0p0 Chapter 892: Unable to Keep (1)
Chapter 892: Unable to Keep (1)
On the other side, the trio also rushed to Funing Palace. As soon as they stepped in, they saw Li Anhe standing in front of the dragon table with his eyes lowered in thought.
Wang Cheng quickly came to her side and asked, "Mom, how is Dad?"
Li Anhe glanced at him sideways, but did not reply. Instead, she cast her gaze on Lin Yuzan behind him and waved gently, "Zanzi, come over here, mother."
Wang Cheng: ......
Lin Yuzan, who had originally wanted to take Zhang Liangchuan to the dragon bed to check the situation, heard this and hurried to his mother-in-law's side. Gongxun asked, "Mother-in-law, what are your instructions?"
Li Anhe's eyes casually passed over the person behind his son-in-law, then he smiled and gestured for him to look at the portrait on the table: "Zanzi, look at the painting and see if that is your mother. This painting should have been painted by your father."
Lin Yuzan's eyes flickered as he fixed his gaze on the painting. In it, a woman in coarse cloth, holding a baby, sat on a rock, her eyes gazing tenderly into the distance.
"I have some impression of this rock. It's located in the back mountain of your Linjia Village, near the top. The scenery there is quite beautiful," Li Anhe added, shaking his head slightly and sighing, "I always knew your father was a carefree person, but I never thought he would take your mother and you, a newborn, to such a dangerous place."
"This is your father's stuff. I think your cousin must have found it when he was investigating where our family used to live. Take it. When your cousin wakes up, mother will ask him to return it to you."
Lin Yuzan was slightly startled, then took the portrait with both hands. After carefully examining it for a moment, he felt mixed emotions and said gratefully, "Thank you, mother-in-law."
His eyes were immediately drawn to the various small objects scattered on the dragon table.
Li Anhe couldn't help but smile when he saw this. "These must be your cousin's favorite things. He always has the habit of keeping his treasured items in boxes."
After saying this, she pointed to one of the bronze statues of a general and said, "This is what your cousin held when he drew lots. I heard that it was specially made by a craftsman commissioned by the late Crown Prince."
"However, when your cousin seized this item, the Queen Mother was not happy and secretly threw it away. I don't know how the late Crown Prince found it and gave it to your cousin. And those little things were also gifts from the late Crown Prince."
Then, Li Anhe pointed to five or six small objects and introduced their origins like treasures. His tone revealed endless nostalgia and melancholy, as if he was lamenting that things in the world are impermanent and people and things have changed.
Lin Yuzan listened patiently, but his eyes had already involuntarily fallen on a crooked fortune knot, and he was sulking.
This thing must have been given by his unfilial daughter, who has long been more attentive to a stranger than to her own father.
The old man felt jealous, but unexpectedly he heard a sour word in his ear.
Wang Cheng, who had been ignored for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak up: "Mom, let's not look at my cousin's things. Dad is still drunk!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words fell, Li Anhe raised her delicate eyebrows, grabbed her eldest son's ear, and scolded him, "You still care about your father. Why didn't you keep an eye on him last night and let him enter the palace to cause trouble?"
Wang Cheng quickly begged for mercy: "Mom, mom, I was wrong. I didn't stay at home last night. I was with Shun'an the whole time!"
Seeing his mother-in-law's angry glare, Lin Yuzan quickly defended himself: "Mother-in-law, it's my fault. I shouldn't have drowned my sorrows in alcohol just because I missed Wanniang and Qingjie'er."
Li Anhe: ...
Wang Cheng: (* ￣︿￣), this treacherous villain!
Li Anhe let go of his hand and said unhappily, "You're just talking nonsense, but why don't you go check if your father is awake?"
The two old men, as if pardoned, hurried towards the dragon bed.
Li Anhe's expression softened slightly, and he immediately turned his attention to Zhang Liangchuan, who hadn't left yet. Seeing him examining the small items on the dragon table, he asked, "Mr. Zhang, did you come to the palace this time to discuss your father's affairs?"
Zhang Liangchuan raised his head and looked at the dragon bed hidden by the bed curtains, and replied sadly: "That's right, but I didn't expect that the emperor would not be in court today."
The culprit's wife, picking up a handkerchief and lightly touching her nose to hide her embarrassment, said comfortingly, "Your Majesty should wake up soon. Since Master Zhang has already entered the palace, His Majesty will definitely listen to you."
Zhang Liangchuan curled his lips without comment and did not respond.
At this moment, there was a noise behind the bed curtain, like the groaning of someone getting up.
Li Anhe heard the noise and hurried to the bed, but stopped in front of the bed curtains and asked with concern, "Is he awake?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bed curtain was drawn aside, and Wang Ersheng walked out dazed, supported by two juniors.
He raised his head, opened his sleepy eyes, grinned and said, "Zhizhi, you got up so early, did you miss me?"
Li Anhe: ...
The woman blushed and glared at him fiercely, then asked the two younger generations, "Are your cousin and Concubine Nuan awake?"
Wang and Lin looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
"Mother, His Majesty and Concubine Nuan will probably wake up soon. Please ask the palace maid to bring some hangover soup!" Wang Cheng replied.
Li Anhe breathed a sigh of relief. "I've already ordered the hangover soup to be prepared. The eunuch has been keeping it warm. I called..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Ersheng shook off the two younger men's supporting hands, grabbed his wife's soft waist, and said affectionately: "I'm not drunk, so I don't need to drink the hangover soup. However, if Zhizhi feeds me personally, I'm willing to taste a few mouthfuls."
Li Anhe saw the two juniors almost fall to the ground due to the force, and he could not help but get furious and shouted: "Wang Ersheng..."
Wang and Lin suddenly felt something was wrong, and quickly stood up, ready to step forward to stop the fight.
But at this moment, Zhang Liangchuan blocked Lin Yuzan's way and said, "Brother Lin, Princess Jiahe and General Wang are just quarreling as husband and wife. It will be over in a while. You are the son-in-law, so you should stay out of it."
Lin Yuzan stared at him with a frown, his eyes full of thought. After hesitating for a moment, he finally did not step forward. "Then I'll go get the hangover soup. After Concubine Nuan and Your Majesty take it, I'll go see my wife and daughter."
Zhang Liangchuan nodded slightly and watched him silently as he turned around to get the hangover soup, came back, picked up one of the bowls, and respectfully handed it to his angry mother-in-law, then picked up another bowl and came to him.
Lin Yuzan was considerate of him and said, "Brother Liangchuan, this is His Majesty's hangover soup. Go and serve His Majesty. When His Majesty wakes up, he will surely be more forgiving of Master Zhang."
Then, without waiting for his reaction, he turned around and picked up the last bowl of hangover soup.
However, at this moment, the sound of a child crying and a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall.
Everyone in the palace looked outside the door and saw Lin Yinhu appear at the door crying.
The young man's eyes quickly scanned around, finally settling on Lin Yuzan, and he burst into tears: "Uncle, it's bad, something's happened to Gungun and Qingjie'er!"
"Bah!"
The hangover soup in Lin Yuzan's hand fell to the ground with a shattering sound.
His expression suddenly changed, and he asked anxiously, "What did you say?"