Qi Yun walked towards the door with a swaying expression to send a message to Liu Song, while Liu Mingzhi walked to the stove in Qi Yun's room and started making tea with a calm expression.
It was as if what had happened just now had not happened, and it was even better as if the person facing a major crisis was not him.
"Husband, where are you?"
"Sister Ya, my husband is here! Why are you here?"
Qi Ya's pretty face was filled with anxiety. Her phoenix eyes looked up and down at Liu Mingzhi, who was holding a poker and looking calm, with a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
"Husband...husband, are you okay?"
Liu Mingzhi changed the hand of the tongs and raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat on the tip of Qi Ya's nose: "What can happen to my husband? What's wrong with you? You look like you're out of your mind and panicking? A great master of Qinggong is actually sweating. .
Where is Lingyun girl? Is this child a good boy? "
"You are so good. I went to bed after eating at the nanny's place. No, I just met my sister and she was rushing towards the front yard with a look on her face. She said... She said... ..."
When Liu Mingzhi heard the sound of tea boiling, he hurriedly turned around, picked up the teapot and walked towards the table.
With the tea art of Three Dragons Protecting the Cauldron, he brewed a cup of fragrant tea for Qi Ya and handed it over.
"Have a cup of tea and calm down. Your husband will be fine. Don't get angry in a hurry."
Qi Ya took the tea cup from her husband in a daze, her expression a little confused.
Is it because my husband is too calm or my sister is too anxious? This situation is very different from what I expected.
Qi Ya raised her arms, her long sleeves danced lightly, and the hem of her sleeves flashed like a snake on the door. The wide open door closed directly. After thinking thoughtfully for a moment, Qi Ya seemed to understand something.
"Husband, did you know this would happen?"
Liu Mingzhi held Qi Ya's shoulders and helped her sit on a chair nearby. He sat on the chair beside him with his legs crossed, picked up a cup of tea and tasted it lightly.
"That's about it. Although there are some slight discrepancies, I don't think there's anything too surprising."
"Then why did you return to the house with a gloomy face as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling, and why did you scare Yun'er so much that she lost her mind?"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the pot and refilled Qi Ya's tea, and glanced around the boudoir with a deep look.
"With such a big scene happening, what if my husband is indifferent and doesn't care at all? Although this palace belongs to our family, not all the maids and servants belong to our family.
Yun'er, as Princess Bingjian and the wife of the Liu family, represents her husband, so the effect of her panic is much stronger than that of her husband.
Do you understand what it means to be a husband? "
Qi Ya murmured for a while, then raised her jade hand and gently hammered Young Master Liu's arm.
"Smelly husband, you scared me to death. I really thought that something big was going to happen. How can I say that His Majesty has murderous intentions for you? I have been thinking about countermeasures along the way, but it turned out that you wanted to Therefore, there is no doubt about such a thing!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his brows and looked at Qi Ya solemnly: "No, your Majesty has murderous intentions towards my husband? This is true, my husband did not lie to you and Yun'er."
"What?"
Qi Ya's slightly relaxed expression became tense again, and she looked at Liu Mingzhi worriedly: "Husband, how are you going to deal with it? Are you going to... rebel?"
The word rebellion came out of Qi Ya's mouth? Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but frown. He stood up and supported Qi Ya's shoulders with a little force. The words of the old Zen Master Baishan of Dahuguo Temple in Jinguo last year came to mind.
"Isn't it time to take this step now? What I need to do now is to remain unchanged in response to changes.
The enemy cannot move, I myself remain motionless.
There is still one more opportunity left! "
"I would like to ask, is it really the last resort? Does your husband really want to..."
"There are two roads before my husband and Your Majesty. Which road to take does not depend on my husband? It depends on Your Majesty."
"Aren't you afraid that your husband will be too passive when the time comes?"
Liu Mingzhi bent down, put his hands around Qi Ya's plump waist and exhaled softly: "It's better to be passive."
"ah?"
"Farewell? You? Just be obedient to your husband and raise your son, and the rest will be your own! Let's not talk about those troublesome things now? Today, my husband once again witnessed the majestic appearance of a million-strong army outside the city. I couldn't help but get excited.
How about we discuss the art of hanging a gold hook upside down? "
Qi Ya felt her husband's hand wandering inside her underwear at some point. She glared at Young Master Liu angrily.
"The sign of death? How long have you been thinking about these things?"
Liu Mingzhi smiled happily, picked up the beautiful woman by his waist and walked behind the screen.
"In life, the most important thing is to enjoy yourself in time.
As for some troublesome and trivial matters, just let the soldiers come and cover them up with the water and the earth. "
At the same time, Qi Yun's boudoir resounded with enchanting notes.
After returning, Qi Yun heard the ear-piercing noise in the room and stamped her lotus feet angrily. She felt anxious and angry, but her husband actually had the intention to hold her sister in the daytime... ..
The sun was setting in the west, and after a refreshing bath, Mr. Liu and the beautiful Qi Ya walked out of the room and rushed towards the front hall.
"Sister Ya, please give me your husband's order. Except for the maids and servants, Yun'er, Lian'er, Yan'er... Yiyi, Yaoyao... Chengfeng... Everyone come to the front hall to announce something for your husband."
"Okay, I understand."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Qi Ya's retreating figure and turned towards his study.
"Hey, brother, why are you in the study?"
As soon as Liu Mingzhi entered the study, he found Song Qing holding a candle and hunched over the sand table, thinking about something.
"Idle time is idle, it's better to find something interesting to do. Besides coming here to study the sand table as a brother in your house.
How are you? How do you feel about visiting the armed forces review today? Have you found the feeling of guiding the world in the past? "
"Not good?"
Song Qing paused, put the candlestick in his hand on the edge of the sand table, turned to look at Young Master Liu with a frown and asked, "What? What happened?"
Liu Mingzhi once again wasted a lot of time and briefly told Song Qing what happened today when he reviewed the three armies in the wilderness west of the city.
Song Qing's expression became serious after hearing this, and he wandered around the room with his chin in his hands.
"It's really not good. Your popularity and power are suppressed by His Majesty. I'm afraid His Majesty has some unsightly thoughts towards you.
How are you going to respond? "
"Naturally, we should stay the same to cope with the ever-changing situation. Now all I can do is wait!"
"Wait? Wait for what?"
"The secret must not be leaked. It just so happens that you are also in the house. My brother is going to announce something today, so you can be a witness."
"What are you announcing? You want to keep a concubine again? Can you bear it?"
Song Qing's words made the somewhat heavy atmosphere disappear, and Liu Mingzhi glared at Song Qing angrily.
"This young master is so like a hungry wolf in lust. He is still thinking about taking concubines at any age."
"What's wrong with being in your thirties? It's common for people in their fifties to take young girls aged fourteen or fifteen as concubines. It's not uncommon. If you're only thirty and want to take a concubine, what's wrong with that?"
"I won't bullshit you anymore. I plan to make arrangements for my legitimate son. It's not an option to continue dragging it out."
Song Qing frowned and nodded cautiously.
"This is indeed an important issue. Since ancient times, children and elders have been arranged in an orderly manner, and concubines and concubines have been distinguished. Arranging it early can indeed save a lot of trouble in the future.
It's not what my eldest brother said to you. You should have decided on this matter when the children were first born, not until now. Nowadays, the children have gradually become more sensible. If there is no perfect way to distinguish between direct descendants and concubines, it will easily cause cracks in the relationship between the brothers.
What are you going to do?
Although the child Chengfeng was the eldest son, according to the rules, the child Chengzhi was also the legitimate son.
As the third princess Fu Zhengping's wife, Cheng Qian's child is also his legitimate son.
It would be better if the child Chengzhi was born first, and the eldest son would almost certainly be established. However, you and your sister Qinglian had an heir, Chengfeng, first.
Now some of you are in trouble.
The palms and backs of your hands are full of flesh, so you can’t treat anyone badly, but there are no rules. If you don’t settle them in time, it will be a troublesome thing for them and your family in the future. "
Liu Mingzhi gently rubbed his forehead: "What's the trouble? That's the identity you should have."
"What you mean by this is that the result has already been achieved? Can I take the liberty of asking who you plan to appoint to succeed the throne?
Ordinarily Chengzhi is the most reasonable, but Chengqian is the third princess's son. If Chengzhi is established, what will you do with the third princess and Chengqian's nephew? "
"Let's not stand. Let the three brothers choose by themselves. Whatever they choose will be what they choose. Everything depends on God's will."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
Liu Mingzhi smiled at Song Qing and groped under the desk.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi walked out holding three wooden boxes, both medium and small.
"The three brothers are very harmonious. The so-called establishment of legitimate concubines is just an excuse to show outsiders."
Song Qing stared blankly at the three wooden boxes in Young Master Liu's hand and thought for a long time.
"Brother, don't scare me. Why do I think you are not establishing the distinction between direct concubine and concubine, but are instead arranging the funeral arrangements?"
Liu Mingzhi breathed out softly: "Brother, my mentor once said that there is no permanent victory in the world. Things in the world are unpredictable, and brothers will inevitably stumble, so prepare early to be prepared.
Let's go, you, the children's uncle, go and bear witness to the children! "
