Red plums reflect youth

Chapter 104 3 Questions 3 Answers

The dusk is getting darker, and the cold is getting stronger.

In the East Wing of Liu Mansion, hoarse coughing sounded again and again.The room that has been impregnated with medicinal stones for a long time exudes a cold and weird smell.

"Oh... Master, you are so sick..." Mrs. Liu put the empty medicine bowl aside, gently rubbed Liu Ruzheng's lungs, and sighed pitifully.

Liu Ru was lying on the bed, reaching out to cover Mrs. Liu's hand: "My body seems to be really broken." She caressed Mrs. Liu's hand on her chest: "Yan'er, it's been more than a year. ,Thanks a lot."

"Old husband and wife..." Mrs. Liu's voice was a little hoarse: "You take good care of yourself, and I'll persuade Qiao Yang Ziqing, those two children are just confused for a while."

Liu Ruzheng sighed for a long time, shook his head and said, "Even if I don't live for a few days, I still have to explain some truths to them. Yan'er, go and call Ziqing in."

Mrs. Liu knew that Liu Ruzheng couldn't be held back, so she sighed and went out to call Ziqing.

After a while, Ziqing stepped into the room lightly, panic, doubt, uneasy, sad, painful, at a loss... All feelings multiplied as the distance from Liu Ruzheng narrowed, and then became He was oppressed by the pungent smell of medicine and the bleak twilight, and the pressure became heavier and heavier, eventually becoming an unbearable load tormenting his heart.

"Daddy...you are feeling better." Ziqing asked in a low voice, choking.

Liu Ruzheng kept silent, and the oppressive atmosphere made Ziqing even more at a loss.

After a long time, Liu Ruzheng snorted: "What did you call me?"

"Father..." Ziqing replied in a voice like a mosquito.

"You recognize me as a father, okay~cough cough cough cough~ good wow." Liu Ruzheng coughed loudly again, Ziqing hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, but he stopped him with one hand: "cough cough, since you Still treat me as your father, will you listen to that father's words?"

Ziqing didn't respond, but shrank aside, lowering her head, not daring to look at Liu Ruzheng again.

Liu Ruzheng looked at Ziqing sideways, and said in a serious voice, "You are also a person who knows right from wrong, so I will ask you three things! Answer me well!"

"First, I don't care what's going on between you and Qiao Yang, but let me ask you, have you ever heard of anyone in this world who got a good end because of something like this?"

Ziqing was silent and shook his head slightly.

"Okay!" Liu Ruzheng continued: "Leaving aside the fact that in the court, men who serve their lords with sex are called traitors and evil spirits, and are charged with the felony of disrupting the court. Even in this market place, it is shameless." It's a lowly job. You have some talent and aura, let others recognize you and like you, and now you are a respectable person in Pingyang City. But don't naively think that these are so good. If you are not careful, you will be praised today. Your people will be the ones who step on you tomorrow. A small mistake in life may cause you to become notorious, let alone you. If it gets out, let alone in Qingcheng It’s too late, I think you have no place to stand in this Pingyang.”

Seeing that Ziqing didn't speak, Liu Ruzheng sighed heavily: "Oh... you are young, and all you think about are the things in front of you, but you don't know, life is still long~ If you imagine yourself like a market person It’s okay to be a dog, but if you want to live a decent life, you can’t help being unclean and self-respecting. Alas, forget it, forget it, you can’t listen to these words now, just remember what you said as a father, and think about it yourself in the future.”

Ziqing nodded slightly. Although she didn't think about Liu Ruzheng's words, she understood that they were all from the bottom of her heart. It's just that... she just likes Qiao Yang, that's all.

"Second, although you are still young, I still want to ask you, have you ever thought about what it means to really like someone?"

Ziqing looked up at Liu Ruzheng suspiciously, not knowing how to answer.I like Qiao Yang, and I will miss him when I can't see him. If something happens to him, I will be worried.If he gets close to others, he will taste it.Happy to be happy for him, sad to be sad for him, want to be close to him, only wish to be by his side for the rest of my life.

But I heard Liu Ruzheng continue to say in a deep voice: "Qiao Yang is not only Qiao Yang, he is also the eldest son of the Liu family and the young master of Linglongzhai. He is alive and has his destiny. How does he choose his life? That's his business. But, are you willing to make him an unfaithful, filial, benevolent and unrighteous person?"

"No, no..." Ziqing hurriedly shook her head.

"If he chooses to be with you, he must disobey the order and disrespect it. This is disloyalty!"

"Qiao Sheng has disappeared, and Qiao Yang stays with the man again, leaving the Liu family without a successor. This is unfilial!"

"Miss Yan treats him with deep affection, it is inhumane for him to ignore her!"

"If he doesn't marry, he will slip up in front of the emperor, and instead kill Lord Yan who saved him. This is unrighteous!"

"No...no..." Ziqing trembled all over, and his heart was like a thousand needles piercing into an awl.

Seeing this, Liu Ruzheng sighed distressedly: "Ziqing...you are a good boy. But you have to understand that liking is not just liking, it is also a responsibility, a forbearance, and a burden. Feelings are never an easy thing. Rather, it is incredibly heavy because it bears the weight of another human life."

Tears burst down suddenly, I love him, I love him!I really love him!For him... I am willing, forbearing, bear, I am willing.But... why does my heart hurt so much, why does it hurt so much!

Heart-piercing pain spread across Ziqing's body, Liu Ruzheng's figure became blurred amid tears, and even the sound of his cough became faintly distant.

But in the chaos, a question came from a sharp voice:

"Third, let me ask you, what happened the night Qiao Sheng disappeared?"

The sins in his heart were suddenly mentioned, and Ziqing, who was already in a trance, knelt down on the ground with his knees limp, and kowtowed, one after another, not even realizing that his forehead was bleeding .

Mrs. Liu, who had been guarding outside the door, quickly opened the door and rushed over, hugging Ziqing tightly to prevent him from hurting her again.

Liu Ruzheng slumped down on the bed, and sighed, "Oh...it seems that I guessed right. Yan'er, help Ziqing back to the room, let him have a good rest."

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Liu couldn't help her heartache: "Master... you are so cruel. Ziqing... Ziqing is so pitiful."

Liu Ruzheng stared blankly at the bed curtain, sighed slightly, and waved to Mrs. Liu: "Go."

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When Fu Liu wrote this paragraph, his heart ached so much, it hurt even more than Ziqing.Am I torturing others or am I torturing myself?