Chapter 62 Father and Son Talk to Resolve Misunderstanding
But that doesn't mean he doesn't like his own brother.
Moreover, no matter how much trouble he usually causes, he would never do something like bullying others.
So he immediately joined forces with Sheng Sheng, standing up to kick Xie Yubin while he was down: "Hey, what do you mean it's okay? Aren't you jealous that my fourth brother is more capable than you? You don't want others to be more capable than you and you don't want to study, so I think you should just go and learn from that Magistrate Qin! Maybe if you study in Lincheng for a few years, you'll be more successful than you are now!"
Xie Yubin was speechless and looked at Prince Yong: "Father, Father, please tell Uncle!"
Prince Yong sighed, "I think His Majesty is right. You've been spoiled since you were little, so it's fine if you don't do well in your studies. I won't force you. You don't need to wait until tomorrow. Pack your things and go to Lincheng today to temper your temper!"
Xie Yuxiao nodded and immediately called over Eunuch Hou: "Send someone to deliver a verbal message to Qin Zhibin, instructing him to take good care of the young master."
Xie Yubin was devastated and couldn't even cry.
He even considered confinement, scolding, and even beatings, and he specially added an extra layer of cotton wool to the buttocks.
As a result, none of them were guessed correctly.
Xie Yunwen was clearly surprised. He hadn't expected that his father would actually punish Xie Yubin for him, and in such a way.
It should be noted that Prince Yong was the emperor's only surviving brother, and Xie Yubin, though not a prince, was just as precious as one.
From childhood to adulthood, there has never been anything he wanted that he couldn't have.
Nanlin County is located at the southernmost part of Yu State, and Lin City is not the capital of Nanlin County, but just an ordinary small city.
If he went there, he would be in a remote and unfamiliar place.
Xie Yuxiao also specifically requested that he stay by Qin Zhibin's side, presumably to instruct Qin Zhibin to keep an eye on him.
Since His Majesty personally gave the order, even if he wasn't afraid of Qin Zhibin, he wouldn't dare to disobey His Majesty's wishes, so he couldn't cause any trouble.
Xie Yubin was used to a life of luxury in the capital. Sending the young master south to Lincheng was even more torturous than having him listen to Grand Tutor Liu lecture on literature in the Wenhua Hall!
That was the end of it. After Xie Yuxiao gave the instructions, Prince Yong quickly took Xie Yubin back to his residence to pack his things.
Before leaving, Xie Yubin glanced back at Xie Yunwen, who still looked unconvinced, with a hint of resentment and a negligible trace of regret in his eyes.
He himself didn't know whether it was because of this punishment that he regretted bullying him in the past, or because of something else.
After everyone left, only the father and his sons remained in the imperial study.
Xie Yuxiao dismissed all the palace servants in the imperial study and rose to walk toward Xie Yunwen.
Xie Yunwen gripped the armrest with his right hand, stiffened for a moment, and felt inexplicably nervous.
Sheng Sheng grasped his tightly clenched hand, and Xie Yunwen paused, then returned his hand with a sweet smile.
Sheng Sheng leaned closer to Xie Yunwen and whispered, "Fourth brother, I don't think Father is that kind of person. I feel there's some misunderstanding between you two. Just relax and have a good talk with Father."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yunwen relaxed a little and softly replied, "Mm."
With a gentle smile, Sheng Sheng pulled Xie Yunqi to go outside.
Xie Yunqi was still not happy, turning back every few steps: "Hey, what are you doing? I haven't finished reading yet!"
"Come on, come on, we still have to go back and continue fishing, brother," she coaxed.
Xie Yunqi was once again charmed by the word "brother," and took her hand to walk outside: "That's right, we were supposed to go fishing today, but this almost ruined it. Oh right, I was in such a hurry that I forgot, why did you give all the fish to Pei Ji? What kind of spell did he cast on you?"
Sheng Sheng looked up at the sky, feigning ignorance: "Oh my, the weather is so nice today. What time is it? We need to hurry back."
"Don't change the subject. Xie Yunsheng, whose sister are you?" Xie Yunqi was determined to ask, but then suddenly remembered something else. "Hey, who did that palace maid in Consort Jing's palace assassinate? Nobody ever said. Aren't you curious? Also, why didn't Father Emperor hold Minister Li accountable for such a big incident?"
Xie Yunqi scratched his head, completely baffled, and pretended not to know anything: "I don't know, I don't know, just fishing!"
"Do you know? Tell me now!"
"I don't know, I don't know."
The two little ones walked away noisily, and their noise gradually faded away only after they had gone quite a distance.
Only Xie Yuxiao and Xie Yunwen remained in the imperial study.
Xie Yuxiao looked at his son, Xie Yunwen, whose hand remained firmly on the armrest.
After a long silence, Xie Yuxiao patted his shoulder and said, "Over the years, it is I, your father, who has wronged you."
Xie Yunwen was stunned. Even now, he still couldn't believe that his father would speak to him like that.
He didn't even use "朕" (zhen, meaning "I" or "the emperor"), but instead used "我" (wo, meaning "I" or "I").
"Father, your son..."
Xie Yunwen had never spoken to him alone before, and now she really didn't know how to get along with him.
"Over the years, it's not that I dislike you. As you probably know, your mother didn't want to see you after you were born. I warned her many times, but she pretended to repent and actually left you with a wet nurse to raise. Even I was fooled by her."
"Considering she is your biological mother, I only punished her with five years of confinement, and she will never have the opportunity for promotion afterward. It's not because I dislike you that I'm preventing your mother from being promoted to the rank of concubine."
Xie Yunwen listened in a daze, so that's how it is!
Consort Liang had been telling him since she was a child that it was because of him that she was unable to be promoted to the rank of Consort and never received the Emperor's favor again.
"Your Majesty always thought that Father disliked Mother because of me. I never imagined it was because of Mother..."
“You are my son. As long as you are of good character, how could I not be happy?”
“But…” Xie Yunwen hesitated, unsure whether he should say it.
He was eager to know why, if no one disliked him, his father had never taught him, criticized him, or... talked to him about everyday things like he had with his brothers.
But he didn't dare to ask.
His father stood up for him and even came to explain the misunderstandings to him personally, saying that he did not dislike his son.
He should have been satisfied. Perhaps he should have stopped there and not made his point too clear. Maybe that would have been better for everyone.
What if his father gets annoyed by his questions and thinks he's greedy?
Xie Yuxiao frowned, his eyes flashing with regret and heartache: "I'm sorry. Before you were five, Consort Liang was in confinement. I thought she would cultivate a good relationship with you and rarely visited you. By the time you grew up, you had already developed a very clever mind."
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