Yu Shangheng said calmly, "Since you don't think you'll be bored staying home alone, then while I'm in the capital, you shouldn't go out or see Jiang Shi."
Yu Tanqi looked at him in surprise: "Why don't you let me see him?"
Yu Shangheng's tone was somewhat dangerous: "Do you really have to see it?"
"No, but if Zi'an comes to see me, I can't just shut myself away, right?"
"Why can't you just stay together behind closed doors? You haven't even gotten married yet, can't you just be apart for a few days?"
Yu Tanqi didn't know what to say.
She didn't really want to listen to her biological father whom she hadn't seen for many years.
But Yu Shangheng is her father after all.
She didn't want to argue with him and make the situation awkward.
She pursed her lips and lowered her head in silent protest.
Yu Shangheng slowed down his tone: "Dad is doing this for your own good."
Many parents like to say this to their children.
Yu Tanqi never thought that one day he would be able to hear these words.
She hesitated for a moment, but still didn't ask him when he would leave the capital.
She was afraid that he would be angry.
"Dad, Zi'an knows you like drinking tea, so he specially brought all the pre-rain Longjing tea that the emperor gave to you. I'll go make you a cup of tea."
Drink more tea and say less things she doesn't like to hear.
Yu, the great filial daughter, Tan Qi thought so.
"No, I don't want tea for the time being."
Yu Shangheng naturally understood the principle that one should be grateful for the food that one has eaten and be merciful for the things that one has received.
"oh."
Yu Shangheng looked at his daughter who was too quiet and well-behaved with her head down. He was not good at speaking and could not say anything. He could only say stiffly: "Go back to your room and rest first."
"good."
This two-story house has a total of six rooms. Yu Shangheng lives in the main house, and Yu Tanqi naturally lives in the second house.
The other four rooms, one for entertaining guests and three for servants.
Such a house was a bit small for Yu Tanqi. It was not even half the size of the Luqi Courtyard where she lived in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion. It seemed that it could not accommodate many things.
Linlang, Taohua and Danhua had to squeeze into the same room.
Yu Shangheng saw Dan Hua and asked, "This maid looks unfamiliar. Is she the one you brought from your maternal grandmother's house?"
"No, Dan Hua is the female bodyguard Zi'an gave me. She knows martial arts and is very powerful."
Yu Shangheng frowned slightly.
He looked at Taohua with an innocent face, and suddenly felt regretful for not preparing a female guard with martial arts skills for his daughter.
Although Taohua and Linlang are loyal enough to protect their master, they can't help Yu Tanqi in the turbulent capital.
After thinking for a while, he instructed Uncle Yu: "Go to the servants at home and select a few young girls who are suitable for martial arts training. After they are trained, send them to Tan Qi to protect her."
Uncle Yu responded but hesitated to speak.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"Sir, when I was accompanying the young lady out today, I unexpectedly ran into Prince Yun of the capital. I think Prince Yun seems to have some special feelings for the young lady. He said that she is not happy staying with Prince Jiang."
"King Yun?"
Yu Shangheng had some impression that Prince Yun was one of the few princes of a different surname who held a title in the capital.
He frowned in confusion.
"Tan Qi rarely goes out, how did he know Prince Yun?"
Uncle Yu said, "I think they met at the palace banquet."
Yes, Tan Qi is his daughter and is qualified to enter the palace and attend the banquet.
It’s just King Yun…
Yu Shangheng narrowed his eyes slightly and stroked his smooth chin with his hand.
This is not a simple character either.
He suddenly said, "Tell me, if I let Jiang Shi marry into my family and let him and Tan Qi follow me back to Jining Prefecture, will he agree?"
Uncle Yu hesitated and said, "After all, Crown Prince Jiang is the only son of Marquis Wu'an and his wife. It's unlikely that he would agree to marry into the family, right?"
"That's right. Even if he agrees, the emperor won't agree." Everyone knows that the emperor favors Jiang Shi. Although he is not a Beijing official, he has heard about the situation in the capital.
Yu Shangheng's face didn't look good.
He actually didn't want Yu Tanqi to marry into the capital.
Although the emperor's feet are prosperous, it is easy to be implicated and convicted, and even lose your life, if you are not careful.
What's more, the princes are growing stronger, while the emperor is getting old.
When the imperial power changes, there will be bloody storms in the capital.
Jiang Shi's identity is destined to make him unable to remain immune.
And he could also see that Jiang Shi was not an ordinary person.
When the princes were fighting for the throne, Jiang Shi certainly couldn't stay out of it.
As Jiang Shi's fiancée, Tan Qi had to be deeply involved in it and found it difficult to escape.
Thinking of this, Yu Shangheng had one more reason to dislike Jiang Shi.
If possible, he hopes that he and Qingqing's only daughter can have a smooth, peaceful and happy life without experiencing any hardships.
Qingqing is Yu Shangheng's nickname for Xie Lin.
Yu Shangheng looked at the Albizia Julibrissin tree outside the window with a deep gaze.
He remembered again the time when Qingqing was still alive, when they were looking at the albizzia flowers outside the window, talking and laughing happily.
At that time, I thought it was normal.
"Qingqing, I will protect the daughter you risked your life to keep."
Yu Shangheng whispered, closing his eyes, but his expression couldn't hide his pain and sadness.
Missing someone is a kind of pain.
The most painful thing is wanting to see someone but not being able to see him again.
After living in a daze for several years, Yu Shangheng suddenly dreamed of Xie Lin a few days ago.
In the dream, she was wearing her favorite green dress, holding freshly picked albizzia flowers, and smiling like a flower.
He was overjoyed and ran forward to hug her, but she threw a lot of julibrissin flowers all over him.
She pointed at him angrily and said unhappily, "Yu Shangheng, is this how you protect my daughter?"
Even in his dreams, he rarely dreamed of her so vividly, his eyes reddened and he choked with sobs.
"My dear..."
"Don't call me. If you continue to be indifferent to my daughter and live a carefree life by yourself, I will never let you dream of me again! This is just the perfect way to fulfill your wish."
"No! No, I was wrong, Qingqing, please don't see me..."
He hurriedly apologized, but suddenly woke up from the dream.
There were fallen branches of the Albizia julibrissin tree all over the ground outside the window. Even though it rained heavily last night, he was still stunned for a long time.
This was Qingqing's punishment for his neglect of their daughter for many years.
Sure enough, she never appeared in my dream again.
He was very flustered and quickly wrote a letter to his daughter, telling her that he would go to the capital to see her soon.
Qingqing, don't be angry, I didn't neglect our daughter.
So don't avoid seeing him.
Otherwise he might not be able to hold on.
The days without her felt like years.
…
In the afternoon, Jiang Shi went along to deliver things to Yu Tanqi.
Yu Shangheng didn't allow Yu Tanqi to come out. He stopped Jiang Shi outside the door and wouldn't let him in.
Jiang Shi was not angry when he was stopped outside the door. He continued to smile gently, and his voice was like the sound of a flowing spring, clear and pleasant.
"These are all the things Tan Qi needs daily. If there's anything I forgot to bring, please let me know and I'll send it back."
"Well, go back."
Yu Shangheng's attitude was very cold.
Jiang Shi didn't say much and politely bowed and said goodbye.
But before leaving, he couldn't help but look up at the scene inside the wooden door.
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