After Sakai Hoshino scolded Young Master Liu in a sweet voice, her beautiful eyes stared straight at him with a hint of warning in her eyes.
She was afraid that Liu Mingzhi would say any more outrageous jokes in front of her daughter.
Although Liu Jun's words just now were extremely cryptic, her daughter's current age would most likely not be able to understand the profound meaning contained in them.
However, what if she understands?
After all, his daughter's age is not too young. According to Dalong's custom, she will be old enough to get married in another three to five years.
Even though I have not deliberately taught her about the private matters of my daughter's family, there is no guarantee that she will not learn something about the love between men and women in other places.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Sakai Hoshino is worried.
If my daughter really understands something, how can I face her calmly in the future?
Feeling the resentful look in the beautiful lady's light eyes, Liu Mingzhi hurriedly nodded to the beautiful lady and laughed bitterly.
"Don't be angry, I was wrong, I was wrong."
"As long as you know you were wrong, don't say any nonsense in the future."
"Yes, yes, I promise not to say anything again."
The little girl Hua Qi Yingzhi looked at the two people, Liu Dashao and Liu, who had strange expressions and talked to each other. Listening to the words exchanged between them, they were completely confused.
I really don't understand what the riddle is going on between the two of them. .
The little girl's watery, exquisite eyes looked back and forth at the two of them, Liu Dashao, with a look of confusion on her pretty little face.
What on earth are the husband and mother talking about?
Why is your mother so angry? Why are you wrong, sir?
"Sir, mother, what kind of riddles are you two playing? Why can't Sakurazhi understand anything?"
Liu Mingzhi and Jiu Xingye seemed to have a clear understanding of each other. After hearing the little girl's question, they both looked towards her and replied in unison.
"nothing."
"nothing."
Hua Qi Yingzhi stared blankly at the two young masters and Liu who spoke in unison, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her pretty little face.
"Ah, sir, mother, you two have such a tacit understanding."
When the two of them heard the little girl's surprised words, they responded in unison again.
"When adults speak, children should stop interrupting."
"When adults speak, children should stop interrupting."
"This, this, you two have such a tacit understanding. When you talk, it's like you have agreed upon it in advance."
Sakai Hoshino looked at his daughter's surprised expression, a flash of panic flashed in his beautiful eyes, and he immediately put back the words that were on his lips.
She was afraid that she would say the same words to Liu Jun again.
Sakai Hoshino glanced vaguely at Liu Mingzhi, who was also looking at him, and walked away from the little girl's side with light steps.
"Yingzhi, didn't you come to call mother to have dinner? You should go back to your brother He's place first. Mother will be there in a moment."
The little girl turned her head to look at her mother, and pulled her sleeves with a smile.
"Mom, let's go to dinner. What will Mr. do?"
"this."
"Mother, your husband is here to be your guest. It's already getting dark at this time. You can't let your husband go back with an empty stomach like this, right?
If we don't invite your husband to join us for dinner, we will be treating our guests poorly! "
Sakai Hoshino was originally preparing to go to his nephew Sakai Ga to ask him to meet Liu Mingzhi, but he ignored that it was already time for dinner.
After Liu Jun and he had been chatting with each other for a long time in Wushan, and then had a warm relationship with each other for a long time, he must be very hungry now.
What my daughter said was indeed right. In terms of emotions and reasons, as well as in public and private matters, she should invite Liu Jun to have dinner with her.
But, what if Liu Jun doesn’t like eating with unfamiliar people?
And the key question is, how can eating be as important as talking about serious matters about rewards and equipment?
The matter of eating does not matter for a while at night, but the serious matter of rewarding troops and equipment cannot be delayed.
Rather than having a meal in the past, Sakai Hoshino wanted to find his nephew immediately to meet Mr. Liu and formally finalize the reward of military equipment.
A matter related to the life and death of his brother and his family was not officially finalized for a moment, and he could not completely let go of the pressure in his heart.
But my daughter has already spoken, so I can't pretend not to hear.
Why don't you let Liu Jun starve for a while first, and then you can compensate him in other ways later?
For example, to compensate Liu Jun for the things he said when he was tender with me, which made me feel blushing after hearing it.
Of course, Sakai Hoshino just thought about this thought in his heart.
No matter how much he hoped to finalize the matter of rewarding troops and equipment as soon as possible, he did not dare to ignore Liu Mingzhi's decision.
Just because Liu Jun dotes on herself doesn't mean that she can completely ignore his thoughts.
Sakai Hoshino can think like this, which is enough to see that her Hoshino is as innocent as ever and is not the kind of woman who doesn't know the importance of things.
Sakai Hoshino suppressed the fleeting thoughts in his heart and looked at Liu Mingzhi with a smile.
"Liu Jun, what do you think?"
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and patted the little girl's head, stood up from the chair and stretched.
"Hoshino."
"Hey, Mr. Liu, tell me."
"When Sakurazhi said this, I really felt a little empty in my stomach."
"Then let's go to He'er's place for dinner together?"
Liu Mingzhi chuckled, waved his hand, and took the lead to walk out of the room.
Upon seeing this, Sakai Hoshino and his daughter immediately set off to follow.
"Hoshino, I'm used to your environment here. I'll just have dinner in the pavilion in the courtyard later."
"Xingye understands, Mr. Liu, just wait a moment, I'll go get someone to prepare wine and food right away."
"Okay, I'll wait for you in the pavilion first."
"Liu-kun, do you have any special dishes that you want to eat? If so, Hoshino will have someone prepare some for you."
"No, no, no, just prepare some meals."
"Yeah, Hoshino knows. Mr. Liu, please wait for a moment, I'll go and have a chance."
"Sakuraori."
"Mother."
"You come with me and help serve the drinks."
"Yes, Sakurazhi understands."
"Sir, Sakurazhi and her mother are going to prepare wine and food first. We'll see you later."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
After Sakai Hoshino and his daughter gave Liu Mingzhifu a gift, they walked hand in hand towards the outside of the courtyard.
When passing under the brightly lit corridor, the little girl looked at her mother with a flash of surprise in her eyes.
"Mother."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Why do Sakurazhi think you are more beautiful now than during the day?"
Sakai Hoshino's pretty face froze, and he subconsciously stroked his pretty face a few times.
"Yes, yes?"
The little girl nodded her head vigorously. As she walked, she shook her head and stared at Sakai Hoshino's pretty face, which still had lingering charm.
"Mom, you have really become beautiful.
Especially your face, it looks moist, white and tender, as if you can squeeze out the water.
Have you bought new rouge gouache? "
"No."
"No? Then why did you become so beautiful all of a sudden? Even your complexion is different!"
"Okay, okay, don't look blindly, let's rush to your brother He's place quickly."
The little girl suddenly clapped her hands and grabbed her mother's sleeves in realization.
"I know, I know why, mother, you suddenly became so beautiful."
Sakai Hoshino's heart skipped a beat, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he glanced nervously at his daughter who was following him.
"You, what do you know?"
"My husband must have given you something good to eat, so you suddenly became so beautiful."
Some indescribable images appeared in front of Sakai Hoshino's eyes, and his pretty face instantly became hot.
She gently shook off her daughter's little hand holding her sleeve, and involuntarily quickened her pace.
"Mom, wait for me."
Sakai Hoshino was afraid that his daughter would keep asking him questions, so he pretended not to hear her words and quickened his pace again.
After all, Hanaki Sakuraori is just a child. As soon as Sakai Hoshino quickened his pace, she couldn't keep up.
When she jogged to keep up with Sakai Hoshino, she had no time to ask anything else.
Liu Mingzhi watched as the mother and daughter disappeared into the courtyard one after another. He looked up at the dim night sky with stars and was silent for a long time. Then he shook the folding fan in his hand and walked toward the pavilion a dozen steps away.
The Japanese envoy Sakai He was in his room.
Sakaihe picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Looking at Taro Ishibashi who was sitting opposite him and looking at the courtyard outside the door from time to time, he shook his head with a complicated expression.
He could see that Taro Ishibashi still had no real intention to give up on his aunt.
According to his own observations, Ishibashi Taro still held a glimmer of hope for his aunt in his heart more or less.
Sakai He put down the wine glass in his hand and sighed secretly.
He just couldn't figure it out. When will Mr. Shiqiao understand the gap between him and his aunt?
One is the noble eldest lady of the Sakai family, and the other is a counselor supported by the Sakai family.
Even if the identity between the two people cannot be said to be completely different, there is still a big gap.
Without special circumstances, as her aunt, how could she like him as a little adviser?
even.
Even if there are some special circumstances, his aunt may not be able to like him.
What's more, any discerning person should be able to see that his aunt Sakai Hoshino has already fallen in love with His Majesty the Emperor Dalong.
Sakai He didn't believe it. As a counselor, Taro Ishibashi couldn't see the ambiguity between his aunt and His Majesty Emperor Dalong.
It seems that my previous warning to him did not have much effect.
"Ishibashi-kun."
"Ah? Sir?"
"How are you handling the matter of purchasing weapons and equipment from the blacksmith shops in major cities in the capital?"
"Come back to me, sir, it's almost done.
Once Emperor Dalong gives us a clear reply and confirms that he cannot agree to our mission's request, the brothers will immediately notify the blacksmith shops to make full efforts to forge weapons. "
"Things related to military preparedness are no small matter. You must take it seriously."
"Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely do my best."
"Okay, I believe in your ability.
By the way, did the Goguryeo mission do any other small tricks in the past few days? "
"My lord, the brothers who are monitoring the Goguryeo mission have not found anything unusual for the time being."
“That’s good, that’s good.
Remember, our plan to purchase military equipment privately must be kept secret, so that old guy Kim Tae-eun doesn't notice anything.
Otherwise, once this old fox goes to complain to His Majesty the Emperor of Dalong or an official of Dalong, it will be difficult for us to deal with it.
If Emperor Dalong convicts us of the crime, even if my aunt mediates it, we will still be punished. "
"I understand."
"One more thing, tomorrow..."
Before Sakai He finished speaking, Hua Qiyingzhi's clear and melodious voice suddenly sounded outside the room.
"Brother He, Yingzhi is back."
As soon as Hua Qiyingzhi's words fell, Sakai Hoshino's voice sounded outside the door.
"He'er."
Sakai He immediately glanced at Taro Ishibashi and hurriedly stood up and walked towards the door to marry him.
Seeing Sakai Hoshino's mother and daughter walking towards the door one after another in the courtyard, Sakai He gave a big salute to Sakai Hoshino.
"My dear Sakai, please meet your aunt."
"Ishihashi Taro, my humble position, see Miss Hoshino, see Miss Sakuraori."
"No gift."
"No gift."
"Thank you, aunt."
"Thank you, Miss. Thank you, Miss Yingzhi."
After Sakai Ga straightened up, he staggered his body and waved to Sakai Hoshino.
"Auntie, dinner is ready. Please come in."
Sakai Hoshino waved his hand directly, pulled up Sakai He's sleeve and walked towards the side.
Sakai He looked at his aunt with confusion and asked softly: "Aunt, what's wrong?"
"He'er, don't be in a hurry about eating, it won't be a big deal if you delay.
You heard aunt say that Liu Jun is waiting for us in aunt's courtyard now. "
"What? His Majesty the Emperor went to your aunt's place again today?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu came here this afternoon. Now he asked Auntie to come over and see him."
Sakai He suddenly became happy. Although she didn't know what Liu Mingzhi wanted to do with her, as long as he summoned her in private, it meant that she would have more chances of winning in the matter of rewarding soldiers.
Sakai He suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Sakai Hoshino with a puzzled expression and asked softly: "Aunt, did His Majesty the Emperor tell you why he came to see the child?"
Sakai Hoshino pursed his lips and looked around cautiously at the situation in the yard.
Seeing his aunt's cautious look, Sakai He scoffed a few times with a calm expression.
"Auntie, don't worry, there will definitely be no outsiders in this courtyard except members of our mission.
If you have anything to say, you can just tell your child directly, and you don’t have to worry about walls having ears. "
When Sakai Hoshino heard his nephew's assurance, he was instantly relieved.
"He'er, after all the hard work, the joy comes!"
