Wishful Things

Li Ji looked at the mother and daughter who were kneeling there, one looked surprised, the other was expressionless, but neither of them could find the slightest bit of joy——

Look, he just said...

Li Ji sighed complicatedly in his heart, with a smile still on his face, he reminded: "Miss Xu, quickly accept the order and thank you."

In sight, the girl did not kowtow to thank her, but stood up directly, and said calmly, "Eunuch Li, forgive me, but I cannot accept this edict."

"..." Li Ji's smile froze.

He expected that this girl Xu would dislike his Majesty, and if she was not sensible, she might show something, but no matter how reluctant she was, she could only accept this emperor's grace... After all, Duke Zhen has not arrived in Beijing yet. She, a little girl, knows that the situation is precarious recently, and her family is in dire straits. If she is not careful, she will be doomed. How can she have the courage to resist the order under such circumstances? !

What's more, without even thinking about it, he just opened his mouth and said he couldn't take it!

Thinking of the key to this matter, Li Ji smiled, and his tone was still gentle: "Miss Xu, this is His Majesty's value and gift to your family. You have accepted this decree, and the Xu family and His Majesty have become a family from now on... "

Xu Mingyi suppressed his stomach churning.

Who would be so hard-pressed to become a family with that inhuman thing? This is about the level that the third eye can't eat after hearing it.

What value, what gift—

To put it bluntly, they just stabbed their Xu family and failed to succeed. Fearing backlash, they hurriedly gave a sweet date to appease them for a while... Not to mention whether their Xu family is rare or not, just talk about the inside , is hidden poison!

If she accepts this imperial decree and enters the palace, she will be a ready-made hostage!

In this matter, there is no room for discussion or retreat, and there is no expedient solution to think about—whatever it is to resist the decree, stretching out the head is just a fight, but shrinking the head will only lead to a more passive situation, she wants to see Does Emperor Dog dare to punish her Xu family at this time!

If he dared, she would still admire him a thing or two. Finally, he dared to do things openly, instead of just hiding in the shadows and playing those bad habits and tricks again and again!

"Miss Xu..." Seeing that the girl still did not waver, Li Ji laughed dryly and reminded her again.

The girl finally spoke, but her voice was very indifferent: "Marriage matters, parents' orders, how can I make decisions privately?"

The corners of Li Ji's eyes twitched slightly.

This is a gift, how can it be generalized with ordinary marriages?

But I can only look at Mrs. Cui - the wife of the eldest son should know the importance better than a child, right?

Mrs. Cui also got up with her daughter earlier, and seeing Li Ji looking at her, she said with a rather embarrassed expression: "It is true that the marriage is the order of the parents, but the marriage of this child can only be done by the old man." Come and be the master..."

While she was talking, she looked at Li Ji with bitter eyes of "you know, I'm just a stepmother, how can I say anything?", and suggested: "Otherwise, after my old man comes back, you all come to talk to each other again?"

Li Ji: ... Can you come back to the decree thing at another time? He's not the matchmaker who was invited to make a kiss!

The wife of the Shizi made it clear that she was pretending to be ignorant, and she was playing Tai Chi with him!

"Mrs. Shizi, don't be joking. This is His Majesty's personal order. How can it be returned? Isn't this embarrassing our family?" Li Ji smiled half-smile, with a hint of coolness in his tone: "Now Zhen Guogong If you are not in the capital, what Madam Shizi should do as the mistress of the family, I think she has her own discretion, but if the news of today is spread, it may be harmful to your family..."

Cui sneered in her heart.

If it really gets out, the embarrassing person is probably the emperor, right?

This eunuch doesn't need to threaten to remind here, let alone a piece of broken paper, even if the emperor came in person, anyone who dares to attack her family Zhaozhao will have to be thrown out by him today!

Cui simply put away her euphemism just now, and when she was about to speak to see off the guests with cold eyes, she heard a commotion behind her.

"The old man is back, the old man is back!"

A servant shouted excitedly and pleasantly.

Then came the sound of everyone saluting.

Xu Mingyi's expression lifted, and he turned around to look outside the hall.

Outside the hall, an old man in soft armor strode forward accompanied by more than a dozen soldiers. His gray hair bun looked a little frizzy in the bright morning light, but his face remained majestic.

The eyes of the grandparent and grandson met, the old man's cold eyes were filled with kindness and a smile, and Xu Mingyi's eyes turned red.

"grandfather!"

She hurriedly greeted her with brisk steps, her eyes and brows were filled with joy.

The old man stepped up the stone steps, looked at the girl with reddish eyes and nose, then glanced at the people in the hall, and said, "Don't be afraid, grandpa is back."

"En!" Xu Mingyi smiled and nodded heavily.

Even though she wasn't afraid at all, she wanted to cry just because she was so happy.

She followed the old man back into the hall.

"Father is back." Cui Shifu saluted, and his heart was touched a lot. The old man looked much thinner, and he must order the kitchen to prepare more good dishes and meat later.

Duke Zhen nodded to his daughter-in-law, then looked at Li Ji and the others who saluted with him.

Li Ji was full of astonishment.

Why did Lord Zhen come back so soon? Yesterday, the heavy rain blocked the way, but it was nearly two days faster than the original time!

And the other party's return at this time, in terms of this imperial decree, I don't know whether it is good or bad...

Noticing that the old man's eyes glanced at the imperial decree in his arms, Li Ji inexplicably felt that he had the answer in his heart - it was the first time he knew that imperial decree could be so hot...

The two officials from the Ministry of Rituals were even more shocked.

With their identities, they don't even know about Duke Zhen's return to Beijing after recovering from illness. They only think that the emperor chose to issue this imperial decree in order to seize the opportunity to gather the military power and power of the Xu family. Seeing Duke Zhen's sudden return, they feel very complicated and uneasy. It's no less than being ordered to steal something from someone but being bumped into by the owner who returned home...

"The old man is not at home. I don't know what important orders the emperor has ordered, but Eunuch Li and the two adults need to come in person—" Lord Zhen's eyes left the imperial edict in Li Ji's arms, and fell on the reward on things.

The two officials from the Ministry of Rituals felt that this matter was embarrassing, so they did not raise their heads to speak.

Li Ji couldn't avoid it, and he had to put on a happy face as much as possible: "Your Majesty is grateful for the great achievements of the Duke of Lizu in the first battle of Lizu, and because of this disease, it is really hard work, so I specially decreed to grant the girl of the noble mansion as a maid." Concubine, I want to express my appreciation and respect...and now that the Duke has returned to the capital safely, this is really double happiness!"

Hearing this, Duke Zhen even let out a laugh.

Grateful for his hard work?

Toad's fucking desire to eat swan meat is due to his hard work?

But any individual, who has had a stroke for ten years, can say such unbelievable words?

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