Liu Ye intended to fulfill Wannian and his younger brother's history, but he didn't expect Wannian to resolutely refuse, and would rather let his younger brother Shi hate himself for being ruthless than accept Liu Ye's kindness.

Brother Shi was devastated by this, and hid in his yurt for several days, no matter how the maids around him persuaded him, he still didn't eat, drink, and didn't want to see anyone. Brother Shi couldn't understand why Wan Nian rejected her, she always believed that he also loved her, and his reaction that night was the most real, not at all like what he said.

Gradually, the younger brother blamed Liu Ye for Wannian's betrayal, if she hadn't agreed to the request of the king of Shache Kingdom, how could Wannian insist on going to that kind of ghost place. If she hadn't instilled the idea of becoming a great thing in 10,000 years since she was a child, how could he sacrifice his happiness again and again for Wusun.

Liu Ye came to visit her brother Shi several times, but her brother Shi turned her away, even if Feng Yan and Qing Ling wanted to visit, they were all blocked back. They are all Liu Ye's cronies, and what they say is from Liu Ye's point of view, and none of them think about her from the heart. She was not happy to listen to these false words, and she was unwilling to let them interfere with her feelings.

"Princess, Mrs. Chang asks to see." The maid came to report it.

"No, no, no,......" Brother Shi turned around irritably and shouted under the covers.

"But, she ......" The maid looked at Feng Yan, who broke in without waiting for a reply, and didn't know what to do, "Princess, Mrs. Chang, she is right in front of you......"

Brother Shi suddenly lifted the quilt and glared at Feng Yan reluctantly, remembering the scene of Liu Yexing's questioning that night, he couldn't help but be angry: "Aunt Xiao, you told the queen mother, right?" Otherwise, why did she come to the queen mother when I just looked for you? It's you, you must have betrayed me, you promised me that you wouldn't tell anyone what we said, but you betrayed me in order to please your mother! ”

When the maid heard this questioning, she looked at Feng Yan with a weak heart, and hurriedly knelt down and explained to her younger brother: "The princess is angry, the slave maid saw that you had not returned for a long time that night, and was worried that you had an accident. ”

Di Shi bit his lip, looked away indignantly, clenched his fist and slammed the mattress hard: "That's what Mrs. Shi went to sue, it's her, when did I offend her, why did she treat me like that!" ”

"Actually, even if Mrs. Shi didn't go to the queen, the slave and maid planned to go, the princess was nowhere to be found, and she didn't leave a word when she left, and the slave didn't dare not report it!" The maid was trembling all over, for fear that her brother Shi would drive her out of the grassland in a fit of anger.

"It's you!" Brother Shi glared at the maid angrily, grabbed the pillow and threw it at her, "You eat things inside and out, isn't this princess usually good enough for you, when did you treat you badly, a white-eyed wolf, you actually stabbed me in the back and embarrassed me......"

"Enough!" Feng Yan snatched the pillow and threw it on the ground, pulled up the maid and pushed her out, "It's none of your business here, and it's not your fault, I'll talk to my brother Shi well, don't let people disturb you." ”

"Yes, Madame Chang!" The maid hurriedly ran out and went to guard outside the tent.

Feng Yan looked back at the dejected younger brother Shi, sighed and shook his head: "Child, how can you put all the fault on your mother?" If it weren't for your queen mother that night, do you know what it would have been like now? You and Wannian are fortunate not to make a big mistake, instead of being grateful, you feel regretful, right? ”

"Yes, I think it's a pity!" Brother Shi raised his head and looked directly at Feng Yan, and said word by word, "I regret that I didn't make up my mind earlier, I didn't become the woman of Brother Wannian earlier, if we had been together a long time ago, he wouldn't have left me, and the queen mother wouldn't blame him for this, and he didn't have to go to a place like Shache Country." ”

Feng Yan was slightly stunned, she only knew that her brother Shi was very persistent in her feelings for Wannian, but she didn't know that she was so prejudiced against Liu Ye in her heart.

"Brother Shi, no matter what, your mother has preserved your reputation and Wan Nian's reputation. If you remember what your mother said, who are you to blame! Although I have not heard it with my own ears, from what I know of your mother, she must not have embarrassed you, and even allowed you to make mistakes, and you know better than me why it came to be like this. ”

"Will it be wrong? Isn't she doing it for the face of her queen? Isn't she just afraid that our scandal will spread? Brother Shi still didn't change his words.

"No, if she was for the queen's face, she wouldn't have promised Wannian to take you away, she would have forced you to marry Prince Qiuzi. That's what the royal family should do. However, your mother never forced you to do anything, especially marriage. ”

Feng Yan saw that her brother Shi was about to be unable to support it, and stepped forward to hug her distressedly: "Child, emotional matters have never been forced, maybe Wannian is also affectionate to you, but he is not here." Do you understand? Some men can live a fulfilling life without love, what they yearn for is not the love of getting along day and night, but the power to call for wind and rain. Wan Nian is this kind of person, he led the troops to the front line at the age of twelve, just to prove his strength. Now that he has come to his current position step by step, how can he give up so easily? It is indeed his decision to become the king of the Shache country, and neither your father nor the queen mother have forced him, although it is quite beneficial for Wusun to have the Shache country as an ally, but your father and mother will not use their children to fulfill their wishes. ”

"Brother Shi, have you forgotten that when you were very young, your father and queen mother loved you very much, even if they were just your uncle and aunt at that time. Their situation is not good, they are all working hard for the future, you will not understand how many ups and downs you have experienced, but in such a bad situation, they still protect you very well, and do not let you suffer a trace of grievances. ”

"Aunt Xiao knows that you are in a bad mood and have not been able to get a response from your beloved, and you will also feel deeply frustrated. In fact, you don't have to think so at all, no matter how ridiculous you do, your queen mother will not blame you, she will tolerate you unconditionally. ”

Feng Yan's words moved her brother Shi greatly, she did complain about Liu Ye and Wan Nian, but she couldn't hate it.

"Good boy, don't blame your queen mother, okay?" Feng Yan touched her head and comforted her softly.

"I'm blaming myself!" Brother Shi hugged Feng Yan and cried loudly, "Auntie, I'm blaming myself, why am I so unlucky, I know that my mother has high hopes for me, but I disappointed her." I hate myself like this, I would rather nothing happened, the queen mother will be very sad and disappointed when she sees me so pitiful and pathetic......"

"No, your queen mother will be sad, but she will not be disappointed in you." Feng Yan patted her younger brother Shi on the back and whispered in her ear, "As long as you can live well, your queen mother will be at ease." Good boy, don't get along with yourself anymore, eat something! ”

"However, Brother Wannian will also look down on me, in his heart, I am no different from those women who sell their bodies." What Brother Shi cares about the most is Wannian's words.

"How could it be, you are his cherished and loving sister, how can he regard you as a woman who sells her body." Feng Yan thought of the women who leaned on the building and laughed in Chang'an City, and said sadly, "I once saw those women, they were dressed up in a dazzling way, and they lived by the love of men. In the eyes of many people, they are inferior women, but I don't think so. ”

Brother Shi gradually stopped sobbing and asked puzzledly: "They can sell themselves for a few dollars, isn't it very inferior!" ”

Feng Yan smiled slightly and said: "Not everyone can grow up carefree under the care of their parents and relatives, and some children have lost their parents since they were young, and no one loves them, so they can only wander on the streets. If there are good Samaritans who give a little to eat, they will not starve. It's just that well-wishers don't have it every day, when they are hungry, they go to grab food from cats and dogs, and when they are hungry, even if they rob others, it is not ambiguous, and the taste of being chased and beaten is not pleasant, no one sympathizes with the children who steal things, they don't care if you are hungry or hungry, stealing their things is heinous. ”

"Most of the street children don't end well, either being used by bad people to become thieves and bandits, or freezing to death on the streets. Others were taken as slaves and maids by rich families, entered the kiln to be a laughing woman, and worked as a cow and a horse all their lives, and were looked down upon. Of course, there are also a few people who meet really good people and take them back to be raised as children. ”

Brother Shi blinked: "Aunt Xiao, how do you know everything?" Are there still such children in Chang'an City today? ”

"There should still be!" Feng Yan shook her head helplessly, "We are too busy to take care of ourselves, where can we take care of all the sufferings in the world." My brother and I were adopted and had a good life, we were God-blessed children, but others were not so lucky. ”

"Auntie, you say that, have you also been a street child?" Brother Shi hasn't heard her talk about her past.

Feng Yan nodded: "My brother and I lost both parents when we were children, and the village suffered another flood, so if we didn't come out to beg for food, we would have starved to death. We wandered for a long time, starved and fed, and were beaten from time to time, and then my brother wanted to go to a rich man's house to work as a slave and save some food to feed me, but I was almost caught in a kiln. If I hadn't met Eungong, I might have become a woman who sold her body. No one is born to do it, and many times they are forced to survive. ”

"There are so many poor people." Brother Shi regretted what he said, "I shouldn't discriminate against those women, they can't choose their own lives, and they are not willing to live like this." Aunt Xiao, fortunately, you met Engong and saved you and your brother. ”

"My father-in-law is the father of your queen mother, who saved my brother and me's lives and changed our lives." Feng Yan took his brother's hand and said earnestly, "Compared to so many poor children, you are really lucky, if it weren't for the protection of your father and queen mother, maybe you would really be sent to some remote tribe, you may not remember these." ”

Brother Shi was stunned, she really didn't remember the unpleasant past of her childhood, but Feng Yan's words reminded her and cried sadly.

"Yes, I'm so happy now that I've forgotten my past misfortunes. Before the queen mother came to the grassland, the queen mother of heaven had already left me, and only the nurse accompanied me. Even my own father, the king, didn't come to see me, and the others hated me even more, because I had half Han blood in my body, and I wasn't a real steppe person. ”

"Forget it, don't think about the past anymore, Brother Shi, you are a big girl now, you should learn to be sensible, not make your mother sad."

"Well, I know it's wrong, auntie, I won't make the queen mother sad again." Brother Shi wiped away his tears, put on his clothes and shoes and ran out, "I'm going to see my mother and confess my mistake to her." ”

Liu Ye saw the yellow-faced and thin-skinned brother Shi, and immediately shed tears in distress, and the younger brother threw himself into her arms: "Queen Mother, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you, it's all my fault......"

"Good boy, it's good if you're okay, it's good if you can figure it out......"

The mother and daughter released their suspicions, Liu Ye personally fed her a lot of food, and Brother Shi felt as if she was back when she was a child. What carefree years it was, and she grew up happily in the love of her loved ones.

"Queen, the envoy of the turtles asks to see you."

Brother Shi was stunned and looked at Liu Ye in panic: "Queen Mother, it must be the Prince of Jiangbin, what should I do, what should I do?" ”

"It's okay, don't be afraid, you hide behind the screen first, and your mother will deal with him later." Liu Ye made up her mind that no matter how much pressure was exerted by Qiuzi, she would not agree to marry her younger brother Shi.

Sure enough, the special envoy of Qiuzi came for this matter, and also brought the edict of King Qiuci, after Liu Ye read it, he said expressionlessly: "His Majesty the King invited Brother Shi to participate in Prince Jiangbin's birthday banquet, the palace is deeply honored, but I still bother to ask the envoy to go back to resume his life, Princess Brother Shi is unwell and cannot go to the appointment." The shrine apologizes deeply for this, and will definitely send someone to apologize in person with a birthday gift. ”

The special envoy of Qiuzi expected that she would refuse, and said in an unhappy tone: "I can't hide it, after Prince Jiangbin returned to China, he missed Princess Shi, who missed his younger brother Shi, and now he is even more bedridden. The king and queen were anxious, and only begged Princess Shi to comfort herself, but could not even this little request be granted by your country? ”

"If a word of comfort can restore Prince Jiangbin's health, then Di Shi is not a princess but a miracle doctor. If it is usual, it is really appropriate for Brother Shi to go to Qiuzi in person, but his body has not recovered yet, so it is really not suitable to travel far. I believe that the king and queen are reasonable people and will not make things difficult for others. ”

"You, you ......" The special envoy of Guizi didn't believe the excuse that his brother Shi was sick, but he couldn't quarrel with Liu Ye in person, so he retired.

Sending away the special envoy of Qiuzi, Brother Shi walked out from behind the screen uneasily, looked at Liu Ye and asked, "What should I do in the future?" They won't give up! This time it's Prince Jiangbin's birthday, and I don't know what the reason will be next time, so we can't prevaricate it again and again! ”

"That's right, the reason why they didn't come directly to hire them should be because they don't want to, they are in a hurry, they will try it first, and then make plans." Liu Ye frowned, "It seems that Prince Jiangbin is determined to win for you, and he will not give up for a while." ”

"No, I don't want to marry that bale of straw." Brother Shi knelt down and shook his head repeatedly, "Queen Mother, you help me, I don't want to marry him, Queen Mother, I promise you that I won't pester Brother Wannian anymore, I just don't want to marry ......"

"Okay, okay, the queen mother will figure it out." Liu Ye helped her up, "Don't worry, you don't want to marry Prince Jiangbin, no one will force you." ”

"However, if King Qiuzi has a grudge and is not good for us Wusun, won't I become a sinner?" Brother Shi was worried.

Liu Ye smiled: "Don't worry, the queen mother has her own way to deal with them, and Wusun will not be coerced for your marriage." Brother Shi, you go back and rest first! ”

Within a few days, Liu Ye came up with a good way to cut off Prince Jiangbin's thoughts, and not to make the two countries hostile, that is, to send his younger brother Shi to Dahan.

If you meet a satisfactory person in Dahan, and then ask the emperor to marry him, even if there is no suitable candidate, during this period, Prince Jiangbin will definitely die and find someone else to be his wife.

Liu Ye put forward this idea, Weng Guimi opposed it at first, worried that Di Shi would not be able to withstand the bumps of the long journey, but then after thinking about it, Di Shi going to Dahan could also play a role in promoting the good development of Wusun and Dahan, so he no longer objected.

Although Di Shi said that it was difficult to give up in her heart for ten thousand years, this was the best way for her to escape from Prince Qiuzi, so she agreed without much thought. To be on the safe side, Chang Hui and Feng Yan were responsible for escorting Brother Shi.

Before leaving, Di Shi wanted to say goodbye to Wannian, but she hesitated for a long time and finally didn't go. Although half a month has passed, she always feels that the incident of that night happened yesterday, and she is afraid that Wannian will not forgive her.

Brother Shi dressed up and got into the carriage, Chang Hui and Feng Yan escorted him, and Weng Guimi and Liu Ye were reluctant to go back until they were sent to the border.

"Queen, I still remember the scene when you first came to the grassland, that morning, you stepped on the morning glow, and I was dumbfounded when I came to greet my relatives, and I thought I saw a fairy descending to earth." Weng Guimi rode his horse and thoughtfully held the reins of Liu Ye's horse.

Liu Ye glanced at him and smiled: "At that time, I didn't see the king, I just felt that there were a lot of people on the grassland, and the unfamiliar appearance made me a little uneasy, and I couldn't tell who was who." ”

"And now, can you tell who is who?" Weng Guimi stroked the horsehair with a smile and looked at her affectionately.

Liu Ye lowered his head and was silent for a moment before saying, "I'd rather not be able to tell the difference." ”

The smile in Weng Guimi's eyes gradually disappeared, after so long, she still hasn't forgotten at all, and he shouldn't ask for too much, she is by his side, he is already very satisfied, and he shouldn't be greedy.

It was only a few hours after sending his brother away that Liu Ye was awakened from his sleep, and the attendants outside the tent asked Chang Hui to see him.

"Please!" Liu Ye put on his coat and walked out, wondering why Chang Hui turned back halfway, could it be that Brother Shi regretted it again.

Seeing Liu Ye, Chang Hui hurriedly knelt down, and his two eyebrows were twisted into a ball: "Chang Hui is incompetent, please punish the queen!" ”

"General Chang, how can you say this, get up and speak!" Liu Ye stepped forward to support Chang Hui, and Chang Hui said guiltily, "Princess Dishi was held hostage and her whereabouts are unknown!" ”

"What did you say?" Liu Ye's figure flickered, and he looked at him in disbelief, "Brother Shi was held hostage? ”