Chapter 83 Nianxi, Don’t Think That Badly of Me

Pei Jian handed the box over and said happily, "This is a gift for you."

Nian Xi looked down and didn't answer. She said calmly, "You gave me a lot of gifts, but I don't need them."

The smile on Pei Jian's face disappeared, and he withdrew his outstretched hand. After a long while, he asked, "Did you come to see me just to talk about this?"

Nianxi looked at the lantern not far away. The wind blew in the night, and it swayed constantly, and the tiny light swayed with it.

She tucked her hair behind her ears and asked softly, "I want to ask you about the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Gu Ci has been in a bad mood these past two days, and I'm a little worried."

Pei Jian's expression froze for a moment, and he didn't move. He almost thought he was hallucinating. He only felt a bloody pain in his heart, as if someone was stabbing him with a sharp-handled knife, and the pain made him unable to breathe.

There was wind blowing past his ears, it was just a cool autumn breeze, but it froze his limbs.

There was a moment when all his trampled self-esteem turned into an angry candle dragon and was about to make him lose control. Veins bulged in his hands and he wished he could smash the earring in his hand and turn around and walk away without even looking back.

Pride made him angry, but something was holding him back in his heart, preventing him from moving, and he was reluctant to throw away the earrings he had given to Nianxi.

What if he left?

Pei Jian thought sadly that this might not move her heart at all.

It couldn't even solve the worries in her heart, which made her restless day and night.

Pei Jian took two steps back and retreated into the shadow of the lantern. The light was dim and he didn't want her to see his injured face.

He asked in a deep voice, "What happened to him?"

Nian Xi pretended not to notice his misbehavior. "Since the Duke of Zhenguo came back, he has become very busy. He would break his promises even if they were made. This has never happened before. He—"

"Wen Nianxi," Pei Jian, who was completely hidden in the dark, interrupted her abruptly, "You don't need to tell me the details of your relationship."

He said, "Don't embarrass me."

Nian Xi paused and said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Will there be any trouble at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? What happened in the previous life? Whenever Gu Ci talked about the Northern Territory and his father and brother, he always seemed to be confident, but the current situation seems a little different."

She said slowly, "Of course, you can say whatever you don't want to say."

I don't know if it's because of her fear of fate, but even though everyone in the capital now firmly believes that Dajing is about to have a resounding victory, she still has a bad feeling.

She was afraid that the fate of her past and present lives would overlap, and she was afraid that she would not be able to escape her fate even if she resigned.

It has been more than half a year since she met Gu Ci by the Qushui Pond on the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd. She has been very happy these days.

He also did many things that Wen Nianxi in his previous life had never done.

She learned how to ride a horse and could gallop on it. She opened a tea shop and was busy every day so she was never lonely. She also kissed Gu Ci passionately in a theater filled with spectators...

She lives a very comfortable life.

It is the warmth and love given by Gu Ci that heals the broken heart and makes the withered branches bloom again.

No matter what, she hopes Gu Ci can be happy forever.

Nian Xi didn't know whether the uneasiness was due to excessive concern, so she was eager to ask Pei Jian to learn more.

In her previous life, she was like living in a hood, full of narrow-mindedness and ignorance.

Pei Jian looked at Nian Xi standing in the open, and the worry was obvious on her pretty face. He endured it again and again, and finally calmed himself down and said:

"The Gu family is fine now, nothing will happen for the time being."

"As for the previous life, to put it simply, the eunuch sent by His Majesty to supervise the army was greedy for merit, the Duke of Zhenguo advanced rashly, and the two generals underestimating the enemy were ambushed when they went out of the pass to snipe, and 100,000 cavalry were wiped out. As a result, the army's morale was unstable, and the army retreated to Wei Chicheng. The Duke of Zhenguo fought to the death to protect the city and died for his country."

"The emperor was furious and sent the entire Duke of Zhen's mansion to prison. Thanks to the plea of ​​the old ministers in the court, the people of the mansion were saved. However, they were stripped of their titles and reduced to commoners, and were cursed by the world."

"I declined the request for permission to go to the northern border, and Your Majesty approved it, ordering him to guard the northern border forever and not to return to the capital for the rest of his life."

"Gu Ci did not live up to his responsibility as the Gu family's bloodline. He truly became the new generation of the King of the North and never let the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry set foot in the Central Plains again."

Pei Jian paused, "When we got married, there was a glass jade Bodhi that you liked very much. It was Gu Ci's gift."

Nian Xi listened quietly and wanted to say something, but then she found that her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't utter a word.

It’s a pity that the Gu family is so powerful now, but their ending in the previous life was so tragic.

"It can be avoided, right? Hasn't the intelligence been gathered back?"

Pei Jian glanced at her and answered irrelevantly, "Your Majesty should not ask the Duke of Zhenguo to return to the capital at this time."

"Didn't the Duke of Zhenguo ask to return to the capital?" Nian Xi's heart turned cold, "You mean--"

"The grace of God is unpredictable. The Duke of Zhenguo holds the power of 300,000 soldiers."

Pei Jian did not hide the truth and said calmly, "Everyone just thinks this is a battle without suspense, and the title of Duke of Zhenguo has already been exhausted. If he is promoted again, he will be crowned king."

"The Jing Dynasty was too arrogant and underestimated the brave and strong nation that fought a desperate battle for survival. The entire Zhenguo Mansion is the price paid for this arrogance.

Nian Xi was so panicked that she almost couldn't stand. Pei Jian reached out his hand to help her, but then suddenly put it down.

She was crying for another man.

But it still made him feel heartbroken.

"The situation is not that bad now, everything is still unknown. Beiliang's ambitions have been uncovered, and the Gu family has been operating in the northern border for several years, so it won't be easy for them to get into trouble."

Nian Xi listened to Pei Jian's calm voice without any fluctuations. She felt sad about what happened to Gu Ci in her previous life and said in a panic, "You... won't you do anything?"

Pei Jian suddenly raised his eyes to look at her. After being married for ten years, he understood what she meant. She blamed him for not saving her.

"The incident happened too suddenly. Our army was defeated and morale was broken. No one was able to turn the tide. Moreover, I was a nobody at that time and had no influence. I didn't even have the qualifications to plead for mercy in front of His Majesty."

He looked at her deeply, his dark eyes emitting a light deeper than the night even in the dark. He said:

"Nianxi, don't think so badly of me."