Tibetan beads

Chapter 536
Yan Ling was wearing a riding outfit and was holding a bamboo hat in his hand. He was dripping water all the time, obviously rushing back in the rain.

I don't know how much he has heard outside, but now his face is pale like a wandering soul.

This scene reminded Xu Yin of the first time he met him at the Ferry Inn in his previous life, and he looked like this, even at the same time.

She suddenly had a feeling of doom, if they hadn't met earlier in this life, right now would be the time when he lost his mother and broke up his family?Fortunately, none of these things happened now. Although he knew the true face of his brother, his mother was still there, and so was his family.

"A Ling, why are you back?" The Queen was half surprised and half sad.Surprised by his son's return, but saddened to let him see such an ugly truth.

Yan Ling tried to pull out a smile, but it was extremely ugly: "Mother."

His expression made the empress feel sad, she couldn't help but stretched out her arms to hug her long-lost son, and cried bitterly: "A Ling!"

Yan Cheng turned his head away.He had envisioned many situations in which he would see Yanling again, but this was not the case.He thought he was upright in front of Yan Ling, but unexpectedly the truth was revealed, only embarrassment.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure at the door, and he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Yuanniang..." he murmured.

Standing outside the gate of the palace was the Crown Princess Xie, and next to her was Mr. Fu who escorted her.

Mrs. Xie stepped forward, and the imperial guards were signaled by Xu Yin to take back their axes and let her in.

When he got closer, Yan Cheng was even more afraid to look at her: "Yuanniang, I..."

Ever since he knew his life experience, he had a knot in his heart.The eldest daughter of the Xie family in Qi County, if he is not the eldest son, how can he have the right to marry her?Now that she knows that she is not only not the eldest son, but also an illegitimate child whose biological mother hides evil intentions, then she...

"Slap!" A slap came over hard.

There were clear fingerprints on Yan Cheng's face, but he didn't feel any pain, he just raised his head numbly and looked at Xie Shi, who had teary eyes in front of him.

She deserved to fight, she had a reason to fight.He said in his heart, listening to her loud scolding voice: "How can you do such a thing? Don't you have a heart? Can't you feel how well your mother treats you? It is your mother who brought you up, taking care of you every day Yours is your mother, she is more anxious about your illness than anyone else, she loves you more than herself, how can you doubt her after listening to someone else's provocation?"

Xie wept as she spoke, and dragged him to kneel: "You kneel down for me! Apologize to mother."

As he said, he kowtowed to the queen while holding him down: "Mother, he doesn't know what to do, he's got his heart covered in lard, he deserves to die...you should punish him, even if you beat him to death. You should vent your anger and beat him however you want." How to fight, if it’s not enough, I still have me... Blame me for not being optimistic about him, let him hang out with those people, it’s all my fault, it’s all my fault..."

She whimpered bitterly, tears streaming down her face.

Xu Yin sighed silently and turned his head away.Mrs. Xie is naturally pitiful. She didn't do it. She was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end, but she had to bear the consequences together with her husband.But even at this point, she still wanted to excuse him and help him reduce his guilt, which made her feel sad.

It turns out that a woman's life is tied to others in this way.If it was Yanling who had an accident today, she would be no different.

"Okay." Emperor Ming De said lightly, "A Ling, what do you say?"

Yan Ling turned around: "I have a few words to ask Big Brother."

Emperor Mingde nodded in agreement.

Yan Ling walked over and knelt down beside him.

The two brothers have not seen each other for more than a year since he set off.He was still looking forward to coming back to reunite with his family, but he never expected that the goodbye would be like this.

"When did you know these things?" he asked.

Yan Cheng didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and after a while, he replied in a low voice: "Not long after the false emperor ascended the throne..."

Yan Ling nodded: "Three years, so it's been three years."

Yan Cheng lowered his eyes and didn't answer.

"So in the past three years, this is how you missed me and my mother? On the surface, you didn't say anything, but you hated us in your heart?"

"..."

Yan Ling was suddenly furious, grabbed him and asked loudly, "Why didn't you tell? Why didn't you ask? Our brother for more than [-] years, mother and son for more than [-] years, isn't this relationship worth asking?"

Yan Cheng still didn't say a word, he couldn't answer.

Yan Ling was so angry that tears came out: "My eldest brother is a man who is filial to his parents and loves his brothers. He is upright, diligent and sincere... We brothers are of one mind, we have pacified the world, and we will rebuild the prosperous world together in the future. You get him Where did it go? You bring him back!"

In his mournful voice, Yan Cheng finally covered his eyes, tears streaming down his face.

I don't know, he really doesn't know how he came to this point, obviously when he first started, he didn't think so...

The empress even shed tears like rain. Even if it wasn't her own, she raised her with her own hands. Over the years, watching him grow up and getting married, how is this affection any different from a biological child?Because of this, the betrayal is even more heart-wrenching.

"Do you know that my father told me before returning to Beijing. He said that you are weak and not good at martial arts, and he was afraid that you would not be able to hold on to the country and those people, so he gave me the seal of command. He asked me to help you, let us brothers work together... Do you think he is partial to me? He just hopes that we are all well!"

This was the first time Yan Cheng knew about this, he opened his eyes and couldn't help but look at Emperor Mingde.

Emperor Ming De turned his head away.

So Yan Cheng understood, until this moment, he didn't fully understand what he did wrong.

His father supported Yan Ling not to suppress himself, but to suppress those people.Hexing, Zhangzhou, Dongjiang... Although the world is unified, those people are still local tyrants, and it will not be overnight to subdue them, only he himself can't control them at all.

"Father……"

Emperor Mingde had already been sad, and said lightly at this time: "Although your existence was an accident, I have never shirked my responsibility as a father. I have decided to give it to you, and there is no reason to take it away. I am sorry for Xiao Er, but this It's my fault, not yours. Now, you should also bear your own responsibility. "

Yan Cheng burst into tears, and kowtowed his head: "Yes, the child is obsessed with ghosts, blinded by profit, and disobedient, and has no face to stand in the world, please father to grant my son to die!"

Xie burst into tears and shouted: "Father, he deserves to die, but it has been so many years, please spare his life for the sake of so many years of affection. Let's leave the capital and go into exile, okay? Mother, please You."

The queen burst into tears, and finally said nothing.

After a long time, Emperor Mingde said: "We have worked so hard to raise you so big, how can we send you to die with our own hands? The Yan family is rooted in Tongyang, and now it is the world. It should be named after the ancestors and repair the emperor's mausoleum. Go back and go to the ancestors. Apologize."

(End of this chapter)