Chen Ji slowly opened his eyes, and the scenery that greeted him was a little blurry, and he could only see the outline clearly. And Lechang's crisp and beautiful voice sounded in his ears: "Father? Father, are you awake? ”

Chen Huoran's eyes widened, only feeling weak, and there was no way to sit up. Sensing Chen Ji's intentions, Lechang stretched out his hand to support his father, leaned on the mattress that had been prepared, looking at Chen Ji's haggard appearance and deep dark circles, Lechang felt a pain in his heart, and turned sideways slightly, not wanting Chen Ji to see the tears in his eyes.

Chen Ji sighed softly: "Le'er, what's going on?" ”

Le Chang gently wiped his tears with a handkerchief, calmed himself down, and said in a low voice: "Erchen made some soup and wanted to send it to his father, but he couldn't find it left and right, and finally learned that his father was in the main hall, and he found that his father was unconscious, and hurriedly passed the imperial doctor." ”

Chen Ji was stunned for a moment, looked around, and then realized that he was already in the dormitory, and the last impression before closing his eyes was indeed the gradually dissipating sunset on the side of the council hall.

"Maybe it's because I'm too tired these days······" Chen Ji muttered, wanting to get up.

And Le Chang hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Father, the imperial doctor said that the father is a mental exhaustion, and he should recuperate, these days are not suitable for seeing too many people, let alone dealing with government affairs." In the case of her father's fainting, her daughter has ordered a temporary blockade of the news, only the queen mother and several concubines in the palace know, and now they are also waiting outside, not daring to come in, for fear of disturbing their father. ”

Chen Ji nodded slightly in relief: "Le'er, you did a good job." ”

Immediately, he sighed in a low voice: "My father is incompetent, and I can't handle my own affairs well, and I worry about you." ”

Le Chang looked at Chen Ji, who was obviously old, distressedly: "Why did my father say this, there are many government affairs these days, and it is reasonable for my father to work hard, even if there is no today's matter, my daughter wants to persuade my father to rest for a few days." ”

After a pause, Lechang got up and said, "The queen mother has been waiting outside for a long time, and my daughter will go and let them in." ”

However, before Lechang turned around, Chen Ji reluctantly stretched out his hand and grabbed Lechang's sleeve, Lechang turned his head in surprise, Chen Ji shook his head, and said softly: "Don't let them in for the time being, Le'er, my father has a few words to say to you." ”

But suddenly remembering something, Chen Ji waved his hand again: "That's it, since the imperial doctor has said it, then the father should not say it, lest you criticize the father again." ”

Le Chang was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Chen Ji's hesitant gaze, he could roughly guess what Chen Ji wanted to talk about, and his expression was a little dazed for a while.

Chen Ji is worried about something these days, of course Lechang knows it, today she looked for Chen Ji all the way to find the Council Palace, firstly, she was worried that Chen Ji really had an accident, and secondly, she also wanted to test Chen Ji's tone.

It's just that who knows that things happened suddenly, Lechang already had no second-layer plans, and any problems and contradictions could be explained and solved after Chen Ji's illness recovered. However, Chen obviously didn't think so.

Lechang quickly calmed down and sat down on the edge of the bed again: "Father's heart is knotted, Erchen knows in his heart, although the imperial doctor said that his father can no longer worry about government affairs at this time, but Erchen also knows that if his father doesn't say it, it will be more uncomfortable in his heart, so although his father speaks." ”

Chen Ji sighed and said lightly: "The most worrying thing about my father these days is Li Xinchen, this person can kill a piece of the world from the desperate situation of Bashu, and he will definitely not obey the dispatch of the imperial court in the future, and it must be my Da Chen's trouble." ”

Lechang hesitated, but didn't say much.

She knew Li Xinchen's ambitions, and she also knew the selfishness of her father, and for a while, Lechang couldn't even tell whether it was Li Xinchen's ambitions that made him destined to become Nan Chen's obedient minister, or Chen Xu's suspicion and deliberate suppression made Li Xinchen no longer have the last bit of hope for Nan Chen.

In any case, at this time, she was sandwiched between the two of them, and she was extremely uncomfortable.

Thinking of his father's lonely figure, Lechang was very sad; And thinking that the man he was thinking about was fighting bloodily thousands of miles away, Lechang was very worried.

Neither of these two people wanted to lose, but she knew that between Li Xinchen and Chen Ji at this time, there was less and less room for maneuver.

And apparently, Chen Ji intends to use his most beloved daughter as the last room for maneuver to make up for this already broken relationship.

"Daddy once promised you to choose your own wishful husband, as long as Daddy is still alive for a day, he can guarantee you a safe and happy day." Chen Ji's voice gradually deepened, with helplessness, he didn't even want to look up at his daughter anymore, and his address to himself changed from "I" and "Father" to "Daddy".

At this time, Chen Ji was more like an old man who was helpless in front of a strong enemy.

After a pause, Chen Ji muttered, "But now······ I am afraid that it will be difficult to contain him because of the additional official Jin Jue that his father promised Li Xinchen, and his father wants one more person to be able to tie him down, and this must be sacrificed by one person······ What is sacrificed is his own happiness, and even a lifetime of freedom, just to be able to have an obstacle between Li Xinchen and the imperial court, at least so that Li Xinchen can still take care of some face, so as to give the prince a little time to stabilize the situation······"

"Father!" Le Chang suddenly pressed Chen Ji's hand.

Chen Ji's words made Lechang's face change greatly, listening to Chen Ji's words, it was obvious that Chen Ji had already felt that his life was not long.

In fact, there is no need for Le Chang to say, Chen Ji can faint at the age of fifty, which shows that his physical condition has deteriorated, how long can he support it, Chen Ji doesn't need to be said by the imperial doctor, he knows it in his heart.

"Le'er, my father has considered it a thousand times, this person ······" Chen Ji's voice was very weak, and his hands were trembling slightly.

Although he is only in his fifties, Chen Ji, who has gray temples, looks like an old man in his sixties and seventies. His voice was thick with helplessness and helplessness.

With a "plop", Lechang knelt directly in front of Chen Ji's couch and said solemnly: "Father's order, son's order to obey!" ”

"Le'er!" Chen's voice also raised a bit.

And Lechang Huoran raised his head, tears could no longer hold back, rolled out of his eyes, flowed down his white cheeks, and fell to the ground with a "snap", like a crystal hitting a stone, scattered in all directions: "Father rest assured, the son is willing to marry Li Xinchen, and the son must do everything possible to stop him······"

"My Boy ······" Chen Ji closed his eyes, and he was already in tears, "It's true that you like Li Xinchen, but your father forced you to be his enemy, and in this suffering, my father can't wait to replace him!" ”

Princess Lechang's good impression of Li Xinchen, or the good impression between the two of them, was no secret to Chen Xu, but at this time, Chen Wei only felt that he was really cruel to use Lechang's emotion to contain Li Xinchen.