(a)

The candles outside the bed tent were lit.

After a while, Liu Shen returned to bed. He handed me a roll of documents.

I'll take a look. It was a marriage contract on file with the Huaizhou Mansion. It's the engagement I got with you in the Cui family's mansion back then!

It turns out that it has another copy in the official file of Huaizhou Mansion!

I never knew that my father had already deposited this marriage contract in Huaizhou Mansion.

Liu Shen said: "After I came back from the northern front, my uncle kept asking to see me, and I didn't have time to see him. Today, he came into the palace to see his mother, and he met me at her place, and after he came out of his mother's palace, he gave this to me. He didn't like you all the time. ”

I looked at the engagement.

A tearing pain in my heart. It's like looking at your own memorial text.

In the pain in my heart, I unconsciously let go of my hand. The piece of paper fell on the quilt.

Liu Shen picked it up. He took the piece of paper in his hand. He looked at me. A gentle smile appeared on his lips.

He reached out and tore the paper off. He tore that piece of paper in front of me! I chuckled and was taken aback.

He threw the debris onto the ground outside the bed.

He said, "Qin'er, I've never seen this piece of paper. My uncle is old, he remembers it wrong, he didn't give me anything. ”

I looked at Liu Shen. I looked at him, unable to speak for a long time.

This is the husband you have chosen for me. This is the husband you have worked so hard to find for me!

Liu Shen said: "You don't have to explain, you don't have to answer. This is the end of this matter. I'm here tonight to tell you that this happened, but that's it. ”

"Don't say anything," he said. Forget about it. ”

(b)

I said, "The magnanimity of the King of Han is the mind of the King of Han, but if it is necessary to make it clear, the concubines also have the responsibility to make it clear." ”

I said, "Qin'er remembers that after the Battle of Linshui, King Han and his younger brother in Dongcheng had made an alliance to armistice and join forces to defend the northern front. Jean remembers correctly. ”

Liu Shen said: "Yes. At that time, there was a covenant of armistice and joint defense. ”

I said, "At that time, the general lived in my uncle's mansion. Jean had read the text of the covenant at her uncle's house. It is said that from then on, the two Han Dynasty abandoned their previous suspicions, divided the territory, and made an alliance with each other. ”

Liu Shen smiled and said, "You still remember, I forgot what was written on it." ”

"King Han, when you made a covenant with your younger brother in Dongcheng, did you really want to fulfill this covenant in your heart?"

Liu Shen said: "Of course not. The enemy's current expediency is nothing more. He never gave up trying to get rid of me. ”

I said, "What about the King of Han?" Did the King of Han really want to fulfill this covenant at that time? ”

Liu Shen said: "Since he is not sincere, why should I deceive myself." ”

I said, "Well, a covenant that both sides know is just a stopgap measure and will not really be practiced is not a real covenant, right?" ”

Liu Shen said: "Yes. ”

I said, "Since it's not a covenant that you really want to fulfill, but only a necessity to act expediently for a certain situation, that covenant doesn't prove anything, does it?" It doesn't prove that what is written on the paper is what they really wanted each other at that time, right? ”

Liu Shen looked at me. He said, "Yes." Can't prove anything. ”

(c)

I said, "After that incident, my family found out that I was pregnant. But they didn't tell me. Because I was very poor physically and mentally at the time. The doctor told his father that it was safest to let it be. Otherwise, you may die in one body. This marriage contract was made by my father when I was almost four months pregnant. It was the only decent option possible at the time. ”

I said, "In my circumstances, there would not be any family of comparable family who would accept me." And my father was never willing to wronged me, so he deigned to marry someone who was in a worse situation. The child I have is my father's eldest grandson. He couldn't have let the child be born in someone else's home. So, that's the only option. His father went to talk to him. He is a filial son, and he did not hesitate to obey his father's arrangement, he said, he is willing to replace my father to fulfill the promise to my biological father, give me a good home, and make up for my brother's mistakes. ”

I said, "So, in the presence of my father, we made this engagement." But we didn't get married. I didn't know that my father had kept the marriage contract on file. The father may want to archive it as soon as possible, so as not to cause suspicion and gossip outside after the birth of the child. However, man's calculation is always inferior to heaven's. Later, the child was gone. I also fell seriously ill because of this, and almost died. If the marriage can't be done, there is no need to do it again. Since then, no one has mentioned this marriage contract. ”

I said, "A lot of things happened at home. I was just sick, and he was sick again. Then there was the father who was injured. The marriage contract sent to Huaizhou Mansion was probably forgotten. Later, his father died, and then the smoke of the northern front protruded, and he was always fighting. He probably forgot about it a long time ago. ”

(iv)

Liu Shen said: "Yes. He told me all these things frankly during the alliance, and the only thing he didn't say was this marriage contract. I think he forgot. ”

Liu Shen said: "Actually, I showed you this marriage contract, just to let you watch me tear it up, and there will be no more such rights and wrongs to torture you." I'm not here to ask you to give me an explanation. ”

Liu Shen said: "I just want to know in my heart, so that I can handle all these things properly for you in the future, and I don't have to worry about you." You don't have to take the initiative to explain it to me in such detail. I know that explaining this will tear open your wounds. It's not easy for you. ”

He said: "Even if this agreement is not a stopgap measure, I don't care if time passes." I wouldn't care. ”

I said, "Since everything has happened, if Qin'er doesn't explain it clearly to King Han, this matter will always be a problem in each other's hearts." It is precisely because of the benevolence and generosity of the King of Han that Qin'er is even more reluctant to let this mustard exist in the heart of the King of Han, and is unwilling to let it exist between you, so that there will be a gap between you, and people will have the opportunity to break the precious covenant of trust. ”

I said, "King Han, your covenant is tied to each other's lives and deaths. If this covenant is to succeed, it must be the overall situation of the world, and you must trust each other as you trust yourselves, and there is no room for suspicion of each other. The success or failure of the covenant is related to the peace and stability of the world, and Qin'er really does not dare to harm the peace of the world because of her own unbearable review. ”

Liu Shen said: "Yes. We should never be suspicious of each other. We should not become the cause of poisoning the world because of our own selfishness. ”

Liu Shen said: "Qin'er, don't worry. From now on, no one will dare to give me such a thing. ”