generation hero

The empress dowager sat in front, Yuan Tang and the accompanying palace people followed behind, and the passing palace people all retreated to salute.When they got to the lake, the queen mother waved her hand, and the team changed direction and walked towards the garden.

The east wind was warm and humid, just when the grass was growing and the warbler was flying, the patriarch stopped in front of a garden of peonies. The Empress Dowager did not go down, and only let the palace servants pick the peonies and buds that had just bloomed.

Yuan Tang whispered to the maid next to him: "This sister..."

"Hush, don't make a sound." The palace maid raised her eyebrows solemnly.

Yuan Tang could only shut up.

Passing through a field of begonia flowers that are about to die out, passing a stone bridge, and going up a winding corridor, the corridor turns eastward, separating a secluded palace courtyard.

Jianyu stopped in front of the largest palace, the queen mother came down, and the palace servants followed into the palace, Yuantang was arranged to wait outside, after a while, Yuantang was sent inside.

The lichen is soft and thick, and there is no sound when you step on it. The queen mother changed her dress and put two golden hairpins in her bun. She sat on the bed painted with red and phoenix. Peonies picked in the garden just now.

After the ceremony, Yuan Tang raised his head slightly, and finally saw the Queen Mother's face clearly.

The Empress Dowager must have been a gorgeous beauty when she was young, he thought.

Even now, time has left fine lines on her face and spread frost in her hair, but it is only for her to accumulate grace. The beauty of the Queen Mother is not only in the skin and bone, but also in charm.

At the same time, Yuan Tang felt a little familiar again. He saw Feng Cong's shadow on the Queen Mother's face.

Especially a pair of eyes, except for the difference in pupil color and age, the eyes of the two are almost the same, they are both hidden and sharp when they are eager to shine.

The maid next to her coughed lightly, Yuan Tang hurriedly lowered her head, realizing that she was staring at the Queen Mother's face, the maid's gaze fell on Yuan Tang coldly.

The queen mother smiled kindly and said, "It doesn't matter what he knows as a child. You can raise your head and tell me, what were you looking at just now?"

Yuan Tang hurriedly stood up and confessed, and then said: "I want to report to the Queen Mother, I feel that the Queen Mother looks like someone I know."

"Oh." The Queen Mother said, "Among my two sons, only the eldest son looks like me, and my grandson looks like my eldest son. The person you know is Hongyi, right?"

Hong Yi...it really was Feng Cong, Yuan Tang thought it should be him when he was in Huiwen Palace.

The queen mother casually played with the newly picked peonies, and asked: "Lan Xianghou, I heard that you and your family soldiers brought Hongyi back. You have met Hongyi, what kind of person do you think my grandson is?"

The queen mother asked very easy-going questions, but Yuan Tang always had the feeling that he was interviewing for a job. The queen mother was the interviewer and asked him how much he knew about a job and what career plans he had.

The queen mother was a person who used to participate in political affairs in the court. Yuan Tang put aside distracting thoughts and said respectfully: "I think your highness is brave and courageous."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows, as if surprised by Yuan Tang's evaluation, but also seemed a little interested.

Yuan Tang said: "When I saw Your Highness, Sihan was attacking Jucheng at night. His Highness was defending on the city wall and saved my life. After Sihan's night attack, he found out that the emperor was dead. People in the city would be in chaos. It was His Highness who reminded us that we could use a tactic of false surrender, and later Taishou Sun opened the door to feign surrender, and Hu Sihan pretended to accept it, but in fact he had other plans, and it was His Highness who changed his original strategy, so that the false surrender was successful."

The Empress Dowager covered her lips and smiled, and said, "Looks like Lanxiang admires Hongyi."

The maid at the side echoed: "Your Highness is very resourceful."

The queen mother nodded happily, and said: "Hongyi didn't grow up in the palace. I have grown old these years, and I didn't take care of him. He grew up in a blink of an eye. Now I bring him back to make up for him, but the old lady I'm old, I don't know much about your little gentlemen's preferences, I'm not mentally good, and I still can't take care of him, so I want to find someone to accompany him. There is no one he knows well in the capital, and the Shen family Saburo is good, but let's not talk about the Shen family. I won’t let Saburo come to the palace to study with me easily. Even if I come, I can’t bear his family status and talents. You and Hongyi are destined to be together, and they are about the same age, so just stay with Hongyi for me and accompany him well. He won’t I am used to the life in Beijing, sometimes I have a bad temper, you should persuade and remind him more when you are around him, don't let him always go straight like that, understand?"

Of course Yuan Tang understood that it was not as simple as being accompanied by the queen mother to find Feng Cong to read.

Yuan Tang was in a complicated mood, he never thought that this kind of plot of being assigned as eyeliner would actually happen to him.

The Empress Dowager seemed to recall the past, and said: "In order to prevent the bandits from going south, the first emperor ordered to recruit heroes. Your father was also recruited. I saw him when he took the oath in front of the palace. He is indeed very brave. You are still young. , looking at Wenxiu, she doesn't really look like your father."

Yuan Tang was a little ashamed, but he didn't feel like it, and said: "I have been studying at home since I was a child, and I still lack experience. I am really ashamed."

The queen mother smiled and said, "You are honest. Your family has produced generals for generations, and you should also study hard and practice hard to continue the family tradition."

Yuan Tang's heart shivered, and he said: "I would like to follow the teachings of the Queen Mother. In fact, I don't dare to be lazy at home. I have learned water-based riding and archery with the soldiers, hoping to serve the country in the future."

The queen mother nodded and said: "Yes, you have the heart, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to carry forward the family style in the future." She turned her head and said to the maid at the side: "Take him to Hongyi to meet first. Since you want to read with Hongyi, in the future You will live with Hong Yi, go home tonight to pack your luggage, and enter the palace early tomorrow morning, go now."

After what the queen mother said, Yuan Tang remembered that Yuan De was still waiting outside the palace. The Huiwen Palace must have left early, and Yuan De must be waiting impatiently.

After saying this, the Empress Dowager picked out a peony flower and put it in a celadon vase. The court lady took Yuantang to leave with a wink.

The Queen Mother was not asking for Yuan Tang's consent, but just telling him what to do. No matter what Yuan Tang thought in his heart, whether he wanted to or not, he could only do what the Queen Mother wanted, and there was no room for rejection. The Queen Mother could influence Yuan Tang And the future of the entire Yuan family.

Yuan Tang didn't mind being used by the Queen Mother. He originally wanted to find the Wang family as a backer when he came to Beijing to avoid Xiao Shanzhi, but now he was directly assigned by the Queen Mother, saving a lot of trouble.

He just didn't want the Queen Mother to use him to monitor Feng Cong.

At the time of parting, Shen Jingxuan said that the Queen Mother could keep Feng Cong, but Yuan Tang's understanding was a bit off. He thought that the Queen Mother was Feng Cong's real grandmother, and would protect Feng Cong because of the blood relationship and emotional connection between grandparents and grandchildren.

Now it is somewhat incomprehensible.

Just caring about his grandson, would he send someone to watch over him, or is the way people in the palace express their feelings so circuitous and complicated?

If it was Yuan Tang himself, he definitely didn't like being watched.

Leading the way for Yuan Tang is the maid who stared at Yuan Tang coldly in the palace just now. Her name is Su Wan. elder sister.

Yuan Tang hurriedly made friends, and called her sister affectionately a few times.

Su Wan didn't like Yuan Tang very much at first, blaming him for being rude in the palace, after being tortured by Yuan Tang all the way, his complexion finally turned from cloudy to clear, and he also agreed to help Yuan Tang call someone to send a message to Yuan De outside the palace.

Come out from the bedroom of Kangxin Hall and go south through a green bamboo forest. At the end of the gravel path is a section of white wall and an ebony door without carvings or decorations. You may hear the wind and streams in the bamboo forest. The environment is quiet. Su Wan brought Yuan Tang to the door and refused to take a step forward, letting Yuan Tang go in by himself.

There are two rows of flower hedges on the left side of the entrance. There are houses in the wall, and pavilions are scattered. The tall plane trees cast green shade, and the grass covers the path under the feet. The yard is full of vitality, but it is quiet. Yuantang turned halfway Only then did I realize that after entering, there was no one in sight.

He entered the corridor through the hole behind the hedge, walked around a two-story building, and finally saw Feng Cong in front of a row of huts.

Feng Cong was lying on the wooden porch with his legs crossed, as if he had fallen asleep, his clothes were slightly undone, exposing his chest, wide sleeves and long hem were spread under his body, and two rolls were scattered around him.

Yuan Tang took off his shoes and walked up the wooden corridor gently. He wanted to wake Feng Cong up, but just as he approached, Feng Cong turned over and stood up.

"Hey hey!!!"

"Who is sneaking...Little General—!"

Feng Cong stretched out his long arms and pulled Yuan Tang back, saving the back of Yuan Tang's head. The two of them stood together on the wooden corridor and made a "bang".

Feng Cong wrapped Yuantang's shoulders, but Yuantang's arm still slapped the door.

Yuan Tang clutched his arm and gasped, Feng Cong helped Yuan Tang lean against the door, picked up Yuan Tang's sleeve to check.

"Look, did you hurt from the fall?"

Not seeing each other for a year, Feng Cong seems to have become taller and more mature, his voice has become a little deeper, his facial features and body contours have become more rigid, he squatted down and covered Yuan Tang completely, and he could hold Yuan Tang with one palm Those little arms.

The two were too close, and Yuan Tang smelled the faint sandalwood scent from Feng Cong's body, and felt a little hot for some reason. He withdrew his hand and said, "It's okay, it may be numb, it doesn't hurt."

The sound of falling startled two servants from behind the house to inquire.

Feng Cong waved his hand and said, "It's nothing to do with you." The servant retreated quietly again.

Feng Cong pulled Yuantang into the room, it looked like a study room, with five or six rows of bookshelves, scrolls and bamboo slips were piled up to the brim, and the room separated by the gauze curtain was like a bedroom, the room was a bit messy, with paper, pens, scrolls and the like handy put.

"Why are you here... No, why did you enter the palace?" Feng Cong swept all the scrolls aside and let Yuan Tang sit on the couch.

"Go to Beijing to go to school according to the order." Yuan Tang said.

"Go to school?" Feng Cong said, "By the way, it seems that you are going to open an imperial school. You have a title and you want to go to Beijing."

Yuan Tang nodded and said, "Have you received the letter I wrote? Why didn't you reply to me?"

Feng Cong poured water for Yuantang, paused on his hand, and said, "Have you written me a letter, and where did you send it?"

When he saw Shui Yuantang, he realized that he was already thirsty. He picked up the cup and took a sip, and then said: "At first, it was sent to Shangyun Shen's residence, and then I asked Third Brother Shen to help deliver it."

Feng Cong's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked again: "Little General, who brought you to Kangxin Hall?"

Yuan Tang wiped the water stains on his lips, feeling that Feng Cong didn't seem very happy.

"It's the Empress Dowager," Yuan Tang said, "She asked me to be your reading companion and let me live with you."

The corner of Feng Cong's mouth curled up, revealing a sneer-like smile.

Sure enough, not happy.