165 Chapter 165 Xia Ruzhi’s First Love (1/2)
In the Minister of Defense, Xia family manor, Xing Baihe sipped her tea leisurely while her brother Xing Wenhe is being fed with berries by Xia Ruzhi in a lounger not far from her. She is pissed with this scene because she doesn't like Xia Ruzhi. Although her fetish fits with her brother's sadistic tendencies, she finds it disgusting.
She still prefers her empress sister-in-law. Not only she is strong but also proud. She could get everything she wants on her own. She even planned this whole thing in conquering the continent. A perfect woman on Xing Baihe's standard. Unlike this Xia Ruzhi who lived her life fawning over a man who only sees her as an entertainment.
At the end of the day, Xing Wenhe's heart still belongs to his empress inspite of the disapproval of the Ministers and public. Not only because she wasn't born in a noble household but of an unknown clan, for them that is. Only Xing Wenhe and Xing Baihe knows that she came from a powerful clan banished from the Qiangdu country. Another reason is because she is almost a decade older than her brother. But he didn't care. She looks rather young anyway.
”Big brother, when will sister-in-law come?” Xing Baihe started, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere between Xing Wenhe and Xia Ruzhi. And of course Xia Ruzhi is angered by it. Not only because they were interrupted but also because Xing Baihe mentioned the woman she hated the most.
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Xia Ruzhi met Xing Wenhe when she was a little girl. Being a family in charge of the country's defense, they have a manor in the border between the Gonglu country and the Zhixiang country. The teenaged Xing Wenhe at that time would disguise himself as a normal traveler and would visit the brothels since he can't do it in his own country.
The two met when Xia Ruzhi got lost in the woods while escaping her maids and guards. Xing Wenhe who was hiding his expensive high breed horse, since he needs to act like a normal traveler, found her and helped her return home. She then fell in love with the gentle and always smiling young man although she is not even ten years old yet.
Because of that, she would constantly visit the manor at the border hoping to see him again. But years passed by without any news about him. And unfortunately she forgot to ask his name. She had no idea about her first love's name.
That's until she come of age and her father told her that she would marry the second prince of Gonglu country. She asked her father to let her have at least a month to spend her remaining time as a maiden in their manor at the border. Minister Xia didn't think much about it and gave her permission.
Minister Xia had no idea that Xia Ruzhi spent the month searching for the man she fell in love with. And this time, her search bore fruit. One night she happened to pass by a brothel and coincidentally saw the man she dreamed and desired for years. Even though his youthful face disappeared and became matured and his body is more defined, she knows it was him. That is because of his warm and contagious smile. The same smile that stole her heart.
Xia Ruzhi completely forgot that the building is a brothel and entered to follow the man. Xing Wenhe didn't get to enter his usual private room when Xia Ruzhi suddenly pulled him out. Complete shock and at loss, he just let the woman drag him. There is no way the woman who looks like a noble based on her clothes could harm him.
Xia Ruzhi dragged him and entered the waiting carriage at the front of the brothel leaving her maids to deal with the people in the brothel. Pulling a good amount of gold taels, one of her maids hand it over to a staff. ”That man was young miss's relative. Here. Give the costumers some free food and good wine.”