Bondage

Song Lan'an was sitting in the water pavilion in the courtyard of Changxin Palace. There was a yellow clay stove inside, and tea was still warming on it.Seeing this, Song Wan frowned slightly, not knowing why his father entered the palace for a while.

"Come and sit."

Song Lan'an pointed to the embroidered pier beside him, and asked Song Wan to take a seat.

"How is father these days? I heard from my aunt the other day that you were almost injured in the snow. Do you feel unwell?"

"For my father's health, please take care of me."

Song Wan lowered her head and said softly, "It's what a daughter should do."

After saying these few words, the father and daughter were speechless, Song Yuning sighed secretly, got up and said: "You two chat first, I will go to the room and prepare some refreshments."

Song Yuning left, only the sound of boiling water lightly pierced the silence in the water pavilion.

"How are you these days?"

"Everyone in the East Palace is kind, everyone takes care of Wan'er, and Wan'er lives well."

Song Lan'an sighed: "That's good."

After two sentences, the father and daughter fell silent again. After a long while, Song Wan squeezed the handkerchief and said in a low voice, "Did father enter the palace today for something? Is it related to Suhe?"

Song Lan'an raised his hand to pour tea for Song Wan, and said casually while moving: "It's related, and it's irrelevant."

Pushing the teacup in front of Song Wan: "I also want to meet you two for my father's sake."

"Too many things happened when the Holy Majesty passed away. As an elder brother and father, I should come to see how you two are doing."

Song Wan pursed her lips and smiled, not knowing what to say.

Pulling out the thin piece of paper from his sleeve, Song Wan handed it to Song Lan'an: "Here's a way, baby, maybe it can break the Nanqing iron cavalry."

"Oh?"

Taking it casually, Song Lan'an opened it for a glance, and laughed out loud after a while.

"This method is sinister and immoral. It doesn't seem like you came up with it. Tell me, who gave you this method?"

Song Wan's face turned red, full of shame.

"This... is what the child read from the book."

Song Lan'an sneered, and threw the letter into the stove.

"Father thinks this method is not feasible?"

Song Lan'an said: "Your jokes are useless."

"Why?"

The smile on his face gradually faded, Song Lan'an said: "Dongning can't hold on anymore, the imperial court decided to surrender to Nanqing and become an obedient citizen of Nanqing."

"..."

The handkerchief in his hand was grasped violently, and several threads were even broken due to too much force.Song Wan opened his mouth slightly, trying to say something but couldn't speak.

Thousands of words were stuck in his throat, and a hot tear rolled down his cheek, Song Wan raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and frowned slightly.

Wiping away the tears from his eyes, Song Wan said with a sore nose, "If there was no other way, the imperial court would not have made such a decision, but as long as it can save the lives of all the people in Dongning, that's fine."

"You are not afraid?"

Song Lan'an pushed the snacks on the table in front of Song Wan.

"My child is not afraid."

I don't know if I want to cede land, pay compensation or...

"Will the prince come back?"

"meeting."

Song Lan'an said: "Dongning is not dead yet."

"Who will surrender to the envoy..."

"Me, Lord Shang and several officials from Honglu Temple."

Before Song Wan finished speaking, Song Lan'an interrupted her lightly: "Departure tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Master Shang is famous, your father and I... are quite famous in this world, so going to Suhe is just right."

Song Lan Anxin had a plan, but she didn't talk to Song Wan about it.

"Let father do this..."

With her eyes red, Song Wan hurriedly turned her head away. After wiping it clean, she held back her tears and said, "Father has the most important reputation in his life. If he does this surrender, he may be scolded by the world after the festival, and he will not live in peace for a hundred years."

"It's just a name outside the body."

Song Lan'an chuckled lightly, hearing that Song Wan's words had some kindness on his face, he sighed, "I'm just going to hurt you and Fu'er."

Song Wan's heart felt sour, he didn't expect his father to enter the palace for this matter.

He was afraid that he would hurt her and his aunt and brother, so he came to the palace to accuse them.

external name...

Song Wan's eyes were red, and his throat choked.

No matter how much her father valued his external reputation, now he has to bear the world's infamy and be spurned by the people of later generations. Just thinking about Song Wan makes her chest ache and she can't bear it.

"Outsiders don't know that the father is the common people of the world, but the daughter knows it. How can there be any trouble?"

"The prince treats his daughter very well, and there is no one in the East Palace who has a wrong heart. The daughter will be as smooth and stable in the future as she is now. The father does not have to worry about holding the son."

"I just wronged my father."

Song Lan'an smiled and waved: "Elder Shang is not wronged, why should he be wronged for his father?"

"Father should inform Wan'er in advance, so that Wan'er can prepare something for you."

"There is everything in the mansion, there is no shortage of food, clothing and food, so you can rest assured."

"When will father return to Beijing?"

"Come back when you're done with business."

Rarely, the father and daughter said a few words about themselves.After a long time, Song Lan'an suddenly said: "Did you ever complain about being your father when you were married into the Hou's mansion?"

"Never complained."

"The family comes first, this is the responsibility of the father as the patriarch, Wan'er has never complained."

Song Lan'an smiled gratifiedly: "If I wasn't the patriarch of the Song clan, I wouldn't let you marry into Chengyanghou's mansion to be a widow."

As soon as these words came out, Song Wan could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, and let them roll down drop by drop.

Song Lan'an stood up and dusted off his official uniform: "I'm leaving. There are still some trivial matters in the house that I haven't explained, so I won't delay here."

"In the future you..."

Looking at Song Wan, Song Lan'an said: "Thanks to your aunt for taking care of you all these years, I owe my father. After this is done, I will give you a big gift for my father, which will be regarded as congratulations on my son's wedding."

After finishing speaking, Song Lan'an left without saying goodbye, and turned around to leave.

Song Fu knew about the preparations for the imperial court, and when he saw Song Lan'an in the mansion, his eyes were blood red. He stood under the wall of the Song Mansion's courtyard and looked at him silently.

"You come with me."

The two walked into the study, and Song Lan'an sighed, "If you were me, I would make the same choice."

Raising his hand to open the hidden box under the desk, he took out several sealed letterheads and handed them to Song Fu: "You know what to do."

Song Fu nodded, and Song Lan'an said again: "This one is for the crown prince and Wan'er."

"Father……"

"Go."

Song Lan'an leaned back slightly, and said with a sigh: "Do what you should do."

Leaving the study, Song Fu went to the mansion to prepare for Song Lan'an what he needed to go to Suhe tomorrow, but Mrs. Song hurried over with Song Yao.

"My lord, is it true that people in the mansion say that you are going to Suhe to serve as a surrender envoy tomorrow?"

"Yes."

Song Lan'an looked at Mrs. Song calmly: "What's the matter with you?"

Mrs. Song pinched her handkerchief, and couldn't help crying: "Master, why did you take this job? Don't you know what you will face if you come back from Suhe? People in this world can break our house The master's spine, why do you want to show off and do such unflattering things?"