Damn!
Complete disaster!
It seems that my daughter’s heart is growing wild.
But how could it beco this wild!
Li Shude remained silent for a long while. He initially wanted to slam the table in anger, as he normally displayed his authority as a father. But when he looked at the girl’s armor, helt, and the faint scent of blood on her,
within his old father’s authority, there erged a trace of sothing else.
Li Shude didn’t even realize he was speaking in a negotiating tone, saying:
"Zhaowen, I understand the current situation, but your elder brother is still here. He has been in the position of Princely Heir for nearly twenty years. Although you have martial skills and the title of Divine General, you are still young and sowhat naive."
"Even if it cos to discussing abdication, there’s no need to rush. It can be done gradually..."
Li Zhaowen said, "The world’s situation is as turbulent as thunder."
"Father, how can we take it slow!"
Li Shude said, "But, do you want us to betray Daying?" He took a deep breath and slapped his hand on the armrest, saying, "Yes, the current situation is not good, and His Majesty has so slight criticisms of our family."
"But our family has for generations borne the grace of Daying!"
"How could we betray Daying!"
Li Zhaowen advised, "Father, the Ying Country has already sent an envoy here."
Li Shude said, "Precisely because of this, during this period, do not cause trouble for !" His heart was always calm, without any ripples, but he still portrayed imnse anger as usual.
In indignation, he smashed the cup in his hand to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
He resorted to ancestral laws that he actually didn’t care much about: "Hold your tongue! You are just a daughter, and not the eldest son. Even if your elder brother is unfit, there is still your third brother!"
"The eyes of the world are watching; how can I give it to you!"
"How dare I give it to you!"
"Our aristocratic family follows the laws, with the prescriptions of ancestors and the teachings of the Saint King."
"In this world, there is a rightful way to inheritance!"
"The position of City Lord of Xiyi and this title of Duke, no matter what, will not fall to you!!!"
Li Shude’s voice grew louder at the end.
This heroic figure, who had always been forbearing, restrained, calm, adept at disguise, and had been disguising all his life, finally revealed a hint of anger in his voice. It seed as if, at this mont, even as he pretended, he was also expressing his long-repressed true thoughts and emotions.
As he spoke, Li Shude paused, realizing he had lost decorum.
He wanted to, like when Li Zhaowen was little and he occasionally scolded her, soften his heart and use a fatherly approach to soothe her. This was reluctance, a father’s love, but after the rebuke, comforting was also a way to manage people.
Which had always worked.
The elder son and the third son were settled, but Li Zhaowen was spirited and valued emotions.
But this ti, the enraged Duke lifted his head to transform into the father’s likeness, only to see his daughter still calm and composed, her eyes sharp like a phoenix’s.
Quietly and peacefully, she watched him.
Li Shude suddenly felt a misconception.
Clearly, he was the father ruling, and she the child, clearly he was in a high position, and she was standing below, but this young woman was clearly looking down at him; the entire situation was actually always in Li Zhaowen’s hands.
She has grown; beside the Qilin, the phoenix finally spread its wings and soared.
Inside Li Shude’s heart was a mixture of loss of control, but also a hint of pride and joy as a father. These mixed emotions left him speechless for a mont.
Li Zhaowen suddenly said, "Father, do you rember the ti we were on tour and were besieged and pursued by the famous general Helian Jieshan from the Shatuo Kingdom, nearly losing our lives?"
Li Shude’s heart skipped a beat.
It was right there at Yen Pass, when Helian Jieshan and his forces had him cornered to the point where Li Shude thought he was done for. Then Li Zhaowen and Li Guanyi led reinforcents. At that ti, Li Guanyi, going by the na of City Lord of Anxi, achieved the legendary feat of beheading an enemy general amid an army of a hundred thousand.
He used balancing tactics, transferring ownership of cities that were nominally aligned, but actually rebellious, to Anxi City, planning to pit them against each other and profit while they fought to exhaustion.
But unexpectedly, it led to the ergence of a Qilin.
He felt as though he was instead aiding the enemy, attracting nurous envoys.
Li Zhaowen, with a composed expression as if holding a crucial piece, pulled out a jade token from her sleeve and placed it on the table, saying, "Father might as well take a look at this."
Li Shude was stunned. He picked up the jade token, crafted using the Yin Yang Family’s thods.
Delving into it, his expression gradually solidified.
Inside were words from his third son, Li Yuanchang, discussing with mbers of the Demon Sect, betraying information and intentions, and the dialogue depicted him bantering with the Demon Sect won.
Listening to him say—’This ti, as I provide intelligence to your Sect Hierarch,’ ’second brother’ will personally go. If ’second brother’ fails, then father dies, ’second brother’ is guilty, and when the court holds us accountable, the bla will naturally fall on elder brother.’
’If things go well, the position of Duke might be demoted to Marquis, but even this Marquis should, by rights, be inherited by !’
’Even if His Majesty is unwilling to honor our family’s generations-long pledge to eternally guard the Western Regions.’
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