Step-Mother has Given Up

Ye Shaofu ducked his head and the teacup flew back.

Lynch followed behind him, saw a hidden weapon, and hurriedly raised his sword to knock it down. With a bang, the teacup fell to the ground and broke. Then came the roar of the old prince: "Smelly boy, do you dare to come back?"

Ye Shaofu walked into the warm pavilion and sat across from the old prince: "I made such a big fire as soon as I came back. Be careful of hurting the liver. Lynch serves tea and defeats the old prince."

The old prince Ye Chengkui hates his tepid look the most, as if nothing can catch him: "The old man in the palace, except for the housekeeper, I haven't seen any of them. Some of those people are your mother's dowry and serve you. Mother has been there for many years, where have they all gone?"

Ye Shaofu personally made tea, poured a cup and handed it to the old prince, with a calm expression: "When the child was a teenager, his father left the palace for a leisurely journey, leaving the huge palace to the children. Seeing their hard work, they let them live forever. NS."

"The people are gone, how can you take care of your life?" Holding the tea cup, the old prince stared closely at Ye Shaofu's face.

"It's a pity that people don't have enough hearts to swallow the elephant. Those slaves are bigger than the masters. They are inferior to the noble guests and neglect the emperor. Only this one can destroy the nine clans. Even if the child wants to keep them, he has more than enough heart and insufficient energy. In order to protect his father In the palace left behind, the child can only abandon the car to protect the handsome.” Ye Shaofu got up without a hurry, walked to the window and opened the window, “Look, father, more than ten years have passed, and the trees in the yard have grown up. No one needs to take care of it anymore."

This is to tell the old prince that he has grown up and does not need the protection of the old prince, nor does he pray for his father's love.

"All of this is your design." The old prince affirmed, "You have loved to calculate since you were a child. You can take three steps and make circles when you speak. Those people must be your way. ."

"I love calculations, not thanks to you and my mother, in order to get your love, in order to let you take a look at me, I am well-behaved and sensible, and I study a hundred times more than others, but in the end, how did my mother treat me, Kneeling is light, and beating and scolding is commonplace. Mothers sometimes go crazy and use needles to pierce their children. At that time, the children were only a few years old and eager to be favored by their mothers and fathers. But their lives were not as good as their offspring. And fathers. Well, you are busy with official duties, with a heart on your mother, and never cared about me. Because of your contempt, those slaves despise me, scold me, and humiliate me. Children grow up, and they should be taught. Otherwise. Our palace was evacuated by them.” Ye Shaofu looked back at the old prince with a smile, “How good it is now, the palace is peaceful, no one dares to commit rape, and will not do anything that would be a slave to deceive the Lord.”

Not long after the old prince left, he asked the emperor to come to the house to enjoy the flowers, designing those people to offend the emperor, the emperor was furious, and he took advantage of the trend and sold the people out early. He not only pleased the emperor, but also achieved his goal, killing two birds with one stone. Afterwards, he sincerely pleaded guilty to the emperor. When the emperor saw that he was pitiful, he couldn't bear to blame him and said a lot of comfort.

The old prince’s eyes were wet and he wanted to touch Ye Shaofu, but he was avoided by Ye Shaofu, his hands froze in the air: "I, I never knew you had such a life, my father is sorry for you."

"Why talk about things in the past? My child is doing well now. I want to fight for what I want, without waiting for charity." Ye Shaofu looked at the heartbroken face of the old prince, and smiled coldly, "If it wasn't for my face to be with you. There are some similarities. I suspect that I picked it up. For so many years, my mother doesn't hurt, and my father doesn't love it."

Ye Shaofu looked down and saw the old prince's hand clenched into a fist, and his breath was choked. The father and son for many years naturally understood his father, and whenever he was poked in the center, he would make this action, perhaps even the old prince himself had never noticed it.

Could it be that he really picked it up, but why are they five points similar?

"What are you talking nonsense, your mother and I only gave birth to you one child, how could you pick it up." The old prince didn't know that certain habits had already betrayed him.

He also knew that Ye Shaofu was eloquent and knew that he was not his opponent. He was also afraid that Ye Shaofu would see the clues and divert the topic: "Shen's daughter is a peacemaker, or your aunt doesn't want it. I heard you want to marry. She is the princess, how do you explain this?"

Ye Shaofu stared at the old prince closely, not letting go of any expression on his face: "My child is 20 and 6 this year, and there are several cousins ​​and children. It is normal for a child to marry a princess." After saying these words, The old prince's expression became looser, which further confirmed Ye Shaofu's conjecture. He really picked it up?

In his memory, his mother was gentle and kind, frail and sickly.

I don't know when, my mother changed. She saw him full of fierce light, and sometimes wanted to kill him. The look in his eyes was so terrible that it stayed in his mind, lingering.

For so many years, Ye Shaofu’s reluctance to marry had something to do with childhood memories. He had a voice in his heart telling him that women are all vicious. They say good things, and they are crueler than anyone else. He really responded to that sentence. The most poisonous woman's heart.

Ye Shaofu sat opposite the old prince and refilled himself with some tea, "Doesn't my father want to hug his grandson and enjoy the family happiness?"

"Naturally not." The old prince looked at Ye Shaofu, "There are so many ladies in Kyoto, you can choose at will, that is Mingxia..." Seeing Ye Shaofu's unhappy, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Who can't marry, you must marry Shen's parents. Girl, she used to be your aunt's daughter-in-law. There is no reason for a woman to serve the brothers."

"She is pregnant with a child. For the future of the child, the child must marry her." Ye Shaofu said.

The old prince remembered Ye Shaofu’s childhood experiences and sighed: "Your mother and I are sorry for you. I have wronged you over the years."

"My child grows up, and I don't need these high-sounding words. If my father feels sorry for me, he will go to Shen's family to propose marriage. My child will never allow the child to suffer, not at all." Ye Shaofu's tone was firm.

"Since you care about the child, take the child back to the house and marry another right one. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" The old prince felt that this proposal was very good.

"How can a stepmother have a mother who is dedicated to them? I choose them, and I will give them the best, a complete home, warm and happy, unlike me..." Ye Shaofu looked lost and sorrowful all over his body when he said this. .

"You want to marry her, but the father disagrees." The old prince got up and walked out.

It's not that King Jing's Mansion can't marry a wife, can't ask for a peaceful person, with a dull face. Also, as my sister said, the daughter-in-law who used to beg for life under her hands turned into a princess with a higher rank than her. The Houfu will definitely become the laughing stock of Kyoto, and become a conversational resource for others before and after dinner.

Ye Shaofu stared at the old prince's back, and his deep eyes flashed with doubts.

Jingwangfu Ancestral Hall.

The old prince stood in front of a tablet and touched it carefully: "I know you are unwilling. Our son is not lucky. He died when I took him to the hospital. Your body is not good. I'm afraid you will be sad. , Leave me. I just kept it from you."

Twenty-six years ago, King Lao Jing’s son suddenly fell ill and cried. Lao Jing Wang was afraid of delaying time by calling an imperial doctor, so he carried his son to the imperial hospital on horseback. Unexpectedly, the child died before reaching the hospital. He wanted to hide from his wife, but on the way back he found Yun Lang, and the child had a relationship with the old prince.

He didn't cry when the old lady carried the basket all the way. He suddenly cried when the old prince passed by. She also said that she thought the child was dead but didn't die. She was really fateful.

A thought suddenly flashed into the old prince's heart, and he took the child back and let him replace the dead child. In this way, the wife is happy, and she has something to linger, and her body will gradually heal.

At first he didn't know it was his younger sister’s child. The child grew older and became more and more like the old prince. The old prince became suspicious and sent someone to find the wife, give her a hundred taels of silver, and ask her who the child belongs to. The wife told the truth.

The old prince thought, the child is not from another family, so he should be his own. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the wife discovered that the child was not born. She was sick all the year round. She was very mindful and kept silent about the child's life experience and did not question the old prince. The child looked like the old prince again, and the wife felt that there was someone outside of the old prince. The child was born outside and took the place of her son. How could the wife not hate it.

Until his death, his wife did not know Ye Shaofu’s life experience. At that time, Ye Shaofu was already ten years old, had his own thoughts, and had no feelings for those who abused him all day, or even hatred.

Later, when she died, Ye Shaofu didn't leave a tear, but felt a little grateful.

The old prince talked to his wife for a while before leaving in a daze. When he left, a person came out to the west of the ancestral hall, and it was Ye Shaofu. He heard what the old prince said just now, but he didn't expect that he had picked it up. No wonder his father didn't like it and even abused him in every possible way.

Ye Shaofu went back to the study and sat on the chair silently. It was getting dark, and Lin Qi came in and said that it was time for dinner, and asked Ye Shaofu where to eat.

Ye Shaofu slowly raised his head to look at Lin Qi, his voice a little hoarse: "Order the kitchen, make a table of dishes, and put it in the old prince's courtyard. Father will not return home for a long time. As a son, he will naturally take care of him."

Lin Qi should turn around and leave, and heard Ye Shaofu say: "Prepare a few more dishes, and a pot of good wine. I'll be useful tonight."

The people in the kitchen knew that the old prince had come back, and Ye Shaofu took care of the old prince's return.

The banquet was placed in the plum garden of the old man. The old man’s wife likes it the most. The courtyard is full of plum blossoms. The winter is not over, and the chill has not subsided. Several plum trees are still blooming with white plums.

The old prince did not expect Ye Shaofu to be like this, thinking of today's conversation, he instantly understood. Ye Shaofu might have guessed his identity, and took the opportunity to get him drunk, so that he could make a fool of himself. Hmph, this kid has always been careful, and he still doesn't change when he grows up. After calculating this and calculating, he is afraid that the bamboo basket will be exhausted.

Ye Shaofu lifted his eyes, just in time to see the smile on the corners of the old prince’s lips, calmly pouring wine for the old prince: "Father, we haven’t seen him in more than ten years, and I don’t know if your taste has changed. This is the plum stuffed stuff you once liked. The craftsmanship of the child is average, not as good as the mother’s brewing, but it also has a special taste. You are not in these years, every year the child will go to the mother’s grave to worship, and the others can forget, but the plum stuffed can not be forgotten." To the old prince.

Don't look at Ye Shaofu deeply, the old prince: "There is nothing in this wine that shouldn't be there, right."

Ye Shaofu didn't laugh, and poured it for himself. He drank one cup at a time, and turned the glass upside down: "What is my father afraid of? If you are afraid that I will play with you, you are all guarded. What can I ask?"

Naturally, he would not blatantly prescribe medicine. The recipe for plum brewing has been changed. This jar of brewed brewing has been stored for more than ten years. The stamina is not comparable to that of ordinary wine. Most people fall down after three or five cups. The person will not exceed ten cups.

Seeing that Ye Shaofu had drank it, the old prince put his hanging heart in his stomach, raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass. After he finished his stomach, he sighed and praised Ye Shaofu, saying that he had obtained the true biography of his wife.

While eating vegetables, Ye Shaofu persuaded the old prince to drink: "Since my father likes it, drink a few more glasses. When you were young, you said that a thousand glasses are not drunk. More than ten years have passed. Whether you are good at drinking, or is inferior to the past, you will know today. My body has been weak since I was a child, and I can’t accompany you to drink all the time, but the child can watch his father drink, which is also a pleasure."

The old prince laughed a lot, and when he saw Ye Shaofu persuading him to drink, he made no secret of his purpose, nodded and agreed, and drank a few consecutive cups. , I kept saying that the wine is good, the food is good, and the family is good. This way the stinky boy would be speechless, and when he was drunk and came to a sound sleep, no one could ask a word.

With such a mentality, he kept drinking. Little did he know that this was exactly what Ye Shaofu meant, and he didn't say a word. Seeing that the wine in the glass was gone, he quickly filled it up.

Sure enough, after ten glasses of wine, the old prince fell asleep on the table.

Ye Shaofu called two small servants to let them wait for the old man to go to bed. He took Lynch to the housekeeper's courtyard.

Seeing that Ye Shaofu had come in person, the housekeeper was holding a tray with everything on it. Knowing that Ye Shaofu had something to ask, the housekeeper hurriedly invited people in and said bluntly: "If the prince has something to do, please tell me, the old slave knows everything and can say nothing."

Ye Shaofu sighed for a long time, and all the sadness appeared on his face. He walked into the room, sat on a stool, and Lynch arranged the food and drink, and walked away respectfully, guarding the door, not allowing anyone to come near.

The housekeeper stood aside respectfully, waiting for Ye Shaofu to speak.

Ye Shaofu pointed to the opposite side: "Sit down and speak, I am here today, not as a prince, but as a friend, begging you to tell me the truth."

The more Ye Shaofu said this, the more the housekeeper drummed his heart, and the more he felt that what he wanted to say was not simple. Otherwise, Ye Shaofu would not be so solemn, and would still sit opposite him very obediently, and said, "Lord, please tell me."

He had no doubt about the abilities of the people in front of him. When he was a teenager, he had just taken over the palace and punished all the evil slaves. This scheming and method were very comparable.

The housekeeper was thankful that he didn't follow the crowd, but helped Ye Shaofu when he was the most difficult, otherwise his fate would be the same as those of them.

"I was drinking with my father just now. When my father was slightly drunk, he said that I was not his biological child." Ye Shaofu stared straight at the housekeeper, and saw his pupils shrink and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He knew that he knew about it. Give him a chance to argue, and said: "Father also said, you did this thing?"

This sentence was made by Ye Shaofu. He wanted to try how much the butler knew. Now, seeing the look of the butler, he was right.

"I want to know what happened. My father didn't say it carefully enough." Ye Shaofu poured a glass of wine and handed it to the housekeeper: "This is the plum stuffed stuffed by the king himself. Just now my father drank more than a dozen glasses. You can try it too."

The butler held the wine glass in his hand and sighed: "The old slave tells the prince what he knows."

He used to stay close to the old prince, and he did many things through his hands. He did it by himself when he asked the matchmaker to ask about the child's life experience.

The housekeeper not only told about the old prince taking the child to seek a doctor, the child died on the road, and he brought back a child. He also talked about how the old prince fooled his wife.

Not long after the baby was born, it looked like a day. The old prince refused to let his wife see him because the child was sick. For two months, the child grew older before he hugged his wife. The child was similar to the old prince, so his wife didn’t doubt it. .

"Who is that stable woman?" Ye Shaofu asked next.

The butler breathed tightly and stammered: "This, this, this old slave doesn't know it."

Knowing that he didn't tell the truth, Ye Shaofu poured himself a glass of wine and touched the butler's glass: "Don't just talk, drink and eat food. Think about it clearly, maybe you have forgotten it after many years?"

The housekeeper knew that Ye Shaofu could not be kept secret, but the old prince had given the order to die in the first place, and Ye Shaofu's life experience could not be said. If I said that, the palace was afraid that he would not be able to tolerate him.

Knowing the butler’s concerns, Ye Shaofu chuckled his lips slightly, "Do you think, who is in charge of the King's Mansion? The old man becomes stronger and grows old, not as energetic as the young man."

He was reminding the housekeeper that the old prince was old, and Ye Shaofu was the one who had the final say in the King's Mansion.

The housekeeper was heartbroken, and said: "That wife's surname is Zhang, and there is a scythe on her chin. It is very obvious that Zhang Wenpo is very greedy for money. When the old slave gave her one hundred taels of silver, she told her the truth, and then let her She never said anything about it." At the end, she said the address of Po Zhang Wen.

Ye Shaofu's goal was achieved, and he stood up and said, "Winter days and nights are long, suitable for drinking. If the butler likes it, the King of Japan will send someone a few altars over." Then he opened the door and strode out.

The housekeeper got up and sent him to the courtyard, said something politely, watched Ye Shaofu leave, shook his head and sighed, muttering to himself: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that cannot be avoided."

Tomorrow will see how the old prince will deal with him.

Ye Shaofu returned to his courtyard, and Lynch followed him. He knew what he said earlier that the prince is not the son of the old prince. How could this be possible? The face alone can't deceive people, but the housekeeper is not good at lying. Will not deceive the prince.

Seeing that Ye Shaofu didn't say a word, Lin Qi guessed that Ye Shaofu felt uncomfortable, and said concerned: "Master, no matter who you are, Brother Lin Qi only recognizes you as the master."

Ye Shaofu stopped, turned to look at Lynch, and patted him on the shoulder: "If you want to be so caring every day, this king will not be willing to beat you."

Lynch smiled embarrassedly: "Master, cry if you feel uncomfortable. Your subordinates will not laugh at you, let alone tell others."

Ye Shaofu took a breath and rolled his eyes, holding back his anger and said, "I really want to beat you up again."

Before he finished speaking, Lynch took a few steps back, away from Ye Shaofu, covering his face and said, "Master, the subordinate's face is not good yet."

Ye Shaofu pointed his finger at him: "The reaction is fast enough, I won't hit you today. You have heard what you said just now. Follow the address above and find Po Zhang Wen and ask her who delivered the baby. If she doesn't tell the truth, you Know what to do."

Lin Qi nodded: "I know, buy it first, if it won't work, the subordinates squatted down at her house, and she won't be scared to death."

As long as it is not a heinous person, Xuanwutang will not kill people, it will definitely kill people half their lives.

Lin Qi moved quickly, and he returned at the third watch. Ye Shaofu was not asleep at the moment, and seemed to be waiting for Lin Qi.

He heard Lynch's voice, hurriedly opened the door, let Lynch in sideways, and asked eagerly: "Whose house did she pick up the baby?"

Lin Qi stood still and looked at Ye Shaofu, his throat seemed to be caught when he wanted to spit.