Chapter 12: Ring Love (1)
The valley was breezy at night, and the soldiers patrolling back and forth cast their shadows on the tents under the light of torches. It was my first time camping in the wilderness, and it felt so new that I couldn't sleep while lying in bed.
"Sister, are you sleeping?" Wanyun on the other side quietly asked me, "No, I can't sleep." I tilted my head to the side, and with the help of the firelight outside, I saw Wanyun looking at me with a shy face.
"I couldn't sleep at first, but then I got used to it. I smiled, and suddenly thought of a question, since the Qiang people are moving, then why Yuan Zhize did not garrison the front line, but ran to the ravine with tens of thousands of horses? Wanyun didn't seem to know much about this, but told me that they had been here for more than half a month.
"It's been more than half a month, aren't you bored?" I really can't imagine that a little girl can live in a man's pile for half a month. Wanyun lay on her back and said happily: "Sometimes I feel bored, but I feel very happy to be with my brother." I shook my head, I couldn't think of anything to be happy about.
Wanyun didn't notice my doubts, and continued to ask me: "Sister, what do you think of my brother?" Yuan Zhize? I thought about it carefully, this Yuan Zhize seemed to have two faces, and he was cold and scary when he was in Chang'an and Luoyang, but when he saw him today, he felt a little kind, and often made some jokes.
"I can't see through your brother, like a moody person. "In the face of Wanyun, I'll tell you the truth. My words may have stimulated Wanyun, Wanyun turned over with a bone, supported her head with both hands and asked me: "Hey, it's really strange, why does my sister think so?" After I told her my thoughts, Wanyun tilted her head and thought for a while, before she suddenly understood: "Sister Xiaoxiao, you misunderstood my brother." "Misunderstanding? Why didn't I think so.
"I heard my father say that when my brother led the army, he was young, and the soldiers around him inevitably despised him, so in order to establish his prestige, he often kept a straight face. In fact, that's just the appearance, what you see today is the real him. ”
Is that so? I thought about it, and it seemed that Wanyun's explanation also made sense. "If he can't even control his subordinates, how can my brother make such a great feat?"
Wanyun seems to know a lot of things, anyway, it's okay to be idle, it's better to let her tell me the story of Yuan Zhize's battle, but she was disappointed, Wanyun said embarrassedly: "I just heard what people said, my brother has never lost a war since he was a child, everyone admires him very much, they all say that he is like a hero of the previous dynasty, what is it called, anyway, he is also very powerful, and he beat the Huns all over the ground at a young age." ”
Wanyun clapped her hands and said excitedly: "Yes, yes, it's Huo Qu's disease, sister, you are so good, you actually know so much about history." "I said secretly, where is your brother like Huo Quai, I haven't heard that General Huo will leave the city and hide in the ravine.
"When I see him every day, I feel so happy. Wanyun's cold words startled me, I looked up and saw that Wanyun was maintaining the movement of holding her cheeks with both hands, not moving, although she couldn't see her expression clearly, it is estimated that she should be self-absorbed.
I can't connect what she just said with the brother-sister relationship, if it's love, I still believe it. Isn't this **? The thought of their brother and sister finally becoming a family gives me goosebumps. But after thinking about it carefully, I was relieved, the ancients didn't seem to regard the marriage of cousins as **, and Baoyu and Baochai Daiyu were not cousins.
"If you like it, pursue it, if you don't say it, how will he know that you like him?" Seeing that Wanyun didn't seem to know anything about feelings, I boldly encouraged her on the side, although I don't know much about it myself, but I'm a good matchmaker for matchmaking.
"But..."Wanyun lowered her head, as if she was very shy, and said for a long time, "I don't know if my cousin likes me or not..." "Then it's even more important, only after saying it will you know that he likes you, OK?" "Hmm, what do you mean by even yi?" Wanyun asked with a blank expression.
Oops, I was so relaxed just now, and I accidentally said English. "It's right, in short, you must let him understand your mind, do you understand?"
Wanyun nodded as if she didn't understand, as if she agreed with what I said. "Alas, even if my brother agrees, it will be difficult for us to be together. Wanyun seemed to think of something again, and said in a low tone. "How is it possible, if you are in love, of course you have to be together!" "But... My brother is the prince?" "What's so great about the prince, won't the prince marry a wife and have children?" I scoffed at Wanyun's words.
Seeing that I didn't understand what she meant, Wanyun hurriedly explained: "Sister, you don't know, princes are all given marriage by the emperor, I am just a small citizen in the market, the emperor will definitely not agree, and he will definitely find a suitable wife for my cousin." "I was speechless for a while, this is over, thousands of calculations, how can I forget that the man's father is the emperor. Let me go into the palace and tell the emperor's son that it's better to forget it, it's important to save my life.
After talking for a long time, my mouth was already dry, so I carefully got up and went to the table to pour water. "By the way, I have a way!" Wanyun said that she suddenly had a way, I was very interested in it, and I wanted to know what way this little girl could come up with, could it be to let Yuan Zhize elope with her?
"What's the solution, let's hear it. I sat down at the table and took a sip of water and asked with interest. Wanyun sat up from the bed and said excitedly, "I can wait until my brother's wedding and let my brother take me as a side concubine..."