morning thoughts

Wei Chengji frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's too late."

Ji Yu: "..."

It was indeed too late. Not long after Wei Chengji received the order, Ling Chao asked himself to go to Lichuan with General Wei, and the time was coming soon.

Naturally, Ling Xuan contributed to this, he wished that Ling Chao would not be in Huajing at this time, so it was rare for the two brothers to agree in front of His Majesty, His Majesty was very relieved and granted Ling Chao's request.

When Ji Yu avoided Wei Chengji's gaze and returned to the crowd, he finally calmed down and said to everyone, "Let's enter Lichuan now, and we are arranging for the general to enter the city for a welcome banquet."

Ji Yu swaggered into Lichuan City following Wei Chengji, and Ji Jingyang got the news. He gasped in anger, and with a wave of his hand, he flipped the porcelain vase by the table to the ground, and it hit Ji Xun's feet.

Ji Jingyang looked at him and sneered, thinking of his strange appearance a few days ago, he asked suspiciously, "Did you get the news a long time ago?"

Ji Xun didn't snort, and after sending out the servants who came in to collect the broken porcelain pieces, he said: "You are really worrying too much, the whole Lichuan City is under your control, if there is news, you will get it first, how could it be?" it's me?"

Ji Jingyang looked at him for a few times before dispelling his suspicions, supported his head tiredly, and said in a soft voice: "Brother, don't blame me for being in a hurry, it's just that Ji Yu came back at an inappropriate time, and I didn't receive any call from Huajing." information!"

Ji Xun nodded: "What are you going to do now? Is it possible to confront him directly?"

Ji Jingyang thought for a moment, then slowly said: "You have to know what he's up to first, he came back after making such a big fuss, and didn't let me know in advance, isn't it just to catch him off guard... "

Speaking of this, he became angry again.

Asking him to pick up Ji Yu felt like he was a head shorter than him, and he was unwilling, so Ji Yu had already entered the city, so he waited for him at the Annan Palace.

He turned a blind eye to Ji Yu's big battles, but he never thought that Ji Yu would make an inch of it and use the name of Prince Annan's son to suppress him.

As soon as he entered the Annan Palace, Ji Yu went to the front hall and sat directly in the upper seat. After General Wei and his men walked around the Annan Palace and made a show of their prestige, they were all arranged by Ji Yu in the posthouse in the city. However, General Wei was left alone in the mansion.

Wei Chengji didn't know what Ji Yu's plan was, but he never refuted what he said, Ji Jingyang's face was gloomy and terrifying when he saw this.

After arranging everything properly, Ji Yu turned his attention to Ji Jingyang's face contentedly, and asked with a smile, "Why haven't you seen your father and mother?"

His behavior must have been helped by His Majesty, Ji Jingyang turned his face and said perfunctorily: "Father is not in good health recently, and mother is taking care of him."

Ji Jingyang changed the subject, took out the vice-master and sent him with a mocking smile: "General Wei has come from a long way, and he is exhausted from the journey. I will arrange to go down to meet the general and the prince."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yu and General Wei both frowned. After hesitating for a moment, he apologized and said, "Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth. When I was in Huajing, I heard that King Annan was in poor health, and my son was worried that he would not be able to sleep all night, so he hurried back all the way, it would be better to meet King Annan first, so that we can answer before His Majesty."

When the group came to King Annan's room, Ji Jingyang entered the dormitory first, blocked everyone behind him and said to King Annan in a low voice: "Father, Ji Yu is back."

King Annan was lying on the bed and couldn't get up. He rolled his eyes when he heard Ji Yu came back, and was helped by Princess Annan.

Ji Jingyang looked at Ji Yu, and said in a low voice, "Father is old, and his health is far from what it used to be. Because you, Huajing, couldn't bear to make you think about it, so I didn't mention it to you," Ji Jingyang said, staring at him and asking again : "So, how did you find out about your father's illness?"

"Father's illness..." Ji Yu was worried, and replied casually, "It was the... the eldest prince who told me about it."

Ji Jingyang didn't speak for a while after listening to this sentence of the eldest prince, Ling Xuan naturally didn't have any reason to betray himself, could it be that he deliberately told Ji Yu about this in order to lure him to leave the capital?

Ji Jingyang couldn't figure it out by himself, and Ling Xuan didn't send a letter to himself. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he calmed down and said to Ji Yu: "Then you talk to father and king first, there are still important matters to be dealt with in the army. , stay with me less."

As soon as he left, Wei Chengji was the only outsider left in the room. King Annan couldn't bear to reminisce and chat with him, so he also retreated after greeting Ji Yu.

"I would like to ask my brother to receive General Wei on his behalf." Ji Yu said to Ji Xun.

Ji Xun's face was solemn, and he sighed: "I know, you have to be careful and don't let him see the problem."

When everyone had almost left and the whole family finally got together, Princess Annan waved to Ji Yu with a tired face, and said softly: "Let mother see you, but you have only been away for more than half a year. I feel like it's been years."

Princess Annan's eyes turned red, and her nose became sore. She raised her hand and rubbed between her brows and forced a smile: "You shouldn't have come back, it's really hard for you."

Ji Yu half knelt in front of King Annan's bed, gathered his sleeves and half lay on Princess Annan's lap, lowered his eyes and said: "Mother, you should have told me earlier about your situation. I blamed you for being so cruel. It was negligence of the son to send Ji Li out, I don't know how much effort the mother took to send A Li away."

When King Annan's body was getting weaker, Princess Annan didn't think too much about it, she just thought that King Annan was sick from overwork. A person who survived the sword on the battlefield would not suffer from three disasters and eight pains.It's just that she was worried that Ji Jingyang would use Ji Li as a threat to coerce Ji Yu and King Annan.

Princess Annan's smile froze on her face, and some reluctance flashed in her eyes, she said: "Your father's health is not good, and I'm just planning for a rainy day. Your father doesn't want you to come back, so you are not allowed to tell me about Li Chuan. You, but you still came back, when Ji Xun came to send a message that your father was worried."

When mentioning King Annan, a different look flashed in Ji Yu's eyes, and after a long while, he asked worriedly: "I heard from Ji Xun that he had asked a doctor to look at him secretly, so my father can feel at ease. Now that I'm back, I won't let Li Chuan take care of me."

King Annan couldn't speak now, and made a whining sound, sounding angry and anxious, leaning his back on the soft pillow and slapping his hands on the bed.

Seeing this, Ji Yu couldn't bear it. King Annan was so majestic in the past, but now he couldn't even get up independently.

He turned his head and raised his hand to press his eye sockets, sniffed his nose, and smiled at King Annan and comforted him, "What are you worried about? You can also be your own master, father and king just take medicine on time and take good care of your body."

"I will return to Huajing when my father recovers."

Ji Yu's words reminded King Annan of the past, and of his insistence on sending Ji Yu to Beijing. His hands patting the bed stopped, but his tears fell uncontrollably.

Princess Annan took out the veil and pressed it on the corner of his eyes, and persuaded softly: "What is the prince doing? He has been filial and thoughtful since he was a child. If you can't be agitated now, you should sleep again."

King Annan looked at Ji Yu with chaotic eyes, but his breath was unstable when he wanted to speak. After faltering and hawing a few times, he managed to utter an extremely ear-piercing voice.

"Dangerous... go back."

Ji Yu lowered his eyes, but was talking softly to King Annan, he didn't dare to raise his head, for fear that if he raised his head to meet his father's cloudy eyes, he would be defeated and tears would come out of his eyes.

He said silently in his heart, father still cares about me.

All the way out of the house, the oncoming sunlight irritated his eyes, but Ji Yu didn't avoid it, let the sunlight burn his eyes, and then burst into tears.

After a while, he raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and looked for Wei Chengji with red eyes.

Wei Chengji was placed in the small courtyard of Prince Annan's mansion by Ji Xun, and it was estimated that Ji Yu would come out from King Annan's house soon, and he was about to go to the courtyard to have a look when he came over with blushing eyes.

Wei Chengji didn't move on his face, but he felt a little embarrassed in his heart. After all, it was the love between father and son, and blood is thicker than water. Even though everyone said at that time that Ji Yu was an abandoned son and sent to Huajing, when something happened to Li Chuan, he still Come back without hesitation.

Wei Chengji felt a little depressed with a stern face, and changed his expression to try to comfort Ji Yu, but before he could say anything, he heard Ji Yu scoff: "I thought I could be hard-hearted, but now I see him and say nothing." He couldn't breathe, he couldn't breathe, and his heart felt as if he had been stabbed. Thinking of King Annan, who was famous in Lichuan back then, he was a fierce tiger who dared to take the enemy's head alone when he was surrounded by the enemy. He was the god of war who stabilized the frontier. It has become like this, what is this?"

"If I knew he had today, why would I have to enter Huajing that day!"

Wei Chengji felt the same way. No one had heard of the prestige of King Annan in the past. He raised his hand and pressed on Ji Yu's shoulder, and sighed repeatedly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, sunset and moon rise, these are the same principles for thousands of years, even if Annan The king did not have this kind of experience, and he will still be unable to escape this situation in his old age."

Wei Chengji didn't just say it nicely. When they were old, their bodies would naturally look older than ordinary people. They looked strong, but the accumulated injuries of the past years were not enough.

Ji Yu shook his head and said with a self-deprecating smile: "General Wei doesn't need to comfort me, it's not because of him that I feel so uncomfortable, it's just that I feel sorry for my mother."

Wei Chengji couldn't help but "tsk" when he heard his words, and said mercilessly: "Come on, don't pretend that I'm blind and didn't see that you just cried."

After dismantling it, Wei Chengji couldn't help but feel distressed again. Ji Yu looked at a rather cold person, but he understood the warmth and coldness of human relationships better than others. After a moment of consideration, he moved the hand on the other's shoulder to the back of his head, and touched it twice. He said softly as if he was coaxing his son at home: "After all, I am still a child, my son and I are all cut off blood."