Chapter 334 She Doesn’t Want to Stand Against Xie Guanlan

The kitchen was quiet.

Xie Zan looked at his youngest brother, his throat rolling, and for a long while, he couldn't say a word.

He picked up another gourd ladle and scooped a ladle of wine.

The wine was extremely spicy when it entered my throat.

He likes to drink.

I liked it when I was young.

When in Chengdu, Xie Xiaosi was still very young. When he saw his father and his good brothers drinking, he wanted to drink too. He refused, so he ate secretly when his father wasn't paying attention. However, the child didn't know how to drink wine, and after just two mouthfuls he choked and coughed violently. His little face turned red, causing everyone in the room to laugh.

He smiled and coaxed him, "When our Xie Xiaosi grows up a little, your brother will personally take you out for drinks and visit brothels. You can drink all the wine in the world and choose all the prostitutes in Chengdu. The two of us brothers will experience what a fairy-tale life is like."

But……

But later, he left Xie Xiaosi and went to the capital alone.

He was unable to accompany Xie Xiaosi to grow up.

I couldn't take him to taste the best wine in the world, nor could I take him to see the most beautiful flower girl.

Before dawn.

The sudden rain in Kyoto had just stopped. The lights in the red-light district outside the window gradually went out, and the bustling streets gradually returned to silence.

The two brothers sat by the water tank, and Xie Shian said casually, "When we were little, my eldest brother was too busy to play with me, and my second brother had gone to the capital, so I was the only one with you in the palace. I remember you took me to steal and play. When I was young and didn't know the taste of women, I tried to climb over the wall to see the Tofu Xishi. As a result, someone reported us to our father, and we both got beaten and knelt in the ancestral hall for two days."

Xie Zan smiled. "When we were little, you wanted to imitate me in everything. You insisted on wearing the same clothes as me. You were unhappy when grandma gave you different lucky money during the Chinese New Year. But when people praised us for our similar appearance, you would grin with joy."

The two couldn't help laughing as they recalled the past.

After toasting with a glass of wine from a gourd ladle, Xie Shian suddenly asked, "When are you and your cousin having your wedding banquet?"

Speaking of Wei Ying, Xie Zan couldn't help but curl his lips, "Soon."

Xie Shian looked at him.

His third brother was the most carefree man in the world. Everyone thought that a playboy like him who "walked among a thousand flowers without getting a single leaf on him" would probably marry and have children very late in his life. However, what was unexpected was that he was the first among his brothers to find his sweetheart.

He also thought that his cousin was a good person and a good match for his third brother.

He touched Xie Zan's with his gourd ladle again and said, "Next time you go home, your grandmother will be very happy to see you with your cousin."

"Next time we go home," Xie Zan suddenly slapped Xie Shian on the head, "don't touch my Four Happiness Meatballs again!"

Xie Shian recalled that last winter, he maliciously knocked over the four-happiness meatballs that Xie Zan was holding on his chopsticks, and he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

"Okay, wait until you bring your cousin home, and I'll make you two four-joy meatballs myself. Make a big pot! Okay?!"

As the two of them were sitting in the kitchen drinking and laughing, Wen Xingluo was walking towards his bedroom along the carved stairs.

When I turned the corner of the stairs, I saw a person standing on the stairs.

The bright lights embedded in the wall were dim and vague, and I could vaguely see the person with his hair in a high ponytail. He was wearing a dark black tight-sleeved suit, and a three-finger-wide leather belt outlined his tall and neat figure. When I looked up, Wei Ying's snow-white and cold little face suddenly came into view.

Wen Xingluo said softly, "Cousin?"

"Baiyujing is full of traps and hidden passages. If I'm not mistaken, my aunt is probably planning to use Baiyujing as bait to lure Xie Zhe there and then eliminate him there." Wei Ying walked down the stairs step by step. "Pei Lin has already left the city. He used the hostage who defected to him to contact the princes behind them. By now, I believe those princes are already on their way to the capital."

Wei Ying stared straight at Wen Xingluo, "Xie Guanlan controls the southwest. Even though he's unstoppable, our power shouldn't be underestimated. If we can seize the throne before Xie Guanlan does, then the world can still be ruled by the Wei family."

Wen Xingluo was silent.

"Wei Ning," Wei Ying raised an eyebrow. "Love is only a momentary pleasure. Power is the treasure we should hold firmly in our hands. Love fades with time, but power never does. Otherwise, why do men spend their entire lives chasing fame and fortune?"

If it were when he had just been reborn, Wen Xingluo would definitely agree with these words.

But now, she met Xie Guanlan.

She fell in love with Xie Guanlan.

She didn't want to stand against Xie Guanlan.

The girl wrapped a strand of black hair around her fingertips, and her drooping eyelashes covered her amber eyes.

"Wei Ning, you're not completely in love with Xie Guanlan, are you? I know he's a good person and worthy of your love. As your sister, I also support you two being together. But even if he makes you his queen in the future, how can the position of queen compare to the throne of God?

"Perhaps you're saying that no matter who seizes the throne, your child will always inherit the empire. But why can't he be the one to give in? Besides, the future is ever changing. What if he changes his mind? What if he has a child with another woman?

"Wei Ning, the relationship between a man and a woman based on love is not strong. In this world, only sisters, who are connected by blood, are the ones who always stand on the same front."

The wall lamp is dim.

The stairwell is crisscrossed with shadows, like the unclear road ahead.

Wen Xingluo's gaze fell on Wei Ying's sword.

After a while, she smoothed the messy tassel of Wei Ying's sword. "Cousin, the history books of the past and present are indeed fascinating, but compared to the struggles for power and the raging flames of war, I prefer the random tales of mountains and rivers and the geography of the land. Compared to a busy life sitting on the throne, I prefer to find a snowy day to chat with my grandmother around the fire. I also prefer to cook a bowl of ham and bamboo shoot soup for my mother with freshly dug bamboo shoots when the mountains turn green in spring."

Wei Ying frowned and stared at Wen Xingluo closely.

The girl in front of him had a pair of round, amber eyes and a white face, like a handful of fresh snow in a mountain stream, which reminded people of a white bird hiding in the branches and suddenly flying up at the end of the night.

She is very clean and pure, a kind of clean and pure that is worldly-wise but not worldly-wise.

She clearly had the ability to leave a brilliant and grand chapter in the history of youth, but she chose another life.

Wei Ying didn't know how to describe how she felt at the moment.

It's like being disappointed with someone, but also like...

A faint admiration.

After a long silence, she asked, "What should I do, aunt?"

Wen Xingluo's eyes turned cold. "Mother wants to deal with Xie Zhe in Baiyujing, but things may not go smoothly. Pei Lin's men are about to enter the capital, and I want to use that army to rescue Mother from Xie Zhe."

Wei Ying held her hand. "You don't want to go that way, but my aunt and I have to go. Once we rescue my aunt...we and Xie Guanlan, have you decided which one to choose?"

"Cousin," Wen Xingluo reminded in a deep voice, "Don't forget that the reason the princes supported the Great Wei royal family was because Pei Lin used the hostages as an excuse. The hostages who chose to follow Ziheng all returned home safely, but those who followed Pei Lin are still being detained in the capital. Pei Lin deliberately provoked conflicts between Xie Zhe and the princes. As far as I know, he killed several of those hostages in Xie Zhe's name. There is no wall that is impenetrable. When the princes discover the truth in the future, do you think they will still support the Great Wei royal family?"