Chapter 2790 Worry
Fang Xuanling's old face turned the color of pig liver. He pointed at Lu with a trembling finger and said angrily: "You, you, you..."
But "you" don't come out of the ordinary.
I think back then, the gentle and powerful Prime Minister of a country, full of poems and books, and talented, was helpless with this jealous tigress in his family, and was crushed for the rest of his life without any chance of turning around...
Fang Jun couldn't stand it anymore, so he put his arm around his mother Lu's shoulders and coaxed and persuaded: "Why should mother be like this? Look at all the dignitaries in Chang'an City, including their sons. Which one is not the same?" Three wives and four concubines? As you said, you just want to fall in love with whose daughter you are. I want to marry him back, but my father was the head of the prime minister at that time, with one person above tens of thousands of people, and his cultural reputation was the best in the world. I don’t know how many ladies from the famous family cried and shouted to be my father’s concubine, but my father remained indifferent. This is simply... He is the best man in the Tang Dynasty.”
Mrs. Lu was a little discouraged, but she still said stubbornly: "You think he doesn't want to? That's because he doesn't dare!"
Fang Jun then smiled and said: "You are a mother. It stands to reason that your son should take your words as a guide and cannot disobey him. But my son dare not agree with your words. What does he mean by not daring? A man who has three wives and four concubines is passed down from his ancestors. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, a woman must obey her husband when she marries. My father is the only one who has a wife. If he is really determined to marry two people, what can you do? Even if you commit suicide by taking poison, few people will say that you are strong and loyal, and they will only say that you are jealous. ...Oops!”
However, Madam Lu grabbed his ear with a backhand, and Liu Mei cursed: "You little bastard, do you even miss me so much? Now that your wings are hardened, how dare you disobey me? If you can't stand it, what do you think your father will do?" You have been wronged in this life, but you have arranged for your father to marry a few beautiful girls?”
"It hurts, it hurts! Mom, please spare me..."
After finally getting Lu to let go, Fang Jun said with a smile: "Look what you said, my son is the same as his father. He will love you and respect you all his life. How dare he let you suffer even the slightest injustice? It's not that my father dare not take concubines, but I don’t even bother to do it. With a virtuous mistress like my mother at home, life is enough, so why bother with those vulgar fans?”
Lu's face was stern, but she felt happy in her heart. She glanced at Fang Xuanling, who was silent at the side, and stood up and said: "The words are nice to say, but you know that people know their faces but not their hearts. Who knows what that old guy is thinking in his heart? ? But I’m thinking about it, if he really wants to marry, we won’t stop him.”
How intelligent is Fang Xuanling?
He quickly expressed his stance: "Madam, don't worry, the two of us will grow old together, we will share the same quilt when we live, and we will share the same hole when we die. There is no possibility of taking concubines in this life!"
Mrs. Lu snorted: "I'm sorry you don't dare!"
"Madam is right, I don't dare."
"Hmph! I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. Erlang, please sit down first. Mom will go back and let the servants boil the water. You can take a nice bath later and wash away your bad luck before going to bed."
"Thank you, mother."
……
After finally coaxing Mr. Lu away, father and son looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Fang Jun asked curiously: "Why is mother so angry?"
Although Mr. Lu had a tough style in the past, always looking for trouble, and even more bossy towards his father, it was still rare for him to be completely inexplicable about the evil fire like today.
Fang Xuanling had a headache and said helplessly: "Who knows? It's always been like this for the past six months. He often gets angry for no reason. His father can make a scene even if he makes the slightest mistake. Otherwise, he just keeps a calm face and ignores others. He didn't say a word... When my father was in charge of the court, all the heroes in the world were prostrate at his feet, but he couldn't find a woman. It was really his destiny. "
The words were filled with sighs and emotions, and endless sadness.
Fang Jun sighed and said, "It must be menopause."
Menopause can come early or late. My mother, Lu, is in her fifties this year, so she must be in the late menopause category. The later the menopause comes, the more obvious the effects will be, especially the more intense the emotional fluctuations. , It’s hard for dad.
Fang Xuanling wondered: "What is menopause?"
Fang Jun simply explained, saying that this is the only way for a person to completely transition to old age. Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, it is caused by internal changes in the body, but it is more obvious in women.
Fang Xuanling was silent for a long time, then sighed and said lonely: "As a father, I always thought that your mother was deliberately looking for trouble... Women care about age more than men. Time is easy to grow old and youth is gone, and the changes in the heart are obviously more serious. It’s so intense and even more difficult to accept, just let her go.”
From the retirement of his career to the whitening of his beard and hair, it all shows that a person is old. However, after listening to Fang Jun's explanation about menopause, Fang Xuanling re-understood the concept of "old age", and naturally felt sad in her heart.
Fang Jun rolled his eyes and said to his father: "As if you dared to provoke me before..."
Fang Xuanling glared angrily.
Fang Jun quickly gave in and sat upright.
Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea, sighed, and said: "This time you were assassinated in Jiangnan and Gao Jifu was assassinated in Chang'an. My father has already felt the turmoil in the court situation, and I am afraid it will be difficult to calm down. Changsun Wuji is a man Too much selfish desire, eyes There is only home and no country. For his own selfish desires, he actually ignored the bottom line of the imperial struggle and brazenly used dead soldiers to assassinate courtiers. This is not his first time, and it will definitely not be his last. "
Fang Jun was convinced.
The bottom line is a forced boundary. Once it is breached, it becomes useless and can no longer be a restriction.
If you can assassinate Fang Jun today, you may dare to assassinate the prince tomorrow.
However, His Majesty Li Er was preoccupied with the Eastern Expedition, and he adopted a tolerant attitude towards Changsun Wuji's increasingly crazy style, thinking that everything would be resolved after the Eastern Expedition. But the question is, who knows what unrestricted things the Guanlong nobles headed by Changsun Wuji can do before the end of the Eastern Expedition?
From the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, they interpreted coups and mutinies as ordinary as eating and drinking water. They did not care what kind of disaster each change would bring to the entire society and the entire world, as long as they could seize huge amounts of money. For their own interests, they can even rejuvenate a country or destroy a country. It is not a problem to commit rebellion and seek to usurp the throne.
"So, you must be careful, not only for your personal safety, but also for the entire Guanlong movement. These people bear the heroic bloodline of the Xianbei people, and they have always been incompatible with the culture of the Han family, even though they have been here for more than a hundred years. Han and Hu are one, and they are no longer distinguishable from each other, but the things in the blood are the most difficult to change. ”
Fang Xuanling's attitude was obviously the same as Fang Jun's. It would not be surprising for the Guanlong nobles who had always been unscrupulous to do anything.
This is an extremely serious crisis, but His Majesty Li Er, as the emperor, is obviously lucky and thinks that everything can be postponed and wait until after the Eastern Expedition to deal with the Guanlong nobles.
Fang Jun thought for a while and said, "After the New Year, my father, mother, and everyone in the family will move to Lishan Farm. My son will dispatch a brigade of elite Youtun Guards to Lishan to protect corn, peanuts and other crops." In the name of cultivation, we protect the farm.”
He had to plan ahead.
Once the Eastern Expedition begins, the entire Chang'an army is empty. Fang Jun can only trust the right guards in his hands. If there is a change in Chang'an, the entire city will become a big pot, and everyone in the city may be placed under the control of the Guanlong nobles. Under their steel knives.
Fang Jun did not have the confidence to control the entire Chang'an City, so he could only send his family outside the city as soon as possible. Even if the situation changed drastically, his soldiers could rely on the terrain of Lishan Mountain to deal with powerful enemies with advanced firearms. It is also possible to evacuate Tongguan by land and water.
Fang Xuanling pondered for a long time, and then sighed: "That's all it can do... For some reason, my father has always felt that there is something wrong with His Majesty's temperament in the past two years. Ordinarily, with His Majesty's thunderous methods, how can he let Guan Long go?" The nobles are so rampant Crazy? In the early years of Zhenguan, people would have been killed and blood would flow into the river. But now they are indecisive and hesitant. It is really weird to treat the Guanlong nobles like this."
Fang Jun sighed: "Your Majesty has been obsessed with the art of metal and stone in recent years, and is determined to cultivate immortality and seek immortality. Maybe he has taken too many drugs."
Although today's elixirs cannot be compared with the wide variety of banned drugs in later generations, due to the backwardness of technology, they cannot be better purified. In terms of being harmful to the body, they are even worse.
It is almost inevitable that these elixirs, which contain obviously excessive levels of lead and mercury, will have a destructive effect on the human central nervous system, and it is also reasonable to affect the personality... (End of this chapter)