"If you want to leave me alone, forget it in this life!"
His paranoia and the coldness emanating from him startled Li Qingluo.
"Ashi, you misunderstood."
Li Qingluo struggled to find a gap in his arms to breathe.
"What I'm afraid of is... I won't be a good queen to you."
Duan Rongshi's strength finally loosened, and the hostility in his body seemed to subside.
There was confusion in his eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
He even reached out and touched her forehead.
"My Luo'er, when did you become so humble and self-deprecating?"
Li Qingluo grabbed his big hand and sighed helplessly: "Ashi, I'm just a wild girl who grew up in the mountains."
"Although I have a grandmother who loves me and is an old general with great military achievements, in the end, everyone knows what my mother's family is like."
"Even though I have left my clan, my last name is still Li."
"My background won't bring you any benefits. Instead, it will cause you more trouble and difficulties."
"Besides, I don't have the skills of a mistress of a noble family or a noble lady, let alone a good wife and mother. Let alone the queen of a country?"
"I don't like to be confined to a small, square courtyard. I also like to wield swords and knives."
"Being a princess is already difficult enough, and being a queen like this will only attract criticism."
"Ashi, you still hope that I can become a well-behaved woman who can sit quietly within the courtyard walls and help you manage your harem?"
Of course she was confused.
And I was confused for quite a few days.
Moreover, Li Qingluo has a very clear understanding of himself.
She is not an ordinary lady from a wealthy family. She has achieved what she has today through hard work and effort.
It was because she was too aware of her own abilities that she knew she no longer had the ability to be a good queen.
Moreover, we had originally agreed that once everything was over, we would retire to the mountains and live a free and easy life like a wild crane traveling around the mountains and rivers.
Now this dream is completely shattered.
The anxiety and worry in her eyes, and the words in her heart were all expressed at this moment.
Duan Rongshi finally understood what she was worried about.
Immediately, he touched her face with heartache.
"It's because I didn't think it through carefully that Luo'er has to worry about these unnecessary troubles."
"I can fight for this kingdom, or I can lose it."
"But not now."
"Luo'er, I don't want a queen who follows the rules. You are my wife, so I want to work hand in hand with you to govern this country."
"You don't have to hang around in the harem. You can continue to do whatever you want if you want."
"Including handling state affairs with me."
"Even if you don't want to... I ask you to be patient for a while, okay? You don't need to change anything about yourself."
"Whatever you want to do, I will still support you to continue doing it."
"Even if it's what you truly desire... I promise you that I will never betray you in this lifetime. But this will take a long time."
"Wait for me."
"At least ten years, at most eighteen years."
"Your life will never be lived in vain."
He made this promise solemnly, and it was only after many years that Li Qingluo understood why it had to be eighteen years.
It turned out that he actually planned to raise Qingwu by himself until she was eighteen years old. When she was fully grown and could safely ascend the throne, he would let her become the first empress in the world.
However, who would have thought that Qingwu had the same personality as her mother.
Not interested in power or the world.
All my life I have longed for freedom beyond the sky.
Therefore, Duan Rongshi had no choice but to turn to the next best option and train his son...
And, the process was accelerated very severely.
But at the moment, Li Qingluo didn't understand what he said.
What if you just don’t agree?
Did she really abandon him, let him complete the unfinished business on his own, and run away with the child?
How could Li Qingluo bear to let his daughter be born without a father?
He was even more reluctant to leave Duan Rongshi alone at the high and cold place.
In her desperate attempt to achieve perfection, she made only one request: "The three of us cannot be separated."
Madam Pei successfully recaptured Yuncheng.
And on the top of the city wall, the flag of the Lan Navy was hoisted.
At this point, the news that General Xiu Li had returned and that he was as brave as ever and had successfully captured a city for the Lan Navy spread throughout the world.
After Duan Rongshi came back, he personally fought against the remaining soldiers from the Western Regions.
After all the soldiers from the Western Regions on the border were wiped out, envoys from the Western Regions were sent who were eager to seek peace.
They demanded that the Lan Navy release all captives from the Western Regions and the Three Wolf Kings.
The Western Regions promised not to send troops to invade the Central Plains within ten years.
Duan Rongshi sneered and angrily killed the messenger himself.
"ten years?"
"Does the imperial court think this is alms for me?"
"I will make him the Marquis of Gudu, and he will never dare to set foot in the Central Plains again in his life!"
Duan Rongshi thought of the foolish Nanping, and the anger and pain in his heart made him never agree to peace talks with the Western Regions.
If I don't conquer the Western Regions in this lifetime, I will make sure that the interests between the Thirteen Kingdoms and the Imperial Court collapse.
This is the price the imperial court should pay for trampling and humiliating the Princess of Central Plains!
When the Western Regions imperial court learned that the new emperor of Great Chu, Duan Rongshi, had actually beheaded their envoy, chaos, panic and anger fell upon them. Shanyu Guduhou could no longer sit still and decided to lead the army in person.
This time, the Western Regions dispatched 300,000 troops.
At the same time, Duan Rongshi was also gathering and dispatching a large number of Chu soldiers towards the border.
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