His voice was cold and emotionless.
The waiter replied yes, turned around and walked out to answer.
Ling Changshi's voice was quite loud, and the door was open, so Feng Hongyu naturally heard his voice.
She pursed her lips and looked down at her fingertips.
"My Lady, Second Princess, the Master is feeling unwell."
The servant didn't want to make Feng Hongyu feel too uncomfortable, so he found some tactful excuses.
He knew that his master cared about the Second Princess, but he didn't know why he was so indifferent.
"Really? But I heard that Ling Changshi's voice was full of energy."
Feng Qingqing glanced at Feng Hongyu and said, "Besides, it's not easy for Second Sister to enter the palace once. Are you really not going to see her, Ling Changshi?"
If Feng Qingqing had previously suspected that Ling Changshi was pretending not to care about his daughter, now she had truly dispelled her suspicions.
He knew that it was not easy for Feng Hongyu to come to Li Country, but he was still indifferent to her. It seemed that he was not pretending.
Feng Hongyu ignored Feng Qingqing who was watching the fun, and raised his eyes to look at the little servant.
"Since my father is not feeling well, I should see him. Please go in and talk to him. I won't disturb him for too long."
The waiter looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment, but finally went in and repeated his words.
Feng Hongyu stared at the exit of the door, and the pain in her heart was replaced by surprise when she heard the waiter say please.
She raised her legs and followed the servant inside, Feng Qingqing also followed with a raised eyebrow.
Entering the room, Ling Changshi was sitting on a chair. When he saw Feng Hongyu following behind the young servant, a look of heartache flashed across his eyes. Then he noticed Feng Qingqing was also following. He quickly concealed the heartache in his eyes, restored his indifferent look, and stood up to greet Feng Qingqing.
"No need to be so polite, get up."
Feng Qingqing sat down and said with a smile, "My presence here shouldn't affect your private conversation, right?"
"Of course not."
It was obvious that she wanted to stay and listen to what they said, so how could they dare to chase her away?
"Meet father."
Feng Hongyu is blessed.
Ling Changshi suppressed the urge to help her and said calmly, "Get up."
Seeing that he didn't ask her how she was doing, Feng Hongyu had to find the conversation herself.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Second Princess, don't worry. Just take care of yourself."
Feng Hongyu forced a smile and nodded, "That's good, my daughter will be relieved now."
Feng Qingqing listened to the two people's irrelevant conversation and found it boring, so she stood up.
"You guys chat, I won't disturb you."
After Feng Qingqing left, Feng Hongyu stood up from the chair and held Ling Changshi's hand. Looking at his intact fingers, her voice was full of relief.
"That's great, Dad, your fingers are still there."
She spoke with a choked voice, but her hand was suddenly coldly brushed away by Ling Changshi.
"You came to see me just to talk about all this nonsense?"
Ling Changshi's voice was very calm, and he didn't even ask Feng Hongyu why she said that.
Feng Hongyu's smile froze on her face, her hands also frozen in mid-air, her whole body felt as if she had been pushed into the water, her whole body cold.
She took two steps back, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Does father think these are trivial matters?"
Minister Ling knew that his words had hurt his daughter, and looking at her like this, he almost couldn't maintain the indifference on his face.
"What is it if it's not a trivial matter?"
He tucked his hands into his sleeves and clenched his palms tightly, reminding himself to stay rational.
It is impossible that the princess would be so kind as to bring her daughter to see him. He has been pretending for so many years. He cannot reveal any clues at this time and give the princess the opportunity to take control of her daughter.
He had heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Tianqi was a capable heir to the throne.
If his daughter could remember his cruelty and live a good life with the prince, it might not be a bad ending.
This is the only thing he can do for his daughter now.
As long as his daughter no longer has any expectations of him as a father, she can live peacefully in Tianqi and never return to this place full of nightmares.
"Hahaha," Feng Hongyu wiped the tears from her face and stared at Ling Changshi, "So father really doesn't want to see me. I thought you were pretending to be indifferent because the princess was here."
Over the years, she has been comforting herself that her father loves her, but he is indifferent to her because he has no choice.
She could understand her father and didn't blame him.
But now that Tai Nvren is not here, he still looks so cold.
"I can barely protect myself. If you come to see me, you will only cause the Crown Princess and the Emperor to dislike you."
Attendant Ling picked up the tea without looking at Feng Hongyu's injured eyes.
"You're just coming back for a while. When you leave, you won't have any worries. I still have to live in the palace."
"So father thinks I shouldn't come back?"
Feng Hongyu's face was filled with sarcasm. "I thought you would be happy when I came back to see you, but I didn't expect you to think so. You think I will only bring you unhappiness and make you disliked by the Crown Princess and the Queen Mother."
She tried to restrain herself from crying, but the tears would not stop.
"Because the princess threatened me with you, I was worried something might happen to you," she said, pulling down her clothes, revealing the hideous iron scars. "Your injuries haven't healed yet, but I hurried with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to see you. Since you don't want to see me, I'm leaving now."
When Ling Changshi looked at the wound on her shoulder, his heart felt as if it was being squeezed by a pair of hands, and the pain was so severe that he almost couldn't breathe.
"I'm sorry for bothering you today," Feng Hongyu pulled up her clothes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, "I won't bother you again and make things difficult for you."
After saying this, he kowtowed twice solemnly, stood up, and walked out without even looking at Ling Changshi.
The moment she left, Ling Changshi could no longer hold on and slumped back in his chair.
…
Feng Hongyu left Ling Changshi's residence, wiped her tears and walked a short distance when she heard Feng Qingqing's voice.
"It seems I've arrived at the perfect time. What did Second Sister say?"
She looked at Feng Hongyu's red eyes without any pity in her heart.
"Okay, thank you for today, Lady Tai."
"No need to thank me."
The two of them left the palace and got into the carriage, no one spoke.
Feng Hongyu closed her eyes, her father's cold face and hurtful words constantly appearing in her mind.
Feng Qingqing looked at her like this and knew that she must have been hurt by Ling Changshi.
A smile appeared on her lips when she thought of this. Feng Hongyu cared about her father the most. The reason why she brought her into the palace was to see her look so devastated.
"Don't be too sad, Second Sister. Attendant Ling is the Queen Mother's man. The Queen Mother doesn't like you, so you can't blame him for wanting to avoid you."
Before Feng Qingqing could say anything, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the Princess's residence.
Feng Hongyu opened his eyes and got off the carriage directly past Feng Qingqing.
"Second sister, please don't be depressed. You still have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
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