Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Snowy Night

Xuan held a few of the countless memorials in front of her, thinking hard there.In his eyes, Yuanzi was still young, so he felt that it was not appropriate to set up a lecture hall for Yuanzi as soon as possible.The ministers observed the silent Highness, and someone spoke: "Your Highness! Your Majesty, the vice-teacher of the Hongwen Museum has the courage to report. "Yan's Family Instructions" once said that children should be educated from an early age. Although Yuanzi is only three years old, he has already started to study "Thousand Characters" , so this is a blessing from God to our country. Therefore, we must set up a lecture hall for Yuanzi as soon as possible."

"Because Zhongdian always kept books by his side, he just followed Zhongdian's example. He could barely read and write, but he didn't understand the meaning at all. Why should he make such a fuss? Yuanzi is still just a A playful child, so for him, the current foster care office is enough." The ministers don't care whether His Highness is willing or not, and will not back down in the slightest.Not long ago, the princess was pregnant again, so in order to let her worry, the ministers resolutely refused to back down. "My lord, the chief minister of the Sijiayuan, thinks that the education of Yuanzi should be cautious because Yuanzi should not only inherit the royal career of the group, but also be sympathetic to the people of Li. The prosperity and decline of the country depend on him. So How can I not seriously consider Yuanzi's education? Although Yuanzi is still young, compared with the early education that people used to have, it is relatively late."

Xuan actually said that it is too late for a child who is only three years old to study. This sentence made Xuan very angry.Xuan originally wanted to reprimand him loudly, but he still took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress his anger.Although Xuan also felt that his son was very smart and very proud, but when he thought about everything he experienced when he was a child, he wanted him to play for a while longer. Finally, he remembered Xu Yan's son, Xu Yi, who came to Jiaotai Palace to play not long ago.Although he was only one year older than Yuanzi, he not only looked dignified and beautiful like his father, but even spoke very much like his father.When Yanyu reached out to hug him, no one taught him how to do it, he would say that he must abide by the etiquette, then folded his two little hands together, and performed four big salutes, which made everyone watching people were very surprised.Compared with him, Yuanzi is very similar to Xuan, who often does some tricks like pranks.

"Is Xu Yan's son very smart?" Hearing these words from the pensive Wang, the ministers all showed subtle smiles.Everyone knows that Xu Yi is a child prodigy.Although it is natural to a certain extent, in a sense, Xu Yi is a supernatural power created by Xu Yan.Except that Xu Yi went to the nurse's arms when he drank milk, the rest of the time he stayed with Xu Yan and was raised by Xu Yan.Since Xu Yan read and wrote while hugging the nursing baby, all Xu Yi saw was Xu Yan writing, and all he heard was Xu Yan's voice reading.So his behavior and tone of voice are very similar to Xu Yan.Xuan suddenly had an idea, so he said happily:

"How about choosing Xu Yan's son as Yuanzi's companion? This will be more helpful to Yuanzi than the lecture hall." Since childhood, Xuan envied others to have friends who could play with her.So, he wanted to give his son that kind of childhood.Now, for Yuanzi, the only friend he has is Ti Yun, who is too busy to spend time with him.Moreover, all he played was to pester Yun constantly and end up sitting on Yun's shoulders and riding a wooden horse.Although I don't know why he likes Ti Yun, which makes even children afraid, but Ti Yun has completely gained Yuan Zi's trust.

On the other hand, Xu Yan brought Xu Yi to the palace last time because the concubine Han said she missed Xu Yi. I like Xu Yi and like to play with him.Moreover, when he was with Xu Yi, he would pretend to be very dignified and stable.His Highness confirmed: Xu Yi will definitely have a good and positive influence on Yuanzi. The ministers also felt that His Highness's idea was correct, so they agreed to postpone the establishment of the lecture hall.After receiving His Highness's promise that a lecture hall will be set up next year, the ministers all withdrew.In fact, they had the same idea as His Highness in their minds. There was no better candidate than Xu Yan to be the teacher of Yuanzi in the lecture hall.So they all hoped that Xu Yan would stop refusing to be an official.

The formal discussion is over.As everyone had guessed, as soon as the discussion was over, His Highness quickly ran to the Jiaotai Hall.As soon as he entered the room, he hugged Yanyu who was about to stand up. "I wanted to see Zhongdian, and I was almost out of breath. Ah, that's right! I want Yi'er to be our Yuanzi's companion, what does Zhongdian think?" Misty Rain stood up from Xuan's arms, but Xuan's arms still wrapped around Misty Rain's waist. "However, Yuanzi is the future son, and the concubine's elder brother and adoptive son are all relatives. So, should Yuanzi not get too close to them?"

After Yanyu finished speaking, Xuan closed her mouth, then opened her mouth again and said: "The purpose of letting Yi'er be our Yuanzi's companion is not to distribute or talk about knowledge. The main idea is to let him and Yi'er learn the etiquette in dealing with people. Among the children who are the same age as our Yuanzi, there are still Who knows the etiquette of dealing with people better than Xu Yi? Who else is more solemn than him? If he is allowed to play with children who do whatever he wants, then he will eventually become ignorant of etiquette. In this way, he It is very likely that he will become a mediocre person, unable to take on great responsibilities."

"If His Highness is determined to do this, then I will support it wholeheartedly. However, I have a request." "Speaking of the request from the nave, is there anything else besides that one? Is it for me to pardon Princess Minhwa?" "It's been more than three years. I heard that Min Shanggong, who took care of her by her side, also passed away not long ago. If you want Xu Yi to be a companion, give him back the mother of the child!" Xuan quickly left Misty Rain and said firmly: "Xu Yi is the prodigy he is now because he was not raised by a princess!"

"No matter how dignified and prudent a child is, does he have to be so prudent when he wants to see his mother? I think Princess Minhwa has already awakened physically and mentally to the sins she committed. Why is there such a thing?" Does punishment exist? If it is only for the sins committed by the wrongdoer, then what is the point of punishment? But if the punishment for the wrongdoer is to prevent him from doing it again, then the punishment is Only the meaning can be fully reflected. Now Princess Minhua has received enough punishment necessary to ask for forgiveness. She must have fully awakened, only His Highness can forgive her and give her a chance to be a new person, so..."

Just as Xuan was about to answer, he heard the voice of the officer outside the car urging him, telling him to go to the side hall now.So, His Highness said to Yan Yu, "Don't go outside when it's cold outside", and walked out after speaking. After going out, Xuan didn't put on the shoes on the steps, but turned around and quickly ran into the house again, and before Yanyu wanted to stand up, Xuan bent down and held Yanyu's face with her hands, Yan Yu's eyes, nose, cheeks, forehead, and chin were all stamped with her mouth.In the end, Xuan left a long kiss on Misty Rain's lips, and then quickly ran out.His Highness was afraid that Yi Shanguan would fall, so he pressed it with one hand, and then ran to the Sizheng Hall with his best efforts, and Ti Yun and the internal officials also ran behind him.The car officer in the team prayed: I hope His Highness can understand that he is old and can't run around like this. Yan did not speak.He felt that refusing to be an official now would be disloyal to the king.Because the Great Concubine Palace asked Xu Yi to be brought, Yan brought his son to the palace this time.Yan's hand has been held tightly by Xuan, and Xuan has been reprimanded for a long time.Xuan suddenly said: "I have made an agreement with our nave." "Ah, yes..." Yan's voice was very frustrated.Because whenever Xuan starts a conversation with "our nave", he will definitely say something stupid. "I made a promise with her that I will become the best king and the most handsome man!" There was no point in clenching his fists, Yan continued to listen in frustration, and couldn't help muttering: "If I listen to it three times, I've heard it a hundred times." The officer in the car who was bending over in front also nodded vigorously.But Xuan ignored him at all, and continued: "Not long ago, when I asked the Zhongdian 'how to be a king who is good to the people', our Zhongdian answered: 'It is written in "Six Secret Teachings and Three Strategies": It is beneficial to the people but not harmful, so that the people Succeed without fail, let the people live instead of die, give to the people instead of plunder, make the people happy but not bully the people, make the people happy but not angry'. Haha...isn't our nave too powerful?" Wang completely forgot what he wanted to say, as long as he talked about Misty Rain, his face was full of trance.He thought of the beauty of Yan Yu who said those words at that time, and at the same time, he also remembered that Yan Yu told him not to always keep talking about her in Kangning Hall.In an instant, the atmosphere in Kangning Hall became quiet because of what His Highness said. "Well! After hearing what she said, I feel that I am the worst king for Yan. Because I always hurt you, keep hurting you, and take away many things from you , makes you tired, and doesn't even make you angry." Yan showed a bright smile and stood up after saluting.His heart was still closed as tightly as before.Because it has been tightly closed, the wound deep in my heart has not healed at all. Because Yan was going to find Xu Yi in the Great Concubine's Hall, his pace naturally became faster.Since the sky is overcast, even if we set off now, we may still encounter heavy snow.At this time, someone was coming out of the Great Concubine's Hall. She doesn't look like a court lady, nor is she an ordinary girl.I don't know who it is, an adult woman came out of the Great Concubine Hall lightly, and walked to the side.Yan walked up the steps and said to the maid outside the door: "Please inform the concubine that Xu Yan is here." The woman walking to the side suddenly stopped and turned around.However, because Yan didn't look in this direction, he didn't know that the woman was slowly walking towards him.The maid of the Grand Concubine Hall replied: "The concubine told me to take a nap just now. If you want to find Xu Yi, you can go to Jiaotai Palace to have a look." Yan slowly walked down the steps of the Grand Concubine Hall, at this moment, a snowflake fell around him.The girl who was bouncing over suddenly stood in front of Yan, and stretched her head forward, staring closely at Yan. "Who are you? You are so rude." The girl in front of her completely ignored Yan's accusation and just kept staring at Yan.Then, with a cheerful smile, she said: "My name is Charm... I am the witch of the Hall of Constellations. You really look like the Empress of the Central Hall! I heard you give your name just now. Are you the elder brother of the Empress of the Central Hall?" "Huh? Is there anything you want from me?" "Sister Snow..." "Snow? Do you know Snow?" Chanshi nodded.After Yan heard his familiar name, he smiled and said: "I see, is Xue okay?" Chanshi nodded again.Seeing her nodding, Yan secretly rejoiced, thinking that luckily Xue was doing well, so he nodded unconsciously.Charmstone immediately went on to say: "Sister Xue always asks me, the same thing every day... She didn't say anything else." "Huh? Do you live together?" Charm did not answer Yan's question, but said to himself: "Happy...happy? Should be happy...should be happy..." Yan suddenly had a feeling of uneasiness, he wanted to grab her and ask her carefully, but the witch in the Constellation Hall turned around and ran away.The girl repeated the same words while running: "Happy... happy... happy..." Although she ran away, Yan could still hear her voice continuously, and the voice slowly disappeared after a long time.The snowflakes that fell on the ground gradually turned into water. Yan came to Jiaotai Hall with a stiff expression on his face, just as Yanyu came to the courtyard with Yuanzi and Xu Yi.Xu Yi was the first to discover his father. He ran over happily, but because he was too anxious and his legs were not obedient, he fell down hard on the hard ground with a bang.The maids were very panicked and ran over quickly to help Xu Yi up.But Yan raised his hand to stop them, and then stood there with his hands behind his back, waiting for Xu Yi to stand up by himself. Xu Yi didn't cry, he stood up, patted the dirt on his little white hands, and even patted his clothes. After straightening the towel and tidying up his clothes, he ran up to Yan, folded his two little hands together, bent down, and said in a childish voice: "Father, are you here? My son has been waiting for you quietly." Yan sat on the ground in order to match Yi'er's height.Then he smiled brightly and opened his arms. "Our adoptive son's favorite thing, and also father's favorite thing is..." Xu Yi giggled, hugged Yan's neck and kissed Yan.At this time, Yuanzi also ran over and wrapped Yan's neck.Yan bowed down to salute Yuanzi and Zhongdian, then stood up, and asked Yanyu: "Mistress of the middle hall, I'm a little curious about one thing." "Suddenly something curious?" Snowing.The snow is not heavy, although it is not necessary to avoid it, but it is enough to make people quicken their pace.Yuanzi and Xu Yi happily ran around the yard in order to catch the falling snowflakes.The maids of honor also ran around behind them. "Xue... Where is that child named Xue now?" Misty Rain looked at the ground sadly, and Yan also showed a sad expression. "do not you know?" Yan shook his head blankly.Misty Rain cried while saying: "She left on that day. I only found out later. I was looking for her all the time... I later found out that Princess Minhwa buried her in a good place, and then moved her to Xingxiu Hall for her I did the ceremony. Other than that, I didn’t do anything for her. If what Xue wanted was property or a high status, then it would be easy...I really can’t do anything for her.” "Princess Minhwa? Why does she..." That day... Yan thought of the day Xue came to him for the last time.That was the day when Xue smiled the brightest.He remembered that he suddenly fainted at that time, and then remembered the extraordinary atmosphere he felt after waking up that day, and also remembered the blood stains he saw that day.So he understood that it was him and Princess Minhwa who should have died that day. "I was so stupid that I asked her if she was going somewhere nice. I thought it was like that..." Yan's eyes are full of tears - he hopes Xue can live happily.Whenever he saw falling snowflakes, he would think that Snow was living happily somewhere.Thinking of this made him smile happily.But now when it snows, he will think of Snow, and remember what a stupid question he had asked if Snow was going somewhere nice!At the same time, it would also remind him of the incomparably bright smile that Xue showed to him in response.That would no longer be a smile, but a sadness.The snow continued to fall.From then on, Xue never let Yan show a happy smile again.
The father and son, who have a good relationship, talked and laughed along the way, and arrived at home in a short while. Yan found a person hiding in the corner of his house.Although I can't see it clearly, I can vaguely feel that it is a woman.As the snow fell more and more heavily, Yan suddenly felt that it might be Xue's figure.Since Xue was always secretly watching him from the side, he became more determined in this way of thinking.So, after he let Xu Yi and the bearer go in, he quietly walked towards the corner by himself.Although it is impossible for the dead woman to come back, if it is a ghost, he also wants to say something grateful to her. Yan came to the corner, and after meeting the woman face to face, he became stiff all over, and stood motionless on the spot——that woman was Min Hua.She was wearing shabby clothes and was holding a shabby package in her arms.With her petite body shivering in the cold wind, Yan could recognize her without looking carefully.Yan couldn't say anything, just stood there blankly, and Princess Minhwa whispered: "Because there is no other place to go...the only place I want to come to is here, so..." Yan still kept his mouth tightly shut and said nothing, Princess Minhwa whimpered and said to him: "His Highness has forgiven me and removed me from the list of servants, so..." Minhua is really afraid of Yan who doesn't say anything and doesn't show any expression.However, the desire to see him covered up all these fears.Minhwa slowly approached Yan who couldn't see clearly because of the darkness.However, the closer she got, the less she could see Yan's face, because the tears in her eyes made her unable to see Yan's appearance clearly.Min Hwa stopped, although she still couldn't see clearly, but in her eyes, the expressionless Yan was so pitiful, so she couldn't get close to Yan anymore. She struggled to turn her footsteps, which she refused to move, and stood with her back facing Yan.With his back turned to him, Min Hwa gradually walked away with tears in his eyes, and he couldn't stop his tears no matter what.Minhwa didn't know where she was going.As she walked, she finally stopped.She couldn't bear to be farther away from Yan, but she didn't have the courage to turn her head to look at Yan. In an instant, someone hugged Princess Minhwa warmly from behind.It was Yan's embrace that cleared away all the cold and evil in the world, and shed tears with Princess Minhwa. "Aren't you going to forgive me? You said my sin...is unforgivable..." "I won't forgive your sins, but my love for you will never stop." "I'm all dirty and smelly now... and my hands are rough..." "Clean white snowflakes will cover it all up." In Princess Minhwa's ears came Yan's crying, which was louder than speaking.Snowflakes drifted towards Yan who was holding Princess Minhwa from behind, as if praying for their happiness that only belonged to them.
In Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was also snowing, the car interior officer and the three professors of the Observatory were busy looking for His Highness who had disappeared without a trace.Although everyone guessed that His Highness must have gone to Jiaotai Hall as before, the guards at the Liangyi Gate said that they had never seen His Highness pass there. Now the Empress of the Central Hall is pregnant, and it is snowing, so the Observation Supervisor told His Highness to stay in the Kangning Hall.However, in the blink of an eye to predict the amount of snow, His Highness disappeared without a trace.The professor of fortune-telling is already very troubled because His Highness always ignores the housekeeping day and frequently goes in and out of Jiaotai Hall.What bothered him the most was that they had no way of knowing the exact time of the birth of Yuanzi and the child still in the womb, and this made it difficult to accurately analyze the birth dates of the two children. Near the wall between the Kangning Hall and the Jiaotai Hall, the inner guards shouted softly while looking for traces of His Highness.Suddenly, someone noticed that the snow on the top of the wall had fallen somewhere, and after tiptoeing over the high wall to look, they realized: On the white snow, His Highness's footprints stretched all the way to Jiaotai. temple. At this time, everyone heard the melody of Xuanheqin coming from Jiaotai Palace in the distance, and this is the melody of the first famous song in North Korea that His Highness personally played for the middle hall——Xuanheqin. (End of the book)