Chapter 205 When I ascend to the throne, I will marry her as my queen
After the family finished the discussion, Cui Jing took Cui Changyou to find a place to live, and finally went to find Yan Xingchuan.
"I will return to Xianyang City tomorrow and arrange for people to thoroughly investigate the city. You should also arrange for some people to go with me. Also, have you thought about how to explain what you did to the Cui family?"
Cui Jing and others knew the inside story and would not embarrass him anymore, but they could not spread the inside story. Yan Xingchuan needed to think of another reason, perhaps make a promise to the Cui family, and give an explanation to the Cui family and even the people of the world.
"When I ascend to the throne, I will marry her and make her my queen. Is that enough?"
"You're quite arrogant." Cui Jing raised his eyebrows.
Yan Xingchuan asked him, "Do you think this is enough?"
"Enough, of course it is enough." Cui Jing smiled.
A gentleman's word is as good as gold. Yan Xingchuan is still the King of Northern Yan, so he must keep his promise.
Moreover, this promise gave the Cui family enough face and could cover up the previous farce. In the future, when others talked about Cui Si, they could only envy her.
As for Cui Si, if she wants to marry him, she can marry him in advance. If she doesn't want to marry him, she can wait until he ascends the throne.
If she meets someone she wants to marry, she can marry him or her. This is a promise from the King of Northern Yan, not the Cui family.
Cui Jing took a sip of tea and gave him a friendly look: "You are so sincere, I can't help but show my sincerity. I will also reveal something to you."
Yan Xingchuan suddenly became alert: "Please speak."
Cui Jing said, "Although Grandmother has a lot of opinions about you, she is different from A'si, and what she wants most is for her children to live well. You are so sincere, and she will naturally see it over time."
"She'll see it all. She'll naturally consider who can bring happiness to A'si, you or someone else, and then she might help you. A'si might not listen to others, but she will listen to grandma."
"You should be nicer to Ah Si and show your filial piety to her more often. Don't let go of the condescending attitude you've been subjected to by the King of Northern Yan. Do you understand what I mean?"
Is Cui Jing teaching him to use Old Lady Xu as a breakthrough point?
Yan Xingchuan's eyes lit up.
Cui Jing added, "Besides, sincerity and care are not just words. Daily concern is essential. Gold, silver, and treasures are worldly things that Ah Si doesn't care about, but whether you give them or not is another matter. You don't need these things, so go ahead and smash them."
Yan Xingchuan's face froze instantly when he heard this.
Cui Jing narrowed his eyes: "Why? You can't do it?"
"Not really." Yan Xingchuan closed his eyes. "I was just wondering if I had done something wrong before."
He always said that he would give her whatever she wanted, even his life, but she wanted nothing, let alone his life. In turn, it seemed that he had given her nothing either.
All those sincere intentions that he thought he had were, in retrospect, just lip service.
"Thank you." He thanked me.
Cui Jing's expression was indifferent: "Although I still don't like you being my brother-in-law, no matter what your reason is, my greatest hope is that she lives a good life. I will not help you, nor will I stop you."
"However, I have to say this upfront. If she doesn't want to, don't try to force her. Even if you are the King of Northern Yan, you can't do this."
"Of course not. I'm already very grateful that you gave me a chance. The rest is my business. If there is no result, it's because I didn't do well enough."
"You'd better think so."
After talking about personal matters, Cui Jing talked to him about the official affairs of Laizhou. He was undecided about some things, so he asked Yan Xingchuan to make the decision.
About an hour later, when it was already completely dark, Cui Jing got up and asked Yan Xingchuan to move to another yard.
"Before, when Grandma wasn't here, you shamelessly stayed here and you did. But now that Grandma is here, you still stay here. It's very rude and impolite. Don't you know that there are differences between men and women? You and Liu Niang are not husband and wife yet. Be polite and Grandma will think you are trustworthy."
The elders like women who are dignified, gentle, virtuous and generous, and they like men who are bright, open, polite and trustworthy.
This made sense, so Yan Xingchuan had no choice but to ask someone to pack up his bed and move to a yard farther away.
Cui Jing stayed for one night. He was leaving the next day anyway, so he was too lazy to bother.
Early the next morning, Cui Jing took Cui Yi to have breakfast with Old Lady Xu. After chatting for a while, he left.
Old Mrs. Xu looked at the backs of her two grandsons as they left and sighed softly.
Cui Si gave a cup of tea to Old Lady Xu and asked her, "Grandma, why are you sighing?"
"Grandmother was just lamenting that when people don't have power or wealth, it's the most important thing. They fight tooth and nail to create a future of power and wealth. But when they have it, they realize that life is the most important thing, and power and wealth are nothing but fleeting clouds."
"Ah Si, what is it that you are seeking?"
"Peace and freedom." Cui Si replied.
In her previous life, she had sought power and the highest position, but now she only wanted peace and freedom, to live a stable and happy life, and the ups and downs of the world outside were all far away from her.
Old Mrs. Xu suddenly thought of Jiang Cinian again. He was a man who could give her the life she wanted, but it was a pity.
"Do you still like him? Can you let him go?"
Cui Si sat in her seat, looking at the cold and gloomy sky outside. It was so gloomy that it made people feel a little breathless. It looked like a heavy snow was going to fall.
She thought for a moment and said, "Letting go isn't something you can just do. Frankly, I might not be deeply in love with him, but there is certainly some affection. I always hoped that I could live a peaceful and stable life with him, and preferably have a child, so that my life would be complete."
"Now it's all gone at once. I just feel empty inside, like I've lost everything."
"This is because of the regret for loss and the confusion about the future." Old Mrs. Xu reached out and pinched the tea lid, gently moving the teacup. "You can't bear to let him go, and you don't know what to do in the future. It will be fine once you have a new idea."
"A new idea?" Cui Si frowned and thought for a moment, "But I don't know what to do anymore that would be meaningful."
Her life seemed to have lost its meaning all of a sudden, and she also lost the strength to keep going.
She asked for nothing and wanted nothing.
"Grandma, I feel so tired."
This life is really too tiring and too complicated, she doesn't want to go on.
Old Mrs. Xu panicked, her hands trembled, and she almost dropped the teacup.
She placed the teacup on the table, then reached out and tapped her head vigorously: "Don't let your imagination run wild. You're just confused for a moment. It will be fine after a while."
"A'si, you must be obedient. If you don't want to live anymore, what will grandma do?"
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