Marrying on your behalf: the abandoned concubine of the cold-faced prince

Chapter 69

The emperor bent down and sniffed the green flower buds that had just emerged, and said with blurred eyes: "Yes, they are all the same. I remember when I was still the prince, I used to sneak out of the palace to watch the beautiful dancers dance. .”

The emperor shook his head and smiled, his brows and eyes filled with confusion: "At that time, I remembered that I liked to go to a brothel called Fu Xian Ya Ju, where there was a dancer named Fu Rong, who had a really beautiful appearance and a beautiful figure. Like a weak willow supporting the wind, with winking eyes like silk."

Shangguan Xi's heart sank for a moment, and he opened his eyes wide like ink and said, "Father seems to like him very much, but why didn't he buy her into the house at that time?"

Emperor Shangguan Hongru shook his head and frowned, "Silly Xi'er, at that time, I was proclaimed the crown prince in a month, how could I marry such a woman with a dirty background?"

Shangguan Xi said seriously: "Father is not as good as this, how about my son go to the leisurely residence to find that Furong, so as to relieve the regrets that have been in the heart of the father for many years."

The emperor laughed, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes piled up: "Xi'er, I was the only one back then, and that woman looked seventeen or eighteen, but now I am sixty years old, and the woman is probably half-old, maybe Maybe it’s someone’s concubine, some things are better to keep regrets, keep the best part in my heart and seal it up, when I get old and can’t walk anymore, I lie on the wicker chair thinking about my youth What a wonderful time it must have been.”

Keeping that part of the beauty in his heart, Shangguan Xi read it silently, and then saw the emperor said: "Father, when I was young, I used to sneak to a family to eat sunflower seeds. I remember that the grandfather of that family did the same thing." [-]th birthday, full of children and grandchildren, the grandfather's face was full of smiles, at that time, I thought that if my father was also happy like this, this would be the happiest thing for me."

Shangguan Xi suddenly knelt down on the ground and said: "Father, Xi'er's greatest wish in this life is to see Father's smiling face. There is no other wish in this life. Xi'er wishes Father a good life and good health."

A group of eunuchs and palace maids who followed the emperor also knelt down: "I wish the emperor good health, good health and long happiness."

The emperor said with tears in his eyes: "Xi'er, you are so touched by your dedication to being a father, get up quickly."

Shangguanxi stood up slowly, and a few snow-white catkins flew across the sky: "Father, the wind is blowing, let's go back to the palace, Liu Dequan, is Father's ginseng soup ready?"

Liu Dequan bowed and said, "Alright, alright, the empress has been waiting in Jingren Palace for a long time."

Shangguanxi nodded: "It's good to have the queen mother here. My son is going to visit Father's Peach Blossom Water Pavilion. My son will not accompany my father. My son will leave."

The emperor nodded: "Okay, these days you are going to the Financial Secretary during the day, and there is the Gu Peach Blossom Festival at night, you should also pay attention to your body, you know?"

Shangguan Xi said: "Thank you, Father, for your concern. My son is in good health. I want to take care of my father while I am young."

The emperor sighed: "If only all my sons were as temperamental as you, I wouldn't be sad and disappointed." The emperor turned and got on the carriage.

Watching Liu Dequan approaching him slowly, Shangguanxi took out a palm of golden melon seeds from his sleeve and said in a low voice, "I heard that Brother Dequan likes to eat melon seeds, so I specially ordered the goldsmiths in Cuijinfang to make some. Give the little trinkets of golden melon seeds to my father-in-law to enjoy."

(End of this chapter)