Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 160 Adoption
Soon, word spread not only in the palace, but also in the capital's noble houses, that King Xian had received the great news of having his eldest son.Ji Guogong was boxing in the atrium. Ji Chuan came in with a smile to announce the good news to his father. The Duke did not stop his moves and only said lightly: "Be careful to keep an eye on Dongchang and don't let them get close to the emperor's eldest grandson."

There was a room full of people standing in the Queen Mother's Palace, and Concubine Ji came to announce the good news.

"It's not necessarily a good thing." The queen mother frowned and said, "As soon as I came out, I killed my mother, so it's a fate."

"Maybe he is smart? His own mother was a concubine with poor fortune. He knew right after he was born that he needed to get a noble mother. If not he is smart, what is he?" Concubine Ji laughed dryly.

King Xian is technically her son, and Concubine Ji is closely related to him.If a prince has an heir, in the eyes of the old ministers, he will have an extra bargaining chip to continue the inheritance.In this fight for the throne of the prince, no matter what, this child came at the right time.

Shen Congxi has taken up his post at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is sorting out the performance files of local officials in various provinces, and Fujian Province is the first one he is investigating.Master Sun gave him a lot of help, teaching him how to judge whether there was collusion between two officials; how to analyze the reported data to see if there was any fraud.

He used to think that the Inspectorate was just a slap in the emperor's face, but now he realized that in the Chinese bureaucracy, the Inspectorate had such a heavy responsibility.In this huge pile of materials, Shen Congxi seemed to see all kinds of officialdom, and even saw his own narrow-mindedness to avoid the world and worry.

Xie Ruitang once said of him: "You are not trying to escape from the world and worry, but you are clearly just trying to avoid things and worry!"

Shen Congxi was a well-read man with a broad mind. He was also good at learning and extremely smart. Master Sun soon praised him secretly. He also felt that King Duan was young and had no ability to recognize and employ people. Difference.Know how to put the right people into positions where their strengths can be utilized.

At that time, Prince Duan was sitting next to Shen Congxi, with Shen An and Shen Congzhu sitting opposite.He told them what Prince Chu said when he came back from Qingmu Cliff and what he said about Xie Pingkun.

He said: "King Xian has no son, and Kun'er will be their puppet. Xie Ruiji's family and your Shen family will be eliminated by the Ji family. Now that King Xian has the eldest son, Kun'er may be a puppet." If another group of people in power, such as the chamberlains, are used as a bargaining chip to fight against King Xian and the Ji family, then Kun'er will also be regarded as a thorn in King Xian's side."

Shen Congxi clenched his fists and slowly suppressed the bad breath in his chest. He looked at his fists and said, "What's wrong with this childish child? Even if he leaves the East Palace and lives in a humble home, he can't escape the disaster brought about by his royal status!"

King Duan patted Shen Congxi's fist, looked at Shen An and said, "If Pingkun was just a clan member, the disaster would naturally be avoided!" On the way here, Xie Ruitang thought of this method, using separation of mother and child to replace the separation of yin and yang. .

Shen An and his son looked at Prince Duan in confusion, only to hear him explain: "The second son of Prince Xiang, my cousin Xie Guangzhen, once fell off his horse and almost lost his life. Although he survived, but cannot bear heirs.”

King Duan paused for a moment. Seeing that they all understood what he meant, he continued: "If Kun'er adopts the second son as his son, Kun'er will be a side branch of the clan and will not be able to take the throne. The crisis can be eliminated. However, Kun'er and his mother will have to endure the separation of mother and son, and will never recognize each other."

Shen An and his son looked at each other, speechless.

In the end, Shen An made up his mind and said: "Even if their mother and son escaped to hide in the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that there will be disasters. It is the best way to protect Kun'er under the name of the second son of the Prince of Xiang. Without Kun'er, Shunhua will also die." You can go back to Shen Mansion, she will always be my Shen An's daughter."

Shen Congxi nodded and said: "In that case, without further delay, I will quietly go to see my sister tonight and inform her of the matter so that they can prepare early."

"Okay! Now that you have decided, I will prepare a book for Prince Xiang." Seeing that he had finished speaking, Xie Ruitang said goodbye and left.

Xie Ruitang returned home and wrote a letter to Prince Xiang, and rushed to Prince Xiang's territory overnight.It was getting dark by now, so Xie Ruitang went directly to the west wing of the Cheng Mansion without passing the meal.Can the daughter-in-law ignore the meal?In the room, Liuying was studying ink, and Haitang was copying something by candlelight.She was so focused on writing that she didn't even notice Xie Ruitan standing behind her.

"The light is so dim, don't tell people to light more candles, as it will hurt their eyes carefully." Xie Ruitang saw that what she was copying was the "Ksitigarbha Sutra", which was a long chapter, and she was almost finished copying it.

Haitang quickly raised her head and said coquettishly: "I didn't say anything when I came, I just hid behind and scared people!"

Xie Ruitang pulled her with a smile, but she pushed him away: "I guess you haven't eaten at this hour, right? Fresh lotus seeds were delivered to the village today. I made lotus seed soup and stewed wild duck soup for you. You go first Eat, I'll finish copying the next few strokes, and we'll go to the river to put out lanterns."

Just as we were talking about food, Ji'er opened the door and came in, carrying a tray of food.

Xie Ruitang smiled and said: "Young lady is really good at predicting things. You guessed that I didn't have dinner and made preparations for you a long time ago?"

Ji'er put the dishes and chopsticks and said: "Where is the guess? When a girl gets good ingredients, she will make an extra portion. If you come, you can try it. If you don't come, it will be cheaper on the roof the next day. boy."

"You're the only one who talks too much!" Haitang was still copying the sutra and chuckled without raising his head: "If I make a mistake, I'll punish you by copying it again!" Ji'er stuck out his tongue, closed the door and left.

Xie Ruitang was surrounded by warmth. These days, he had been busy and hard for their future, everything was so worth it.One of them was copying scriptures by candlelight, and the other was having a meal in front of the window. Occasionally, they looked at each other without speaking, and their hearts were full of sweetness.

The two came and stood by the sparkling river.Haitang took out a small boat folded from white paper, lit the copied scriptures on fire, put it on the boat, and let it float down the river.Although the scripture paper was thick, it burned quickly, and then the boat also burned. Gradually, all the firelight disappeared into the night.

Xie Ruitang held Haitang's hand and walked slowly along the river. His hand was thick and warm.

"There is a way. I have made an agreement with the Shen family to adopt Kun'er to the second son of Prince Xiang. If Kun'er joins Prince Xiang's family, he will not be in their eyes and they will not be able to use him to make a fuss. It’s just that the subsequent operations must be done quickly, otherwise something may happen.”

Haitang smiled: "This is really a good idea! The person who came up with this method is really smart."

"What's the 'person who comes up with ideas'? Can't you just praise your husband and make him happy?" Xie Ruitang stopped, smiled, hugged Haitang into his arms, and slowly raised her chin.

The silvery moonlight shone on Haitang's face, which was a pearlescent white. The moon was reflected in her bright black eyes, making her eyes rippling and breathing in and out with her beating heart.Xie Ruitang was so drunk that she couldn't help but leaned over and kissed her warm lips deeply.

The evening wind can't bear to blow, and the moonlight over the river is full of lovesickness.

(End of this chapter)