Chapter 225 3/3

Emperor, who spent every day with Concubine Liu, must have found him familiar.

In fact, it wasn’t just the Emperor who found him familiar.

Lu Qingxi, sitting beside him, also felt an inexplicable closeness to Li Qingzhi. He even thought Li Qingzhi looked a bit like Concubine Liu.

It was really baffling!

If he hadn’t known that everything was arranged by him, he might have thought that Li Qingzhi was the biological son of the Emperor and Concubine Liu!

Qi Jun asked about Li Qingzhi’s background, and Li Qingzhi repeated what he had told Concubine Liu before.

Qi Jun became more and more excited as he listened.

Li Qingzhi indeed had a tumultuous life before. It wasn’t until he was in his twenties that his life became smooth, and then he achieved top scores in the imperial examinations and became a case leader!

He was the top scholar in Jiang’an Province, and he had an extraordinary memory… If his luck wasn’t exceptional, who else could be considered to have exceptional luck?

Qi Jun was almost losing his composure!

“You’ve suffered a lot, my child, eat more,” Qi Jun pushed the basket of buns in front of Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi didn’t hesitate and, after finishing the bun skins, proceeded to eat five more buns.

Qi Jun looked worriedly, “Are you sure you won’t feel uncomfortable eating so much?” His health wasn’t good, and eating a bit more would make him uncomfortable.

Li Laogen, seeing Qi Jun as a businessman, wasn’t afraid to say, “He has a big appetite, eating more is fine! Master Liu, my son is smart and studious, and he eats a lot too!”

Qi Jun heard Li Laogen say “my son,” and felt a bit unhappy.

He wasn’t Li Laogen’s son at all; he might actually be his son!

Yes, this person even ate the filling himself and let Li Qingzhi eat the bun skins! He doesn’t even care about the child!

Qi Jun looked displeased at Li Laogen, but Li Laogen was oblivious, “Master Liu, my Ah Qing is really outstanding. He’s good at everything, becoming the top scholar at such a young age… How many sons do you have?”

Qi Jun’s mouth twitched, “One.”

“That burned child is your only son, then you’re really pitiful.” Li Laogen’s face was full of sympathy.

Qi Jun: “…”

Li Laogen was quite the talker; if he kept this up, he would offend the Emperor!

“Father, there are some dates in the kitchen, go get them and then take Damao and the others out to play,” Li Qingzhi said.

Li Laogen liked sweets. Recently, he had gotten to know a few people in Qingshi Lane and was quite willing to go out…

He immediately went to the kitchen to get the dates.

Once he left, everyone could finally chat normally.

To conceal his voice, Lu Qingxi spoke very little, but Qi Jun spoke a lot, asking mainly about Li Qingzhi’s experiences in Jiang’an Province and his opinions on Zhang, the provincial governor.

Naturally, Li Qingzhi praised Zhang highly.

Li Laogen happened to return for his winter gloves and overheard, “Zhang really likes my Ah Qing. He even came to our house for dinner once. We sat together, and he kept praising me for educating Ah Qing well! Have you met Zhang? He’s a big official and looks majestic…”

Qi Jun: “…”

He remembered Governor Zhang as quite slim. Majestic?

“Grandpa!” Li Damao called from outside.

Li Laogen immediately went out.

Qi Jun heard Li Damao’s voice and remembered something else.

If Li Qingzhi was his son, then the twins were his grandsons!

He suddenly had two grandsons!

Qi Jun was excited and didn’t want to leave Li Qingzhi’s place anymore.

But he had to leave, and only by leaving could he send someone to investigate Li Qingzhi.

Mainly… he couldn’t just stay here. Even though he thought so, Qi Jun had lunch here before he left.

When he left, Li Qingzhi went to see him off.

After resting all morning, Li Qingzhi’s energy had fully recovered. He walked beside Qi Jun, supported him as they crossed the threshold.

In the morning, Qi Jun had held Li Qingzhi’s hand, but since then, there had been no physical contact between them until now!

Then that familiar, warm feeling returned!

Qi Jun didn’t want to leave!

He stood at the door, reluctant to part with Li Qingzhi.

“Master?” Concubine Liu called out, puzzled.

“Let’s go,” Qi Jun took a deep breath and got into the sedan chair.

This morning, he had been talking to Li Qingzhi the whole time. Normally, he would have been tired and sleepy by now.

But he felt very alert now. He felt like he could talk to Li Qingzhi for another whole afternoon!

Could it be…

The connection between father and son?

After getting into the sedan chair, Qi Jun couldn’t help but look back.

Concubine Liu didn’t know what Qi Jun was thinking and was still talking about Jin Xiaoye, “Xiaoye is such a good girl, she gave me some delicious snacks from Juewei Zhai…”

Qi Jun absentmindedly listened.

Back in the palace, Qi Jun made an excuse to discuss official matters with Lu Qingxi and let Concubine Liu rest for a while.

After Concubine Liu left, Lu Qingxi asked, “What instructions does Your Majesty have?”

Qi Jun really liked Li Qingzhi, and Lu Qingxi could see that.

That’s great. If he said in the future that Li Qingzhi was the prince, Qi Jun would definitely not reject it!

Fortunately, he chose Li Qingzhi. If he had chosen an orphan who knew nothing, it would have been difficult to cultivate a father-son relationship.

Lu Qingxi was thinking like this when he heard Qi Jun say, “Ah Xi, I feel like Li Qingzhi is my son!”