Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Cherries
The night was getting dark, but the dimly lit candles were still burning in Huluhenga's tent.
Heng Jia glanced at Chang Gong who was sleeping with his back to her not far away, and couldn't help feeling a little suspicious. Ever since she came back wet, she had been in a trance, and she didn't say anything when asked her, just fell asleep.
What happened at Crescent Lake?Thinking of this, he couldn't help calling softly, "Chang Gong?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to respond, as if she had fallen asleep, Heng Jia put down the scroll in his hand, and lightly blew out the candle.
At this moment, Chang Gong couldn't sleep, his mind seemed to be full of weeds, a mess.As soon as she closed her eyes, there seemed to be a scene in front of her that made her blush and her heart beat.
That guy, unexpectedly, dared to kiss her!That was her first time!
She stretched out her hand and rubbed her lips vigorously, annoyed, angry, depressed, wronged, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and her brain fell into chaos again...
That rascal... you should know that you should have killed him with a knife while his back was facing you while putting on clothes...
However, no matter what, Heng Jia must not let this matter know.
At almost the same moment, Yu Wenyong was also tossing and turning in his tent, unable to sleep.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Aye, who was also in the same tent, also found that something was wrong with his master.Usually he is a taciturn master, and he hasn't said a word since he came back today. Although his expression is no different from usual, Aye can conclude that he must have something on his mind based on his experience of being together for more than ten years.
"Aye, I seem to have something I really want." Yu Wenyong said in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, haven't you already obtained what you have always wanted? The entire Zhou Kingdom is already yours." Aye replied doubtfully.
"That's different, Ayer. I want supremacy, and that's because if I don't get it, my life is in danger. I want more land, and that's because if I don't At this point, my country will be threatened, all because of the need for survival, but," he lowered his voice, "what I want this time is what I dreamed of myself."
Aye was stunned, "Then what are you going to do? As long as you order, I will definitely serve you."
"It's not time yet, Aye," his voice was calm, "There are more important things to do now."
Aye widened his eyes in the darkness in surprise, and blurted out, "But, that's what you dreamed about..."
"Aye, it is true that dreams are desirable, but the surging enthusiasm is often just a flash of magnificence in the turbid world, and cannot take root and blossom. If you let those too beautiful dreams cover your eyes, you will not be able to see the turbidity clearly. The world will only fall into the tragedy of fate."
"So, are you going to give up just like that?"
"I will definitely get something like this dream, but," he smiled meaningfully, "it takes power to realize a dream, any—dream. And the acquisition of power requires a lot of things to be given up temporarily. Therefore, I will give up temporarily this dream."
Aye didn't really understand what the emperor said, but he didn't care. How could a rough man like him understand what the emperor thought?
"By the way, Your Majesty, at the horse hunting meeting today, the boys from Hulu's family stole the limelight. Do you think the Turkic princess will choose them..."
"Princess Turkic?" Yu Wenyong's eyes were shining with a color as deep as the night, "That may not be the case."
The weather outside the Great Wall is as clear as ever. The slightly cold wind is mixed with a faint earthy smell, which makes people feel a kind of real refreshing. The sun shines on the endless grassland, and the morning dew glistens faintly. The green grass also seems to have hope, and everything is slowly extending in front of my eyes. Yu Wenyong has always had the habit of getting up early, but he didn't expect that there are people here who get up earlier than him. Beside the unburned bonfire, a young man in a red robe was lying there lazily.Because his back was facing the sun, he couldn't see his face clearly, but his skin was as white as snow, and his long hair shone like molten pure silver under the sunlight. His robe shone through the morning sun, and it was so red that it was burning like fire. is her. Suddenly there is a kind of surging emotion in the bottom of my heart, like raving, soft, gentle, light and warm. When he walked to her side, he was not surprised to see her almost jumped up in shock, her murderous and resentful gaze almost penetrated two holes in his body. "If you don't want to die, just disappear from my sight!" Seeing this man, Chang Gong had the urge to draw his sword.But he calmly sat down beside her, smiled slightly, "Brother Hulu, why are you so angry? No, it should be Hulu—the girl." "You still said..." She gritted her teeth and stared at him. "Last night I was also eager to save people. Under such circumstances, you would go into the water to save people." He smiled, "However, you are a girl after all, how about this, I will propose marriage to your brother later? " "How dare you!" Chang Gong was really anxious, he stepped forward and grabbed his skirt, "If you dare to tell others about this, I will definitely make you die ugly!" Yu Wenyong's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled a little strangely, "Yesterday you missed the best chance to kill me. Now you may not be able to kill me. But don't worry, I won't mess with this secret." Said," he lowered his voice, "as long as you do one thing for me." Chang Gong suddenly became angry, "Are you threatening me?" "It's a very simple thing, you can definitely do it." He glanced at the hem of the shirt that she was grabbing, "Tonight, you will stay in the tent all the time, and don't go there, especially—Crescent Moon Lake." Chang Gong was startled, and blurted out, "What do you know?" "Oh, I just happened to hear the conversation between you and the princess, otherwise why would I have thought of going to Crescent Moon Lake last night?" His smile was erratic and complex, "This matter is very simple for you, isn't it? ?” Chang Gong didn't speak, but just stared at him with unbelievable eyes. At this moment, she couldn't describe his eyes exactly, like the cold sunshine in winter, lazy and indifferent, and like the faint starlight in autumn night, Alienated and distant.The current him is completely different from the Mi Luo she knew, and——the him last night... She was wrong from the very beginning, this is—a man who is more unfathomable than Uncle Jiu. "Okay, I promise you." She looked at him coldly, "If you break your promise, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth." He chuckled, "It's a deal. However, if you don't let go, my skirt will be torn." Chang Gong looked down, only to realize that he was still tightly clutching his skirt, and just about to let go, but he took advantage of the situation and grabbed his wrist... "If you don't let go, I'll cut off your hand immediately!" Chang Gong was furious for a moment with this action, and he drew out the short knife with his left hand with a swish, and chopped it down! He will let go, she thought.But when the blade touched his wrist, he still had a calm face and didn't intend to let go. She was slightly startled, and at the same time as she retracted her strength, the blade had already cut the back of his hand with a slap! Chang Gong was taken aback, and subconsciously raised his head to look at him, only to see that pair of amber eyes with soft yellow light, and agarwood that makes people calm.A little bit of light flickered, as if blending with the light golden sunlight flowing around her, the brilliance was the same. The flow of time has become unclear, slow and viscous.The breeze is silently rippling in all directions, and the air is also blurred, and the airflow is circling like a twilight. "It deserves it!" Chang Gong came back to his senses suddenly, scolded lightly, and hurriedly broke free from Yu Wenyong's hand.The moment he turned around, he happened to meet a pair of black eyes that could not see any emotion. Not far away, Hulu Hengga looked at her expressionlessly, without saying a word. For some reason, Chang Gong suddenly panicked, feeling a little cramped, almost embarrassingly restless.Seeing Heng Jia turned back to the tent again, she just stood there, not knowing what to do, after thinking about it, she ran after her again. Yu Wenyong looked at the back of her disappearing into the tent, and there was an inexplicable and unexplainable melancholy in his brows... like running water, the water passed without a trace.
As soon as he entered the tent, Chang Gong felt a different atmosphere pervading the tent. "Heng Jia, good morning..." She said hello first. "Morning." He replied casually, and continued to look at the scroll in his hand, his tone was no different from usual. "Heng Jia, actually just now...I..." "I didn't see anything just now." He interrupted her coldly, seemed to pause, and added, "Also, what you do has nothing to do with me." Chang Gong felt that something was wrong, the fox seemed a little rushed today.She tried to talk to him a few more words, but he was always indifferent.It seems that he doesn't want to talk to her, that's fine, since he doesn't ask anything, then she doesn't have to explain to him. However, the only thing that worried her was whether he had heard the conversation between herself and Mi Luo. Although they were far away, it would be terrible if he heard a single word. For the next time, the two sat silently. Every time she tried to see some clues from his expression, she would be pushed back by his indifferent eyes. This uncomfortable state lasted until night. Chang Gong saw that it was getting late, so he spread a blanket on a corner of the tent as usual, preparing for an early rest. While spreading the blanket, she secretly glanced at Heng Jia who was reading a book. This guy didn't do anything today. He has been reading a book for a day, and he doesn't talk to anyone. How did she offend him?When she was wondering, she suddenly saw Heng Jia's gaze looking here, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending not to see it. Why, do I feel a little guilty? ?It's clear to me that I didn't do anything wrong. "What are you doing?" Heng Jia actually spoke when she was thinking wildly. She didn't want to answer him at first, but after thinking about it, she replied, "Didn't you see? I'm getting ready to rest. By the way, don't forget to bring Xiao Tie from Qin Lin." "Rest? Don't you have an appointment with the princess tonight?" When Chang Gong heard these words, his heart moved. In this way, he should not have heard the conversation between himself and Mi Luo, "I—— don't want to go." She whispered. "What!" Heng Jia's extraordinary reaction startled her, "Don't want to go? Gao Changgong, do you think you are still a child! Go if you want to go, and don't want to go if you don't want to go. This is about whether our Qi State can form an alliance with Turks Big things, you can't let yourself be willful! Do you have any brains!" Chang Gong was stunned by the scolding for a moment, what happened to the fox?I haven't seen him so angry since I can remember... "Am I wrong, Gao Changgong?" He lowered his voice, "A woman is a woman, and nothing big can happen." He was dizzy from being scolded just now, but when he heard this sentence, Chang Gong felt unhappy, and replied angrily. "I just don't want to go. Can you control it? Didn't you just say that everything I do has nothing to do with you? What are you doing now!" Heng Jia did not expect that she would take advantage of her loopholes, but this caused him more unexplainable anger for no reason. That feeling of anger was also mixed with a little emptiness and loss. "Yeah, you don't want to see the princess, so you must be happy to see that Yu Wenzhi!" The moment he said the words, his heart swelled slightly, and then suddenly fell down, causing a slight throbbing pain .This unprecedented feeling made him at a loss for a while. "How could I be happy to see him... I don't like him at all." She replied murmuringly. "I don't like how you let him hold your hand!" Seeing her shy look, he became even more angry, and the anger that had accumulated all day finally collapsed at this moment. Chang Gong was stunned there, and it was hard to believe that these words came from Heng Jia's mouth, but at the same time, she also vaguely felt that something wrong with Heng Jia today was indeed related to what happened this morning. It turned out that he was unhappy because Miro pulled her hand? ?Thinking of this, she suddenly laughed, "Oh, Brother Hengjia, are you—jealous?" As soon as she finished speaking, a book flew towards her with a whizzing sound, hitting her on the head impartially, accompanied by Heng Galio's annoyed voice, "I'm jealous of you ghost!" She rubbed her painful head resentfully, blinking her eyes, "Then why are you angry because he took my hand?" "If you say you are stupid, you are stupid!" Heng Jia seemed to be flustered for a moment, but soon calmed down, and said slowly in a consistent tone, "Do you think he will hold a man's hand well? So there is such a reaction, just worried that because of your carelessness, let him see that you are a daughter, understand?" Chang Gong made sense when he heard it, and quickly shook his head, "He doesn't know!" After finishing speaking, she was secretly lucky, fortunately the fox didn't know about her identity being exposed, otherwise she wouldn't know how angry she would be. "I don't know why I held your hand again." He seemed to be entangled in this issue. "Maybe he—he just likes men!" Chang Gong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, this fox is really hard to deal with. Heng Jia looked at her dubiously. It is true that there are men who have the habit of cutting off their sleeves. Besides, Chang Gong's appearance is indeed easy to tempt those prodigal sons, but I always feel that there is something wrong. A strange thought suddenly popped up in his heart, if only——Chang Gong had been wearing that mask all the time. "Then why don't you want to go to the princess' appointment?" She hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice, "I don't want to lie to you, but I don't want to tell you why, so don't ask, okay? As for who the princess will choose, none of us can make the decision." For a long time, she didn't hear the other party's movement.When she was about to look up, she saw him get up and walk to her side, bent down to pick up the book, glanced at her again, and said two words, "Get up." She didn't know what he was going to do, but she felt a little inexplicably lost in her heart, and it seemed that his expression was still indifferent.At this moment, I miss that fake smile. Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw him put the book aside, gently spread a blanket on the side on top of her original blanket, and said casually while tidying up, "I heard that it will be windy tonight, I will ask them Prepared a blanket in case you feel cold in the middle of the night. After all, it's a girl..." She stared at his back in a daze, and suddenly lowered her eyebrows quickly, because something moist in the depths of her eyes seemed to be unable to support it and fell down, and an impulse surged in her heart, an impulse to tell something. "Hanga, actually, my name is Cherry." She blurted out. Hanga turned around, "What did you say?" "Cherry, that's the name my mother gave me. I heard from my father that it's because my mother likes cherries the most." She repeated in a low voice. Heng Jia seemed a little surprised, and smiled lightly, "Good name." "I'll be eighteen next year." She raised her eyes slightly, "Do you want to know why I always have to dress up as a man?" Heng Jia looked at her quietly, the corners of his eyes and brows were stretched with silent tenderness, "Go on, Cherry." The stars are far away, and the grasslands are vast. In the breeze, Princess Ashina was waiting for Chang Gong's arrival by the Crescent Lake.From time to time, she looked up at the sky, with a look of anxiety and anticipation on her face. "Why don't you come?" She couldn't help muttering to herself. "He won't come." A voice without any emotion suddenly came from behind, Ashina turned around in surprise, and recognized that the person who spoke was the envoy of Zhou Kingdom who had seen at the hunting ground. "Why are you here?" She quickly regained her composure. "I came here just to tell you that he won't come to the appointment." Yu Wenyong looked at her lightly, "Princess, don't waste any more time." "It's almost dawn, he really won't come. In fact, I just want to talk to him." Ashina lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Actually, so what if I'm a princess, I can't do it." What you want to do, you can't like the person you want to like, you can't go where you want to go, which of these people who propose marriage, including you, is not for political purposes?" He suddenly smiled, "Princess, that is also your fate." Ashina's complexion darkened, "I also know that as a woman, I can only follow Khan's brother's wishes and marry someone I don't like. He is like a dream to me. I hope that before I lose my freedom, I can spend more time with the person I like, that’s all. If possible, I would rather not marry anyone.” Yu Wenyong smiled noncommittally, "It takes power to realize a dream, and the acquisition of power requires giving up a lot of things temporarily. So some things may not be available now, but what belongs to you will be available one day. Princess, do you think about it? Change your fate?" "Change fate?" She raised her head in surprise, only to feel that the other party's smile was complicated and difficult to distinguish under the moonlight, but she couldn't see it clearly. "Princess, you can get nothing without sacrifice. In order to get something, you have to pay the same price. If you want to get the best thing, you have to pay the greatest price in exchange. As long as you cooperate with the emperor of the Great Zhou , using the power of the Turks and the Great Zhou to make Qi a vassal. Naturally, you can also get what you want most." The princess was slightly startled, and then asked calmly, "Then, what do I want most?" "What the Emperor of Great Zhou gave you is something that no one can give you." His golden eyes were shining like stars in the night, shining lightly and shining brightly, "That is - freedom." "Freedom?" She raised her head slowly, like a silver magnolia slowly opening, her pale cheeks seemed to be covered with a layer of blush from shock. "Yes, when the time comes, the emperor will never interfere with your freedom. You can stay as long as you want, and no one can restrain you." She was obviously taken aback, "How is this possible? How could the Emperor of Great Zhou agree?" "He will agree." His voice seemed to come from a very distant place, "Because, I am the emperor of Great Zhou." The next day, the news spread that Princess Ashina had chosen Emperor Zhou as her future husband. Many people were a little surprised by the result, because Chang Gong surprised the audience yesterday with his skills at the horse hunting field. So many people thought that the winner this time was none other than Qi, but they didn't expect that it would end up in another family. In Hengjia's tent, Qin Lin couldn't hold back anymore, and was complaining desperately, "How could this happen? The prince performed so well yesterday, why did the princess choose the emperor of Zhou? The emperor will punish us now, right?" !" Chang Gong sat on the side silently, feeling very uncomfortable, the princess suddenly agreed to marry the emperor of Zhou, it must have something to do with Mi Luo.If he didn't guess wrong, he must have gone to Crescent Lake to attend the appointment on his behalf last night. I don't know what he said to the princess, so that the princess agreed to the marriage. Uncle Jiu... I'm sorry... A strong sense of guilt surged in her heart. If it wasn't her own carelessness, how could she be threatened by that guy? If she had gone to the appointment last night, the result might have been completely different. Uncle must be disappointed in her... "Since the princess has chosen her future husband, we should set off for Ye City as soon as possible." Heng Jia still smiled as usual, "Chang Gong, you should hand over Xiao Tie to her brother." He As soon as the words fell, Xiao Tie's expression became a little strange. It seemed that there was a bit of excitement mixed in, but also a bit of reluctance, a bit of sadness... "That's right, Xiao Tie, shouldn't you be happy that you can finally be with Brother Ah Jing and the others?" Chang Gong touched her head with a smile, "You have grown into a big girl too, tell me later Maybe even your brother won’t recognize him.” "En." Xiao Tie only said one word abnormally, and then didn't say anything more. Heng Jia looked at Xiao Tie, then signaled Chang Gong to go over, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "You have to be mentally prepared later, it is very likely that they will pretend not to know her." "No." She shook her head, "I don't believe they would be so ruthless!"
The weather outside the Great Wall is as clear as ever. The slightly cold wind is mixed with a faint earthy smell, which makes people feel a kind of real refreshing. The sun shines on the endless grassland, and the morning dew glistens faintly. The green grass also seems to have hope, and everything is slowly extending in front of my eyes. Yu Wenyong has always had the habit of getting up early, but he didn't expect that there are people here who get up earlier than him. Beside the unburned bonfire, a young man in a red robe was lying there lazily.Because his back was facing the sun, he couldn't see his face clearly, but his skin was as white as snow, and his long hair shone like molten pure silver under the sunlight. His robe shone through the morning sun, and it was so red that it was burning like fire. is her. Suddenly there is a kind of surging emotion in the bottom of my heart, like raving, soft, gentle, light and warm. When he walked to her side, he was not surprised to see her almost jumped up in shock, her murderous and resentful gaze almost penetrated two holes in his body. "If you don't want to die, just disappear from my sight!" Seeing this man, Chang Gong had the urge to draw his sword.But he calmly sat down beside her, smiled slightly, "Brother Hulu, why are you so angry? No, it should be Hulu—the girl." "You still said..." She gritted her teeth and stared at him. "Last night I was also eager to save people. Under such circumstances, you would go into the water to save people." He smiled, "However, you are a girl after all, how about this, I will propose marriage to your brother later? " "How dare you!" Chang Gong was really anxious, he stepped forward and grabbed his skirt, "If you dare to tell others about this, I will definitely make you die ugly!" Yu Wenyong's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled a little strangely, "Yesterday you missed the best chance to kill me. Now you may not be able to kill me. But don't worry, I won't mess with this secret." Said," he lowered his voice, "as long as you do one thing for me." Chang Gong suddenly became angry, "Are you threatening me?" "It's a very simple thing, you can definitely do it." He glanced at the hem of the shirt that she was grabbing, "Tonight, you will stay in the tent all the time, and don't go there, especially—Crescent Moon Lake." Chang Gong was startled, and blurted out, "What do you know?" "Oh, I just happened to hear the conversation between you and the princess, otherwise why would I have thought of going to Crescent Moon Lake last night?" His smile was erratic and complex, "This matter is very simple for you, isn't it? ?” Chang Gong didn't speak, but just stared at him with unbelievable eyes. At this moment, she couldn't describe his eyes exactly, like the cold sunshine in winter, lazy and indifferent, and like the faint starlight in autumn night, Alienated and distant.The current him is completely different from the Mi Luo she knew, and——the him last night... She was wrong from the very beginning, this is—a man who is more unfathomable than Uncle Jiu. "Okay, I promise you." She looked at him coldly, "If you break your promise, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth." He chuckled, "It's a deal. However, if you don't let go, my skirt will be torn." Chang Gong looked down, only to realize that he was still tightly clutching his skirt, and just about to let go, but he took advantage of the situation and grabbed his wrist... "If you don't let go, I'll cut off your hand immediately!" Chang Gong was furious for a moment with this action, and he drew out the short knife with his left hand with a swish, and chopped it down! He will let go, she thought.But when the blade touched his wrist, he still had a calm face and didn't intend to let go. She was slightly startled, and at the same time as she retracted her strength, the blade had already cut the back of his hand with a slap! Chang Gong was taken aback, and subconsciously raised his head to look at him, only to see that pair of amber eyes with soft yellow light, and agarwood that makes people calm.A little bit of light flickered, as if blending with the light golden sunlight flowing around her, the brilliance was the same. The flow of time has become unclear, slow and viscous.The breeze is silently rippling in all directions, and the air is also blurred, and the airflow is circling like a twilight. "It deserves it!" Chang Gong came back to his senses suddenly, scolded lightly, and hurriedly broke free from Yu Wenyong's hand.The moment he turned around, he happened to meet a pair of black eyes that could not see any emotion. Not far away, Hulu Hengga looked at her expressionlessly, without saying a word. For some reason, Chang Gong suddenly panicked, feeling a little cramped, almost embarrassingly restless.Seeing Heng Jia turned back to the tent again, she just stood there, not knowing what to do, after thinking about it, she ran after her again. Yu Wenyong looked at the back of her disappearing into the tent, and there was an inexplicable and unexplainable melancholy in his brows... like running water, the water passed without a trace.
As soon as he entered the tent, Chang Gong felt a different atmosphere pervading the tent. "Heng Jia, good morning..." She said hello first. "Morning." He replied casually, and continued to look at the scroll in his hand, his tone was no different from usual. "Heng Jia, actually just now...I..." "I didn't see anything just now." He interrupted her coldly, seemed to pause, and added, "Also, what you do has nothing to do with me." Chang Gong felt that something was wrong, the fox seemed a little rushed today.She tried to talk to him a few more words, but he was always indifferent.It seems that he doesn't want to talk to her, that's fine, since he doesn't ask anything, then she doesn't have to explain to him. However, the only thing that worried her was whether he had heard the conversation between herself and Mi Luo. Although they were far away, it would be terrible if he heard a single word. For the next time, the two sat silently. Every time she tried to see some clues from his expression, she would be pushed back by his indifferent eyes. This uncomfortable state lasted until night. Chang Gong saw that it was getting late, so he spread a blanket on a corner of the tent as usual, preparing for an early rest. While spreading the blanket, she secretly glanced at Heng Jia who was reading a book. This guy didn't do anything today. He has been reading a book for a day, and he doesn't talk to anyone. How did she offend him?When she was wondering, she suddenly saw Heng Jia's gaze looking here, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending not to see it. Why, do I feel a little guilty? ?It's clear to me that I didn't do anything wrong. "What are you doing?" Heng Jia actually spoke when she was thinking wildly. She didn't want to answer him at first, but after thinking about it, she replied, "Didn't you see? I'm getting ready to rest. By the way, don't forget to bring Xiao Tie from Qin Lin." "Rest? Don't you have an appointment with the princess tonight?" When Chang Gong heard these words, his heart moved. In this way, he should not have heard the conversation between himself and Mi Luo, "I—— don't want to go." She whispered. "What!" Heng Jia's extraordinary reaction startled her, "Don't want to go? Gao Changgong, do you think you are still a child! Go if you want to go, and don't want to go if you don't want to go. This is about whether our Qi State can form an alliance with Turks Big things, you can't let yourself be willful! Do you have any brains!" Chang Gong was stunned by the scolding for a moment, what happened to the fox?I haven't seen him so angry since I can remember... "Am I wrong, Gao Changgong?" He lowered his voice, "A woman is a woman, and nothing big can happen." He was dizzy from being scolded just now, but when he heard this sentence, Chang Gong felt unhappy, and replied angrily. "I just don't want to go. Can you control it? Didn't you just say that everything I do has nothing to do with you? What are you doing now!" Heng Jia did not expect that she would take advantage of her loopholes, but this caused him more unexplainable anger for no reason. That feeling of anger was also mixed with a little emptiness and loss. "Yeah, you don't want to see the princess, so you must be happy to see that Yu Wenzhi!" The moment he said the words, his heart swelled slightly, and then suddenly fell down, causing a slight throbbing pain .This unprecedented feeling made him at a loss for a while. "How could I be happy to see him... I don't like him at all." She replied murmuringly. "I don't like how you let him hold your hand!" Seeing her shy look, he became even more angry, and the anger that had accumulated all day finally collapsed at this moment. Chang Gong was stunned there, and it was hard to believe that these words came from Heng Jia's mouth, but at the same time, she also vaguely felt that something wrong with Heng Jia today was indeed related to what happened this morning. It turned out that he was unhappy because Miro pulled her hand? ?Thinking of this, she suddenly laughed, "Oh, Brother Hengjia, are you—jealous?" As soon as she finished speaking, a book flew towards her with a whizzing sound, hitting her on the head impartially, accompanied by Heng Galio's annoyed voice, "I'm jealous of you ghost!" She rubbed her painful head resentfully, blinking her eyes, "Then why are you angry because he took my hand?" "If you say you are stupid, you are stupid!" Heng Jia seemed to be flustered for a moment, but soon calmed down, and said slowly in a consistent tone, "Do you think he will hold a man's hand well? So there is such a reaction, just worried that because of your carelessness, let him see that you are a daughter, understand?" Chang Gong made sense when he heard it, and quickly shook his head, "He doesn't know!" After finishing speaking, she was secretly lucky, fortunately the fox didn't know about her identity being exposed, otherwise she wouldn't know how angry she would be. "I don't know why I held your hand again." He seemed to be entangled in this issue. "Maybe he—he just likes men!" Chang Gong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, this fox is really hard to deal with. Heng Jia looked at her dubiously. It is true that there are men who have the habit of cutting off their sleeves. Besides, Chang Gong's appearance is indeed easy to tempt those prodigal sons, but I always feel that there is something wrong. A strange thought suddenly popped up in his heart, if only——Chang Gong had been wearing that mask all the time. "Then why don't you want to go to the princess' appointment?" She hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice, "I don't want to lie to you, but I don't want to tell you why, so don't ask, okay? As for who the princess will choose, none of us can make the decision." For a long time, she didn't hear the other party's movement.When she was about to look up, she saw him get up and walk to her side, bent down to pick up the book, glanced at her again, and said two words, "Get up." She didn't know what he was going to do, but she felt a little inexplicably lost in her heart, and it seemed that his expression was still indifferent.At this moment, I miss that fake smile. Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw him put the book aside, gently spread a blanket on the side on top of her original blanket, and said casually while tidying up, "I heard that it will be windy tonight, I will ask them Prepared a blanket in case you feel cold in the middle of the night. After all, it's a girl..." She stared at his back in a daze, and suddenly lowered her eyebrows quickly, because something moist in the depths of her eyes seemed to be unable to support it and fell down, and an impulse surged in her heart, an impulse to tell something. "Hanga, actually, my name is Cherry." She blurted out. Hanga turned around, "What did you say?" "Cherry, that's the name my mother gave me. I heard from my father that it's because my mother likes cherries the most." She repeated in a low voice. Heng Jia seemed a little surprised, and smiled lightly, "Good name." "I'll be eighteen next year." She raised her eyes slightly, "Do you want to know why I always have to dress up as a man?" Heng Jia looked at her quietly, the corners of his eyes and brows were stretched with silent tenderness, "Go on, Cherry." The stars are far away, and the grasslands are vast. In the breeze, Princess Ashina was waiting for Chang Gong's arrival by the Crescent Lake.From time to time, she looked up at the sky, with a look of anxiety and anticipation on her face. "Why don't you come?" She couldn't help muttering to herself. "He won't come." A voice without any emotion suddenly came from behind, Ashina turned around in surprise, and recognized that the person who spoke was the envoy of Zhou Kingdom who had seen at the hunting ground. "Why are you here?" She quickly regained her composure. "I came here just to tell you that he won't come to the appointment." Yu Wenyong looked at her lightly, "Princess, don't waste any more time." "It's almost dawn, he really won't come. In fact, I just want to talk to him." Ashina lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Actually, so what if I'm a princess, I can't do it." What you want to do, you can't like the person you want to like, you can't go where you want to go, which of these people who propose marriage, including you, is not for political purposes?" He suddenly smiled, "Princess, that is also your fate." Ashina's complexion darkened, "I also know that as a woman, I can only follow Khan's brother's wishes and marry someone I don't like. He is like a dream to me. I hope that before I lose my freedom, I can spend more time with the person I like, that’s all. If possible, I would rather not marry anyone.” Yu Wenyong smiled noncommittally, "It takes power to realize a dream, and the acquisition of power requires giving up a lot of things temporarily. So some things may not be available now, but what belongs to you will be available one day. Princess, do you think about it? Change your fate?" "Change fate?" She raised her head in surprise, only to feel that the other party's smile was complicated and difficult to distinguish under the moonlight, but she couldn't see it clearly. "Princess, you can get nothing without sacrifice. In order to get something, you have to pay the same price. If you want to get the best thing, you have to pay the greatest price in exchange. As long as you cooperate with the emperor of the Great Zhou , using the power of the Turks and the Great Zhou to make Qi a vassal. Naturally, you can also get what you want most." The princess was slightly startled, and then asked calmly, "Then, what do I want most?" "What the Emperor of Great Zhou gave you is something that no one can give you." His golden eyes were shining like stars in the night, shining lightly and shining brightly, "That is - freedom." "Freedom?" She raised her head slowly, like a silver magnolia slowly opening, her pale cheeks seemed to be covered with a layer of blush from shock. "Yes, when the time comes, the emperor will never interfere with your freedom. You can stay as long as you want, and no one can restrain you." She was obviously taken aback, "How is this possible? How could the Emperor of Great Zhou agree?" "He will agree." His voice seemed to come from a very distant place, "Because, I am the emperor of Great Zhou." The next day, the news spread that Princess Ashina had chosen Emperor Zhou as her future husband. Many people were a little surprised by the result, because Chang Gong surprised the audience yesterday with his skills at the horse hunting field. So many people thought that the winner this time was none other than Qi, but they didn't expect that it would end up in another family. In Hengjia's tent, Qin Lin couldn't hold back anymore, and was complaining desperately, "How could this happen? The prince performed so well yesterday, why did the princess choose the emperor of Zhou? The emperor will punish us now, right?" !" Chang Gong sat on the side silently, feeling very uncomfortable, the princess suddenly agreed to marry the emperor of Zhou, it must have something to do with Mi Luo.If he didn't guess wrong, he must have gone to Crescent Lake to attend the appointment on his behalf last night. I don't know what he said to the princess, so that the princess agreed to the marriage. Uncle Jiu... I'm sorry... A strong sense of guilt surged in her heart. If it wasn't her own carelessness, how could she be threatened by that guy? If she had gone to the appointment last night, the result might have been completely different. Uncle must be disappointed in her... "Since the princess has chosen her future husband, we should set off for Ye City as soon as possible." Heng Jia still smiled as usual, "Chang Gong, you should hand over Xiao Tie to her brother." He As soon as the words fell, Xiao Tie's expression became a little strange. It seemed that there was a bit of excitement mixed in, but also a bit of reluctance, a bit of sadness... "That's right, Xiao Tie, shouldn't you be happy that you can finally be with Brother Ah Jing and the others?" Chang Gong touched her head with a smile, "You have grown into a big girl too, tell me later Maybe even your brother won’t recognize him.” "En." Xiao Tie only said one word abnormally, and then didn't say anything more. Heng Jia looked at Xiao Tie, then signaled Chang Gong to go over, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "You have to be mentally prepared later, it is very likely that they will pretend not to know her." "No." She shook her head, "I don't believe they would be so ruthless!"