"Jia Li 2"
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Liu Bei's words did hurt the emperor deeply, but he had to be patient. He did not want to look for trouble with the heavenly master disciple.
"then who ?"
"Jia Li, Tong Mu's daughter."
"why do you call my daughter's name" said a middle-aged man who had just entered the room.
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A few hours ago.
since 2 days ago, or more precisely since the incident at the southern imperial party the imperial capital became very excited because of the proximity of Jia Li to the heavenly master jilli, who had been living in the city, even this news had already spread the neighboring empire. Some consider this a blessing, but others consider it a disaster. They thought Jia Li was unworthy of being with heavenly teacher Jilli.
If everyone was busy with the news of Jia Li's closeness to heavenly master Jilli. At Tong Mu's own residence, it was busy because Jia Li had fallen ill. Perhaps this was because of the incident yesterday where Jia Li fell into a fish pond in the cold night.
"how is Jia Li doing ?" tong Mu asked the healer who had just examined Jia Li's state.
"he's starting to improve sir" said the healer. After prescribing the medicine the healer left.
Then Tong Mu went into his daughter's room. He saw his daughter eating lunch.
"father" call Jia Li.
Seeing the arrival of Tong Mu the servants of Jia Li withdrew.
"are you feeling better ?" ask Tong Mu.
"already, father" said Jia Li weakly.
"well, oia, I want to ask you something" Tong Mu asked seriously.
"what's dad ?" Jia Li looked at his father's face.
"what is your relationship with heavenly teacher Jilli ?" ask Tong Mu without further ado.
"hmm. We're actually friends with dad. But we've been getting closer lately" Jia Li said. After saying that, Jia Li became embarrassed.
"oh so. " said Tong Mu.
Hearing that, Tong Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand he is grateful if he has an extraordinary daughter-in-law but. as a father Tong Mu is not ready to let go of Jia Li. He's really not ready.
"why is dad ?" Jia Li asked.
"it's nothing. Then you take a break, yes, I have to leave because of a lot of business" Tong Mu said in a soft voice.
"well dad, be careful" Jia Li said.
Tong Mu stroked the top of Jia Li's head gently after which Tong Mu left.
Tong Mu intended to go to the palace to discuss about his son's engagement to the 4th prince. He had to fix it immediately before the relationship of heavenly master Jilli and Jia Li got closer. Tong Mu had a hunch that the jili heavenly master was very fond of his daughter and might be getting married in the near future so his engagement with the southern 4th prince should be annulled immediately.
After Tong Mu got to the palace he immediately cheered the work of the emperor. But the emperor's room seemed a little different because the guard this time was too tight, and there were some people in uniform in black who were none other than the disciples of the heavenly master shen. Tong Mu could tell that from the uniform they were wearing.
As they stared at Tong Mu, they lowered their heads in respect. But it was awkward in Tong Mu's eyes because it wasn't usual for the disciples of the heavenly master to pay their respects to ordinary people like him. That is to say they only respect the emperor or their teacher.
"it just so happens that Mr. Tong Mu is here. You better just go inside" said one of the disciples of the heavenly master shen very politely.
"i.ya" said Tong Mu who felt awkward.
When Tong Mu entered he heard his daughter's name called. It made Tong Mu even more confused and he had a bad feeling about it.
The sudden arrival of Tong Mu shocked the emperor and the beloved disciple of the heavenly master shen.
Without much ado, liu bei immediately explained his goal of coming to the southern empire to Tong Mu. Tong mu who heard all the words of liu bei suddenly limp and his face pale. The middle-aged man did not know what to do when 2 great men came to propose to his sweet and charming daughter. Even Tong Mu himself did not want his sweet daughter to get married quickly even though his age was enough to get married. Oyolah, Jia Li was quite old in that era, but he was still not married, because most girls will get married at the age of 14 years.
"my gut is right apparently, huh... what should I do ?" tong Mu's inner current Liu Bei had said all his goals to Tong Mu. Tong Mu's face had even turned extremely blasphemous and he was now speechless a thousand languages. the middle-aged man was confused as to what to do and how to deal with the problem.
The emperor who saw Tong Mu's pale face became a little worried. He walked closer to Tong Mu.
"cousin, are you okay" said the emperor.
Tong Mu looked at the emperor as well as his cousin.
"can we talk together for a second ?" whispered Tong Mu with a serious face.
"what can't be later, here is heavenly master disciple Shen" the emperor whispered as he glanced at liu bei.
"it's very important, I can't decide this matter. If we go wrong I believe our empire will be destroyed" Tong Mu said seriously.
Seeing Tong Mu so seriously made the emperor have no other way but to follow Tong Mu's words. The emperor asked for permission briefly to decide the matter with Tong Mu, and liu bei certainly allowed.
"well okay. Say it" said the emperor seriously.
"my daughter was proposed with the jili heavenly master 2 days ago" Tong Mu said languidly.
"WHAT IS IT ?!!!" the emperor was shocked not to play. How not, he had just heard 2 extremely powerful men propose to his nephew at almost the same time.
"you're shocked, I'm surprised too. It was even more shocking to hear that the heavenly master Chunying proposed to my daughter" Tong Mu said.
"so what should we do ?" ask the emperor again. He was confused to decide how.
"i don't know either. Actually I came here to cancel the engagement of my daughter and your son, so that heavenly master Jilli and Jia Li could be together without hindrance. But when I came up with another proposal instead, I had to what ?" said Tong Mu who looked frustrated.
"who will your child choose ?" ask emperor.
Tong Mu looked at the emperor.
"hm. it seems that my son will choose the heavenly teacher Jilli. Moreover, their relationship seems to be very close now" Tong Mu said. The middle-aged man looked lethargic.
"that's good, then what about heavenly master Chunying ? What if he gets angry when rejected and it will harm our empire ?" ask the emperor.
The southern emperor knew very well, most businessmen hated being rejected so much, so he was afraid that if the heavenly master Chunying was rejected Jia Li for the sake of another man the heavenly master Chunying would get angry. And the worst thing is that silver will endanger the empire as well as the inhabitants of the southern empire.
"you're worried about heavenly master Chunying, aren't you worried about your 4th son ? Does she like my daughter too ?" ask Tong Mu cynically. He felt very funny when he heard his brother's words.
Tong Mu understood that the southern emperor was very concerned about his suggestion legs, but he was also a father. Did he let the girl he loved his son marry another man ?
"..." the emperor who heard that was silent. As a father, he obviously did not want that to happen, but… the Emperor would not be able to help because the two men who were rivals of his son were very strong and powerful.
"i have failed to protect their mother, and now I cannot protect my son's lover. I do deserve to be hated by my son "inner southern emperor.
The Emperor looked sad, and that made Tong Mu sad.
"don't think about him, so what should we do with the two men in power" said the emperor, who tried to shift the subject. It looks strong but it looks very fragile inside.
"hah.I think it would be better if we allow Jia Li to decide directly in front of the heavenly master Chunying. At least if heavenly master Chunying heard Jia Li's decision herself, she would accept it airily ?" tong Mu said in the end.
Tong Mu hoped his decision was correct.
"well, I hope so" said the southern emperor.
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