Wishful Things

But even if he doesn't come, he must at least call someone back.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone knock on the door: "Guest officer, your guest has arrived."

Xu Mingyi raised his voice and said, "Please come in."

The man responded and pushed the door open.

Ji Xiu led Ji Wanyou into the elegant room, and cupped his hands at the girl sitting there, without much expression on his face, and his tone was neither hot nor cold: "Miss Xu."

Ji Wanyou had a smile on her face: "I haven't seen Miss Xu for a long time."

"Yes." Xu Mingyi stood up and returned the greeting: "Ji Shangshu, Miss Ji, please sit down."

The father and daughter sat down, Ji Xiu didn't touch the tea in front of him, and asked straight to the point: "Miss Xu invited Ji to come here, what is the important matter? Do you have to take the risk to have an interview here?"

From the last time he saw this little girl at the lacquer shop, when she appeared with the grandsons of King Yan and King Dingnan, he knew that he shouldn't judge Miss Xu with the eyes of ordinary ladies——

If not, he would not have come here today.

But there are many people in the Pingqing Pavilion, and if it is rumored that he met the girl from the Zhen Guogong's mansion, he might be in trouble.

"Ji Shangshu, don't worry, I've taken care of everything, and no one will talk nonsense." Xu Mingyi said: "Today, Ji Shangshu is invited to come, and there is indeed something important to discuss. To be precise, I want to talk to Ji Shangshu makes a deal."

trade?

Ji Xiu frowned slightly - Lord Zhen Guo will soon return to Beijing, what kind of deal will the other party want to make with him at this time?

After hesitating for a moment, thinking of the current situation of himself and the court, Ji Xiu slightly turned his head to look at his daughter: "Wan'er, go to the courtyard and help Weifu keep an eye on it, don't ask anyone to come near here."

This is an elegant room in the backyard of Pingqing Pavilion.

Each elegant room exists independently, so there is no need to worry about the walls having ears, and he just noticed that this Miss Xu has arranged for people to guard nearby——

But if you want to send your daughter away, you have to arrange a job for her.

Ji Wanyou understood in her heart, she didn't say much, and avoided it as she said.

"Miss Xu can speak directly now." Whether it's a deal or not, it's not too late for him to decide whether to agree or not after hearing it.

"I would like to inquire about an old matter with Ji Shangshu——Eighteen years ago, the emperor died. I don't know if it was caused by an old illness, or was it caused by the so-called genius doctor who was found from outside the palace?"

Ji Xiu's expression changed upon hearing this.

He asked the other party to speak directly...

But he didn't expect it to be so straight!

And straight as hell!

Facing the girl's eyes waiting for an answer, he subconsciously denied it, and even couldn't help but look around, then lowered his voice and said, "As we all know, the first emperor died of illness that year! I don't know where Miss Xu heard about it. Rumors!"

"Of course I know the well-known things." Xu Mingyi looked at him with calm eyes: "What I want to ask now is what everyone doesn't know-otherwise, why would I specially invite Ji Shangshu over?"

Mentioning this old incident, Ji Xiu's heart beat wildly, but a sneer appeared between his lips and teeth: "Take a step back and say, even if there was an inside story about what happened back then, why would Ji want to tell Miss Xu?"

Tell the other party the clues that are enough to kill him, is he crazy?

Just for the cup of tea in front of you? When the other party asks this question, he wants to say it?

The little girl was so naive as to be ridiculous.

"Of course there is a reason - I'm afraid Ji Shangshu didn't listen carefully just now, I said from the beginning that this time I want to make a deal with Ji Shangshu, it's not for nothing." The girl looked up and glanced at the tightly closed eyes. The door, "For example, in exchange for Miss Ji's life—what does Ji Shangshu think?"

Ji Xiu's face turned cold when he heard that.

"Why, you actually want to threaten me with Wan'er's safety?!"

Dare to say such a thing in front of him, he thinks this little girl is crazy!

not good……

Wan'er just went out, and there are many other people outside!

When Ji Xiu put one hand on the table and was about to get up, he heard Xu Mingyi say: "Ji Shangshu is thinking too much, as both women, I wouldn't use an innocent and weak woman to blackmail her father—"

Ji Xiu frowned and turned his head to look outside the door. The lights in the corridor had already been lit, and his daughter's shadow could be seen standing by the corridor through the window lattice.

"However, if it is said that Miss Ji's safety is exchanged, it is true, but it is not danger, but safety." Xu Mingyi said: "Ji Shangshu told the truth, and I guarantee that Miss Ji's life will be safe in the future."

Only then did Ji Xiu understand.

But I still find it funny: "My own daughter, can't I still protect her? Miss Xu is still needed to guarantee it?"

"Now I can protect him, but when Ji Shangshu himself is in danger in the future, how can we be sure?" The girl's tone was calm and serious, without sarcasm, nor did she deliberately exaggerate the sense of crisis.

Everything is in front of your eyes——

The worst results can be seen at a glance.

"..." Ji Xiu's eyes changed.

in the future?

The future of his Ji family is indeed not optimistic.

The emperor had already murdered him before, but he managed to stabilize the situation for a while by pretending to be stupid, and now the court is in the midst of employing people...

This is from himself.

If we look at the overall situation again, the hearts of the people are swaying now, large and small turmoil is constant, and before King Yan returned to the Northland, he was assassinated again... Everyone wants to live, and when the time comes, the King of Yan will really Have no heart to resist?

Then there is Zhen Guogong...

He used to say before that it would be too whimsical to talk about rebellion with only one Xu family, but that was in the past... He never thought that the emperor could do it so fast, the current situation is very different!

Now if the Xu family is really forced to turn against each other, and confront the dying imperial court head-on, and if those big and small forces take the opportunity to pounce on the food, Daqing may really be doomed...

Every time he thought of this, he would scold himself in the bottom of his heart—why did he go blind and get on this wrecked boat!

If the helmsman has no fart skills, he will know his mother's nonsense! This is all right, the ship is about to sink, and everyone has to die together!

Not to mention, when his second son died in vain, he was used to take revenge on King Yan...

Even if there are misunderstandings, he knows what he has done, and it is absolutely impossible for him to erase everything just because one sentence is used.

Speaking of which, he even cut off his life after the sinking of the ship early...

Thinking of this, Ji Xiu looked at the calm girl in front of him again, and asked tentatively with a sneer: "Keep my daughter's life safe in the future... The Xu family is in such a situation now, but Miss Xu is so big." Tone, could it be that Duke Zhen has secretly reached a consensus with some noble person?"

He somewhat understands the character of Lord Zhen Guo——

If it was said earlier that the other party was cheating on the inside and out, and had a secret collusion with the King of Yan, he would not believe it.

But now it's hard to say...