After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

Li Yan left Kuguzhuang that day.

His trip this time has not been made public, so he must rush back to join the Xuzhou camp as soon as possible, and then return to the capital together.Liu Linxi didn't show any reluctance in person, but stood at the gate of Kuguzhuang for a long time, watching Li Yan's back become smaller and smaller until he disappeared.

Shi Fang took his hand and stood with him, as if feeling his emotions, he asked, "Father, if you don't want mother to leave, why don't you let him stay with us?"

"Because he is the emperor of the banquet, there are many things waiting for him to do." Liu Linxi said.

"Being an emperor is exhausting." Shi Fang sighed.

In the past, Shifang didn't know what the emperor meant. After these days, he has gradually understood, and he also vaguely learned from other people's mouths that Goudan will most likely be the emperor in the future.

"Daddy, will the baby be like mother when he grows up?" Shi Fang asked.

"Probably so." Liu Linxi said.

Shifang frowned, unable to imagine how that little guy, with such a weak body, could bear such an important and difficult task of being an emperor, so he said with heartfelt distress: "Then he is too pitiful, I have to take good care of him, don't let him He's so tired."

Hearing the words, Liu Linxi glanced at Shifang, and thought to himself, don't you love him enough?As a father, I can't treat him better than you.But this is probably also the fate of the two children. Shifang once saved Liu Linxi's life, which is actually equivalent to indirectly saving the lives of the two children.

Now Shifang is the adopted son of himself and Li Yan again, and he can be regarded as the elder brother of the two children.

Coupled with Shifang's honest temperament, the three brothers and sisters should be able to be as close as a family in the future.

After Li Yan returned to the capital, he was really busy for a long time. Although he found a few highly respected and important ministers to manage the government temporarily before he left the capital, after all, he, the king of a country, had to make decisions on many important matters, so it was necessary to There were several stacks of papers he had approved.

Coupled with the fact that there was a lot of finishing work to be done after the war, Li Yan wished he could split it in half by himself.

But he was busy, he didn't dare to forget Liu Linxi's entrustment, and within a few days after returning to Beijing, he found time to ask Liu Xiangwan to enter the palace.Liu Xiangwan had already received a letter from Liu Linxi before. Although there was no explicit statement in the letter, Liu Xiangwan probably guessed something.

"General Yu almost lost his life when he was taken captive this time. Although he was rescued in the end, the enemy broke his hamstring and it took too long, so he may not be able to walk as usual for the rest of his life. .” Li Yan said.

Liu Xiangwan said: "It's a blessing that my life is safe."

"Your brother guessed that you wouldn't care, but the general probably has a hard time getting over this hurdle." Li Yan said.

Liu Xiangwan said: "He has fought for several years, and now it is difficult for him to walk, so naturally he cannot accept it calmly."

"If you want to go to Kuguzhuang to see him, I can arrange someone to escort you there, and by the way, you can also meet your brother and the two little guys." Li Yan said.

Liu Xiangwan was startled when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment and said: "It's been so long, my brother's letter arrived a few days ago, and General Yu Jiang didn't even bring me a word. I think he shouldn't think about it before he figured it out." want to see me."

Li Yan sighed, and was a little confused about Liu Xiangwan's thoughts.When he told Liu Xiangwan about Yu Xingzhi's situation, he kept secretly watching his expression, and saw that he was quite indifferent except for the fluctuation of his eyes when he heard that Yu Xingzhi was being tortured by the enemy.

Did Liu Xiangwan not want to meet Yu Xingzhi, or was he worried that the other party didn't want to face him?

Li Yan couldn't judge it for a while, so naturally he couldn't persuade him.

He had no choice but to say: "Sooner or later, he will have to return to the capital. If he doesn't see you now, he will always see you in the future. I will write to your brother in a few days. If you have anything to say... no matter who you want to talk to, you can do it yourself." I wrote a letter and asked someone to bring it over, and I sent someone to send it to Kuguzhuang."

What he meant was that Liu Xiangwan could write to Liu Linxi or Yu Xingzhi.

And in order to give the other party enough time to think, Li Yan also purposely said the time into a few days, which can be considered thoughtful.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Xiangwan said.

Li Yan originally thought that Liu Xiangwan would not be able to write a letter, but two days later Liu Xiangwan sent a letter to the palace.

The letter was unsealed, and Li Yan didn't intend to peek at it, but he felt the letter was quite thin, so he probably didn't write much.

This time, more than a month has passed.

Yu Xingzhi's hamstring was already connected by Chu Yunfeng, but due to the long delay, Yu Xingzhi failed to recover.He could stand up on crutches, and even barely moved, but it was absolutely impossible for him to walk as usual.

At first, Yu Xingzhi still kept his hopes, but as time went by, the hopes in his heart fell through little by little, and finally he gave up.Chu Yunfeng still gave him acupuncture every day, until Yu Xingzhi himself proposed to give up, and locked himself up for several days, even unwilling to come out to see anyone.

Seeing this, Liu Linxi couldn't sit still anymore, and took the initiative to talk to him once.

Unexpectedly, Yu Xingzhi directly proposed that he didn't want to go back to the capital.

"If you don't go back to the capital, are you staying in Kuguzhuang all the time?" Liu Linxi asked.

"I should have a lot of military pay and pensions, so it should be enough to buy two houses in any place." Yu Xingzhi said.

Liu Linxi became anxious when she heard this, and said, "Who are you hiding from? Even if you can't think about it, you can't hide outside for a lifetime, right?"

"In a few days, I will find time to go back to visit the two elders." Yu Xingzhi said: "I am not the only child in Yu's family. Even if I am not here, there will be someone who will serve my parents."

"Fart." Yu Xingzhi said: "Even if your parents are taken care of, don't they think about you when you are wandering outside? Besides, you have been talking for a long time without mentioning a word about my brother. If I remember correctly, come on." On the night of the Lantern Festival, did you make any promises with him? Now that you are limping, you won’t even lose your memory, right?”

Liu Linxi's words successfully stimulated Yu Xingzhi, and Yu Xingzhi's complexion changed as expected. His emotions, which had been calm all the time, finally had ups and downs, and he said, "You're right, I'm already lame now, don't you?" It will delay other people. When I trouble General Liu to return to the capital, please return this thing to Brother Ling for me."

As Yu Xingzhi said, he took out a wooden hairpin, and Liu Linxi recognized it at a glance. The wooden hairpin was exactly the same as the one he gave Li Yan back then.It was given to Yu Xingzhi by Liu Xiangwan during the Shangyuan Festival.

"What do you mean? Tell me clearly." Liu Linxi looked at the wooden hairpin, but didn't reach out to pick it up.

Yu Xingzhi said: "Lingdi is so talented that he is one of the few figures in the entire Taixue. If he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a figure who will go out of his way. Even if I am disabled, I can't compare to him."

"Listen, is what you're saying is human?" Liu Linxi's temper has not diminished at all after giving birth to a child, and when he heard Yu Xingzhi's self-defeating words, he felt a little resentful, "The men of my Liu family didn't bow down It's low, but not everyone can come and go at will. Besides, let alone not being able to walk, you just become deaf, dumb and blind. Could it be that Xiang Wan despises you because of this? He likes it It's your people, not your legs! As long as you are a man, you should go back to the capital and make it clear to him face to face."

"If Xiang Wan knew that you said such things, he would have lost half his life if he hadn't been mad at you." Liu Linxi said: "If I had known that you were so careless, I should have kept you away from him in the first place, and it would have saved me He fed the dog wholeheartedly."

After speaking, Liu Linxi took out a letter from his bosom, and slapped the letter on Xingzhi's lap.

Yu Xingzhi didn't even look at the letter, and the letter fluttered to the ground.

Liu Linxi didn't want to say any more, pushed the door out, and said to Yu Xingzhi at the door: "As long as you think about your feelings for him, you should give him an explanation no matter what. Xiang Wan will still have a long life in the future. I don't want him to live the future with vague regrets."

After Liu Linxi finished speaking, he closed the door and left. After walking for a while, his eyes fell on the letter.

He leaned over to pick up the letter, but saw that there was only a short sentence on it.

[I heard that my brother and the kings are safe and sound, I am very relieved, looking forward to seeing each other]

This letter did not say who it was written to, nor did it have a signature, only this sentence fell on the letter paper alone, presumably it was sent along with the letter to Liu Linxi.Yu Xingzhi's eyes fell on the three words "with the gentlemen", and he couldn't help but feel a little sore. This letter was sent to Kuguzhuang. Besides Liu Linxi, who else is Liu Xiangwan's old acquaintance?

He wrote this sentence "with the princes" in an attempt to cover up, but Yu Xingzhi knew that there was no "lords" and he was the only one.

After that day, Yu Xingzhi was locked in the room for a few more days.

Liu Linxi was always worried that what she said that day was too serious, and hesitated several times whether to change her attitude to comfort Yu Xingzhi, but Yan Xu could see it more clearly than him, and it was obvious that Yu Xingzhi was on the edge of his horn and didn't try hard Exciting and exciting, he got deeper and deeper.

It's a pity that Liu Linxi's stimulation was not strong enough and had no obvious effect.

The only effect was probably that when the twelfth lunar month was approaching, Liu Linxi planned to take the child back to the capital, this time Yu Xingzhi didn't shirk it, and didn't say anything about not going back to the capital, and followed Liu Linxi back honestly.

When Liu Linxi returned to the capital, it was already the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the capital was quite lively, with lanterns and festoons everywhere.

During this period of time, the affairs after the war were almost handled. The Lord of the Great Zhou personally signed the letter of surrender, and paid a lot of gold and silver for the banquet.The banquet did not cut off their land, nor invaded their country, but returned the captives according to the agreement, and divided half of their tribute gold and silver to the state of Ju.

After this complete defeat, coupled with the huge amount of tribute, Da Zhou was no longer able to make waves.

The Qingyi Kingdom was not much better either. After a toss with Da Zhou, they were depleted of people and wealth, and no benefits were lost.

Within a few days, Li Yan announced to the world that the little prince and princess were canonized, and the whole country celebrated with a big feast.

But the happiest person was the Queen Mother, she was quite frightened after Liu Linxi left, and she never expected that Liu Linxi would return safely with her two children.Especially the two children are so likable, one looks like Li Yan when he was a child, and the other looks like Liu Linxi after the edges and corners are blurred.

"What a wonderful child." The queen mother took turns hugging the two little guys, lovingly said: "The girl is fine, why did you give the kid such a name?"

Liu Linxi smiled awkwardly. She didn't expect that Li Yan, who couldn't hold back the words, even mentioned Goudan'er's name, and immediately explained: "The child's health is not very good when he is born. He said he gave him a cheap name to support him. , That’s why he’s called Goudaner. But when he grows older, he’ll have to change it anyway, and there’s no saying that he’s called Goudaner all the time.”

The queen mother was worried when she heard the words: "The Ai family sees that they are all in good health, why is there any problem?"

"The girl is very healthy, but the other one is not very well." Liu Linxi said: "But Mr. Chu said, as long as you take care of it slowly, you can recover when you are about six or seven years old."

The queen mother finally felt relieved when she heard the words, and hugged the dog again with some distress, but she didn't expect the other party to show no face at all, and burst into tears.Liu Linxi was very helpless, when Shifang, who was about to build a snowman outside, called in, Shifang showed Goudaner a snowball in his hand, and Goudaner stretched out his white and tender little hand to gently touch it, and immediately felt uncomfortable. I cried, and I became very curious about this white, round and cold thing.

"This is snow. When you grow up, I'll take you to build a snowman." Shifang patiently explained to Goudaner.

Goudaner listened half-understood, and stretched out his arms to hug Snowball. Shifang was afraid that he would be cold, so he shrank his hands back. The other party was empty-handed, and immediately puckered his mouth and began to cry again.Shi Fang really had no choice but to throw the snowball away and coax him in a hurry.

The queen mother looked on in amazement, but Liu Linxi had long been accustomed to it. She wrapped her windbreaker in her arms, and went out with the queen mother to see that the servants continued to pile up the unfinished snowman outside.

After Yu Xingzhi arrived in the capital, he was silent for several days.

I chose a sunny day and made an appointment with Liu Xiangwan.

Liu Xiangwan chose a bright red cloak this day, and he walked on the street covered in silver with a magnificent appearance.His facial features are already delicate, and his temperament is also very prominent. Today, he is so meticulously dressed that people can't take their eyes off at first glance.

Sitting at the window of the teahouse, Yu Xingzhi was a little taken aback when he saw Liu Xiangwan approaching from a distance.

The other party is so young, so enthusiastic, and so perfect, and seeing him now only makes him feel even more ashamed.

When Liu Xiangwan pushed the door open and entered, his body was still wrapped in a layer of air-conditioning brought in from outside, but his eyes were full of burning expectation.But when he saw Yu Xingzhi, the enthusiasm in his eyes was half extinguished immediately.He had never seen Yu Xingzhi like this before, the other person's once gentle and appropriate face with a smile on his face now only had indifference and alienation.

For a moment, Liu Xiangwan was almost afraid of him.

Although he was prepared in his heart, he was still a little at a loss in the face of such actions.

He doesn't care whether the other party is injured or not, and he doesn't care whether the other party can walk as before, but everything he cares about the most seems to have disappeared. When Yu Xingzhi faces him now, it's like facing a stranger.

"Second Master Liu, please sit down, isn't it cold outside? Drink a cup of hot tea to warm up first." Yu Xingzhi opened his mouth to add a cup of tea for him, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Liu Xiangwan looked at him and said, "I've been waiting to see you since the first day you came to Beijing."

"There are too many entertainments, I can't take care of it." Yu Xingzhi said: "Your Majesty has just conferred the title of title. Although he is only an earl, there are quite a few people coming and going to congratulate him, so he has been unable to get away."

"Then I would like to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet me today." Liu Xiangwan raised his eyebrows.

"You're welcome, you're General Liu's younger brother, and he and I live and die together, so I can spare some time for this." Yu Xingzhi said with a smile.

Liu Xiangwan's face turned cold, and he asked, "Since everyone is busy, then general Yu should speak quickly if he has something to say."

"It's nothing else. The second son of Liu had a wooden hairpin in my old house before. I happened to think of it and thought it should be returned to the second son." After Yu Xingzhi said, he took out the wooden hairpin and pretended to be Handed it to Liu Xiangwan as if nothing had happened.

After all, Liu Xiangwan was young, even though he tried his best to restrain himself, he still couldn't hide the surging emotions in his heart.He looked at the wooden hairpin and did not reach out to pick it up, but asked with reddened eyes: "Everyone is a decent person, don't be weird, today I just want to hear the truth, if you can convince me , the previous matter will be written off, if you want to prevaricate me, no one will even think about going out here today."

Yu Xingzhi didn't expect Liu Xiangwan to change his attitude suddenly. Facing Liu Xiangwan's flushed eyes, he couldn't help but get stuck in his chest when he had organized serious words, and he couldn't say anything anyway.

"Say it, why don't you say it?" Liu Xiangwan asked.

"I..." There was a flash of panic in Yu Xingzhi's eyes, but he was quickly restrained. He turned his head and looked out of the window, and said bravely: "I am a rough person, and I don't like to associate with polite people. It seemed strange for a while, and it probably caused you to have some misunderstandings. Now that I have just been awarded the title, and I have reached the age to discuss marriage, I don’t want to delay getting married because of the past. "

Liu Xiangwan took a deep breath when he heard the words, and said, "You're talking nonsense, I don't believe it."

"I have never expressed my heart to you from the beginning. On the Lantern Festival, if you hadn't offered me a wooden hairpin, I would not have agreed to you on the spur of the moment." Yu Xingzhi said: "You are a willow girl after all. The general's own younger brother, who can be regarded as my half younger brother, I saw that you had just begun to fall in love, and I couldn't bear to touch your face, so I reluctantly deal with you."

Liu Xiangwan picked up the tea cup and splashed it with his hand, splashing the tea on Yu Xing's face.

Yu Xingzhi smiled, and said: "Your temper is much worse than your brother's, and you have to change it in the future, otherwise, whether you marry a wife or have a husband in the future, I'm afraid the other party will..."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Liu Xiangwan stepped forward and suddenly raised his fist and swung it towards Yu Xingzhi.Yu Xingzhi was caught off guard by such a punch, and the whole person fell to the ground together with the chair, and even knocked over the table.

"I've been in fear every day since you left, hoping that you would come back alive... That's how you answered me!!" Liu Xiangwan refused to let go, stepped forward and grabbed Yu Xingzhi's lapel, and punched him again. Going up, Yu Xingzhi didn't know whether he forgot to hide or didn't hide on purpose, so he gave him another punch.

"I took the initiative to flirt with you. I didn't know how to be reserved. I stuck you upside down from the beginning to the end? Yu Xingzhi... I'm blind!" Liu Xiangwan wanted to hit him again, but Yu Xing There was blood oozing from the corner of Zhi Zhi's mouth, but he couldn't help it.

When the guy outside heard the noise and opened the door to come in, Liu Xiangwan shouted without looking back, "Get out!"

Hearing this gesture, the man was so frightened that he rushed to the door and ran away in despair.

"Xiang Wan..." Yu Xingzhi was obviously taken aback by his beating, and he reached out to comfort him.

"Don't call me by my name! You don't deserve it!" Liu Xiangwan pushed one of the rows, but he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground first.He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the broken teacup, a big cut was made in his hand, and the bright red blood was stained on the snow-white porcelain, which was very eye-catching.

Yu Xingzhi frowned, and his heart tightened.

Then Liu Xiangwan got up, picked up the wooden hairpin on the table and threw it out of the window.

He didn't hesitate in his movements, and before Yu Xingzhi could see clearly, he felt that his whole heart was thrown out along with the hairpin.Afterwards, Liu Xiangwan didn't even look at Yu Xingzhi, just pushed the door and left without looking back.

After a while, Yu Xingzhi finally came back to his senses. He struggled to get up from the chair that fell on the ground, and then moved to the window with a lot of effort.Through the half-opened window, one could see Liu Xiangwan in red, striding towards the way he came. The blood from the wound on his hand dripped onto the snow, leaving spots of crimson red.