Chapter 638 is his bloodline, Li Wangguang's bloodline!
After a moment of silence, a faint yet chilling smile slowly curved the corners of Li Shiyue's lips.
There was no surprise or excitement in that smile, only a kind of playful...interest.
"oh?"
She uttered a single word softly, her voice so calm it betrayed no emotion: "Take them to the side hall."
Li Shiyue wanted to see who had the guts to play these tricks on her.
The side hall of this mansion is decorated simply and austerely, lacking elegance but possessing a more rugged feel.
Li Shiyue was still wearing her dark-colored casual clothes, sitting upright in the main seat, with Sun Xiaoliu standing beside her with his hand on his sword, his eyes sharp as an eagle.
She had just sat down when Li Qiutian's voice came from outside.
Li Shiyue finally showed some expression, and she turned to Sun Xiaoliu with a helpless nod.
Sun Xiaoliu quickly went to the door, opened it, and welcomed Li Qiutian in.
"October! They said they found your father?"
Li Shiyue did not immediately respond to Li Qiutian's question. Instead, she shook her head and smiled at Li Qiutian, "Sister, you have to be careful with your belly. It's just a small matter. Why did you have to rush over here in such a hurry?"
"Come on, come sit down."
The observant guards inside quickly brought Li Qiutian a chair over.
Seeing the confident look on Li Shiyue's face, Li Qiutian felt a little more at ease.
She raised her hand and touched her protruding belly, then walked over to Li Shiyue and sat down next to her.
Yes, when Xiaoyuer (Li Xianyu, the eldest daughter of Li Qiutian and Qin Fen) was almost ten years old, Li Qiutian finally became pregnant with her second child.
Actually, during the years when Li Qiutian followed Li Shiyue to fight in Japan, when they settled down in Hyogo Prefecture, Li Shiyue suggested that Li Qiutian take a boat back to Jian'an to reunite with Qin Fen, Xiaoyuer, and their family of three.
But how could Li Qiutian possibly listen to Li Shiyue's suggestion?
Later, when Xiaoyuer was six years old and could no longer be separated from Qin Fen's care;
Qin Fen then entrusted Xiaoyuer to Zheng Meiniang and took a merchant ship from Jian'an to Oshima Port, arriving in Hyogo Prefecture.
Thus, for the past few years, Qin Fen has been traveling alone between Japan and Jian'an by boat.
Several years passed, and Li Qiutian thought she would never be able to get pregnant again. However, a month or so after Li Shiyue led his troops to break through Heian-kyo, Li Qiutian realized that she seemed to be pregnant.
When Li Yueniang took her pulse, she was indeed pregnant!
Fortunately, Li Shiyue's territory has now entered a stable period again, so it's feasible for Li Qiutian to stay in Osaka to prepare for childbirth.
Thus, Li Qiutian, who was pregnant, stayed here to help Li Shiyue with some military affairs.
At this moment, Li Shiyue watched as Li Qiutian sat down properly, and then gave Sun Xiaoliu a look.
After Sun Xiaoliu arranged for someone to serve Li Qiutian a plate of snacks and a pot of hot tea, Li Shiyue nodded to Sun Xiaoliu again.
Soon, a guard led several people into the side hall.
The people walking in front were all dressed in traditional Japanese clothing and had a humble demeanor. Judging from their manners and attire, they should be the original retainers of the Fujiwara clan.
And behind these people...
What kind of person was he!
It was so thin and frail that it looked as if a sea breeze could blow it over.
His hair was already gray and messy, like withered grass in autumn.
The exposed skin on his face and hands was as rough as the bark of an old tree, covered with deep wrinkles and traces of long-term labor and old wounds.
He was hunched over, wearing a faded, patched coarse cloth outfit, and on his feet were a pair of tattered straw sandals.
His entire being exuded an aura of humility, numbness, and destitution stemming from long-term hunger and repeated crushing by life.
Only when those eyes occasionally lifted did they see Li Shiyue, sitting upright in the main seat, exuding an imposing aura without anger, instantly burst forth with a mixture of disbelief and immense shock... an almost fanatical light, as if seeing a savior.
Li Shiyue's gaze, like the most precise ruler, scrutinized the old man's figure and face inch by inch.
Time and hardship have left too deep a mark on him, eroding the image of the decent scholar he was twenty years ago beyond recognition.
However, the faint outline of his brow bone, the indistinct shape of his nose... especially those eyes, where, amidst shock and ecstasy, there occasionally flashed a glint of cunning timidity unique to Li Wangguang...
It was him.
It really is him!
Li Shiyue's biological father is Li Wangguang!
Li Wangguang did not die in the sea, but was washed ashore on a Japanese beach like a piece of driftwood. He became a slave to the Japanese pirates and has been struggling to survive there ever since.
How ironic...
Li Shiyue's heart was completely calm, without even a ripple.
There was no excitement of a long-awaited reunion, no warmth of father and daughter recognizing each other, and not a trace of pity for the father's tragic fate.
There was only a cold confirmation, and a rapidly rising decision that followed.
One of the Japanese men who had brought Li Wangguang suddenly knelt down with a thud, pressing his forehead to the ground. He spoke in heavily accented, stammering Chinese: "Your...Your Excellency the Great General...I...I am Yamada Hideyoshi, a retainer of the Fujiwara clan...In the countryside...I discovered this man...He...He insists he is the Great General's...biological father...I dare not conceal this...I have come...to report..."
Yamada Hideki was trembling with fear. In fact, he had sensed something was wrong the moment he entered the side hall.
Although he didn't dare to openly look Li Shiyue in the eye, he still subtly glanced at her after entering.
With just one glance, Yamada Hideki sensed something was wrong!
There was no trace of relief or joy on Li Shiyue's face at the prospect of learning that her biological father was still alive!
Yamada Hideyoshi's heart skipped a beat. He was terrified that his "good intentions"—bringing the biological father of the Great Dragon General to his door—would bring him a deadly fate.
And what about Li Wangguang?
After the initial shock and ecstasy, the grievances, suffering, and longing for his impending wealth and glory that had been suppressed for twenty years erupted in his chest like a volcano.
He stared intently at Li Shiyue, the daughter who was so small and thin in his memory, now looked high above him, majestic and dazzling like a god!
This is his daughter!
It is his bloodline, Li Wangguang's bloodline!
(BINGO!)
That scumbag dad is still alive!
There was some foreshadowing in the first volume!
Several readers noticed it back then!
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