There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 140

The arrival of Xia Houjing made Li Guiren overjoyed, and he wanted to get up even though he was sick.

He hurriedly stopped: "Mother doesn't need to move, just lie down and take care of yourself!"

Xia Houjing looked her up and down, and saw that her face was pale, her body was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, and her whole body was so weak that it would break if touched.

His heart was clenched into a ball, like a knife cutting him, he couldn't bear to look at each other and turned his head away.

"Jing'er!" Li Guiren lay back on the couch weakly, looking at his handsome son with relief and satisfaction on his face.

"Long time no see, you're even better!"

Li Guiren has already forgotten when was the last time he saw his son, anyway, it has been a long time.

that's the truth.

The empress controlled the harem, and their mother and son could not be reunited all year round. They could only know about each other's situation only by exchanging news between the palace people.

And Xia Houjing can only come to see it once or twice because the queen is busy and doesn't care about other things during the New Year's Eve.

At this time, even if the queen knew it, she would not make a big fuss, otherwise, if it was normal, she would not know what kind of torture her mother would suffer.

"Jing'er, don't worry, mother is doing well!" Seeing his son frowning, Li Guiren was extremely distressed.

"Look, His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are both concerned about me. You can see all the food, clothing, and use they have brought."

"As long as you are well, mother will be happy!"

Looking at the dark and dilapidated house and her mother's thin and empty face, Xia Houjing's heart was about to break.

"It's useless to be a son! You can't save your mother!"

"Silly boy!" Li Guiren smiled gratifiedly.

"I've been a doomed man all my life, how can I get out? What's more, the empress has treated me kindly, so I can't be ungrateful!"

Xia Houjing frowned in heartache, her eyes full of sadness.

The queen treats her mother like this, but she still says that her kindness is as great as a mountain. After so many years, her mother is still speaking for the queen.

Li Guiren could probably see what his son was thinking, so he patted his son's hand.

"Back then... in order to cover up your coming, I ate desperately, fed myself dozens of catties, and it took eight months for anyone to discover me!"

"The empress was very angry at the time, but she didn't take your life after all!"

"Actually, I know her. If it was someone else, she would have made a move long ago. It's just because of me, because I've been with her for so many years, so you survived!"

"Jing'er, you can live, mother and I are willing to suffer no matter how much I suffer!"

Her body was weak, and she stopped and stopped when she said a word, and she spoke for a quarter of an hour after a short sentence.

Xia Houjing lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. He raised his head after a while, with restraint in his eyes.

"Mother, don't worry, I don't hate it!"

"It's just... the son always looks forward to the day when he will be reunited with his mother!"

Li Guiren was very pleased, he laughed straight: "Don't worry, I will wait for that day to come!"

Xia Houjing looked up at her mother's pale face again, feeling inexplicable panic in her heart.

Can she really wait?

"Okay, it's getting late, you hurry up and don't let anyone find out!"

Xia Houjing sighed, bowed to her mother on the bed, and retreated respectfully.

Coming out of the harem, Xia Houjing returned to his residence, De'an Palace.

Since then, he has been obsessed with the six arts of poetry and painting again. Even during the New Year's Eve in the palace, he is still dressed in white, and he will not appear unless he can, with an appearance of no desire or desire.

However, although he doesn't care about everything, he still cares about the favors he owes.

I learned that the third sister-in-law was secretly helping her mother.

During the New Year's gift, he specially asked someone to send a few boxes to Chaoluan Hall, which were all gifts he carefully selected according to her preferences.

Why do you know what she likes?Of course it's all guesswork.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tang Wanning received such a few boxes.

Coincidentally, Xia Houjue was bored at the time, so he was brazenly reading military books in Chaoluan Hall to pass the time.

This gift-giving just happened to be caught by him: "What is it, show it to Gu!"

The few young eunuchs naturally did not dare to disobey, and carried the small box in front of Xia Houjue.

Tang Wanning was also quite curious, she threw the notebook in her hand and gathered it together.

"What is it, open it and have a look?"

"Are you in a hurry?" Xia Houjue glared at her.

"Of course, this is the first time someone gave me a gift alone, of course I'm happy!" She said generously and informally.

Xia Houjue: "..."

Didn't you send it yourself?Could it be that in the eyes of my daughter-in-law, I am not considered a person?Stuffed up...

Forget it, look at her heartless appearance, don't bother to care about it.

Xia Houjue stretched out his knuckle fingers and picked the three boxes apart one by one.

"Wow!"

Suddenly there was an exclamation in the ear.

Xia Houjue took a closer look and found that the box was full of various weapons.

A small Tibetan knife inlaid with sapphires, a fine steel dagger with an exquisite leather case, a short sword exuding a faint blue light, an exquisite deer tendon short bow...

Not to mention Tang Wanning, even she dared not say that she was not moved at all, and was even a little shocked.

Although these things are not priceless, they are rare and extremely difficult to collect.

The sixth brother gave her this, it seems a bit... over it!

Xia Houjue stared at Tang Wanning dancing excitedly, feeling a little strange in his heart.

This feeling is indescribable, and extremely difficult to capture, in short...very uncomfortable.

"Hey, hey, look at this, tsk tsk, this pair of mandarin duck daggers is too beautiful, look at the texture and workmanship!"

Her eyes straightened again: "It's so beautiful!"

Xia Houjue glanced at it reluctantly, and parted her thin lips lightly: "You are worthless, and there are so few good things for you alone? I have never seen you so happy!"

She even distributed the good things he worked so hard to give her to the women in the backyard, which is annoying to think about.

"Hey, how can this compare with those food!"

"This is a dagger, I won't give it to anyone this time, it's all mine!"

As the saying goes, a good horse matches a good saddle. She is the daughter of a great general. She grew up in a military camp and has practiced martial arts since she was a child.

And who better to match these babes than her?Ha ha!It's all hers!

Xia Houjue: "..." I feel a little cold, what's going on?

But he couldn't say anything.

The sixth younger brother has a pure heart, likes to travel, treats people purely and kindly, and knows how to repay kindness. He is not a person who schemes.

This must be what he sincerely wanted to do and tried his best to find.

On one side is Chunshan's sixth younger brother, and on the other side is his wife.

Although it feels wrong, there is nothing wrong with taking a closer look.

Gifts were given openly and aboveboard, and gifts were received dignifiedly, without any concealment in front of him, and there was nothing inappropriate or ambiguous about the gifts.

No matter how you think about it, you can't find anything wrong with it.

Therefore, Xia Houjue could only suppress a certain unhappiness in his heart.

"Your Highness, what do you think of this curved bow? It's so exquisite! It seems that I have to continue practicing archery later?" She murmured to herself, feeling excited.

(End of this chapter)