a little embarrassed, she couldn't say that Chang Gong had gone out to find Murong Chong.Since moving away from the Gao Mansion, this place has been very alienated from the family, these days the prince of Hejian is not in Yecheng, so Cui Niang doesn't know where to start talking about many things.

"My lord, it's freezing cold, why don't you go inside with the old man and drink some hot wine to warm up your body. I haven't seen your Highness for a long time, so I finally came here..." Cui Niang wanted to invite Xiao Wan Let's go into details.

"No, I still have something urgent to go back to Gaofu to visit my mother. I thought I haven't seen Chang Gong for a long time, so I came here to have a look... Chang Gong is fine, so I can rest assured." Gao Xiaowan's eyes were full of disappointment, after thinking about it, he still didn't step into the Lanling Palace, "Cui Niang, if someone asks you in the future, you have the right to pretend that I have never been here today. Neither have you." met me."

"This... The old man who the lord ordered me to remember. Did the lord come here before he returned to Gao Mansion?" Cuiniang felt that His Highness Xiaowan had something on her mind, and there was a serious concern hidden between her brows.He felt that His Highness had lost weight this time when he returned to Yecheng, and his expression was not as cheerful as before.When Cui Niang met Prince Xiao Wan, the prince and Chang Gong were the same age, they were only seven or eight years old children, they smiled heartily and raised their heads high. Although they didn't get along well with His Highness Chang Gong at first, the two children Gradually, Prince Hejian became the elder brother who loves Chang Gong the most in the entire Gao family.

Seeing the back of Gao Xiaowan turning and leaving alone, Cui Niang always felt a little restless, taking advantage of the darkness, she chased after a few steps, raised the curtain of the carriage and said to the Prince Hejian inside: "Your Majesty, why don't I go and take Chang Gong out of here?" Your Highness, will you come back? He should not be far from Ye City..."

"No, it's best for Chang Gong to be outside. Cui Niang, have you remembered what I just told you?" Gao Xiaowan's expression today is really different from usual. What a huge wave.

"Well, I remember." Cui Niang could only nod her head, put down the curtain of the carriage door and stepped aside.

In the night, the carriage left, heading towards Gao's mansion.Cuiniang felt that she was probably getting old, and there was a sense of uneasiness and ominousness in her eyes when she saw Xiao Wan blending into the night.

On the carriage, Gao Xiaowan's gaze seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, which was more severe than the cold weather that made passers-by tremble.

It's good that Chang Gong isn't here. . . . . .

Taking advantage of his absence in Yecheng, he changed the world so that he would no longer have to grovel and flatter him when he returned to Yecheng in the future.This is what his third brother risked his life to do for him.He didn't know better, he didn't know, even if the matter failed, Chang Gong would not be implicated.

Gao Xiaowan shook his fist, and now, he can't help himself anymore.

Gao Xiaowan has been in the area of ​​Laizhou for the past few months, thinking that the imperial court purchased mineral materials, but secretly forged a lot of weapons and armor with Gao Li, Li Zuxun and others.In addition, Li Zuxun, the king of Danyang, came forward to recruit coolies to mine mountains in the name of recruiting coolies in the Shandong area, but in fact he was recruiting his subordinates.Everything is ready and only owed to Dongfeng, Gao Xiaowan entered Yecheng this time, intending to take advantage of his mother's Yuanshi's [-]th birthday to take her out of Yecheng to avoid the danger of the uprising, so that he would not have to worry about the future.

In Gaofu, the red lanterns outside the gate seemed unable to withstand the coldness in Yecheng, and the weak flames were blown by the wind and chirped.

Xiao Wan dismounted, and when a servant opened the door and saw that his master had returned, he was overjoyed, so he turned around and ordered other servants to go inside to inform the mistress.

"Hey, don't disturb my lord mother, I'll go and pay my respects on my own." Gao Xiaowan called the boy to stop and asked someone to lead the carriage in.He didn't know to meet anyone before he came back this time, and he didn't want to make too much noise in this lonely cold night.

"Yes..." The servant nodded in response, and only carried a lantern to guide the prince, saying that the mistress was chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall tonight and hadn't rested yet.

The wooden fish came out from the Buddhist hall.Gao Xiaowan asked the servant to leave the lantern outside, and knocked lightly on the door herself.

"Who is it?" Mother Yuanshi's voice was cold, without any waves.Perhaps, in the days when there is no husband or son to accompany her, the mother is alone, like an old tree withered.

"Mother, it's me, Xiaowan." Gao Xiaowan replied softly outside the door.

The sound of chanting inside stopped abruptly, like a string of Buddhist beads falling to the ground, and then the door of the Buddhist hall was suddenly pulled open from the inside.Seeing the return of his son whom he had been looking forward to day and night, Yuanshi burst into tears with joy.

The hand slowly climbed up Aiko's cheek, thinner and darker.Seeing the frost on Xiao Wan's shoulders, Yuan Shi hastily dragged her son into the house distressedly, fearing that the cold would damage her Xiao Wan.

"Why did you come back without saying a word? Have you eaten yet? Mother, let's cook for you!" In fact, the Yuan family didn't have dinner by itself, and during the days when Xiao Wan was away, the Gao Mansion was as cold as an icehouse.In order to get rid of this empty emptiness and loneliness, Yuan Zhonghua eats fast every day, just praying for his beloved son before the Buddha.

"I'm not hungry, I ate some on the way back. But mother, why are you so thin, you must have not eaten well. How do those servants serve you? I will discipline them tomorrow!" Xiao Wan He helped his mother to sit down and poured a cup of tea for Yuanshi.

Yuanshi drank tea, but felt like he had tasted honey.Xiao Wan came back, she must have experienced a lot after being away for a few months, look, Xiao Wan of her family is already a man of indomitable spirit, she is no longer a child who needs to rely on her. . . . . .Yuanshi smiled happily, and his heart was relieved a lot.She has been unable to eat or sleep well in the past few months, and after forcing Gao Changgong out of Gao's mansion, she has been like this all the time.

"Xiao Wan, have you forgiven mother?" Yuan Zhonghua asked.

"Mother, where does the forgiveness come from between mother and child? I am away for a few months and I am doing business, mother can't think wildly." Xiao Wan didn't want to bring up this matter again, so she said soothingly.

"But I know you're not happy to see your fourth brother set up his own family. I..." Yuan Shi wanted to say that she wanted to help her son regain the position of head of the family, but she didn't expect that it would be the opposite. It made her and her son feel bad!Leaving home like this has not heard from her for a long time, but her son Xiaowan has never been like this.

"Mother, don't talk about it, let him pass the past. I know that these days have been hard for you, don't worry, your Xiao Wan is still the same Xiao Wan. He always has the most important mother in his heart. Don't cry, I will Knowing that mother is for me, how can I blame you?"

My mother is old, and the years have truly engraved these traces on my mother's face, hair, and those eyes that never show weakness.The mother has always been proud, even though the father is promiscuous and famous, but the mother is the main wife, but she has never had any jealous and sloppy behavior.Xiao Wan understands that it's not because of her mother's generosity, but because she simply disdains to lower her figure and lower her status compared with those Yingying Yanyans.The mother's eyes in my impression have inherent majesty and arrogance, even if she smiles, she doesn't flatter her in the slightest.

But now, the mother smiled softly while crying with relief, as if she had received some kind of forgiveness and finally untied the knot in her heart that had been suppressed for a long time.All this is because of him, because only he Gao Xiaowan in this world can affect the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of his mother Yuan Zhonghua, he is her mother's all sustenance.

Knowing this in his heart, how can he argue with such a mother?The mother aged a lot in the days when he left, and the arrogance and dignity of the past were completely gone in those eyes.Looking at him, looking at her most beloved only son, she was just an ordinary woman who couldn't be more ordinary.In the first half of her life, she lived a prosperous life, but in the second half of her life, she wholeheartedly wanted her son to be famous, so she couldn't allow anything to hinder her hopes and hopes for her only son.With such a mood, such hard work, Xiao Wan really couldn't bear to blame his mother anymore.Because, his mother is actually very lonely and desolate, the woman who loves her husband the most, has been a widow in return, and then has to support the beam of the family alone.Does the father love the mother the most?Xiao Wan patted her mother's shoulder, letting her lean on her, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Mother, your fortieth birthday is coming up, and the son wants to take his mother to celebrate her birthday when he comes back." Xiao Wan said.

"Birthday wishes? What's there to celebrate when my mother recites scriptures and eats fast in this high mansion every day... If you feel sorry for mother, don't leave mother and go on a long journey alone." Yuan Shi said.

"If my son wants to travel far, he must bring his mother with him! In the past few days, the Buddha's light has appeared several times on the sea in Laizhou, has my mother heard of it?"

"The Buddha's light on the sea?! Is it true? At my age, I have never seen the Buddha's light! Such a magnificent scene must be the manifestation of a Bodhisattva. My son is really a blessed person. Wherever he goes, the Buddha will appear. Bless you." Hearing that it was a good omen, Yuanshi couldn't help but prayed to the Omitabha Buddha.

"Yes, son, I am a blessed person. Otherwise, why did I have such a good mother to raise me up? Mother, you have never left the house since your father passed away. How many years have passed, and my mother is at home every day Sleepy, don’t you feel tired? This time, my son will take his mother to Laizhou for a few days, to see the Buddha’s light, and also to accompany his mother to visit mountains and rivers and have a good birthday.”

"...Laizhou is so far away, is it possible?" Yuan Shi heard the Buddha's light, but in fact he yearned for it.Besides, Xiaowan had been away for too long, she really didn't want to be separated from her only son.So although I have some doubts, I can't help but be moved.

"Of course it was done. Now my son and I should take care of this high mansion. Mother doesn't have to do everything by herself as before. My brothers have grown up too. You should enjoy the blessing." Xiaowan said.

"Is that so... In this way, I haven't gone out for many years. At that time, your father would take me to burn incense and visit famous mountains and rivers. At that time, I was still the princess of Wei State. ...Since I gave birth to you, I haven't been able to find time." The Yuan Shi was very happy today when his only son returned.Without the usual sternness, she leaned against her son, as if reminiscing about the past.

Seeing that her mother readily agreed, Gao Xiaowan said with a smile that she was going to the kitchen to get some more vegetarian food for her mother, and was about to go out.Yuan Zhonghua seemed to have thought of something, and asked: "Since we are going to the beach to see the Buddha's light, it is good to take Zi'er with me, this girl has been peaceful these days, and I have thought about it... After all, they are married couples..."

Whether it is her own niece, even though Yuan Zhonghua knew that Xiao Wan hated her, he still wanted to intercede.

"Mother, I don't even want to see this tricky woman again. Don't intercede for her anymore!" Gao Xiaowan said without looking back and opened the door of the Buddhist hall, but there was a person who was leaning outside the door and was caught off guard at this moment. full of heart.

Gao Xiaowan looked down and saw that it was Yuan Zi'er.

As soon as he let go, he threw the woman to the ground.

"False accusation failed, listen to the corner instead? You really make my mother look good!" Gao Xiaowan stared at the woman, eyes full of anger and disdain, walked around her skirt, and left straight away.