Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ups and Downs

The sandalwood is made of wood, and the tentacles have a unique oily feeling. The pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info box less than the size of a palm was carved with delicate and simple patterns, and Li Jin took it in his hand and rubbed it carefully, looking at his father in front of him in puzzlement.

And the father who has always been majestic in front of him, at this time, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are all pity and reluctance that cannot be concealed, as well as the firm determination that cannot be mistaken.

Li Jin couldn't guess what his father was going to tell him, but this look inexplicably gave Li Jin the courage to continue. What Li Jin felt in that look was a kind of solemnity that was given, a kind of power that he could bear.

"Father, when I came out of Yujingzhai today, I was summoned to the palace and met with the Holy One. Li Jin looked at Father Li's eyes and said slowly.

To Li Jin's surprise, there was no surprise or worry in those deep eyes that she had imagined, not even the anger that Li Jin thought would definitely appear—the anger that she had so late to explain to her parents.

Looking at Li Jin, there was a sudden look in his eyes, he looked at Li Jin calmly and powerfully, and motioned for her to continue.

Li Jin felt a sense of strangeness for a moment with these familiar eyes, but he felt that those eyes were so powerful and reliable, was this what his father was like as an official of the court? Li Jin thought silently in his heart.

Father Li's calm attitude was beyond Li Jin's expectations, but it also made her feel relieved, Li Jin slowly told Father Li all what she had seen and heard after leaving Yujingzhai before this afternoon and arriving in the palace.

It's just that Li Jin deliberately omitted the agreed meeting with the King of Huaiyang in Yujing Zhai and the conversation between the two. Just because in Li Jin's view, King Huaiyang's warning was just a whim from the rich daughter, and he would leave the capital after the year and would never have anything to do with them again, so that incident simply crossed Li Jin's mind and sank into a deep memory.

When he first heard Li Jin say that she was summoned to the palace today, Li Shilang was indeed very surprised, but he had to face Li Shilang, who was in the court for a moment, and he regained his composure in an instant, almost instinctively, and began to calmly analyze the situation he was in.

It's just that there is still too little information needed, and Li Shilang needs to know more details. Fortunately, his daughter has always been smart, and she even has a natural sensitivity that surpasses Li Shilang's in some subtleties. This allowed Li Shilang to get what he needed, even more than he needed.

As Li Jin spoke, Li Shilang almost immediately understood the inexplicable holy decree and the obscure content of the holy decree. It was even more certain that the intention of this holy decree was prepared to make it easier for Li Jin to convince himself. But what puzzled Li Shilang was the jade pendant that was sent along with the holy decree.

At this time, Li's father already knew that Li Jin's two major disasters had recently broken in, one was that Li Jin entered the city without permission from Donghua Gate, and the other was a private agreement between Li Jin and the emperor - promising to marry far away from the frontier. Because he wanted to explain the matter clearly, the conditions of the exchange between the emperor and himself, and the matter of entering the city from Donghua Gate without authorization had to be said, so Li Jin simply explained the beginning and end of the matter.

Li Jin's narration ended in the tea effort, and after getting up to change the hot tea for his father and himself, he couldn't hide his guilt in front of Li's father.

After sitting down, Li Jin kept fiddling with the tea cup in his hand, and he didn't dare to look at Father Li's eyes. In the narrative just now, Li Jin can even be said to be resolute that he agreed to the conditions proposed by the emperor without hesitation. At that time, Li Jin felt that there seemed to be a tearing pain in his throat, but at this time, Li Jin found that his mouth was moist after he finished speaking at this moment, but the pain had extended from his throat to his chest.

In the quiet room, you can occasionally hear the sound of tinkling water droplets in the distant drip. It's just that before Li Jin could think about something again, after Li Jin heard the sound of the teacup on the table on the other side, Li's father's calm voice sounded again.

"Silly boy, you are protecting our family, what is there to regret?" Father Li said to Li Jin. Accompanied by a deep, kind laughter, when the words reached Li Jin's ears, Li Jin didn't know why uncontrollably water droplets slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Li Jin couldn't care about the uncontrollable feeling, raised his head and said hurriedly, "But, father." I don't know when I will come back, mother, you and mother ......", Li Jin found that he couldn't say a word.

In the raised eyes, Li Jin found that his father seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and he didn't know if it was his own illusion, Li Jin felt that the corners of his father's eyes seemed to be moist.

Father Li calmly got up and came to Li Jin's side, gently stroked the top of Li Jin's head, who had been crying silently at this time, and said slowly and gently: "Naughty, I knew that you were in trouble when you entered the city that day, but I never thought that you would dare to hide such a big thing from us." It was also because I was busy and negligent that I didn't inquire about the relationship between my family members. ”

Li Shilang took a step back, looked into Li Jin's eyes and said.

"It's just a matter of knowing that misfortune and blessing are relied upon, and blessing and misfortune are lurking. If it weren't for Jin'er inadvertently breaking into this disaster, maybe our family would have suffered an even greater disaster. ”

Li Jin looked up at his father for some reason, and Li Shilang just smiled faintly.

After that, Father Li took Li Jin's hand, and after sitting next to the Eight Immortals Table with her, he explained: "I'm afraid that the emperor chose you to be the leader of this matter, it will not be a whim or a whim." If it's deliberate, the little mistake you've been caught doing is just an excuse. And if there is no such excuse, it is difficult to guarantee that no other means will be used to coerce or create such an excuse in order to achieve the goal, so didn't Jin'er save the family from a great disaster? Therefore, Jin'er does not have to bear all the mistakes on her own heart. Speaking of which, this is also the pain I have brought to you, and it is something that will be unavoidable when you are in the court. It's just that I didn't expect that I would still be so cautious. ”

When Father Li said these words in a joking tone, Li Jin's face also appeared for a moment. Listening to his father's explanation, Li Jin's heart was indeed much more relaxed, and under the persuasion of his father, Li Jin had stopped constantly blaming himself. It was only at the end of hearing his father's words that Li Jin's heart stabbed irrepressibly as if asking for Li Jin's forgiveness. It's better than before.

Before Li Jin could refute Father Li, Li Shilang had already calmly used gestures to stop what Li Jin wanted to say.

Father Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Speaking of which, what I want to talk to you about should be regarded as one thing. ”