"The scar on the princess's arm was inflicted by the Khan last year. She said that it was because she had let the general go that the Qiang Kingdom suffered so much. She was a sinner of the Qiang Kingdom and deserved this. Not only that, she refused to give the princess medicine and refused to let anyone see her wound."
The maid's eyes filled with tears, her voice choked with sobs, "The princess was in a coma for three whole days and nearly lost her life. Fortunately, someone suggested a marriage, and the Khan was willing to have someone rescue the princess."
If there had not been the marriage, the princess would probably not be alive today.
Jin Ting'an lowered his eyelids slightly, but his hands in his sleeves slowly tightened.
He couldn't imagine her dying appearance. He remembered that when Xitong let him go, she smiled and said to him: "I saved your life. If I am in danger, will you also appear to save my life?"
He didn't answer at that time and just turned around and left, but he already had the answer in his heart. Princess Xitong saved his life, and he would repay her for this favor out of both emotion and reason.
"General, although the princess is from the Qiang people, she has no ill will towards the General's Mansion. I beg you to be less cold to the princess."
After the maid said this, she retreated.
Jin Ting'an didn't know how he walked out of Xitong's yard. He kept repeating in his mind what the maid said when he was in the house.
When Xitong returned to the yard, she saw Jin Ting'an looked like he had lost his soul, and he didn't even notice that he was about to bump into her.
Could it be that he was angry because he said that to him in the main hall?
It is said that men care a lot about face. She even said in front of Empress Xian that the general probably felt that he had been humiliated.
Xitong felt a little annoyed. She said that because her father had rashly sent troops to attack when he was young, causing the Qiang Kingdom to lose 100,000 soldiers. Her father blamed himself for this all his life.
That's why she said that without thinking. She just didn't want the general to be like her father, blaming himself for the rest of his life.
If the general did it because of her, she would naturally be happy in her heart, but compared with the interests of the country and family, personal love was obviously nothing.
"General," Xitong gathered her thoughts, tugged at Jin Ting'an's sleeve, and looked up at him. "I know I don't have the authority to say that to you. I overstepped my bounds. I'm sorry."
Xitong's voice brought Jin Ting'an back to his senses. Looking at Xitong, who was a head shorter than him, he could clearly see his expressionless face reflected in Xitong's amber eyes.
In addition to his face, there was also anxiety and uneasiness in Xitong's eyes.
"I don't blame you." Jin Ting'an relaxed his expression, shifted his gaze to her arm wrapped in clothes, raised his hand and pointed at her arm, "Does the scar on your hand still hurt?"
Xitong was speechless, but soon returned to normal.
"Did you see it, General? It's just a scar, how painful can it be?"
If Jin Ting'an hadn't listened to the maid's words, he would have been fooled by her nonchalant tone.
"Is it because of me?"
Jin Ting'an withdrew his hand and continued to stare at Xitong's fair face.
Xitong chuckled, "Although I am fond of you, General, you can't always think of yourself as the cause of everything."
Seeing that she was unwilling to admit it, Jin Ting'an pursed his lips and said, "Your maid told me everything. It's because of me."
The smile on Xitong's face froze.
"You're such a chatterbox. If there's nothing else, General, please go back."
Xitong didn't want to continue this topic, so she turned around and wanted to go into the house.
Jin Ting'an grabbed her wrist faster than he thought. Xitong almost fell down because of his sudden action. After stabilizing herself, she looked at him with a complicated expression with a half-smile.
"General, now is the time for you to respect yourself."
[Tsk tsk, they said they were going out for a walk, but they ended up having a secret date here.]
[Really? Why are you pulling my hands? Wouldn't it be better to just hug me? ]
After Yu Yiluo finished complaining, she noticed her beautiful mother standing behind her, and immediately stretched out her little hand to make a gesture of silence.
Empress Xian had originally brought someone with her to deliver clothes, but upon seeing this, she sent the person away and stood with Yu Yiluo beside the green vines near the gate of the yard, watching the two people in the yard.
Jin Ting'an didn't notice the two of them. He silently let go of Xitong's wrist and said softly, "I'll have someone send some good scar removal cream over later. I won't let the princess get hurt because of me again."
A charming smile slowly spread across Xitong's lips. "General, is this a disguised expression of your feelings?"
Jin Ting'an turned his head and saw Yu Yiluo sticking her head out of the courtyard gate. He asked in surprise, "Luo'er, what are you doing here?"
Yu Yiluo came out with a wry smile, "Uncle, mother and I came here to bring some clothes to aunt."
Empress Xian followed out, holding the newly made clothes in her hands.
"Sister-in-law, take a look and see if it's suitable."
Several people walked into the house. Xitong looked at the clothes that Concubine Xian brought over and touched them lovingly.
“It’s really beautiful.”
The patterns and colors are her favorites.
"Sister-in-law, try it quickly."
Soon, Xitong changed her clothes and came out. She turned around and asked Empress Xian with a smile.
"What do you think, Madam?"
"It suits my sister-in-law very well. She is incredibly beautiful. This is probably what my sister-in-law is like."
"Aunt is so beautiful."
Yu Yiluo couldn't take her eyes off it.
The red skirt makes Xitong look more charming and also shows off all her advantages.
Xitong's appearance is actually similar to Du Shuyan's. Both of them are relatively beautiful, but Xitong's facial features are deeper, and her every move is invisibly seductive.
[As expected, red is the color that suits my aunt best. She is absolutely stunning in red.]
[When I grow up, I want to make a lot of red dresses. I want to be a beauty too.]
Empress Xian: “…”
As if her skirt wasn't red now.
She originally wanted to make some pink clothes for Luoer, but Luoer didn't even look at those pink clothes and only picked the red ones to wear.
Xitong couldn't help but blush when she was praised like this.
She knew she was beautiful since she was a child, but this was the first time she was praised by a beauty, both big and small.
"Thank you, my lady and Luo'er."
The two left Xitong's yard. Xitong sat in front of the bronze mirror, looking at himself in the mirror. The words he asked Jin Tingan in the yard emerged in his mind, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
It seems that the general's heart has shown signs of warming up. Before, he avoided her like the plague when she approached him, but today he actually took the initiative to hold her hand.
…
Yu Yiluo and Concubine Xian returned to the room. She remembered that Jin Ting'an had said today that the emperor wanted to select guards for the two princesses, so she asked Concubine Xian who was washing her face.
"Mother, do you want to go back to the palace?"
[Father must have deliberately let my uncle tell me to return to the palace. I won't be fooled. When it comes to selecting guards, Father wouldn't joke about the safety of my two imperial sisters.]
[But it doesn't seem right for Mother to continue living in the General's Mansion. Even if Father doesn't say anything, we can't let anyone make things up about the General's Mansion.]
【Forget it, let’s go back.】
Empress Xian handed the handkerchief to Hua Rui and untied Yu Yiluo's hair.
"Luo'er, do you want to go back?"
She naturally didn't want to go back, but it was indeed against the rules to stay in the general's mansion all the time.
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