A full-stomatched Murong Zhining seemed particularly quiet. She sat inside the carriage, silently combing her long hair. The scattered sunlight pierced through the window and danced upon her, painting the girl so pure that it hastened Chiyun Yuexuan’s heartbeat.
Chiyun Yuexuan quietly looked at her. Suddenly she felt so strange in one moment, then familiar in the next. Chiyun Yuexuan once again fell into the endless cycle of questions he set for himself, which drove him to the verge of insanity.
All of a sudden, as if recalling something, he rushed into the carriage and pulled Murong Zhining over. The latter exclaimed in shock and instinctively struggled to move back, but Chiyun Yuexuan held her head in the crook of his arm. He pushed aside her long hair. In the back of her ear, a small mole was there, providing him with the most accurate answer.
Chiyun Yuexuan’s voice was as gentle as water, “Little Tabby, don’t struggle. I’m not gonna hurt you.”
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Meng Xia hissed in pain and got up. “Peh! I thought you didn’t beat women?”Chiyun Yuexuan snorted, “I don’t see it. Where do you look like a woman?”Meng Xia flew into a rage out of embarrassment. “You dare say I’m not?! Then I’ll just make your little lady into my woman.”Chiyun Yuexuan suddenly remembered that he couldn’t act out of whim just for a moment of satisfaction when Murong Zhining’s life was still in the hands of others’.Thinking of Murong Zhining, his heart ached with every beat. After his sanity had returned, however, he could understand her fear and the reason why she couldn’t help but run away from him.“I have been offending. I’m asking you, Miss Meng, please return my wife to me. I’ll be very thankful.”Meng Xia arrogantly snorted. “If that young miss is your wife, why was she so afraid of you? And even ran away from you?”Chiyun Yuexuan painfully frowned. “She was fed a poison of Wuli and lost her memory. Please do not m
As Chiyun Yuexuan gently stroked Murong Zhining’s hair, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness. “One day, if Ning’er remembers what I had done to you, you sure wouldn’t forgive me."Murong Zhining innocently kicked the water with her foot. "Then confess your crimes now and strive for leniency."Chiyun Yuexuan was full of guilt. “I was worse than an animal. I don’t dare to face the sins I have committed."Murong Zhining looked at him. "There’s no sin that cannot be forgiven. Ning’er hereby forgives General, so you’re not allowed to say such things about yourself. You are someone who insisted to drink poisoned wine for Ning’er. Ning’er does not believe that you will do anything to hurt me."The two sat quietly on the stone by the river. Murong Zhining softly rested her head on Chiyun Yuexuan’s shoulder. All of a sudden, Flash let out a long neigh. Murong Zhining grasped Chiyun Yuexuan’s clothes. "What’s happening now?"Chiyun Yuexuan he glanced up at th
Chiyun Yuexuan lowered his voice and warned Cai Sang, "Don't forget, she is my wife. When you two are away, it was me who helped her bathe. Step aside."Luo Siyao tacitly dragged Cai Sang out of the room and took her to Wu Siyuan's room next door.Seeing Cai Sang sit at the table with a displeased face, Wu Siyuan shook his head with a wry smile. "Cai Sang, you should do something about that stubborn temper. Heaven made the princess lose her memory for a reason. Don't you want her to live happily? Only you would dare to talk to General Chiyun like this, and he doesn’t make a fuss about it because of Princess. But don't be too willful. If anything, he’s still a general who commands hordes of troops, you can't make him look bad in front of others.”Luo Siyao asked Wu Siyuan, "Will General be punished for taking away Princess when we return to Huayan?"Wu Siyuan frowned. "I'm worried about this too. General has really thrown all caution to the wind this time. For
Murong Zhining turned back at once and flashed Chiyun Yuexuan a mischievous look. "Let General Chiyun marry Princess Jingrong himself.”Chiyun Yuexuan tightened his arms around her waist and warned, "Naughty girl, not afraid of being punished again? Your husband only needs you! In the three thousand rivers, I take only a ladle of Ning’er water.”Murong Zhining leaned on his chest. “But... I…"Chiyun Yuexuan blew into her ear. "No buts. Don’t even dream of leaving me without my consent."Murong Zhining hit him in the chest with the back of her head. “I mean General Wu doesn't want to be a princess’ husband, so I only helped him come up with an idea."Chiyun Yuexuan bent over and nibbled on her ear. "You dare? You are pushing your husband into the fire pit! Be a good girl and don't add to the fuss. It’s his fortune to marry the princess.”Wu Siyuan sighed with feeling. "If I don’t enter the fire pit, who will…"As the group chatted and laughed
Luo Siyao set a bowl of porridge and several light dishes on the table. Murong Zhining stood at the door watching with indifference. “Thank you. I will eat the porridge on my own. Please go back, General.”Chiyun Yuexuan sat down at the table. “Siyao, I haven’t eaten either and am starving. Bring over another bowl of porridge so I can accompany Princess as she eats.”Murong Zhining replied with a ruthless tone, “No need. I'm not hungry. Please eat it bit by bit, General.” She walked to the bed and sat down.Unaffected by her frosty manner, Chiyun Yuexuan brought the porridge over to the bed, scooped up a spoonful and blew on it. He leaned over and held the spoon to her mouth. “Have two bites at least, then your husband will finish the rest for you.”Murong Zhining looked at him with her eyes filled with unfamiliarity and resentment. “I guess you must have been quite a ruthless person before. What led to the changing of your nature?"Chiyun Yuexuan’s fac
Wu Siyuan was out of breath. “Reporting to General Chiyun, I went to go negotiate compensation with that family like you ordered yesterday, but they refused to settle in peace. Not only did they tie up Du Youtian and take him to the local government, they even beat him and raised the compensation amount to 100,000 silver taels.”Upon hearing the news, a dangerous glint flashed in Chiyun Yuexuan’s phoenix eyes. “So they are forcing me to come out to handle this myself? Very well. Help me change clothes. I'll see what kind of family they really are.”Dressed in a white brocade robe with cloud patterns, Chiyun Yuexuan looked quite scholarly and elegant and not at all like a general who was used to holding heavy weaponry. He told his men to protect Murong Zhining well before riding his horse away with Wu Siyuan.With a worried face, Luo Siyao helped Murong Zhining wash up and dress. “Oh dear… I’m worried that with his violent temper, General Chiyun might just tear down
In the eastern suburbs of Songyang County, at the start of Hog hour. A servant of the Bai family pushed forward Cai Sang, whose hands were tied up, along the road, before stopping at a certain spot on the roadside. The hillside around hid fifty archers dressed in armor, ready to shoot the exchanger to death after the exchange was complete. The servant who hauled Cai Sang along waited and waited until it was the mid-Hog hour but there was no sign of anyone. He started to grow a little impatient.Bai Xianwu paced back and forth in the Bai Estate’s study. It had already past the beginning of Rat (11pm – 1am), and no one had brought Bai Hongkai back. Bai Xianwu was burning up with anxiety. Mid-Rat hour, a servant delivered a bloodstained letter. Bai Xianwu unfolded the paper with trembling hands and read it.‘Since Old Mister Bai has failed to act in good faith and set up an ambush, you cannot blame me for being cruel. The blood on this paper came from your son, but rest ass
Xu Jiantao nervously turned around to see Bai Xianwu standing behind him with eyes wide open in rage. “Close the gates and don't let anyone out.”The entrance guards immediately closed the gates of the Bai Estate.Xu Jiantao looked at Bai Xianwu. “Now is the only chance to save Hongkai and the entire Bai family. Please stop being headstrong, father-in-law. If we hand over this girl, we still have a chance to get a lighter sentence from General Chiyun.”Bai Xianwu viciously spat on the ground. “I have had my way around Songyang for decades and never lost to anyone before, ever! You think I need that greenhorn general to give me a lighter sentence? I shall make him pay a heavy price for what he did; otherwise, how can I hold my head high in Songyang in the future? Because I was afraid to bring trouble to you lot – my son-in-laws, I even gave up my own son's life, yet you, you join hands with outsiders to deal with this old man!”Seeing Bai Xianwu insisted on be