Kim Geon-in did not turn around. He stopped at the door, said, "I have my own ideas," and walked out of the room.

"hiss--"

After he left, Jin Jiande gasped in shock. Looking at the broken index finger, his face twitched, and his bloodshot eyes widened in shock.

Outside the door, Jin Jianren, who had only taken a dozen steps, stopped in the corridor. Directly in front of him, a person carrying a food box walked gracefully towards him.

It was none other than Princess Yongning.

Jin Jianren hadn't been home often lately. The last time he came home for dinner, Jin Changge didn't come out. Seeing his sister's thin face and lifeless eyes, Jin Jianren sighed.

He knew why his sister was so depressed.

"Yongning".

Jin Changge held the food box, staring blankly at the ground, and walked forward on his own without responding.

"Yongning? What are you daydreaming about?" Jin Jianren called again, and Jin Changge finally looked up.

"Hmm? No. Big brother, you've come to see second brother." Jin Yongning raised his fair face and spoke expressionlessly.

"Yes, my second brother broke his leg on this expedition, but fortunately he survived. I came to see him."

"But it's alright, I think I'll be able to get out of bed after resting for a while longer," Jin Jianren said, stroking his chin.

Jin Changge frowned slightly as she looked at the food box and said, "The maids said that Second Brother doesn't eat, so I've come to bring him food."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Changge walked past Jin Jianren carrying the food box.

Jin Jianren nodded, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward. But after taking only a couple of steps, he stopped, turned around, and called out to Jin Changge:

“Yongning, you...you don’t need to be too sad.”

Jin Changge stopped and turned to look at him: "Hmm?"

Jin Jianren continued, "Yanluo Mountain is a famously dangerous place in Dagan. The rebels occupied this strategic location and set up an ambush in the mountain. Although Wu Kui and Jian De each had a large army, they fell into the trap as soon as they entered."

"There's nothing we can do about it. We lost the initiative the moment we stepped into Yanluo Mountain, and then there was Wu Kui's death..."

At this point, he sighed, "Don't be too sad. After all, you haven't officially married into the barbarian tribe yet, so his death won't affect your reputation."

"I hope you won't mind and can take it easy."

"No, I saw it very clearly, brother." Jin Changge remained expressionless.

Jin Jianren knew that his younger sister was proud and would never show her weakness.

Although she had never met Wu Kui, he was a renowned and incomparably brave man. Based on her understanding of her sister's personality, she would definitely admire someone like him.

After all, when her father arranged the marriage for her, she didn't strongly object.

This suggests that she had already accepted becoming Wu Kui's wife, the future Queen of the Barbarians.

Unfortunately... things didn't go as planned. This traitor truly deserved to die.

Looking at her expressionless face, Jin Jianren saw through her immediately and knew that she was just putting on a brave face.

Thinking of this, he walked towards Jin Changge and continued:

"Yongning, the arranged marriage hasn't been finalized yet. We'll find you a husband you're happy with later."

Jin Changge frowned and turned to leave.

"No need for you to worry, I'm fine."

Watching his younger sister suddenly turn and leave, Kim Geon-in touched his nose and sighed softly.

"Sigh, silly girl." He shook his head and followed her away.

——

"Second brother, I've come to see you."

Jin Changge knocked on the door before stepping inside, but as soon as she entered, she raised an eyebrow.

A faint scent still lingered in the air.

"Yongning, what brings you here? I'm going to sleep. You can leave now. Oh, and call a maid in." Jin Jiande said in a muffled voice, his body wrapped tightly in the quilt.

The smell in the quilt was so pungent that he felt uncomfortable. He was originally going to call the maid to come in and clean it up, but after hearing the voices coming from outside the door, Jin Jiande could only endure it for the time being.

He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his sister.

Jin Changge put down the food box, looked at her second brother huddled under the covers, and had a complicated expression.

"Hmm? Yongning?" Seeing that Jin Changge didn't speak after entering, Jin Jiande poked his head out from under the covers, frowned, and called out again.

"Second Brother, how are your injuries?" Jin Changge asked, coming back to his senses.

"It's alright, it's just a broken leg, nothing serious." Although she was his younger sister, she was still a woman, and Jin Jiande didn't want to cry in front of her.

Looking at the pale face exposed outside the blanket, Jin Changge couldn't help but sigh.

She knew her second brother too well; when they were kids, she would fight with him and he would cry if she beat him badly.

Although there have been fewer injuries in recent years, I've seen it all since I was a child. My second brother, with his status, has never suffered such a serious injury in his entire life.

What's more, it's a broken leg.

This already makes him practically disabled, and then there's the fact that he's been coughing ever since he came back, and the smell in the air.

Jin Changge had reason to believe that his second brother might have suffered some hidden ailment after the battle at Yanluo Mountain.

maybe....

My second brother is still too stubborn, sigh.

She looked at Jin Jiande and said, "Second Brother, it's okay if your leg is broken. At least you're back."

"So many people died in the battle of Yanluo Mountain, and they were all..."

Upon hearing this, Jin Jiande's body trembled uncontrollably.

In that instant, he recalled that rainy day, the neighing of warhorses, the whistling of arrows, and the scimitars slicing off one head after another of his men.

Not to mention the seemingly omnipresent pursuers lurking in the mountains; the thought of that scene still sends chills down Jin Jiande's spine.

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