48. Prisoner fish

I still remember that I was an unloved princess of the State of Qi when

I was in love with Thrushcross. The State of Qin swept across the world. My father was timid. Under the threat of the King of Qin, he promised me to Ying Qi, the prince of Qin, who was rumored to be ill.

When I met him for the first time, he grabbed me by the neck, the corners of his eyes were red, and his expression was somewhat frantic: “Would you like to be my wife?”

Only many years later, I knelt down with him in tears and kowtowed in front of his bed. I held him in my arms and was willing to use my life to fulfill his life. When

I arrived at the east palace, a female official led me to a side hall to rest. There was a great deal of respect in

her manner, and for a moment I could not see that she had any opinion of me. Only when she ordered the palace people to dress and wash for me, the appreciation in her eyes could not be concealed.

“I am at the side of the prince, and the princess calls me Amber.” As she arranged my sleeves, she continued, “The lady is brightly colored. Our prince will like the lady.” When she

said this, she still lowered her eyebrows and eyes, without any irreverent tone, but her mouth seemed to be discussing a fine piece of lacquerware.

Or in the eyes of people like them who were born in the state of Qin, all the good things in the world will be worthy of their virtuous and mellow sons.

Hearing this, I just used my nasal cavity to make a gentle sound to show that I knew, and I didn’t talk to her. Her tone, similar to that of my father, made it impossible for me to feel good about her.

“My son is pure and upright. The court of Xianyang is too deep for you.”

This is what my mother said to me before she left. She was imprisoned by Qi Jun for her life because of her beauty. Her sigh seemed to contain her speculation about the rest of my life.

At this moment, I have no reason to think of this sentence.

However, my thoughts are still sinking in the memory of the past, the palace people who had started suddenly restrained their movements and bowed down to Yingying outside the door. The place where

Amber placed me was a side hall, not very spacious, and I could see people coming when I looked up at the moment.

The man is not tall, but his facial features are clear and pure. His face seemed to be sickly pale, and there was a cold breath in his black robe. There was a purple jade sign hanging on his waist, which seemed to have words on it, but I didn’t see it clearly. In

a trance, his outline still coincided with that of the king of Qin, who almost unified the whole country.

It’s Ying Qi, the prince of Qin.

He stopped five paces away and stopped coming forward. I dared to look at him, but after a few breaths, his stiff expression was covered with a smile.

Maybe it’s because I didn’t think I’d dare to look him in the eye?

“You are the daughter of the Lord of Qi. Why don’t you worship me when you see me?” His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for me to hear.

I thought for a moment and then bowed to him.

Seeing that I did not speak, but almost dully paid his respects to him, he was amused: “I didn’t pay my respects just now, but now I salute you. Don’t you know I won’t be angry and punish you?”

I did not raise my head and said, “My father has an army of one hundred thousand and is not the opponent of the King of Qin, so he sent me to Xianyang to preserve the ancestral temple.”. And I, a weak woman, should be no match for the prince. If the prince punishes me, I’ll be able to get up and cry a few times at night.

Perhaps it was because the first time I heard me speak, even Amber was stunned for a moment. She thought I didn’t speak because I had a good face, so I lost my voice, but now it doesn’t seem to be at all.

A pair of hands lifted me up from the ground, and the temperature of those hands seemed no different from the white marble floor tiles I touched in the side hall.

“Is your name Qi Jiang?” Ying Qi looked directly at me.

I did not avoid his eyes and answered in a low voice.

“Do you know what the king of Qi asked for when he sent you to Xianyang?” He was still smiling, but his smile was like the white sunlight of winter, without any temperature.

“I know.” I bit my lip.

“Then will you be my wife?” He went straight to the point.

“Yes.”

My voice did not fall, but Ying Qi suddenly started, a hand around my neck, I slightly lifted off the ground. In a moment of astonishment,

Amber hurried up to dissuade him: “Prince, no, this is the marriage promised by the king!”

Ying Qi did not stop his movements because of Amber’s dissuasion, but his eyes were red and he continued to increase the strength of his hands.

His expression reminds me of the crazy look of my father when he broke the happy relationship between my mother and my father many years ago.

Feeling the more difficult breathing, I felt a burst of sadness in my heart for no reason.

The mother said, “My son is pure and upright. The court of Xianyang is too deep for you.”

I really want to tell her that the palace of Xianyang is too shallow for me, so shallow that a fish fry like me will die.

“Will you still be my wife?” Ying Qi asked in a low voice, like a wild animal.

I closed my eyes and let the tears fall from my eyes.

Tears rolled freely to the back of Ying Qi’s hand, and he threw me on the bed as if he had been burned. Not daring to attack him, Amber hurriedly came around from the side and stood between me and him, testing my pulse and looking at Ying Qi warily.

I opened my eyes and looked at Ying Qi. The crazy look in his eyes was restrained, and the whole person’s breath was exhausted, like the sunset of a long illness, looking at the tears rolling on the tiger’s mouth.

“I will, my son.” In spite of Amber’s obstruction, I knelt down in front of him again with difficulty and bowed down in a low voice. In my view, his black moire shoes were motionless.

He grabbed my collar with one hand and lifted me up. At this moment, even the smile, his face is no longer there, just staring at me.

“I will, my son.” I repeated again, but his choking just now made my voice hoarse at the moment.

For a moment, he smiled and reached out his hand and moved it over my cheek.

“The prince’s concubine is a good color.” With that, he turned around and stepped out, not dragging his feet at all.

Seeing that he was far away, the people of the palace, who had been trembling, quickly saluted me.

I reached out to touch my cheek and repeated where his hand had wandered.

He promised me to be a princess, I told myself.

I lived with Ying Qi in the East Palace, but after that day, I never saw him again.

But the palace people around me are always garrulous to my side. Even Amber was arranged by him to be around me.

Maybe it’s because of my curiosity about the princess? There are always palace people peeping at me as I walk. I never felt the malice in them, and that simple curiosity was a new thing to me. In

April, Xianyang was still chilly, because there was no earth dragon in the side hall where I lived, so amber was still burning the stove in my room.

One day when she was changing the firewood in the stove, she suddenly talked to me about Ying Qi.

“Have you heard about the prince?” She looked up at me as she said this with some uncertainty. After two months of

living together, I have become familiar with her.

“Of course.” Those chattering palace people are always willing to talk about his kind and mellow side, but I can’t understand how these women maintain their firm love after witnessing his rage.

Perhaps hearing the indifference in my tone, Amber thought for a moment: The relationship between the prince and the king is not harmonious. The prince always opposed the king’s arrangement. In fact, you are also the king’s arrangement. As soon as

I heard this, the corners of my mouth turned up unconsciously. “Then he should kill me and come to show his will to the King of Qin.”

“It won’t.” Amber’s side face was reflected by the fire, and the warm orange light made her hair shine brightly: “The prince is just a little paranoid.”. The prince never hurt a woman, and if a greedy maid did something wrong, the prince would only expel them from the palace and not harm their lives. When

she said this, I unconsciously put a sneer on my mouth, remembering that he almost killed me that day, but finally stopped. As soon as

Amber looked back and saw my thoughtful expression, she whispered, “The prince has a good heart, like a princess.” But she said these words without the slightest intention of saying any more. Curious,

I blurted out, “What about the princess now?” As soon as

we spoke, we knew it was a stupid question. Everyone knew that Princess Qin had died of illness several years ago.

“Her mother is dead, and the prince’s concubine is asking me a lot.” The clear voice reached my ears before Amber’s answer.

Amber got up hurriedly to salute, but involuntarily approached me.

I also bowed to him, but he did not pay attention to me, but went up to help Amber up: “You do not have to worry that I am not good for her.”. If she is my royal concubine, I will love her.

I looked up at him and saw that he was still wearing a black robe today, but it was decorated with animal patterns. He still had the purple jade sign hanging on his waist and swayed gently as he walked.

“Father wants to see you.” He said to me.

“Me?” I pointed my finger at myself.

“It’s you, my princess.” When Ying Qi squinted and smiled, his temperament was like the melting ice and snow in early spring.

I no longer doubt him and want to go with him. After

a step, Amber took my hand.

When Ying Qi saw this, he smiled, “How many days have you been with her to guard against your old master?” When

Amber heard this, she let go of her hand and bowed down again, saying, “The prince is kind to his concubine.”

Ying Qi felt cold for a moment and then reached out to hold my hand. “I will treat her well.”. You don’t have to worry anymore. With

that, he pulled me out. Not surprisingly, from his hand, and then to my hand, there is no temperature to come out, not warm in April, I like to hold a piece of melting ice.

My heart stirred, inevitably slow to react, and I was almost pulled to the ground by him.

He looked ill, but he was very strong. He just gave me a little help and pulled me straight: “Stand still.” That was the last thing he said to me before he left the house.

3 It took only thirteen years for the king of

Qin to destroy six of the seven kingdoms, leaving only two.

Nowadays, except for Qi, where I was born, and Yan, which is far away in the north, the land of the Qin people is everywhere in the world.

I have more than once fantasized about the speech of the King of Qin, but I have never thought of such a powerful monarch, just a little fat old man.

His palace was supported by nine towering pillars, and all the roads that Ying Qi took me through were paved with white marble. At this time, I felt dizzy in the face of open space and luxurious magnificence. I

didn’t see a fleeting smile when the little old man looked at my right hand, which Ying Qi was holding tightly.

I saw Ying Qi kneel down and salute, and one step behind him, he did the same respectfully.

“Qi Jun-nu, come closer and let Gu see your face.” The voice of the King of Qin was not loud, but there was an undoubted pressure. When I

got up, I unconsciously took a look at Ying Qi’s erect back and found that his figure was somewhat tall and straight like a pine.

“Your Majesty.” I took a few steps closer and bowed to the king of Qin again. The king of

Qin saw my face this time, and I saw his.

In the past few years, he had twice led his troops through the gates of Linzi. I stood at Chengtou at that time and saw his appearance from a distance.

But now it seems that the king of Qin is also old, not as good as the legend of the general gods down to earth, immortal.

“The royal concubine has a good color, and my son has a good taste.” When the king of Qin spoke in praise, I did not commit suicide. Instead, I felt that he was not as cruel, bloodthirsty and rude as the rumor said.

“It was you who decided on the marriage. Who in the world doesn’t know what you want? Why do you pretend to be like this?” Ying Qi’s sudden voice surprised me. I thought it would be the king of Qin who found fault, but today’s hasty side was different from mine. The

king of Qin just frowned and did not pick up his words.

Father-son discord is not a success worth publicizing in any era.

“I read it, so I decided to marry Qi Jiang.” Ying Qi said such a sentence without beginning or end as if he was deliberately swearing sovereignty.

I didn’t dare to get involved in the dispute between their father and son, so I had to bend down again.

“It is meaningless for you to talk to me about this.” The King of Qin’s voice was somewhat distorted, but the people of Qi said that he laughed like a jackal, and they did not know whether it was true or not: “As long as you marry the daughter of the King of Qi, you are in the end following the arrangement of an orphan.”

I heard the sound of clothes rubbing behind me, and I couldn’t help looking back, but I saw Ying Qi standing up with an unnatural red on his face.

He was about to come forward, but I rushed over and hugged his feet. The King of

Qin was covered with soldiers in armor. They did not respond to Ying Qi’s movements, but I felt that the temperature here was suddenly cold.

My movements were obviously not within Ying Qi’s expectation. He looked down at me, and the red in the corner of his eyes spread like spider silk, wrapped in a cold killing intention.

“He is the king, and you are his son.” I said a word for no reason, just like I came forward and hugged his feet for no reason.

Is it because I have never got my father’s attention, so I hope he can cherish it?

It turns out that I am not a cruel person in my bones? The

king of Qin only saw my back, but did not hear my persuasion. But when he saw that the redness on Ying Chi’s face was slowly dissipating, he was quite amused: “Are you being controlled to death by her?”

With that, he suddenly got up, like a thunderbolt on the ground, and threw the bamboo slips in front of him. The golden thread on the bamboo slips scattered in front of me: “If you don’t die alone, you’re just a prince after all!”

Hearing this, I was afraid that Ying Qi would burst out again, so I dared to hold his hand tightly.

He has shaken my hand twice, but each time he has taken the initiative, and each time, his hand is as cold as frost.

And this time, perhaps because of anger, his hands were faintly warm. The situation

I was most worried about did not appear.

Ying Qi restrained his anger.

He is not tall, but I still only reach his shoulders. When I looked up at him, his face was as usual, but his eyes were staring at the king of Qin sitting high on the throne.

I did not look back at the King of Qin, but held his hand.

Suddenly, he moved, but he dragged me out, without the slightest intention of retreating to the King of Qin. I was pulled and stumbled, and he straightened me up again, but this time he didn’t speak.

He dragged me quickly to the East Palace, and the temperature on his hands was exposed to the outside of Xianyang in April, which quickly lost and turned into ice cubes that I was familiar with. He took great strides, and I almost tripped several times, but he helped me.

Just when I saw the eaves of the East Palace and thought my journey with him was over, he suddenly stopped. I was not careful and almost hit him on the back.

He looked thin, but his back was not as bony as he had imagined. With this collision,

a clear sandalwood fragrance poured into my nasal cavity. Before

I could stand, he pressed me hard against the wall.

He put his hands on my shoulders and his eyes were so bright that he could almost see through me. Seeing this, the soldiers and palace people around him dispersed one after another, leaving me to confront him by the wall.

“Why did you do that?” There was no emotion in his voice and no fluctuation in his eyes. But as far as my brief experience with him is concerned, this man can’t be measured by common sense.

“I don’t want to see the prince and the king turn against each other.”

“He and I have become bitter enemies.” His eyes did not leave me, but began to pass over me. Xianyang in

April is still cool, amber wrapped me thick, the curve of my body is not clear, although he is not necessarily looking at that kind of thing.

“Stay out of my business from now on.” Although he said so, he did not make any further action.

After all, the first day I got here, he almost killed me. In

two months, I at least made him willing to keep me alive.

“Go back by yourself.” He finished, also no longer delay, naturally turned to go out, leaving me alone back to the East Palace.

Amber stood by the door, and when she saw me coming back, she came up and took my hand and began to thank the ghosts and gods for their blessings.

Ying Qi is not kind. I told myself in my heart.

At least not as kind as I heard.

If he is really the same, why does Amber worry about me so much?

My heart is clear, but my mouth does not show what happens. I only feel the warmth from amber’s hand, but my brain unconsciously connects with another person’s palm. The

wedding date was fixed for July.

It was the hottest season in Xianyang City.

I didn’t say anything about it, but Amber always mentioned the dusty heat wave to me. I met the Queen of Qin

that day, and I never had a chance to see him again. I question the marriage he made with my father. How many days can such a thin deal protect Qi?

But perhaps because of my illusion, Ying Qi began to appear frequently in my field of vision, and I also began to see his entourage.

There are some things that he has stopped avoiding me, or because I’m going to be his wife? Or is it because I am harmless to people and animals and have nothing to do with his cause?

That day, I saw that Amber had obeyed Ying Qi’s orders and brought in three boxes of head and face jewelry from somewhere. I asked with a smile, “The great Confucian scholars of the State of Qi all said that the King of Qin had destroyed all the houses in the world to strengthen his ancestral temple. It seems that this is really the case.”

Amber didn’t mind my teasing. As she opened the box and packed it up, she replied, “West of Qin has been famous for its pearls and jade since ancient times. There’s no need to plunder other people’s things.”

As she spoke, she took out a pair of purple jade moon eardrops. “This pair is good, and the color is perfect.”. Try it with the imperial concubine.

I am the daughter of Qi Jun, but because of my mother’s humble origin, I have never been properly taken care of. In the palace of the king of Qi in Linzi, no one has ever presented me with silks, satins, pearls, jade, gold and silver to choose from.

Almost everything I got in the state of Qin was new to me, and so was this pair of purple jade pendants.

I wanted to refuse, but looking at Amber’s burning eyes, I finally failed to open my mouth. When she saw my acquiescence, she got up and wanted to take it for me.

“Huh?” Amber’s slightly confused voice sounded behind me.

“What’s the matter?” I asked.

“Why doesn’t the princess have her ears pierced?” She had seen me with a pendant on my ear, and of course she had a preconceived idea that I had already done it.

I was silent for a moment and said, “I’m afraid of pain, and no one cared when I was in Qi.”. That’s why I’ve always worn ear clips. As I

spoke, I picked up the one I wore in the morning from the small table in front of me and showed it to her.

She put the pair of purple jade pendants in my hand, took my ear clip and looked at them carefully. “These are all for fun with my daughter in the palace.”. The princess has a good color, but I never cared about it.

She was obviously expecting me to go on with her, but I gently pinched the purple jade pendant in my hand, and another question came to my mind: “Every time I see your prince, he wears a purple jade sign around his waist.”? Who is it and where does it come from?

Ying Qi is not a nostalgic person. Amber has told me about his problem of wearing a dress only once. There is no reason that the purple jade brand is left on the waist every day.

“That.” Amber obviously wanted to open her mouth to answer, but she was a little shy.

“My mother left it to me.” Ying Qi’s voice suddenly sounded. Moments later, his talent came in from outside the door, and the purple jade sign was swinging around his waist. Every time

he came to me, he was silent and did not want anyone to pass it on. My conversation with Amber was often heard by him.

I tilted my head to look at Amber, but her face was a little unnaturally red, and she went around me to the three boxes and cages and continued to count them.

“The prince has nothing to do today?” I got up and saluted.

He has a smile on his face today, and I think he doesn’t have a bad temper. “Can’t you come and see my princess?”

He sat down beside me in a familiar way, picked up the fruit on the small table and began to eat it. “My purple jade brand was asked for by my mother and concubine after I was born, saying that it would guarantee me a smooth life.”. Doesn’t the princess have anything like this around her?

I wanted to say something, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that it was really what he said. Even my mother, who has always cared for me, has not left me anything.

She is in Linzi and I am in Xianyang. I should have no chance to meet her again in my future life.

When Ying Qi saw me pursing my lips and not speaking, he knew what I was thinking. He also pinched my face despite the grape juice in his hands. “Why wallow? What if they don’t send it? I’ll give it to you.” As

he spoke, he took off the purple jade sign from his waist and put it in my hand. He held my right hand like that: “You will be my wife. If your mother wants to bless you, she should bless us both.”

The purple jade brand is warm and cool, but the quality is not as good as I imagined, at least not as good as the pendant in my left hand. This time

I saw the words above, one side is the word “Ying Qi”, and the other side is the word “Ping Shun”. It doesn’t look like the match of Wang Shizi, but it looks like the good luck brought to his young son by the ordinary people when they pray for blessings.

I looked up at Ying Qi in a trance. His eyes were clear and clear, and there was no trace of hostility or sorrow. Perhaps when he mentioned his mother and concubine, he really did not have any bad thoughts?

I was still there, unable to see Amber’s stunned expression beside me. She grew up with the prince, naturally know the meaning of the purple jade brand to the prince, now see him easily to me, how can calm?

“Thank you, prince.” I’d like to get up and salute.

Ying Qi held me down, and I fell back on the brocade stool I had just sat on. He rubbed the palm of his hand on my shoulder, and I was a little worried that the grape juice on his hand would contaminate my new clothes. “You don’t have to thank me. You should thank your mother.”

Thank you.. Mother and concubine. I learned to use his tone to thank the woman who had been away for many years, but I didn’t know if she could receive the child’s play? Is she satisfied

with my daughter-in-law?

“You Qi people all say that you are returning the favor. Now that I have given you my purple jade brand, how can you repay me?”

I gritted my teeth and loosened my left hand, which I had been holding, revealing a group of small purple jade moon eardrops in the middle.

Ying Qi laughed and said, “If you borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha, that’s all. What you borrow is my flowers.”. If you want to present it to the Bodhisattva, that’s all, but you want to present the accessories of your daughter’s family to me, the monk?

I tilted my head and thought, “Maybe I’ll be rich in the future. At that time, if the prince wants the moon, I’ll ask the immortal to buy it for you.”

Ying Qi clenched his hands and took the pair of pendants away. “Then I will accept the love of the prince and the concubine, and I will hold it here. In the future, the prince and the concubine will get the moon for me, and I will return the pendants to you.” After laughing

with Ying Qi for half an afternoon, it was getting dark. He had already ordered the meal to be served, but Mingde, the chief bodyguard beside him, hurriedly handed over the letter.

Ying Qi’s expression, which had been clear for a day, disappeared after seeing the letter. He did not say goodbye to me, but got up and hurried away.

Amber took the food box and saw that Ying Qi was gone. Unexpectedly, the first reaction was to coax me: “The prince is used to being busy, and this kind of thing often happens.”. The prince and concubine will use it first.

I smiled at her and moved to the table alone, just a few steps, but the purple jade sign hanging from my waist shook.

This is something I have never felt before. In the

5th

Zhou Dynasty, when the royal family was strong and powerful, such a great event as the marriage of the prince often required the vassal king to make a pilgrimage in person. When the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty declined, it began to send envoys to congratulate them.

The Zhou royal family has disappeared, and now it is the state of Qin, the prince of Qin, and Ying Qi who can enjoy such treatment. I

thought it was just a marriage, and I was just a tool in the game, but I didn’t expect that when I saw the envoys of Qi, my heart was still touched, and I had some indescribable emotions.

Ying Qi must have seen my pretense of calmness. In front of the envoy, he did not refute my face, but the smile on his mouth could hardly cover it.

His slight smile, in my opinion, almost made the emissaries of Yan and Qi on pins and needles. Of course,

they had heard of Qin Shizi’s good and mellow reputation, and also saw me, who was obviously living a very good life, but their country was in danger, and they were not allowed to believe that this Qin Shizi would be very different from his father, who was as docile as a cow and sheep.

“Are you homesick, Princess?” Amber took someone to send the two envoys out of the palace. Ying Qi leaned against me and squeezed my hand. The

wedding day is only a few days away, and his actions are more and more bold, but I don’t reject him. At this point he insisted on squeezing in with me, but I didn’t care. I just whispered, “I thought I wouldn’t think about it, after all..” I didn’t say the

following words, but I think Ying Qi will understand that he is a wise man.

He is a wise man who can’t say some things to others but to himself.

“If you’re homesick, you can go back and have a look when you get married. Anyway, Qi is your home now, and sooner or later it will be my home.” He spoke carelessly, as if he were expounding some slight fact.

He told me about the wedding decorations again, and he seemed to be very interested in them.

But before he could say a few words, Amber was already back. He was holding a small box in his hand.

“What’s in your hand?” Ying Qi asked a question before me.

“It was only after the envoys of the State of Qi had left the palace that they told me that this was the dowry that Concubine Xu had added to the imperial concubine.”

Xu Fei is my mother.

She wasn’t even a concubine.

Perhaps because I had a good life in Xianyang, the news came back to Qi.

My father dared not despise her any more and gave her a concubine.

But she must still have no wealth and no power.

Ying Chi took the plain wooden box and weighed it. “It’s very light.” He said and handed it to me, “Your mother gave you the dowry. Open it yourself.”

I took it from him, but I was not in a hurry to open it. “My dowry is from the palace of the king of Qi, and my mother has nothing decent to give me.”

“At least you are our mother, and you are a living mother.” Ying Qi’s voice was crisp, and he said this and looked at me.

I didn’t want to talk, I didn’t want to open it, I just looked him in the eye and fought.

It’s just that my struggle is so ridiculous in his eyes that it’s not worth mentioning.

He pinched my face. “If you don’t want to open it, I don’t want to force you. I just want you to smile more.”

Amber stayed by my side almost every day, and felt the most obvious change about Ying Qi, but she didn’t think that I was in such a situation with him now, and she was embarrassed to stay aside, so she quietly withdrew from here.

I reached out and pressed Ying Qi’s hand down. After a moment’s hesitation, I bit my lip and said, “I’d better open it so that you won’t be suspicious and think about it later.”

Ying Qi seemed to know that I would compromise, squinting and smiling, and did not pick up my words.

I gently pulled out the lid of the box, and there was a purse carefully wrapped in fleece. I gently picked up the purse, and the moment I started, I knew there was nothing else in it.

The purse is light gold, with the best frost gold thread, one side is hooked with a full moon, while the other side is hooked with the word “pan” in the corner.

I thought my feelings with my mother were thin.

At least it doesn’t make me think of her all the time, but the moment I see this purse, I think of those tight memories. It often rains at night

in Xianyang, and so does Linzi. When I was a child, my hair was yellow, my bones were thin, and I often had a fever on rainy days at night.

My weak and beautiful mother always held me tightly in her arms and sobbed until dawn.

She said that she had the word “month” in her name, and that there were ups and downs, so in this life, she fell into the court and did not see the light of day. I am her daughter. The full moon is like a jade plate, so it is called a plate. I only divide the time when the moon is full, and my life goes smoothly. In

those days when the moon was dark and dark, she would bear it in the deep palace of Linzi.

I unconsciously shed two tears, all the way down my cheeks. I hung my head, not obvious, until the tears fell on the back of his hand, he pinched my chin, raised my face, bitter face: “Why are you crying?”

I reached out to open his hand and refused to talk to him. Even though I know he is a fickle character, I am not in a good mood to deal with him.

He was reluctant to part with me and grabbed the purse from my hand.

I reached for it, but I couldn’t reach it.

“Pan Pan.” He looked at the writing on the purse and asked me, “Who is Pan Pan?”

I cried, and if I opened my mouth, it would not be pleasant to hear, so I did not open my mouth, but reached out to grab the purse.

He placed the empty casket in my hand, but drew back the purse into his bosom: “This is sad for you to see, and give it to me for safekeeping.”

Of course I didn’t want to, and I wanted to rob him, but he was unrelenting: “I gave you everything my mother gave me, and you should have promised me the same.”

I sniffed. “I said I’d give you the moon.”

“When will you give me the moon? When will I give it back to you?” Ying Qi was quite a rogue, but he pointed to the purple jade sign hanging on my waist, and my mind to chase the purse faded a lot.

That purple jade brand is a little big, I am small, hanging some are not suitable, but I still miss his feelings, always with.

Come to think of it, if that purse is carried by me, I will inevitably shed tears every three or five times.

Seeing that I was no longer fighting, he took my hand and prepared to go back to the East Palace.

In the end, the weather in June, even Ying Qi’s hands, became warm. It’s just that I’ve been to the palace where he lives several times, and even these days, there’s no ice.

He is always used to walking in front, I am small and short, and he catches me, so he can only take two steps and I chase three steps.

“It’s my childhood name.” I answered the question he was fishing for, in a voice like a fly.

But he heard it, and I distinctly heard him laugh in a low voice.

“What?” He squinted back and asked me.

“Nothing!” I don’t want to repeat it again.

He smiled more happily, and his handsome face stretched out, not like the King of Qin. Like a princess, maybe?

“Pan Pan.” Ying Qi read a sentence for no reason when I was wandering.

“What!” I was a little angry and asked him.

“Nothing!” He imitated my tone and got rid of my entanglement.

Although I was fully prepared, I was so nervous that I could hardly walk when Ying Qi’s wedding procession came to the door.

Amber, who had experienced some great events, was calmer than me and almost put my whole weight on her shoulders.

Through the thin veil, she whispered to me, “The princess is relieved. This is the last step.”

I am from Qi, and I am also the daughter of Qi. I should have received Ying Qi’s East Palace from Linzi City by the wedding procession. But because my father looked forward to it, I was sent to the state of Qin early, and today I was only welcomed into the main hall of Yingqi from the side hall where I lived.

After a few steps, Amber suddenly let go of my hand quietly. “Amber! Amber!”

I whispered in alarm.

Another man caught my hand. “Don’t be afraid, it’s me.”

By the mottled sunlight at dusk, I could see Ying Qi’s eyebrows and eyes faintly from the gap in the fabric. Strangely enough, his father wanted to destroy my country, and he had almost killed me earlier.

But at this moment, I feel lucky and dependent on his cold hands.

It seemed that if he caught my hand like this, I could go on slowly and resolutely without worrying or even looking at the road.

In July, Xianyang was dry and hot, and I could not exert my magic power to cover all aspects under the pressure of a dress.

In the past, it was only a quarter of an hour’s journey, but today it took less than half an hour.

Ying Qi used to stride like a meteor, so today his stride is so small that it makes me laugh. But I can guess that he is considerate of me, and I accept his feelings.

It was hard, but he finally got to his bedroom.

In fact, I have been here many times, but every time I see the simple or even simple furnishings here, I always question whether this is the residence of the Prince of Qin or the foothold of the Three Street Rangers.

He helped me to the edge of the bed and sat down, gently lifting a corner of the veil. I thought he was going to lift the veil, so I quickly reached out and pressed his hand: “You can only lift it when you are in the bridal chamber.” This is the rule of Qin that Amber told me.

He chuckled, but the position of his hand remained the same. “I’m afraid you’re going to be a fool. I’m going to entertain the guests. You can rest by yourself.” Then he pinched my face. Although I was treated harshly

in the state of Qi, I was old and handsome. After all, I was not an ordinary thing. Even my father, who was greedy for sex and righteousness, did not owe me food.

As a result, I am not a skinny beauty like Xizi, who is weak in willow and supports the wind. I have a baby fat on my body and face.

Ying Qi seems to like it very much. After

Ying Qi left, Amber came in quietly and asked me if I wanted to take off my veil and rest for a while. Although

Ying Qi’s bedroom was spacious and simple, the furnishings and layout were not small. Although I didn’t know where the ice pavilion was hidden in the room, the temperature was not high, so instead of taking off the veil, I chatted with Amber.

“Imperial Concubine.” Amber’s voice was clear and sweet: “The prince didn’t use ice before.”. This year is the first time for you.

“It’s so sultry in Xianyang.”

“The prince has never been in good health. He likes heat and is afraid of cold. Even in the hottest season, he doesn’t sweat very much.”

I know in my heart. When I was in the state of

Qi, I had heard the rumor that the prince of Qin was ill. I just saw Ying Qi, who was jumping around and whose force value was not low, and I automatically ignored it.

“But I haven’t seen him sick since I’ve been here.”

Amber was silent at first, perhaps thinking about how to answer me. Then she said, “After the king attacked and destroyed Chu, he brought back a healer.”

“The healer?” I wondered.

“Yes, he cured the prince.” Amber seemed reluctant to go on, and I guess she didn’t know much.

The future is long. I can ask Ying Qi. I got up very early

today in order to make up and dress up. I’m always sleepy, and I can’t stand waiting at this time, and I’m in a daze.

Amber also did not know when to go out busy, so that when Ying Qi came in, I could hardly distinguish the time, but it should not be too early to see the dark sky outside and the bright lights in the house.

Ying Qi should have drunk a lot of wine. Although I couldn’t see his face, I could smell the wine wrapped around his sandalwood fragrance.

He put his hand on my veil again, but for a moment, he pulled it back.

“What for?” I was somewhat dissatisfied with his hesitation.

“I haven’t bathed yet, and I don’t smell good.” Then he went out, and it took him a quarter of an hour to come back, leaving only the clear fragrance of sandalwood on his body.

He never liked rules, so he selectively ignored the scales on the table.

He grabbed the corner of the veil and pulled it lightly, exposing my face, which was red from sleepiness, to his vision.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel that there is a knife in Ying Qi’s eyes today, trying to cut me open.

“Obviously there is a weighing pole.” I am still a little dissatisfied, although it is a political marriage, but in the end is his own wedding, he is so undisciplined.

Ying Qi laughed and bent down to hug me.

This is the first time he has done so.

I felt something strange at the top of my heart, and I didn’t hate it.

He whispered in my ear, “You should drink the wine.” When he spoke, his breath was fresh and he did not smell of alcohol at all.

I looked at him and said, “I should bow three more times. I haven’t bowed with you yet!”

He sat down beside me and pulled me against her shoulder, but he took off his clothes for me and said, “I am the prince, and I will be the king of Qin in the future.”. When a prince marries, he doesn’t pay attention to the details of the ceremony.

I did not comply, but blushed to press his restless hand. The day

he would kill me, I thought he had no love for my color. Really, see the real chapter after drinking.

After a while, the palace people who were keeping vigil outside only heard the sound of rustling movements in the room. They all blushed and leaned away, but they didn’t know that he and I were still competing in the room.

He obviously did not believe that I used to be docile and stubborn, but he could not untie my clothes without hurting me.

I smiled and looked straight into his eyes. If I had a tail, I would be up at this time.

Suddenly, he took his hand back and looked at me with a dumbfounding expression.

“Well, you forced me to do it!” After saying this, he suddenly got up and put me on his shoulder.

I took off my shoes and sat down on the bed. My feet were in the air and I struggled unconsciously. I called out in a low voice, “Put me down!” With these words, my hands unconsciously beat his back, but my movements did not hinder him at all.

He took a brocade quilt and threw it in the middle of the room, putting me firmly on it.

“What!” I’m a little dissatisfied with being treated so roughly. Instead of answering my question,

he held out his hand to me and asked, “Where is my sign?”

“Brand?” I was a little confused, and instantly realized that it was the purple jade brand he gave me.

It’s just that the clothes are heavy today, so I can’t wear it outside. When I change clothes in the morning, I hide it with the small clothes while Amber is not paying attention. The wedding dress is big and broad, and there is nothing strange about it. Just let me take it out in front of him. I’m a little shy.

When Ying Qi saw that I didn’t have it on me, he saw that my face was flushed and the smile on my lips could hardly be hidden. He turned his back and said, “You take it. I won’t look at you.”

I dared to reach out from my collar and take out the purple jade sign, and told him to turn around and give it to him.

The sign was stained with my body temperature, which was still warm at this time. At the thought of some indirect contact, I could not help but feel even hotter on my face, but Ying Qi weighed the purple jade sign well and smiled back at me meaningfully.

“Don’t make trouble!” I said angrily. So

he put the purple jade sign gently on the small table in the room. The sign was too thin to stand up, so he took a letter and held it against it. When he had done all

this, he ran back to me and took my hand. It’s hot today, and his hands are warm.

“Shall I open the door?” He took my hand, stood in a row with me, and tilted his head to look at me.

I stand barefoot in the room, how can I be seen by the servants outside the palace? So he shook his head decisively.

He nodded and led me around to face the palace gate. “The son of the king of Qin, the prince of Qin, Ying Qi, today married the daughter of the king of Qi, Qi Jiang.”

His voice rang out loud, and I stayed where I was for a moment, but he smiled even more, pulling me out of the door and bowing: “I bow to heaven and earth!” After the

worship, he pulled me back to the purple jade sign and said, “My mother can’t come today, but I’ll take you to her mausoleum to worship again.” Then he took me to bow down and said, “Second, bow down to the high hall!”

Then he let go of his hand and let me face to face with him and look at the smile on his face.

“Husband and wife worship!” After all,

I married Ying Qi, the prince of Qin. After the

ceremony, he carried me back to bed and brought the wine he had prepared from the small table. He held half of it in his hand and said with a smile, “Princess, you and I drink this cup together.”

I drank with him, and the tears in my eyes slipped into the wine.

I am not good at drinking, this burning touch through the mouth all the way to ignite my heart, but I have no discomfort, only feel that although it is dark today, but the sun is shining.

Ying Qi put the two ladle-shaped gold cups back on the table, put out all the lights in the room at the same time, and then stuck them on me to take off my clothes.

This time, I didn’t stop him.

The next morning, when the sky was shining, he got up under the greeting of the palace people. Amber came in to collect the red handkerchief for me, and began to order the little maid to clean up Ying Qi’s makeup. I managed to sit up and try to get up with him,

though I was as tired as a broken bone.

At this time, I don’t have an inch of thread on my body, and I don’t have to rely on the brocade quilt to avoid the sudden release of spring scenery. When

he saw my movements, he pushed me back to bed and tucked me in. “You can sleep for a while when you’re tired.”. You don’t have to be with me.

“But today I have to see the king.” Perhaps because of Fang Xing, my voice is still a little hoarse.

“Don’t worry about him. I just want you to have a good rest.” His hand gently stroked my scattered hair from my face, and he turned to the palace people behind him: “Take good care of the royal concubines.” The ladies of the court

from amber down are obedient.

He gently pinched my face again, and then hurried away, and I was also advised, and when everyone dispersed, I continued to sleep soundly. He was supposed to pay his respects to the King of Qin the

next day, but because of Ying Qi’s greed, he was delayed for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, at my urging, he was willing to leave with me to pay his respects to the King of Qin.

“The king is not young. Prince, you are a son. You shouldn’t be angry with him.” I tried to ease the relationship between him and the king of Qin, after all, the relationship between the two is not harmonious, even if I am far away in Qi, I have heard a little.

Now that I’m a winner’s wife, I should think more about him.

“You don’t have to worry about what I have to do with him.” This is very rare. Ying Qi spoke to me so coldly and stiffly. So

I also no longer open my mouth, just led by him, step by step, to the front of the king of Qin. But I haven’t seen him for more than a month, but I feel that the king of Qin has aged a lot. He did not see us in the hall

today, but in his study. After all, it was a private matter, and he did not mix it up. Ying Qi and

I both knelt down and saluted with him. His laughter was hearty and kind, and it was very infectious.

My daughter-in-law should share in my son’s sorrow. He finished laughing and came straight to the point.

I took my head and said, “This is the way to share the sorrow of the king.” The King

of Qin glanced at Ying Qi and saw that his face was covered with frost. He had no interest in talking to him. He only snorted, “This lonely woman is more eloquent than her parents.”

Perhaps it was my reminder that worked, and Ying Qi, as if he had not heard this sentence, was in a dull place, like a terracotta figure.

“Now that you and your wife are here, I have something to say to you.” The king of Qin waved his hand, and a guard presented him with a bamboo slip. He pointed to me, and the guard handed the slip to me again. “My son has had enough years. I want to make you the king of Chu.” As soon as

this remark was made, not to mention me, even if it was Ying Qi beside me, it was also a surprise visible to the naked eye. The king of Qin should not have told him about

this matter, but his reaction made the king of Qin smile at the corners of his mouth. Although

I was stunned, I was greatly impressed by the ambition of the king of Qin. After all, everyone knew that the king of Qin was the co-owner of the world. He just manipulated the abolition and was always the authority of the emperor of Zhou.

And Ying Qi’s consternation was probably really because he didn’t know about it before.

Thank you, Father, for your grace. But the father, after all, is not the co-owner of the world, Qi is still a country of thousands of vehicles, and Yan has always been good at fighting. If one day my father brings these two kingdoms into the territory of Daqin, I won’t have second thoughts about how to settle me. It was rare for Ying Qi to repay the king respectfully, and the king seemed to enjoy Ying Qi’s deference.

Seeing this, he no longer talked about the king, but told me some gossip about the birth of children, and let Ying Qi bring me out.

It was still early, the sun had not yet fully risen, and there was still a trace of coolness in the air. Ying Qi then retired from the palace and took me for a stroll in the palace.

The Qin Palace is not so much a world-famous palace as a huge fortress. Apart from resolute defensive measures and high walls to isolate the outside world, it is full of soldiers in armor.

I just saw the prince holding me at the moment, and most of the people on patrol avoided me by the roadside.

“Do you know what he means?” Ying Qi suddenly asked without thinking.

“What?” I don’t know what he means.

“He wants to make me king of Chu.” He had a wry smile on his face. “He’s threatening me. Don’t go against him again.”

“Is it a threat to make you king of Chu?” My second monk couldn’t figure it out. “You don’t have any sisters or brothers. Even if you go to the State of Chu, can throne of the State of Qin pass over you to someone else?”

“You don’t understand.” He thought for a moment: “I took you to my ancestral temple in the state of Qin.”

I turned my head and remembered the trip in June. In the dark and

deep palace, the lights are always bright, and the memorial tablets of the emperors of Qin from generation to generation are quietly worshipped.

Zong is the son and nephew of the side branch of the Ying family. He is not young. He is fat, but his face is covered with thick white powder. His temperament is cold. He pinches his voice and repeats the achievements of the past kings of Qin.

“The state of Qin does not belong to the king of Qin, it belongs to the Ying family.” Ying Qi’s tone is euphemistic: “Ying’s sons and nephews are all over every joint of the army and government affairs.”. The king of Qin is only a representative.

I never knew that there was such a majestic monster lurking behind the millions of heroes of the state of Qin. After

marriage, there were some things that Ying Qi didn’t hide from me at all. Although

he was a prince, only a very small part of the army was willing to listen to his call, and the vast majority of the army unconditionally followed their invincible king of Qin.

What Ying Qi really grasped was the money, grain, and taxes of the entire state of Qin.

In his words, this is the flesh and blood of Qin. I often saw him

before marriage, thinking that he was the playboy of Guangfeng Jiyue. Now there is no cover with him, only to know that he is only free time, but far from enough.

He often went out early in the morning and hurried back to the palace at night.

The East Palace is on the easternmost side of the Qin Palace. In order to wait for him, I often kept the lights on until late at night. Amber often teased me, saying that I was the night watchman of the Qin Palace. In

October, the weather turns cool. At least there was light in the sky when he went out in

summer, but now he came and went in the dark. He crept to his feet and whispered to the palace to clean up for him.

He knew that he had made a lot of trouble with me last night, and he was afraid that the noise would disturb me. I always feel shallow, even if he turns over, I can know.

When I saw him get up, I sat up and watched him change his clothes as I felt dizzy.

He opened his hands and let the maid smooth the wrinkles on his clothes. Although he didn’t look back, he knew what I was doing. “You can sleep for a while,” he said. “It’s still early. Pan Pan.”

After marriage, he also began to call me Pan Pan. At first, it was just a joke. Recently, it has become a habit.

I did not make a sound, but felt vaguely that I should get up and do something, otherwise it would seem that I was a lazy princess.

Usually in the palace, there is amber inside, and there is Ying Qi’s confidant gladiolus outside. I always have nothing to do.

Ying Qi tidied up his clothes, turned around and pushed me back to bed, not forgetting to kiss me on the forehead: “Wait for me to come back for dinner tonight.” With

that, he strode away, and I closed my eyes to sleep for a while.

In a trance, I slept until the third pole of the sun, and led me to the palace to spread my legs with some food amber. The palace of the

king of Qin is deep and big, but there is no hostess. After the death of the princess of Qin, the king of Qin no longer set up the imperial concubine, and his women were imprisoned in the palace and were not allowed to go out, so they were called the nobles.

And I, as the only woman of the prince, came and went without hindrance in the palace of the king of Qin.

It was late autumn, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the climate was clear. Amber told me many interesting things about the Qin Palace, but I always thought of my mother unconsciously.

Does Ying Qi like me?

I think like this.

I should pretend to be a tiger and return home in splendid clothes?

I ask myself this.

Because the weather was good, I walked with Amber for a little longer, and Amber’s hand, which was resting safely on my arm, suddenly stiffened.

I saw her look stunned, and when I followed her gaze, I saw a ragged old woman half leaning in the corner.

Qin Chengshui, Shang Hei. Many people in the palace wear black robes. The old woman, dressed in sandy white rags, was very conspicuous here.

“Take her back.” Amber did not wait for me to speak, almost rushing to speak to the attendant. But

I became interested and raised my hand to stop him. “Isn’t this a palace man?” I asked curiously. When

Amber saw me looking at her, she said in a low voice, “It’s a healer brought back by the king from the State of Chu to cure the prince.”

A healer? A series of questions flashed through

my mind. When I

was in the State of Qi, I also saw those world-famous doctors. Which of them didn’t have long beards and immortal wind and bones?

Or is she being mistreated? So much so that this?

At the thought that it was not impossible for someone like Ying Qi to do such a thing, I was a little angry, and Amber stared at me. Just as

I was about to step forward, the old woman got up slowly and came to me ahead of my movements.

A bodyguard tried to stop her, but I stopped her again and let her come to me.

“Ah, indeed you are their blood.” When she said this, she laughed heartily, showing two or three teeth, and the dirty rags seemed to shake with her.

Amber’s face was so ugly that she tried to stop her from talking. I took the old woman’s thin palm one step ahead of her.

To my surprise, her palm burned like a fire. Amber saw me pull back her hand and quickly stopped me between her and me.

“I am a descendant of Zhu Rong. Even you are not allowed to be close to me.” She seemed happier when she said such thoughtless words.

“Whose blood do you say I am?” I have some doubts, I always only know my parents, never know what to say about my own blood.

Ying Qi told me that the descendants of the three emperors and five emperors are different from ordinary people, and their blood is tortuous. I thought he was shooting his mouth off and joking with me, but now I don’t think so?

The old woman did not speak to me again, but when she left, she looked back several times, but it was the purple jade sign falling from my waist. If Ying really comes back early

today, I can have dinner with him.

He is a big eater and loves meat. Vegetables are not to be loved. Every time I force him, he may be able to eat two chopsticks.

Seeing him grabbing a piece of venison with his hand and eating it, I couldn’t help but move my index finger. But I am a small person with a small appetite, and I can never eat as calmly as he does.

I suddenly remembered the old woman I had seen in the daytime. Even when I asked Amber about her strangeness, she hesitated and covered up.

“I saw that man today.”

“Who?” Ying Qi chews things vaguely.

“The healer who cured you.”

Hearing this, the remaining half of the venison in Ying Qi’s hand actually fell into the cup. It was the first time that he had lost his temper after being with him for such a long time. Slightly embarrassed,

he took the towel from the little maid’s hand. “What did she say to you?”

He only said two sentences. She said I was their blood. He also said that she was a descendant of Zhu Rong.

Hearing my answer, Ying Qi fell silent.

I was a little nervous for a moment. “Am I not allowed to ask?” When

he saw my pitiful appearance, he smiled and said, “It’s not a secret. It’s just that the relationship here is complicated.” His answer came to an abrupt end.

I looked at him with my eyes wide open, but he tried to avoid it and even talked about what he had seen and heard outside today.

I stopped pestering him or talking to him.

Even Amber, who came in after dinner to talk to Ying Qi about the affairs of the palace, found the atmosphere between us strange.

At night, I lay side by side with him in bed.

“Pan Pan.”

“Pan Pan!”

“Pan Pan!”

His whispered call came repeatedly, but I did not hear it and closed my eyes to ignore him. His restless hand wanted to hold my hand again. Every time his big hand came over, I threw it away viciously.

Several times later, in order to get it done once and for all, I simply turned my back to him, leaving him with a thin figure.

He tried to move several times without success, and I stubbornly squeezed into the corner of the bed wrapped in the quilt and ignored him. He could do nothing but sigh, “These things are not good for you to know.”

Knowing that he was showing signs of letting go, I turned around and climbed to my feet. “Since you and I are husband and wife, we are one flesh, and you are hiding it from me!” My voice was not loud, but I clearly saw the emotional flow and change in his eyes.

My rascal has always been useful only to my mother, and now it seems that there is a second object.

He sighed again, took my hand and motioned for me to lie down.

I don’t comply. “You lie down,”

he laughed. “Let’s lie down and talk.” So

I lay down side by side with him again, breathing and whispering.

“That healer cannot be called a healer.” Ying Qi’s voice sounded faintly in my ears. “She and the State of Chu are the same ancestor, both of whom were after Zhu Rong, who sealed the fire by the emperor.”. It’s just that one of her veins has been imprisoned in the ancestral temple for generations by the king of Chu.

“Besides, she doesn’t know how to practice medicine, but what she practices is witchcraft.”

My heart is frightened, the name of witchcraft, even to me is thunderous.

“Then your illness!” I sat up and exclaimed in a low voice.

“Just hear me out.” Ying Qi clasped my hand tightly and pulled me down to lie down again. I was injured in the womb. I was born with a bad constitution. All the famous doctors said that I would die if I didn’t live to the age of 30. The king of Qin brought her back to the state of Qin in order to practice witchcraft and renew her career.

“Did it work?” I got closer to him, and I could smell the sandalwood on him.

“Of course it worked.” He loosened his grip on me and put his arms around my waist. “I’ve been practicing martial arts since I was a child, but I’ve never been in good health. It wasn’t until she practiced sorcery that I got what I have today.”

“Then why do you mistreat her when she is so kind to you?”

“Harsh treatment?” With my eyes closed, I could imagine the doubts in Ying Qi’s eyes when he said this.

“Her clothes are shabby, and she has no one to serve her, and she is lonely and miserable.”

Ying Qi smiled. “She was born after Zhu Rong. She was destined not to marry. This is the destiny of heaven.” Is the mandate of

Heaven not to be disobeyed? She has cured you! I thought he was looking for an excuse.

Ying Qi was silent this time. After a while, just when I thought I had said something wrong and was ready to explain, he also spoke: “Witchcraft is against heaven, so it is not giving, but exchanging.”. My longevity comes from the death of the princess. When he had

said this, he said no more.

I bit my lip and clenched his hand around my waist, regretting that if I had known his wound, I should not have asked again.

“One more question. Don’t you want to know?” His tone was calm, as thin as a flat lake.

I thought about it, and it should be the question about blood.

“Did your mother tell you that you are a descendant of one of the spirits?”

“Spirit Sparrow?” Of course, I couldn’t do what he did. I sat up again, and he pulled me down and lay down again.

I naturally knew that the way my mother spent most of her time when she was young was to hold me on her lap and talk to me about the supernatural things in the Xuanhua Sutra. For

a long time, I was worried that the ghost formed by the so-called palace maid after her death would kidnap me. On the contrary, I don’t have much interest in the beautiful and talkative people, but I just know about them.

My reaction seemed to be what Ying Qi had expected. He went on to say, “The state of Qin has inherited the water, and the descendants of the spirit can bless me forever.”. In the future, when we have a child, I will also look for a royal concubine for him who is a descendant of Lingyu.

Hearing the child’s topic, I felt a little hot on my face, so I changed the subject and said, “But my mother never told me such a story.”

“Perhaps your mother did not know such a secret.”

“Then you know.”

“Nothing in the world can be concealed from the king of Qin, nor from me. Do you believe that?” When

he said this, the pride in his voice was not concealed. I turned my head to look at him. He was staring at the top of the bed curtain, and his eyes were shining slightly.

“I believe.”

I told him my answer.

He turned sideways and held me in his arms. “I told you.”. It’s time for bed, Pan Pan.

I consciously found a comfortable position in his chest, trying not to think about the twists and turns he said, I do not know how long it took to fall asleep.

Knowing these two secrets has not changed my life.

I still eat, sleep, lie flat and bask in the sun every day in the Qin Palace. I am carefree, white and fat, full of hope. Several times

I looked at the mirror sent by Utopia, always worried about the flesh on my face. When asked about Ying Qi, the latter always said that I was too thin to see the flesh at all.

Although I know I can’t get the truth out of his mouth, his answers are all what I like to hear. On the ninth day of the

twelfth month, it was the birthday of the King of Qin. He held a big banquet in the Zichen Palace. The high officials of the imperial clan came in groups, and the chariots and horses were shining.

Ying Qi didn’t care about other people’s eyes at all. He just took my hand and placed it on the table under the steps of the King of Qin.

Yu Li, I should sit separately with him.

But he didn’t want to, and no one dared to touch his bad luck. The king

of Qin has not yet arrived, and the people in the hall have not yet arrived, many of them are the voices of the hustle and bustle of friendship conversation.

“That’s Uncle Dazong.” Ying Qi showed me. What

I saw was only a child of three or five years old, who was dressed in inappropriate beautiful clothes.

“Can such a small child be a governor?” I can’t help wondering.

“His father was my cousin and the cousin of the king of Qin.” The corners of my

mouth twitched and I glanced at him. “You’re always the king of Qin, the king of Qin. Can’t your father do that?”

Ying Qi ate two fruits, smiled, did not speak, and put a peeled grape into my mouth.

He also pointed to a seat at the head of Da Zongbo, which was still empty. “That’s Da Zongzheng. You’ve seen him in the ancestral temple.” With his words,

I remembered the white-faced ghost I had seen in the ancestral temple, and I shuddered and shivered. Although he did not open his mouth, the impression was self-evident. Ying Qi faced me and smiled without saying a word.

He also pointed out to me several children of the imperial clan, but I do not know if it is my illusion, these people are only half-grown children, their fathers have suffered accidents in the past few years, died young. The

king of Qin had not yet arrived, but the guests in the palace were almost complete. Fan He,

the Grand Secretary of Agriculture, suddenly hurried into the temple and returned the salute from the people who greeted him. He ran straight to Ying Qi.

He went to the East Palace several times to look for Ying Qi. I knew he was Ying Qi’s confidant. At this time, he bent down to speak, but his eyes glanced at me. “There’s no need to avoid her. From now on her words will be mine,” said

Ying Qi with a smile on his face.

Fan He then stood up straight again and saluted me. Then he bent down and said two words beside Ying Qi.

Although his voice was so low that I didn’t quite hear him clearly, I knew from his mouth that what he said was the word “success.”.

He only said this and hurried back to the banquet to make amends to the imperial clan and high officials who had no time to salute.

“What happened?” I couldn’t help turning my head sideways and asking Ying Qi.

Today, the birthday of the King of Qin is an important banquet. I am dressed formally, and everything is arranged by Amber. It was the phoenix crown on my head. It was really too heavy. I had been tired for a long time. At this time, I turned my head sideways, but I couldn’t control it. I took my whole body to the side of Ying Qi.

In a cry of surprise, I fell safely into Ying Qi’s arms, and it seemed to the people below that I was undoubtedly acting like a spoiled child to Ying Qi.

I sat up quickly, my face burning, and I knew it must be red. Ying Qi,

on the other hand, stood smiling in the same place, not taking it seriously at all.

“He can hold me up!” I have a dull attack of stinginess.

Ying Qi looked amused and leaned against me. “It’s always a good thing,” he said. “You’ll know today.” I

have made a fool of myself, and I don’t want to be entangled with him any more. I just sit up and ignore him. After

waiting for half a stick of incense, the king of Qin showed up.

Although it was his birthday, it was not the whole birthday. He even sat on the throne in an ordinary robe, without the temperament of a king, but like a rich man in the land of Wu and Yue.

“What I am asking for today is nothing else. I only hope that all of you here can continue to work together for the great cause of the state of Qin. I also hope that we, the Ying family, will be United and our country will be forever!” As soon as the king of

Qin raised his glass, none of the people in the hall dared to sit on their seats. They all stood up with me to congratulate him. The words of blessing in their mouths were endless, and they ran through every corner of the hall.

Those Ying clansmen were not interested in the first half of the sentence of the King of Qin, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, they all scrambled to raise their glasses to congratulate him, for fear of being robbed by others. Uncle Da Zong, who was three or five years old, was also unwilling to be left behind. He said something in a milky voice, but I was far away, and the voice was so noisy that I couldn’t hear it clearly.

And the performance of the rest of the high officials compared with the Ying clan, it seems a lot of cold, but there is a bit of honest human flavor. After three rounds of

drinking, the hall was very lively, and some even danced with the ladies of the court here. The folkway of Qin was tough, and even the king of Qin did not stop when he saw this. Instead, he stroked his beard and laughed. There was an endless stream of people who

came to worship Ying Qi and me, but Ying Qi did not refuse to come. After drinking a few more cups, it was hard to avoid a slightly tipsy color on his face. I know he’s a great drinker, and all this is just for those who are toasting.

Just when the atmosphere was just right, a white-haired old man hobbled to the hall, facing the throne where the king of Qin was, and worshipped him.

“King Ying of Qin, have you forgotten the great wish of the past kings of Qin to unify the whole country?” Although the old man was staggering, he was full of energy when he spoke.

Ying Qi reminded in a low voice that this was the elder brother of the former Da Zong Bo, who was also the cousin of the King of Qin. He had been walking in the army all the time, and had only been idle a few years ago.

“I don’t forget, I dare not forget!” The king of Qin reacted quickly, no weaker than old man, stood up and drank a cup of wine, then squinted his eyes and swept the people under the steps viciously. After a

moment, several members of the imperial clan knelt down beside him, repeating, “The king of Qin won, have you forgotten the great wish of the past kings of Qin to unify the whole country?”

My eyes lingered, trying to write down the faces of those thorns, only to find that the three or five-year-old Da Zong Bo was also on the list.

The state of Qin has not opened up its territory for several years, and our state of Qi and the state of Yan in the north have been able to survive. These clansmen have long been dissatisfied. If they lose the chance of war, they lose the chance of land and slaves.

“Humph!” The King of Qin sneered, “You are all my uncles and brothers. Why are you here today?”

“The state of Qin is not your state of Qin, but the state of Qin of the Ying clan!” The old man tore his heart out and shouted this sentence. With a wave of his big sleeve, the king of

Qin swept all the cups in his hands to the ground.

The king of Qin looked down, and although the clansmen were kneeling, they were the peak of the number of people, high-spirited against the deterrence of the king of Qin.

“When it comes.” Ying Qi laughed in a low voice when he saw this.

“What?”

“It’s showtime.” He winked at me. Before he had finished

speaking, he heard a bell ringing in the distance.

When they heard the sound, they were all stunned. In the palace of the king of

Qin, there was a huge bell of ten thousand catties, which could only be rung by the death of an important minister of the Ying family and sent a message to the world.

Son of heaven thirteen ring, governors nine ring, doctor seven ring.

The long and distant bell stopped abruptly after seven times, and the atmosphere in the hall came to a freezing point at this time.

All the clan officials and even my eyes unconsciously moved to the vacant seat of Dazongzheng.

Moments later, the mourner brought the news of Dazhong’s death, and the people in the hall talked in a low voice, buzzing like mosquitoes and flies. Several clansmen who

had held their heads high began to be the first to return to their seats.

And then the second one.

The third one.

……

In the end, there were only the old man who came out at the beginning and the three or five-year-old uncle. The king

of Qin laughed and laughed very freely.

The laughter like a jackal floated in the hall. Then

he stopped smiling and looked straight down at the two of them. “Cousin, I’ve treated you well.” Although I did not look back, I felt a faint chill behind me.

Who would have thought that it was not the white-haired old man who answered the king of Qin, but Dazhong Zheng, who was three or five years old: “The revenge of killing my father is implacable!”

I thought I had misheard him until he repeated it a second time and a third time.

The king of Qin did not respond, but Fu Wang Jian got up and walked to his side. The sword at his waist was unsheathed, and in the sound of inhaling, it lay across Da Zong Bo’s neck. “Wait a minute, Grand Sima,” said

Ying Qi.

I looked at him sideways, but I didn’t mean to stop him.

“It’s really hateful for a child to talk nonsense and gossip. I’ll get rid of it for the king!” After

a not so clear sound of the sword, it was the sound of the body falling to the ground and the soldiers cleaning up.

I didn’t see Wang Jian’s movements, and my eyes were covered by Ying Qi’s hands.

When he let go of his hand, there was no child of three or five years old in front of him, only an old man who had been spattered with blood.

“My lonely nephew!” The sorrowful voice of the King of Qin came from behind him: “Wang Jian!” He shouted, “You are so lawless that you dare to spy on the clansmen and kill them!”

He wept bitterly, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I will spend three days with you in seclusion to atone for your mistakes.”

Wang Jian gladly received the order. Without wiping the blood from his sword, he took back the scabbard and saluted the King of Qin. Then he walked out of the hall.

Ying Chi also got up and, half forcibly and half persuasively, sent the old man back to his seat. “I think my uncle is old, so he doesn’t have to work in the center anymore. He can enjoy his life at home.” With

that, he also ignored the eyes behind him and sat down safely beside me.

The Grand Secretary, Nong Fan He, was a wonderful man. He immediately went to the palace to drink wine and said, Your Majesty, the Grand Secretary has a straightforward character. He killed Da Zongbo by mistake and has been punished. After all, today is the king’s birthday, so please don’t get angry. After

he entered the wine, a few more people dared to come forward to propose a toast, and after a moment, the hall was once again in full swing, and faintly, the momentum overwhelmed before. When

the lanterns were lit and the banquet was over, the King of Qin left early on the pretext of paying his respects to Dazongzheng, leaving only Ying Qi and I to greet the guests.

At this time, the guests were gone, and I breathed a sigh of relief, after all, long-sleeved dancing has never been my advantage. After

eating too much, I asked Ying Qi to accompany me back to the East Palace, just to digest. He never disobeyed my mind and only ordered people to follow me far away.

“Are you feeling sorry for that big uncle?” He took the initiative to speak out when he saw that I was not in high spirits.

I saw that his expression was indifferent, and there was even a faint trace of joy between his eyebrows: “After all, he is only a child of three or two years old.”

When I stopped, he took me by the hand and led me forward, saying, “Tigers and wolves do not eat people when they are young, and snakes and insects do not make trouble when they are small.”

“He’s your cousin!” I stopped again.

Because of my mother’s humble birth, my brothers and sisters in the palace of King Qi have never regarded me as nothing, and I even doubt whether they know the existence of such a sister as me. The feelings that

I have always lacked are born on that child. If

I don’t kill him, he will kill me. In that case, doesn’t it matter?

I could hear a hint of annoyance in his words, but I didn’t know why he was so impersonal. “You can certainly banish him to places you can’t see, to the ends of the earth. The state of Qin is rich in the four seas. Where can’t you have room for a child?”

Ying Qi laughed angrily. “The king of Qin killed him, but it wasn’t me, and you turned your resentment against me?” He threw my hand away and clenched it tightly into a fist. I saw the blue veins on the back of his hand: “When he kills me tomorrow, I’m no longer young. Are you willing to sympathize with me any more?” Only then did

I realize that he had got into a dead end, and I was really stubborn about the wrong person. I wanted to lower my head to hold his hand, but he was determined to ignore me, only turned his back to me and strode away.

I hastened to follow him, and several times I tried to reach out, but he threw me away. I never love to move, before long is already a sweat, thinking of his present this inhuman posture and the past to my warm and fragrant soft language, the heart is aggrieved.

I had been holding on until I saw Amber waiting with a lantern not far from the East Palace. I had no reason to think of my mother who was far away in Linzi. So I ran past Ying Qi and ran to Amber with small steps. “Amber!” I cried. Then, unable to hold back, he lay on her shoulder and began to cry.

Amber and Ying Qi are unexpected.

Amber patted me on the back to comfort me and wanted to ask Ying Qi why. After seeing Ying Qi’s face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, he had no intention of opening his mouth. When I was a little better, he helped me back.

Ying Qi approached me several times, but I didn’t even look at him.

Dog man.

Men are dogs. After I

washed up, I pestered Amber and wanted to sleep with her. She did not care, but looked at Ying Qi’s face and hesitated.

I got up and packed up my little bundle, not forgetting to put on the purple jade sign. Pointing at the mulberry tree and scolding the tree, I said, “No one in this room loves me. I’ll go with Amber.”

I stepped out of the room ahead of Amber, and when I saw that she was one step behind, I accepted Ying Qi’s instructions and hurried up to hold her hand: “Don’t talk to him.” Then she hurried back to her room.

Amber can not be regarded as a palace maid, in Ying Qi’s view, there are many sisterly existence. She was the maid of honor left by the princess to Ying Qi, and she had served him for ten years. With

such an identity, her residence was not as cramped as that of an ordinary palace maid. Instead, there was a room behind the side hall where I used to live.

The room is not far from the size of my original side hall, and the furnishings are so elaborate that you can see that it is a woman’s boudoir.

I threw the small bundle to the bedside, took off my shoes and rolled on the bed. Amber also tidied up a little and went to bed to accompany me.

“Princess, you must take off your overcoat. If you sleep like this, you’ll catch cold.” Despite the warmth of the dragon in the room, Amber reminded me that it was like taking care of a child. With her help,

I took off my big clothes and went into bed to hold her hand. Amber’s hands are soft and warm, which is different from some people’s. I really experienced a lot

today, and I was a little tired. My head stuck to the pillow, and my eyelids began to fight.

“Princess, are you asleep?” Amber asked aloud when she saw me holding her hand and didn’t move much.

“Mmm.” I answered him in a low, nasal voice. After all,

Amber had an identity, and a casual inquiry revealed my conflict with Ying Qi: “Clansmen are like a sword hanging over the heads of the king of Qin and his sons. In the early years, the king could hardly sleep every day.”

Hearing this, I knew that Amber was trying to persuade me to put the overall situation first, and I sobered up a lot: “That’s not what I’m angry about.” I put my head on her shoulder, and the delicate fragrance of my virginity drifted into my nasal cavity. “Yes, he is very cold today. He is really annoying.”. Originally, when I entered the palace, he wanted to kill me, and I didn’t say anything. I just thought I had a hard life. Now that I have married his wife and he is still hot and cold to me, how can I bear it?

Hearing my answer, Amber did not know whether to laugh or cry, but what flashed in her mind was my four words “hot and cold.”. She wanted to make fun of me, but she knew I was thin-skinned. She just comforted me by saying, “The prince must know he’s wrong. Just wait for him to pick me up.”

I tried to bend my head towards her, and finally I slept with her on the same pillow. “No, I want to be with Amber all the time.”

Amber saw that I was really sleepy, and no longer picked the conversation, just let me hold hands, want to sleep.

I’m sleepy, but I can’t fall asleep. Seeing that the amber breath was flat, he tiptoed out the purple jade sign from the bundle, held it in his hand, and then fell asleep.

My anger towards Ying Qi came and went quickly, but when I woke up, I regretted it.

Amber knew that I had a bad habit of getting up late. She got up and didn’t bother me. She went to work.

I tossed and turned in bed alone and couldn’t sleep well, and my heart was full of the dribs and drabs of Ying Qi’s kindness to me. Thinking of these, I played with a carp, but I saw a black-eyed Ying Qi standing beside the bed.

We both stared at each other and did not speak.

His dark eyes even diluted my curiosity about when he was at the bedside.

“I was wrong.” Before

I could speak, he came up and took my hand, lowering his head like a child who had done something wrong.

His attitude was unexpected to me, but it seemed that I was a little impersonal. But the matter has come to this point, I can only grasp the identity: “Well, then I will forgive you this time, and you can’t be fierce to me anymore.” Seeing that I was strong on the outside but strong on the inside,

he sat on the edge of the bed with a cheeky smile and said, “I thought you were wronged last night, but I didn’t sleep well.” Seeing that his eyes were black,

I reached out to touch him with heartache, and the purple jade sign that I had forgotten slipped from my shoulder between me and him.

He squinted and smiled like a successful fox.

I went to pinch the soft flesh on his waist, but instead of resisting, he dropped a kiss on my face. It was rare that he did not go out that

day. I saw that he was not in good spirits, so I took my small bundle back with him and slept with him until noon. In the palace of the king of

Qin, the king of Qin, who was originally talking about tax reform with Fan He, looked down at Fan He after hearing the news.

“The two of them are very affectionate.” He seemed to smile, which made Fan He’s hair stand on end.

Fan He was a staunch supporter of Ying Qi, and at the moment he could only bite the bullet and promise: “The prince and the prince’s concubine respect each other like guests, and they will certainly be able to give birth to a dragon son and a dragon grandson for my great Qin as soon as possible.” The king of Qin

did not pay attention to his words, but went to the window, looking at the twists and turns of the clouds in the sky, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, not knowing what he was thinking. After two years of

marriage, I got to know Ying Qi even better. I can’t

say it’s like glue, but I’m used to having such a person around me.

The only pity is that I can’t give birth to a child for him. He did not take it seriously and always comforted me that there would be children and that he was not in a hurry. After

the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather has not turned cool yet. I rested with him in the newly built pavilion in the palace, and he told me the story of the stars in the sky in the dark night.

After a while, he suddenly asked me out of the blue, “Do you want to go back and see your mother?”

His turn of the topic was so stiff that even I couldn’t catch it.

These two years were not peaceful, and the power of the imperial clan was not scattered because it was leaderless, but because it did things in its own way, it was dangerous, and assassinations were common.

They all believed that by killing the only son of the king of Qin, the huge war country would be returned to their hands.

Ying Qi came back to me safe and sound every time, and about half a year ago, he completely forbade people around him to tell me these things.

However, the king of Qin was visibly aging.

Ying Qi began to grow a beard.

I no longer just miss my mother, I began to love Ying Qi.

After sleeping with me for two years, he saw the clue from my eyes, and regardless of the palace people around him, he came up and put his arm around my shoulder and said, “The emperor and the larks are invulnerable. I am half the emperor, and so am I.”. If you miss your mother, you will leave early next month. When it snows for the first time in Qi, I will come to you and be with you.

He stood behind me and put his chin on the top of my head. I have no way of knowing the look in his eyes when he said that. Maybe

he lied? But I didn’t see it. I don’t know. In

two years, his prestige in the state of Qin was even stronger. Under the deliberate indulgence of the king of Qin, hundreds of thousands of military forces in the old land of the Three Qin fell into his hands. It also makes his words more intimidating.

He told me to go out at the beginning of September, but on the second day of the night, the palace had already begun to pack up, and sent someone to inform the king of Qi, so that he could prepare the guard of honor to meet me in advance. On the second day of

September, it is appropriate to get married, start work and travel.

My mighty procession left the city from the south of Xianyang, and then went all the way east to Qi. I was accompanied not only by amber, but also by twenty thousand soldiers left by Ying Qi. After

Ying Qi kissed me in the palace, he didn’t come out of the city to see me off. I sat in the carriage and looked through the crack in the window. The soldiers in black armor were as solemn and upright as puppets.

“Twenty thousand people eating horse chews is not a small number.” After more than two years as a princess, I know something in my heart.

Amber told me, “These twenty thousand people will stay in Linzi in the future, and their supplies will be allocated by the king of Qi.”

I know that the state of Qi has signed numerous alliances under the city, and I can’t say humiliation in my heart. I’m just curious about which one the Qin army stationed in the capital city came from. I

was only on the road for two days, but I found something unusual.

Although I am frail, I have always had a good appetite, but these days I am tired of traveling, but I vomit whatever I eat. Followed by a burst of sleepiness, I can sleep for six or seven hours a day.

That day, when I was resting, I vomited again. Amber stroked my back and whispered, “The princess is like this. Is she pregnant?”

I grinned and wiped the corners of my mouth with my cuff, giving an ugly smile. “If that’s true, then he came at a bad time.”

Amber hurried to find the accompanying healer, and when his fingers rested on my pulse and his face showed a smile, I knew that my child with Ying Qi had finally come.

Calculate the time, when is around the Mid-Autumn Festival?

It was only at this moment that I realized the status of Ying Qi in my heart. Just thinking that such news could not be given to him at the first time, I felt sad and aggrieved, and tears fell unconsciously from the corners of my eyes.

Amber sent the messenger to Xianyang, and when she came back and saw me crying like this, she quickly hugged me and said, “The imperial concubine is two bodies now, and she can’t get angry. Why are you still crying?”

“I want to win.” I speak my mind honestly.

Apart from Ying Qi, only my mother has been so kind to me. Do I have to leave Ying Qi if I

want to see my mother?

Such a thing is unfair to me.

I can’t imagine how happy Ying Qi was when he knew about it. Just from Xianyang chase out and twenty thousand fighters on behalf of him told me his mind.

On October 14, I finally arrived in Linzi with an army of forty thousand tigers and wolves. Originally, I could arrive in early October, but Amber said that I was the first child and could not be tired, which slowed down the March of the generals who led the army.

Hearing that Linzi was coming, I poked my head out of the carriage early and saw the wall of Linzi from a distance. When I set out from here, I thought that I was cut off from the state of Qi, and that I was trapped by the tall walls of Linzi.

Now see Xianyang, back here, not to mention the feeling of home, only feel that the city wall is also low as the moon. In the distance

, I saw the procession kneeling on the ground to greet them.

It’s not long. There are only twenty people in the front.

Approaching, I found that the leader was my father, the king of Qi.

Time is the most fair, he not only gives the king of Qin aging, and my father such a mediocre generation, the same.

I had thought that my neglect of him was only hatred and disgust, but now I saw his white hair, and my resentment, which was not easy to gather, disappeared.

“Greet the royal concubine!” His voice was a little trembling, his head was very low, and he did not look up at me.

I got out of the carriage with the help of Amber and helped him up, but my eyes were looking for my mother’s figure in the crowd. Qi Ke, the son of the king of

Qi, judged the situation better than his father. When my brother saw that my eyes were wandering, he stepped forward and said, “Concubine, Concubine Xu has been suffering from a leg disease recently. She is waiting for you in the palace.” So

I nodded and let them welcome me to the sedan chair prepared early-they also knew early that I was pregnant, so they made preparations in advance.

I dreamed of meeting my mother again several times in my dream, and each time I broke down in tears, so that I couldn’t call out my mother before the end of the dream.

Now, when I saw her, I did not shed tears, but I could not open my mouth because of the sour nasal cavity. My position is different from the past, and she has been treated well in the palace of the king of Qi. I haven’t seen him for more than two years, but he has been raised younger.

She also cried, holding me in her arms and letting my tears fall on her brocade dress, calling Pan Pan in a low voice.

About a quarter of an hour later, when I was in a better mood, I pulled her to sit down, but I saw that she was staggering as she walked.

“It’s an old problem.” She smiled at me, and the fine lines around her eyes betrayed her age: “When I was young, I danced, and I fell ill.”

Once upon a time, my mother was the best dancing daughter in Linzi.

She talked a lot and asked a lot, and the topic of going around and around could not be avoided.

She was worried that I was not doing well and that I was wronged because of the identity of Qi Junnu.

I stood up and turned around to show her my waist, which was slightly plump because I was pregnant. “The king of Qin and his father treated me harshly and forbade me to eat meat.”

This time, do not say is amber and mother, is afraid of my Qin Shizifei identity, has been silent palace ladies also smiled low.

At night, the king of Qi gave a banquet for me, his daughter. Qi Ke, who was

sitting at his head, repeatedly toasted me to congratulate the King of Qin for his long life and his son’s longevity. I’ll take it all, but what I drink in the cup is just tea. The king of

Qi doesn’t have much thought about my mother now. He just supports her like an auspicious sign. Even today, there are many young and beautiful concubines around him. I didn’t care when I saw him

in the past, but now I have changed my identity. In addition, Ying Qi is just a woman like me. Thinking like this, I don’t like him any more.

But thinking of the father-daughter relationship, I didn’t have an attack after all. Forty thousand Qin is stationed at the gates of Linzi, for me, this is a kind of bondage.

Mother went back to rest early because of her leg disease. I said I would go to sleep with her, so Amber took me for a walk in the palace of the King of Qi. When I arrived at the Qin Palace, she also led me for a walk and told me many stories and anecdotes. Today, I revisited the old haunt and told her about my incomplete childhood, but she lacked interest and could not even suppress a touch of sorrow between her eyebrows when she pretended. When I

reached a porch, I asked the maid who was accompanying me to stay away and hold her hand. “In order not to let me worry, did Ying Qi not give you a message?”

Amber was surprised at how accurate my guess was, and her eyes lit up slightly: “Princess..”

“I’ve always been smart.” I gave her a nifty wink. “Since he sent me out of the state of Qin in a hurry, it must be that the imperial clan’s counterattack is already in full swing.”

Amber was silent.

“He can win, right?”

Amber still did not speak.

I sighed, “He was brought up by you, and I am his wife, and now I have his children in my womb.”. When you face me, you shouldn’t be sad. You have to laugh, you have to trust the king of Qin and the prince, and you have to be a good aunt to my children.

Amber listened to my words, the tight strings finally dispersed, for the first time in so many years, tears in front of me. When

I rested beside my mother, it was already late at night, and the soldiers patrolling the night in the palace, some of whom had now been replaced by soldiers of the State of Qin, euphemistically called guarding my safety, had also been replaced.

I didn’t move much, but I still woke up my mother. You know, my light sleep comes from her heredity.

“Pan Pan.” She called to me in a low voice.

I lay down in her arms and said, “Mmm.”

I felt her hand gently on my lower abdomen and felt the warmth from above: “I didn’t expect that I would be a grandmother.”

She just made me cry with one word.

Yes, my mother is going to be a grandmother.

And my Ying Qi is going to be a father. On the tenth day of the

twelfth lunar month, the first snow fell in Linzi.

This year, the drought in Qi is serious, and the refugees are thousands of miles away. Even if it snows, it is a little later than in previous years. Wrapped in a fox fur cloak, I stood on the gate tower of Linzi and watched the snow. The king of

Qi let me go in and out of the royal city, and I often brought amber to the gate tower to look into the distance.

Here you can see the winding barracks of the Qin Division outside the city and the winding rivers in the distance.

They didn’t know that I came to the gate tower not only to enjoy the scenery, but also to wait for Ying Qi to see me.

The first snow has fallen, Ying Qi did not come to my side, he missed the appointment, so for the first time in many years. In fact,

he had sent letters, one in every two or three days. He talked about nothing but romantic feelings, and said nothing about the repression and civil war that had broken out.

I don’t like his concealment.

I didn’t reply to him.

“Princess, it’s snowing heavily. Go back to the palace.” Amber held an umbrella for me, and some of it inevitably fell off my shoulders.

I brushed the snow away for her. “Come on, I’m a little cold, too.”

It was just for the occasion, but she took it seriously and quickly took another cloak to put on for me.

Amber seems to be more serious than I am about the baby in my womb. My hands and feet have been swollen since a few days ago. I had a fever a few nights ago. She and her mother hardly slept well. When I

got into the sedan chair, she held my hand to keep warm and complained, “If I had known you were getting more and more shameless every day, I wouldn’t say anything until it was already dark today, and I wouldn’t promise you another day.”

I looked at her with a smile and said nothing. Not long after

Fang set out, there was a noise in the distance outside the sedan chair. Amber and I did not react, but we had been carried in another direction and went out of the city.

“What happened?” Amber calmly opened the curtain to ask questions. The general of the Qin army, who was

accompanying him, called him a hundred feet and ordered his men to cut off the rear. At the same time, he replied, “Qi Ke’s upright son has tangled with the guards and killed the king of Qi. He has already begun to search for the whereabouts of the imperial concubine.”

“Chiko?” I poked my head out, my voice trembling. “Where can he get in touch with the army?”

Hundred Feet hesitated for a moment and replied, “It’s a guard in our palace. There’s an inside man.”

For a moment, all three fell silent. Even I know it’s the remnants of the Ying clan.

Moments later, the hundred feet put down the curtain, continue to maintain the military forces, and amber also went down to help.

I know that Qi Ke’s search for me is not necessarily to kill me, but more likely to see that Ying Qi attaches importance to me and wants to threaten Ying Qi with me.

However, my mother, there is no such reliance.

Half an hour later, we have arrived at the camp outside the city, here are the elite of the state of Qin, even if the army of Qi to attack, can also protect me.

I was placed in the handsome tent, and half an hour later, Amber came to accompany me.

“But the king of Qi was killed by Qi Ke.” She studied my expression carefully, preparing me not to go on if I was sad, but when she saw that I had no reaction, she said, “But Concubine Xu hasn’t been found yet. After all, we are a guest army. I dare not rush into the city.”

“You’re right.” It’s not hard for me to see her helplessness: “The city of Linzi is deep, and our Qin army has a lot of cavalry, so we don’t have an advantage in street fighting.”

Amber was surprised at my insight and said, “Qi Ke should have been plotting for a long time. He has already taken control of the palace and the military camp of Qi. He is ready to lead the army to attack and conquer Qi.”

“What did Chou Rong say?” I asked in a low voice.

Qiu Rong was the commander of the forty thousand Qin troops and a confidant of Ying Qi.

Amber smiles. She is familiar with Chou Rong, and she knows his funny nature. “He says that even if a million people come to attack, it’s not worth worrying about.”

I forced myself to smile, and then I began to worry about my mother. When the

night fell, Qi Ke attacked in spite of the darkness. But he organized the charge, under the iron heel of the Qin army, but an enemy. In the middle of the

moon, after his third charge failed, he retreated to Linzi and never came out again.

That night, I slept in the handsome tent, and Amber shared the bed with me.

For the first time, in such a flustered situation, I slept deeply. Before daybreak, Ying Qi arrived at Shuai’s tent. Amber was awakened by his noise and wanted to wake me up. He threw aside the whip in his hand and whispered, “You go next door. I’ll guard it.”

Although it is a handsome tent built, the charcoal fire here is endless and warm as spring. The first drop of melted snow on Ying Qi’s shoulder armor dripped between my eyebrows. Half squinting,

I opened my eyes and saw a dark figure with snowflakes on his shoulder armor and helmet.

He lost weight and his skin deteriorated. Perhaps it was because he had been running around for days with a touch of white on his face. Holding back my desire to hold him, I pinched my nose and turned my back to him, fearing that my tears would be uncontrollable when I made a sound. When

he saw me awake, he couldn’t help but pick me up around the waist and walk to the tent. Amber, who was about to leave the tent, smiled hurriedly and hid in another room.

“Who are you? What are you doing? You bastard, you just came here now.” Ying Qi’s eyes were bloodshot, and in the face of my crying gibberish and gently thumping fists, he smiled, raised his chin, and motioned me to look.

I followed his eyes to see that the night outside the tent was not yet completely clear, and the cavalry and soldiers were running back and forth in the snow. The vast expanse of snow between

heaven and earth is like falling petals in riotous profusion, and the city is muddy as far as the eye can see.

He kissed me lightly on my fleshy face and said, “Look, the first snow hasn’t stopped yet.”. I did what I said. I didn’t break my promise. I was there for you. He leaned close to my ear and said, “My heart is so cruel that it doesn’t even write to me.”

Hearing this, I broke down in tears and fell in front of his cold breastplate, unable to get up again.

The next morning, Ying Qi, who had settled me, attacked the city with forty thousand troops outside the city and twenty thousand cavalry he had brought.

But an hour later, the Qin army trod all the way through the gates of Linzi and the palace, and Qi Ke and his wife and children set themselves on fire in the main hall, ending up with no bones left.

When Ying Qi took me back to the palace, I looked at my mother who was safe and sound, and I threw myself into her arms like a swallow.

“It’s all right as long as the dish is all right.” She patted me on the back and began to cry, and we both cried to each other for a while.

“Qi Ke didn’t find me,” she said with a laugh. “You came back late. I said I would pick you up at the palace gate. When there was a mutiny, people around me hid me in a merchant’s house. The merchant received a favor from me in his early years, but when the Qi army came to the door, he did not give it to me.

I looked at Ying Qi, who was standing to one side. He hadn’t taken off his armor yet, but his usual inconspicuous stature was glaring. He blinked and said, “Just like Concubine Xu said, it’s exactly the same.” My mother frowned when she

saw me holding such a gesture in front of Ying Qi. “How can there be such a domineering woman?”

I tried to defend myself, but Ying Qi was one step ahead of me: “The dish is worth it.”

Four words, but let me through the coldest days of winter in Qi.

When Ying Qi entered the palace of Qi, I naturally could no longer live and eat with my mother, but could only live with him.

At night, I saw him take off his armor and wash. In the dim light, there was a long scar on his side face. The newly healed wound was pink, which was out of tune with his skin color, like a centipede. My

charming mind was suddenly empty. I just sat down on my knees and pulled him close to me. I frowned and asked ferociously, “What’s going on?” When

he saw that I was serious, he came up and put his arm around my waist. “It was only a stray arrow that hurt me, but it did not hurt my flesh and blood.” I was so angry at

his attitude that the corners of my mouth twitched and I said in a cold voice, “Who is half the emperor and the lark invulnerable?”? If you die, I am glad that the orphan and the widow have thrown water to the fish.

Ying Qi knew from Amber that I was very angry because I was not feeling well these days, so he came up to me and gently coaxed me: “It’s only once, there won’t be a next time.” He took my hand and gently put it on the wound and rubbed it. “Pan pan touch,” he said. “It’s all right.”. If you wear a helmet on weekdays, you can’t see it at all.

Seeing that his attitude was so soft, all the anger I had in my heart had dissipated, and I asked about domestic affairs: “Have all the imperial clans been taken care of?”

He seemed to be happy to talk about this topic and put me on the bed to cover me. “Of course, there were two battles, both of which were complete victories.”. After all, there are only a few who are willing to follow them into the dark. He smiled, and the pride on his face could not be concealed. “In the past, it was the king of Qin who led the Qin army to victory in every battle, but now it’s me.”. Even an ordinary sergeant can tell the difference.

I know the foot soldiers of the state of Qin, as long as the victory will be rewarded, even the sword from a nobody to follow the king of Qin before and after the horse until fu precedent in, who can lead them to victory, who is their own father. The imperial clan of the State of

Qin may have given them such and such good things in the past, but under the call of the king of Qin and the prince, and under the temptation of high officials and rich salaries, those things did not come to naught.

Qin can unify the whole country, perhaps because of such a system?

Ying Qi put out the lights and lay down beside me. It was so quiet between heaven and earth that only the occasional movement of night patrol soldiers and the sound of armor rubbing were left.

“Will you destroy Qi?” In the dark, I opened my eyes and asked this sentence.

Ying Qi’s palm fell on my bulging lower abdomen. “What’s the difference between extinction and non-extinction?”. Qi Ke is dead. Let me adopt a successor from the imperial clan of the king of Qi to help stabilize the situation.

“Don’t go to the name of the country?” I’m a little curious.

“No need.” Ying Chi’s hand fell on my lower abdomen, and there was a trace of warmth: “I must leave you a mother’s home. Otherwise, if you are wronged in the future, you will have no place to go, and you will only throw my son into the river.”

I laughed and hit him, and he was happy to accept it.

“How do you know it’s a son?” I caught his loophole. Laughing and laughing,

he buried his head in my lower abdomen and listened with his ears. He said, “Son, son, can you tell Daddy that you are Daddy’s son?”

His voice fell, and there was no reply in the room.

I laughed and said to him, “Childish.” But

he took me by that hand, and said, “do not disturb me, for my son is tal to me.”

Ying Qiren’s cold appearance in his previous life was shattered in front of me for a long time, but it was the first time that such a childlike thing happened.

After a while, he suddenly asked, “Do you have my purple jade?”

Take it with you, take it with you every day. But Amber said it wouldn’t look good on her waist, so she made me a purse to carry around, and I carry it around with me every day.

Ying Qi did not reply. Perhaps he was thinking about something. After a while, he said, “It’s a long way. We’ll wait until you give birth and recover before we go back.”. When the time comes, I’ll borrow your purple jade.

“Good.” I promised him, “What are you going to do?”

“Kill the king of Qin and make him king.”

He used to speak rudely to the king of Qin in front of me. I hit him and said, “Don’t say that again. My father has been very kind to you.”

“But the moon that the imperial concubine promised me hasn’t been given to me yet.”

“From heaven, take it for yourself.”

“That’s not what they used to say!”

“I’ve acted shamelessly. Don’t bother me. I’m going to bed!”

…… On the tenth day of

June, I started.

Although I have been taking good care of myself, because it is the first child, I still spent a lot of effort to give birth to him.

Sure enough, as Ying Qi said, it was a son.

But when Amber held the clean child in front of me, I couldn’t help but shed tears after a day’s persistence.

Ugly, too ugly.

Not like his mother, not like his father, like a monkey, no hair.

Amber was at a loss for a moment. She asked me what I meant by crying. Then she said with a wry smile, “Princess, all newborn children are like this. When they grow up, they look good.”

When the smell of blood in the room dissipated a lot, Amber let Ying Qi come in. It was not very hot in

June, but he was sweating.

He did not look at the child in Amber’s arms, but came up to hold my hand.

“It hurts so much that I won’t give birth again.” I said to him in my voice.

“No more babies.” His eyes sparkled: “Never again.” In

September, Ying Qi led his troops back to Xianyang.

He helped the son of the king’s uncle to become the king of Qi, and the four-year-old child could not even distinguish between deer and sheep. Half of the

sixty thousand Qin troops were left by him outside the city of Linzi, and all the provisions were supplied by Qi.

I wanted my mother to live with me in the state of Qin, but she refused.

I thought her resentment against the king of Qi was only above me, but after the man died, she lived in a cottage beside his mausoleum.

Before I left, I went to see her, and she stepped down, showing her knees, and circles of blue scales were wrapped around her calves and knees.

Seeing that I was not surprised, she narrowed her eyes and smiled. “It seems that the prince has told you. That’s right. You can’t hide such a secret from the state of Qin.” Where is

my mother’s old disease? It is clear that the blood of the spirit is surging. As she grows older, she can no longer be suppressed by human blood.

Your grandmother was like me. She had a hard life and never lived to be my age.

I hugged my mother’s arm. “Mother will live to be a hundred years old.” But

she took my hand in hers and said with a straight face, “Now that you have given birth to a son for Prince Qin, don’t call yourself the daughter of Prince Qi any more.”. In the future, your only identity will be the imperial concubine of Qin.

Amber urged me several times, but I couldn’t stay any longer, so I asked her to go with me. The

mother smiled beautifully, like a blooming Chinese flowering crabapple, which made people forget her age: “Your father is still soaking in the wealth of the world until he dies. Now he is a ghost, and there is no sound or color. I’m afraid it’s hard to endure.”. I cannot leave him.

I was speechless, and for a moment I wanted to say something more, but my mother went before me to the door of the thatched cottage and opened it, revealing the mausoleum of the king of Qi not far away. Neither is he. He’s always been like this. His good side was buried in this loess before you could remember.

Until the chariots and horses left Linzi for some distance, I still recalled my mother’s words. Either because I have seen a lot, or because I have become a mother, I did not shed tears when I was separated from her this time.

Ying Qi has been seriously ill recently because of a hot cold.

I forbade him to ride, and he sat quietly in the carriage, looking at the letters and waving them to tease his son.

He named the child Ying Wei, which means that after him, he can continue to defend the country of Qin forever.

He said it was his son.

You don’t have to listen to the king of Qin.

This time, I choose to respect him.

Because I went with my children, this time I went back to Xianyang for two months, which took longer than when I went to Linzi.

But as soon as I returned to the East Palace, I saw the amber commander pack up, but I heard the huge bell in the palace ring suddenly.

“When..”

“When..”

…… Nine

in a row, sound into the ear. Amber and

I looked at each other and understood what this meant-the King of Qin, who had opened up territory, destroyed the Five Kingdoms and was destined to leave a great reputation in the history books, had died.

I ordered Amber to place the palace people, while I hurried to take them to the bedroom of the King of Qin.

But when I arrived, there were already a lot of people gathered here.

Once upon a time, Fu Wang Jian, who killed Da Zongbo with a sword in the temple, cried and almost suffocated.

Seeing my arrival, the ministers all made way to let me in. Under the guidance of the palace maid,

I came to the bedroom of the king of Qin.

But to my surprise, the king of Qin was sitting on the bed, and Ying Qi was standing beside the bed.

“This..” I didn’t know what to say for a moment, but it was clear that nine rings had passed.

“If you’re not dead, you don’t have to worry about ghosts and spirits.” The king of Qin smiled when he saw my face hesitating. He had black hair when I left, but now he can hardly find any.

“Only a quarter of an hour.” Ying Qi said this coldly to Ying Zong. Then he came to me again. He shook my hand gently and said in a gentle voice, “Qin..” My father will not die, but in the future he will be placed in the Qinling Mountains. With that, he strode out of here.

Seeing that Ying Qi was completely far away, the King of Qin smiled and waved to me, “He just didn’t get the answer he wanted. Don’t worry about it.”. My daughter-in-law has come forward so that I may look at you again.

I took two steps closer and saluted him, “Your Majesty.”

He waved his hand and said, “I am no longer the king, but he is.” He smiled and handed me something. “His mother is helping him. I can’t go against the wishes of the dead.”

I took the purse, through the brocade, the familiar touch and outline let me not open, but also know that it was the purple jade brand borrowed by Ying Qi on the road.

I suddenly remembered what he had said to me the night he first arrived in Linzi.

I’m not serious.

He didn’t fake it.

“I got this purple jade tablet by chance when I was young. At first I used it as a card for nothing, and I carried it with me all the time. Later, in the war, it blocked an arrow for me and broke it in one place.” As the King of Qin spoke, his eyes blurred, as if recalling those years that had been silent for a long time: “The princess is beautiful and stubborn. Even if she is lonely, she can’t change what she promised.” Pointing to the purple jade sign in my hand, he said, “Gu gave it to her, but she took it and carved a character for Ying Qi.”. Before she breathed her last, she said that this was the witness of Gu’s debt to Ying Qi, which made him born in the imperial family. In the future, his wishes will be fulfilled. Thinking about Ying Qi’s concealment of the origin of the Ziyu brand,

I didn’t have much anger in my heart. I just continued to say, “So you agreed?”

“The army and taxes are all in his hands, and this king of Qin is nothing.” There is a sense of relief in the words of the King of Qin.

I think of the indulgence and tolerance of the King of Qin to Ying Qi two years ago. Ying Qi almost completed the golden cicada shedding its shell under his eyes and carried the huge family property of the State of Qin on himself.

Gu is different from him. Lonely can not get rid of the secular world, still miss the feelings of the world, I will miss the princess, will regret to come to this step with him. He still blames me for killing the princess. With a wry smile, the King of Qin took a key from under his pillow and handed it to me. “Everything he didn’t tell you is here.”

“Where is this?” I took the key.

“The key to the secret room of the solitary study.” He smiled slyly. “Someone has to force him to make a choice about something.”. It’s just that the thing in the Chamber of Secrets will only exist for one year. At the end of a year, you will never know anything meaningless in your life.

I saluted and got up to leave, but behind me came the voice of the King of Qin: “Is his child called Ying Wei?”

“Yes.” I turned around and answered respectfully.

“I really want to see you, and this child.”

“I will bring him to you tomorrow.”

“No need.” “Since it’s a pity, the truer the better,” laughed the King of Qin.

Say that finish, no longer pay attention to me, let me leave. It took

Ying Qi only a month to completely erase the traces of the former King of Qin from the country. Even Wang Jian, a famous general, chose to give up and left behind a clean state of Qin, which completely belonged to Ying Qi. After

moving to Epang Palace, Ying Qi became busier. He lost weight visibly, and the sickly pallor on his face became more obvious.

One day at dinner, while teasing Ying Wei, I said, “Now that you are the king of Qin, you should take care of yourself.”. You have never listened to the healer. Although

he was holding the bowls and chopsticks, his eyes fell on his Weier without moving. “I know.”

He has recently begun to use the word “Gu”. I always feel that this word is not good. I am a loner. But he doesn’t seem to care about all the ghosts and ghosts.

Almost instantly, I remembered what the old king of Qin had told me that day. I turned my head to look at him, but he was very magnanimous and smiled at me.

“You and me as husband and wife?” I asked.

“Yes.” He promised.

“Are you hiding something from me?”

“Of course not.” He looked at me with a smile. “How can you think that?” He put down his bowl and chopsticks and casually took a handkerchief to wipe his mouth. “Don’t be too tired,” he said. “When you’re free, you can hang around more. If you leave it to the palace people to guard, you won’t lose it.”

He said that and left, not dragging his feet at all. He was tied up in the affairs of the state, as he had been for some time. The wind is light on

my face, but the undercurrent is surging in my heart.

I know he lied. Whenever

he lies, he unconsciously rubs his index finger with his thumb.

He’s hiding something from me. I

remembered the key that the old king of Qin had given me, and I was even more restless. I almost wanted to go and find out immediately, but my reason told me that now was not the time. In the

afternoon of the next day, I gave Wei Er to Amber, while I retired the maid who followed me, pretended to have no intention, and took a walk to the study of the old King of Qin.

Ying Qi wanted to erase all traces of him, and even his study, Ying Qi was unwilling to use it again.

Since his death, even the basic sweeping here has been neglected by the palace people. But before long, it was covered with dust.

I walked gently among them, and everything here remained the same, that is, the carving knife on his desk and the open diabolo slips remained in place.

I looked around, but I couldn’t find a place to insert the key. I was about to give up, but I remembered his favorite throne.

I went up to grope and found a mechanism on the right side of the throne.

The key was inserted and rotated, and a small space was revealed behind the bookshelf with the sound of the mechanism twisting. One of them was sitting upright, dressed in rags and with bright eyes. It was the wizard of Chu who had almost been forgotten by me.

“You..” I know that after the death of the old king of Qin, no one has been here for a long time, how did she survive?!

“Ah.” She recognized me, too, with an ugly smile: “It’s you, fish.”

“Fish?”

“Well, fish.” When I got

closer, I found that her hands and feet were chained to the wall, unable to move, and her whole body reeked of dropping.

I wanted to turn around and ask someone to save her, but she said, “Ask what you want to ask.”. Open this door, and he will come.

I gritted my teeth. Nature told me who she was talking about: “Why are you imprisoned here?”

“Trapped by love.” Her face was hidden under the dirty hair, and I could hardly see her face: “And I know my destiny.”. That is why we have come here.

“Whose destiny do you know?”

“The King of Qin.” She smiled, showing her toothless gums. “The present king of Qin.”

“What is his destiny?”

“It’s too precious to speak of, but it shouldn’t be born in the present.” She paused. “Three hundred years later, he will be the Son of Heaven.”

I was stunned for a moment, three hundred years later, who knows?

He wants to be the Son of Heaven. Jiaolong’s mind will not change because of any obstacles. As long as he lives, he will move closer to that goal, and he will do so unconsciously.

“What will happen?” My voice trembled.

“Will die.” She was not surprised to see my reaction: “He should have died long ago. It was the princess who did it.”. It is also her intention to seek you as a new princess.

“Why me?”

He suffered a serious loss of fortune, and the princess, a mortal, was able to extend his life for more than ten years, which was not enough for him to survive the disaster. If he wants to ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven, he can only rely on the blood of a willing spirit in his heart. Or afraid I don’t know what she means, “I can only rely on you, Qi Jiang, the descendant of the king and the spirit, his princess, the woman who falls in love with him.”. Only you will do it willingly for him.

“Sorcery, is it an exchange?” My voice trembled uncontrollably, and the blood flowing through my heart seemed to have lost its temperature.

The old woman was silent for a long time. “There is one person on one side of the scales. This is the sorcerer.” She thought for a moment, “His life is not long enough.”. But he doesn’t seem to want to sacrifice you. Strange, strange.

I didn’t know what he meant, but I heard footsteps behind me.

Looking back, it was Ying Qi with a cold face. He held the sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword dragged sparks all the way on the ground. When

he comes, you can ask him if what I said is true! Ha ha! The old woman laughed eerily, making the dark room even more eerie. Instead of going directly to kill her,

Ying Qi looked at me, his face softened, and whispered, “Pan Pan, what did she say to you?”

For a moment, my body seemed to have climbed over ten thousand poisonous snakes, like falling into an ice cave.

I remembered the vows he had made to me.

Remembering that he came for me in the snow and ice.

I also remember his strangling gesture that almost killed me.

No wonder he is lonely, he wants to be the son of heaven!

He never loved me.

He just lured me into a deep dream.

He’s acting like it.

So I’ve been deceived by him ever since.

I ignored him, tears dropped uncontrollably from my eyes, shook my head, and ran away from him.

Ying Qi’s face was hard to see again, and the old woman’s eyes were full of murderous intent.

“Sooner or later she’ll know, and sooner or later you’ll have to make a choice. I’m just helping her, and I’m just helping you.”

“How do you know I don’t have a third choice?” Ying Qi plunged his sword into the solid wall: “I have enough to do everything I want to do.”

You are different from your father, and you hesitate, don’t you? Ha-ha ha-ha ha The old woman laughed even more happily: “I am after the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. If you kill me, you will only lose a small amount of Shouyuan.”. You can’t afford it!

Ying Qi ignored her and came out to look for me.

I was already crying and holding Weier in the hands of the helpless amber, locking myself and the child in the house.

“Open the door, pan.” Ying Qi shouted out of the window. He paid no attention to the eyes of others: “Pan Pan, things are different from what she said.”

Ying Wei did not know what kind of situation his parents had fallen into, but slept soundly.

I put him on the bed, gritted my teeth, went to open the door, and pulled Ying Qi into the house.

I sat opposite him at both ends of the table, and he looked at me and tried several times to speak, but he didn’t know what to say.

“Ying Qi, you won, really.” I just said these eight words, but I felt a touch of sweetness in my throat and tried to swallow them: “Now that I have fallen in love with you, of course you can use me to hold a memorial ceremony for your great cause and to be your son of heaven.”

“I never wanted to sacrifice you.” Or to my sad eyes, he added, “That’s the way he left me. He sacrificed his wife, and I won’t sacrifice mine!”

I didn’t notice that Ying Qi had given up the title of Gu from just now to now. He is in a panic, like a lost sheep.

“I clearly asked, but you said you didn’t hide it from me.” I tried to control my tone.

“But how can I speak to you?” With a sad laugh,

I stopped looking at him and said, “I will take good care of Wei Er. I will only be his mother in the future.”. I am no longer your wife, nor am I the princess of Qin. I am just a down-and-out girl of Qi. I have always been a down-and-out girl of Qi. At

this point, Ying Qi wanted to come up and hug me, so I pulled out a silver hairpin from my head and leaned it against my neck.

I do not work, fine skin and tender flesh, just once, the neck saw blood.

Ying Qi did not dare to move again. He only stepped back a few steps and said in a low voice, “Pan Pan, I won’t provoke you. You put down the hairpin.” The worry and grief in

his eyes could hardly be hidden, but I laughed and said, “Yes, you can’t provoke me.”. If I die, your career will be in vain.

Ying Qi knew that of course there was no result today, so he turned around and left, and ordered the ladies of the court to watch over me.

I threw the hairpin casually and made a clear sound on the ground.

I had a dream and didn’t wake up in time.

Soon, the maid in Epang Palace found the clue.

At first they thought it was just the result of an angry relationship between the king and the queen, but it was not until a year had passed and there was still no sign of a thaw between the two sides that they realized the seriousness of the problem.

Amber, of course, wanted to persuade, but I guess she knew about it long ago. As Ying Qi’s accomplice, I had no reason to listen to her persuasion.

But she is Ying Wei’s aunt, and I would like to hear about Ying Qi from her.

I know that this year, he worked hard, and after I pulled away from his life, he hardly rested any more, and only devoted himself to the work called Jiangshan.

I know that.

He wants the same book as the text.

He wants to ride on the same track.

He wanted to abolish feudalism and establish prefectures and counties.

He wants to write his name on this land.

I know, too.

His health is getting worse and worse.

He coughed up blood every day.

He can’t sleep at night.

His once strong body shrank and weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye, not so much weakening as returning to its former appearance. The weaker

he is, the more I cherish the time with Ying Wei. And

I know.

He will sacrifice me.

For his great cause.

I am not a stupid person, such a long time, enough for me to infer a complete process from the words of the old king of Qin and the wizard.

The old king of Qin was never satisfied with me. He was satisfied with the woman who could fulfill the great cause of his son.

And Ying Qi has never been happy with me. What he is happy with is enough to cover up the secret of heaven for him.

What he liked and admired was never Qi Junnu, not Ying Wei’s mother, not Qi Jiang.

He will do anything for what he wants. Of course

I know him.

“Is the princess so cruel?” Amber saw me holding Ying Wei, I do not know how many times to persuade.

I smiled at her and replied, I don’t know how many times, “You’re Ying Wei’s aunt, so I saw you.”. If you were only amber, I would never see you again. When

Amber heard this, she knew it was fruitless and got up to leave. The cool breeze

from the window told me. In the second year when

I was a stranger to Ying Qi, he finally could not support himself and fell down completely. He almost fell asleep every night and could not speak.

I did not go to see him, and he refrained from coming to see me. My resentment was so shaky that when Amber brought news of him, he was always routed. A group of small people swarmed up in the

country, and Wang Jianguan, who had been frozen for two years, worshipped the general and fought everywhere. Wherever he passed, there was a river of blood. Only then did the world know that his early layout was for today.

I know from Amber’s mouth that he is getting worse and worse day by day, and I don’t know when to leave, but he still has no desire to expose it, like a blunt knife rubbing my heart.

Ying Wei can already call his mother and father.

But his time to see Ying Qi was extremely limited.

I know that he knows that he is not good-looking now, and he is trying to avoid seeing Ying Wei to frighten him.

One night in the rain, I fell asleep with Ying Wei in my arms. Suddenly, an idea came to my mind. It told me that even if I dedicated myself to Ying Qi, what could I do? I didn’t sleep

that night.

My tears woke up the sleeping Weier several times. Before the

Dragon Boat Festival, I took Ying Wei to wrap rice dumplings. When he wrapped the rice dumplings one by one and smiled at me, I couldn’t help but see Ying Qi’s eyebrows and eyes from his face-after all, he was his son.

Such warmth did not last long, but Amber soon came to see me with red eyes: “Princess, you go to see the king.”. He’s about to break down. The rare smile on

my face was almost frozen in a moment, and what flashed in my mind was the dribs and drabs of countless moments.

I shed tears, unconsciously.

I still love him, love his respect and care.

Ying Wei did not know why his mother wept, but kept crying. I kissed his face and took out a small purse from the place where the clothes were close to his body. When I opened it, it was the purple jade brand that Ying Qi had given me. Over

the years, it has not changed at all, and the color is bright.

Just like the past when I prayed with Ying, it seems like yesterday.

I forced the purple jade tablet into Ying Wei’s hand and made a big gift to Amber. In Amber’s tears and astonishment, I whispered, “It is the greatest misfortune in the world for a young child to lose his mother. In the future, you must take good care of him for me.”

With that, I wiped the tears on my face, hardened my heart, almost twisted my desire to turn back, and left decisively in the cry of Weier.

I have to save him.

I told myself. How did

my relationship with him change? I asked myself this

on the way.

It was the look in his eyes that almost strangled me. He

‘s the one who told me to stand still. It

is also his coming and going in the snow.

He shed tears for me.

He withered in order to open his heart to me. It

was he who lied to me and made my heart ache.

When I entered Ying Qi’s bedroom, a strong smell of sandalwood spread through my mouth and nose. I was familiar with

the smell, but he never told me what it was.

“It’s medicine.” The old woman saw my doubts and answered me, “He has been taking medicine all the time. It seems that you don’t know.”

I was stunned for a moment. I don’t know why she’s here.

I am the last wizard in the world. Only I can keep him alive. I followed her footsteps. She was still dressed in rags, but nothing had changed since I first saw her.

“I do.” I followed her and said these three words.

The old wizard stopped in an instant and looked back at me with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

“I will. I will save him. Please help me.”

“You haven’t seen him yet, and he lied to you.”

I’m stupid, I admit it. A child cannot live without a mother and without a father. I love him very much. Hide it from me and love it. Lying to me is also love. When I said this, I could hardly help myself. I squatted on the ground and began to cry, but I missed the light and shadow in the old wizard’s eyes.

When I cleared up my emotions, I followed her to his bed. He was haggard on the

couch, and only the faint breath told me that he was still alive.

I had thought that his deceit and sinister intentions were enough for me to be disheartened by him. I had spent two years isolating myself from God’s will, and now I just looked at him, and my heart was like a knife, and my strength was gone.

Perhaps my sobs were a little loud, and he opened his eyes. What

I see is a pair of dark golden eyes.

It belongs neither to Ying Qi nor to man. It comes from a higher authority, from a vague providence. In

a flash of lightning, the decadent figure rose to impact, his hand tightly around my neck, lifting me off the ground. Tears fell from the corners of

my eyes, but this time, he never stopped.

I closed my eyes and chose to accept my fate, hoping that on New Year’s Day, he could tell his children that his mother was also a peerless woman. Before the moment

of suffocation, I opened my eyes and wanted to see him again, but I saw that the color of his pupils was constantly changing, and finally the scarlet blood covered the whites of his eyes.

Only at this moment, his other hand, which had been weak and hanging down, trembled and slowly raised, pressing on the hand that had come to pinch my neck, and the force that almost took my life disappeared in an instant.

I fell heavily on the ground and looked up at him. Seeing the dark golden light in his eyes dissipated, it was Ying Qi who came back.

“I, I didn’t mean to, Pan Pan.” He fell to the edge of the couch, and the tears in his eyes were like broken beads.

I crawled up to him, hugged him, and pressed my face against his sunken cheek. “I’m willing, really.”

Ying Qi’s strength was already weak, but he tried to push me away: “I don’t love you, get out!”

Our struggle is like a drowning man.

Our grudges came down three hundred years too early.

“You and your father are really different.” It was the old sorcerer who spoke. She looked at me and Ying Qi, who were crying in each other’s arms. “I thought the men of the Ying family were like your father. They liked the new and hated the old, and they never forgot the dead.”

At some point, her hair had changed from white to black, and when she said this, the wrinkles on her face quickly disappeared, and in a moment, she became a young and beautiful woman.

“You..”

I am a descendant of Zhu Rong. And that’s the same kind of me that Ying has loved. She was young and beautiful at the moment, and her body was shining with a brilliance that did not belong to human beings: “I have fallen into love for your father all my life, and I can’t be happy. I want to get revenge from you.”. And it is I who have fallen into the trap today. As she

spoke, she stabbed her hands into her chest with an expressionless face and took her heart out of her body, which was still beating after leaving her body. With a smile on her

face, she pressed her heart against the face of Ying Qi, who was in a coma again, and said to me with a smile, “I can only give him half a year.”. His father owes me that. Her tears fell on my face as hot as candle tears.

Then, her body was like a puppet with a broken string, falling to the ground and losing its breath in an instant, just a young body, no longer old, like sleeping, leaning against me.

And when I looked down again, Ying Qi had already opened his eyes.

He smiled at me and said, “I can stay with you for another six months.”

I cried and beat him on the shoulder, and I couldn’t help myself.

Ying Qi’s body recovered quickly, although it was still inadequate compared with the past, but he was able to eat, run and jump.

I took Ying Wei on a trip with him. He sat on a horse and pointed out from the car window, telling me where he grew up and where the singing and dancing were the most wonderful. I looked at his smiling face and Ying Wei’s coincidence, only to feel that the cold of Xianyang is just a spring rain. If I could, I would like it to be longer.

Before dusk, we stopped outside the palace gate. Ying Wei chased the butterfly puppet in the maid’s hand, and he put his arm around my shoulder. The dim light shone on us from a distance, and long shadows covered the way to the palace.

“Life after life, year after year.” He looked at Weier’s beating figure, with a crying voice, clenched my hand, pinched his fingertips into my hand.

I raised my head slightly, not looking at Wei Er. As soon as I lowered my head, tears would roll down: “I promise you, Ying Qi.”. Life after life, year after year.

Six months, like a sword hanging over my head, will fall at any time and kill our entangled souls.

“Pan Pan.” That night, Ying Qi took me in his arms and said, “I want to go to war in Yan.”

His voice was resolute and decisive.

“I was lucky enough to get the chance to reunite with you.”

Ying Qi is like this. He doesn’t tell anyone about his good decisions, but he never changes them.

He lives to die, and I can’t stop him.

His selfishness is reserved for himself, and I can’t put the shackles of love on his neck and shoulders.

I promised him in a low, nasal voice. And when I sobbed, my undulating shoulder became his barrier, and the night was deep, and his tears were rippling in places I could not see. In the fifth year of the reign of King Wu of

the Qin Dynasty, the reign title was created, which was called the first year of Jianyuan. In the

spring of the same year, King Wu sent two hundred and fifty thousand troops, with the number of one million, to launch the Northern Expedition against Yan. Rong Di and so on all to save, King Wu World War I, all kill Rong Di against the four hundred thousand people of Yan, Ding Qin people all over the world.

Not a day, the king of Zhuang state surrender, is the day, king Wu unified the whole country.

In the same month, King Wu proclaimed himself emperor at Mount Tai.

The first emperor was seriously ill and died suddenly on his way back to the capital. He was entrusted to the Grand Secretary of Agriculture, Fan He, and General Wang Jian.

The two men did not send a funeral in secret. After returning to the capital, Emperor Zunshi Ziwei succeeded to the throne, and the Empress Dowager Qi was the regent. The following year, yuan Wude was changed.

Qin Erwei respected the old order of the first emperor. For ten years, the world could no longer hear the sound of war. No matter who it was, it was called the Chinese race.

Ying Qi has been dead for thirteen years.

I’ve even begun to forget his face.

Perhaps it is because I can no longer dream of him when I dream, and his existence has become the astringent image and memorial tablet in the ancestral temple. The feelings between

me and him are washed away day by day in the days of running water, and become the past that is not mentioned.

Even I will forget?

Only a few days ago, Amber, who married a hundred feet and gave birth to his second son, brought the eldest back to the palace to see me.

The eldest is already seven years old, and he doesn’t look like the old man who is a hundred feet.

“Naughty.” Amber only said so about him. Remembering that Wei’er had grown up so old and had been so mischievous,

I only opened my mouth and said, “If I grow up, I’ll be able to understand, and I’ll feel sorry for my mother.” Before

Amber left, she finally gritted her teeth and gave me two portraits of the first emperor circulated among the people.

She said it was very similar, enough to give me a thought.

I just looked at it and thought it was not the case.

He did not draw the charm of his peach blossom eyes.

Nor did he draw a small mole hidden under his forehead.

That cold look is not my Ying Qi, he is just the first emperor of Qin. Nothing

to do with me.

Ying Wei is going to be in power after the New Year, and he has less and less time to see me. He is almost the same as his father, and he devotes himself to the country.

Only after seeing the portrait this day, he could not help feeling a little emotional. His memory of his father stayed at the age of four or five, and he wanted to be more indifferent than I was.

He thinks so, too.

I just think his eyes are not good, just like his short-lived father. For many years after

Ying Qi’s death, I had to take good care of his study and go to sit in his spare time. It seems that when I sit here, I can see those nights when I broke up with him, how he sadly carried the rivers and mountains of the state of Qin and wept blood. One day

years ago, the maid in charge of tidying up his study came to me to report that she had found a purse in the secret compartment of his study.

My curiosity, which had not fluctuated for many years, began to work, so I asked her to fetch it, but it was a familiar and strange purse.

When my hand touched the golden thread, a familiar touch gushed from the depths of my memory.

I have been the empress Dowager for many years. In order to protect my son and protect his country of Qin, I am very tired. After my mother died of illness

ten years ago, my tears never flowed for anyone.

But at this moment, my tears gurgle out, like the twists and turns of the river when the spring news comes.

Opening the purse, it was the pair of purple jade moon eardrops that he had stolen. For

more than ten years, pearls and jade are just a snap of a finger, and their bright colors seem to laugh at the impotence of human love.

Along with the purple jade earrings, there was also a small piece of wood in the purse, on which there was a small inscription:

“In the spring of the 29th year of King Wen, Pan Pan owed me a moon.”

I couldn’t hold on any longer and cried loudly.

Yes, between lovers, the one who stays in the world always suffers more. From

this day on, I became more and more ill. On the first day of the New Year, I said goodbye to my Weier and came to a completely strange place.

I don’t know where this is, but I look at the setting around me, as if it were a familiar place. Turning around

, I came to a place like the East Palace that year. Ying Qi was still young. He looked up and smiled at me: “I’ve been waiting for you, Pan Pan.”

…… In the spring of the 12th year of the reign of

Qin Wude, Empress Dowager Qi died of illness in Epang Palace and was buried in the first mausoleum of the first emperor.

After the burial, the purple light of the first mausoleum lingered for more than three months, and people were surprised at that time.

Qin II left the court for a hundred days to raise his sorrow.

Later, during his forty years in power, he always followed the will of the first emperor and the teachings of the Empress Dowager Qi, and made great efforts to make the country prosperous, recuperate and pacify the people, known as the rule of Wude in history.

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Author: Cheer Harley

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The passing away of a beautiful woman: Remembering that the wind touches the harp when

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