Chapter 81 Proposal
Yu Wanyin's lips trembled slightly before she pursed them again. She had no choice but to put down the medicine bottle in her hand and reach for his clothes.
His injuries were indeed quite severe, so the drawstring of his clothes was loose and could be easily pulled open.
Yu Wanyin lowered her head, untied the sash, and pulled open his clothes.
The man was tall, and to avoid scratching his injuries, Yu Wanyin had to spread her arms wide as well.
She moved closer to him as she moved.
The outer and inner garments fell and piled up, and she placed them around the man's waist.
It reveals the broad shape inside.
Rong Si sat motionless.
Her initiative in helping him undress was an act of her willingness to accept his body.
Yu Wanyin saw the sharp knife wound on his back.
She sat very close, wiping away the spilled blood with a handkerchief.
The movements were light and slow.
It was completely different from the hurried and rough techniques that military doctors had developed from years of marching.
Her breath, like her movements, fell intermittently on the man's shoulder blades.
It gently brushed over the wound with a touch of coolness.
A slight pain mixed with a tingling itch swept over the wound.
The wound on my back is too deep, and the wound has not completely scabbed over.
Yu Wanyin dared not exert any force.
However, the medicine seeped into his bones and blood, still making Rong Si's aura heavy and rough.
The man's broad back and the smooth, muscular lines of his back changed depth with his breathing, penetrating deep into his eyes.
His deep breathing was also somewhat grating to the ears.
Hearing this, Yu Wanyin felt a strange sensation arise in her heart.
Actually, she really wanted him to stop breathing.
But she couldn't bring herself to say it, thinking that if he was in pain, it would be very rude of her to tell him not to breathe.
Yu Wanyin kept her lips pursed as she applied the ointment to the wound on her back, using up more than half a bottle.
She went around to the front of him and sat down.
His injuries were relatively minor.
But for some reason, as her fingertips brushed against him, not only did his breathing become irregular, but the heaving of his chest also became more pronounced.
Even the way he moved her wiping fingers caused a strange sensation.
The ups and downs are unpredictable and difficult to maintain.
The full, solid, and powerful parts appeared flamboyant and vigorous in her presence.
The bloodstains on it added a touch of wildness and ruthlessness.
As the ointment touched the wound, she could clearly feel the man's body tense up.
Especially in the lower abdomen, you can see the changes in the frenulum and abdominal muscles on both sides.
It opens and closes.
It looked like it was about to swallow something.
Yu Wanyin asked him, puzzled, "Does it hurt?"
No one answered.
Yu Wanyin looked up in confusion, only to meet the man's eyes, which were inches away from hers!
He approached at some point, his figure leaning forward in an aggressive posture.
Their predatory attack was halted and slowed down when they were suddenly discovered halfway through.
His gaze lingered on her eyebrows and eyes for a moment, then fell to her lips, as if locking onto a target. "It hurts."
Yu Wanyin was slightly startled, vaguely realizing what the opening and closing of the shark line on her waist meant, and lowered her head to avoid his gaze, "If it hurts, you can bear with it."
Yu Wanyin knew what he was thinking. She felt that she had been too lenient, and that he had time to think about other things while applying the medicine.
Therefore, when Yu Wanyin applied the medicine again, she used a little more force.
The stinging sensation at the wound site, mixed with the itch that had just seeped into my bones, exploded from my body.
Rong Si let out a deep breath, his blood surging and churning from the pain!
He lowered his eyes, and from this angle, he could see her drooping eyelashes.
Its curled tail is so alluring that it brings tears to one's eyes.
He had been hungry for a long time.
Yu Wanyin was caught off guard when a hand was suddenly grabbed around her waist.
As if to return the pain to her, he pinched, lifted, and released her, pressing her against his body.
Yu Wanyin steadied him so that he wouldn't drop the medicine bottle.
Do you want me to apply the medicine again?
He didn't want the medicine.
Yu Wanyin frowned, wanting to get down, but that hand, even in its severe injuries, remained strong and held her tightly.
She had barely moved when she noticed something strange.
Yu Wanyin bit her lip and looked up at him.
Rong Si, on the contrary, was completely at ease, "Just apply it like this."
Yu Wanyin couldn't bring herself to do it, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and apply the remaining medicine to his wound.
Perhaps harboring some resentment, Yu Wanyin's hand movements were more forceful than before.
But even if her strength was heavy, it was nothing at all.
The tactile sensations that some people bring.
Even the pain is addictive.
Rong Si was right next to her ear, his breath rising and falling rapidly, spraying against her ear with each breath.
His wristband was fastened around her waist, and as she tightened her grip, it would rub against her slender waistline, intentionally or unintentionally.
Yu Wanyin could barely hold the medicine bottle steady.
She couldn't take it anymore. "If you keep pinching me, I'll call Chu Yu in to apply the medicine for you."
Rong Si raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had thought of something that had happened today, and suddenly pressed her down a little deeper.
The weight pressed down on Yu Wanyin, causing her to lose her balance and slump over, leaning on his shoulder for support.
It looked as if it were about to be embedded through the clothes.
Yu Wanyin's voice suddenly changed tone as her waist trembled slightly.
Rong Si whispered in her ear, "Call him Chu Yu."
"Do you know why Chu Yu came to see me today?"
Yu Wanyin was just trying to threaten him.
She simply guessed that Rong Si didn't want Chu Yu to come in, which was why he said that.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Rong Si continued in a low voice, "He wants to share a wife with me."
In an instant, Yu Wanyin felt a tingling and numb sensation in her tailbone, which shot straight to the top of her head.
This absurd idea made her hold her breath and look at him in disbelief.
Rong Si raised an eyebrow. "Let him in and see."
“He might not stop me.” “Perhaps he’ll help me… catch you.” Rong Si’s brows furrowed, his eyes filled with annoyance at Chu Yu bringing up the matter today.
He couldn't help but scare her in an even worse way, which frightened her so much that she absolutely dared not accept it, and also extinguished Chu Yu's hopes.
Yu Wanyin interrupted him, "No..."
Rong Si's gaze traced the outline of her lips, and he brazenly leaned forward, "That's right, Yao Yao only wants me."
This time she didn't hide.
It seems that his attempt to scare her was indeed effective.
Yu Wanyin felt like she was hiding, and since Rong Si couldn't reach her, he would get Chu Yu to help him pin her down here...
The medicine still spilled, covering him completely.
It covered his wounds, though not in the usual way of applying medicine.
At the last moment, Yu Wanyin hurriedly pushed him away, saying, "I'm worried about your serious injuries. You can't do this."
Rong Si took a deep breath. "It's alright."
Yu Wanyin fell off the soft couch, curled up by the velvet carpet, and stood up while holding onto the table and chairs next to her. She said firmly, "It's in the way."
She disregarded everything else and moved away from the jackal and tiger.
Many of his wounds have not yet scabbed over; this is a crucial stage of healing.
If it gets damaged, it's not worth the loss.
It will be even more troublesome when summer comes and the weather gets hot.
Yu Wanyin looked at him from a distance for a long time.
Rong Si just sat there, his amber pupils unfathomable, dragging her around, entwining her, and consuming her.
It's as if they'll start throwing a tantrum if they're not given food.
Yu Wanyin couldn't stand those looks, feeling like her bones were about to be gnawed away. She turned around and said, "Wait, wait until you're better."
She had a different intention; she left her handkerchief in the room and went straight out.
That piece of silk handkerchief was soft and pinkish-white.
Her warmth and the scent of lily of the valley still linger on it.
Yu Wanyin stepped out of the tent, wanting to get some fresh air, but unexpectedly, Chu Yu walked towards her.
Yu Wanyin's breathing, which had just caught its breath, became tense again.
Chu Yu wore a gentle, faint smile, appearing as harmless as ever.
No one could have imagined that he would bring up such a shameful thing.
Yu Wanyin watched him walk up to her, then changed the subject, asking, "Are you looking for Rong Si?"
"I'm looking for you," Chu Yu said simply and directly. "Would it be convenient for you to come to my place for a while?"
Yu Wanyin took a few steps back. "I'm sleepy. I'm going back now."
Without a second thought, Yu Wanyin rushed straight to Shan Chenjun's tent.
Even if the two of them are being incredibly absurd, they probably wouldn't dare to cause trouble for their elder sister.
Chu Yu watched Yu Wanyin's retreating figure and clicked his tongue softly.
It seems that Rong Si has already told her about that matter.
Rong Si is driven by selfish motives and will certainly not speak properly.
Look how scared he is.
Outside the camp, Mugo moved through the Han Chinese camp and found Zong Cheng. "You promised me..."
“On the way,” Zong Cheng patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t worry, we keep our word. If all our people are here, then all yours will be here too.”
Zong Cheng walked past him and continued to instruct him on how to organize and tidy up the camp.
Mugo stood there, feeling uneasy.
I don't know how much time passed.
A distant moo came from not far away.
Mugo looked in the direction of the sound and saw Yu Heyue waving at him.
Mugo was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
Yu Heyue was clearly well taken care of in the Han Chinese camp.
He changed into Han Chinese clothing, just like the day he picked her up in the chaos of battle.
Mugo almost instinctively took a few steps in that direction, then turned to running.
He ran up to Yu Heyue and examined her carefully. "Are you alright? Did they mistreat you?"
Yu Heyue shook her head, "The Han Camp Queen is my elder sister, why would she mistreat me?"
Mugo was stunned for a moment, "Your older sister?"
Yu Heyue nodded.
Mugo subconsciously looked in Yu Wanyin's direction.
Just then, I saw Yu Wanyin walking towards Shan Chenjun's tent.
Mugo looked away, having roughly figured out the relationship between them.
Yu Heyue is Yu Wanyin's younger sister, and Yu Wanyin is Shan Chenjun's younger sister.
It seems that anything related to Shan Chenjun can put Mu Ge at ease.
He slowly took a breath and said, "So that's how it is."
After settling Yu Heyue in, Mu Ge turned to look for his two older brothers.
However, all the Northern Chi prisoners except for Yu Heyue were tied up.
Su Fang told Mu Ge, "Your two elder brothers are still tied up. They can't be released until things are settled."
Mugo frowned. "I'll go take a look."
It seems feasible.
Su Fang turned sideways and led Mu Ge forward.
The convoy that came to escort the Hu prisoners of war also set up camp outside.
The Mu brothers were placed in one of the tents, and Su Fang led Mu Ge inside.
Mulin was quite surprised to see Mugo. "Mugo?"
Mugo stepped forward a few steps, "Big Brother."
Mulin quickly asked, "They said the Northern Chi camp was destroyed?!"
Mugo frowned and sighed, "This is a long story."
Mugo and Mulin recounted the day's events in detail, from the Northern Chi King's attempt to kill Helan Jun, to Shan Xun's self-proclaimed kingship, and then to their alliance with the Han people to launch a counterattack.
The Mu brothers remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
"Joining forces is a last resort. Even if we don't join forces, the sovereign won't let you brothers and the others come back." Mu Ge lowered his voice. "Does the sovereign want to kill Commander Helan, or wait for the sovereign to discard us pawns? Or let Shan Xun wipe us out and declare himself king? We'll all have no good days ahead anyway."
“By conspiring with the Han people, we can at least have some peace for now,” Mugo said. “It was only because Shen Jun mentioned it that I was able to rescue you.”
Upon hearing that it was Shan Chenjun who made the suggestion, Mu Lin said, "Then there must be no better way."
They all sighed. "If it weren't for Shen Jun, the three of us probably wouldn't be alive today."
Mugo continued, "Moreover, the female ruler of the Han camp is Shen Jun's sister."
“With this relationship between us, things become much easier.”
The Mu brothers neither confirmed nor denied it.
*
Shan Chenjun was still organizing the troops and had finished his work when Yu Wanyin waited for her outside for a while longer.
Someone must have gone to inform Shan Chenjun, because Shan Chenjun returned very quickly.
Of course, He Lanjun followed behind.
Shan Chenjun was clearly getting impatient. "They're pushing you to be king, so just accept it."
"I'll take it if I can," Helan Jun said in a low voice. "But the Northern Chi royal family has two brothers, so they can't possibly let me take it."
Shan Chenjun replied, "So, do you want me to be it?"
"It's not impossible."
Shan Chenjun laughed, "You're really magnanimous."
He Lanjun stepped forward and said, “I’m telling you seriously, if we don’t deal with those two in the Northern Chi royal family, you, me, and all of us will still die.”
Shan Chenjun stopped and looked at He Lanjun for a while. "Then what do you mean?"
"Wasn't I asking for your opinion?" He Lanjun looked at her. "Whether to fight or not, it's up to you."
Shan Chenjun raised an eyebrow. "One word from me?"
"Yeah, tactically speaking, I can't play without me.
"Why are you clinging to me now?" Shan Chenjun didn't say much. "Our Yaoyao has been waiting for ages."
He Lanjun had already learned in half a day that Yu Wanyin was Shan Chenjun's sister.
“No, let my sister say,” He Lanjun turned to Yu Wanyin, “Sister, what do you think? Should we fight?”
Yu Wanyin didn't feel she had a say in this matter. "Me?"
Shan Chenjun pulled He Lanjun away, "Who do you call me 'little sister'? Is she your little sister?"
“We’re like brothers, why are you being so formal?” Helan Jun insisted on getting an explanation from the third party. “If the Northern Chi royal family isn’t completely dealt with, won’t they pose a threat to us?”
Yu Wanyin nodded. "That must be a threat."
“Look, our sister says she wants to fight.”
Shan Chenjun pushed him away, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
After she finished speaking, she pulled Yu Wanyin into the tent.
Shan Chenjun didn't continue the previous topic, but changed the subject, "I thought you were with your husband today and wouldn't be coming."
Yu Wanyin said directly, "I want to sleep with you."
"Great!" Shan Chenjun was more than happy to agree, tidying up his tent. "Did you have a fight with your husband?"
“No,” Yu Wanyin explained, “His injuries are too severe for us to share a bed.”
Shan Chenjun nodded as if he understood, and told her to prepare to rest.
They then sent someone to Rongsi's place to get Yu Wanyin's daily clothes.
Their makeshift tents were all pretty much the same, nothing new or interesting.
As night fell and all the lamps went out, they lay side by side.
Shan Chenjun looked up at the top of the tent.
Yu Wanyin asked her, "They seem to rely on you a lot."
Shan Chenjun laughed, "Only when the ruler is immoral will they think others are reliable."
Shan Chenjun and Yu Wanyin talked about what she had done in the Northern Chi camp over the past ten years.
However, she only mentioned things briefly, focusing on the interesting ones.
She spoke of her friends and brothers, saying, "There are actually many good people in the Northern Chi tribe; they are just ordinary people."
She selected those with a conscience from among the group of people sent by the Northern Chi King to tame her.
These people were promoted to high positions.
He became a high-ranking general who absolutely tolerated and trusted her.
An immoral ruler is paired with a conscientious minister.
The subject must be suffering for her to be more trustworthy than the king.
The northern Chi region was not barren; compared to the tiny state of Shanshan, it was much better off.
They have diverse mountainous landscapes, but they don't live their lives properly.
Yu Wanyin asked her, "So, after we finish dealing with things here, are we going to attack the royal family?"
“We have to fight.” Although Shan Chenjun had just been perfunctory with Helan Jun, he knew in his heart that “the Northern Chi royal family cannot be abandoned.”
“But let’s go home first.” Shan Chenjun had already come up with a plan. “My father is skilled in military command. He has an army that has never been defeated.”
“I need Shanshan to join me in breaking through the encirclement, not a reconciliation that the Northern Chi people are giving us as charity.”
Yu Wanyin heard something that piqued her interest, "Your father... is he the legendary king general?"
Shan Chenjun hadn't heard any rumors, but he knew about her father's heroic deeds, and smiled, "Perhaps so."
Yu Wanyin leaned over her pillow and asked, "Do you blame him?"
“How could I blame him?” Shan Chenjun played with Yu Wanyin’s long hair hanging by her side. “If it weren’t for him, Shanshan would be gone long ago.”
"Compared to that, being imprisoned in Beichi for ten years is nothing."
“Sometimes I think that if I died, my father would no longer be under my control.”
"But I also feel that I must have a better solution than death."
Shan Chenjun looked at her and said, "Speaking of which, my father was a general of the Han Dynasty."
"Back then, when Shanshan was sent to the Central Plains for a marriage alliance, he was one of the Han generals exchanged with the Central Plains."
Yu Wanyin was a little surprised, "Really?"
“Yes, you’ll know when you come back with me to see him.” Shan Chenjun said, then remembered to ask her, “Oh right, are you going with your husband or coming home with me?”
Without a second thought, Yu Wanyin said, "Let's go home."
Otherwise, why would she have traveled all this way to get here?
Shan Chenjun looked at her, "Your husband now holds territories in the Central Plains, why would he come to Shanshan?"
Yu Wanyin pursed her lips. "I don't know. Let's see what he does."
"He can't go back now. The Central Plains have just reached a truce, and there are still many things to deal with. As for what comes next..."
Rong Si had said that he wanted to go back to Shanshan with her.
Yu Wanyin didn't want to think too much about it for the time being, and leaned against Shan Chenjun's pillow, "Anyway, I'm going back."
Shan Chenjun nodded, "Okay."
"I'll take you back."
Five days later, the entire Bei Chi camp was cleaned up and the battle arrangements were finalized.
Rong Si was now able to move freely. He knocked on Chu Yu's door and threw all his military tokens and warrants onto Chu Yu's table.
After a series of loud cracking sounds, Chu Yu sat motionless to the side, asking pointedly, "What are you doing...?"
Rong Si sat down beside him and said generously, "Here you go."
“I have to go home with Yaoyao. You can take care of these troops and territories.”
Chu Yu took it, saying, "You're just handing it over to me like this?"
Rong Si replied matter-of-factly, "I can't take it with me anyway."
Chu Yu pondered for a moment, "I can give it to you, but I need to remind you of something."
"If you give me all of this, you'll be nothing more than a bandit king."
Rong Si could understand Chu Yu's unspoken meaning: "So what if he's a bandit king?"
Rong Si pointed out, "You wouldn't be afraid that I'll go home with Yao Yao and gain the upper hand."
"You'll never have another chance."
Chu Yu glossed over this point, saying, "What I think is unimportant."
“Some things aren’t about having the upper hand.” Chu Yu didn’t ask Yu Wanyin about her choice again, because he had already figured out who she would choose if she had to.
He didn't want to hear answers that he knew weren't his own; "Marriage is a serious matter, not a game."
"The husband of the princess of Shanshan is a bandit leader, which doesn't sound very good."
"If you give me all of this, what can you give Yao Yao?"
Rong Si didn't want to listen to his beating around the bush. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"I'm doing this for your and Yaoyao's own good," Chu Yu said leisurely. "It's obvious you've never properly proposed to a girl, never gone through the proper formalities of marriage."
“Rong Si, marrying a princess of a country is not like a bandit kidnapping a bride. You need to have a respectable status and a dowry.”
The room fell silent; you could hear a pin drop.
Rong Si understood what Chu Yu was planning.
But damn it, I felt that Chu Yu was right.
Rong Si pondered for a long time, then said, "What do you think I should do?"
Chu Yu handed his military tally back, saying, "Help me pacify the Nine Provinces, and then go and formally propose marriage to Yao Yao."
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