Tang Zhuyun only learned in the last few days that trouble had broken out in the Xia Kingdom.
In fact, she suspected the situation was quite serious.
Because the Prince of Jin would not easily send Song Jingyang.
I don't know if Zhou Yanhui can hold on any longer.
However, since the Prince of Jin didn't bring it up, she didn't ask, only vaguely sensing that the situation didn't seem very optimistic.
Xiu'er knows more than Tang Zhuyun.
Song Jingyang told her that he was likely to lead troops into battle, which could take anywhere from six months to a year, or even two or three years or longer.
Xiu'er was naturally reluctant, but when she heard Song Jingyang say that he would only be in command and would not personally take action, she felt relieved.
As long as everyone is safe, the separation is only temporary.
Therefore, Xiu'er has spent almost all of these days with Song Jingyang.
The two were inseparable, clinging to each other.
As for Ren Yingying, she went back and asked the other four if they wanted to go together, and only Jinse said she would accompany her.
Ren Yingying: "You really aren't going? I have money! Didn't I sell tens of thousands of taels of silver when I left the Prince's mansion?"
Qu Nian: How dare you say that!
She took all the swords he had hidden away and sold them for silver.
This woman, does she even want a peaceful life?!
Ren Yingying: "The five of us will live a life of luxury for the rest of our lives, we don't need to save money."
The others still said they wouldn't go.
Ren Yingying: "Alright, then wait for me to bring you things. Jinse, let's go!"
Jinse followed her, carrying her pipa.
Qu Nian: I don't know what serious illness this concubine has, she always carries a zither or a pipa with her.
Ren Yingying tilted her head and said, "Is the pipa very valuable? There are no thieves in the Prince's mansion. Let's keep it at home. It looks heavy to me."
Jinse replied, "We can't leave without our food."
Qu Nian: My concubine has been reduced to making a living by performing arts?
Ren Yingying: "I'm mainly worried that if I take you to a restaurant for dinner later, other people might come over and request a song."
Jinse laughed and said, "Wouldn't that be perfect for you to earn some money?"
"Tch, they're not worthy! We'll keep it for ourselves, it's priceless!" Ren Yingying said. "Let's go, let's go, wear your veil, don't let anyone peek at your beautiful face."
Jinse said, "You are the one who should be wearing a veil."
Ren Yingying was very beautiful. Although she didn't like to dress up and wasn't the kind of glamorous and charming woman, she possessed a natural, unadorned, and refreshing beauty.
She proclaims herself the creator of beauty, but she herself admires the beauty of nature (mainly because she's lazy).
Since arriving in the border town, she has removed all the fake birthmarks she had made.
--She felt very confident in her best friend's territory!
Qu Nian: Wear them all!
Ren Yingying said, "No way! I just went out to meet some lucky peach blossoms! I'm not as pathetic as you, thinking about not getting married. I'm different, I'm definitely getting married!"
Qu Nian gritted his teeth: Kneel down before me!
Ren Yingying: "Dog Meat, let's go!"
Qu Nian: Can you not leave? If I don't follow, you'll float up to the sky.
They met Mingzhu in a carriage outside the second gate, and together they rode out in the carriage.
The three of them rode in one carriage, with Yanran and Wu Yu sitting in the back carriage.
"I've been thinking, compared to the capital, the border town doesn't have much to offer," Mingzhu said. "The only decent things are the furs, and some artifacts from the Northwest, which have a rustic charm. So I'm thinking of buying some furs, and a few gold and silver utensils. What do you think?"
Ren Yingying chewed on the malt candy sprinkled with fragrant sesame seeds that Jinjin had made for her, tilted her head and said, "Don't ask me about this, I don't have a mother-in-law..."
Before Qu Nian bit her, she remembered.
"No, it's that you lack experience in dealing with your mother-in-law, so I'm afraid I can't help you."
Her mother-in-law was practically nonexistent.
Harmony, perfect harmony!
"But if you insist on me saying this," Ren Yingying said, "To be honest, those who are overly eager are not good business partners. You are the woman, you should be more dignified."
She didn't know what kind of person Cui Run's mother was, so she neither assumed she was malicious nor fantasized that she was Guanyin Bodhisattva.
According to the laws of ordinary people, no one should be spoiled too much.
Husband, children, in-laws, parents—they're all the same.
No one should be spoiled; kindness is often taken advantage of. The ancients were right.
Especially for Mingzhu, she and Cui Run are only mutually attracted to each other, and they haven't reached the point of discussing marriage yet.
She's being too attentive; it makes her seem unworthy of being cherished.
Mingzhu knew she was doing this for her own good, and nodded with a smile, saying, "That's what my sister-in-law told me too. It was sent to his mother under Cui Run's name; she won't mention me. I just..."
A hint of shyness appeared on her face. "Sister Yingying, have you ever liked anyone?"
Ren Yingying: "I have eight men, didn't you hear me?"
I thought she was bragging!
Mingzhu suppressed a laugh and said, "I don't know how you feel, but I like him, so I really want to do something for him."
She wanted to cook and clean for him, to take care of everything for him meticulously, so that he would become a better person because of her presence.
Ren Yingying stroked her chin. "Actually, there are times like that. Let me tell you, in college... before me, with my fifth boyfriend, after we became a couple, I spent a whole day and night embroidering a pendant for him in my dorm room..."
Thinking back now, it was still tiring, even though her cross-stitch was very uneven.
My Zidu sore, and my eyes are about to go blind from exhaustion.
Qu Nian: I want to kill someone!
The reason he suddenly realized his feelings for Ren Yingying was because he discovered that he was driven mad with jealousy when he heard her talk about other men.
However, Hua Cha and Xue Lie were flirting right in front of him, and he was only angry that the two of them didn't respect him; he wasn't jealous at all.
Ren Yingying is different to him.
And he can't help but think about their future together, about having children... If this isn't love, then what is?
This system is utterly incompetent! Doesn't it understand anything at all?
Why won't you turn him back now that he likes him?!
Angry!
Do we have to wait until Ren Yingying develops feelings for him before it counts?
Does the bond between mother and child count?
The bond between a human and a dog is unbreakable; how could Ren Yingying possibly be willing to accept this!
Ren Yingying continued, "Then I went to deliver it to him, only to find him flirting with another woman. I was furious."
"Did you send that thing out?"
"I threw it away," Ren Yingying said. "But now you regret it. Why didn't you go up and scratch his face? You were thinking of breaking up gracefully. Graceful my ass!"
Alas, her short-lived and heartbreaking love affair.
"So I can probably understand the maternal instincts that arise when a woman is in love," Ren Yingying said. "When a woman is in love, she always thinks of herself as her mother."
But as it turned out, that was incredibly stupid.
However, she was too embarrassed to say it.
Qu Nian: "..."
Thinking of yourself as your mother = falling in love?
So she was with herself...
The dog's face turned red.
Pui pui pui, Qu Nian, calm down!
What will you do if she wants to date a dog?!
You're going to become a human!