When Bai Yu'an followed her father to the study, her father was already sitting in the study and looking at her seriously.
As soon as Bai Yu'an entered the study, he was mostly sober no matter how drunk he was, and he stood in the middle waiting for his father to speak.
Bai Tongchun looked at Bai Yu'an, who was standing straight, with half-lowered eyes and a straight face, and nodded with satisfaction.
But it was only for a moment, and he snorted again: "Why do you keep up your face when you can't drink?"
"Besides, you have been in the officialdom of the capital for two years, haven't you learned how to drink? Then how do you deal with others?"
After his father asked this question, Bai Yuan's head shook, he stood up straight and said calmly: "I'm a little too tired today."
Bai Tongchun snorted: "Still quibbling."
"I don't know how much you weigh?"
Bai Yu'an raised his head and looked at his father: "My son is drinking with his father, just to make his father happy."
Bai Tongchun frowned and looked at Bai Yu'an: "You still have the same temper. If you can't drink, don't show off."
"You can't please me by not saying anything, but you make yourself look ugly and make others laugh."
"Same in the officialdom, do what you can, do your job well, and don't touch anything that shouldn't be yours."
"In the capital, power is intertwined, and relationships are complicated. It doesn't matter if you don't go out to socialize and make friends, just do your own thing and if anything happens, you won't be involved."
Bai Yu'an lowered her hands and responded with a white face, looking very humble.
Bai Tongchun's expression softened, and he asked Bai Yu'an to sit down on the chair next to her, and then asked her: "Tell me honestly, what happened in the court when you suddenly came back from the capital this time?"
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "My son just thought that he hadn't come back to see his father for a long time and wanted to come back to see him."
Bai Tongchun's eyes were as serious as a knife, which made Bai Yu'an feel guilty for a while: "If you want to come back to see me, you will send me a letter in advance. There must be a reason for coming back in such a hurry this time."
As he spoke, Bai Tongchun slapped the tea table next to him, and the sound resounded throughout the room, and his voice became even louder: "Bai Yu'an, tell the truth, did you cause trouble in the capital and fled back to avoid trouble?"
Bai Yu'an's heart trembled with the sounds in the house, and the fear of being locked in the study by his father when he was a child came back.
She calmed down, knowing that her father was provoking her, making her panic and reveal everything.
It's still the same thing as when I was a child, first use my momentum to suppress her, and once she can't hold it back, then I will take care of her.
But now my father is older than he was two years ago, and his voice is not as powerful as before.
Bai Yu'an has matured a lot in the past two years, and is no longer the young boy who spent all day studying in a room.
Although she was still a little panicked, she looked up at her father in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Father, if something happens to my son in Beijing, won't the officers and soldiers come after him? And won't the documents to arrest my son be passed on?"
"My son just happened to finish his work in the Hanlin. Academician Yang, who was above, sympathized with me for not returning home, so he let me come back for a look."
Bai Tongchun looked at Bai Yu'an closely, and saw that there was some mature tenacity in Bai Yu'an's eyebrows, and his eyes were shining. The candlelight cast into it, this son was much more mature than two years ago.
In fact, Bai Yu'an never let him worry about it.
He just wants to make Bai Yu'an better so that others can't find any fault with him.
This is his best son.
He is also his most beloved son.
Bai Tongchun's eyes warmed up and he lowered his voice: "As long as you're okay."
After saying that, he looked at Bai Yu'an again: "How long do you plan to stay at home this time?"
Bai Yu'an looked at the ground and thought for a moment: "Maybe January."
Bai Tongchun paused, frowned and looked at Bai Yu'an: "Can the superiors allow you to go home for one month?"
A smile appeared on Bai Yuan's face: "Hanlin is not busy recently, so he asked me to stay at home for more time."
Bai Tongchun nodded and said, "Although I ask you to go home for a month, you'd better go a day or two in advance. Don't be greedy for those one or two days."
Bai Yu'an smiled again: "Father, don't worry, my son knows."
Bai Tongchun looked at the smile on Bai Yu'an's face and said, "You will be eighteen in a few months, and it's time to get engaged."
After hearing this, Bai Yu'an hurriedly said: "Father, there is no need to be anxious about my marriage. Let's talk about it in two years."
Bai Tongchun sighed, coughed twice and said, "I am getting older now. Now that you have entered the officialdom, I am mostly relieved."
"My only wish now is to see you get married as soon as possible and give me a fat grandson."
"I am completely relieved that you have an heir."
"Your second aunt's granddaughter Hanjin is almost fifteen years old. In just two days I will let you meet her and make an appointment to get married as soon as possible."
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, put away the smile on his face, looked at his father and said softly: "Father, my son is still young and doesn't want to get married so early, and the heirs are not in a hurry."
"Besides, I am her cousin, how can this be done?"
Bai Tongchun's face suddenly became unhappy after hearing this: "What's wrong with my cousin? There's nothing inappropriate about being of similar age."
"Besides, who told you that descendants are not important?"
"If you have no descendants, who will take over the family business?"
"Who will offer you incense in the ancestral hall?"
"If I didn't have you, I would have to step into the shoes of your cousin to inherit."
"But you have no brothers. When the time comes, your family property will also fall into the hands of your cousins!"
Bai Yu'an was silent for a moment and said: "My sisters are all filial and capable, can't they keep the family business?"
As soon as Bai Yu'an finished speaking, he suddenly felt a teacup falling by his feet. There was a breaking sound, and then he saw pieces of porcelain in pieces, as well as steaming water mist.
"A woman who marries is no longer a member of the Bai family! You bastard, do you want to hand over the family property to someone with a foreign surname and ruin it?!"
Bai Yu'an knew that he couldn't say anything, and he also hated what he said impulsively just now.
She looked down at her half-wet boots and whispered, "Although my son shouldn't have said that just now, I can't agree to the matter with Wei Hanjin."
"My son doesn't like her either."
Bai Tongchun looked at Bai Yu'an with a serious face: "In-laws are important matters. How can I allow you to say whether you like it or not?"
"Hanjin is a virtuous girl, and her appearance is not bad. She has been interested in you since she was a child. I will definitely take care of your back house in the future."
"You only care about the affairs of your court. Even if you meet someone you like in the future and take a concubine, I will still comply with you. That girl Hanjin won't say anything."
"This is what you need most from your wife."
"Do you understand or not?"
"Father is doing everything for your own good!"
