Chapter 296 If Anan Was Still Here
"Chen Yu!" Xuan Pinghou panted like a cow, "Tell me, in this state, will Anan still recognize me?"
Chen Yu: “I know him.”
Tears oozed from the corners of Marquis Xuanping's eyes and slid onto his burned skin, causing him to feel a burning pain like needles, but there was no expression on his face.
"I'm still thinking, I can't face him. I'm burned beyond recognition. After I go down, he won't recognize me as his father."
Xuan Ping Hou used his almost burnt hands to grab the edge of the bed, "Do you think he will blame me?"
Chen Yu's eyes turned red, "He will definitely blame you, but he is kind by nature, and you are his father. If you sincerely repent, he will definitely forgive you."
"That's good, that's good." Marquis Xuanping nodded.
The burned skin on his neck cracked due to his movements, and blood oozed out from the cracks.
But Marquis Xuanping didn't seem to feel any pain at all, "I beg you for one favor."
"you say."
"When I die, bury me next to him." Marquis Xuanping laughed. Although his face was ferocious, his eyes were surprisingly gentle.
"When he was little, someone laughed at him for being a motherless child, so he started crying. I asked him to fight back... but he didn't know how to fight back. He was such a silly child. If I didn't have a father to protect him, I was afraid that people would bully him."
Chen Yu couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and her tears soaked her clothes when she turned her head.
Her best friend Anan was such a kind person.
"I'm afraid..." Xuanping Hou said, "I want to die, but I'm afraid of death. If I die, who will burn paper for me, Chen Yu...Chen Yu..."
"I know." Chen Yu said, "I won't let him go hungry down there."
"That's good, that's good..."
Shen Yu walked out of the room, and suddenly a loud shout came from the room behind her.
"Anan, Dad is here!"
Clang——
There was no more sound in the room.
Qingyun Guards went into the room to check and found Marquis Xuanping fallen to the ground. He had strangled himself with the tent.
…
There is a Chongjian Mountain outside Luzhou City.
The mountains and forests are dense, and the connected treetops block out the scorching sun, casting only mottled light and shadows on the ground.
Chen Yu stopped halfway up the mountain. Standing here, she could see the entire red maple field below the mountain and the entire Luzhou City.
Chen Yu turned around and put down the incense, candles and paper money, and stood in front of a tomb.
Sat down.
There were ashes of burnt paper money in front of the tomb. It was said that before Luzhou was closed, Marquis Xuanping sent people up the mountain every day to burn paper money for Pei Chunli, but he himself had never visited the tomb since Pei Chunli was buried.
"Your father has found a good place for you." Chen Yu wiped the tombstone with her hand, "This place is beautiful, you will definitely be reborn as a handsome man in your next life."
She rubbed her fingertips and found there was no dust on them, which showed that someone cleaned the place regularly.
But after Marquis Xuanping died, no one came to sweep Pei Chunli's tomb anymore.
"Don't worry." Chen Yu said softly, "I'm here. I'll have people add soil and plant flowers for you, and burn paper money for you every day. I won't let you starve down there."
Chen Yu slowly tore open the paper money, chattering to him as if that person was sitting next to him.
They sat side by side on the mountainside, enjoying the evening breeze, gazing at the sunset glow, and guessing together that tomorrow would be another sunny day.
"How great would it be if you were still here? I'd protect you, and you could still be a playboy, eating, drinking, having fun, and not doing your job, and no one would dare to say anything to you."
"You can walk around Shengjing as you please. If anyone bullies you, tell me and I will send troops to surround his mansion."
"I'm pregnant, and I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl. If you were still alive, I would let the child recognize you as the godfather, but..."
Chen Yu's eyes blurred and her throat choked with sobs, "But don't teach the child to go to a brothel, otherwise, otherwise I will..."
Thinking of this, tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn't hold back and burst into tears in front of Pei Chunli's small grave.
There are several sentences in a row, but they all end with the sentence "If you were still there".
But there are not so many "ifs" and "ifs" in this world.
The person is gone, and those who disappear in the wind will never come back.
Xie Tingzhou walked forward, squatted down, hugged the crying Shen Yu into his arms, and gently stroked her back to comfort her.
It had already darkened, the paper money had burned out in front of the grave, but the incense and candles were still lit.
"I have to go." Chen Yu stood up and touched the cold tombstone. "When the child is older, we will come to see you again. We still have to call you godfather."
She followed Xie Tingzhou away, walked a few steps and then turned back.
Seeing the incense and candles swaying in the wind, it seemed as if the clean-looking boy was waving goodbye to her.
…
After the autumn harvest in various places, the number of refugees gradually decreased.
But the three-foot-thick ice did not form overnight, and it is simply a fantasy to expect to change the current situation in the world by relying on the good harvests in a few cities.
This winter, fewer people will starve to death or freeze to death than in previous years.
"Wherever Xie Tingzhou's army arrived, they opened the granaries to provide relief. He had a good plan. He opened the imperial court's granaries, but the benefit was his own."
The weather has turned cold, and the breath I breathe out is white steam as I talk, but it hasn't snowed yet. It's amazing how quickly a year has passed.
The cabinet minister rolled up his sleeves and said, "That's why I said that relief should be provided as soon as possible."
Zuo Zong, the Minister of the Dali Temple, said: "The imperial court's granaries have limited grain reserves. The harvests in several states this autumn were not good. The bulk of the relief is actually transported from other states."
"Master Zuo is speaking for the rebels."
Zuo Zong said: "I am just stating the facts. Instead of arguing here, it is better to think about what to do next. Xie Tingzhou's army is already on the way and will arrive in Shengjing soon."
Wen Hongyuan said: "Even if he arrives at Shengjing, I, Wen Hongyuan, will never be a traitor who surrenders. It is better to attack the heart than to attack the city. I think Xie Tingzhou is very difficult to deal with, so we will attack his weak spot."
"He dared to return to Shengjing for Shen Yu. Shen Yu was his weak spot."
"It's not easy." Liu Cheng said, "I heard that an assassin tried to assassinate him before but failed. Although this is a low-level method, there is no need to talk about morality when dealing with traitors. However... they will definitely strengthen their defenses, so this method will not work."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Wen Hongyuan suddenly said, "Shen Zhongan was indeed a loyal and brave man, but he gave birth to a pair of children like that. I wonder what he thinks in the afterlife."
When he said this, Liu Cheng suddenly came up with a plan, "I got it! Invite Chen Yu to the city to negotiate peace, and then wait for an opportunity to act."
The army camped eighty miles away from Shengjing.
The 100,000-man army has not attacked, but has been stationed here for three days.
"Your Majesty." Xi Feng said outside the tent, "There is a letter from Shengjing, it's for the princess."
"Bring it in." Xie Tingzhou put down the medicine bowl.
Winter is here again, and his body will be in poor condition in winter. Now that Chen Yu is pregnant, he dare not rush her or make her angry. Although he knows that the effect of the medicine is minimal, he still uses the medicine in front of her every day to reassure her.
Xi Feng presented the letter, and Xie Tingzhou read it before handing it to Chen Yu, "The letter said that they have three questions they want to ask the loyal hero."
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