Vol 2 Chapter 41 (1/2)
Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol02 Ch41
The day the Dong Lin ar was also the day He Xia said his goodbyes to the Princess and rushed from the capital to the border
Most of the Yun Chang army had already been placed on standby near the ar Lin advisor, Chu Beijie, by preparing every single corner of the border After all, all knew that only the Duke of Zhen-Bei could defeat the Marquess of Jing-An Yun Chang placed their faith in the Marquess of Jing-An, knoith hiainst Chu Beijie
The flags covered the sky as usual while the battle drums shook the skies It seemed a little less sad than usual The atmosphere was replaced by fierce determination
He Xia wore handsoh spirits as hundreds of gazes from officials rested on him Only the Prince Consort could defeat Chu Beijie at the ’s fate, victory or defeat, in the battle were in his hands Under the thousands of gazes, He Xia’s expression was both prideful and stern He turned to look at the Princess who handed him a cup of alcohol to send hi face and he sh
All of the thousands of words Yaotian had aze She knew that even if she didn’t want hi, “Be utterly careful, Prince Consort”
He Xia watched her calmly at first, At this re smile He relaxed and murmured in her ear, “There is one question that all of the hundred officials of Yun Chang below have asked I thought for sure that Princess would ask too, but it see”
“Why should I ask?” Yaotian’s expression was piercing as she muttered, “Prince Consort is a true hero and will not lose to a mere Chu Beijie”
He Xia quickly laughed and turned to launch onto his horse
The flag behind hiaze looked around at the various officials before deeply studying Yaotian The sole side the other officials, sending him off He Xia noticed that it wasn’t his first experience of this kind of heroism and honour
His opponent was still Chu Beijie
But today, the sending party was not the King of Gui Le, He Su, and he was not departing fro was not Gui Le either
The inseparable figure beside hi either
If he brought back Chu Beijie alive and imprisoned hiting do when she saw him?
He Xia’s gaze flickered towards all of the soldiers and generals, ready for departure He held his sword up to the wind
“Set off!”
The sound of wheels and hooves began, slowly, as if trying to wake up the sleeping world with its regular ru
Yellow mud flew
Froed to He Xia’s hands To counter Dong Lin, Yaotian had to leave no other reserves without hesitation
The yellow sand andthe entire plains with its scent No e between hi tio It had to come to an end
He had to win
From the back, the view of He Xia on his horse was proud and full of confidence
Yaotian went onto the highest platforure of He Xia with her eyes
As a faeneral, he rose to places beyond her reach
The as strong at the high points, causing the pendants on Yaotian’s coronet to sithout rest It see wind
“The Prince Consort in He will definitely defeat Chu Beijie” Yaotian’s expression was relaxed
The guards watched over her ten feet away There had been hest ranking Gui Changqing had climbed up with her
Gui Changqing just stood behind Yaotian, the back view of He Xia also reflected in his eyes It had already become a tiny dot, soon to disappear in the far distance
Gui Changqing’s voice was low “I always put all ht a war for a wo really have to be sacrificed to fight Chu Beijie’s ar, hot-blooded men of nobles If this pointless battle is not stopped, then how many of them will be able to return to the capital?” He turned to look at Yaotian “There is not enough time Has Princess decided yet?”
The strong wind see of Yun Chang’s Royal House was protesting with its loud fluttering sound Yaotian took a deep breath of the wind before her face became serious, harsh with resolution “I have”
She turned towards the inner wall of the capital, searching and locking her gaze on the towers of the Prince Consort Residence The Bai Pingting who could change the overall situation was imprisoned there
The sound of the ar off was a roar that shook the skies Even the Prince Consort Residence had been able to catch a faint remnant of its sound
Zuiju listened, laughing excitedly “Miss Bai, He Xia has set off!”
Without a clever guy like He Xia around, escaping froence didn’t seem to difficult
“What do we do now? Use acupuncture or medicine?” Zuiju tried to think of radical ways “He Xia’s presence made us unable to take any action easily, so we don’t know the situation outside at all…why not do this, I’ll check the arrangeuards around the Prince Consort Residence as well as the roads outside Sigh, if only we had a ’s city Perhaps there’d be a map in He Xia’s office? Why don’t we…”
“No need” Pingting softly said these tords
Zuiju didn’t understand “No need?”
“No need to waste our own energy”
“We don’t have much time If we don’t quickly use this chance to escape, then you…” Zuiju looked left and right warily, lowering her voice, “They’ll see your stomach”
Pingting looked down at her stoentle sense of motherhood She couldn’t help but softly stroke it before saying to Zuiju, “How do you think the Princess of Yun Chang treats He Xia?”
Zuiju knew that Pingting’s question was not an easy one She thought carefully, before replying, “I peeked out a few times when she came last time She is very beautiful and suits He Xia From what I see, she really cares about He Xia”
“Indeed, she does” Pingting nodded, “Ever since that tiotten my existence”
Zuiju seemed to connect the clues but asked anyway, “Why suddenly mention her if it seems the two are unconnected?”
Pingting slowly shi+fted her gaze towards the ceiling Her voice was brief and light, “The arrow has been clipped onto the string, drawn but not fired It’s not that one doesn’t want to fire it but waiting for an appropriate time The more she appears to not care about an existence, the more she actually cares”
“She aiting for He Xia to leave?” Zuiju lowered head and thought, realisation suddenly co to her “A wife’s jealousy is the most poisonous, not to mention that she is a princess What if she decides to kill you while He Xia is away?”
Pingting confidently shook her head “Even ast jealous wives, there are stupid ones and clever ones Yaotian is the Princess of Yun Chang who chose He Xia who had nothing apart fron country out of all of her more familiar soldiers She is undoubtedly not a foolish woht me here and cherishes me If she were to direct my death, then their relationshi+p as husband and wife is over Not to mention, if I died, He Xiathat she is a Princess But Chu…” She realised what she was going to say and abruptly stopped as the naed and she angrily closed her lips
Zuiju had already understood heranyway and continued the rest “The Duke wouldn’t let her go” She slowly sighed before saying, “The Duke has definitely gone against the King’s orders this ti nofor you”
“Don’t say anysuddenly stood up She had intended to walk out but seee her mind for so, “What has our relationshi+p have to do with soldiers? All of the blood spilled and the loss of hu Lin and Yun Chang are all the results of the sins between him and me”
Zuiju sighed, upset and exasperated “What on earth do you want to Duke to do then? What can the Duke even do?”
Pingting’s back see out her words “I don’t want anything and he doesn’t need to do anything”
“Miss…”
“Who was the one ore to the other to always be together? Who said Bai Pingting couldn’t leave both the House of Jing-An or Chu Beijie?” Pingting cut off her words, her tone becoht by the Duke and duchess to be loyal, love your country, uphold your values and protect the ood has it done? People have to hold onto values and protect the ood but can’t they live for themselves just once”
She turned, looking towards the stunned Zuiju She slowly said, “You all know that I aent people are always about reason, having reason in everything they do Even if others are to ask a million whys, answers are alithout flaw Zuiju, I don’t care horonged your Duke is or has a reason as big as the sky to why he couldn’t coain and never see his person either I am not an official of the court and therefore not all ofperson Why should anyone else apart from me direct what I like and what I hate? I just want to live quietly with ?”
Her voice was like a qin, clear and lingered in the silent room
Zuiju couldn’t ansith a single word
The best of both worlds was never possible Chu Beijie could only choose one and he had chosen to protect the Royal House, chosen to hurt Pingting
Then, he ht as well continue to protect the Royal House
He o
Even though it was a strained decision, it was still a decision
Even though it was strained, it was still a door to hurt How could one’s heart not hurt with a wound?
Who was the one ore to the other to always be together?
Bai Pingting was still a mere woman in the very end Why should soood, uphold values and think for the best for the peasants of the country?
Even if an unreasonable man remained unreasonable for life, that in itself was perfectly reasonable Yet it seehout their lives were bla their own heart for once
The world was like that, more unreasonable than its people
Seeing Pingting’s tearstained face, Zuiju suddenly understood
She still loved Chu Beijie
Deeply loved him yet deeply despised him
She despised Chu Beijie for not fulfiling his promise, hated that they shared the saood and helplessly punished for trying to escape from it
But before their values and the ood, it was sadly very difficult to keep just an inkling of pure love
What this gentle person wanted, what she so desperately wanted, was soet
If she couldn’t get it, she would abandon it
Abandon it and never look back
Escaping fro from the deep hatred for her country
“Miss Bai, do whatever you want then” Zuiju’s eyelashes were tre as a teardrop of crystal fell fro her voice “It truly is a for one to make their own choice just once in their entire lifetime”
As if agreeing, the final layer ofice on the outside of thebroke off
Pingting’s gloo onto Zuiju
Zuiju also tightly hugged her, biting her lip and stifling her sobs
Do it, do it
A person’s lifetiht for it
To chase that uncatchable wind of the skies
“Don’t be an intelligent person anymore” Zuiju choked as she whispered into her ear
Be a norer talks about their fears, a dear woood
Everyone has the right to happiness
Don’t worry about the fire of Dong Lin, the battles of Yun Chang Go to somewhere far away and never look back
Tell your healthy and beautiful child that people can make decisions for themselves
That people, are capable of crying co loudly
That people, are capable of being rational but are also capable of acting fros
“Who was the one ore to the other to always be together? You’re right”
“A hurt heart is a hurt heart Even if you say it’s to uphold values and protect the ood, will the wounds on it disappear?”
“No”
They couldn’t
On the day the Dong Lin army approached and the day He Xia departed fro and Zuiju held each other, bursting into loud tears
This was the first ti They let out all of the tears fro all of them out
The winter sun pushed away the clouds around it It too sprinkled light unreservedly on the two It understood that these tomen desperately needed its power
“We et out of here”
“Yes, we must”
They nodded resolutely at each other, bathed in strong sunlight
Pingting wiped away her tears and stood up once ht than before Under the haze of the sun, she seelow unique to jade
She had power and poas in her belly There was a tiny life in there, and Bai Pingting could no longer afford to slack off
She stood up straight, standing firround
The servants outside the door called just at the right time
“Princess Yaotian has arrived!”
Zuiju abruptly stood up and exchanged a look with Pingting
“So fast”
Pingting sucked her lip and didn’t say anything Several moments later she replied, “It was sio welcome her”
She then went out the door with Zuiju and saw that Yaotian’s maids had already paved the way for her They quickly moved aside and bowed
Yaotian had decided and i the Prince Consort Residence She hadn’t said a word as she hurried over towards the garden, seeing Pingting in a deep bow in the distance Her heart froze Her footsteps slowed, studying the figure in the distance as she approached it She then ca
“Princess” Pingting’s voice was gentle
Fro’s drooping neck, white and smooth
Even though this wo in another way