Liu Yixuan tried hard to persuade his father to resign from his current official position because he knew that the Northern Song Dynasty would exist for a few days. If his father was still in the court, he would inevitably be captured by the Jin people with the two emperors Hui and Qin. Liu Yixuan had no ability to change history, so he could only try his best to make his family suffer less pain and torture caused by war. However, as an old minister of the dynasty, Liu Anguo still had some hope for the fate of the country. Although he was dismissed from office, he was unwilling to leave his monarch easily. In this era of "studying and being good at officials" and "helping the world with both success", no scholar could truly let go of fame and fortune, let alone the country was in crisis.

Liu Anguo expressed his understanding of his son's words, but he was the old man after all, so he could not be persuaded by his son so easily. Just as the father and son were arguing fiercely, Liu Yixuan's mother, Mrs. Fan, brought Chunlan and other girls to deliver food to their father and father with a food box. It turned out that Liu Anguo was dismissed from the court today and was worried about his son's safety. Until now, Mrs. Fan saw that her son came back, she was worried that her husband would lose his body by excessive hard work, so she asked the maids to keep some midnight snacks. In addition, Liu Yixuan came all the way and didn't have much food, so she delivered the food to Liu Anguo's study.

When Liu Anguo saw his wife coming to deliver the meal, he asked, "Why are you here?"

Mrs. Fan said, "Why can't I come here? You two have any confidential matters to discuss, so you can't let me listen? You have no food this day. Now that Xuan'er is back, you can eat something quickly!" He said to Liu Yixuanyan again, "Xuan'er, you are too hungry for the way you have been here for the day. I prepared these wine, meat and snacks for you two. Come and eat something."

Liu Yixuan was already hungry. Because of the urgent matter, he didn't think about eating after entering the mansion. Now when he saw these foods, he had already been saliva. As he said that, he walked to the table to eat and drink. Mrs. Fan knew that Liu Anguo had always liked to be clean, so he asked several girls to disperse and stayed in the house to serve the two of them. Seeing that their son was safe and sound, a stone in his heart fell to the ground, so he also came to the table to eat. Mrs. Fan served them rice porridge for each night, and brought several plates of cut beef, roast duck, ham and other items, and watched them eat and drink from the side.

Mrs. Fan looked at her, and tears came out of her eyes, and she cried and choked.

"Oh, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying when we have dinner?"

Mrs. Fan rubbed her eyes and wiped her nose with a handkerchief and said, "How long has it been since you both of you guys like this! On weekdays, the master is busy and doesn't eat at home. Even if he eats at home, he doesn't eat with us mother and mother. Like today, our family of three sits together to eat and talk, which is a few years ago!" As he said that, he wiped his tears again.

As soon as Mrs. Fan said this, Liu Anguo felt a sudden sigh of grief. Yes, since she became the prime minister, she has been working hard all day for the affairs of the court, and she has no time to accompany her family to have dinner and chat. She has also thought of retiring and returning to the country and enjoying the joy of family life. Who knew that the burden was on her shoulders and could not help but put state affairs first.

However, when Liu Yixuan heard this, he felt that it was a good time to convince his father to resign. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and said to Mrs. Fan: "Yes, mother, you don't know. I was just trying to persuade my father to resign from his official position. Our family will go back to Xiangyang to take refuge!"

"Is that so? It's good. I've wanted to go back to my hometown!" He said to Liu Anguoyan again: "Master, when the Jin people went south last time, I even packed up my things. Unexpectedly, the empress dowager suddenly asked you two to enter the palace and entrusted the princess over, which made us feel a little afraid. Now the Jin soldiers are going south again. How many princes and ministers in the capital don't arrange their families? Master, you are troubled by the court, and in the end you have been given a position? Now Xuan'er is just taking the princess out. I think our family will just leave the capital!"

"It's really a woman's opinion! Now that the country is in trouble, how can I escape unstoppable at this juncture?" Liu Anguo obviously disagreed with Mrs. Fan and Liu Yixuan's views.

"If you don't escape, will you let me suffer here with you? Last time the Jin soldiers surrounded the capital and almost broke through the city. This time they came again. Who knows if this city can be defended? Besides, Xuan'er is now a guilty person and dare not show up in the city. If you don't think about me, you have to think about your son, right? Where did you ask him to take the princess to settle down?"

Mrs. Fan's words reminded Liu Anguo that his son is now a fugitive. Even if Qinzong no longer pursues the Liu family's crimes, he will not appoint Liu Yixuan. In addition, Liu Yixuan escaped with the princess, so he must find a place to stay. As a father, he cannot ignore his son's lifelong affairs, which makes Liu Anguo more difficult.

Mrs. Fan didn't want to stay in this capital anymore. He just wanted to follow his son. Now the princess elopes with her son. The whole government and the government knew that she would definitely get married and have children in the future. She has been hoping that her son would start a family and start a career and hold her grandson for many years. She was not willing to part with her son. So when she heard that Liu Yixuan wanted to persuade his father to retire and return to Xiangyang, she agreed very much.

Mrs. Fan continued, "In my opinion, you, the third-rank minister, will be angry when you stay in the court. When you were prime minister, your mortal enemies could not let you go. Now you are just a third-rank minister, and they will not let you go! Look at the previous Lord Li Gang and Li, who was removed from the position of Shangshu because of a wrong sentence, and then was excluded by Master Zhu and the others. Wasn't you forced to let go of the other post? Master, instead of being so cowardly here, you might as well retire and return home to hide in peace!"

"Yes, father, what my mother said is much more reasonable than what I said. It was not wrong for you to be a loyal minister, but the court could no longer tolerate loyal ministers like you. You are now being given a prefecture, and the entire court is waiting to see your jokes. If you resign from the official position at this time, it may not be a bad thing. First, you can avoid the rebellion of the villains in the court, and second, you can see what position you have in the mind of the emperor. If the emperor really wants to reuse you again, you will definitely not let you stay in your hometown for too long?" Liu Yixuan saw that he could not persuade him, so he said that resigning from the official position was Ming's self-protection to protect himself, in order to temporarily avoid the limelight, and it is unknown if he will do anything in the future. In fact, Liu Yixuan knew in his heart that there was no future. He just wanted his parents to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

With the joint persuasion of Liu Yixuan and his son, Liu Anguo finally seemed to have a clue. He had to consider his wife and children, but he did not want to give up his career. He felt that what Liu Yixuan said was to avoid the limelight for the time being. If Qinzong really believed in him, he would definitely use himself one day in the future. In fact, he resigned from his post and returned to the field, which was naturally a strategy of officialdom.
Chapter completed!