Upon hearing Ji Shishi describe Chen Damei as a 'country woman,' her words laced with utter contempt, Jiang Ming's brows instantly furrowed, and he instinctively pushed her away gently...
Feeling Jiang Ming's coldness, Ji Shishi cried even more bitterly.
"good!"
Jiang Ming sat up and pondered, "She was indeed just a village woman, but when I met her, I was just a beggar... So what?"
He paused, then continued, "In life, the most important thing is not to forget your roots and not to abandon someone you've started a relationship with. If a man sees someone so-called better or more noble and forgets the woman who didn't look down on him and was willing to marry him... you can imagine what kind of character that is! When I was still a beggar, my younger sister didn't look down on me and wholeheartedly devoted herself to living a good life with me..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ji Shishi cried out emotionally, "You're not a beggar, you're a noble prince of Qin! Waaah! How can you say it's a marriage down?"
"Oh!"
Jiang Ming sneered, "Young Master? What a ridiculous title... A young master is taken hostage and sent to another country to become fish on a chopping board. A young master is not even as good as a beggar. A beggar can still wander freely, but I have to worry about being hunted down by the State of Jin... And you people of Yan also want to capture me and hand me over to the State of Jin to gain merit... I am really not even as good as a beggar!"
Hearing Jiang Ming say this, Ji Shishi's face was filled with guilt, complex emotions, and sorrow...
"Why can't you think about the problem from a different perspective?"
Jiang Ming sighed and pondered, "You look down on my eldest sister... but I didn't even abandon my eldest sister, so how could I possibly let you down?"
"I didn't look down on her, boohoo!"
Ji Shishi cried sadly, "I'm just sad, sad that you suffered so much before, and... I'm jealous of my younger sister, jealous that she appeared before me, sob sob!"
"hehe......"
Jiang Ming smiled faintly: "There's no need to be jealous. If you had actually appeared before her, I might have already been killed by your brother!"
"Waaah! No, my husband, you won't! I'll protect you! I'd rather die for you! Waaah!"
"Alright, alright..."
Jiang Ming hugged her again and comforted her, saying, "There is nothing wrong in the world, it is only the fools who make trouble for themselves... The situation is very good now. I will soon destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, and then my army will march straight into the Qi Kingdom... Not only will I wipe away the shame of the Yan Kingdom's defeat in the first Battle of Maiqiu, but I will also crush the Qi Kingdom once and for all, so that it will never be able to recover, and then achieve hegemony!"
"Husband, can you really do it?" Ji Shishi asked in surprise, her small hand tightly gripping Jiang Ming's hand.
"As long as you all listen to me..."
Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Don't cause trouble in the rear. The Great Yan Kingdom will soon achieve hegemony over the world!"
"Husband...can you tell me about your story with Murong Xue?" Ji Shishi asked curiously.
Jiang Ming's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, Ji Shishi had even found out about Murong Xue...
"hehe......"
Jiang Ming smiled bitterly, "Speaking of Murong Xue, back then... I was worse off than a beggar, and she... was even worse off than me!"
Jiang Ming recounted to Ji Shishi how he took Chen Ermei's place in marrying the mountain god, how he encountered Murong Xue, rescued her, and killed the tiger and the bear.
Upon hearing this, Ji Shishi's face was filled with horror, and her eyelashes trembled uncontrollably!
"My God! How could such a bizarre thing happen in this world?"
"Is that so?"
"My lord! You've made the tiger and the bear fight each other, and then you reap the benefits... This plan is so ingenious that I can't even describe it..." Ji Shishi exclaimed with admiration.
"Oh......"
Jiang Ming laughed, "What's the big deal? Tigers and bears are just the powers of the Central Plains. I'll drive the wolves and tigers away, make them both weaken, and then reap the greatest benefits! Baby, be good... As long as you're obedient, just like Xue'er was in the forest back then... Yan will surely become the most powerful country!"
"The most powerful country? Then... what about the Qin state?"
Ji Shishi looked at Jiang Ming with some confusion and asked, "You are a noble prince of Qin, don't you... want to return to Qin? Will you stay with me in Yan forever? If one day the King of Qin asks you to return and inherit the throne, will you...?"
"Hahaha!"
Jiang Ming laughed and said, "Although Qin is my motherland, it is not my foundation! My career is rooted in Yan! I have no interest in living off the meager inheritance left by my ancestors..."
At this point, Jiang Ming said meaningfully, "If I become the ruler of the world, wouldn't that be better than being the King of Qin?"
"My husband..."
Ji Shishi nestled tenderly into Jiang Ming's arms, murmuring, "My husband's ambitions fill me with utmost admiration... But what about me? My husband, what will you do with me in the future?"
"Tsk!"
Jiang Ming laughed and said, "Why are you still worrying about this? You will be the master of Yan in the future... What's mine is yours too."
"What about my eldest sister? What about Murong Xue?"
"Tsk..."
"Oh dear! They each have their own cake..."
"Cake? What's a cake?"
......
The couple chatted in bed until dawn broke before they both fell asleep.
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