The dream was fragmented, like jumping between different points in time.
Xu Xie returned victorious and beheaded the general of Ye Xi Kingdom. For a short time, Ye Xi Kingdom dared not harass the border of Kui Yang Kingdom again, and the entire Kui Yang Kingdom was immersed in joy.
Rumors spread throughout the streets and alleys that Her Majesty the Empress had bestowed a marriage upon General Xu and Ning Mingshao, the young master of the Ningguo Duke's mansion. Everyone praised Her Majesty's wisdom. General Xu had fought for many years, and Her Majesty had bestowed upon him countless jewels and gold and silver. The General's mansion lacked nothing except a male master.
Young Master Ning comes from a scholarly family, is steeped in literary arts, and is one of the four most handsome men in the capital. He is the perfect match for General Xu.
In the Warm Beauty Pavilion, Xu Xie lay on the soft couch, looking somewhat tired and melancholy.
The young man lowered his eyes as he played the zither, glancing occasionally into the bedchamber. His sixteenth birthday was in a month, and he had specially chosen this piece. He wondered if the general would understand his feelings. The general seemed to be asleep. Perhaps the general hadn't heard him. Should he be more direct?
The bed curtains were lifted by a slender white hand, and as he looked at the handsome and dashing face of the person on the couch, his heart began to pound wildly.
"General, General," he called softly twice. Seeing her eyes closed and her brows furrowed, he couldn't help but reach out and smooth her brows. Then, as if he had a rabbit in his arms, he nervously took off his shoes and socks, lay down beside her, and stared at her with his eyes turned to the side, as if he couldn't get enough of looking at her.
She woke up after an unknown amount of time and found an extra arm around her waist.
She stirred, startling the young man awake. He seemed preoccupied and hadn't slept at all. He looked up at her with surprise and shyness. "General, you're awake?" Instead of moving away, he hugged her even tighter and boldly kissed her forehead, burying his blushing face in her shoulder.
She chuckled and nudged him, "What time is it? Why didn't you wake me up?"
He obediently replied, word by word, "It's already the hour of Yin (3-5 AM). I don't want to wake the general, because if he wakes up, he'll leave."
Her smile deepened, but then it vanished from her lips, and she sighed with a heavy heart, "Han Yun, what would you do if I married someone else?"
The young man stiffened and looked up at her. "Would the General do that? The General said he only loves Han Yun and will only marry Han Yun." A sudden, inexplicable panic welled up in his heart. "Last time, before the General went to war, he asked how old Han Yun was. He said that when he returned from the victory, Han Yun would be sixteen, and he would marry Han Yun. Now Han Yun is almost sixteen and can serve the General..."
He was eager to prove himself, so he tried to pull on her belt.
His hand was helplessly pressed down by the woman: "Han Yun..."
He looked at her with red eyes: "General, are you going to break your promise?"
She didn't know what to say, but then she heard him grit his teeth and say angrily, "If the general has lied to Han Yun, then Han Yun will kill the general and then kill himself!"
Suddenly, everything turned crimson. Bright red blood meandered down from the boy's abdomen, staining his clothes and the cold ground, blooming into a withered flower called death on the ground...
Bi Xie suddenly woke up from his dream, gasped for breath, and then felt something touching his shoulder.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Han Yun's unforgettable face. He had sat down next to her at some point and was leaning on her shoulder. His sleeping face was so cute, not at all like the fierce and dangerous one he was when he was awake.
But his face was really red.
Bi Xie frowned, raised his hand and pressed it against his forehead, and was immediately startled by the heat: He had a fever?
He must have been feeling unwell for a long time; his whole body was burning up, and he didn't make a sound. Was he in a hurry to get somewhere?
"Lin Jinwei, stop the carriage! He has a fever!" Bi Xie, holding him, frowned and shouted towards the outside of the carriage.
The carriage slowed down slightly, and Lin Jinwei's voice carried in through the cold wind, "General Xu, we're not close to any towns yet, and the temperature outside is even lower, so we can't stop. Please take good care of the young prince. I'll speed up, and we should be able to reach the next town in two hours at most!"
Bi Xie quickly lowered the carriage curtain that was letting in a blast of cold wind, took off his cloak and tied it around Han Yun's body, then reached out to touch his undergarment. It was almost dried out by the heat of Han Yun's skin, which meant it had been burning for a long time, yet Han Yun had managed to endure it without saying a word.
Is he stupid? He's risking his life just to get her away from here.
"Han Yun, wake up, Han Yun," she searched the carriage but found no medicine. She could only soak a cloth in cold water and apply it to his forehead, pat his burning cheeks, and then pull at his belt and wipe his armpits and groin with the cold cloth to cool him down.
Suddenly, her wrist was grabbed roughly. A boy's voice, choked with sobs, came softly from beneath her palm. He pressed his face against her cold hand, tears streaming down his face, and murmured helplessly, "General..."
Bi Xie only heard what he shouted when he got closer, and his fingers stiffened.
Han Yun was probably calling for General Xu, the original owner of this body...
After a pause, Bi Xie brushed aside his stray hairs with his other hand and said gently, "It's alright, Han Yun. I'm with you. It's alright. I'll go wherever you go, but you have to take good care of yourself. Don't get hurt, okay?"
He seemed to have listened, but his tears flowed even more freely. "No, you lied to me. You always lied to me. You even made Mom watch over me and wouldn't let me go out. If I hadn't threatened to kill myself, Mom would never have let me out. I would have had no idea that you got married without telling me. You big liar, why don't you want me?"
"Am I not beautiful enough? Or do I not play the zither well enough? Or do you look down on my background? Or do you simply not want me anymore? You've fallen for the young master of the Ningguo Duke's mansion?"
He cried and pleaded, but refused to let go of her, clinging to her palm like an abandoned kitten.
"No, you are beautiful, no one can compare to you," Bi Xie said, undressing him and trying to help him change his undergarments. But he suddenly struggled violently, crying, "You are not allowed to touch me! You have married someone else, and you are not allowed to touch me anymore!" He cried so hard that Bi Xie's heart was breaking.
Suddenly, she felt like the system was up to something. The villainous boss of this world clearly liked the original owner, Xu Xie, and sent her to seduce him. Why did she feel so awkward? Wasn't this like occupying someone else's body and stealing someone else's man?
Ru Hua immediately jumped out to clarify: "I didn't cause any trouble. How can you be so sure that the villainous boss liked Xu Xie in his previous life?"
"You're willing to dedicate yourself to Xu Xie, so you must like him?"
Ru Hua: "If someone takes good care of you and raises you for eight years, you will also fall in love with that person. This is the affection of raising and nurturing, do you understand? So why do you think Xu Xie has always refused to touch the villain? It's because she feels that the villain's feelings for her are not romantic feelings, so she has been waiting, waiting for the villain to truly understand his own feelings."
Bi Xie rolled her eyes; she would never believe such a lame explanation.
"You're just stirring up trouble."
Ru Hua: "...We'll see. Do you think the villain won't realize you're not Xu Xie after spending a lot of time together? Let's see if he can bring himself to kill you."
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