Thinking about someone else's wife is not upright after all. Xie Yanyu looked ashamed and said nothing.
Pei Yuxuan looked at him, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Was it also your doing that he left Beijing overnight on the day of my wedding?"
After she finished speaking, she saw with her own eyes that the man's eyelashes trembled, and then he whispered, "I'm sorry."
“……” Pei Yuxuan was speechless for a while, then she smiled.
Xie Yanyu pursed his lips and defended himself, "Zhao Rui has a choice. He can choose to complete the wedding ceremony before leaving."
Of course Pei Yuxuan knew this.
At that time, the whole country was in turmoil. In addition to the many wars on the borders, bandits were also rampant in the Khanate's territory. Countless generals led troops to suppress bandits and quell rebellions in various places. Some of them won great victories, but more often they suffered repeated setbacks.
Zhao Rui was a military general. On the day of his wedding, he received an imperial edict requiring him to rush to a certain place for emergency assistance.
He could have left early the next morning, but he was eager to make a contribution, so he said, "The military situation is urgent, a real man should defend his country, how can he be obsessed with love?" Then he chose to leave his wife, who had just been married, and left Beijing overnight.
This is certainly understandable, and Zhao Rui has indeed won a lot of praise for this.
He left his newlywed wife behind, did not even enter the bridal chamber, and put on armor to defend his country. He became a great hero, gaining both fame and prestige.
It's really a profit without any investment.
His subsequent career was smooth, and I wonder how much of it was due to this reputation.
As a wife who was alone in an empty room on her wedding night, Pei Yuxuan still remembers how she felt that day.
That was a sigh of relief.
Just what I wanted.
Now, knowing that it was the person in front of me who had interfered, my mood became even more complicated.
She was speechless for a long time, not knowing what to say.
But no one left on their own initiative.
Xie Yanyu waited for a while and said, "Under the same circumstances, I will only choose you."
Pei Yuxuan's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't say anything.
Xie Yanyu added: "If you agree to be my wife, from now on, no matter what choice I face, I will choose you."
“……” Pei Yuxuan pursed her lips.
Without her answering, Xie Yanyu continued, "I volunteered to marry into the family. I don't think it's a loss of face or inferiority. Princess, you don't need to worry about the inheritance of the Xie family's bloodline. I have two cousins who have already married and had children. If the Xie family..."
"But you are the only son of your parents," Pei Yuxuan finally spoke, interrupting him. "Even if you have twenty cousins, you are the only son of your parents. You will hurt their hearts if you act like this."
Xie Yanyu fell silent.
After a long while, he moved his lips, "Princess, are you going to reject me?"
"…If I say yes," Pei Yuxuan asked, "what are you going to do?"
To be honest, the reason why her last marriage ended in divorce was not unrelated to him.
If Zhao Rui had not received the imperial edict on the wedding day, he would have stayed and spent the wedding night with her.
So their newlywed period is the best time to cultivate feelings, and perhaps they can actually develop some husband-and-wife affection.
Instead of waiting for Zhao Rui to come back a year later, she closed her heart, which had never been opened, even tighter.
The couple, who were not very familiar with each other, looked at each other and felt awkward.
They didn't consummate the marriage on their wedding night, and a year later, Pei Yuxuan was even unable to take that step.
If we have more time to spend together, maybe we can get married naturally.
But the fact is, after nearly six years of marriage, Zhao Rui has only returned to Beijing a few times, and the couple has simply not had time to spend time together.
The world is in chaos, and the eldest princess will not allow her daughter to leave the capital with her husband.
Pei Yuxuan stayed in the capital year after year.
By the time the new emperor ascended the throne and the country was settled, the Zhao family was already thinking about divorce.
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