Chapter 51 Section VI

Time: At the beginning of Youshi (according to today's timing, it should be five o'clock in the afternoon). Location: Prime Minister's Mansion. Under the service of two young and beautiful maidservants, Tang Situi finished dressing up.Looking at himself in the mirror, he felt quite strange for a moment, and was stunned.The maid reminded him softly that Mrs. Tai was waiting.Only then did Tang Situi come back to his senses, he squeezed the two delicate maidservants with a playful smile, and said, "Little bastard, I'll take care of you when I come back." Mrs. Tai is the God of the Tang Mansion, and all affairs in the Tang Mansion are decided by her alone. Tang Situi is a well-known filial son, obedient to his mother, respectful and fearful.He was a posthumous child, and when he was born, his mother was his only relative in the world.His mother worked for a wealthy family in the city and supported him to study. As long as it was a profitable job, no matter how serious, she would not refuse any job. Every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he could still see his mother working under the lamp.The mother has worked so hard, just for him to one day be able to get a good name in the exam and be rich and well-dressed.Tang Situi couldn't hold back his tears when he thought of how his mother depended on him and struggled to survive in those poor and humble years.

After Tang Si retreated to the old lady and paid respects, he asked respectfully, "What is the mother's order for the child?" Mrs. Tai said: "My son, I heard that today the Holy Majesty ordered you to enter the palace late at night." "If you go back to your mother, there is something to do." Mrs. Tai looked at her son sadly, and said: "You'd better not go, I'm afraid you will bring bad luck to enter the palace this time." "Why did mother say that?" "Mother took a nap today and had a dream. I dreamed that you were running desperately in the wilderness in rags, and behind you there were a few fierce men chasing you with shining knives. As you ran, Asked mother to save your life, but mother didn't know where she was at the time. They caught up with you, pressed you to the ground, and slashed at you, and mother woke up in fright."

"The child is unfilial, which makes the mother worry. However, most of the things in the dream are absurd, and the mother does not have to take it seriously. It is not the first time that the child enters the palace late at night, and every time it comes back to you unscathed. .” "Anyway, mother won't allow you to go." Mrs. Tai said stubbornly. "The child holds the two important positions of prime minister and privy envoy. If the emperor summons him late at night, there must be important state affairs to be discussed. If the child eats the state's salary, he should help the country solve problems. Mother, haven't you always taught the child like this?"

"But this time is different than usual. Look at you, your face is dark and your cheeks are blue. Mother is really worried that you will have a bloody disaster. Mother woke up from a dream, and her heart is still in a state of shock. You just want to be a good wife Come on, pretend to be sick again, if the emperor calls you into the palace again tomorrow, mother will definitely not stop you." Tang Situi smiled generously, thinking that the old lady was in her nineties, but she was like a child, unable to distinguish priorities, how could the emperor's decree be easily disobeyed.He stepped forward, covered Mrs. Tai with a blanket on her knees, picked up the ginger tea on the table, handed it to Mrs. Tai, and said in a harmonious voice: "Mother, please drink tea, calm down a little, the child must come back as soon as possible, never Let you old man wait for a long time."

Seeing that Tang Si had made up her mind to retreat, Mrs. Tai had no choice but to murmur: "You don't listen to mother, mother is doing it for your own good, when did mother hurt you?" Tang Si retreated with a smile on his face and said: "Of course the child knows the mother's deep affection for the child. When the child comes back, he must make amends to the mother and let the mother punish him." Mrs. Tai closed her eyes and said: "My son, you can go, mother dare not look at you, mother is afraid." Tang Situi shook his head secretly, thinking, the old lady has read too many Buddhist scriptures and is suspicious.The predestined wealth and honor cannot be avoided, and the predestined calamity cannot be escaped.He bowed and said: "Mother, you rest, the child is leaving."

Just when Tang Situi finally breathed a sigh of relief to get rid of Mrs. Tai's troubles, there was a loud noise outside the door, Tang Situi frowned, feeling unhappy, who is so bold to make a noise in front of Mrs. Tai's door , disturb Mrs. Tai's rest?He strode to the door and looked into the yard. Several servant girls of the Tai Furen are trying their best to prevent a young man from breaking in rashly.The young man couldn't stop cursing, he punched and kicked the girl who blocked him, and shouted, "Don't stop me, I know that old turtle is hiding inside." Tang Situi yelled, and said: "Mian Clan, you have not recovered from your serious injury. You should lie on the bed and recuperate quietly. What are you doing here with Mrs. Tai?"

When the maids saw Tang Situi appearing, they stopped obstructing Tang Mian's family and stepped aside to look at the father and son.The Tang Mian clan raised their heads to the sky and roared, the laughter was not happy, but full of anger, he said: "You also know how to care about your son." Tang Si stood with his hands back, and said, "Mian family, what are you talking about, I am your father, and it is only right and proper to care about you." The Tang Mian clan became more and more indignant, saying: "What a loving father, he not only cares about your son, but also cares about your daughter-in-law."

Tang Situ turned cold, and said in a deep voice, "Mian Clan, don't speak nonsense." Tang Mian's eyes were red, as if charcoal was burning in them, and his unrecovered face was even more distorted at this moment, pointing at Tang Situi, he said sharply: "Old bastard, you know what you do yourself, you still want to deny?" Tang Situi shook his hands at the girls who were standing far away watching the theater, and said: "Get out of here, none of you should reveal what happened just now, if you let me know who is talking, kill her whole family. " The girls ran away in a hurry. Although they wanted to know why the father and son were arguing, they wanted to save their own lives.

After Tang Situi waited for the maids to leave far away, he said, "How do you know?" Tang Mianzu sneered and said: "You finally admitted it." He suddenly howled, bent down, lowered his head, like an angry bull, and rushed towards Tang Si.Tang Mian's injuries were not healed, and his legs and feet were still weak. Although he was full of anger and tried his best, his speed was not very fast.If it were an ordinary person, it should be more than enough to avoid this collision.Tang Situi is not an ordinary person, he is the prime minister and privy envoy of the current court, he has a high position and power, and he weighs even more. His body weighs nearly three hundred catties, and it is difficult to move smoothly.

The son's head hit the father's abdomen with precision, and fell deeply into the fleshy softness. Tang Si took a step back and stood still.His fat palms grabbed his son's belt, lifted it up, and then swung it down.The Tang Mian tribe fell to the ground, but he refused to give up. His strong willpower overwhelmed his weak body. He got up, grabbed Tang Situi and wanted to wrestle.Tang Situi easily locked his arm, making him unable to move.Looking at their father, the Tang Mian family shed tears of humiliation and anger. A cough broke the deadlock, Mrs. Tai appeared trembling slightly on crutches.She looked unhappy, and scolded: "Hurry up and let me go, are you trying to piss me off?"

Tang Si retreated resentfully and let go of his son's hand, and the Tang Mian family also lost the courage to challenge their father's body. The wife said: "What's going on?" The Tang Mian family fell to their knees, walked forward on their knees, hugged Mrs. Tai's legs, and cried bitterly: "Grandma, you have to make decisions for your grandson." Mrs. Tai stroked her grandson's head kindly, and said: "My dear grandson, don't cry, grandma is in charge of you. Did your father wrong you?" The Tang Mian family cried: "Grandma, he is not my father, he is not worthy to be my father. The grandson has been sleeping in a separate room with Xiaolian for nearly a month because of bed rest. He, an old man, sneaked into the house last night. In Xiaolian's room, if you do something worse than a beast to Xiaolian, grandma, you must uphold justice for your grandson." Mrs. Tai heard the words as if struck by lightning, she backed up and passed out. Tang Situi quickly helped Mrs. Tai into the house, waited on her for a while, Mrs. Tai woke up and slapped Tang Situi dozens of times, Tang Situi didn't dare to disobey his mother who was in a rage, and stood next to her. Mrs. Tai was tired, and cried: "God, what crime did I do to give birth to such a son, and there are so many women in the world, but you are shameless and want to rob your son's woman." Tang Situi lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The child deserves death." "How can you still have the face to see me after doing such a scandalous thing like picking ashes? How can you still have the face to see the emperor? How can you still have the face to see the ancestors of the Tang family." "The child is also thinking about the Tang family. Mother, the Mian family has been inhumane since he was severely beaten by King Qing, and he can no longer continue the incense for my Tang family. The child was confused for a while and did shameful things, but it is also a hug. Just in case, if Xiao Lian is happy because of the child, then the Tang family will have successors, and will not cut off their children and grandchildren. There are three unfilial acts, and the child is the greatest, and the child has no choice. It's out of filial piety to my mother." "But you have already married a five-room concubine, and I don't see you giving birth to a grandson again." "Because none of the concubines in the fifth room can provide any more children for my Tang family, Hai'er will go to Xiaolian. Maybe this time it will work." Tang Mianzu sneered and said: "What a grand-sounding rhetoric, you obviously covet Xiaolian's beauty and want to vent your animal lust, but you use filial piety as an excuse." Mrs. Tai said angrily: "Shut up, Mian family, you can't get rid of this matter. If you didn't go out to find flowers and ask Liu, indulge in wine and sex, you offended King Qing and got punched by him, and you fell into such an embarrassing situation." How can Xiao Lian stay alone in the empty room, and how can your father take advantage of it? I am almost in the coffin. If the incense of the Tang family is broken in my hands, I will go to the underworld. The ancestors of your Tang family explained?" "Grandma, you're still protecting him!" Tang Mian shouted disapprovingly. Mrs. Tai said: "It's not that grandma is partial. If you let grandma hold your great-great-grandson, grandma will definitely make the decision for you and will never spare your father." The Tang Mian family laughed back angrily, and said: "Okay, you two are colluding, it's best that I be a green-headed turtle who swallows my anger, so that you will be satisfied. I won't let you do what you want. I will go to the palace to sue in front of the emperor. I beg him to uphold justice. If the emperor is also against you, then I will go to the capital and publicize this matter everywhere. If I go all out, I don't care about any family scandals that cannot be publicized. I will make you lose face in this world. If I do what I say, I will go to the palace to face the Holy Spirit." Tang Situi shouted: "Come here." A servant came in to wait for orders. Tang Situi said, "Tie the hands and feet of the Mian family and carry them back to his room. Send someone to lock the door of the house before I enter the palace." Before he comes back, he is not allowed to leave half a step." The servants were frightened by this unconventional order, and they were all stunned on the spot for a while, not knowing what to do. Mrs. Tai said: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you do it?" The servant just woke up like a dream, and came to tie up the young master of the Tang family who was usually feared by them like a snake.The Tang Mian clan did not resist.The servants carefully tied him up, and when they knotted the rope, they didn't dare to tie it too tightly, for fear of hurting this young master who had a bad time. The Tang Mian family glanced contemptuously at the ropes tied all over their body, and said: "You think everything will be fine if you tie me up? Don't forget, whose daughter is Xiaolian? People from the Nangong family will not let you go of." Tang Situi said: "After all, the Nangong family is a foreign race, and they are entrusted under the fence of my Han people. What can they do? The military power in the world is in my hands, so what will they use to fight me?" He suddenly changed into a relaxed and happy look. face, said: "The Mian family, Weifu has prepared a big gift for you, and I guarantee that after you receive this gift, you will immediately forget the little grievances between us. How much I love you." "I don't care about your little favors. Don't dream anymore. I'm not a child. You can coax me into submission with a piece of candy or two. I hate you, and I will never forgive you." Tang Situi clung to Tang Mian's ear and whispered a word, which produced a miraculous effect.The Tang Mian clan immediately calmed down, and asked in an unbelievable tone, "You really can give me such a big gift?" Tang Situi nodded triumphantly, and said, "So you're willing to forgive me as a father." The Tang Mian family said: "If you can really give the child such a gift, the child will never forget the father's great kindness, and the matter of Xiao Lian will never be mentioned again in the child's life." Tang Situi said: "I have a great gift for my father, and I will give it to you as well." As he spoke, he whispered in Tang Mian's ears, and Tang Mian's mouth was stunned, and soon he smiled again.He almost fell on his knees before his father, begging his forgiveness in turn.Tang Si retreated: "Now go back to your room and wait for the good news from your father. I believe you don't need to remind your father. You should also know that what you have heard is to be kept secret." The Tang Mian family left ecstatically, humming a cheerful little song on the way.Tang Situi watched his precious son off, and sighed deeply, Mrs. Tai asked, "My son, what did you say to the Mian clan just now? Why does he look like a different person all of a sudden?" Tang Situi Said: "Mother, the child has to sell a pass first, and I will give you a big surprise later." Walking out of Mrs. Tai's courtyard, Tang Situi asked the guards beside her, "What's wrong with Xiaolian?" "The young lady was just crying in the room. Fortunately, there was a girl named Ning who was by her side and comforted her patiently. It should be all right." Tang Situi nodded in satisfaction, Nangong Xiaolian's reaction was already in his expectation. The guard said again: "Master Xiang, it's time to leave. If you don't leave, you may miss the time when the emperor summons you." Tang Situi tidied up his clothes and thoughtfully said, "Yes, it's time to leave."