After Liu Mingzhi returned to the study, he held a copy of "Folk Talk" and read about seven or eight pages against the flickering candlelight. There was a knock on the door in the study.
"Dad, is it easy for my child to go in now?"
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the door: "Come in."
"yes."
The second eldest child, Liu Chengzhi, pushed open the door of the study room, leaned forward and looked at his father who was sitting behind the desk, and then walked in with light steps.
Liu Mingzhi reached out and pointed casually towards the chair opposite him, and continued to silently flip through the book in his hand.
"Thank you dad."
Liu Chengzhi gently sat on the chair and waited obediently. From time to time he glanced at his father, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, guessing his father's intention of letting him come to the study.
The father and son sat in silence, and in the study room there was only the slight crackling sound of the candle wick burning, and the sound of Young Master Liu flipping through papers.
Mr. Liu slowly flipped through the page, picked up the tea cup, blew on it and tasted it quietly, paying no attention to Liu Chengzhi's intention.
Liu Chengzhi felt the strange atmosphere in the study. Although his face still looked like he was calm and waiting honestly, there was a faint wave in his heart. He couldn't help but secretly muttered to himself, what was the purpose of his father's move?
Since my father sent Uncle Song to call him to the study, there was a high probability that he had something to ask or explain to him.
But as soon as I entered the study, my father was drinking tea and reading, and had no intention of talking to me. Could it be that I was wrong? Did my father let me come just so that I could watch him drink tea and read?
How is this possible? This is totally inconsistent with Dad’s character!
Taking another peek at Young Master Liu, Liu Chengzhi breathed a silent sigh to suppress the waves in his heart, silently recited the Ice Heart Mantra and continued to wait.
No matter what dad wants to do, just wait and see.
I don't know how much time passed, but Liu Mingzhi put down the tea cup in his hand without any warning. The slight movement made Liu Chengfeng raise his eyebrows, and he hurriedly sat up, his body that had been slightly leaning forward for some time.
In this somewhat weird atmosphere, Liu Chengzhi had forgotten the passage of time and didn't know how much time had passed.
Young Master Liu glanced at Liu Chengzhi, who was sitting at attention opposite him. The relief in his eyes flashed away, and his eyes returned to the calmness that had just been like a pool of stagnant water.
Liu Mingzhi folded a corner of the book in his hand and put it back to its original position. He poured two cups of tea from the pot and leaned back lazily.
"Chengzhi, do you know King Zhou You?"
Liu Chengzhi looked stunned and looked at his father tentatively: "Huh? King Zhou You? Dad, are you talking about the King Zhou You in the history books who played with the princes by beacon fire and only smiled at the beauty?"
"Yes, that's him.
You can tell his most famous deeds without thinking, it seems that you know him very clearly! "
"My son studied history books when I was in the Imperial College, and I have some impression of King Zhou You. Why did dad suddenly mention him to my son?"
"What do you think of King Zhou You?"
"ah?"
"Ah what? My father asked you how you evaluate King Zhou You?"
"He is stupid and unethical. Just to win a smile from a beautiful woman, he actually treats the country and the country as a child's play, and ignores the people of the world. In the end, he brought this result on himself and does not blame others."
"Yeah! By the way, my father heard from your mother that you are running to the princess house of Jingyao every two days? Is that so?"
Liu Chengzhi was stunned for a moment and almost didn't react. His father was talking about how the matter of King Zhou You suddenly got involved with Jingyao again.
However, feeling his father's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's thoughts, Liu Chengzhi nodded without hesitation: "That's true. Now that the Spring Festival is off, the children have nothing to do at home, so they go to Jingyao's place a lot. Some.
But don't worry, dad, my child has never forgotten your warning. When dealing with Jingyao in private, he has always been affectionate and courteous, and has never gone beyond one step. "
"Father believes you on this point, so you and this girl Jingyao have a very deep relationship now?"
When Liu Chengzhi heard that his father asked him such a question, he was silent for a moment in embarrassment and nodded heavily.
"Yes!"
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Chengzhi's embarrassed face, picked up a cup of tea and gently placed it in front of Liu Chengzhi: "Drink tea."
Liu Chengzhi was flattered and took the tea from his father: "Thank you, dad. The child can get it by himself."
Young Master Liu picked up his tea and tasted it briefly. He looked at Liu Chengzhi with a faint look and said calmly after a moment of silence: "What if my father told you that you and Jingyao are not suitable for each other?"
Liu Chengzhi's movement of serving the tea suddenly trembled, and he looked at the father opposite him in shock: "No... no... inappropriate? What... what do you mean?"
"Yes, it's inappropriate. It doesn't mean anything else, it's just inappropriate.
At the end of last year, your father has already identified a well-matched lady for you. In a few days, it will be the Lantern Festival. My father will arrange for you to meet by chance at the Qingling River in the south of the city. Don't be rude when you talk to her girl. .
As for the situation of this girl Jingyao, being a father will not make it difficult for you. He will arrange everything properly. The next matter with that lady is up to you.
Don't let your father down, try to marry this girl as soon as possible, and give your father and your mother a fat grandson.
Your grandparents are also anxious to have a grandson. You have to pay more attention to continuing the great legacy of our Liu family. "
Liu Chengzhi stared blankly at his father, who seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, and his right arm holding the tea kept shaking.
Liu Chengzhi reacted, looking at his father with confused eyes and shaking his head.
"It's not like this, it's not like this. Dad, you have told your child more than once that you like Jingyao very much, and you have already regarded her as your future daughter-in-law.
Why is it suddenly inappropriate now?
You must be kidding the kid, right?
Dad, this joke is not funny at all. Even if Jingyao did something wrong, you can tell the child, and the child will immediately tell Jingyao to correct it. "
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Chengzhi's panicked expression, drank the tea in one gulp and put down the tea cup silently.
"Do you think your father is joking with you?"
"My child... my child... my child needs a reason. There must be a reason for everything, right?"
"There is no reason. My father simply feels that you two are not suitable for each other. There is no other reason.
What you just said is right, my father really likes this girl Jingyao, and he has wanted her to be his future daughter-in-law more than once.
But - that was only before.
Now my father feels that you two are not suitable for each other, so your marriage has been called off, and that's it. "
Liu Chengzhi stood up suddenly, pressed his hands on the desk and stared at his father with a heavy gaze.
"Why?"
"There is no reason, it's the same sentence, my father thinks you are not suitable, that's all.
The chance encounter between you and that lady is scheduled for the Lantern Festival in three days. You must make good preparations during these three days, so as not to embarrass your father. "
"No, I don't agree. I firmly disagree with your arrangement without any reason.
The child has been childhood sweethearts with Jingyao for more than ten years, and they are about to get married. Dad, you suddenly told the child that we are not suitable for each other. How do you want the child to accept it, and how should the child explain to Jingyao?
Moreover, the marriage between the child and Jingyao was a marriage that you and Grandpa Ruizong personally agreed upon back then. How could you suddenly go back on it now?
Especially this kind of unreasonable regret? Hai'er and Jingyao really couldn't accept their father's arrangement. "
Liu Mingzhi's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and his cold eyes stared intently at Liu Chengzhi, who looked sad and complicated.
"Liu Chengzhi, are you going to disobey your father's decision?"
Liu Chengzhi felt his father's suddenly gloomy look, and couldn't help trembling. After struggling for a long time with an indescribable expression, Liu Chengzhi put down the teacup heavily and turned towards the door.
"My child... my child is going to find your mother first!"
Young Master Liu looked at the background where Liu Chengzhi turned and said coldly: "Chengzhi, the decision made for my father, let alone your mother, even if all your aunts come together to persuade, do you think anything can be changed?
Even if your grandparents come, nothing will change. "
