4
Qin Rong has a bad temperament, and she came to Beijing from the border, so she didn't have any handkerchiefs.
In addition, there are many enemies, and she attracted a lot of attention as soon as she appeared.
I don't know who said, "Miss Qin is really beautiful, let alone people, I'm afraid that this garden full of flowers can't be compared."
With that, the group of people secretly covered their mouths and snickered.
Even if Qin Rong couldn't hear the meaning beyond the words, she knew that they were laughing at herself at this time.
Her face flushed instantly.
As soon as I wanted to speak to ease up, Shi Shiran, the lord of the king of Annan, came over.
She looked me up and down, and suddenly sneered, "The eldest princess is still so generous, presumably what this little girl wears is from you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she pretended to be surprised, "Ah, how did I forget. The eldest princess said that gold and silver are vulgar things. I didn't look at it before, but only the finest jade."
Qin Rong shrank straight behind me in panic.
I had no choice but to speak, "The county lord said that there is no shortage of appreciative people in the world, and it doesn't matter if you are elegant or vulgar."
The county lord of Annan clapped his hands, "Your Highness really has everything in your heart, I haven't heard of it, General Qin will bring her a sister back as soon as he comes back."
"I heard that His Highness treats people very well."
I didn't change my smile, "The Annan Mansion is really well-informed. Thank you Lord for your praise and remembrance, and for not wasting our old friendship."
Hearing this, her face changed, and she no longer stabbed me, but only beckoned everyone to come to the table.
Back then, she wanted to be the crown princess, and even didn't hesitate to please me.
But I didn't like their brother and sister, and the royal brother also felt that King Annam was too ambitious, so he rejected the marriage.
Later, the royal brother rebelled, and this matter also became a handle for others to laugh at her.
Now that she mentions it again, she is naturally afraid to avoid it.
It was Qin Rong, who lost face but didn't think it was her fault, she rolled her eyes, and she had to make a detour to eat Yangzhou noodles in the south of the city.
"Accidentally" missed, and half a bowl of soup spilled on my body.
My hands were red and my body was in a mess.
Qin Rong laughed proudly.
I was seriously injured, and the banquet was forced to be interrupted, so I had to hurry back to the house, but at night Qin Cheng asked me to ask for the guilt.
"Are you angry? Do you still mind the willow?"
I couldn't believe it, "You think I deliberately made Qin Rong ugly? Don't you know her preferences and temperament?"
Qin Cheng finally said, "You're too small."
Early in the morning, Qingzhi helped me apply medicine and asked me why I didn't tell Qin Cheng, Qin Rong was disrespectful to me.
I shook my head, "Why shame yourself."
5
I am not in good health, and I have to accompany Qin Cheng to the palace banquet.
So I drank another pair of tiger and wolf medicine, so as not to lose energy when I got it.
Aoeda disagreed.
I've also drunk the medicine that hurts my body again.
The last time I saw my father was on the second day of his wedding, and he looked a lot older.
He was suspicious all day long, and he didn't know how to feel when he thought of his old friend.
When my mother was still there, I always sat under my father, and the princes were not as good as me.
After that, I was no longer qualified to appear at the palace banquet.
Now I have the qualifications to participate in the palace banquet, nominally the eldest princess, still the third daughter of my father, and even married a general who is in the limelight, but I sit at the end.
During the banquet, the eldest sister took the initiative to bring up the conversation.
"I have heard that the prince of Yanguo is handsome and extraordinary, both civil and military, calligraphy and painting are worth a thousand gold, and when you walk on the street, the carriage will be full of flowers and fruits."
She looked at me intentionally or unintentionally, "I remember that in the past, his twin brother came to Daqi as a hostage, and the Third Emperor Sister was very close to him."
She wanted to taunt me, but my father only heard the previous words.
His face changed, and his suspicious gaze was fiercely pierced on the eldest imperial sister, "What, do you want to marry Yan Kingdom as the crown princess?"
The eldest imperial sister knelt down with a pale face and pleaded guilty.
Now that the Yan State is strong, the Great Qi is declining, and the father does not want to listen to this.
After the palace banquet, the prince of Annan always asked Qin Rong to go out.
Their brother and sister are not in harmony with me, and he has always only loved talented women, and he is prodigal, so he thinks this move is to tease Qin Rong.
Sure enough, within a few days, Qin Rong ran back crying.
She talked to the prince of Annan about proposing marriage in the restaurant, but the other party suddenly replied in a loud voice, "Propose marriage? What did Miss Qin say? Didn't you ask me for poetry when you asked me out?"
Originally, the door was opened to avoid suspicion, but now the whole floor of people heard it.
I kindly stepped forward to care, but Qin Rong raised her hand and gave me a slap: "It's all you!" It's all because you offended the county lord, and the prince came to tease me in order to make her angry."
"Qin Rong! You're so presumptuous!" Qin Cheng, who was sitting next to me, was furious.
I've never seen Qin Cheng so aggressive, and I don't know what to say for a while.
On the contrary, it was Qin Cheng who pointed at her for the first time and scolded, "You have done something wrong yourself, and you dare to beat someone."
Qin Rong's eyes widened, hugged the old lady and began to cry: "Mother! Brother, he doesn't want me anymore!"
The old lady glared at Qin Cheng.
Qin Cheng opened his mouth and said, "Mother, if she doesn't restrain her temperament, she will only harm herself."
The old lady loved her daughter, but she listened to her son more, so she had to stop talking.
Qin Cheng patted my hand with rare thoughtfulness.
"Thank you for your hard work, my mother and sister, you bear more."
I know what he wants me to do.
Tomorrow is the day when Yang Liu officially enters the door.
She regards herself as her master very much, and today she wants the best jewelry in Cuiming Building, and tomorrow she wants the best bird's nest.
I'll answer her all.
When the news went out of the house, his colleagues in Qincheng were envious that he had a good wife, but those ladies and young ladies laughed at me behind my back, and I was ridden on the head by a concubine from a humble background.
But few people in the world know that the wanton enthusiasm of the eldest princess of Zhaoyang has long since died.
6
Qin Cheng Xu thought that I had done a good job, and he did not treat his sweetheart back from thousands of miles away, and wanted to be close to me for the first time, saying that he would teach me to ride a horse.
It's a pity that it turns out that Qin Cheng and I are indeed not all the way.
He couldn't get used to me making tea for half an hour, and I really couldn't tame the well-behaved horse in his eyes.
For most of the day, I was miserable, and my inner thighs hurt hotly.
Seeing that I was walking differently, Qin Cheng frowned and said, "Are you injured?"
I'm a little embarrassed.
Qin Cheng thought about it for a while and asked his subordinates to catch a carriage.
When I got in the car, he came and lifted my clothes.
I shrank back like a frightened rabbit.
He was stunned for a moment, a little amused, "I just want to see your injuries. We're already husband and wife, and you—"
He shook his head and pulled out a bottle of wound medicine, "Forget it, you can do it yourself."
Although I am married to him, I don't have any intimacy on weekdays.
In my heart, I can't really think of him as my husband.
When we returned home, Yang Liu's personal maid immediately greeted us with joy.
"Congratulations to the general, our aunt is happy!"
I subconsciously looked at Qin Cheng.
His face was calm, and he didn't seem very happy.
However, he still went to see the willow first.
The whole house must have known the news, and everyone was sneaking at me all the way.
Qingzhi was really anxious again.
"It's good now, and the master's life is even more difficult."
I don't care.
"It's not short, I'll just eat and wear, it's much better than being in the cold palace."
Qingzhi looked out the window and said in a low voice, "Is the princess still thinking about Her Highness? But His Highness is no longer there."
Your Highness, my heart suddenly ached.
The crown prince of Yan and his younger brother are twins.
His younger brother Gu Heng was frail, and in order to distinguish himself from his brother, he was scarred on his forehead when he was an infant.
Later, Yan Guo negotiated peace with Daqi, and he was sent to be a proton.
I'm not just close to him.
It is a mutual joy between the two loves, and life and death promise each other.
The royal brother was the first to see the clue and warned me not to be tempted by him.
When he was thirteen years old, Daqi tore up the covenant, but his father said that Yan Guo led the first prisoner and wanted to kill Gu Heng.
I let him go.
The father was furious and quickly sent people to chase and kill.
I knelt before him and my mother, and my head was bleeding.
"He has always been frail and unhappy with his parents, and even if he goes back, he can't do anything."
I refused to eat, and even pulled off the golden hairpin and put it around my neck to force me to die.
At that time, I was still my father's most precious and favored daughter, and I was the one who was given a lucky star when I was born, so he reluctantly let people chase after me.
It turned out to be late.
They only brought back Gu Heng's corpse.
He died in a small border town only thirty miles from his homeland.
My father looked at me crying heartbreakingly, and for the first time he was impatient with me.
"Zhaoyang, you have to remember, you are the eldest princess of Daqi."
At that time, Qingzhi would send things to Gu Heng and me for each other.
When the queen mother found out, I didn't admit it, and she tortured Qingzhi for the first time.
This little girl who is most afraid of pain is silent.
I drugged her at night, and she was inhaling in pain, but she was still smiling.
"Your Highness is a good person, and so is the princess. You're good, Qingzhi is willing to do anything."
She is also the only one in the world who can still talk to me about Gu Heng.
When I entered the house before, I told her never to mention that name again.
I'll forget, and she won't remember.
I'm afraid that Qin Cheng will know that if he goes to war in the future, he will vent his grievances on Gu Heng's homeland.
He wanted peace in the world and happiness for the people.
7
Qin Cheng rested in my room again at night.
Yang Liu was inconvenient to serve, and I wondered if I should accept two more people for him.
But before he mentioned it, Qin Cheng's kiss fell like a storm.
He tossed me for a long time, and then said, "Why haven't you been pregnant yet?"
Also, it's not good to have the eldest son first.
He didn't know that the day before my wedding, he poured a big bowl of safflower.
After that, every time you have sex with you, you have to drink avoidance soup.
He will not have any children in my life.
A few days later, Yang Liu suddenly had a miscarriage.
The doctor who saw me smelled that the sachet I was carrying contained musk.
It's such a low-level means.
But the old lady only cared that her grandson was gone, and someone had to pay for it.
When Qin Cheng came back, Yang Liuzheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed to me despite the dissuasion of others.
"Sister, I know I shouldn't have been pregnant before you, but this is the flesh and blood of the master, and I have to call you a mother when I am born!"
The old lady trembled with anger and pointed at me and scolded, "The family is unfortunate, the family is unfortunate."
Qin Rong added fuel to the fire on the side.
"It is said that sister-in-law is virtuous. If it weren't for the great doctor, my nephew would have died in the name of my sister-in-law."
I looked at Qin Cheng fixedly, "I didn't."
Qin Cheng frowned and didn't say a word.
Qin Rong looked at the show, "What can I do? Do you want to call Kyung Zhao Yin?"
Hearing this, Qin Cheng immediately decided, "There is no need for this."
He gently lifted the willow, "The child will still have it."
Family ugliness must not be publicized, but I must not be wronged in vain, "It's better to-"
"That's the end of it."
He gave me a cold look.
"A concubine is not worth fighting."
Qin Cheng didn't believe me, but out of interest, he chose to defend me.
This sentence is also a warning to me.
In the name of praying for blessings, he asked me to kneel down to the ancestral hall to copy Buddhist scriptures.
I knelt there, refusing to put pen to paper.
The night was so heavy that I couldn't hold it anymore in the middle of the night and fainted.
When I woke up again, I saw the director of the Sunan Medical Center sitting next to me.
It was the most prestigious doctor in Dingjing, and the consultation fee could reach 1,000 taels of gold.
His face was very regretful.
"This lady has been injured by medicine, but she has to take good care of it, otherwise her longevity will be hindered."
The old lady's face changed, and she asked anxiously, "Can you still get pregnant?"
The doctor thought for a moment, "At least three years of recuperation."
She was relieved.
I said, "Please ask the doctor to take a look at Aunt Fushang as well."
8
Yang Liu was a little flustered, "The concubine is humble, how can she bother Doctor Chu."
Qin Cheng said, "No need."
For a moment, a thought popped into me.
Actually, he knows what's going on.
He just chose willow.
Even on the surface, everyone thinks that he is protecting me.
But I want to.
Yang Liu was even more flustered, subconsciously retreated, and even accidentally knocked over the vase on the shelf.
Seeing this scene, the old lady didn't understand, and directly sent her a message to see a doctor.
The doctor took the pulse and said, "This lady, after giving birth, she still uses blood-invigorating medicine, which will hurt the roots."
Yang Liu shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? You've been bought, haven't you?"
The curator laughed angrily, "The old man in the world still doesn't know who can have this ability."
Qin Cheng's eyes were filled with deep disappointment.
Despite Yang Liu's crying, Qin Cheng still gave her a sum of money and sent her away.
He felt guilty for me, saying that Yang Liu was really a very simple little girl in the border area.
He cautiously asked me what was going on.
The doctor was a good man, and his words were very vague, so I told Qin Cheng that when I was in the cold palace, those people who hated my mother gave me medicine.
He believed and comforted us that we would definitely have children.
After this, he felt guilty and pity for me, and was considerate of me.
After the official meeting, I brought back snacks and jewelry that I didn't like.
He is even willing to listen to me play the piano and make tea with me.
But that's not what I wanted.
I'd rather he be as cold to me as he used to be.
I was wandering down the street in a distraught mood when a little beggar suddenly knocked me down.
Aoeda muttered to him to be careful.
But my heart is like a river overturning.
He stuffed a letter to me.
I don't know what it is, but I have a vague sense of fate.
I pinched it all the way, and my palms were sweaty.
When I got back to my room and closed the doors and windows, I unfolded the letter.
It was a handwriting I knew all too well.
It reads, "Zhao, I'm here to pick you up."
It was Gu Heng's handwriting.
9
The letter said that the corpse was not him, but his brother Gu Yu.
His father was cowardly and selfish, and his brother was cruel and cruel, and they joined forces to force his mother to death.
So his uncle has been secretly paving the way for him.
He kidnapped Gu Yu to the border, changed his identity with Gu Heng, and then deliberately revealed his whereabouts and borrowed a knife to kill people.
He returned to Yan Kingdom to work as Gu Yu, and gradually overthrew his father.
I clutched and clutched the green branch crying and laughing, "He's not dead, he's not dead."
Qingzhi was so shocked by this change that she was speechless.
Perhaps, in the dark, I tried to live, not only for my mother's last wish, but also for today's reunion.
But now that the situation between Yan Guo and Daqi is tense, what is his identity now? And how will you pick me up?
After his death that year, the Yan Kingdom was defeated, but Daqi also paid a great price.
Yan was forced to cede land and pay compensation and re-sign the agreement.
After that, my father seemed to be completely relieved of his burden, and he only worried about his internal worries.
He no longer allowed the princes to come into contact with military power, and the army was broken up again, weakening the power of the generals.
Great Qi gradually weakened, but Gu Yu, the new prince of Yan State, led Yan State to develop very well, and even secretly had dealings with Xiyue, who had already surrendered to Great Qi.
If you want to fight at this time, Daqi may have no chance of winning.
I calmed down.
Gu Heng and I haven't seen each other for many years, and when we see each other again, we can't go back to the past.
I am already a wife, and he is the prince of the enemy country who will lead his troops to attack Daqi sooner or later.
Even if I resent my father, the people are not wrong.
Maybe knowing that he is still alive is already the best reunion.
But at that time, Gu Heng obviously hated war like that.
Perhaps in his hands, the people will be spared the suffering of war.
I was distracted for a while, and I was absent-minded all day.
It wasn't until Qin Cheng mentioned it to me that he had received a secret report that the prince of Yan had sneaked into Dingjing.
My father felt that he was the biggest pillar of the Yan Kingdom, and if he died, the Yan Kingdom would definitely be in chaos, and he might be able to take the Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Therefore, he ordered Qin Cheng to rob and kill "Gu Yu".
Left and right he sneaked in, and no one knew that he died in Daqi.
10
My heart has been raised ever since.
A few days later, in the middle of the night, Qin Cheng's guards suddenly shouted outside the door that there was an urgent military situation.
Qin Cheng looked at it, put on his clothes and hurried away.
My heart sank.
His most urgent task now is to capture the prince of Yan Kingdom.
I gritted my teeth and secretly rode after him.
I'm glad he insisted on teaching me how to ride a horse.
I followed him all the way to a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city, and by then I had already fought on both sides.
The leader is Gu Heng!
His countenance was much sharper, and his martial arts had improved a lot.
Qin Cheng Zhao wanted his life.
I lunged in one lunge and stood in the middle of them.
The fight stopped instantly, and two voices came together.
"Ahh
"Why are you here?"
Everyone looked at each other for a moment.
Gu Heng is dead this time, he is really dead.
I took advantage of Qin Cheng's failure to react, and directly pulled out the hairpin against his throat.
"Let him go!"
Qin Cheng's face was full of astonishment, "What do you mean?"
Gu Heng called me anxiously, "Ah Zhao, come with me."
I shook my head.
He was lucky to be able to get out tonight.
Qin Cheng said with a gloomy face, "Kill him."
But his men were afraid of me, and they didn't dare to move.
I shouted at Gu Hengda, "Let's go!"
Gu Heng's eyes were full of determination, "I can't leave you behind."
I bit my lower lip, "Do you remember what you said back then? You have more important things to do."
Gu Heng's attendants also began to urge, "Your Highness, let's go. You are carrying thousands of people in the Yan Kingdom!"
Gu Heng's eyes were red, but he gritted his teeth and left.
Qin Cheng ordered, "Leave me alone, chase!"
As soon as he moved, my hairpin plunged into his flesh, and beads of blood came out.
Their footsteps stopped again.
Until Gu Heng's figure was out of sight.
I let go of my hand as if I was out of strength, my body collapsed to the ground, and I raised my head towards Qin Cheng, "You kill me."
11
Qin Cheng concealed the truth and only said that he was not effective in pursuit.
His father was furious, beat him with thirty sticks, and punished him to stand in the tower of March.
I don't understand why he's protecting me.
But Qin Cheng just asked me, "Why?"
I can't say a word.
He asked, "You've never been my wife, and you've never thought of giving birth to an heir for me, have you?"
Seeing that I still didn't speak, Qin Cheng swept the cup to the ground.
"Speak!"
I thought of the past year, and the corners of my mouth curled slightly.
"He's not Gu Yu."
"It's Gu Heng. When he was in Daqi, I made a promise of life and death with him."
"I'm going to drink it myself."
"I'm not going to have children in my life."
Qin Cheng laughed sarcastically, "No wonder you are so virtuous, you don't care."
"Then why did you marry me?"
I laughed even more sarcastically, "Then why did you marry me?"
Qin Cheng was so angry that he didn't choose to speak, "Then you can live well and see how I destroy the Yan Kingdom."
Qin Cheng locked me up and didn't allow anyone to see me, including Qingzhi.
I don't know what's going on outside, not even the hours of the day.
The servant who came to deliver the meal didn't say a word to me.
I haven't seen Qin Cheng again.
Until someone came to the palace.
The brothers and sisters of the Qin family were all there, kneeling together.
Qin Cheng's face was very ugly, and Qin Rong's expression was very strange, with some timidity but irrepressible excitement.
And the eldest sister was full of pride.
My father didn't let me get up, so he picked up an inkstone and threw it at me.
I didn't avoid it, and the blood on my forehead slowly flowed.
"You wicked obstacle, don't you want to be a sinner of Daqi!"
"Your mother's hard work has been completely disappointed!"
"On the day I set out, I beheaded your sacrificial flag in front of the battle!"
He also dared to mention the queen mother.
I am now mortal, and I have finally torn off all pretenses.
I bowed down, "All these years, has my father ever dreamed of the emperor's brother and mother? When the sons and daughters go underground, they will definitely say hello to their father."
Everyone knows that the imperial brother is wronged, but his reputation is too high, and his father can't tolerate it.
He trembled with anger, "I shouldn't have softened my heart to leave you in the first place!"
But where is his soft-heartedness when he leaves me?
It's because of my mandate when I was born.
I am the blessed star of the world.
So I can't die.
But the well-being of the world, at this time, where can it compare to the personal hatred of an emperor.
Qin Cheng said, "Then Gu Heng does not hesitate to risk his life, and it may be of great use to keep the princess."
His father glanced at him meaningfully, "General, don't be blinded by your children's private affairs."
Qin Cheng arched his hand, "Your Majesty is clear, Wei Chen only has personal enmity in his heart."
My father thought about it, so he allowed him to take me to the border.
just kept a hand, and in the name of care, he took his mother and sister to the palace.
12
The war started urgently, and the situation of Daqi was not good, so the journey north became very difficult.
In order to prevent me from doing anything, Qin Cheng kept tying my hands and feet.
In order to provoke him, I spoke ill of him all the way.
I refused to eat the bread he brought me, and he turned away and refused to allow all those who served me and watched over me to eat.
I hate it.
He said, "Zhaoyang, a soft-hearted person like you can't win against me."
In this battle, the Yan State was menacing, and Daqi responded in a hurry, even if Qin Cheng tried his best, he still lost.
The army had to retreat ten miles.
The atmosphere in the barracks was a little heavy, but Qin Cheng let me out.
He wanted me to see the demoralized soldiers with my own eyes and hear the painful wails of the wounded.
When I found him, he was looking at the moon alone.
"I used to think that the moon in the border land was different from Dingjing."
"The moon in Dingjing is far away and cold."
Tonight's Qin City seems to be very different.
"I'm a lot older than you, I don't know anything except leading the troops to fight, and my mother and sister don't worry about it, so I've worked hard for you."
"I wanted to learn how to be a husband, but unfortunately you don't need to."
"Do you blame me?"
I shook my head.
Without love, there is no resentment.
I've been fighting against Qin Cheng all these days, and he suddenly made me very embarrassed.
His sharpness seems to be gone.
I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say to him, so I had to pale and comfort, "Next time, I'll win."
He smiled, "Do you really want me to win?"
I was silent.
If he wins, Gu Heng loses.
But after all, I am the eldest princess of Daqi.
I don't want to see Gu Heng lose, and I don't want to lose together.
The only thing I can hope for is that Gu Heng is still the young man who wanted Haiyan River to be clear and the people to be happy.
Qin Cheng muttered to himself, "Maybe it's not a bad thing to lose."
Yan Guo won, but instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue, he sent envoys to say that he wanted to negotiate peace with Qin Cheng.
When the news came, everyone in the barracks seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
The fact that Yan Guo, which has the advantage of strength, took the initiative to negotiate peace, which shows that Yan Guo does not have such great ambitions.
If it had gone well, it might have been able to avoid a catastrophe.
Qin Cheng is also a lot brisker.
When I asked him, he said, "Every soldier has a wife, a wife and children, and I want to do my best to bring them all back."
In the past, the folk court always said that Qincheng was warlike. Not really.
Qin Cheng asked me, if the peace talks go well, do I want to go with Gu Heng?
I was stunned, I didn't understand what he meant.
Qin Cheng's expression was faint, "Presumably it won't be difficult for him. Maybe then, the Yan Kingdom and the Great Qi can really maintain peace for a hundred years."
Qin Cheng quickly whipped the military intelligence back to Beijing.
But when the news came, my father was unwilling to negotiate peace, so he let Qin Cheng fight with all his might.
13
Qin Cheng was silent for a long time.
It was as if an invisible mountain had been pressed on his shoulders.
It's not just him, everyone in the barracks is back down.
I secretly said to Qin Cheng, "The general is outside, and the king's order is not affected."
Qin Cheng's expression was a little playful, "Sure enough, it's the sister of the first prince."
My face changed, and I was a little angry.
"I have a very good brother who wanted to follow the first prince back then."
"But the prince doesn't want to."
"He tried his best to send the first prince away."
"He always told me that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Daqi will definitely be a new atmosphere."
"It's a pity that they all ended up being a lonely soul."
He was so emotionally moved that I was a little stunned.
Finally, he said, "Although I have not read any books, I cannot be unfaithful or unfilial."
"He doesn't believe you if he detains your family, and if he doesn't agree to peace talks, he doesn't care about the lives of the soldiers and the people."
"Is such an emperor worthy of your allegiance?"
Qin Cheng smiled sarcastically.
"Those whom we once felt worthy of allegiance are long gone."
Under the holy decree, Qin Cheng was ready to go.
This battle was fought for a day and a night, and it was fought extremely hard.
Great Qi finally won.
It's just unusually tragic.
Almost none of the vanguard troops in Qincheng survived.
The army lost nearly 20,000 men, and there were heavy casualties among those who returned.
The barracks was short of manpower, so I took Qingzhi to the wounded camp to help.
Some of them had broken hands, some had broken legs, and some had intestines coming out.
When treating the wound, the hemp boiling was not enough, and only some herbs that did not work well could be used, and those people kept wailing in pain.
Qin Cheng was also injured.
The prison army kept praising him for living up to His Majesty's trust, and he really used his soldiers like a god.
But there was no joy of victory on Qin Cheng's face.
He has done his best in this battle, and what price should he pay next time.
There was a lot of chaos in the barracks, so I asked the military doctor and thought about taking someone to pick some useful herbs.
As a result, he was taken away by several men in black unexpectedly.
14
I vaguely heard them discussing poisoning the upper reaches of the river near the Daqi barracks.
Not only would it kill the soldiers, but it would also affect many people and livestock along the way.
My fists clenched.
Suddenly, a muffled voice accompanied by a cough came.
"When the girl wakes up, stop pretending to be asleep."
I snapped open my eyes and sat up, "Shameless!"
The man in black with the mask smiled, "When you march and fight, you will win and lose, and there will only be winners and losers."
I touched my head, only to find that they had removed all my hairpin rings.
I tilted my head slightly, "I have no husband and wife relationship with Qin Cheng, don't try to threaten him with me."
The man in black had a complicated look in his eyes.
"On the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we will send the girl to a safe place."
My expression froze, "Where is Gu Heng?"
"Naturally, it's in the army."
"He told you to poison?"
The man in black stopped talking.
I sneered, "I knew he wasn't that kind of person."
The man in black asked, "What if he becomes that kind of person after all these years?"
"Impossible."
The man in black continued, "The princess also knows what kind of humiliation Her Highness suffered in Daqi back then. If he wins, he will not only take revenge, but also renew his friendship with the princess."
My eyes were firm, "Gu Heng knows my temperament. If he does such a thing, we will be left with only hatred of the country and the family in this life."
"Your Highness originally wanted to negotiate peace, but you didn't want to. The war is stalemate, and more people will die. The princess must understand the truth that will be successful and ten thousand bones will wither."
He paused and said, "Your husband treats you badly, and your father is unkind to you."
"But the people and soldiers of Daqi are not sorry for me."
The man in black was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled with relief, "Your Highness's sweetheart is indeed the best girl in the world."
"Let's go."
I couldn't believe he was so easily persuaded by me, and was ready to let me go.
"You're right, Your Highness is not like that."
"We will fight with great strength and dignity."
15
The group kept their promise and let me go.
This group of people has very high martial arts, they come and go without a trace, if they really act according to their plan, it will be a disaster for the Great Qi.
But I somehow believed the man in black, he always made me feel inexplicably familiar.
Qin Cheng didn't ask anything, just said, just come back.
There was an imperceptible tremor in his voice.
When the two armies were decisive, I stood on the city wall, and the sound of the drums seemed to break my heart to pieces.
And I saw again the man in black of that day.
He stood in front of the array.
And across thousands of troops, it was Gu Heng who was wearing a prince's costume and a mask.
When I was younger, I never imagined that we would meet again in such a situation.
For a while, the shouts shook the sky, and the people and horses on both sides fought.
The man in black saw a gap and was about to sneak attack Qin City.
I snatched the arrows of the guards.
I shot the masked man in black!
Seeing that he was hit by an arrow, the formation of the black-clothed man beside him who seemed to be protecting him was instantly chaotic.
They escorted him backwards.
This man in black will occupy a high position in the Yan Kingdom.
However, the next moment, someone shouted, "Your Highness is injured, protect Your Highness, retreat!"
The Yan army retreated like flowing water in an instant.
I froze.
Like a stone statue.
But it began to collapse from within.
I finally understood where the familiarity of the man in black came from.
He is Gu Heng.
The man in the carriage was just a target.
I suddenly ran down the tower like crazy and rushed into the middle of the formation.
Qin Cheng picked me up on the horse, "Are you crazy?"
I struggled desperately, "It's Gu Heng, it's Gu Heng who hit the arrow!"
Qin Cheng held me down hard as he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Stop the pursuit."
However, the adjutant general suddenly took out a token, "I have a secret order from His Majesty, if necessary, I will honor my order."
He glanced at Qin Cheng, "General, you really disappointed Your Majesty."
Qin Cheng was taken aback, "Han! Deputy! will!"
He said anxiously, "I'm afraid there is fraud, don't chase it."
The lieutenant sneered, raised the token and shouted, "Soldiers, follow me!"
Except for Qin Cheng's own soldiers, the rest of the soldiers and horses followed the deputy general.
They crossed the border and never returned.
Qin Cheng guessed correctly, it was Yan Guo's plan to lure the enemy.
My heart let go slightly.
Since there was a plan to cooperate in advance, maybe Gu Heng's arrow was not real.
Great Qi was defeated.
The remaining soldiers and horses of Qin Cheng had no chance of winning in the face of the Yan army.
The military information was transmitted back to Dingjing, and I don't know if my father will regret it.
At this time, Yan sent an envoy again and invited me to go to Qin Cheng for peace talks.
16
I finally met Gu Heng.
He was half asleep on the couch with a pale face.
He wanted to speak to me alone.
I raised my hand and gently touched his blood-stained bandage, tears falling on the back of his hand.
Gu Heng said, "I'm sorry."
I shook my head desperately.
He taught me archery, but he shot him.
Gu Heng tried to squeeze out a smile, "Your archery skills are better."
Back then, I thought that Gu Heng was dead, and my father burned everything related to him.
I thought of him when I went to practice archery.
But I shouldn't have practiced so well.
Gu Heng raised his hand with difficulty, as if he wanted to touch my face.
I gently held his hand, and his palm was full of thick calluses.
He comforted me, "It's not you. I was going to die. In the past few years, I have relied on the medicine of the tiger and wolf to improve my martial arts, and I have been able to support it."
He lowered his eyes, "I don't have time, Zhao. But you're not doing well, and your father is not a benevolent monarch. So I'm so anxious, but it's good that you woke me up."
My heart was like a knife, and I couldn't speak.
He took out a jade pendant from his arms, which was a token of love I gave him back then.
"I should have put it on the corpse, but I couldn't bear it."
At that time, I just thought he had fallen while he was on the run.
He handed me the jade pendant.
"I can't give what I want to give. In this life, I'll give it back to you."
I won't take it.
"Can I still give this jade pendant to a second person?"
"If thou die, let it sleep with thee for me."
"You take it, and I'll come to you in the next life."
Gu Heng didn't speak anymore, just carefully put away the jade pendant, and then asked me to call Qin Cheng in.
They talked for a long time in the tent.
I don't know what agreement they reached, Qin Cheng couldn't see anything on his face, he just said to me, "Go back."
I won't.
"Then, let me see him again."
Qin Cheng's voice was warm, "He won't see you anymore. Looking at it again only adds to the sadness."
I know that Gu Heng wants me to live well.
The royal brother is like this, the queen mother is like this, and he is like this now.
17
Since I left the Yan State military camp that day, I have become like a walking corpse.
I didn't seek death, but I felt like I was dead.
I ate as usual, just ate and threw up.
I went to bed as usual, but I couldn't sleep all night.
Qin Cheng has already played, just waiting for the envoys of the Great Qi to finalize the final contract.
Gu Heng asked for the thirteen cities on the border of Great Qi.
It is difficult for Great Qi to compete with Yan Guo.
But Gu Heng personally selected the heir he raised, and he would inherit his legacy.
There will be no more fighting for several years.
Qin Cheng didn't have anything to do, and put all his mind on me.
But I quickly went down to the grind.
He was helpless.
The cook who came to bring me food sighed at me, "Why is Madame so depressed? The general was in a hurry, and every day he lost his temper with us and the military doctor, and personally collected food and medicinal herbs so that his wife could eat a few more bites."
I don't speak.
She shook her head and walked away.
Qin Cheng opened the curtain and came in, half-kneeling in front of me.
"If he can take you away, I will immediately write a letter to release your wife."
"But ......"
"I will try my best to be a qualified husband, it doesn't matter if you don't love me, it's okay if you miss him for the rest of your life, just don't suffer yourself."
In silence, a soldier hurriedly ran in and handed Qin Cheng a letter.
When he saw it, his face immediately changed.
My face moved.
He looked at me dejectedly, "Your Majesty wants to threaten me with my mother and fight to the last soldier. My mother didn't want to bother me and committed suicide. When he was dying, he took Rong'er with him."
I was speechless for a long time.
In all fairness, she is not a good mother-in-law, but she is really a good mother in Qincheng.
I whispered, "And what are you going to do?"
Qin Cheng gritted his teeth, "You're right, Gu Heng is right, I'm too pedantic."
Qin Cheng finally decided to rebel.
On that day, Gu Heng handed him something that could threaten two-thirds of the feudal kings.
The vassal king did not move, and with his soldiers and horses and prestige in the army, he was enough to attack the imperial city.
After the death of the imperial brother, two more capable princes died.
For the rest, there is no one else who can take on the big responsibility.
His father sat on the throne safely, but he also ruined the country of Daqi.
My heart seems to have come to life at last.
I followed Qin Cheng all the way back to Dingjing.
I look forward to seeing the expression of my good father.
18
On the day of the invasion of the palace, my father scolded him regardless of his image.
scolded Qin Cheng for committing chaos and leaving a stench for 10,000 years.
He scolded me for being disloyal and unfilial, and was as despicable as my imperial brother.
I looked at him coldly, "If Brother Huang was still here, you would never be where you are today."
I don't even want to call my father to him.
He seemed to have lost his strength, but he still managed to stand up straight and put on a majestic appearance.
"What's wrong with me? Your imperial brother is a wolf, and he doesn't take me seriously at all. If I don't strike first, will I wait for him to do it?"
Qin Cheng suddenly spoke, "The princess is indeed the lucky star of the world, because of her, the Yan Kingdom and the Great Qi can be peaceful. The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be proud of her under the Nine Springs."
The man was poked in the sore spot, "The thirteen border cities all belong to the Yan Kingdom. It's all you, it's all you, you're sinners of the Great Qi!"
Qin Cheng said lightly, "The people of the thirteen cities, as well as the people of the whole world, will be happy and prosperous from now on."
Qin Cheng imprisoned him in a courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing.
He didn't dare to die, and he was reluctant to die.
Qin Cheng ascended the throne as the emperor, and he wanted to crown me as the queen as soon as possible.
But I just want to leave.
"My love and hate are intertwined in this palace, and I don't want to be trapped by it for the rest of my life."
"If you are really ashamed of me, do this last thing for me."
Qin Cheng was a little disappointed, "You still haven't been half tempted by me, have you?"
I hung my head.
My heart was all given to Gu Heng, and I could no longer give it to the second person.
Qin Cheng suddenly asked, "Why haven't you asked, what did Gu Heng tell me that day?"
I looked up at him.
"He said that I am a good person, although I am not as good as him, but I can also take care of you for the rest of your life."
"He said that you are the softest, let me sell miserably to show weakness."
"Zhaoyang, except for you, there is no one around me."
"I know I've done a lot of wrong things in the past, but if you're willing to stay, I'll let you be the happiest and proudest girl back in Dingjing."
"There will be no one else in my harem."
"Can you not go?"
I don't know when Qin Cheng had his thoughts on me, but it was too late.
We met too late.
He woke up too late.
I didn't give an answer, but he smiled wryly, "I knew I couldn't beat him in my life. But I'm willing to lose, but I'm still not reconciled."
Qin Cheng chose to let me go, just asking me to write to him from time to time.
He lost his sister, and I lost my brother.
If you don't be a husband and wife, you will be a brother and sister.
I went to the border town.
The scenery there is very good, and the people are simple.
The most important thing is that Gu Heng is buried here.
He wanted to see the peace and happiness of the people of the two countries here.
I think I'll be here too, living well.
19 Extra
When I was a child, I never understood why my father hated me so much.
And the queen mother always treated me coldly in front of people, and quietly hugged me and cried at night.
I later learned that the twins were unknown.
But I'm the only one who doesn't know it.
The royal brother was born a moment before me, and his fate was very different from mine.
When I was ten years old, the Yan Kingdom was defeated and I wanted to send a prince to Daqi to be a proton.
I was in the palace, and the treatment was not as good as that of the prince, so this matter naturally fell on my head.
When I left, my uncle told me meaningfully that people's fate is always in their own hands.
My first year in Daqi was very difficult.
The Yan Kingdom was already defeated, and I was not favored.
There is no charcoal fire in winter, there is no cold ice in summer, and the usual food is similar to that of palace maids and eunuchs.
When the princes and princesses were unhappy, they beat and scolded me at will.
When I'm in a good mood, I'll be rewarded with two pastries.
In order to be better, I designed to save the most noble princess of Daqi, Zhaoyang.
We were very similar.
The queen is a concubine, and there is also a brother who is the prince.
But at the age of seven, she had the best in the world, and I was humbled enough to crawl out of the mud.
I have been in Yan Kingdom for ten years, and I know too well how to please people.
In order to win a piece of the jade pendant she likes, I desperately raced with the third prince.
I ate a delicious ice bowl during the New Year's Day, and held it all the way to her under the scorching sun.
Even if it melts my hand, the sugar water is stained with my palm.
Even if she commanded the Imperial Dining Room to make a table and put it in front of her.
In the winter, I jumped into the frozen river to catch fish for her joke.
I'm much better off because of her, and I can still take martial arts lessons with them.
A year later, my uncle's spies found me.
said that the father and the emperor were ruthless and tyrannical, not the blessing of the people, and after ascending to the throne, they must get rid of the queen mother's mother.
He wants me to succeed to the throne and will secretly support me.
No matter how difficult and critical I was before, his man had never shown up.
This was his test for me.
I looked at everything coldly, but I never thought that I would really fall in love with the eldest princess.
Who can not love her?
She is the proudest and brightest girl in Dingjing City, and she is also the most brave and soft-hearted girl.
After I taught her to shoot arrows and break her palms, she wouldn't cry out in pain.
Will use his body to protect the dying rabbit from the rain.
Will flip into the library and help me steal the books I want to read.
She would pick the dried flowers in the letters she wrote to me.
My uncle's spies found out Emperor Qi's intentions in advance, and we decided to plan with the emperor and switch identities with the emperor.
I suddenly felt irritated.
But I had to go.
As I thought, the eldest princess let me go.
She didn't say anything, but I knew she was looking forward to seeing me again.
She didn't know that Gu Heng was about to "die".
Later, I heard that something had happened to her brother and mother, and then she married a general who was a decade older than her.
I can't do anything.
I can only redouble my efforts, hoping to complete my uncle's great cause and my uncle as soon as possible, so that the world can be stable.
I always prayed for her scriptures.
May she be safe and I wish her well.
But I don't dare to hope that we will meet again one day.
I worked hard day after day, and the first time I vomited blood, I realized that I had poison in my body.
Over time, it is impossible to eradicate it.
I chose to forcibly suppress the toxins, and even took medicine to increase my internal strength.
I still have things to accomplish.
I insisted on going to Daqi to investigate, but in fact, I wanted to take the opportunity to take Zhaoyang away.
But I left her behind again.
Daqi did not want peace talks, and I wanted to end the war as soon as possible, so I had no choice but to take the next step.
I was afraid that Zhaoyang would be affected, so I waited for an opportunity to take her away.
I didn't expect her to wake up early to hear our conversation.
Luckily, I'm wearing a mask and can pretend to be someone else.
Eventually, I gave up.
I can't be her husband, but I still want to be the Gu Heng in her heart.
Even if I lied to her in the first place, even if I have become accustomed to playing with power over the years.
Her husband, I knew at a glance that this man was in love with Zhaoyang.
Who doesn't love her.
I was mad with jealousy, but I still had to entrust Zhaoyang to him.
and shake his loyalty.
He is not loyal to that majesty, so that he can be truly loyal to Zhaoyang.
I said to him, "Take her away, I won't see her again."
On the day they left, I watched the army go away on the highest hill on the border.
I instructed the guards to bury me here when I died, and I wanted to watch forever the direction in which she went, guarding the people on both sides of the border.
20 extras
At first, when I received the decree to marry the eldest princess, I didn't have any turmoil in my heart.
Although many people looked at me with sympathy, my mother was also disappointed that this daughter-in-law could not help me, but became a drag on me.
I've been at the border for many years, and I don't know her very well.
I know her brother better.
That's the kind of people we used to want to follow.
The eldest princess is not quite what I thought.
Or that she is not the same as the noblewomen in the capital.
She is bright-looking, dignified and generous.
The huge changes and the life in the cold palace wore down her heart.
She was always quiet, virtuous, and seemed far away from everyone.
But she's still the delicate flower in Miyagi, and she likes things that I don't think are useful.
It wasn't until I brought back Willow that I learned that she had the same mindful means as ordinary women.
But I was wrong.
I misunderstood her.
My general is a strict wife.
He said that it was not easy to be the wife of a military general.
We are coarse and careless, and we can't perceive the thoughts of our daughter's family.
Gathering less and leaving more cannot become their dependence, but it makes them worry every day.
I thought about it for a long time, and finally realized that from the eldest princess's point of view, I probably didn't treat her well.
That's when I wanted to treat her well.
I don't know love, but I know responsibility and morality.
Little by little, she came into my heart.
I went to the truth I didn't want to know.
The moment she appeared, when she risked her life for another man, I finally understood how ridiculous I was.
I thought she was virtuous and generous, and the years were quiet, but I misunderstood her jealousy, misunderstood her murder of her concubine, and I pity her for hurting her body.
It's all a joke.
She's not the delicate flower I thought she was.
She was more passionate and bold than all the women I had ever met, and she was more resolute and resolute.
So the most ridiculous thing is that I really fell in love with another man when she was giving everything for her.
So I did everything I could to keep her.
After the first battle with Yanguo, I suddenly realized that this battle was too difficult to win, and this time might be the end of my journey.
And she has never had any affection or attachment to me.
I inquired about many things about the prince of Yan Kingdom.
She likes a man who is very different from me.
I also used my scheming to hope that the hatred of the country and the family could cut off her thoughts.
But when Gu Heng's envoy finished talking about the peace talks, I suddenly felt pity.
What she thought to herself was that she was really such a good person.
I decided to let her go.
But all this was ruined by her father.
She was such a bold girl, and if her royal brother had been like her, everything would be different today.
But I'm a soldier.
I will always be loyal to my emperor.
But reality has taught me that I should be loyal to the people of the world.
As for her, she lost Gu Heng forever, and I lost her forever.
I often wonder if if we get married, I will treat her well, if I directly recognize Yang Liu as my sister-in-law, will I have the opportunity to replace Gu Heng's position.
Or maybe I didn't take her to the battlefield, do we have a chance to do it all over again?
So many people want to be emperors, but I don't have a happy day.
Only on the day I receive the letter from Zhaoyang every year can I be really happy.
But I knew I had to bear the burden, and I had to keep carrying it.
Every terrible loneliness in the middle of the night should be repaid to her.
[End of this story]