As soon as they entered the study, Prime Minister Zhong Liyi sent the left and right back, and ordered the door to be closed. Suddenly, only Dongfang Jing and Zhong Liyi were left in the empty house.
"Daddy." Dongfang Jing called out respectfully.
Zhong Liyi then said, "Wan Yun, among father's daughters, you are the smartest. You must have guessed why father is looking for you today?"
"Daddy wants to ask Wan Yun why he wears mourning clothes to attend the palace banquet during the Lantern Festival." Dongfang Jing explained it right away.
"That's right! You and Zongzheng Fusu's rhetoric can convince His Majesty, civil and military officials, but it can't convince father! How deep is your contact with Zongzheng Fusu? Father knows very well, how could he ask for it?" You are wearing hemp and filial piety for the late Princess Gong?!" Zhong Liyi's eyes turned cold, and his words were sharp, "Wan Yun, Lantern Festival banquet, wearing hemp and filial piety, what do you think?! You want to drag the whole prime minister down Will the government bury you with you?!"
Dongfang Jing lowered her eyes, thinking a lot in her heart.
If she said that she was wearing mourning for the Rong family, Zhong Liyi would definitely not believe it.
"I'm wearing mourning for my mother!" Dongfang Jing's eyes moved, and with a plop, she knelt down towards Zhong Liyi, "Daddy remembers Princess Gong and Madam, but he can't remember my mother! Daddy think about it carefully , more than a month ago, the Puji Temple was on fire, and my mother also... "
Dongfang Jing's voice was choked up, and she didn't continue speaking.
In that big fire, maybe everyone thought that the third lady and Qingluo had been burned to death, right? Only Dongfang Jing knew that they had fled, but she didn't know where they were now!
Zhong Liyi's face was pale, and the corners of his lips trembled, "You...your mother..."
"That's right! It's my mother!" Dongfang Jing stood up with a serious face, "Is dad only thinking about my mother's death now?!"
"It's my fault, it's my fault..."
When the third lady was mentioned, Zhong Liyi's eyes became blurred, and he thought deeply, "It's my fault!"
Only then did Dongfang Jing straighten her body, and she escaped a catastrophe.
Zhong Liyi said, "it's not that father doesn't remember about your mother, it's just...it's just that father has always had illusions in his heart, how much father hopes that your mother is not dead!"
"It's been a month!" Dongfang Jing questioned, "If my mother didn't die, where did she go in this month?! Puji Temple has been destroyed, she can't go back to Puji Temple, but she still has a prime minister The government can go back! Why doesn't she come back?!"
"Because..." Zhong Liyi frowned, as if he wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back abruptly.
Dongfang Jing was keenly observant, and soon noticed something unusual, "Or, is there some festival between mother and father that made her unwilling to return to the prime minister's mansion?!"
"This is all our elders' business, so don't ask me any more!" Zhong Liyi sighed, "Since the matter of the Lantern Festival has been explained clearly, you can go back, dad wants to be alone."
"Okay, Wan Yun will leave." Dongfang Jing didn't bother talking to him, and was about to leave the study as she spoke.
Zhong Liyi seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and called her back again, "I will tell you about your mother when the time is right. The most important thing right now is your marriage. If you are free, you Go to the backyard and discuss the wedding date with your grandma! When the time comes, Father will tell His Majesty that you and Prince Gong should get married as soon as possible!"
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