Chapter 36: Chongyue’s Past Stories
The sword boy not far away felt that his husband was like a storyteller, who kept people in suspense when talking about the important parts, and knew how to whet people’s appetite.
If what the young man said was not known to everyone except the girl, he would have been attracted by the young man's words.
But the girl didn't seem to be very interested and had already stood still and put the arrow in her hand.
But this did not affect Langjun's enthusiasm: "The war is about to start, and the commander of the Northern Di army was suddenly beheaded! The one who took his head was Princess Chongyue!"
"It's strange to say, the Beidi commander is the most powerful general of Beidi. It is said that he is ten feet tall and is known as a giant. It is difficult for ordinary people to get close to him. And it is said that Princess Chongyue has been weak and sickly since birth and has been raised in the deep palace. I really don't know how she did it..." Even today, Chang Sui'an still finds it hard to imagine.
"According to the maidservant who came with the princess, the princess came out of the tent with a sword in one hand and the commander's head in the other—"
"Outside the tent, the Northern Di soldiers were holding knives and besieging them. Princess Chongyue did not want to be taken alive as a hostage, so she resolutely drew her sword and committed suicide."
"The morale of the Northern Di army was greatly disrupted, the commander was killed, and there was a civil strife due to the struggle for military power. However, our army was inspired by the righteous act of Princess Chongyue. My father said that if it were not for this, the outcome of this battle would be hard to determine."
Chang Sui'an's tone was somewhat heavy, with more admiration and regret: "Princess Chongyue and His Royal Highness the Late Crown Prince are indeed siblings. They are both so righteous and care about the common people. It is really admirable... It's a pity that although I met His Royal Highness the Late Crown Prince when I was young, I don't remember it very clearly, and I have never had the chance to see the appearance of His Royal Highness the Princess."
Listening to the words in his ear, Chang Suining narrowed his eyes slightly, and the arrow in his hand had already left the string.
Chang Sui'an looked over subconsciously.
The bow was very light, so the range was naturally not far enough. The target was only ten steps away. But even so, Chang Sui'an did not hold out much hope for his sister's arrow. After all, his sister had just started learning yesterday... right?! The boy's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Ningning, you...you actually hit the bull's eye!" Chang Sui'an almost jumped up.
Chang Suining nodded: "Yes."
"But you've only learned it for one day!" Chang Sui'an didn't understand - how did you do it? Whether it was hitting the bull's eye or having such a calm attitude!
"One day is enough to get the feeling." Chang Suining slowly shot another arrow.
Chang Sui'an's gaze followed the arrow as it flew out, and then he took a step back with a shocked look in his eyes, as if the arrow did not hit the bull's eye, but hit his eyeball.
"... Ningning, could you be the one-in-a-million archery genius that the rumors say you are?"
The girl raised her chin slightly and nodded seriously: "That's exactly what I think."
The girl looked calmly at the target which was only ten steps away.
If she wasn't a genius, she would just be playing around with these three-year-old children's toys, which would not only be a waste of time, but would also be really troublesome to act.
Therefore, she was destined to be a genius, not just in archery.
Although she was calm, Chang Sui'an couldn't remain calm at all.
For the next half day, he was busy with the same thing - spreading the shocking discovery "Surprise! My frail sister is actually a martial arts genius" everywhere in the mansion.
Except for the sword boy who witnessed it with his own eyes, everyone else was skeptical about it - after all, in the eyes of the young man, the girl was the best in the world at whatever she did.
Such precedents include, but are not limited to: a girl learning embroidery at the age of ten, and her husband was so amazed that he took the embroidery and ran around the house to show off - but they were so flattered that they couldn't even tell what the embroidery was.
And the girl just started to learn calligraphy and painting, and the man secretly took it out to show - everyone come and see my sister's plum blossom painting, is it as proud of the snow and frost as described in the poem, with a sense of unyielding bones? !
They all nodded, indicating that they were aroused.
But it's still a little worse than their scalps.
Let’s not talk about Chang Sui’an’s busyness for now.
Today, in addition to the Chang Mansion, the rewards from the palace were also delivered to the Cui family in Anyifang early.
Facing the eunuch who came with the imperial edict, Cui Wei still did not show any gentleness on his face.
"It is my son's duty to serve the court, but my Cui family dare not accept this reward on his behalf for nothing." He stood on the stone steps outside the hall with his hands behind his back, his tone cold and keeping people at a distance.
The eunuch struggled to maintain a smile: "This is just a small token of your Majesty's kindness..."
He didn't even dare to mention the word "reward".
If it were somewhere else, they would be punished on the spot for contempt of the majesty of heaven, but this is the Cui family - the aristocratic families are already noble, and the Cui family at the head has always been so noble that they almost wrote openly that they "look down on the royal family".
However, its roots are deep, its background is profound, and its power is extensive and complex, so the emperors of all dynasties were helpless.
And counting back to the past, the royal family tried many times to form marriage alliances with these great noble families, but the Cui family simply ignored them, believing that the royal family was not qualified to marry Cui's daughters, and that princesses were not worthy of being Cui's wives - historically, the four major families headed by Cui, namely Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang, only married each other to consolidate their power.
When he wanted to get married but was rejected many times, did the emperor say anything?
Therefore, as a eunuch, he did not dare to show any shame at this moment and could only smile apologetically.
"This coral is great!" A young man in brocade clothes came over and touched the coral held by a young eunuch. "If you put it in my study, I can write two more pages of calligraphy!"
Cui Wei's face darkened when he heard this: "How shameful!"
Cui Lang came to him with a smile and whispered, "Father, Grandfather is in the back hall. He said he has something urgent for you to discuss. I am here to pass on the message."
Cui Wei frowned, turned and left.
Cui Lang was behind him and quickly signaled to the eunuch with his eyes.
The eunuch heaved a sigh of relief, bowed to the young man, raised his hand and ordered behind him: "Hurry up and carry them in!"
Alas, it is not enough to rush to give the reward, you also have to find a loophole and wait for the right opportunity to deliver it... Look at what you did! "...You think your father is not embarrassed enough today, right?" On the way to the back hall, Cui Wei scolded his son: "Don't you want any coral? Why do you behave so shamefully in front of others!"
“It’s useless if you don’t want it.” Cui Lang sighed and said, “Father, I really don’t understand. You said that there are many people in our family who serve as officials in the court. Why is it that when it comes to my eldest brother, he is…”
"What do you mean by being an official? People of my Cui clan have always held important civil service positions!" Cui Wei said solemnly, "This is for the sake of the inheritance of the clan and the long-term survival of the generations! But what is he doing now? As a son of the Cui clan, he is willing to be a knife in the hands of the queen. I don't know how many people in the four families spit on him for this matter!"
And there are some things that should not be said openly - the Queen's accession to the throne was illegitimate, she confused the orthodoxy, and she was naturally opposed to the interests of the nobles, so the rebellious son's behavior was tantamount to not distinguishing between friend and foe, and betraying his clan and relatives! "Father, calm down... According to your son, my eldest brother's stubborn illness is not difficult to cure!"
Cui Wei glared at him and said, "What ridiculous idea do you have?"
Good afternoon, good afternoon, good afternoon, it's not important to say it three times haha
(End of this chapter)
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