Chapter 288: Death of King Anding
Cuckold?
Xiang Tu's outspokenness in his excitement silenced everyone in the pavilion.
Only Yan Sui seemed to have heard a new word. He blinked and asked, "Daddy, what is a green hat? Does a green hat look good? Can Xiaobao wear a green hat?"
Chen Yu's temples were throbbing, but he said patiently, "Xiaobao can't wear it. Green hats are not good things."
"Oh," Yan Sui frowned, "If it's not a good thing, then Daddy shouldn't wear it."
Shen Yu twitched the corner of his mouth, "Well, I won't wear it."
When had Xiang Tu ever seen Shen Yu coax a child so softly and gently?
Is his general crazy?
The "crazy" general shook his head speechlessly, "Xiang Tu, the brain is a good thing, think about it carefully."
Xiang Tu didn't understand what was going on, and Wen Wan next to him couldn't help laughing out loud.
Xiang Tu looked over and saw Wen Wan holding Yan Sui's face, facing him, "Look carefully, who does this child look like?"
Xiang Tu rubbed his eyes and looked at the two people, one big and one small, whose eyebrows and eyes were quite similar.
A thought popped into my mind.
Xiang Tu was so shocked that he sat down on the ground, "No, it's impossible... This child is the general's?"
Wen Wan grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table and nibbled them leisurely. "What's impossible? I conceived the child before I left."
Xiang Tu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and slowly digested the information conveyed in these words.
On the side, Banyue was equally shocked as Xiangtu.
She didn't understand at first, but only now did she realize what they were talking about!
Aunt Wan?
Pregnant before leaving?
So, from the beginning to the end, it wasn't Wen Wan who was so bold as to provoke General Shen, but these two people were originally a couple?
Yan Sui is General Shen’s biological son?
Banyue also felt her legs were weak, and she had to hold on to the railing to barely stand.
After they both calmed down, Wen Wan explained the whole story while eating melon seeds.
When Taohua Town was mentioned, Xiang Tu beat his chest and stamped his feet countless times, expressing constant regret, and he didn't even notice anything unusual at the time.
The general, who had difficulty in having children, suddenly had one. Xiang Tu was really happy for his master.
So, there was one more person hanging around Yan Sui all day long.
*
Only two days passed in peace and harmony.
The arrival of a secret letter broke the tranquility in the mansion.
The letter said that the emperor had issued an edict that Prince Anding would represent the Duan Dynasty to go to Fengcheng to negotiate with Mobei to stop the dispute, and that the emperor had issued an edict to set off immediately.
Judging from their pace, they should have left the territory of the capital by now.
Wen Wan finished reading the letter with a serious expression.
"You left in such a hurry, it doesn't look like you were going to negotiate."
Shen Yu responded, and the sharp lines on his face became more resolute.
"Yes, it doesn't seem like we're going to negotiate, it's more like..."
"Go grab the mineral vein!"
Wen Wan took over the conversation in a cold voice.
Prince Anding is already at this age, and it stands to reason that he should not be responsible for these dangerous things, but the emperor issued an edict, asking Prince Anding to go in person.
Who would believe that there is no one behind this to fan the flames?
Wen Wan saw that Shen Yu was worried, so she could only comfort him softly, "At this point, this matter is a done deal, and we can only find a way to help the prince."
Shen Yu nodded and said nothing, but the loneliness on his face could not be completely hidden after all.
If he hadn't become half-disabled, he wouldn't have put his elderly father in danger.
*
Perhaps because he was anxious, Shen Yu became more and more concerned about treating his eye disease since that letter.
Not only did he take the medicine on time every day, he also asked Xiang Tu to collect folk remedies from all over the place and invited famous doctors from all over to perform acupuncture.
Where there is a big reward, there will always be brave men. After casting a wide net, a good fish was actually caught.
Two months later, at dusk, a Taoist priest of unremarkable appearance came.
The Taoist priest claimed that he could cure Shen Yu's eye disease in three days, but no third person was allowed to witness the treatment process.
The Taoist priest also put forward a condition: he didn't want money, but a promise.
In the past, such a person would most likely be regarded as a charlatan, and Shen Yu would never dare to risk his life.
But Prince Anding has been gone for two months. Apart from writing a letter home last month to report his safety, there has been no news at all this month.
Shen Yu did send people to the border town to mobilize elite light cavalry and secretly rushed to Fengcheng to help King Anding, but the journey was long and the message was inconvenient to transmit, so no one knew what the current situation was.
Shen Yu had been feeling increasingly uneasy these past few days, so when the Taoist priest came to his house, he agreed to the Taoist priest's request without telling Wen Wan.
By the time Wen Wan found out, the Taoist priest had already treated him and left.
Before leaving, the Taoist priest applied eye drops to Shen Yu, saying that after three days, if he removed the cloth covering the drops, his eyes would be back to normal.
Early in the morning, Wen Wan stood in front of the dressing table with eager eyes, and with trembling fingers she untied the towel for him.
Her heart was in her throat, and she couldn't help muttering in a trembling voice while taking the box apart.
"You are a great general, yet you actually believed the words of that wandering Taoist priest. If this medicine is useless or even harmful to your body, where will we find that Taoist priest?"
Shen Yu felt her trembling and soothed her, "Xiao Wan, don't be afraid. My eyes haven't improved after a long time of treatment, so I'm just trying my best to save them."
After a pause, he smiled bitterly again, "In one's life, one must take a few gambles."
While the two were talking, the cloth had been removed.
Shen Yu's eyelids trembled for a while before he slowly opened his eyes.
Wen Wan came closer to him and stared into his eyes without blinking.
"Can you see me?"
Shen Yu had no expression on his face, just staring blankly ahead.
Wen Wan felt a chill in her heart when she saw this, but she forced herself to cheer up, "Well, it doesn't matter if it's not cured, we can always find another one later..."
Before she could finish her words, Shen Yu held her face.
He bit her red lips with unerring precision.
Wen Wan was stunned at first, then she was ecstatic.
"Are your eyes okay?"
Shen Yu was about to answer when he heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
Xiang Tu stumbled in, he looked panicked and his face was almost pale.
"General! Your Highness, Your Highness...something happened!"
*
Shen Yu rode his horse furiously for a whole day and night, and finally returned to the general's residence on the second night.
Wen Wan and Xiang Tu followed him on horseback, but they couldn't keep up with his speed and arrived two hours later than him.
White lanterns have been hung on both sides of the general's mansion's gate. The word "甸" (Deity) on the lanterns looks particularly cold and desolate in the night.
Xiang Tu led the way, and Wen Wan walked into the general's mansion. As soon as she entered, she saw the coffin placed in the middle of the main room.
Shen Yu lay beside the coffin, his face expressionless except for his bloodshot and red eyes.
He stared into the coffin in a daze. Wen Wan called him several times, but he didn't respond.
After a moment, Shen Yu's throat rolled and he finally spoke.
"Xiao Wan, my father...all the bones in his body are broken."
After he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood and finally fell beside the coffin.
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