"Father, what should we do? Are we really..." Ye Wei's face was heavy, and his heart was even heavier, as if a huge rock was crushed, and he was so uncomfortable that he could hardly breathe. He would rather face a hundred gale intruders alone at this time than endure this kind of spiritual torment.
In ancient times, in order to seek temporary peace between the two countries, there were countless precedents of marrying the daughter of a prince from afar, and it was even more common to marry the daughter of a general. But the Ye family is different. The Ye family has been loyal and brave to the country for generations, and has killed countless Dafeng people to defend their homeland. They also hate the people of Dafeng most. It can even be said that the main purpose of his Ye family's existence now is to resist the Great Wind Nation. If the daughter of the Ye family is forced to marry the prince of Dafeng Country... What an unacceptable blow and irony this would be to the Ye family!
Furthermore, his Ye family will never be bullied by anyone. Although Ye Shuiyao's many years of autism made their father-daughter relationship silently weaken, but after all, she is his only daughter, connected by flesh and blood, how can he bear to watch her being married into Dafeng Country.
Returning from the dinner last night, Ye Wei stayed up all night, and now his face is exhausted physically and mentally. He told Ye Nu what Feng Ling said at the dinner yesterday, from Feng Lie's ambitions, the changes in Kuishui country, to the current situation of Dafeng country, and the conditions he proposed...to Ye Nu. Apart from the unconcealable shock at the beginning, Ye Nu occasionally interjected a few words, and then listened silently without saying a word. When Ye Wei finished speaking, Ye Nu's body was as stiff as a stone, and he sat there quietly without saying a word.
"Father, what should we do." He asked again. Looking at his father who seemed to have suddenly become old, Ye Wei knew that his heart must be as heavy as his own.
"You ask this way, which means that you have already made a choice in your heart, but you can't say it out, let alone face it, so you want to hear me say it." Ye Nu spoke slowly, the old voice was flat and weak, and there was still so much A little hoarseness that cannot be concealed.
Ye Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he said anxiously: "But father..."
"Don't try to resist anymore." Ye Nu raised his hand to interrupt his voice, closed his old eyes, and said in a low voice: "You are forty years old this year, you are no longer a young man, you have passed the age of indecision and impulsiveness .Although this abandonment makes us painful, is it worth it... Is it really so difficult to weigh?"
Ye Wei stayed for a while, sighed, and sat weakly on the chair opposite Ye Nu.
"Sooner or later, there will be a battle between Tianlong Kingdom and Dafeng Kingdom, but it should not be now. A plan has been prepared for 20 years, but it is ready to launch a large-scale attack at a time that no one thought. Gradually lost vigilance in the middle, and was completely unprepared at this time... It is even very likely that Kuishui Kingdom has already attached itself to Dafeng. If we start a war at this time, how hopeful is our Tianlong Kingdom's victory? How hopeful is our survival?"
Ye Wei: "..."
"Five years... These five years are enough to rewrite the fate of my Tianlong Kingdom... Wei Er, I taught you military books since childhood, and I personally taught you how to deploy troops and calculate the enemy, and every time I would ignore your mother Your opposition made you go to the battlefield, for what?"
"It is to protect the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom and protect the glory of my Ye Family... Without the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, there would be no Ye Family. Those ferocious wolves must not set foot on and take away an inch of our Tianlong Kingdom." Ye Wei read clearly. In the same way, when he was very young, his grandfather told him and his father told him that he could not forget, and did not dare to forget.
"That's right... If the Tianlong Kingdom is destroyed in my Ye family's generation, my Ye family's efforts from generation to generation, as well as my unswerving beliefs, will all come to naught. The Ye family will turn into dust of history, and we He will become a sinner of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom and the Ye family, and after death, how can he have the face to meet our ancestors who have been watching us under the nine springs... Is it worth it to exchange one person's life for all this not to happen?" Ye With angry hands, he tightly grasped the left and right armrests of the chair, and his fingers almost fell into them. Hearing Ye Wei's words at first glance, the hatred and pain that surged in his heart are definitely not less than Ye Wei's, but he is already an old man after all, he has gone through too many ups and downs, experienced too much wind and rain, and has already passed the age of impulsiveness , in this choice with obvious pros and cons, he knew from the beginning what choice his Ye family should make.
"It's worth it..." Ye Wei held his head and squeezed out two words through his teeth.
I don't know how many years, he hasn't cared about or greeted his daughter, maybe if it takes longer, he will even forget the existence of his daughter. Facing Ye Shuiyao, how could he open his mouth.
"I know, there are some things that you, a father, can't say, let me, a grandfather, say it. Yao'er's temper... Sigh."
Ye Nu stood up and walked out with heavy steps. Ye Wei looked at his old and lonely back, and felt sour in his nose. He knew that the pain in his father's heart would definitely not be less than his. When the only son of his Ye family disappeared, the old man stood in the cold wind for two full days and two nights, motionless like a stone sculpture. Although he was usually serious and rigid, his concern for his children was always deeply hidden in his heart. No less than anyone. But at this time... he wants to persuade a person with the blood of the Ye family to leave the Ye family forever and marry to the Dafeng country... What he endured at this time should be a feeling of being pierced by a knife.
Ye Shuiyao's small courtyard is as elegant as usual, and it is extraordinarily quiet, there is not a single servant girl in the courtyard. Ye Nu stood at the entrance of the courtyard blankly for a long time, then stepped lightly and walked in.
"Who."
Ye Shuiyao, who was drawing a white lotus, heard the footsteps, frowned lightly, did not raise her head, and asked coldly.
Ye Nu who had already walked to the door paused, and then gently pushed the door open.
A faint fragrance of his daughter wafted towards his face, and the simple layout of the room appeared in front of his eyes. The only feeling it brought him was strangeness. He had already forgotten when was the last time he came to his granddaughter's study. Anyway, a long, long time ago.
Ye Shuiyao finally raised her head and saw that it was Ye Nu. After being slightly astonished, she stood up and called out calmly, "Grandpa."
Ye Nu nodded, walked in slowly, and looked at every corner of the place with his eyes: "Yao'er, although I live in the same house every day, Grandpa hasn't visited you for a long time, yes Grandpa's is not."
Ye Shuiyao poured a cup of tea and put it on the bench closest to Ye Nu, "Grandpa, sit down."
She is still so cold, even when facing her grandfather, her expression is still habitually stiff, with almost no emotion beating. Ye Nu has always been unable to understand, what is the reason for her to become like this in the family atmosphere of the Ye family.
Ye Nu shook his head, signaling that he doesn't need to sit down, he opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak, and then said: "Yao'er, can you tell Grandpa what you usually do here and how long you stay in the room?" Now, you should go out and take a walk often."
"Reading, painting." Ye Shuiyao replied concisely. In the past, she painted for expressing love, but now, it is also for expressing love, but the essence of "love" has undergone a fundamental change, and it has turned to a dangerous direction.
"Oh? Painting?" Ye Nu looked at the thick drawing paper that covered the desk, and said with a smile: "Can you let grandpa see your paintings, it must be exquisite, your grandma was the same back then I like paintings, but I didn’t know how to appreciate them when she was alive, and when she returned, I could only look at her paintings to recall her life.”
Ye Shuiyao didn't nod, her face was obviously unnatural. If it was before, she would have no reason to refuse, but now, she doesn't want anyone other than Ye Wuchen to see what she is drawing at this time. No matter how hard she tried to restrain and admonish herself, she still endowed the painting with the meaning of the struggle that tortured her deep in her heart like a demon.
How could Ye Nu fail to see that she had scruples, and immediately said: "Let's forget it, grandpa is a rough man, and he can't appreciate such elegant things. Now that he is getting older, it is even more impossible to appreciate the interest in the painting. "
He turned around and picked up the teacup that Ye Shuiyao placed on the table, took a sip, narrowed his old eyes, and savored carefully: "Grandpa... It's been many years since I've had tea that you personally poured."
There is still a painful voice echoing in my heart: Maybe in the future, I will never drink again...
He drank the tea heavily, washing away his hesitant heart. Ye Nu's martial skills are not high, not as good as Ye Wuchen at this moment, but countless people died directly or indirectly at his hands. This is a man who is blood-stained and still does not change his face, a single-faced man who is not afraid of thousands of troops. In his life, it can be said that he has never been ashamed of anyone... But in his gray-haired years, he must be ashamed of himself relatives.
After warming the tea, Ye Nu let out a long sigh of relief, put down the teacup, and his heart began to calm down slowly. He didn't forget why he came here, even if he didn't want to, he couldn't hesitate any longer.
Ye Shuiyao stood there motionless, the old and the young were stunned. Ye Nu's sudden arrival and his obviously weird reaction let Ye Shuiyao know that he must have something to say. She didn't take the initiative to ask, but waited silently. When he said something, all she had to do was simply agree or not.
"Yao'er, how old are you this year?"
"19 years old." Ye Shuiyao replied.
Ye Nu shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "As a grandfather, I can't even remember the age of my granddaughter... Oh, by the way, you are two years older than Chen'er, and Chen'er is 17 years old this year. It’s 19 years old.” He suddenly sighed and said, “19 years old. He’s already at the age of marriage. Yao’er, do you have someone in mind?”
Ye Shuiyao almost never goes out, so how could she have a crush. When Ye Nu asked this question, he already had the answer in his heart. But what surprised him was that with Ye Shuiyao's character, she didn't say "no" coldly, but... a look of sadness and confusion flashed across her glamorous face, and her eyes wandered for a long time without focus, before she shook her head and said :"No."