"No, no, Father. My brothers respect you, and they hope you will value them more. For example, my eldest brother enjoys investigating crimes and has long wanted to go to Xingcao. My second brother enjoys poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and is an excellent landscape painter. He has long wanted to study in Daqing. My third brother enjoys economics and arithmetic, and is passionate about business. Some of his ventures are currently making a lot of money. And my fourth brother, although younger, has his own unique insights into governance. But, but you don't know any of this."
Xishan became more and more anxious and angry as he spoke. Thinking of the unfair treatment his brothers and sisters had received in the past few years, his heart was filled with grievances. When he said the last sentence, he couldn't help but cry out with some questioning.
It turns out that Fengming was right. Saying it out loud really makes you feel better.
But what Fengming didn't tell Xishan was that once a person has hope, he may no longer be able to endure the suffering and grievances that he could endure before.
King Dong Yao was somewhat surprised and unexpected, and looked at his eldest daughter crying with some pity.
What is surprising is that this daughter actually has so many thoughts in her heart. What is unexpected is that his children actually have so many good points. What is pitiful is that the eldest daughter cried so miserably. Then, must those children who did not have the chance to express their thoughts also feel so aggrieved in their hearts.
King Dong Yao felt like a father for the first time, and it seemed that he really cared too little about and understood his children.
"Shan'er, come on. You're a grown-up girl, but you're still crying like this. You're about to get married, but you're still acting like a child."
Speaking of children, King Dong Yao's mind unconsciously thought of his children when they were young. They were all beautiful and delicate, and he loved and pampered them in every way. Since when did he start to feel that his children were not good?
It seemed that the more he liked Sheng Jicheng, the worse he felt that his own children were. They were not as good as Sheng Jicheng in anything. Also, the ministers always praised Sheng Jicheng in front of him, saying how good he was. It was a pity that he was not the king's biological children... Gradually, he also felt that his own children were not as good as Sheng Jicheng, and he became more and more dissatisfied with his children, and he disliked them more and more.
"The eldest prince has arrived!"
King Dong Yao was lost in thought when his thoughts were interrupted by the singing of the eunuchs outside the door. It was Changxiu who had arrived.
"Quick, let Changxiu in."
"Your Majesty, your son, is here to see you. Is it not because you have urgent business to attend to?"
The eldest prince was originally studying the case of Xing Caoxin. Recently, there have been many cases of missing young and middle-aged men in various prefectures of Dongyao, and the six departments in various places have not solved the case. What's even more strange is that they can't find any clues at all, as if those young and middle-aged men disappeared out of thin air.
But he suddenly received an urgent summons from the eunuch, saying that the king had an important matter for him to handle. His first reaction to the summons was, "I'm afraid they called the wrong person. This decree is probably for Sheng Jicheng."
Later, he stuffed a purse full of silver into the eunuch's pocket and finally found out some information. It turned out that Sheng Jicheng had made a mistake and wanted him to investigate. This was really unexpected. He never expected that Sheng Jicheng would make a mistake.
When he arrived at the palace gate, he met Sheng Jicheng who rushed out of the palace with an angry look on his face. He didn't even greet him, as if he didn't even see him, which made him very angry.
However, he later found out that Sheng Jicheng had been stripped of his position and even his military command had been taken back. This made him very happy. He could even accept Sheng Jicheng's rudeness. Seeing Sheng Jicheng being humiliated made him happier than anything else.
"Well, get up and come up here, let's talk father and son."
The eldest prince Changxiu looked up at King Dongyao in shock. Damn, this really is his biased and blind father. He must be possessed by something.
Pained by the eldest prince's incredulous look, King Dongyao rubbed his fingers awkwardly in his sleeves and said uncomfortably, "Quick, comfort your sister first. She's been crying for a long time."
Only then did Changxiu notice that Xishan was actually sitting on the large throne, wiping away tears pitifully.
His concern for his sister outweighed his suspicion of his biological father. After all, she was his biological sister from the same mother. Changxiu still cared about and loved his little sister very much. He thought that Xishan was crying because she was scolded by his biased father again, and some anger surged in his heart.
He rushed to the throne in two or three steps, pulled Xishan over and patted her to comfort her, his tone a little unkind: "What did Xishan do wrong? She is just a little girl. Why does she have to be scolded like this and cry like that?"
King Dongyao: "..."
No, he really didn't scold the children today. He swears that he was very kind to the children today.
Xishan also quickly tugged at the eldest prince's sleeve: "Brother...hiccup...brother, it's not...hiccup...it's not that father scolded me, it's my own fault." As he spoke, he began to cry and couldn't help crying.
The eldest prince looked at Xishan in surprise, and felt a little embarrassed to make sure that she was not lying, but he did not want to admit his mistake to King Dongyao, as he was used to being scolded by him anyway.
"Well, okay, Xishan, stop crying. I'll talk to your brother for a while. You go down first."
"yes."
Xishan knew that her father was going to talk to her brother about the investigation, so she retreated sensibly with sobs, but did not go far. She was still waiting outside the palace door. After all, she still needed to tell her brother what had happened in the palace and at the scene.
After Xishan left, the only people left in the hall were a father and son who had not talked alone for a long time. The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment, and no one knew what to say to break the awkwardness.
In the end, the eldest prince spoke first, speaking from a son's perspective: "Father, you summoned me here. Is there something you need to tell me?"
It was just a short sentence, but King Dong Yao's eyes were filled with tears. Oh my God, it turned out that his son's voice was so nice, not inferior to Sheng Jicheng!
"Ahem, this is what happened. Something happened in the camp outside the city this morning. It involves Princess Daqing and the young prince. It's a bit troublesome, and I need you to investigate."
…
Over here in the Dongyao Palace, an awkward and awkward father and son were trying to communicate, while over there outside the palace, Fengming was writing non-stop.
She had to write a letter to tell her father everything that happened in the camp outside the city, what happened in the palace, and Sheng Jicheng's loss of the military token. She also had to tell Su Wei and Tunan. Her wrists were sore from writing.
Meanwhile, the young prince Feng, who was crying so hard in the Dongyao Palace as if he was about to die, was leisurely eating snacks, drinking, and reading a storybook, without looking hurt or uncomfortable at all.
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