Chapter 186: To go or to stay, she made the decision
Xiao Lingzhao said, "I really want you to go with me. I want to stay with you forever, without being apart for even a single day. But, I also want you to live a comfortable and pleasant life."
He glanced sideways at Shen Yuanwei.
"You have never been to the border, so you don't know how hard and difficult it is there. Many men can't stand living in such a barren place with lots of sand and wind, let alone you."
"I can say that among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border, not a single one of them has not cried in private, myself included."
"I grew up as a young master of a general's mansion, with fine clothes and delicious food. When I was fourteen, I went to the border. I couldn't stand the boredom, boredom and coldness there. I also cried at night while biting the corner of the quilt. I once wanted to give up guarding the border city. I wanted to return to the capital and live a life of riding horses, parading through the streets, eating, drinking and having fun like other young masters. However, the bones of my brothers and sisters and my ancestors of the Xiao family were buried there. I swore not to let those enemies attack the city and trample on the graves of my family members, so I survived-"
"I've been through it myself, and I know how crazy those days can make people. So I won't use love to bind you and ask you to give up the splendor and prosperity of the capital and run away with me to that remote place. I think that would be too selfish."
He gently stroked Shen Yuanwei's cheek.
"Yuan Wei, I married you and brought you out of the palace so that you could live a comfortable life. I didn't do that to make you live a hard life with me. If you are not happy, I will feel that I owe you and my conscience will be uneasy."
Shen Yuanwei looked at the man's thin but strong silhouette under the moonlight.
This man has always been upright. He was not like some despicable men who deliberately concealed the harsh environment at the border, beautified the border by saying its many benefits to deceive her into going there, and then used love to keep her there.
The man told her the situation at the border truthfully, fearing that she would suffer.
She once heard someone say that love always makes you feel indebted, and you always worry that what you give to the other person is not good enough or not enough.
That's Xiao Lingzhao.
He was always so tolerant, considerate, and caring for her, fearing that she would be unhappy or dissatisfied in the slightest.
She turned around and hugged Xiao Lingzhao.
"Life at the border is so hard, I don't want to go, but when I think of you living a hard life there alone, without your parents or wife by your side, and missing your family at night and having to secretly bite the corner of the quilt and cry, I really want to go and accompany you..."
Xiao Lingzhao hugged her waist.
He kissed her hair and said, "It's good enough that you have this heart."
Shen Yuanwei is a sophisticated and selfish person, but sometimes she is someone who wants to experience pure love.
She looked up at her handsome and gentle husband, and suddenly wanted to go on a spontaneous trip for this man.
"How about this, I'll go with you for a few days first. If I really can't adapt to the hard life there, and can't stand the war there, I will return to the capital by myself."
"If I think life is okay and not too hard, I'll be there with you, okay?"
Xiao Lingzhao was slightly stunned.
The next moment, he picked up Shen Yuanwei, his eyes full of surprise.
"really?"
He was excited and touched. "Are you really not afraid of hard work? Are you really willing to go to the border with me?"
Shen Yuanwei looked at him with such joy, as if he had been awarded a huge reward. Such unconcealed joy made Shen Yuanwei feel sweet in her heart.
She kissed Xiao Lingzhao on the face.
"Well, I'll go with you. If life gets hard in the future, I'll run away, but now I really want to go with you. I want you to be happy—"
Xiao Lingzhao laughed out loud.
He held Shen Yuanwei in his arms and kissed her deeply.
One kiss is no longer enough for Xiao Lingzhao to be satisfied.
He took Shen Yuanwei's hand, turned around and strode into the yard.
Shen Yuanwei followed him with a red face. Her ears started to feel hot when she thought about what he was trying to do in such a hurry.
As soon as the two returned to the yard, they saw the well-behaved Prince Rui sitting on the steps holding a large bowl, staring at the yard door without blinking.
Seeing Shen Yuanwei come in, Prince Rui immediately stood up and looked at Shen Yuanwei expectantly, holding the walnuts in the bowl for Shen Yuanwei to see.
Shen Yuanwei and Xiao Lingzhao paused.
She whispered to Xiao Lingzhao, "Go take a shower first, I'll coax him back to the room soon."
Xiao Lingzhao nodded.
He smiled gently at King Rui and walked into his room.
Shen Yuanwei walked towards Prince Rui with a smile.
"Have you peeled the walnuts? Did they not hit your hands?"
Prince Rui obediently showed her his hand, and it was not hurt at all.
Shen Yuanwei immediately praised him, "Ayou is amazing. You peeled so many walnuts without hitting your hands. You really have a talent for peeling walnuts. You are really a good worker!"
Prince Rui was praised so much that his tail was about to rise to the sky.
Shen Yuanwei looked at the walnuts he had peeled again. There was a whole bowl full of them. Each one was peeled completely and beautifully. When piled together, they looked like a work of art.
Shen Yuanwei took out two red eggs from her arms, "Ayou is so amazing, so I'll give you these two red eggs. They are for your nephew's full moon wine. They are very fragrant."
King Rui did not think two eggs were too shabby.
He would hide away any gift his sister gave him, even if it was just a piece of dogtail grass, as a treasure.
He handed the walnut to Shen Yuanwei, reached out to take the red eggs, held the two red eggs in his hands, looked at them over and over again, smiled slightly, and turned around and ran into the house.
Eat eggs tonight and walnut cheese tomorrow.
My sister said she would make walnut curd for him.
When closing the door, he turned his head and looked at Shen Yuanwei. He opened and closed his lips several times before he managed to squeeze out three words, "Walnut... cheese."
He was afraid that his sister would forget, so he wanted to remind her to make walnut curd for him.
Shen Yuanwei made an "OK" gesture and agreed with a smile.
"Okay, Ah You, go to sleep well tonight. When the sun comes up, I will make you some sweet and fragrant walnut cheese."
King Rui was very happy and nodded repeatedly.
After watching him close the door obediently, Shen Yuanwei went into her room holding the walnut bowl.
When she came out of the shower, Xiao Lingzhao had also finished his shower and was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for her.
The translucent white silk gauze makes the man's good abdominal muscles and waistline faintly visible, showing the word "charming" to the fullest.
Especially since this man was so handsome, and was looking at him with a pair of affectionate and scorching eyes without blinking, and his Adam's apple was rolling back and forth. He was simply, very seductive to the extreme.
Shen Yuanwei walked to the bed, but she didn't sit on the edge of the bed. Instead, she sat on Xiao Lingzhao.
She hooked her arms around Xiao Lingzhao's neck, twisted his silk gauze with her fingers, and asked him with a smile, "Our general, who is a man of steel during the day, can actually wear such clothes to seduce people at night, huh?"
Xiao Lingzhao's ears turned slightly red.
He whispered, "My mother gave it to me a few days ago..."
He lowered his head and buried it in the crook of Shen Yuanwei's neck, too embarrassed to even raise his head, "Mother said it looks good this way, girls like it the most... She said those young masters of the Chu Mansion who use their looks to please men all dress like this..."
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