On a winter afternoon, the sun shines through the window lattice and falls on the man's face.

He wears thin armor, and his low-hanging Danfeng eyes are gentle and affectionate.

After playing with the pearl hairpin for a while, he said lightly: "Please come in." ”

A quarter of an hour later, he raised his eyes to the girl who stepped through the threshold.

She is sixteen years old, and she is taller than when she left Chang'an City.

I haven't seen her for a year, and she looks even better, and she is not more worried than the world-recognized beauty Hua Yueji......

The tenderness in the phoenix's eyes was almost overflowing, and he got up, his voice a little hoarse: "Xiaojiu." ”

Su Jiu lowered his eyebrows and bowed to him.

Until she sat down, she didn't even look at the man with her eyes.

Because the man's gaze was too hot and pure, in comparison, the purpose of her trip was too despicable.

Xie Rongjing motioned to the maid to serve tea, stared at her and said with a smile: "The tea in the northwest is a little rough, and it is not as fine as Chang'an...... I can't imagine what you've been like here all this year. ”

Su Jiu drank hot tea lightly and did not answer.

Xie Rongjing's fingertips tapped lightly on the table.

Over the past year, he has been sleeping at night, thinking about the girl in front of him.

worried that she was not doing well, worried that she did not have enough money, worried that she did not buy a new dress during the New Year's holidays, worried that she was ridiculed by other girls......

The girl he hides on the tip of his heart deserves all the glory.

Danfeng's eyes were a little moist, and he looked at Su Jiu inch by inch.

The girl is still thin, like a craggy plum.

The wide cloak made her weak, as if a random gust of cold wind could sweep her into the sky.

Xiao Tingchen can fight well, and his martial arts are first-class.

He can be the emperor of the world, and he can bring the people a healthy and prosperous life, but he is by no means a qualified husband, and he cannot bring Su Xiaojiu real stability and happiness.

But on the contrary, Xiaojiu chose him......

A dense pain like a pinprick spread in his heart, and he whispered: "Xiaojiu came this time, I don't know what happened?" If you are here for Xiao Tingchen, I will definitely not agree to any of your requests. If thou wilt ask me for thyself, and whatever thou hast asked for it, and pour out all the world, I will surely answer. ”

The man's voice was clear, like knocking gold and hitting jade.

But it has precipitated a little bit of the depth brewed over the years, and the emotion in Danfeng's eyes is a deep affection that no drama can play.

Su Jiu still lowered his head.

The thin white hands were twisted together uneasily, and her voice was extremely soft: "Dayong has encroached on Bei Liang, and he is now the overlord of the northwest. Xie Rongjing, I am his queen. You know very well why I came. ”

Clouds obscured the daylight.

The light and shadow in the hall gradually dimmed, half of the man's face flickered and darkened, and his thin lips were pursed with strong reluctance.

After a while, he smiled, "You want me to surrender to Xiao Tingchen with 500,000 soldiers and horses." ”

"Yes." Su Jiu slowly raised his eyes, his gaze was extremely firm, "In Dayong's army, there are many people who are from the Qi country, and they are even related to your soldiers. If they are allowed to go to war, then how cruel is it to those on top? ”

"That's not something I'm going to think about." Xie Rongjing said coldly, "If Xiao Tingchen was divided into Liangzhou to strike iron, why did he come to this point today?" He is the one who set off the flames of the world, Su Xiaojiu, you should persuade him to surrender to the Qi State. ”

Su Jiu took another sip of tea, "You know very well how temperamental the authorities of Chang'an of Qi are. They would rather cede their land and sue for peace and bow to Beiliang than wage war to defend their territory and people...... Loyal to such an emperor and maintain such a family, Xie Rongjing, this is your ambition? ”

Xie Rongjing was silent.

At the beginning, when Beiliang went south, hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China quarreled.

The old family led by the Xue family demanded to avoid war and seek peace, and the young magnates led by him enthusiastically demanded to meet the war.

But the new emperor went to the court like a child, today he set up the daughter of the Zhang family as a concubine, and tomorrow he chose the daughter of the Li family as a nobleman, and he didn't mean to govern the country well at all.

In the end, the emperor made a decision and chose to avoid war and seek peace.

He was angry in his heart.

But......

This does not mean that he is willing to surrender to Xiao Tingchen.

The hall was silent for half a quarter, and he smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a year, and it's not easy for each other. I have ordered the backyard to prepare delicious food and wine, and it just so happens that Zhou Fengxian and Mo Shisan are also there, and our classmates gather together, and it is lively. ”

Su Jiu's eyebrows frowned slightly.

She stared at Xie Rongjing, clearly catching the caution in his eyes.

She knew him.

Maybe he was once despicable, but he is still glorious in his bones.

obviously didn't want to see the new emperor, but he still had to serve in his court......

She whispered: "Xie Rongjing, you shouldn't be like this." ”

"So what should I do?" The man smiled, "Su Xiaojiu, I don't have Xiao Tingchen's ambition to encroach on the world, and I don't have the ambition to save the world like the head of the house." I've always been a gentleman, and if I have to have an ambition, then my ambition has always been yours. ”

Su's small hand in the wide sleeves suddenly tightened.

She got up with a cold face and stepped out of the hall with a blank face.

The guards guarding outside the fan stopped her.

Su Jiu turned around, Xie Rongjing ate the hot tea slowly and methodically, "It's rare for you to come to me, and there is no reason to sit down and leave." I've let you go, but that doesn't mean I'll let you go every time. ”

"Xie Rongjing!" Su Jiu was hoarse.

Xie Rongjing lowered his eyes, "Lock her in my bedroom." ”

Su Jiu struggled to be taken away, and Xie Rongjing sat alone in the hall, his face paler than the sun.

The fingertips holding the teacup trembled slightly, and he threw the teacup to the ground in annoyance, pinching his eyebrows uncomfortably.

He didn't want to use force on Su Xiaojiu......

He didn't want things to get to this point......

But she is the woman he dreams of, she finally came to him, how can he let her go?

How could he let her go?!

Rooms.

Su Jiu listened to the sound of the anti-lock outside, lost his temper for no reason, overturned the Bogu frame in anger, and looked at the antique jade pieces falling all over the ground, he still seemed to be angry, and even made a mess of the screen and the bed.

She sat down at the round table and drank two hot cups of tea to calm herself.

Xie Rongjing still has goodness hidden in his bones, which is completely different from the family in Chang'an City who covets comfort.

If she doesn't succeed twice, she doesn't succeed three times, she can always persuade Xie Rongjing!

It's getting late.

Xie Rongjing stepped into the bedroom and saw a mess.

He motioned for the maid to come in and clean it up before taking off his robe and sitting down on the couch.

He stared at Su Jiu's slender back, "Xiaojiu, although I, Xie Rongjing, am gentle, but I also have a scale in my heart, and I can weigh who is more suitable to be the emperor of the world, Xiao Tingchen or Yuan Sheng." If it weren't for you, I would be willing to bow down to Xiao Tingchen. But you are his queen, how can you tell me to be willing to bow down to him? Allegiance to Dayong is not impossible. It's just what I want, he Xiao Tingchen may not be willing to give it, and you Su Jiu may not be willing to accept it. ”