The Queen had also been the king of a country for nearly twenty years. After thinking about it for a moment, she understood the profound meaning of Liu Dashao's words.
The Queen raised her slender hand to signal to the sisters, then she walked to Young Master Liu's side and stopped beside her.
Turning her head slightly and glancing at Young Master Liu, who was looking quietly at the flower garden in front of her with a complicated look on her face, the Queen squatted down holding the hem of Yun Yanshang's skirt.
"Heartless."
Hearing the Queen greeting him, Young Master Liu came back to his senses and lowered his head to look at the Queen squatting next to the flower garden.
"Um?"
"If you have no conscience, it is inevitable for something like this to happen.
It is not just the current Dalong New Dynasty that such a thing will happen.
The same was true for the Great Dragon, the Jin Kingdom, and the Turkic Royal Court in the past.
There are over a hundred people, all kinds of people.
There are white people and black people in the world, how can they all be good people?
You were the one who told Wanyuan about this truth at the beginning.
How come now, you have forgotten it?"
When Liu Mingzhi heard the Queen's words of persuasion, he squinted his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then sighed heavily.
"Yes, I told you this truth back then, Wanyan, but why have I forgotten it now?
Perhaps, this is the so-called obsession with the authorities, and it will be clear to those on the lookout.”
The Queen raised her head and glanced at Young Master Liu. Seeing that his expression had improved, she smiled slightly and stretched out her hands.
Under Young Master Liu's surprised gaze, the Queen leaned against Liu's waist and first pulled off a withered flower from the flower bed, then stood up and walked to the side, pulling off the branches and leaves of a four-season green.
The Queen raised her hands with a smile, casually compared the two flowers and plants in her hands, raised her lotus feet and walked in front of Young Master Liu.
"Heartless, na!"
Young Master Liu noticed the Queen's seemingly thoughtful gaze, took a puff of the dry cigarette in his hand, and silently looked at the two flowers and plants in her hand.
After quietly staring at the two flowers and plants in the Queen's hands for a long time, Liu Mingzhi vaguely understood the profound meaning of the Queen's move.
The Queen saw Young Master Liu's look of enlightenment, and her stunning face suddenly revealed a smile as charming as a flower.
"Heartless, it seems you have understood what Wan Yan wants to express."
Liu Mingzhi turned his head and blew out the light smoke in his mouth, looking at the queen and nodded gently.
"I understand, I understand. However, my husband's heart is still somewhat difficult to calm down.
Six years have passed in the blink of an eye since my husband established the new dynasty.
In the past six years or so, as my husband, I have always advocated benevolent governance and have never engaged in any harsh governance.
When it comes to court officials, a husband should be as tolerant as possible, as much as possible.
Husband can say with conscience, I am not unkind to them!
However, something like this still happened.
What if, it was just corruption and bribery that happened.
Although my husband is angry, he will not be so angry.
However, they actually committed the abominable act of bending the law for personal gain and disregarding human life.
Such evil behavior has completely touched the bottom line of my husband's heart.
If you don't kill such evil deeds, it won't make the people angry, and if you don't kill, it won't calm people's hearts.
If you don't kill, the anger in your husband's heart will never go away."
Listening to Young Master Liu's murderous tone, the Queen pursed her lips and shook her head a few times, frowning and sighing.
"Yes, you are heartless and you have indeed treated them badly.
It’s a pity that people’s hearts are as deep as the ocean, and the ravines are difficult to level!”
Liu Mingzhi took a long puff of dry cigarette, leaned over and knocked out the burnt ashes on the soles of his feet.
Young Master Liu straightened his body, raised his head and looked in the direction of the palace with deep eyes.
"Officials from the state capital below have appeared and disappointed my husband.
I just don’t know if among the civil and military officials above the court, there are some people who have disappointed my husband!”
The Queen followed Young Master Liu's gaze and looked in the direction of the palace. She narrowed her eyes for a long time and handed the two flowers and plants in her hand to him with a faint smile.
"Whether or not, it doesn't matter.
Today's flowers have withered, but next year new flowers will bloom.
As long as there are evergreens in the garden.
A garden is still a garden.
The flowers that wither every year are no longer bright and pleasing to the eye.
However, as long as the owner of the garden doesn't like it, they will become worthless in an instant.
Even, it will completely disappear in the entire garden.
But Sijiqing is different. They are evergreen trees that embellish the entire garden.
It is also the backbone supporting the garden.
So what if the flowers are bright? They are just more beautiful flesh and blood.
As long as the backbone of the garden remains, the garden will not fall.
but……"
Liu Mingzhi retracted his gaze from looking at the palace, and looked calmly at the queen standing next to him.
"But what?"
The Queen turned her waist and scanned the flower garden for a week. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed and she breathed a sigh of relief, then she casually stuffed the branches and leaves of Sijiqing into Young Master Liu's palm.
"However, these four-season greens in our garden seem to be a bit old after so many years.
Wanyan thinks that in a year or two, it will be time to replace them."
As the Queen spoke, she looked at the branches and leaves of Sijiqing in Young Master Liu's hand with a smile, and gestured with her lips.
"You're heartless, it's been too long.
After all, the branches and leaves of the Four Seasons Green no longer look as lush as before.
What do you think is the reason for this?"
After listening to the Queen's words, Liu Mingzhi lowered his head and looked at the branches and leaves of Sijiqing in his hand, then turned his head and glanced at the flower bed a few steps away.
After a long time, Young Master Liu looked back at the branches and leaves in his hand, and turned them around a few times with a chuckle.
“The deeper the roots are, the denser they become.
The branches and leaves seem not as lush as before, but they are also stronger."
"So, should I change it or not?"
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a long time with his brow furrowed, then flicked the branches and leaves in his hand into the flowerbed a few steps away.
"After all, after raising her for so many years, I have some feelings for her.
I rashly replaced it with a new batch of flowers and plants, which made my husband feel a little uncomfortable."
"Wanyuan feels the same way in her heart. After growing flowers and plants for so many years, she naturally has feelings for them.
However, no matter how emotional you are, there is one thing you have to consider.
That is, there are only so many nutrients in the garden.
As time goes by, their foundations become denser and denser.
If this continues, it will be difficult for other flowers to absorb nutrients.
Without enough nutrients, how can new flowers grow into evergreen trees that last all year round?"
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.
In this case, let the children change the flowers and plants that they like."
The Queen looked at the slightly raised expression on Young Master Liu's lips, moved her lotus feet lightly to the front of the flower garden a few steps away, and kicked the Sijiqing in front of her a few times.
"You have no conscience, you don't know whether to say it politely or not?"
"explain."
"It's natural to understand your thoughts politely, but you overlooked one point."
"What?"
"The evergreen trees in our house are too deep-rooted. Aren't you afraid that the new owner of the garden will not be able to replace them in the future?
As the saying goes, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general.
The old owner of the garden took good care of the evergreen trees in the garden. They kept them so deep-rooted that their branches and leaves grew strong.
For the new owner, this may not be a good thing.
The flowers and plants that the old owner could replace may not be replaced by the new owner.
The new owner may not have the courage that the old owner had.
Once the new owner of the garden loses the courage and means of the old owner of the garden.
Then the pleasant garden in front of you may become without flowers and grass.
At that time, the new owner of the garden will repair the colorful flowers, overgrown leaves and weeds.
Even if it takes a lot of effort, where is the time to cultivate new evergreen trees?
Therefore, Wanyan feels that the old owner has put together a garden that he is satisfied with and that the new owner likes.
Delivering it in the end is the safest way.
Heartless, what do you think?
Of course, this is just my humble opinion.
The specific method still depends on your own thoughts."
Liu Dashao's tiger body trembled, and he kneaded the withered flowers and plants in his hands vigorously, and his eyes gradually calmed down.
"Husband, please think about it again."
"Heartless."
"Um?"
"When it comes to scheming and far-sightedness, I may not be as good as you.
However, there is one thing you might as well say politely."