Li Ye put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up slowly, and calmly looked at his uncle who was staring at him with a smile but not a smile.
"So? So what kind of answer does uncle want to hear from the child?
Do you want to hear that the child has fallen in love with the pastoral life that is becoming dull, or do you want to hear that the child boasts about the huge success of a comeback because he is unwilling to do so?
If my uncle wants to hear the latter's words, I can say so without hesitation."
Chen Jie just sat down and suddenly stood up again. There was an unnatural blush on her pretty face, and she glared breathlessly at Li Ye, who was looking at Mr. Liu with a calm expression.
"Ye'er, mother orders you not to talk nonsense or be so disrespectful to your uncle.
If you continue to behave like this, mother will never care about you again for the rest of her life. This farewell is an eternal farewell for you and me, mother and son.
Apologize to your uncle quickly."
Chen Jie spoke harsh words, but her eyes were full of fear and worry, and her worry for her son was self-evident.
Chen Jie secretly glanced at Liu Mingzhi, who was staring at Li Ye silently without saying a word, took a deep breath and scolded Li Ye sharply again.
"Ye'er, apologize quickly."
Liu Mingzhi silently looked at Li Ye's clear, fearless eyes, then slowly walked to Chen Jie and stopped.
"Jie... Mrs. Sister-in-law, please be patient. This kid Ye'er knows very well that his uncle will not do anything to him, otherwise he wouldn't be acting like this."
"But I'm afraid..."
Liu Mingzhi interrupted Chen Jie's words without hesitation and sneered twice: "No but, if you continue to be caught in the middle like this, you will only be self-defeating!
If you believe me, just sit back and continue drinking tea, and have a good taste of Ye'er's tea-making skills. If you don't believe it - forget it."
Chen Jie listened to Liu Mingzhi's calm and seemingly emotionless words beside her. She bit her red lips tightly, leaving a row of clear teeth marks on her lips.
After being silent for a long time, Chen Jiefeng looked at Li Ye faintly for a while, then she pursed her lips and silently walked to the chair behind Liu Mingzhi and sat down, silently watching every move of the two men.
As for what Liu Mingzhi said about continuing to enjoy tea, Chen Jie is now in a state of confusion and really does not have that leisurely mood.
Liu Mingzhi sighed quietly and paced gently in the room with his hands behind his back.
"Ye'er, so the second word is not what kind of answer my uncle wants to hear, but what kind of answer you will give to my uncle.
Although this answer is not important to my uncle, it can even be said to be dispensable, but my uncle still wants to hear your answer.
Not because it's so important, but...
You just want to have peace of mind when you treat me as an uncle.
After all, apart from the estrangement that your uncle has taken away your kingdom, my uncle doesn't think there are any other barriers between us.
The first moment you saw your mother and me outside the door, my uncle saw longing in your eyes, not resentment.
It is precisely because of this that my uncle wants to have a heart-to-heart talk with you.
Whether you say you have recognized the reality or you want to make a comeback, no matter what answer you give, my uncle can guarantee that he will not touch you even a hair.
The two of us have been getting along day and night for several years. You know what my uncle is like.
If you believe in my uncle's character, feel free to speak your mind boldly.
Even if you tell your uncle that you are unwilling to make a comeback and restore the Li family, your uncle will not argue with you.
As for whether to say it or not, it all depends on your own thoughts."
Li Ye was silent for a long time with an indescribable complex meaning on his face, and walked towards the stove beside him.
After a while, two brand-new cups of tea were held in the hands of Liu Mingzhi and each other.
Li Ye blew the tea in his hand and walked out of the house without any intention of greeting Liu Mingzhi.
When Liu Mingzhi saw this, he smiled slightly and followed him holding the tea cup.
Chen Jie looked at the two men's backs, looking slightly hesitant, but finally sat on the chair and did not follow.
She didn't understand that the reason why the two men walked out of the house was because they didn't want to hear the conversation between them.
Since I understand what the two men are thinking in my heart, why should I be that annoying existence?
“In the spring, watch the orioles playing with the willow ribbons; in the summer, watch the silk rain falling on the banana trees; in the autumn, you will be drunk with osmanthus wine for three winters, and you will be happy and carefree again.
I didn't understand the meaning of the poem when I first heard it, but after reading it again I became a person in the poem. Back then, I accidentally learned about this poem that my uncle wrote when I was in the prince's palace in Northern Xinjiang from the mouth of my senior spy. The child still had difficulty understanding the deep meaning of the poem when I first heard it.
However, when the boy came to Yanliu Village, he suddenly understood that this poem seemed easy to understand, but it was actually dictated by his state of mind.
Happy and happy one day after another, good one happy and free one day after another.
My uncle's joy in the past can now be felt by my son."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a raised brow: "Don't tell me that my uncle has almost forgotten it. When he was in the palace, my uncle did write such a little poem to entertain himself."
"My uncle asked me if I regretted it. Of course I regretted it. I regretted that I should not have sent someone to do such a ruthless and unjust act to my uncle at Fengyun Ferry.
The child thought, if the child's mind at that time could be half as broad as that of his grandfather and father, the relationship between the two of us would never have reached the point where it is today.
It's a pity that there is no turning back. Some things just happen when they happen. It's too late to regret these meaningless words.
But the child regretted it, but he was also truly unwilling.
Everything the boy did was based on the imperial power taught to him by his uncle.
The content of the book of state affairs and the policy of governing the country were analyzed word by word by your uncle for the child. The child asked himself whether his uncle was in Beijing or not, and he always regarded these two books as treasures in his heart.
I studied the essence of it carefully and repeatedly, and never dared to slack off.
Everything the child does is to become the emperor that your uncle expects.
The child knows very well how he got the throne, and he doesn't want to let you down, uncle, let alone live up to the ardent expectations of his father before his death.
From the beginning to the end, I have been trying to be the emperor that my uncle wants to see, the emperor that my father expects, and the good emperor that my uncle thinks.
The child became emperor when he was less than fifteen.
When I was seventeen years old, I don’t know when my waist had already bent down, and my temples unknowingly became much grayer.
In less than three years, the boy has transformed from a handsome young man into an old man in his twilight years.
The child was very tired at that time, but the child never dared to forget the mission he shouldered, and the uncle's earnest teachings to the child in the imperial study room.
I just think about how to be a good emperor that my uncle wants to see.
But my child never thought that you, who have always supported my child, would suddenly one day become my biggest stumbling block in wanting to be a good emperor.
At that time, the child was very confused and hesitant.
Because I don’t know whether it’s my child’s heart that has changed, or my uncle’s heart that has changed, or whether our hearts have changed.
And I don’t know when your figure gradually changed in the child’s mind, turning into the appearance of Third Uncle and the others.
The child himself had forgotten when he started having nightmares.
I dreamed that my uncle, like my third uncle, wielded a bloody sword and swung it at the child's neck just like the third uncle wanted to kill his father.
Fear is a person's biggest nightmare. The more a child is afraid of something, the more likely it is that he will dream about it.
So much so that when he summoned his uncle back to Beijing to report on his duties several times later, but was rejected by his uncle, the child even dreamed of his uncle carrying a bloody sword every night.
Every time I wake up from my dream with my head covered in sweat, and I can't sleep anymore.
When my uncle led his troops into the palace, the child had no panic or fear, but only confusion and confusion.
I don’t understand why, when I try so hard to be a good emperor, I end up in a situation where the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, and the country changes hands?
The child is unwilling!
Just ask!
When a person works hard towards a goal, one day he suddenly realizes that the hard work he has persisted in is actually contrary to the goal he wants to achieve.
How can a child be willing to do so?
Isn't the child unwilling to accept that his country was taken away by his uncle? Is the child unwilling to accept that he has done something wrong?
To be reduced to this situation."
Liu Mingzhi listened to Li Ye's hoarse and choked words, secretly wiped the slightly moist corners of his eyes, and sighed sadly as the two books with changed contents appeared in front of his eyes.
“God’s will plays tricks on people, God’s will plays tricks on people!”