Chapter 161 Rejection Long Yangjun stood quietly in front of the window.
He had taken a nap this afternoon, so he had already changed into new clothes.
The dark and wide robe intertwined with moon white and black, with a crimson belt wrapped around the waist, made Long Yangjun lose the bright look when wearing red clothes, and became a bit more heroic.
He did not answer Wei Zipei's words, but turned his head and looked out the window at a ginkgo tree planted in the courtyard.
The leaves are golden and fall slowly in the wind.
"Zipei," after a while, Long Yangjun sighed, "I have watched you grow up, why don't I want you to marry your beloved, and be harmonious?"
Wei Zipei pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, for fear of losing her vigilance and being deceived by him.
"But look," Long Yangjun stretched out his hand to pick up a fallen leaf on the window lattice and said calmly, "Winter is coming, and the army of Yong State's northern expedition to Zhao State should also come back."
The leaf was half golden and half dark brown, like a woman who was dragged into the mire at her most beautiful age. It was so decayed that it was heartbreaking.
The troops from Yong's Northern Expedition are coming back, what next? Wei Zipei's heart trembled a little, and she whispered: "Yong Kingdom, have you won?"
"Victory," Long Yangjun turned to look at her, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, "Your sister, the eldest princess, committed suicide."
"Sister..." Wei Zipei took a step back at a loss, his mouth half-opened, and tears poured out.
She once hoped that her brother would send troops to help Zhao, but he refused.
The seven kingdoms have been at war for 500 years, and Zhao and Yong have fought many time, the Yong Kingdom actually stepped into Kyoto and forced the queen to death? Longyang Jun said with a cold expression: "If Yong State will go to war with Wei State next, it will be a good thing for you to marry Jiang Ben. Since Jiang Ben took charge of the government, the people of Qi State have abundant land and food. Moreover, Qi State To the east of Wei State, Wei State does not have to worry about its retreat, so it can fight to the death with Yong State."
Wei Zipei frowned and clenched his fingers.
Is that so? More than that? "You want Qi's troops, right?" Wei Zipei's voice was calm, but he was uneasy in his heart.
Long Yangjun didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Impossible!" Wei Zipei said, "He has rejected me a long time ago, and he and Anguo Princess Jiang He are closer than blood siblings. Jiang He is now the queen of King Yong, and he will not be Jiang He's enemy."
"Really?" Long Yangjun said with a cold smile, "I don't believe that the love between husband and wife is not as good as the sister I met halfway?"
Is the love between husband and wife not as good as the sister they met halfway?
On the way to the Qi Embassy, Wei Zipei kept echoing these words in his heart.
Speaking of the first time she and Jiang Ben met, Jiang Ben scolded Jiang He because of her and beat her to tears with pears.
In retrospect, every time he saw her, he always yelled her name and spoke harshly.
At the earliest, he even threatened to marry her back home and beat her.
What is going on between her and Jiang Ben? Was it because she admired Jiang Ben when she saw him strategizing in the army? Or was she grateful that Jiang Ben protected her from being scolded by Jiang He? Then why did Jiang Ben treat her? Was it because the knife she presented was very fast and protected him; or was it because she climbed over the wall to visit the doctor and moved him?
In any case, the feelings between them are not pure.
If you throw away such a relationship, you won't be sad, right? Jiang Ben was unusually quiet.
He sat in front of the desk and carefully wrote something on the bamboo slips. If he made a mistake, he would pick it up and throw it away.
So when Wei Zipei arrived, dozens of bamboo pieces had been lost a few cases ago.
"What are you doing?" She stood at the door of the palace and asked with courage.
"Gift list," Jiang Ben smiled and waved to her, "Come here and see if these are good."
Wei Zipei approached, Jiang Ben frowned and said cautiously: "It's cold in the winter in Wei, so give your mother a mink fur and pearls. I gave a black pearl to my sister, but I still have a few luminous pearls in my private treasury, which are rare in the world. You shouldn’t be disliked. I just don’t know what gift to give to your brother. I originally wanted to ask my sister, but I was afraid that Zhao Zheng would find out and cause some trouble. So I have to ask you this.”
Were you preparing a gift list? He is indeed a rough-and-tumble person. Others may think he is rough in behavior, but in fact, he never makes mistakes in what he does.
He is also unlike himself, who is often confused and she heard that Jiang Ben only indulged in sex when he was a proton, but since she got to know Jiang Ben, she found that he would not even look at the beautiful maidservant.
He is a man with a big chest, sincerity and freedom.
How could he, such a good person, be made to choose between his wife and sister, and then be miserable?
If her status as the princess of Wei State brings him shackles, then it would be better to let him be free...
Wei Zipei picked up the piece of bamboo and glanced at it. Her fingers held it so tightly that they dug deeply into the palm of her hand.
It hurts.
But it's not as painful as that.
"Jiang Ben," she said, "why do you want to marry me?"
why?
It does seem like something has been omitted.
Jiang Ben threw away the brush in embarrassment and rubbed his head.
"I'm marrying you...ah," he was looking for an excuse. "Of course it's because you are the right match for me, and...you are both talented and beautiful...and you are old enough. If you don't marry me, why don't you marry someone else?"
Wei Zipei looked at him with clear eyes and shook his head slightly.
She was waiting for his true words, not for random deception.
Jiang Ben immediately became anxious. He raised his hand and held Wei Zipei's sleeve, admitting: "I married you, of course, because I like you." "Then what do you like about me?" Wei Zipei chased after her.
It was the first time that Jiang Ben confided his feelings to someone. He was a little clumsy, but he was honest enough: "When I like you to protect my brother, you are very similar to me when I protect my sister; when I like you to draw your sword to guard the border, you are very like me to protect the people of Qi. Like; I always have endless things to say about you, and being with you makes me lively and never lonely."
Wei Zipei pursed her lips tightly. In order to hold back tears, her lower lip was bitten by her teeth.
The smell of blood was so fishy and unpleasant. She didn't know why these countries had to fight for blood everywhere.
"Jiang Ben," Wei Zipei twitched the corners of his lips and revealed a sarcastic smile, "I don't care about your favorites."
As Jiang Ben's face turned from red to white in surprise, Wei Zipei gently took off his sword from his waist and threw it on the ground.
That was Jiang Ben's sword. She had personally pulled it from his waist when she was in Qi State.
The loud "snap" sound of the sword falling to the ground shattered Jiang Ben's remaining doubts.
"I'll give you your sword back," she said, "Qi is a long way away, and I don't want to marry far away."
"You..." Jiang Ben took a step forward with some embarrassment and grabbed Wei Zipei's sleeve.
Wei Zipei also stepped forward, but took out the short knife she gave him from Jiang Ben's waist and cut off his sleeve with one blow.
The blade was sharp, and the sound of cutting through the fabric wasn't even too harsh.
"Why?" he asked.
He was so close to her that he could even see the delicate skin on her face and the slightly trembling hair.
"Just treat it like you and me," Wei Zipei took a deep breath, maintaining her demeanor as a Wei princess, and said calmly, "I've never seen her before."
Before she finished speaking, she turned around.
The late autumn sunshine shone on her broken sleeves and illuminated the tears streaming down her face.
Wei Zipei walked out, his heart heavy but his steps fast.
Her cyan sleeve remained in Jiang Ben's hand.
Like a bird's broken wings.
The black and white pieces on the chessboard were fighting at a critical point. Li Wenzhou came in to report a secret, then stood behind Zhao Zheng and waited quietly.
"Your brother was rejected."
I didn’t expect that someone like Zhao Zheng would take pleasure in others’ misfortune.
"My concubine's younger brother," Jiang He said silently, raising his head to look at Zhao Zhengdao, "Isn't he your Majesty's... younger brother?"
"If he is Gu's younger brother," Zhao Zheng said with a smile, "how could he be rejected?"
This sentence is a pun.
If Jiang Ben is the prince of Yong State, and Wei State is eager to win over him, he will naturally not be rejected.
If Jiang Ben was the prince of Yong State, Wei Zipei would not think of the difficulties in the future and take the initiative to refuse.
"Eat!" Jiang He dropped a few pieces, looked away from the chessboard, and suddenly there was a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
"I didn't expect Miss Wei to be such a person, but I underestimated her."
The lively and noisy girl in the past has also grown up.
"Ah He, let Gu win for once." Zhao Zheng shook his head slightly and gently handed the tea to Jiang He.
"Jiang Ben is smart, he will figure it out."
You'll figure it out.
But figuring it out and letting it go are not the same thing.
Outside Daizhou City of Zhao State.
The grass and trees are sparse, and there is a green smoke rising from the forest that is about to the narrow road near the forest, many soldiers looked embarrassed.
At the front of the soldiers, a new monument was erected in front of the grave where grass had not yet grown.
Princess Zhao Yuxue kicked away a discarded arrowhead, knelt down and kowtowed heavily in front of the slightly flatter tombstone.
"Mother, my brother and I are unable to collect your remains, so we can only erect a tomb to worship here. I hope you will not be angry with your daughter."
"Sister, don't be sad anymore," behind Zhao Yuxue, a young man helped her up and said solemnly, "After my brother inherits the throne in Daizhou, we can gather our troops and regain the lost territory!"
"Brother, please do as you please." Zhao Yuxue sighed and stood up, saying with a cold expression, "But I can't stand the coldness of Daizhou, so I have to leave."
"Where can you go?" Master Zhao curled his lips, "Is it possible that you have to go to Wei State and ask your uncle for help? The queen is in a hurry and can't invite him, not to mention the queen is no longer here."
"I'm not going to Wei State," Zhao Yuxue shook his head and turned to look south, "I'm going to Xianyang."
(End of this chapter)