After the father and son were silent for a long time, Ji Yuan suddenly asked, "By the way, is there any news about Xue'er recently?" ”

"I was about to tell my father about it! The business in Qingcheng sent back the news that 'Xiaomei appeared in Qingcheng more than a month ago', and according to Xiaomei's direction of travel, it can be determined that she should be preparing to go home this time...... Count the days, if she doesn't delay along the way, she should be home in a few days. Ji Yan opened his mouth and said, after having Ji Ruoxue's news, he also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that in order to avoid worrying his parents and being afraid that Ji Ruoxue would be punished after returning home, he deliberately concealed the original truth after returning home. changed Ji Ruoxue's running away from home to because she was playful, so she would stay outside and delay her return home after asking for her consent.

Hearing that his baby daughter was about to go home, Ji Yuan's face also showed a hint of joy, but in a blink of an eye, this joy disappeared.

Ji Yuan deliberately said with a straight face: "This crazy girl even knows to come back?" It's been almost a year since I went out, and I don't even know how to send a letter to my family......"

Ji Yan stood aside with a smile on his face, he was not worried about his father's feigned anger at all, not to mention, he had just captured the joy on the corner of his father's lips, even if his father was really angry, when his sister Ji Ruoxue really came home, he just had to be coquettish casually, and his father's anger would be completely gone.

"You, as an elder brother, too, said she didn't want to go home and wanted to go out and have fun...... Are you clinging to her? Although there are people who forge the sword along the way to protect her, but you are not afraid of ten thousand in everything, you must know that she is just a child who has not grown up......" Ji Yuan turned his head and began to complain about Ji Yan.

"The child is guilty." Ji Yan hurriedly lowered his head and began to admit his mistake.

"That's it......" Ji Yuan waved his hand and said helplessly: "It's not your fault, it's only that crazy girl who is too playful, and your father and your mother are too pampered on her on weekdays......"

……

Ji Yan looked at his father, thought about it carefully, and then said tentatively: "Does the little sister have to marry the prince of Beiyu?" ”

"Huh?" Ji Yuan turned his head and looked at him suspiciously, waiting for his follow-up.

Ji Yan looked at his father and said cautiously: "What the child means is that if the little sister doesn't like the prince of Beiyu, then... Do we have to force her to jump into the fire pit? ”

"What exactly do you want to say?" Ji Yuan looked at Ji Yan and asked puzzledly.

Ji Yan thought about it, and finally decided to tell the truth, so he adjusted his tone and said softly: "The child once hid something from his father before, and asked his father to forgive him...... Actually, the little sister ran away from home this time. As for the reason? According to the child's guess, it should be because she doesn't want to marry the prince of Beiyu. ”

"What?"

Ji Yuan couldn't help but be angry and said: "This unscrupulous girl, it seems that I am really too pampered with her, so that she dares to disobey my will in this kind of matter." ”

"Father, please calm your anger." Ji Yan hurriedly comforted.

"Anger?"

Ji Yuan said unhappily: "Since ancient times, major marriage events have all been 'parents' orders, matchmakers' words', when can she be talked about picking three or four?" ”

"Father."

Ji Yan hurriedly said: "Father, don't be angry, this is just a child's unilateral guess, not necessarily the real thoughts of the little sister......"

"Really?"

Ji Yuan looked at Ji Yan and said slowly, "I hope so." ”

……

After the father and son were silent for a while, Ji Yan cautiously asked, "Is it really so important to marry with the Marquis of Beiyu?" ”

"What do you say?" Ji Yuan asked rhetorically.

Ji Yan said to himself: "The marriage between our Ji family and the Mu family is nothing more than an exchange of interests and a strong alliance......"

I have to say that Ji Yan's words are actually the benefits of the marriage between Ji Mu and the two families, and they are very detailed.

Ji Yuan looked at this son puzzled and asked, "Since you all know the importance of it, why do you still ask such a thing?" ”

Ji Yan sighed and said leisurely: "But, father, don't forget, the Mu family is not a good person, the child doesn't believe that in the face of this surging imperial power, their Mu family will be unmoved?" Even in the early stage, through the marriage of the two families, we can fight side by side and achieve a win-win situation...... But what about the late stages? What if there were only two of us left in the world? There will be a great battle between our two families to fight for the ultimate throne. Once the moment comes to turn against each other, the little sister is caught in it, how should she deal with herself? ”

When Ji Yan said this, he had been observing Ji Yuan's expression, and seeing that his face was a little loose at this time, he continued: "Actually, we don't necessarily have to choose to marry the Mu family, and we can also achieve an exchange of interests in the early stage by choosing other princes' families!" Even if we were to be another company, we would have a greater advantage......"

Ji Yuan listened to Ji Yan's words with interest, and suddenly said: "I know that you have been collecting information from your peers, according to the information you have compiled so far, who can be your opponent in the younger generation?" ”

After thinking seriously for a while, Ji Yan said quite heroically: "If you use the world as a chess game...... Except for Mu Qiuhuang, the son of the Mu family, the rest of the son is busy and unbearable to play against the child. ”

"Haha......" Ji Yuan smiled and said, "Are you really crazy?" ”

"Child......

Ji Yuan waved his hand, stopped Ji Yan's words, and said to himself: "You are really a good son for your father." ”

"Child......

"I don't mean to blame you for being a father." Ji Yuan looked at Ji Yan with satisfaction, and said, "What you mean by being a father is that what you said is very right......

"......," Ji Yan couldn't help but be confused.

Ji Yuan said to himself: "In my father's generation, there are talented people in the court, only Xiahou and Situ. It's just a pity that they don't have an army and no territory in their hands...... Therefore, it can only be sold to the merchant. The remaining nine princes, the strongest comprehensive strength is nothing more than our eastern, western, southern, and northern four families, but now that the Murong family is out, of course, from this point of view, Murong Yan, the Marquis of Dongche, is the stupidest of the nine princes. Next, the strongest ones are only our Xilie Ji family, Nanzhao Wu family, and Beiyu Mu family...... But in the same way, the opponent in the father's mind was only Mu Maniac from beginning to end. ”

"Huh?"

Ji Yan couldn't help but look at Ji Yuan in surprise, in his impression, his father had always been gentle and approachable, and he had never said such frivolous words.

Ji Yuan took his expression in his eyes and smiled, "Do you know how your peers call the three of us?" ”

Without waiting for Ji Yan to answer, Ji Yuan said to himself: "They call Wu Mad an old thief, Mu Qingen a madman, and a father a gentleman. ”

"Interesting, right?" Ji Yuan asked, and then continued: "Just looking at the titles of the three of us, the most difficult one should belong to Wu Mad right, of course, he can make the most impossible things possible with his own strength, which is also his ability." But to be a father is to never be his true opponent in his heart, because... His bearing is not enough,...... Those who can really be big in the world can't just rely on old scheming, he also has to have the courage and the spirit of accepting all rivers. And the madman Mu seems to be unwise to reject the emperor's kindness, like a reckless man, but in fact? The reason why he dared to refuse the emperor's favor was because he had enough chips to bet on, and his courage was not the courage of a puppet at all, but the spirit of an overlord...... Because of this, Father fully agrees with your evaluation of your peers. The opponent of my Xilie Ji family has only been the Beiyu Mu family from beginning to end, and the rest are not enough. ”

"Hmm."

Ji Yan nodded, he knew that what Ji Yuan said about Wu Mad was referring to his seizure of the throne in the first place, and he fully agreed with his father's evaluation of the two.

Ji Yan looked at Ji Yuan with a puzzled expression, and said puzzledly: "Just as my father and the child just said, since our two families can't avoid seeing each other in the end, why don't we let the little sister give up the Mu family and find another family?" At the very least, I have to let my sister pick someone she really likes, right? Another point is that only in the face of the Mu family, we have no certainty of victory, and any other family must also have self-knowledge, and in the future, they will also choose to surrender to our Ji family. In this way, for Xiaomei, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? …… After all, you only have this one daughter, and I only have this one sister. ”

Ji Yuan shook his head slightly, looked at Ji Yan and sighed, and then said calmly: "I am very relieved that you can say this." Because, you are thinking about your sister from the perspective of an older brother, and you are a qualified older brother. But the Father and you stand in a different position! In addition to being your father, the father is also the "father" of the land of Qinlu. Therefore, a father cannot only think of his daughter from the perspective of a father. As a father, he can only stand in his current position and think about the future of the entire Qin Lu. ”

"The child doesn't understand."

"You'll understand when you sit in my seat." Ji Yuan said slowly.

"Please also ask my father to make it clear,......" Ji Yan asked stubbornly.

……

A long, long time later, when Ji Yan quietly faced his heart alone, he asked how he changed from a brother who knew how to care about his little sister's happiness to a person who only knew how to weigh the pros and cons and didn't understand flesh and blood affection? …… In the end, he had to sigh: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government."

……

"You ......" Ji Ruo couldn't help but be furious.

After trying to adjust it several times, Ji Yuan finally let out a long sigh, put down his raised palm, looked at Ji Yan, and said, "You listen carefully, this is also the last lesson for your father...... In the future, the Father does not want to see you so ignorant again. ”