Chapter 16: What is Love?

"Kicked out?" Shangguan Jingwen raised his eyebrows, and a playful smile rose at the corner of his lips, as if he was not disgusted with Yuan Chengcheng's domineering, but also appreciated it very much, "That girl hasn't seen her become so powerful in a few years?" ”

Shangguan Jingxuan was embarrassed, his face was white and red for a while, and he couldn't say anything.

"Allure was a sweet and cute little girl when she was a child, but when she grew up, she became so rude." Recalling the past, the smile on Shangguan Jingwen's face became a little thicker, and he patted his younger brother on the shoulder and comforted, "Once a woman is too beautiful, it is inevitable that she will hurt the hearts of several men to flaunt her charm." Jing Xuan, she just wants to test you, why are you so sad? ”

Shangguan Jingxuan opened his mouth, and the matter of divination reached his throat several times, but he still didn't say it. Shangguan Jingwen saw the embarrassed look on his younger brother's face, and probably had a bottom in his heart: "Jingxuan, are you sad because you can't get the favor of Princess Allure or because you ...... Failed to live up to my expectations? ”

"I ......" Shangguan Jingxuan glanced at his brother in a panic, not knowing how to answer. In fact, he couldn't tell which was the reason for his sadness. Marrying Allure has been Brother Wang's wish for many years, and it is also his goal and pressure, but he can't tell whether he likes Yuan Chengcheng or not.

His ignorance of love began with the beautiful picture hidden in Brother Wang's study. The charming and gentle smile, the cunning and stubborn amorous eyes, like fairies in the sky, were smart and refined to overshadow the gorgeous concubines and princesses in King An's palace one by one. He could even conclude that as long as the men of the world looked at her, no one in this worldly woman could touch that person's heart.

He couldn't help but fall in love with the woman in the painting, but that woman was not the arrogant and domineering princess Yuan Chengcheng, let alone the King Ning who had made his brother decadent for ten years. She was like a fairy dream, so that he couldn't see or grasp clearly, but she seemed to be by his side and never left.

He couldn't tell whether that kind of infatuation was love or not, and he couldn't even figure out what love was. The women he has seen since he was born, except for the complaining queen mother, are those intriguing concubines, and there is not much affection, only too much resentment. He doesn't know who he is loving and who he should love, what love is and how to love.

His questions are answered by no one and no one will. His favorite brother is the only guide on the road of his life, and Shangguan Jingwen will give a perfect explanation for all his questions, but only love.

"Marriage can't be a child's play, Jing Xuan, if you really have no intention of Princess Allure, you shouldn't marry her for Brother Wang's wishes," Shangguan Jingwen's face was gloomy for a while, "My father and the king have many children, but only our brothers are born from the queen mother, and you know how those brothers treat us." The throne was taken away by them, and the royal brother had already looked down on the power and didn't care, if you gave up my life's happiness because I married an undesirable wife, how could you let me be worthy of the dead queen mother? ”

King Ann was the one who had the most children among the kings. On the eve of Shangguan Jingwen's wedding, he was robbed of his wife by King Ning Huangfu, and he lost face in front of the world. Shangguan Jingwen suffered a double blow for a while, and he was decadent and did not interfere in political affairs. The princes of An all felt that the prince's descent was an opportunity given by God, and only he was the most suitable candidate for the prince, so they crowded out and framed the concubines of the main palace to prepare for the throne, and the queen of Huangfu soon died of depression in shame and neglect.

Shangguan Jingxuan grew up with difficulty in the exclusion of his brothers, and the status of the concubine of the main palace not only did not bring him a little glory, but put the two brothers in a crisis, if he married Yuan Chengcheng and got the backer of Huaguo, if he lost this opportunity and returned to Anguo, he was afraid that he would fall into a more difficult situation.

"Princess Allure...... Tianzi is a beautiful country, and Jingxuan has long had a ...... The heart of admiration is just ......" Shangguan Jingxuan felt bitter in his heart, and clenched the life sign in his hand.

"Just what?"

"It's just ......" Shangguan Jingxuan hesitated and slowly handed the life tag hidden in his sleeve to his brother, not daring to look up at Shangguan Jingwen's reaction.

Shangguan Jingwen took the sign, and the hand holding the sign stiffened for a while, and it was ...... Destined to be missed?

He made a covenant with Yuan Tianguo, swearing not to give up in this life, some people say that it is destined; Yuan Tianguo married Huangfu Jing and favored the third palace, and some people still say that it is destined; Now his younger brother, who is most similar to him, proposes to Yuan Chengcheng, and still can't escape the words "destined". But what exactly is fate? Could it be that it was destined that his Shangguan clan would always be robbed of his beloved woman by the Huangfu clan? People in the world say that feng shui takes turns, but why does he still lose to the Huangfu clan when he turns around?

Shangguan Jingwen is not yet thirty years old, but in Shangguan Jingxuan's opinion, his brother at this moment seems to be older than his father. For fate, the struggle and pain of his eldest brother, he has seen it all these years. Brother Wang was born with the most noble identity in the world, but this identity has never brought him anything except layers of imprisonment, he pinned his lifelong love on Yuan Tianguo, but the lovely result made him suffer humiliation and neglect.

He shouldn't have let Brother Wang see it. Shangguan Jingxuan felt a burst of remorse and self-blame in his heart. He knew that his eldest brother couldn't stand the Mandate of Heaven mentioned by others, why did he still tell him? He knew that this was the best opportunity to help his eldest brother regain his father's favor, why did he give him this blow when he regained his confidence?

"The hexagram is my own divination, and it may not be, it may not be...... Be a ...... "Although Shangguan Jingxuan was comforting his brother, his heart was more bitter than anyone else's, "It's better to ...... Ask someone to occupy it again, perhaps...... Maybe it can be changed......"

Shangguan Jingwen was just silent, and the more he was silent, the more guilty Shangguan Jingxuan became. The room was surprisingly quiet, no one spoke, Shangguan Jingxuan looked at his brother's back several times and wanted to open his mouth to redeem what he had just said, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

I don't know how long it took for Shangguan Jingwen to seem to wake up from his contemplation, sighed and patted Shangguan Jingxuan's shoulder: "King Hua's birthday banquet is a big event, no matter whether there is hope for this family affair or not, we can't lose our etiquette." You're tired too, go back and get some rest. Don't put too much pressure on yourself about the princess of Allure, let it be! ”

“…… Be. Looking at his brother's gloomy face, Shangguan Jingxuan wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally bowed down and retreated.