It's late January, less than half a month before the Lunar New Year, and although it's a sunny day, the weather in Yanjing is still cold.

The snow that fell a few days ago has not yet melted, and when you stand on Jingshan, you can see that the roof of the former Imperial Palace Forbidden Garden is still covered with snow, and the dazzling golden yellow is mixed with patches of white, which makes visitors full of praise.

In an old courtyard-style mansion near Zijin City, an old man stood in the courtyard in a grass-green military coat, looking at the unmelted snow in the courtyard in a daze.

A few branches of plum blossoms are in full bloom, and red plums are also blooming in the sun, fragrant.

Just when he was looking at the snow and plum blossoms in the yard in a daze, a middle-aged man in a dark coat with a majestic face, who had been in a high position for a long time and was about fifty years old, walked in.

"Dad, why are you staying in the yard? It's cold, let's go inside and have a cup of hot tea!" The middle-aged man said to the old man with a respectful face: "I'll drink tea with you, and listen to you a few words by the way." ”

The old man did not answer, but looked up at the sky.

The middle-aged man didn't say anything more, and stood quietly to the side, waiting for the old man to speak.

After a while, the old man finally lowered his head high, "Li Mingxun, you didn't make a decision on the spot, and now you have finally tasted it, right?"

When he said this, there was a faint anger between the old man's eyebrows.

The momentum of the person who has been in the position for a long time, coupled with the faint anger, makes Li Mingxun, who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, can't help but be shocked, he can only reply stubbornly: "Dad, I came back today to talk to you about this." Let's go inside and talk, I've brought some good tea. ”

The old man didn't say anything more, straightened the military coat he was draped on, turned around and walked into the house.

Li Mingxun also immediately followed into the house.

As the father of Li Zongyu, Li Zeyu, and Li Qingyu, Li Mingxun, who hurried over to see his father today, had mixed feelings.

Lee Mingxun is now appointed second-in-command in a ministry in Yenching, and in the next year he will be appointed second-in-command in a certain province on the southeast coast, that is, the post of provincial governor.

Early this morning, he received a report from his secretary that the Hong Kong media had exposed negative news related to him.

Li Mingxun was shocked when he heard the secretary's report, and hurriedly checked the relevant Hong Kong media reports.

He didn't expect things to be perverted like this.

The current Li Mingxun, of course, regrets the ridiculous things he did when he was young.

Having an illegitimate daughter after having an undeserved relationship with that college student is the thing he has most scruples about over the years.

He knows very well that the spread of this matter will have an impact on his career.

However, Li Mingxun has always felt guilty about Li Zeyu's biological mother and took good care of their mother and daughter until he was discovered by his legitimate wife. After being discovered by his wife, although the matter was a bit big, the specific situation was not known, and his wife also chose to shut up under the pressure of the old man at home.

After this trouble, Li Mingxun no longer dared to take care of Li Zeyu and her mother blatantly, but there was still a secret care.

Later, Li Qingyu and Li Zongyu's biological mother, that is, her genuine wife, died of illness, and he once wanted to take Li Zeyu and her mother back to the Li family, but he was not allowed by the old man, so he had to give up.

Lee Mingxun is worried that his illegitimate daughter will be exposed, because he knows that this matter will have a bad impact on his career and may even end his possibility of climbing up. Therefore, in the past few years, he has repeatedly appeased Li Zeyu and her mother, telling them not to make a noise, and he also promised that he would definitely give them the title of mother and daughter at that time, and they would be truly accepted by the Li family.

He originally thought that when the old man went to the immortal, he would be able to handle this matter well after he officially took over as the head of the Li family.

Unexpectedly, things turned out like this.

A few days ago, he got the news that Li Zeyu and Li Qingyu were regarded by the old man as traitors to the Li family and were bent on getting rid of them.

This took him by surprise and was incomprehensible. For this reason, he also met with the old man, Chen said his reasons, hoping that the old man could change his mind, appease Li Zeyu and Li Qingyu, and don't force them to be too ruthless, otherwise things will be difficult to clean up. But what he couldn't believe was that the old man actually refused his request, insisted on expelling Li Qingyu from the house, and wanted to teach Li Zeyu a lesson.

For Li Mingxun, Li Zeyu and Li Qingyu's two daughters are more loved by him, relatively speaking, his son Li Zongyu, who has an unbearable character, dislikes him the most, and even a little disgusted. It's just that Li Zongyu is very liked by the old man, and Li Mingxun suspects that the old man is likely to make such a ridiculous decision because of Li Zongyu's demagogy.

He can only try to make amends, trying to exchange time for peace of affairs, and then discuss this matter after the old man's anger dissipates.

Unexpectedly, there was no way to clean up the trouble.

After seeing the Hong Kong media report today, he immediately knew that things were broken, and everything was going for the worst.

He knew that it must be that the family was pressing too hard, which made Li Zeyu and Li Qingyu feel the pressure and had to reveal the confidential affairs of these families and take the opportunity to take revenge on the Li family.

In this regard, Li Mingxun was heartbroken, and even couldn't help but want to be angry at his father.

But he also knows that when things come to this point, it's useless to get angry, and he still has to discuss a countermeasure, otherwise his reputation will be over, and his career will be affected.

After entering the house, Li Mingxun personally made tea for the old man.

"Are you very dissatisfied with what I did?" said in a muffled voice when Li Mingxun was making tea.

"Dad, I think they are all my daughters, so there is no need to force them to a dead end," Li Mingxun replied softly and firmly.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingxun would answer like this, and Old Man Li was angry, "It seems that you are already dissatisfied with my old man, right?"

"Dad, why do you think like that?" Li Mingxun was stunned, and quickly explained: "I just consider this matter from my father's perspective and the interests of the family, and I am afraid that if I don't handle it properly, I will cause trouble like this." ”

"It's all the trouble you caused back then. If you had listened to me, and had taken some money to send their mother and daughter away, and no longer cared about their life and death, would you have had today?" the old man was furious.

"Dad, I know I did something wrong when I was young, but I can't bear to abandon my own flesh and blood. ”

"Can you achieve great things with such a mind?" Old Man Li patted the case angrily, "Li Mingliang has done something similar to you, how do people deal with it? Is there any trouble now? It's really disappointing that I have spent so much energy cultivating you, and you don't have any understanding at all." ”

Listening to the old man talk about Li Mingliang, Li Mingxun suddenly understood that everything was probably planned by his own brother, Li Mingliang, who is now the leader of a prefecture-level city in the southeast, with the purpose of depriving him of the inheritance position of the head of the family through the hands of the old man.

Thinking of this possibility, Li Mingxun's heart suddenly cooled.