Poor children

Chapter 82 Princess Zhuyang
一
After a storm, four people including Pao'er, Tianxing and others entered the house.

"Mother-in-law, this porridge is already cold. I'll heat it up for you before you eat it." After saying this, Pao'er picked up the bowl of porridge and wanted to go out, but was held back by Tian Xing.
"Why are you pulling me?" Pao'er asked.

"Take a closer look at her," Tian Xing said

The room was a little dark, and the poor man used the faint light from outside to take a closer look. It turned out that the mother-in-law had passed away sitting against the wall at some point, and the blood she spurted was even on the opposite wall.

Pao'er suddenly felt a little dizzy and sat down on the edge of the bed. "She didn't even get a full bite of food, so she left like this..."

"Don't be too sad. Now that she's gone, you don't have to endure hardship anymore." Tian Xing stood in front of her and comforted her.

"Since her son is dead, there will be no one to see her die, so it is up to us to bury her." The poor boy arrived
"Okay! Don't worry, I'll make the arrangements. It's already late today, so let's go back for now and come back early tomorrow morning. No matter what, we have to go back to the city to buy a coffin for my mother-in-law."

Pao'er nodded and agreed. After Gao Zijing placed the old woman's body, the four of them returned to Daliang City together.
two

"Hey! Your Majesty, you are back! The old prime minister has returned from the Central Plains. He has been waiting for you in the palace all morning. Go and change your clothes quickly!" Eunuch Deshun hurriedly greeted Tianxing when he saw his return.

"Look how anxious you are? You don't have to change your clothes, just go straight there." Tian Xing said this and walked towards the main hall in a hurry.

In the main hall, the old prime minister was sitting on a chair recuperating. He opened his eyes when he heard the footsteps approaching. When he saw Tian Xing coming in, he wanted to stand up to pay his respects, but Tian Xing pushed him back into the chair.
"The Prime Minister has worked hard all the way, but he came to the palace without even returning home. Looking at you, you have been so tired all the way, and your face is full of fatigue. How hard it is..."

"For my Northwest Dynasty, for the king, why bother?" said the old prime minister
When Eunuch Deshun saw the king standing talking to the prime minister, he quickly asked the young eunuch to bring a chair and place it opposite the old prime minister.

Tian Xing sat down on the chair, took the tea and asked, "How is Prime Minister Cheng's trip to the Central Plains?"

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains also intends to make peace with our court. He has promised Princess Zhuyang to marry our king. A procession will be sent to see her marry soon." The old prime minister arrived.
"That's very good. The crisis at the border can be alleviated for the time being. Tian Xing would like to thank the Prime Minister in advance." Tian Xing arrived
"The king is serious. I have received great favor from the monarchs of the three northwest dynasties. I have served the country, the people, and the king. This is not what I deserve."

"Please Prime Minister go back to your home to rest and take care of yourself."

After running around for days, Tian Xing was afraid that the old prime minister couldn't bear it, so he asked him to go back home to rest, and sent a lot of nourishing food to him.
three

Pao'er and Lai Bao returned to Taixu Taoist Temple after ten minutes of lunch. Tie Dan'er went to Cheng Zhe's place but didn't come back yet.

Pao'er felt sad in his heart and his face was gloomy. Lai Bao didn't dare to say anything when he saw her like this. The two of them entered the Taoist temple one after another. Rao passed the main hall and was about to go to the backyard when he saw Tong Xiu coming to greet him.
"Auntie is back?" Tong Xiu asked with his hands raised.
"Well! Tongxiu, what is my master doing?" Paoer arrived.
"My uncle, the head master, received a letter today. After reading it, his face didn't look good. He didn't even eat lunch. He just kept lying on the cave with his back to me. I'm worried in my heart. Auntie, you It’ll be nice to come back”

"Go and prepare some food for your uncle and aunt to bring to his room. I'll go over and take a look first." After saying this, Paoer went to Sanyang Zhenren's quiet room with Laibao and the others.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sanyang Zhenren lying with his arms on his head with his back to the door. He didn't know what happened.
Daoist Sanyang has always been big-hearted, and rarely worried like this, presumably something serious happened

When Pao'er saw him like this, he sat down next to him and patted his back without saying a word. When Lai Bao saw that Pao'er didn't speak, he didn't say anything either and sat beside him to accompany him.
Xu Shi has been silent for a long time, and Master Sanyang also wonders why she doesn't talk to him here
"Why don't you speak?" Master Sanyang was still lying in that position, but he couldn't help but asked, "I'm afraid that you will be upset, and I don't want to disturb you. I just wait until you want to say it. Just talk to me." Pao'er still patted him. Taoist priest's back
"You don't need to photograph me like this, I'm not a child." Sanyang real person arrives
"What's wrong, Master? I was robbed of money by Noble a while ago and I haven't seen you like this before." Pao'er asked

"There is a letter written by your uncle, please read it!" Master Sanyang took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to the poor child with his backhand.

Pao'er smiled and took it, "How long do you plan to carry me like this?"

"Leave me alone!" Master Sanyang arrived
When Laibao saw him speak, he took off his shoes and climbed to the top of the cave, knelt and sat in front of Master Sanyang to watch him, maybe he didn't see clearly, so he lay down in front of his face and looked at him carefully.
"Wow! Sister, the old Taoist priest is crying! Look at his swollen eyes, he cried even more than when we cut off his beard..."

Master Sanyang hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover his face
Seeing him like this, the poor boy knew that there must be a reason for his crying in the letter, so he hurriedly opened the letter to read.

"My junior brother Sanyang is well. I'm going to pay a visit to Prince Hongshun's house today. The old lady in the house asked me about the poor boy and asked me to ask for a fortune. I want to marry him far away to the northwest. I don't know whether it is good or bad. This matter has been decided by the emperor. , I'm afraid I can't shirk it, otherwise the whole family will definitely suffer disaster. I'm afraid that when the poor boy comes back, he will suddenly hear about this and it will be unbearable. Brother, please inform the poor boy first and then discuss countermeasures."

"Why marry to the northwest? What kind of emperor's appointment? What kind of suffering? What do you mean? Master?" The poor boy was full of doubts after reading the letter.
Master Sanyang was still hiding under the quilt and said, "It's a long story..."

"Get up and tell me in detail." Paoer reached out to pull the quilt covering Master Sanyang, and it took a lot of effort to lift it off.
After Sanyang Zhenren's quilt was taken away, he sat up in a hurry and covered his face with his hands. Poor went to pull his hands away, only to see that Sanyang Zhenren's eyes were red and swollen, and his eyes were still closed. Tears, the poor boy was very distressed seeing him like this, so he wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, "No wonder Tongxiu said that you turned your back to people and didn't speak, how old are you, and you cry like a child, If someone sees it and spreads it, you will not be laughed at by your disciples."

"I'm not doing this all because I feel sorry for you. The disciple who was raised is not the master. Now that you are getting married, the master won't be able to see you all the time." Master Sanyang said as he shed two more lines of tears.

"Old Taoist Priest, please stop crying. You said my sister is getting married? To whom?" Laibao picked up the corner of the quilt and wiped it on Master Sanyang's face.

"Prince Hongshun promised to send you to the palace to be the adopted daughter of the emperor, and you will marry the northwest king on behalf of the princess." Sanyang Zhenren arrived
"Why me?"

"Your uncle knows something about your life experience. He told me before."

"What's the matter?" Paoer asked

"Your mother was once a maid in the palace over there. You should know this. In fact, your father is the Fourth Prince Hongshun." Master Sanyang arrived
"How is that possible? Master, you are saying this again. If he is my father, how come he doesn't recognize me when I am in the house?"

"Just because your mother died when you were born, the fourth prince was seriously injured after just one glance at you that day. Everyone in his family believed that you were an unlucky person, and they were afraid of being defeated by you, so they didn't dare to recognize you."

"What kind of father is he? He can even ignore his flesh and blood relatives. If I could really defeat him, he would have gone with my mother long ago."

"He is indeed not a good father. Why else did he only think of you when the emperor wanted a daughter to marry far away? It's just that it's been heard by the heavens now. I'm afraid you won't be able to hide this time..."

(End of this chapter)