This was different from how he liked Ji Xili back then.
He liked Ji Xili, and it was his own liking. Even though Ji Xili's eyes had never rested on him, he never thought of giving up.
But the matter of Sheng Ling was not the same thing as him. The reason why Li Yusui deserved death was not because he hated Beiguo, but because he deceived Sheng Ling's feelings.
Sheng Ling was naive and ignorant, and didn't understand the world. She fell in love as soon as she liked him. He never thought about right or wrong, or whether the love would be true or false, so he was deceived easily and completely.
That was the little daughter that he and Xi Li cherished in their hearts. Sheng Zhiyu couldn't pretend that nothing had happened to their daughter who was being bullied by such a person.
But Sheng Ling has always been soft-hearted and timid since she was a child. When she was a child, she would be sad for a long time when she heard something sad. Now that she has someone she likes, she has to face such a cruel reality - she has been the one who has always been there from the beginning to the end. All are being exploited.
Sheng Zhiyu touched Sheng Ling's head and asked, "Ling'er, what will you do if your father executes him?"
Sheng Ling should have known that this would be the case, but after hearing what her father said, she stared at him blankly, her eyes getting redder and redder, and her breathing became very difficult, no matter how hard she tried to think, She couldn't suppress her emotions, but even though she was so sad, she still shed tears and sobbed and said: "Li Yu... died a worthy death..."
She was so sad, and it was only her who was sad from beginning to end.
Sheng Zhiyu looked at Sheng Ling and said nothing more. He just wiped the little girl's tears. After Sheng Ling calmed down a little, he finally let Sheng Ling go back to rest.
Probably because he was worried about the little girl, Sheng Zhiyu asked his subordinates to send Sheng Ling back safely, and then he felt relieved.
Two days later, news came from the palace that the emperor had ordered Li Yu to be executed in the prison.
That day, Sheng Ling lay on the couch, holding the hairpin he bought for herself tightly in her hand, and let her cut her finger and bleed...
She cried until she couldn't help herself.
There is a kind of pain that is wrong pain. She knows clearly that it is wrong, so wrong, but it still hurts so much...
It's not like there's no one around to comfort her, but it's no use, no use at all.
She opens and closes her eyes every day, and even dreams at night, thinking about every bit of her time with Li Yu in Xuecheng. Those memories are so beautiful, and even the future she longs for is beautiful, but what is waiting for her at the end of the dream is forever. It's all the bloody arrow that stabbed my father...
It was Li Yu who said to her calmly and indifferently again: "Li Yu has never liked the little princess..."
But this time, he died.
No matter how much pain she felt, it was just pain in vain.
Sheng Ling cried for almost two days, couldn't eat anything, and finally fainted.
After the imperial doctor came to see him, Ji Xili arrived immediately. Ji Xili was heartbroken, but more importantly, he felt worthless for this girl Shengling.
Ji Xili stayed by Sheng Ling's side, waiting for her to wake up, and asked the servants to bring the prepared medicine, and helped Sheng Ling sit up and half lie on the bed.
Ji Xili looked at Sheng Ling, who had a small face and disheveled hair. His heart sank and he said, "Ling'er, drink the medicine first."
Sheng Ling seemed to have lost her soul, just mechanically, she opened her little mouth obediently and let her mother feed her.
Ji Xili fed her a few mouthfuls, as if telling her casually, and said calmly: "Your father knew you couldn't bear it, so he didn't kill him, but he punished him severely and drove him out. It’s the North Country.”
(End of chapter)