Father looked like a defeated rooster, having lost his fighting spirit.
Thinking of her own father, who had always doted on her. When she was little, a boy next door showed interest in her, and her father guarded against him like a thief. But in the end, he couldn't stop him, and An Yuan'er fell in love with the sixth prince, whom her father hadn't paid attention to before.
An Yuan'er had been watching the subtle competition between her father and Yi Chenli at the camp. She was afraid her father would be disappointed, wondering why he always lost to Yi Chenli.
The meat buns were delicious, and An Yuan'er finished them in a few bites, while her father's flatbread remained untouched beside her.
The contrast is quite obvious, no wonder the father was discouraged.
An Yuan'er suddenly picked up the flatbread and took a big bite: "Thank you, Daddy. Yuan'er likes flatbread too."
Seeing that her daughter also enjoyed the food, An Chaoli finally smiled again.
He immediately became smug again: "The steamed buns are good, and the flatbread isn't bad either."
It was as if the rivalry between the two men had started again, and Father had regained his energy.
Under her father's earnest gaze, An Yuan'er, despite being quite full, added another large pancake to her plate.
There was nothing to eat before, but now I'm stuffed. An Yuan'er is having a tough time!
A soldier outside called out, saying he had something to ask An Chaoli, and only then did Father hurriedly leave.
After her father left, An Yuan drank a lot of water, as the flatbread was quite dry.
Yi Chenli snorted coldly: "Eating even when you can't eat, you're stupid!"
An Yuan'er said confidently, "I can't favor one over the other. I like both Father and Ali."
You can't choose between family and loved ones!
“But, round and chubby. If it were me, I could choose.” Although Yi Chenli knew that what he said was somewhat unreasonable, perhaps because Yi Chenli’s love was a bit obsessive, he would occasionally hope to receive the same in return.
Yi Chenli has never received love from his family, which is why he has such thoughts.
He had so little, and An Yuan'er felt more sorry for him.
She patted him reassuringly: "From now on, my family will be your family too. Ali will never be alone again. I'm here for you!"
It took An Yuan'er a long time to coax Yi Chenli into calming down.
An Yuan'er realized that being able to treat everyone fairly and be a qualified master of impartiality was really not an easy task.
*
The food supplies in the camp were only enough to last the last day.
Lord Liu has been irritable lately. I don't know if it's because of Long San's disappearance or because he hasn't been eating well since the military issued the death penalty order to treat everyone equally. Early this morning, he rushed into the tent, saying dejectedly, "What are we going to do? By the morning of the day after tomorrow, the camp will be completely out of food. You don't want us to starve with those refugees, do you?"
Lord Liu swayed a group of lower-ranking officials to echo his sentiments, causing widespread panic throughout the military camp.
Lord Liu usually dared not argue with Yi Chenli, instinctively fearing him. But this time, he seized the opportunity of the camp running out of food and joined forces to attack Yi Chenli.
"Sixth Prince, you are young and prone to making mistakes in judgment. This old minister will not report your decision-making errors to the Emperor. However, today's grain can only be distributed to the able-bodied men at most; it cannot be distributed to the others."
Lord Liu acted first and reported later; when distributing the grain today, he withdrew half of it.
Yi Chenli's expression changed drastically: "You're saying you took back the grain I distributed?"
Looking at Yi Chenli's gloomy eyes, Lord Liu instinctively felt a little guilty, but he still forced himself to say, "I'm doing this for the sake of everyone."
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