"Yes, yes, yes, you are right!" Xia Wenjin surrendered, "I’ll double it and treat you to sothing good, is that enough?"
Xia Sichen grinned, "Now that’s my dear sister!"
He paused, then suddenly asked, "Wenjin, who was the person who stopped before? His skills were impressive, much better than Huangfu Yuxuan!"
Xia Wenjin glanced at him, "But how co I heard that you and Huangfu Yuxuan are usually on par? Sotis you even lose a move or two."
Xia Sichen gave her a disdainful look, "You don’t know this, do you? What if he really becos my brother-in-law? When fighting him, I have to hold back a bit, can’t injure him; and what if he doesn’t beco my brother-in-law? This is hiding my skills, so I can surprise him later!"
Xia Wenjin believed these words; Xia Sichen’s playful and carefree nature wouldn’t hold grudges over winning or losing. He just liked to have fun. Besides, his skills were indeed better than Huangfu Yuxuan’s.
In a past life, she and Huangfu Yuxuan only had four hundred soldiers, surrounded under Anwu City in Qianzhou by Prince Zhuang’s elite army. To kill Huangfu Yuxuan in one strike, Prince Zhuang even hired top Jianghu experts, including two super first-class masters.
They had resolved to die, but it was Xia Sichen who ca to save them. He rescued them, but he himself never returned, perishing along with one of the super first-class experts, seriously injuring another. His body was hung on Anwu City wall by Prince Zhuang as a warning. Xia Wenjin, eyes burning with rage, disregarded Huangfu Yuxuan’s pleas and led people to raid Anwu City at night to retrieve his body.
It was also the first ti she defied Huangfu Yuxuan’s orders.
Recalling those past events, those painful, heart-wrenching feelings of despair, Xia Wenjin’s eyes stung with tears. She looked up at the starry sky, holding back her tears.
Now, with Xia Sichen still fine, happily and carefree playing, it was supre bliss for Xia Wenjin. She was willing to use her life to safeguard her brother’s happiness.
Xia Sichen sighed, "Wenjin, what’s that kid’s surna?"
"Who?"
"That kid from earlier!"
"His na is Huang Zheng!"
"Huang Zheng, huh? What a pity!" Xia Sichen thought and thought again. This na didn’t match any character in that poem!
How frustrating.
He sighed, "Wenjin, let say sothing you might not like to hear. I think marrying Huangfu Yuxuan is not good for you!"
Oh, brother!
Xia Wenjin always thought her father and her brother had the sa thoughts. She didn’t expect to hear a different opinion. She quickly asked, "Why not?"
"Huangfu Yuxuan is too perfect! Handso, skilled in both literature and martial arts, from a wealthy family, with a big business to inherit in the Capital City. He ca to Jinzhou while you were in a coma, it seems like a match made in heaven. But big families have a lot of disputes, n with three or four wives are no good. The inner chambers are full of sches and jealousy. I know your wild and carefree nature, you could not survive in such a place!" Xia Sichen said forlornly, "But if you don’t marry him, you won’t live past sixteen. It’s only a few months till you turn sixteen, and your brother here is truly worried!"
Xia Wenjin’s heart skipped a beat. Not living past sixteen, this was the second ti she had heard it, the first ti being from that fake monk, Master Kong Chan.
She imdiately pursued, "Why won’t I live past sixteen?"
Xia Sichen was startled. But the words were already out, how could he take them back? His eyes imdiately reflected so annoyance, this ti genuine, not an act.
Since hearing the truth from their father, he had been pondering this matter, thinking about it so much that it was bothering him internally. eting Wenjin now, it unconsciously slipped out.
He laughed to cover it up, "You said it yourself, if you don’t marry Huangfu Yuxuan, you’ll die. Since you haven’t reached sixteen yet, isn’t that not living past sixteen?"
Xia Wenjin’s mouth twitched, she had never said such a thing in her past life. In her past life, when she woke up, she was already in the bridal chamber with Huangfu Yuxuan.
In this life, she hadn’t said it either. Her brother was making things up without even thinking it over, easily exposed.
She squinted at him, "Xia Sichen, I’m giving you another chance to reorganize your words! Say it again!"
Xia Sichen saw her cold eyes and the threat in her squinting eyes. He thought that Wenjin would find out sooner or later; letting her know the truth to make her own choice was much better than forcing her to marry. Now it couldn’t be covered up, so he decided to just say it.
He closed his eyes and recounted everything Xia Wanqing had told him. Of course, he left out their mother’s willingness to die for her to live.
After listening, Xia Wenjin fell silent.
She hadn’t known this!
Turns out, her crying and protesting back then, with her unwavering father insisting on the marriage, had a reason.
"Wen Hua Chen Jin Xu Tianji,
At sixteen, life is uncertain.
The setting sun in the west offers a glimpse of the Crown Prince,
The rising qi from the east is a complentary match,
A golden spear pierces the blue sky,
Iron horses tread through the bitterly cold canal.
When asked about the world’s thod to extend life,
There is a Phoenix Pond hidden deep within the morning splendor!"
According to that poem, it did seem to refer to Huangfu Yuxuan.
Others might not know, but she did, the term "Crown Prince" was implied there.
The setting sun in the west dangling by a thread, sixteen years was the end. In her past life, she married Huangfu Yuxuan, survived the sixteen-year curse, and afterwards engaged in battles for his empire, even sacrificing Haotian Village.
Seeing Xia Wenjin’s silence, Xia Sichen felt uncertain. He nudged her with his elbow, "What are you thinking? This concerns your life."
Xia Wenjin coldly laughed, "If I marry him, I’ll only live until twenty-four!"
Xia Sichen widened his eyes, "How do you know?"
Who else could know better than Xia Wenjin? But she couldn’t say. Her eyes shifted, "On this trip down the mountain, I had quite an encounter. I t Master Kong Chan from Bodhi Temple, and he did a divination for ."
The words "Bodhi Temple" carried inherent trust, and Xia Sichen, bewildered and uncertain, asked, "This is what the master said?"
Xia Wenjin nodded, "Master Kong Chan also said that if I marry Huangfu Yuxuan, I won’t be happy and will eventually die at his hands, so I absolutely won’t marry him!"
Xia Sichen nodded in deep agreent. He wasn’t particularly fond of Huangfu Yuxuan, so he didn’t oppose Xia Wenjin’s words too much.
However, he sighed and said, "I know you’re spouting nonsense, but I believe you. It’s unfortunate our father is so stubborn; he won’t believe such things. You should think about how to explain it to him. You’ve run so far, even Uncle Bai couldn’t bring you back, and our father is worried. This ti he’s co down the mountain himself. If I hadn’t left so ambiguous information to lead him astray, the one here today wouldn’t be but him!"
Even their father ca down the mountain to capture her?
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