The guard who accompanied Nan Jinchu in sensed her anger and said, "Your Highness, please don't be angry. I think General Jiang is just trying to sow discord and is unwilling for the Princess Consort to marry Your Highness."
"You noticed it too." Nan Jinchu loosened her grip slightly.
The guard standing nearby looked bewildered, but still chimed in, "Yes...yes...yes."
Nan Jinchu's deep voice carried a hint of coldness: "If he truly loved Wan Ge, he wouldn't have provoked me after my wedding, much less said those things."
The matter is settled. If he truly loves Wan Ge, he should be offering his blessings instead of saying things that would anger him. If he does get angry, Wan Ge will only suffer in the Prince's mansion.
Which person who truly loves another would let their beloved suffer? So, Wan Ge, perhaps he doesn't love you at all.
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"Cousin, you've finally arrived." Nan Jinchu had a particularly close relationship with the emperor, who had always liked to follow him around and call him cousin since he was a child.
Nan Jinchu nodded and bowed: "May I ask what Your Majesty has summoned this humble subject for?"
The emperor handed him a secret letter: "My cousin has just gotten married. I should have let you rest for a few more days, but this matter is of great importance, and I don't trust anyone else to do it."
Nan Jinchu opened the secret letter in her hand, looked at its contents, and said, "So you kept General Jiang here because of this?"
The emperor nodded, then sighed: "Actually, I am also very conflicted. The Jiang family only has this one bloodline left, so I intend to let him stay in the capital. But in terms of literary and military talents, he is no worse than his father."
Actually, the best options are still my cousin and uncle, but my uncle no longer cares about court affairs, and my cousin has never fought in the north, so he's not very familiar with that area.
The Jiang family army is extremely familiar with the north, and Jiang Shuyan had been there a few years ago, so he was the best candidate. However, fighting on the frontier is too dangerous, and the Jiang family only has this one son left. His father always felt guilty towards the Jiang family before his death, so the emperor was hesitant about whether to send Jiang Shuyan.
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The emperor looked at Nan Jinchu and said again, "Cousin, do you think I should send General Jiang this time?"
"Personally, I would like him to go. In public, he is indeed a very good candidate. However, there are many capable generals and ministers in our dynasty, and he is not the only one."
The emperor coughed twice, recalling how his cousin had rushed into the palace to ask him to grant him a marriage, a scene that still shocked him to this day.
To be honest, from childhood to adulthood, Nan Jinchu has always been someone who is omnipotent, respects women but never likes to get close to them, and to be less precise, men are not very willing to get close to him either.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person was eating meat, the emperor would have suspected that he wanted to become a monk.
He neither drinks alcohol nor indulges in women; the only thing that makes him seem less like a monk is that he doesn't eat vegetarian food.
He still remembered that cold winter when he and Nan Jinchu were trapped in a cave. They had nothing left but a flask of wine hanging from his waist.
I wanted to give him a drink to warm him up, but he said he wasn't afraid of the cold. They were only dressed lightly and didn't expect to get trapped. Nan Jinchu was almost frozen solid, but he still said he wasn't cold.
He fell ill after returning home, which was rare for him.
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