Gong Chenya couldn't understand. He said, "She's so good, why did she have to marry such a cruel person? It must have been Yuwen Sheng who forced her. She wanted to escape. If it weren't for saving the people in this city, she would never have come back."
Seeing that Gongchenya was caught up in his own obsession, Uncle Bai frowned and said, "Whether she is or not, she is already Yuwen Sheng's woman. Unless someone is more powerful and has more troops than Yuwen Sheng, she can never belong to anyone else."
"Is that so? As long as you're more powerful than Yuwen Sheng, you can set her free." Gong Chenya wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes bright and resolute.
He said that if he survived this time, he would definitely go to find her.
He is a man who always keeps his promises.
The others brought up another matter: "We've already secretly hidden Uncle Yang's body. We'll bury him after Mo Ye and the others leave the city."
"It was truly unavoidable that we couldn't save him this time, Ya'er, you don't need to blame yourself," Aunt Mei sighed.
Upon hearing the mention of Yang Gu, Gong Chenya's face turned deathly pale.
"Uncle Yang once told me that he had fought on the border for many years, winning and losing, but as he grew older, although he gained more experience, his body would also deteriorate year by year. If one day he were captured by the enemy, he would rather die than suffer humiliation..."
They listened quietly to Gongchenya's words and understood his feelings when he took action.
“I know he would rather die in battle than surrender to Yuwen Sheng and betray Julu. I wanted to save him, but I couldn’t. So let’s just say that Yuwen Sheng killed him, so as to preserve his lifelong reputation and honor for his glorious sacrifice in protecting Fenggu Sand City and resisting foreign invasion.”
Upon hearing this, they glanced at Gongchen Cliff in surprise, only to see him overcome with grief, his handsome face heartbreaking.
"We understand."
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After leaving Fenggu Sand City, Zheng Quchi finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Although she didn't understand war or politics, she knew that massacring entire cities had always been an inhumane act, and that once war broke out, it was always the most vulnerable and powerless people who suffered.
She deeply understands this point.
She wouldn't interfere with Yuwen Sheng's military strategies and policy struggles abroad. She was self-aware and wouldn't meddle in things she didn't understand. There's a saying that goes, "In chaotic times, kill the saintly mother first."
Although she has cultivated a strong moral conscience during peacetime, she hasn't reached the point of rescuing everyone she sees or taking on every problem. She has a very accurate understanding of herself.
She sat on the horse, feeling extremely uncomfortable, because the person behind her was so prominent that she felt uneasy whenever she became aware of him.
Yuwen Sheng wasn't in a hurry to travel. He seemed to be waiting for something, and he walked at a leisurely pace, even having the time to talk to Zheng Quchi: "Quchi, are you feeling unwell?"
She kept moving. Whenever he got close, she would lean forward; if he stepped back, she would arch her back. Judging from her body language, she was not comfortable at the moment.
"No……"
"Does your injury still hurt? If you feel tired from the journey, you can lean on me to rest. You don't have to push yourself."
His voice was extremely gentle and languid, like a hook deliberately lowered. The topics he initiated, pulling his parents along, sounded stiff and unfamiliar, unlike his usual way of speaking.
He thought that Zheng Quchi would like a considerate, gentle and attentive husband, and he was deliberately imitating this type of person.
The only person he knew of this kind was Liu Fengmian.
Liu Fengmian was a womanizer by nature. He spoke tenderly to his lovers and concubines, as if they were all so affectionate and inseparable.
However, Zheng Quchi awkwardly replied, "I need to go to the outhouse."
"..."
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In this desolate wilderness, no one would be so idle as to build a hut, so passersby usually relieve themselves wherever they can.
But Zheng Quchi was a girl, so she couldn't just relieve herself anywhere like these men. She had to find a secluded, deserted place first... dig a hole, and then relieve herself anywhere.
Don't blame her for being unhygienic; she's been forced into this situation by the current simple and primitive environment.
Zheng Quchi only relaxed after he was out of Yuwen Sheng's sight.
Help! She had absolutely no idea how to get along with him anymore. The thought that he was Yuwen Sheng, the "living Yama" of Ye Kingdom, filled her with resistance.
Rather than staying with him in such an awkward and tense atmosphere, she decided to run away.
But then she thought about it again and realized that her idea was just wishful thinking.
How could she, with only two legs, outrun someone riding a four-legged horse? Therefore, running away was simply not an option.
Besides, she also wanted to go home to see her family.
Or perhaps she should be brave and just ask him for a divorce.
As long as she reasoned with him and made him understand that she was by no means a qualified or ideal marriage partner, she believed that he would eventually agree with her point of view and readily sign the divorce papers.
Yes, for a rich and handsome man like Yuwen Sheng to marry a poor peasant girl like her is definitely just a momentary lapse of judgment. He might still be struggling with how to get rid of her entanglement.
Otherwise, why did he refuse to reveal his true identity to her in the first place?
He chose to maintain a false identity while interacting with her, precisely because he thought he would have a way out later.
Now, she herself has delivered herself to his door, forcing him to publicly acknowledge her identity. In reality, he is certainly not happy to let someone of such low status occupy the precious title of his general's wife.
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