Tianxian Road

Chapter 113

Dongyue, the 15th year of Taiping, autumn.

The haze of defeat shrouded the sky over Dongyue Imperial Capital, making the autumn wind even more bleak.

Accompanied by the failure came the high amount of old coins, the position of having to bow down as a vassal, and the unreasonable request to choose one of the princes and send them to the Northern Qi Dynasty as a proton.

Dongyue prides itself on being the number one among the nations. From the royal family to the traffickers, everyone has a strong sense of superiority. He is naturally very angry with the conditions of Northern Qi, but it can't change the momentum of Northern Qi becoming more prosperous and aggressive.In this regard, after the sixth prince Xiao Yunpei was selected as the hostage, and he was about to follow the Northern Qi mission to a foreign country, the emperor and Gu Mingding had planned for a long time, and the "reform" they had been thinking about was put on the agenda at such an appropriate time.

Even though he was mentally prepared early on, knowing that his son would definitely leave him, when the situation came to an end, Gu Mingxian still hugged his son and refused to let go.

Because of the reason he was born against the sky and changed his fate, Xiao Yunpei is not as smart as ordinary children, and can even be described as dull in aptitude.He often has to go through many things in his heart several times, or even a dozen times, before he can understand the meaning.When he first learned to speak and recognize characters, his reactions were horribly slow.

Because of this, after feeling the anxiety and worry that Gu Mingxian, Gu Mingxuan and others could hardly conceal, Xiao Yunpei gradually became quiet, often you said a dozen sentences before he would reply a few words, so as not to expose his shortcoming of slow response, It made my mother and aunt worry again.But when he listened, he was so serious and focused, which made you feel his sincerity and joy from the heart.

Gu Mingxian was a little anxious about this matter at first, but after being a little bit by Ye Yaoyao, he became relieved.

What's the use of being smart?Living under someone else's fence, life and death depend on the hands of others, and being left and right is not something to be happy about.If she is too dainty and flattering, she might be in the way of someone's eyes.Since too much talk is bound to fail, let Changsheng go on like this, it is enough to bluff people when he doesn't reveal the truth, and if he misses the truth... Everyone thinks that he has some mental problems, no matter what he says, he will always be a little more tolerant, right?
With this in mind, several of Xiao Yunpei's instructors tacitly did not mention this matter, causing Xiao Yunpei to become more and more silent day by day.

He can describe thousands of words in his heart and outline vast rivers and mountains, but he can't say a word to outsiders.Only those who are very close to him can guess some of his thoughts and emotional changes.

Even though he said few words, there was a vast starry sky in his heart.

Xiao Yunpei, who was taught by Gu Mingxian and greatly influenced by Ye Yaoyao, is full of everyone's demeanor in every move, and has a leisurely air.Moreover, this child is born in a place where his parents are well-born, and because of the breathing skills and simple fists and kicks given by Ye Yaoyao for many years, he is much taller than the royal family disciples of the same age, and looks a little thinner.At first glance, he appears to be talented, beautiful, and well-behaved.

The Northern Qi envoy was a little unhappy at first, feeling that Dongyue was fooling himself with the son of the abolished empress, preventing their plan of alienation from coming true.As soon as Xiao Yunpei appeared in front of them, everyone's eyes lit up. The Northern Qi envoy glanced at Dongyue's courtiers and saw that the other party was so shocked that they could hardly maintain their demeanor. They knew that they didn't know that Xiao Yunpei was so handsome.Among the princes of Dongyue that I saw before, none of them could match this seven-year-old child. I couldn't help but secretly thought that the emperor of Dongyue was really a fool who couldn't tell things clearly. , If you don't pick it up, don't pick it up!

The day before leaving the capital, Xiao Yunpei knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to bid farewell to his mother.

"Longevity..." Gu Mingxian called his son's baby name, his heart was sore, he could hardly speak, but he still forced himself to suppress his grief, and said softly, "Five years ago, Duan Shuiyi went to Beiqi under the arrangement of the Taoist priest. Under the protection of Beiqi Muhou, he opened a Xipu, bought a few acres of land ten miles away in the suburbs of Beijing, and set up a manor. He can help you when necessary. Chu Qi will always follow you. He is very skilled in martial arts. Gao Ming, if you are a little more careful, you won't attract attention. The two of them will be your strongest support, but they can't appear in front of you openly, you...you can only rely on yourself."

Xiao Yunpei held it with his hands down respectfully, and after listening to his mother's instruction, he was silent for about ten breaths before saying solemnly: "No."

"Northern Qi Muhou seems to be rich and powerful, but in fact, one generation is not as good as the previous generation. If the old Muhou is alive, their daughters, queens and concubines can do it. It's a pity that the descendants are unworthy. In this generation, they only rely on the old majesty's imperial title. Barely maintaining the dignity of a lieutenant. In order to keep this title, she hastily sent her daughter to the palace to be a female official, hoping that she will win the favor of the old emperor and ascend to the sky in one step." Seeing Gu Mingxian, Ye Xinyao wanted to tell her son everything, fearing that Xiao Yunpei would really hope for everything. Relying on those two people, she interrupted her beautiful fantasy by saying, "I don't want to use Taoism to control ordinary people, so I made a deal with Feng Ren, but he didn't know I was for you, he just thought I wanted to keep Duan Shuiyi. Because of this, you must not think that Muhou is your reliance, and Duan Shuiyi is your good minister, and you get too close to them. You need to know that the harder their family jumps, the worse the end will be. Wonderful, if Feng Ren goes crazy at that time, he will bite people everywhere before I arrive... The more hidden your relationship with Duan Shuiyi is, the safer you will be."

In the past seven years, Ye Yaoyao and Xiao Yunpei have not met many times, and their attitude is not at all affectionate, but they have taught him a lot of things.Knowing that her life and that of her biological mother were saved by her, and that she taught her martial arts skills and many truths and knowledge, Xiao Yunpei had long regarded Ye Yaoyao as a mentor in her heart.It's just that Ye Yaoyao didn't want to accept this apprentice who was destined to follow the way of humanity or God, so she never allowed him to call him that.

Knowing that Ye Yaoyao had planned a lot for him, and she would not be aimless, Xiao Yunpei thought about Ye Yaoyao's words seriously, and thought about the bedside historical stories that Gu Mingxian told him when he was a child. After a while, he also solemnly replied: "No .”

Xiao Yunpei's reaction is slow, but there is an advantage, that is, he listens carefully to every word of others, and remembers it very carefully, and he will never take it as a breeze and forget it when he turns around.Even if he had to think about it for a while before he could understand it, it didn't stop him from trying to remember it.

Gu Mingxian glanced at Ye Xinyao, and seeing that she was not dissatisfied, he looked at his son reluctantly, and sighed softly: "Bei Qi will not do too badly, and should try to maintain face. You can pick up some books from Jingchen Palace." Take what you like with you! Senior Ye will go to Beiqi for two days every five days, you must be sure..." At this point, her heart was sour again, and she was unable to say anything.

"Son..." Xiao Yunpei paused, raised his head, looked at his mother seriously, and said solemnly, "Son will definitely come back!"

Gu Mingxian suppressed the sourness in his heart and nodded heavily.

Xiao Yunpei looked around, the Jingchen Palace was still the same, so cold that it didn't have much life.

The court ladies and eunuchs who had stayed in the Shocking Dust Palace were afraid of the emperor and the empress dowager's despotic power, and their fate could not help themselves.Not to mention idlers and others, even the personal servants no longer existed. The huge palace was completely clean.

As long as Xiao Yunpei could remember, there were only three permanent residents in Jingchen Palace - Gu Mingxian, and two maids who were transformed from pieces of paper.Then there are the masters who come here often, Chu Qi, Duan Shuiyi, my aunt, Liu and Kong, and some court ladies and eunuchs brought by them.

His mother was worried that he would have a bad life going to a foreign country, but Xiao Yunpei didn't think so.

He doesn't ask for glory and wealth, one water, one meal, one room, one book, one piece of paper is enough.He has never obtained many things, so he can't talk about losing them.

Just, mother...

"Can I say goodbye to my aunt?" Xiao Yunpei thought for a while, but he didn't know how to comfort his sad mother, so he asked this question dully.

In his heart, the Gu sisters have a very good relationship and a very close relationship. My aunt treats him better than Xiao Yunting, the fifth prince who is his own. For this reason, he has been punished by the queen mother and the emperor countless times, and almost reprimanded her for being "unkind." ".If it hadn't been for Xiao Yunting's memory and Gu Hou's lack of a third daughter from the first line to be sent to the palace, Gu Mingxuan's life would definitely not be easy.Of course, it's not much better now, it's true.

Xiao Yunpei had never met that Fifth Brother whose blood was very close to his own but who was much loved.But from chatting with the maids, eunuchs, and several aunts, I learned that the fifth brother has no respect for his aunt, not to mention the morning and evening, even when he meets the empress dowager in the palace, he treats her no differently from others.

In order to flatter the emperor, he neglected his biological mother so much... If it is said that when he was a child, Fifth Brother just didn't remember things and was taught badly, but after so many years... it's no wonder my aunt is reluctant to mention this matter.

Gu Mingxian sighed softly, and said helplessly: "Xuan'er doesn't want you to be a hostage, and was grounded by the Queen Mother. You..... Pay three respects in the direction of her palace, and leave her something to think about!"

(End of this chapter)