The weather is getting hotter and louder, and the noisy cicadas are gradually singing in the lush trees.

On this day, Fang Bin had not returned from the martial arts hall, and Ah Yao thought about making lunch and sending it to him, but she heard a knock on the door outside.

"It's coming, it's coming." Ah Yao hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and couldn't help but be happy when she saw that it was Yao Qi, "Ah Qi, why are you here." ”

Yao Qi looked panting, it seemed that she was running all the way, and after a while, she took A-Yao's hand and said, "Sister, hurry, come home with me, Dad is back." ”

Ah Yao's head suddenly flickered when she heard this, and it took a while to come back to her senses: "What, Dad is back?" Ah Yao's words were already a little excited, she really hadn't seen her father for a long time.

Yao Qi nodded again and again: "I just came back, I heard that you married someone and reprimanded my mother, and now I am shouting to see you, sister, let's go quickly." ”

"But...... Xianggong hasn't come back in the martial arts hall yet, why don't you go back first, I'll go and explain to him and then go back to see my father. Ah Yao said calmly, but her heart was extremely uneasy, I don't know why, she always had a bad premonition, if her father did not agree to this marriage, what should she do?

"Oh, when your brother-in-law comes back, you let the neighbors sue him and say no, you better go back quickly, now that my father is angry, none of us dare to provoke him." Daddy listens to you the most, so go and persuade him. Yao Qi was a little begging, she trembled when she remembered her father's tantrum just now, she had never seen her father like this.

"This ......" Ah Yao hesitated for a moment or decided to listen to Yao Qi's words and rush back first, as for what Daddy thinks, I'll talk about it when the time comes.

So Ah Yao locked the door in a hurry, went to Aunt Wang's house next door to explain, and rushed back with Yao Qi in a panic.

When I entered the alley where Yao Qi's family lived, I saw many neighbors sitting under a lush willow tree and pulling homely things, glancing at the closed wooden door of Yao Qi's house from time to time, and whispering a few words.

When everyone saw Ah Yao and Yao Qi coming from a distance, they hurriedly shut up, and greeted the two warmly: "Oh, Yao Yao is back, I'm here to see your father." ”

It was Mo Yan's mother who spoke, and Ah Yao nodded with a smile: "Yes, Aunt Mo is here to cool off?" ”

"Yes, your father seems to have lost his temper, go back and take a look, I heard Brother Jing'er's cry just now." Aunt Mo said again.

Ah Yao and Yao Qi were a little anxious when they heard this, so they answered and hurried home.

Pushing the door in, the originally neat and clean yard is now messy, pots and pans have fallen to the ground, and Chen is now sitting on the threshold with Jing Ge'er in her arms, her hair is a little messy, and there are blue five finger prints on the left side of her face, which looks slightly swollen.

Jing Ge'er hid in Chen's arms with some fear, his body trembling faintly, as if he was sobbing.

Ah Yao was also a little stunned for a while, her father has always loved her when she looks so big, and he is often kind and pleasant, but he has never seen him lose his temper so much.

Yao Qi hurriedly stepped forward to support Chen, her eyes full of tears: "Mother, why did you become like this, didn't I be fine when I went out." ”

Chen slowly raised his head, and when he saw Ah Yao standing not far away, his originally somewhat painful eyes were instantly replaced by hatred and anger, and he stood up suddenly and stretched out his hand to push Ah Yao: "It's all you, you disaster, when will your father never forget you, if it weren't for you, how happy our family would have been, it's all you!" ”

Ah Yao couldn't help but snatch it when she was pushed, and Yao Qi hurriedly stepped forward to support her: "Sister, are you okay?" ”

Ah Yao shook her head with a smile, looking at the almost crazy Chen in front of her and couldn't help sighing, but she didn't say much.

"Is Yaoyao back?" A faint voice suddenly came from the room, which was unique to Yao Zhengdong's richness and affinity.

Ah Yao hadn't heard her father's voice for a long time, and she was a little excited for a while, and said to the closed door: "Dad, it's me." ”

"Come in." Yao Zhengdong is still gentle and authentic.

Ah Yao stepped forward when she heard the sound, and carefully pushed the door and walked in.

Inside the house, Yao Zhengdong was standing in front of the window with his hands on his hands, now wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, exuding a strange feeling all over his body.

Ah Yao hadn't seen his face yet, but she already felt that her father had changed, and he was no longer the amiable and gentle appearance he used to be.

"Daddy." Ah Yao called obediently.

Yao Zhengdong turned his head when he heard the sound, in fact, he is only in his early forties now, but because of the hopelessness of the perennial imperial examination, his hair has long been gray, and now he looks a little vicissitudes.

His eyes were very sharp, revealing a sharpness that Ah Yao had never seen before, but the moment he saw Ah Yao, he covered it up, and replaced it with the same charity as always: "Yaoyao, Dad has wronged you." ”

Ah Yao was stunned for a moment to understand the meaning of Yao Zhengdong's words, and shook her head with a smile: "No, how can a father be wronged if he is very good to his daughter?" Besides, I'm doing well now. ”

Yao Zhengdong stepped forward and sat down on the wooden pier in front of the table, and then pointed to the side and motioned for A-Yao to sit down, and then said: "I have heard everything before, my father knows what his daughter is like, and he will not let you go casually because of some rumors." Don't worry, now that Dad is back, he will be in charge of you. ”

Ah Yao pondered the meaning of her father's words, could it be that she wanted to be inseparable from her father-in-law? If her father said this before marrying Fang Bin, then she would definitely be grateful.

But now, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, so naturally she didn't want to be separated from Fang Bin.

"Daddy, although it is wrong for my aunt to give her daughter to her family at will, but now I am grateful to her, because if it weren't for her Yaoyao, she wouldn't have the life she has now, and her husband is very good to her daughter, and her daughter doesn't want to ......"

"My Yao Zhengdong's daughter is suitable for a better man."

Ah Yao's words were interrupted by Yao Zhengdong before she finished speaking, and looking at her father's resolute face, she was inexplicably scared, and she couldn't spit out a word for a while.

Yao Zhengdong said earnestly: "That Fang Bin, I have ordered someone to check it privately, and I can't find any traces of him before, so how can you rest assured that there is no past person staying with you?" It's better to reconcile with it, now my father is the long history of the Hidden King's Mansion, and with the support of His Royal Highness the Hidden King, even if he is reconciled with that Fang Bin, he will not worry about finding a better person. ”

Ah Yao was shocked when she heard this, and she stood up from the wooden pier: "Dad, my daughter doesn't want to marry someone else, she just wants to live a good life with her husband, and she doesn't want to be reconciled." ”

Yao Zhengdong's brows furrowed, his face was a little unhappy, and his voice sank a little: "What did Fang Bin do to you, how long has it been since you got married, you are worthy of being like this for him, and you don't even want to be prosperous and rich, and have a better life?" ”

"He hasn't done anything, it's just that he is the person his daughter is willing to entrust for life, and I am willing to live a life with him like this."

"Nonsense!" Yao Zhengdong slapped the table suddenly, the anger on his face was obvious, "You have always been a well-behaved and obedient person, but you don't want to be so disobedient to your father now, it's really not like Yao'er before." ”

"No, my daughter is willing to accept whatever my father says, but this is the only thing that my daughter can't obey." Ah Yao spoke firmly.

Yao Zhengdong sighed helplessly, and his eyes became deep: "Your mother went early, so I had to marry the Chen family in order to take better care of you." Although I have been studying outside all the year round, I have ignored you, and even patiently taught you poetry, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, so that you are not a brainless person like other women. ”

A-Yao shook her head, she has indeed been very curious about this, her father has been strict with her since she was a child, and she has never understood why. Although she learned a lot of truths from the book, after all, a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and she has never been used in this Qingyuan County. She even thought that her father was just teaching her to play, wasn't that the case?

Looking at the doubts in his daughter's eyes, Yao Zhengdong said: "Our family is from a foreign background, and I want to have a big family back then, and there are a lot of losers who eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, but there are no people who only read sage books and are willing to gain fame." Later, when our Yao family declined, future generations remembered the benefits of gaining fame. But for generations, no one has ever embarked on a career in office. Even your father, I once planned to give up because I failed many scientific exams, until I met your mother. ”

Listening to her father talk about her mother, A-Yao sat down again, listening very carefully, she had never heard her father take the initiative to tell her mother's story.

"Later, I met your mother by chance, she is the daughter of a scholarly family, and the whole family was killed by a holy decree because of being framed for rebellion, and your mother was saved by your grandfather. She fled to this Qingyuan County alone, and mistakenly broke into the bamboo house where I studied all year round. ”

"Your mother is a high-minded and arrogant woman, stubborn and strong in her bones, and she is determined to live a rich and noble life in the capital. It's just that your mother didn't wait for me to be an official in the court, so she went early. Fortunately, she left you for me, and since I can't give your mother happiness, then I will do my best to make me and her daughter the most honorable women in the world. In this way, presumably your mother will also smile at Jiuquan. ”

Ah Yao couldn't help but take a step back when she heard it, and smiled helplessly, the most noble woman in the world? What kind of woman is the most noble in the world?

Does my mother really want to live a rich life in the capital? If so, how could you still marry your father even though he repeatedly failed to make the list?

In fact, my mother just wanted to use this to spur my father not to give up the road to the imperial examination.

Daddy, mother's hard work, have you really understood?

"My daughter doesn't want to be a noble woman in the world, she just wants to be with her husband." A-Yao suddenly plucked up the courage to reply.

"This is your mother's wish, do you want to be an unfilial person?"

"No, my mother won't force me, what she hopes is that I can be happy and happy, instead of being an emotionless golden bird and a caged bird!" Ah Yao shouted this sentence desperately, got up and ran out.

When he arrived at the door, he suddenly paused, looked at Yao Zhengdong who was still sitting at the table with foggy eyes, and a smile of uncertainty tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Daddy, do you really understand my mother's intentions?" ”

Seeing his daughter rush out of the door after saying this, Yao Zhengdong was suddenly stunned, and a pair of deep eyes flashed with a complicated color.

Could it really be that he was wrong?