"What are you doing here?" An unfamiliar male voice sounded coldly.

Yu Qiuping, who was caressing his work, was taken aback, and hurriedly hid the greeting card behind him, looking at the person who came—none other than Imagawa Yoshimoto's eldest son, Imagawa Shima—who was looking at Yu Qiuping coldly.

"Young master!" Yu Qiuping hurriedly knelt down and saluted, however, before his knees could hit the ground, Imagawa Shin said with some disgust: "No need, get up." ”

"Young master, you are..."Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, not knowing why the Imagawa clan was so angry with him.

"You're here to give my sister a present." Imagawa Shin glanced at the greeting card behind Yu Qiuping and asked.

"The young master laughed." Yu Qiuping was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "In the next..."

"Do you really have an impermeable wall in the world?" Imagawa Shin interrupted Yu Qiuping's words, "Or are the ninjas of this son all vegetarians?" ”

Yu Qiuping swallowed his saliva, and his body trembled. The brain is almost disconnected from thinking. The facts are already clear, Imagawa Shin has already known about his relationship with Imagawa Kaede through the ninja's surveillance.

"I'm not here to do tai chi with you." Imagawa Shin took two steps forward and forced his eyes at Yu Qiuping, "I'm here to make things clear to you!" ”

"I haven't told my father about this matter yet, you are the next life that your father is optimistic about, and I don't want you to have a conflict with your father because of this incident." Imagawa's words made Yu Qiuping breathe a sigh of relief, but then his heart also rose to his throat, "So I'll solve this matter." ”

"Leave my sister." The Imagawa clan really didn't wait for Yu Qiuping to speak, so he said viciously: "My sister is young and ignorant, and she was used by you, a liar. Don't think I don't know your abacus," the Imagawa clan snorted coldly, "hook up with my sister and become a member of the Imagawa family in one fell swoop, so as to soar to the top, you Ming people have a lot of thoughts!" ”

"Young master, it's not like this." Yu Qiuping felt a little stuffy in his chest, and said: "I and Her Royal Highness the princess are in love with each other and love each other sincerely." ”

"What does Kaede know as a child?" The Imagawa clan was even more annoyed when they saw that Yu Qiuping actually dared to talk back, "Marriages should always be presided over by the family governor himself, Kaede has been delayed again and again, and recently she has been unusual, refusing to mention this matter to her father." Imagawa sneered, "I thought why, it turned out that you slut was making trouble!" ”

"I didn't!" It's about Imagawa Kaede, and Yu Qiuping also has a temper, "I really love the princess in Xia, and I don't have any thoughts of flying Huang Tengda!" When I fell in love with the princess, I didn't know the identity of the princess! Yu Qiuping explained the experience of his encounter with Imagawa Kaede in a fifteen-ten, "I have been working hard in the next place, and I will definitely climb to a higher position, get the approval of the family governor, and ask Her Royal Highness the princess!" Please wait and see! ”

"It's tough!" Imagawa's expression was even more disdainful, "I keep saying that I love each other sincerely, and I rely on this mouth to please my sister!" It's all fake! Imagawa sneered, "If you really love her, why do you want to hurt her!" ”

"I asked myself if I didn't do anything to be sorry for the princess." Yu Qiuping pushed back without humility or arrogance.

"And say no!" Imagawa raised his hand and gave Yu Qiuping a slap, and Yu Qiuping endured the pain and looked at him without showing weakness.

"You're pestering my sister! It's hurting her! The Imagawa clan really scolded, "Don't pee and take care of yourself, why should you marry a princess!" Do you know what kind of person can marry a princess? ”

Imagawa Shin broke his fingers and showed Yu Qiuping one by one: "His Royal Highness Sena and His Royal Highness Urina are both at the elder level of the family, and they are married to their father's sister. And Matsudaira Motoyasu is the head of the Matsudaira family, and he can only marry his father's adopted daughter! ”

The Imagawa clan really looked at Yu Qiuping with disdain, "You are a general!" Why marry the princess of the Imagawa family! My father, my grandmother, all of Suruga, and all of the Imagawa family, who would agree with this! Do you see the Imagawa family's face as nothing? ”

"I said that I will strive to achieve a higher status in the next!" Yu Qiuping shouted in a low voice, "I will not always be a general, I will become a general, a city lord, and an elder of the family, until I am worthy of the princess!" ”

"You know you still have so many levels to go up!" The Imagawa clan roared back viciously, "How many years do you want?" How many years will you be able to ascend? An ordinary person is a general all his life! How many years will it take for the ministry to grow old at home? ”

Imagawa really pointed in the direction of the castle tower, and even his arms trembled a little angrily, "Kaede is already 16 this year, and he will be 17 soon, so he should have married a long time ago!" The Imagawa clan really took a few breaths, and his face was already flushed, "Do you know how much pressure you will be under if you don't get married so late?" There are already rumors in the family that the reason why Kaede didn't marry was because of an affair with a slave! Imagawa Shin looked at Yu Qiuping's eyes with some shaken surprise, "How much damage will this do to the girl's reputation?" ”

"You made her wait for you, how long are you going to make her wait? How long will the family governor allow Princess Feng not to marry? The Imagawa clan really scolded: "How can you get married in your twenties?" Just to wait for you to waste all your youth and bear the gossip? In the roar of Imagawa's real anger, Yu Qiuping was stunned. Yes, he has not been able to get out of this misunderstanding before. In this era, girls should have married a long time ago. The age of marriage in his mind has always been in his twenties.

"We martial artists live a life of licking blood with a knife!" Imagawa really looked at Yu Qiuping, "You have been on the battlefield twice, you won't fail to understand the truth of the danger of the war!" What are you going to do if something happens to you? Can't you get married for the rest of your life! ”

Yu Qiuping's Adam's apple squirmed violently, and his heart felt as if it was being torn apart. He had to admit that what the Imagawa clan really said was the truth. Being like this is indeed delaying the happiness of Kaede Imagawa for a lifetime.

"Hello for yourself! Leave my sister! If you really love her! Imagawa really threw down this sentence and left without looking back, leaving Yu Qiuping alone, at a loss behind the rockery.

"Na, Ping!" Imagawa's silver bell-like laughter suddenly came from his ears, calling back Yu Qiuping, who was stunned in place. Only then did Yu Qiuping realize that it had reached the appointed time. Seeing Imagawa Kaede smiling like a flower, Yu Qiuping struggled to squeeze out a somewhat exaggerated smile on his face.

"Ping, you also have dimples." Imagawa Kaede stretched out his fingers, one pointing at Yu Qiuping's dimples, and the other at his own, "The child will definitely have dimples too!" ”

"Feng'er—you—" Yu Qiuping froze in place.

She chuckled, "No, how could it be." She blushed, "We don't... Pass. But we can't go without children in the future. ”

Child. The word struck Yu Qiuping like lightning, and it hurt extraordinarily. His thoughts jumped to the future, Imagawa Kaede became his wife, he became a member of the Imagawa family, and the Yuqiu family also became the wings of the Imagawa family. Their children frolicked in the courtyard, and he became the lord of a country and a city. His heart desperately longed for that day, he loved Imagawa Kaede to be by his side, he loved to be able to hug her in his arms, he loved her breath and taste, he loved her graceful smile like a silver bell, he loved her long satin hair, he loved her beautiful face.

He loves—

What if he ruined it all.

Because he suddenly realized that the two of them were in love like glue before, but they were like students who fell in love in their previous lives, and they didn't think about any distractions. But he is now in Japan's Warring States, and his lover is the princess of the Imagawa family. A series of real-life questions came flooding in, almost crushing him.

I'm just a general, and I'm not worthy of her. She couldn't stand the gossip and wait until the day when he could be worthy of her - even if Kaede Imagawa was willing, the family wouldn't agree.

"Impossible." He spoke up.

She frowned, "Well, don't discuss those things. She squeezed his hand, visibly expecting a reassuring answer.

Yu Qiuping suddenly let go of her hand and took two steps back. She frowned in confusion.

"Ping, what's wrong?"

"Feng'er-we..."Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, made up his mind, and suddenly raised his voice: "The status is too bad, it's impossible." ”

Her face turned pale suddenly: "But... You said..."

Yes, he said it, he promised it. The guilt gnawed at him, making him almost breathless.

"I will spend my life protecting Miss." He muttered, "From now on, whenever Miss Jean sees the autumn leaves, she will think of me and my unchanging heart." When you see the autumn leaves, you don't cry, you just smile sweetly. ”

"Let the eternal autumn leaves of this mountain bear witness," Yu Qiuping lowered his head, looked at the girl, and said in an extremely solemn tone that he had never had in his life, "Miss, I love you, no matter what the difference in status, please let me protect you." ”

"The heart is like a red leaf dyeing the gods, and the heart of the king is often in autumn." Yu Qiuping said softly, looking at the girl's continuous welling up of tears. "My heart, if this mountain full of red leaves is as eternal as ever, dyes the pavilion red. Always accompanied by autumn colors, guarding the heart of the young lady. ”

I've always done what I said, haven't I? Am I going to break my word?

Yu Qiuping took Imagawa Kaede's hand, his heart was like a mess, his words were incoherent, and he wanted to tell the surging emotions in his heart in vain: "You are 17 years old, you can't wait for me to improve all the time, and you have reached the age of marriage, Feng'er." I can't drag you down like that. I'm with you, and I'm going to bring you all that vicious gossip and put you under a lot of pressure. ”

"We can be separated for a while, not in two. I will continue to work hard to elevate to a higher level, high enough to be worthy of Feng'er's status. Feng'er can also follow the advice of the family governor first, and if there is a suitable candidate, please marry. If not, I happen to be able to improve quickly, and I'll come back to Feng'er. If Feng'er is already married," said this, Yu Qiuping's heart throbbed violently, and his hands trembled, "Then I will also keep my promise and spend my life guarding the Imagawa family and your happiness." ”

She opened her bloodless lips, but she couldn't say anything. Yu Qiuping rubbed her feeble hands almost frantically.

Feng'er, please, please understand—I don't want to hurt you. Please leave all the stress and pain to me.

"Is this your birthday present to me?" Her voice was lifeless, "In order to save me from being embarrassed, you have to separate from me, carry all the pressure and burden on yourself, and strive to ascend and chase the faint hope." ”

"And I, I just need to wait for the strict arrangement of the family, and I don't have to worry about anything. There is no gossip, there will be no wasted time, whether it is you or someone else, you will definitely be able to marry a good family. All the pressure is up to you, and that's your love. Kaede Imagawa's tone was a little frighteningly cold. Everything about her, her eyes, her posture, her face, her voice, all revealed her sadness.

"Feng'er, you'll understand me. I can't let you suffer so much pain and risk for me. Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice.

"It's okay, Ping, I understand. You are willing to endure all the pain in love. ”

He took a step back, put his arm on her shoulders, and peeked into her eyes, "Really? ”

She smiled wryly, "Do you want to hear the truth, I don't understand at all." She stretched out her hand, groped the back of her neck for a while, untied the pendant, and resolutely stuffed it into Yu Qiuping's hand.

"The heart is like a red leaf dyeing the gods, and the heart of the king is often in autumn." She whispered, "You said it yourself." I should have understood that the end would be the same. She shook her head, with tears in her eyes, and looked at Yu Qiuping with great disappointment, "Until now, you still don't understand anything?" Don't you understand what kind of love I want? I'm really disappointed that you made this decision. I thought you weren't that kind of person. ”

"Feng'er," Yu Qiuping called anxiously, wanting to say something more.

"General Yuqiu." Imagawa Kaede's tone suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Yu Qiuping indifferently, "Please don't call me by my name, please respect yourself." With that, she turned away without looking back at him. The girl's tears drifted away in the wind. She tried to stop her whimpering and keep it from the teenager. The pace of his steps became faster and faster, and he gradually lost his composure, until he rushed back to his own house in the castle tower and cried loudly.

He was left alone, pinching the cold pendant, holding the gift that could not be given, leaning against the side of the rockery. Soon after, it rained.

He tied the pendant back around his neck, just as he had when he first came to this era.

It's back to square one.

I don't have a place to go back to.