Ye Luo looked at the man in front of him who was just past middle age and his temples were already turning white. His resolute face was weathered, and he could vaguely imagine his demeanor on the battlefield that day. But when he looked at himself, his eyes were full of tenderness, and he couldn't help but choke.
Called "Dad..."
"Okay, daddy's good daughter, daddy has been waiting for eighteen years." Ouyang Wen felt that he had never been so happy in his entire life. The hand that had been holding the sword for a long time wanted to hug his daughter.
But he couldn't help but tremble.
Eighteen years of searching made this father never give up hope. Seeing that the hands used to hold the sword were so trembling at this moment. Ye Luo could no longer help hugging him tightly with her slender arms.
, leaving behind the tears that I have been holding back.
Ouyang Wen thought of his beloved wife who had passed away, and said silently in his heart, "Rouer, have you seen it? I found our daughter, and your spirit in heaven can finally rest in peace. It would be great if you could still be alive."
Thinking of this, I felt even more sad.
Ouyang Mingqi stood aside secretly hiding his tears. He was afraid that his father would be too sad, so he reminded him, "Dad, I'm afraid my sister hasn't eaten yet. It's better to have dinner first before we talk."
"That's right, General, don't look back. The daughter you just recognized has made her run away hungry again." Qingyuan, who had been here for a long time, also joked at the right time. Seeing that Ye Luo finally recognized her biological father, she felt comforted in her heart.
"Haha, I almost starved my precious daughter." Ouyang Wen burst into tears and asked the butler to serve dinner.
"Piao Ling, come and eat this, look how thin you are." General Ouyang added another chicken drumstick and happily gave it to his daughter.
"Dad, you eat too." Ye Luo said with a smile, and took a piece of fish to his father. "Dad, you're not hungry, come on, this is delicious." He said and took another piece of dessert.
She helplessly looked at the small bowls that she had piled into a mountain, and cast a look at her elder brother for help. Who knew that the elder brother who had just said that he would do anything for her would instead give her a chopstick of vegetables and wink.
He blinked, indicating that he was helpless.
"Piao Ling, my miserable daughter, I have heard what your Aunt Qing said. I will definitely compensate you well in the future and will never let you suffer again." Ouyang Wen felt very uncomfortable when he thought of the suffering his daughter had suffered.
, added another chicken drumstick to Ye Luo.
Qingyuan had been at the General's Mansion for a while before Ye Luo came. General Ouyang had always been concerned about his daughter's past life, so her aunt picked some happy things to talk about, but Ouyang Wen was still heartbroken.
"Dad, in fact, my daughter's life has not been miserable at all. She has always been happy. Now that she has a father and eldest brother, she is even happier." Ye Luo comforted, looking at the food in his bowl and wondering if it would be eaten.
Hold on till death.
"Alas..." As soon as Ouyang Wen thought of what the emperor said that afternoon, he no longer had the intention to eat.
Ye Luo looked at Ouyang Wen's frown and asked, "Dad, did the emperor say anything when he entered the palace in the evening?"
"Piao Ling, have you heard that the third lady of Zuo Xiangfu committed suicide by hanging from a beam this afternoon?" Ouyang Wen put down his bowl and chopsticks and said seriously.
"Then how is she doing now?" Ye Luo couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that woman to have such a strong temperament, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of woman she would be.
In the past, we only knew that Murong Fu and Murong Lian, the two-flowered eldest daughter of Zuoxiangfu, and Bai Yiqin, the only daughter of the Shangshu family, were known as the three most talented women in the capital. Not only were they beautiful, they were also proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
.No wonder such a proud woman would choose such a decisive approach, and I couldn't help but feel a little more favorable towards this woman.
"It's okay. Fortunately, I was discovered and saved in time." Ouyang Wen sighed, and then said, "The emperor said that after the prince's illness gets better, he wants Miss Murong to marry you into Prince Yi's Mansion."
"What? Entering the mansion together?" Ye Luo asked in surprise.
Ouyang Mingqi also threw down his chopsticks, stood up and said angrily, "Why does he think our Ouyang family is easy to bully? Who doesn't know about King Yi and Murong Lian? It's fine for us to just marry each other to get married, and we can suffer in vain."
Their bullying is not enough, it's too much. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether we get married or not."
Ye Luo stopped and said, "Brother." This marriage has been decided by the Emperor. How can we say it will not end?
"Piao Ling, your eldest brother is right. If you don't want to, my father will stop it even if I die. Before the imperial edict granting marriage is issued, the worst is that my father will no longer be a general. In exchange for military power, the emperor will still
Can you forget about the past feelings?" Ouyang Wen has lived for most of his life and has never experienced any honor or disgrace. Now he just wants his children to be happy.
"Yes, even our Ye family is not afraid of Piao Ling." Qing Yuan already hated the current emperor, but now she is even more disgusted.
"Dad, brother, please don't say such words again in the future. Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. How can we allow our decision on this marriage? Be careful that trouble will come from your mouth."
She was very touched that her relatives had sacrificed so much for her, but it was just the consequences of disobeying the decree and implicating her. How could hundreds of people from the General's Mansion and the Ye Mansion be innocently implicated.
"Dad, Piao Ling has something to say." Ye Luo looked at the maid beside him.
Ouyang Wen waved his hand and motioned for the housekeeper to take him down.
"Father, do you know that no one except the emperor's secret guards knew about the incident when my daughter entered the palace that night? The emperor also told me that he did not want any third person to know about what happened that night. But now everyone knows about it in the streets and alleys, Ye
The ugly young lady in our family is finally getting married, who told her behind her back?" Seeing that there were only four people left in the room, Ye Luo stopped hiding it.
As soon as Ye Luo finished speaking, several people fell into deep thought.
She was targeted as soon as she left the palace that day. They were afraid that she would leak the matter, so she simply went to Qianfo Temple to avoid trouble.
Who could it be? Qingyuan was thinking about the letter left by Ye Luo. After reading it, she only told General Ouyang. Because the matter was so important, even Jun Mo and Ming Qi were not informed.
"Do you even need to ask? King Yi must have told you because he didn't want to marry you. Of course, there is something about the Left Prime Minister." Ouyang Mingqi has always disliked the Zuo Prime Minister's flattery. After thinking about it, he said to himself, "
That’s not right either, but how did they know?”
Ouyang Wen glanced around and said with certainty, "It's the Emperor." After decades of being a monarch and minister, he knew the Emperor to some extent, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel chilled.
Ouyang Wen's three words caused the other two people except Ye Luo to be frightened. They had already said it this far, and there was nothing they didn't understand.
"Father, Your Majesty still doesn't believe us, even though you have worked hard for his empire for most of your life. But he wants to test your loyalty with Piao Ling's marriage. Everything has been planned in advance. Piao Ling is going to marry King Yi.
Everyone in the world knows it. Whether there is an imperial edict or not is no longer important, but I didn’t expect that Zuo Xiangfu would intervene again and start rumors."
Ouyang Mingqi still feels scared when he thinks about it now. If he really resists the marriage, the consequences will be disastrous.