Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 290 Goodbye Xi Chao
Sima Xingnan looked at the exhausted three people and kept saying:
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

After days of hard work, Huan Xi was very haggard, and Huan Ji almost lost half his life.

He has suffered serious sequelae from taking Wushi Powder for many years. His skin is so sensitive and fragile that he can't even wear new clothes. Now that he has been bumpy in the carriage for these days, one can only imagine how much suffering he suffered along the way.

With no time to chat, Sima Xingnan immediately led the three of them back to Duke Chu's Mansion.

Huan Xi was really surprised when he saw Huan Wen. Huan Wen was now very old, and all the white hair on his temples had popped out.

If he remembered correctly, Huan Wen was only forty-five years old now.

"Father."

Huan Xi called softly.

In the mourning hall, Huan Wen raised his head and looked at Huan Xi and Huan Ji and Huan Qian behind him. He nodded and said in a hoarse voice:
"Go and kowtow to your grandmother."

Huan Xi and the others then walked to the coffin, wept and kowtowed, each crying more sadly than the other.

For a woman, in most cases, her son is more important than her husband.

After Fu Jian usurped the throne, it can be said that there was a prosperous scene, so Huan Xi was eager to send troops to conquer.

Before their tears were wiped away, someone came forward to help them leave and go to change their mourning clothes.

That night, Huan Xi accompanied Huan Wen to keep vigil in the mourning hall.

When Huan Wen heard this, a smile finally appeared on his tired face. That night, he took the trouble to talk to Huan Xi about Kong Xian in his memory.

In the early morning, before dawn, Sima Xingnan came to the mourning hall. She was not worried about Huan Wen, but thinking about her son.

"Later, when you left Liangzhou and raised your troops for the Northern Expedition, she was worried about you, but when she heard the good news from the front, she would dance for joy in the house."

Just when Huan Xi didn't know how to spend this long night, Huan Wen suddenly said:
"Xier, I'm very happy that you can come."

As he spoke, Huan Wen looked at the coffin not far away, his eyes full of tenderness.

For this reason, Huan Xi had been preparing for war since the early winter of last year, so Huan Wen was happy that he could give up this opportunity, even if the early preparations were in vain and he had to go south to attend the funeral.

Huan Xi naturally believed what Huan Wen said. He was the eldest grandson in the family. As an old man, he either loves the oldest or the youngest.

Huan Xi requested:
"Father, can you tell me more about my grandmother?"

"The child is unfilial and busy with official duties, so he cannot be happy and filial to his grandmother. Now that his grandmother has unfortunately passed away, how can the child not come to see her on her last journey?"

Huan Wen shook his head and said:
"My mother has always remembered you. After the conquest of Shu, I left you alone in Chengdu and was scolded by her.

Don't think that because Huan Wen is in Xiangyang, he doesn't know the current situation in Hedong.

After this night, Huan Xi could clearly feel that the distance between himself and his father had become closer again.

But at the end of the story, I burst into tears.

Huan Xi said seriously:
“Without my grandmother, how could I have a father? Without my father, how could I be here?

In the mourning hall, Sima Xingnan couldn't say much, but after bringing Huan Xi to her residence, she couldn't help but start scolding:

"You didn't get a good rest on the way here. You didn't listen to me when I asked you to go back to your room last night."

Sima Xingnan seemed to have endless scoldings to say, but Huan Xi didn't feel impatient at all and just listened patiently. "That's it, that's all. Let's not talk anymore. You should have a good rest first. There's no need to get up in a hurry."

After saying that, Sima Xingnan turned around and was about to leave, but heard Huan Xi say from behind:
"Mother, when I capture the east of Hedong, I will petition you to remove the country and grant your father a title. Mother will be the princess. The child, his wife and children, will reunite with his mother in Luoyang."

Sima Xingnan was startled when he heard this and only said:
"You, father and son, make your own decisions on this matter. There is no need to discuss it with me, a woman."

But the steps when I left were indeed much happier.

She was not tempted by the so-called princess position. After all, the princesses in Jiankang City were extremely respectful when they saw Sima Xingnan. This was the eldest princess of Nankang, the wife of Duke Chu, and the wife of Duke Liang. mother.

Sima Xingnan was happy that Huan Xi had such a heart. To her, this was more important than anything else.

After Sima Xingnan left, Huan Xi finally couldn't hold back his sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up again, it was already evening, and Xi Chao had been waiting outside the hospital for a long time.

"Jingxing, why didn't you come into the house to wake me up? Why did you wait outside for so long?"

Huan Xi said while washing up.

Xi Chao shook his head:
"I don't have anything important to do. I'm just here to catch up with the prince. How can I disturb the prince's rest?"

Although Xi Chao recognized Huan Xi as his master in his heart, he was a minister of the Chu State after all, so he naturally wanted to call Huan Xi the crown prince.

"Maybe it's because I haven't been back to Jingzhou for too long, and there is a gap between Jingxing and me, so he speaks like this."

Huan Xi put down the towel and took Xi Chao's hand:
"Tonight, I shall sleep with Jingxing and relive the good times."

When Xi Chao heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy.

Of course, the two of them are not as good as Long Yang, but no matter how close their relationship is, they will inevitably become estranged after being apart for a long time.

At this time, the kitchen brought a meal. Huan Xi could not eat meat or drink wine now, so the so-called meal was just some light rice porridge.

Even so, when the two of them ate at the same table, they found it extremely sweet.

After eating rice porridge, Huan Xi first went to the mourning hall to pay homage. According to the funeral system, after the family members put on mourning clothes and before the burial, they had to cry and pay homage in the mourning hall every morning and evening, which is the so-called Day and night.

Huan Xi does not need to go to the mourning hall today. The ones staying in the mourning hall at night are his second uncle Huan Yun and his eldest son Huan Xu.

Huan Ji and Huan Qian had previously petitioned Huan Xi to be relieved of their duties and to observe filial piety, but Huan Xi ordered them to seize their love. Huan Xi's own resignation petition was also rejected by the Jin Dynasty, allowing him to seize his love and stay in office.

Among the men of the Huan family, only Huan Yun and his son actually resigned from their official positions. After Kong Xian was buried, he would marry him and observe filial piety.

Of course, his father Huan Yi's title of Wanning County Man was inherited by Huan Yun, and it was natural for Huan Yun to observe filial piety for his mother.

Huan Yun's eldest son Huan Xu, who had previously served as the internal history of Xuancheng, was also an official position when Huan Yi was alive. Now he has also resigned and will observe mourning for his grandmother for one year.

Huan Xi returned to the bedroom, and Xi Chao was already waiting in the room. Huan Xi had not woken up until the evening, so he naturally did not feel sleepy for a while.

The two held candles and talked until late at night.

It was said that he was reminiscing about the past, but in fact it was Huan Xi who was asking Xi Chao about his views on the civil and military affairs of Chu.

He did not stay in Jingzhou for a long time. After Huan Xi left the Anxi shogunate, many old people left under Huan Wen's command, and many new people came. Due to the lack of historical data from later generations, Huan Xi lacked understanding of most of them.

This requires Xi Chao to evaluate the pros and cons of everyone's talents for him.

(End of this chapter)