return to peace

"Uncle Tao, where is father?"

Uncle Tao?Looking at the old man who was blind in one eye and wrinkled in front of him, Chu Lingshang couldn't believe it.

Tao Zhengde glanced at him. Although there was only one eye left, it was still sharp.Seeing this, Ji Fan introduced, "This is my friend Chen Ling. I have something important to discuss with my father."

Tao Zhengde nodded: "The master is in the study, please follow me, the young master."

"Don't, don't," Ji Fan stopped him, "I'll go by myself, Uncle Tao, go and do your work."

"That's fine, then, the young master, hurry up and take the guests."

Ji Fan nodded, pulled Chu Lingshang towards the study, and when he was far away, Chu Lingshang quietly asked, "Why is Uncle Tao blind in one eye?"

Ji Fan hesitated and said, "It's just... the day your accident happened, you injured your eyes while fighting with the gangsters, and you didn't take care of them later. As you get older, your eyes will gradually fail."

After hearing this, Chu Lingshang remained silent. He was grateful for Uncle Tao's kindness, but he really didn't want to recall the past.

"Here we are." Ji Fan knocked on the door: "Father, I brought someone to see you."

"come in."

Ji Fan brought Chen Lingshang into the study room. Wen Ruyu, with loose hair and loose casual clothes, was writing something at the desk. When she saw them, she put down her pen.When he got closer, Chu Lingshang realized that he was not writing, but painting. The painting seemed to be a snow scene in the courtyard. In the snow-capped world, a man in black was holding a baby.Looking at it, Chu Lingshang felt somewhat familiar.

"Who is this?" Wen Ruyu asked.

Ji Fan didn't answer, but instead said softly to Chu Lingshang: "I'm going out first, you tell father."

Chu Lingshang nodded, Ji Fan closed the door of the study when he went out, and only him and Wen Ruyu were left in the silent study.Wen Ruyu seemed to have sensed something, and stood up.His face was pale, and there was a desperate hope in his eyes.

Chu Lingshang knew that he would face this moment sooner or later, and he was ready.He turned around and took off the diaper, and when he turned around again, it was Chen Lingshang's face. At the same time, the hope in Wen Ruyu's eyes was also extinguished.

"National teacher." Wen Ruyu sat down again, "I don't know why the national teacher came to visit quietly?"

Chen Ling didn't say anything, and closed his eyes, as if he had made up his mind, trembling his lips: "Daddy." These two words hadn't been uttered in more than ten years, and they were too unfamiliar.Wen Ruyu raised her head abruptly and looked at him in shock.He thought that after these years, he would be able to stand still no matter how big the incident was, but he didn't expect that he would be defeated in front of these two light words.

"I'm Wen Lin."

For a moment, there was a silence that could hear the drop of a needle.

"Tell me, who are you?" Wen Ruyu asked gently and cautiously.Too much persistence, when the long-cherished wish of many years comes true, I feel a little dazed.

Chu Lingshang smiled wryly, pulled up the sleeve of his left hand, and said with gestures: "I had a heart-shaped birthmark here, which was not obvious. I removed it four years ago to prevent you from getting suspicious." He put down his sleeves and continued: "My mother is Liang Linlang, the only daughter of the former prime minister Liang Huan, who died after giving birth to me. I also have an uncle named Ji Futian who died 20 years ago. Isn’t it the scene where he hugged me before he left? Ji Fan drew lots for his first birthday, and he caught me, so you told me to cherish it...”

Every time he said a word, Wen Ruyu's face turned pale until she was completely bloodless.

"Do you want me to go on?"

"Then... why didn't you admit it before?" Wen Ruyu actually vaguely knew the reason, but he still asked.

"I refused to admit it before because I still have resentment in my heart. I admit it now because I feel that I have let go."

That day was the wound that Wen Ruyu didn't want to touch. It was a taboo in his heart. Now, his son really came back and stood in front of him, saying that he had forgiven him.He who has always been introverted and self-sufficient, couldn't help the sadness in his heart these years, and tears welled up.He walked up to Chu Lingshang and looked at it carefully. He didn't speak, but slowly embraced his own son in his arms.

In Chu Lingshang's impression, Wen Ruyu seldom hugged him. When he fell down when he was a child, Wen Ruyu just said lightly: "Stand up." He never hugged his child in his arms like other fathers, and coaxed him well , so he always felt that Wen Ruyu didn't really like him very much, but Ji Futian was more like his father.

However, at this moment, leaning on his thin shoulders, he suddenly understood that there is no father and son who are not affectionate, but his father hides it deeply.

"How did you live these years? How did you become the master of Xiliang again?" The two finally sat down and had a good talk.

Chu Lingshang said: "After I fell off the cliff, I fell into the river at the bottom of the cliff and was washed ashore. The king of Xiliang and Si Ran, the national teacher at that time, happened to pass by and rescued me back...".Chu Lingshang described his experience after falling off the cliff in detail.

After listening, Wen Ruyu didn't speak for a long time. After a while, Fang asked softly: "A Lin, do you hate me?"

After hearing the words, Chu Lingshang said frankly: "To be honest, I really hated it at first, but after so many years, I'm living a good life now, so there's nothing I hate or hate."

Wen Ruyu nodded, "Ji Fan, he already knew."

"Well. I have been hiding it because I was not prepared."

"It's okay, you... just come back." Wen Ruyu took Chen Lingshang's hand and squeezed it tightly.

Chu Lingshang shook his hand lightly, "Daddy, I have one more thing to do here."

"You said."

"I hope you can resign."

"Resign?"

Chu Lingshang nodded: "Yes, the king of Chen is fatuous, but the king of Xiliang is working hard to govern. Although a ten-year peace treaty has been signed, a big war is inevitable after ten years. I am the teacher of Xiliang, but my real identity is But he is the son of the Xiangfu, my existence will put the Wen family in danger, so before this happens, I hope my father can get away first."

Wen Ruyu is a smart person, and he understood the crux of the problem as soon as he heard it: "You mean that your identity may be leaked, and if King Chen becomes suspicious, the Prime Minister's Mansion will surely be doomed."

"That's right." As he said that, Chu Lingshang knelt down on the ground, and Wen Ruyu hurried to help him, but he pressed his hand: "Daddy, I haven't called you that for a long time. It's because my son is unfilial, but since I'm sitting If you take this position, you must consider the people of Xiliang. The two countries have been at war for several years, and the people have no means of living. The king of Chen is fatuous. Only the king of Xiliang can rule the world and restore peace to the world. For the sake of the people of the world, and for me, I hope you can agree Resign and retire. I have never asked you for anything since I was a child, and this is the only thing."

Wen Ruyu sat on the chair, quietly looking at the lost and found child who was kneeling on the ground, his silver hair was loose, and he seemed a little old in a daze.

He stretched out his hand, gently stroked Chu Lingshang's hair like he did when he was a child, and slowly lifted him up. "I have been in the political vortex of Chen country for so many years. It is not easy to get out of the body. The only way is to pretend to be sick and die."

"Fake death?" Chu Lingshang was a little surprised, but looking at Wen Ruyu's clear eyes, he knew he was serious.

Ji Fan had been waiting outside for two hours, and the afterglow of the setting sun also came through the clouds. The door opened with a creak, and Wen Ruyu and Chen Lingshang walked out together.

"Let's have dinner together tonight."

Once separated, finally reunited.