Chapter 298 Selfishness
"I'm glad you're okay."
Yan Xingchuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his face, which had been a little pale, softened slightly.
It really scared him.
She was fine in Xianyang City and on the road, but as soon as she arrived in Piaomiao City, all ten of her fingers were injured. It must be because he was too good at harming her.
"It's just girls playing, don't make a fuss." Cui Si asked Song Lu to tie the cloth again. "I need to marinate it for a while, otherwise the color will be different."
Song Lu even laughed at her: "My wife should say 'dye' instead of 'pickle'. It sounds like an old lady pickling pickles."
Cui Si said stubbornly: "It is pickled. I think pickling is the best. Otherwise, you can ask him if it is pickled."
Yan Xingchuan nodded repeatedly on the side: "Yes, yes, it is pickled, everything you said is right."
Cui Si was proud: "Did you hear that? I was right."
Song Lu couldn't win the argument with the two masters, so she stamped her feet in anger and snorted twice: "I won't tie it for you, let Yanzhi do it."
Yanzhi reluctantly agreed to this: "Okay, okay, I'll do it, you eat your preserved fruit."
This girl has a bad temper.
Fortunately, the master indulged her, otherwise she would have been sent away long ago.
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Yan Xingchuan looked at Cui Si's hands that were tied again, and he lost the mood to work anymore. He sat beside her and waited.
After about an hour, Cui Si finally got tired of wrapping her fingers and had the cloth strips removed. After washing her hands, she found that her nails were indeed stained with some light pink.
Yan Xingchuan stared at her hands. Her ten fingers were slender, white, and tender as onion roots. They looked like a pair of hands that had never been touched by women and were pampered.
He vaguely recalled that in his previous life, Cui Si's hands had drawn swords and walked side by side with him. Her thin shoulders had also held up the sky and were his most trusted and strongest support.
Why don’t you look back?
Why are you unwilling to pay anymore?
That's just because what she gave was once betrayed.
Yan Xingchuan thought, it doesn’t matter, he is not afraid.
"I've called everyone together for a meeting tonight. Do you want to go?" he asked her.
"What am I going to do?" Cui Si asked curiously.
"You are the princess. Since you are here, it is normal for you to participate in the meeting. Everyone wants to see you."
Cui Si blinked and looked at him in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Yan Xingchuan asked her.
"Aren't you afraid?" Cui Si asked him back.
You have to know that she is not an ordinary person.
The daughter of the Cui family may not pose any threat to him, but as for Queen Mother Cui, she knows too much and understands too much. As long as she wants, she can make Northern Yan restless.
She was not joking when she said she had overturned the sky of Beiyan.
Even so, he still dared to let her attend the meeting and let her touch the power of Beiyan. Is he really not afraid of death?
"What am I afraid of?" Yan Xingchuan smiled again, "I've said before, if you want, the King of Northern Yan will do it for you, you can go if you want."
Cui Si thought to herself, if you offer to be the King of Northern Yan to me, aren’t you afraid that I will find a way to kick you out once I become the King of Northern Yan?
However, she had attended enough meetings and courts in her previous life, and now she just wanted some peace and quiet.
only......
"I don't want to go, nor do I want to be the King of Northern Yan." Cui Si looked at him and said, "If you really feel you owe me something, why not give me something?"
"I want you to give the Cui family a letter of commitment. As long as the Cui family doesn't do anything that is against heaven and earth, such as rebelling and causing chaos, if the Cui family produces this letter, Northern Yan will allow the Cui family to retreat to Pingzhou and Xianyang City."
She was looking for a way out for the Cui family.
The Cui family has given her a lot and has always protected her, but she is tired of power and doesn't want to work hard anymore. She really feels sorry for the Cui family, so she wants to pray for peace for the Cui family.
Even if the situation becomes turbulent in the future and the Cui family becomes strangers in the struggles in the court, they can rely on this promise to lead their clansmen to retreat to Xianyang City and continue to be the Cui family.
This also gives the Cui family a choice to advance or retreat. Sometimes when people move up, they will be swept up by all kinds of people and things. If they don't move forward, there will be no good ending. With this choice, the Cui family has the opportunity to retreat bravely even in dangerous times.
"I want this letter of commitment. As long as you stamp it, it will be valid forever as long as Beiyan exists. How about it?"
"Actually, this is also my selfish desire." Cui Si smiled, "It depends on whether you are willing to indulge my selfish desire."
"I promise you." Yan Xingchuan agreed without thinking too much.
This was one of the rare things she asked him to do. She had her own selfish motives, and he had his.
He hoped that he was of some use to her, rather than being unable to help with this or that. She had to work hard to get everything she wanted.
"But the Cui family cannot rebel. Anyone in the family who commits a serious mistake must bear responsibility. If they kill someone, they cannot be forgiven. This is the rule I established before. Merits are merits, and mistakes are mistakes."
"Okay, you can write it later and have someone give it to me tomorrow. I will go to Piaomiao River then."
"I'll go with you."
"Then isn't it up to you to decide on the Dongfang family's affairs?"
"We'll discuss this tonight. Tomorrow, we can have the military advisor talk to the Dongfang family. If there's a stalemate, the worst that can happen is we'll just have to wait for me to return from Piaomiao River."
After the two of them agreed, Yan Xingchuan continued to work on the mounting. He had lunch here at noon and dinner in the evening before leaving to discuss matters at the government office.
On the morning of the next day, he gave her the letter of commitment she wanted, and then took her to Piaomiao River to meet Cui Jing and Cui Yi.
"The military advisor knows about this, and so does Chen Mo. Don't worry, as long as we take it out, it will be effective."
Cui Si read it word by word, and her heart finally settled.
"Thank you very much."
"I haven't eaten yet." He looked at her and said, "Please ask someone to cook me a bowl of noodles."
Cui Si naturally agreed to this small matter: "I'll have someone make some more for you."
"Then you accompany me to use some, and then we will set off."
"good."
Cui Si had someone make a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, gave him a large bowl and herself a small bowl, and the two sat together and ate quietly.
This time he ate very slowly, almost cherishing every moment he had with her.
He knew that once he went to Piaomiao River and met the Cui family, his mission would probably be over. Naturally, there would be people from the Cui family around her to take care of her, so it would probably not be easy for him to stay with her again.
If he continued to refuse, the Cui brothers would dare to beat him.
But he thought about it and realized that after spending ten days with her and walking a long distance slowly, he should be very satisfied.
It’s just that he’s too greedy. He wants to get more and wants her to stay with him forever.
"After going to Piaomiao River, where do you want to go?" he asked in a low voice.
Cui Si glanced at him, thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe go home, or maybe... stay in Piaomiao City for a while."
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