Chapter 226 Don’t Marry!
In the central hall of the Yun Mansion, after all the clan members had left, only Yun Zhongjun and Huo Gannian, father and son, were left sitting and talking "affectionately".
Yun Zhongjun said, "Now that we have asked for the name and agreed on the auspicious date, please ask the in-laws to set a date and auspicious one."
Huo Lei Ting said happily, "I've already asked the court, and the sixth day of next month is a good day. How about that?"
"This... is good, but the time is too tight and a bit rushed. I need time to carefully prepare the dowry."
"We have six branches of the Huo Gang in Youzhou. We can transfer everyone here. But with the order from the Yun Mansion, we should be able to make it in time."
"That's not necessary. My Yun family doesn't lack people, and adding me is more than enough. It's good to get married sooner rather than later, so we can all feel at ease sooner. After today, the clan members won't dare to say anything. Even if they do, it won't be a threat if the two children get married."
"That's right, the longer the night, the more dreams there are. If you delay, things will change."
"It will be the sixth day of next month when the wind chimes are still in bloom. It's a good time. From now on, Yun Chen should stay home and take care of her husband and children. I, Yun Zhongjun, have failed to raise my daughter properly, so it will be up to my in-laws and son-in-law to take good care of her from now on."
Huo Leiting nodded repeatedly. Huo Gannian frowned slightly and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of a thin figure appearing at the door of the hall.
When Yun Chen walked to the door, he heard Yun Zhongjun say, "You don't know how to teach your daughter well."
She stood outside the high threshold of the main hall, wearing a bloodstained herbal cloth, with a look on her face as if she was about to cry but was trying hard to hold it back, and her eyes were full of grievance.
"I won't marry." Yun Chen said.
The three people in the hall all looked at Yun Chen, only Huo Gannian did not show any surprise.
He walked quickly over to support Yun Chen, but she gently pushed him away.
He had no choice but to withdraw his hand, but followed her steps closely, not daring to be too far away from her for fear that she would fall.
She walked towards the center of the open space where she had endured humiliation and whipping for seven days, and knelt upright on the bloodstained blue bricks. Her voice was weak, but her tone was extremely firm:
"I am the Major General of the Lion Army. I have to go back to the battlefield. I cannot get married."
Yun Zhongjun was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened. "Go back and heal your wounds! This is the outer courtyard hall! This is not a place for you to come casually!"
Large families have strict rules. If it weren't for banquets and celebrations, many women would never have the chance to walk into the central hall, which symbolizes male supremacy and power.
But after so many years of disguising herself as a man, Yun Chen has become accustomed to her freedom and doesn't care about these things at all.
She said again firmly: "I will not marry. I want to return to the battlefield."
Yun Zhongjun was immediately enraged, knocked over the teacup beside him, and said:
"What are you doing?! You've been dressing up as a man for years! You've completely disregarded your reputation as a woman! It's already hard to hide it for now! How long do you want to continue hanging around men? Do you have to make yourself notorious before you stop?!"
For some reason, after being beaten for seven days, Yun Chen seemed less afraid, as if she knew the limit of Yun Zhongjun's punishment.
She looked directly at Yun Zhongjun. "Reputation? I used to care about it, too. I was afraid of being found out disguised as a man, afraid of being criticized and despised. But after going to the battlefield, I realized that reputation can't be used as military rations, and it can't be used to kill the enemy! I'm a major general of the Lion Might Army, and I have to lead troops on the battlefield to kill the enemy! There's no reason to escape in the middle of a battle to get married!"
Yun Zhongjun opened his mouth in shock, as if he could not understand what his daughter said at all.
He suddenly realized that this daughter was so strange. Except for her face that belonged to the Yun family, everything else was unfamiliar to her.
Battlefield? General? Killing enemies?
Is this a word that can be associated with his daughter, Lord Yunzhong?
Taking into consideration the presence of Huo's father and son, Yun Zhongjun restrained himself from getting angry and only shouted:
"Okay! Even if you don't want a good reputation! My Yun family doesn't want a good reputation either! But you're a woman! All women in the world have to get married! Do you still want to remain single forever?! Killing the enemy and defending the country is a man's job! It's not your turn!"
Hearing this, Yun Chen smiled bitterly. "Yes, the head of a family is a man. The rise and fall of a family depends on men, and fighting the enemy and defending the country also depends on men! But when the Black Scale Cavalry massacred our Nan Kingdom city, did they distinguish between men and women? Did they only kill men and not women? If the country is about to fall apart, can women live in peace without being implicated?"
As she spoke, Yun Chen could no longer control herself, and all the gloom and pain that had been pent up in her heart for so long and tormented her all night long burst out all at once.
She cried, "When the enemy ate us Nan people... they made no distinction between men and women... No, they even preferred to eat women and children... Dad! I saw it with my own eyes... I saw it with my own eyes! The Black Scale Cavalry is still outside Guying City. Are you asking me to abandon the people of Guying City at this time?!
I used to be a guard, protecting my master was my most important task, but now I'm a general! Protecting the people is my responsibility! I've taken on the responsibility of saving the people from danger and protecting the country in peace, how can I give it up so easily for my own selfish reasons! ! Dad... please! Don't force me..."
Yun Zhongjun was completely stunned. He had heard of the Sheepman General and the man-eating Black Scale Cavalry, but he had dismissed them as mere rumors of the cruelty of the battlefield.
But Yun Chen saw all those inhuman and filthy things with his own eyes...
Yun Zhongjun was suddenly speechless.
Huo Leiting sighed softly, "I thought that if our generation had worked harder and fought more battles, our children's generation would have a more stable life. But now it seems... "
Seeing the emotion on Yun Zhongjun's face, Huo Gannian quickly knelt down beside Yun Chen and said earnestly:
"Father-in-law, Chen'er is right. If the country is no longer a country, how can we have a home? Chen'er and I are fighting together on the battlefield. Right now, due to the lack of good war horses, we are stuck in a stalemate with the enemy. The war situation is dangerous and changing at any time. It is definitely not a peaceful time to get married."
Feeling that Huo Gannian was getting closer to Yun Chen's idea of "not getting married", Huo Leiting quickly pretended to cough and kept giving Huo Gannian a look:
"Ahem...wars must be fought, the country must be defended, and the marriage must be completed. There's no such thing as peace in the world, and I can't let you two be separated forever!"
Huo Gannian understood what Huo Leiting meant, but he obviously cared more about Yun Chen's feelings.
He held Yun Chen's hand from under his sleeve, took a deep breath, and said loudly:
"Please allow us to get married after the war, father-in-law and father. Firstly, Chen'er and I are leading the battle in the army, and the war is urgent, so we really can't give up halfway; secondly, since we are going to get married, we must confess to the East Palace that I deceived you about my status as a daughter.
If we say it now, no one can replace Chen Er's position as Major General Xuan Wei, it will only embarrass the Eastern Palace. But if we say it after the war, when we have defeated the enemy, and we are awarded military merits, we do not want to be granted titles or ministers, but only to make amends for our mistakes and receive a decree of innocence from the Eastern Palace!"
After saying that, Huo Gannian and Yun Chen knelt side by side and kowtowed deeply, both of them possessing the same resolute and resolute temperament.
Looking at these two stubborn, hot-blooded, almost foolish children, Yun Zhongjun's face flushed with anger. He pointed at Yun Chen with a trembling finger and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth after a long time:
"You evil creature..."
After a long silence, Huo Leiting's helpless and old sigh echoed in the hall.
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