Liu Mingzhi glanced sideways at the worry on the queen's pretty face, pondered thoughtfully for a long time, and suddenly turned around to look at Qi Yun.
"Yun'er."
"Hey, husband?"
"Which flower do you prefer in our garden?"
Hearing her husband's inexplicable question, Qi Yun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Ah? Flower? What flower?"
"Yun'er, my husband wants to ask you, which flower do you prefer in our garden?"
When Qi Yun heard her husband ask this question again, a strange look flashed in her beautiful eyes.
"Husband, we have been married for many years, but you still don't know what kind of flowers and plants I like?"
"Of course I understand, but now I want to hear your own words."
Although Qi Yun didn't know her husband's intention, she still raised her slender finger and pointed at the withered peonies in the flower bed.
"Husband, I prefer peonies."
Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and nodded, then turned his attention to his second son Liu Chengzhi.
"Chengzhi."
"The child is here."
"What flowers and plants do you like better?"
With his mother in front of him, Liu Chengzhi naturally had no doubts.
Liu Chengzhi looked up at his father and replied without hesitation: "To tell you what, my son prefers the orchids in The Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum."
"Okay, then what would you do if all the flowers and plants planted in the garden are flowers and plants that you don't like?"
"ah?"
"Ah what? Just answer the father question directly."
Liu Chengzhi saw his father's eyes that seemed to be filled with meaning. This time he didn't answer the question directly. Instead, he scratched his forehead and thought about it.
After a while, Liu Chengzhi looked at his father again.
"Dad, what if all the flowers and plants planted in our garden are the flowers and plants that I don't like?
Then, the child will think of ways to replace it with flowers and plants that he likes."
Mr. Liu gently rolled up the tobacco bag in his hand, raised his brows and sneered.
"Hehehe, try your best to replace it with your favorite flowers and plants?"
"right."
"Chengzhi."
"The child is here."
"These are the flowers and plants that my husband, your mother, and your aunts have raised for a long time.
If you don't like it, just replace it.
This is an unfilial act!"
"ah?"
"Ah what? Just tell me your truest thoughts."
Liu Chengzhi's expression tightened and he looked at his father hesitantly, hesitating to say something.
"Dad, I...I..."
Liu Mingzhi took out the folding fan from his arms and threw it away. He gently shook the Wanli Jiangshan engraved jade fan in his hand, which made Liu Chengzhi look annoyed.
"Why are you hesitating? Just say what you want to say."
"Yes, yes, yes, baby, just say it, baby, just say it."
Liu Chengzhi took a peek at his mother standing next to him, and nervously glanced at the many flower beds in the garden.
"Reply to Dad, I have the guts to say something, I hope Dad you won't be offended.
In the garden, the children will naturally keep some of the flowers and plants that you, your mother, and your aunts like.
However, the child will still replace the flowers and plants that need to be replaced.
The child thinks that it is just some flowers and plants in the garden, and it has nothing to do with whether the child is filial or not.
Because the meaning of a garden’s existence is originally...
It was originally..."
"What is it?"
"The child thinks that the meaning of the garden's existence is to originally exist for his owner.
If the flowers and plants in the garden are all flowers and plants that the owner does not like, then why does he need to exist?
It would be an unfilial act for the child to change the flowers and plants that your parents like.
Then...then...then the child might as well not want this garden.
Wouldn't it be a better choice to plant a garden that you like again?
However, if the child goes to plant another garden that he likes, it means that the garden that you, parents, left for your child will become deserted.
The child thought that if this was the result, it would be a truly unfilial act.
After all, he didn't even want to take care of the garden left by his parents.
So how...how can it be considered filial piety?
Dad, this is the truest thought of the child.
Baby, baby, I’ve finished what I need to say.”
Young Master Liu looked at the nervous expression on the second son Liu Chengzhi's face, and the expression on his face gradually became excited.
"Hahaha...hahaha..."
Young Master Liu suddenly laughed defensively at the top of his voice for a long time, and nodded with a pleased expression.
"Okay, well said.
That’s so well said!”
"Chengzhi!"
"father?"
"After all these years, my father finally hears your own thoughts.
You kid, you have grown up after all!"
"ah?"
"Nothing, let's continue chatting with Yaoyao and Chenggan."
"Hey, the kid knows."
Liu Mingzhi turned around, reached out and took the withered flowers and plants in the Queen's room, and scanned the garden in front of him with narrowed eyes.
"Euphemism."
"Um?"
"Did you hear everything the child said?"
The queen glanced sideways at Liu Chengzhi, smiled softly and nodded.
"Well, I heard all the polite words."
Liu Mingzhi held the withered flowers and plants between his fingers and turned them gently. He first looked around at the garden in front of him, then raised his head and looked in the direction of the palace again.
"As you said just now, Wanyan, the flowers and plants have withered today, but there will be new flowers blooming next year.
The same goes for the owner of the garden.
To be continued...