Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

King Ximo finally set a wedding date for the Sixth Prince and Yu Ling'er, and the whole Shangyi seemed to be busy because of this. And there were also sighs in the discussions on the streets. The Seventh Princess's elegance was still vivid in my mind, but now she has been replaced by a new one.

One day, Ling Qiqi was playing with little Buguo in the yard. When she saw Lu Cheng coming alone, she asked:

"What's wrong? You look so grim. I heard you're getting married in a few days. Are you having a pre-wedding phobia?"

Lu Cheng answered the question irrelevantly and said:

"Is there any wine?"

"No."

"What do you have here that I don't know?"

"Then you still ask me."

"Have a drink with me."

"Oh, the sun is rising from the west today? Then I'd better obey your command."

Ling Qiqi happily asked someone to send "Bu Le" to her aunt, and soon prepared a table full of wine and food. When it comes to food, Ling Qiqi never compromises.

After sending the servants away, Ling Qiqi poured wine for Lu Cheng and said:

"Come on, come on, a thousand cups are not enough when we meet a good friend. Let's not go home until we are drunk today."

"it is good."

Seeing that Lu Cheng agreed so readily, Ling Qiqi felt a little uncomfortable. She put down her wine glass and asked cautiously:

"Is there something you need to drink to say? Why don't you say it first? Otherwise, I won't feel comfortable drinking this wine. And you know my alcohol tolerance and drinking habits. I tend to lose memory easily."

"I wanted to tell you last time. I want to discuss something with you."

"I disagree."

"You don't agree without even listening."

"You can think of me when you have something good to say? Usually, I'm the one who suffers when you need to discuss it with me. You're so hypocritical. You're clearly thinking about taking advantage of others, but you still make it seem like it's a voluntary agreement. I remember the last time you discussed it with me, we were getting engaged."

"I really have no other choice. I don't want to marry Yu Ling'er." After Lu Cheng said this, he took a sip of wine.

"You don't want to marry her, why are you discussing this with me? I can't marry her for you. Besides, why? How nice is it to get a wife for free? You won't suffer any loss. You may not even be able to find a wife in the real world, how high are the standards of modern women? Even if you get lucky and find one, it may not be the original one. Yuling'er is young, beautiful, pure and innocent, where can you find such a benefit? Just be happy. If I were you, I would have a group of wives and concubines, watching them fight for my favor every day, hehehehehe... Just thinking about it makes me satisfied."

"I do not like her."

"You are naive, aren't you? Marriage is marriage, love is love, don't confuse the two."

"Can you tell the difference?"

"What's so unclear about that?"

"So that's why you agreed to get engaged to me so readily?"

"if not?"

"Okay, since you can tell the difference, can you marry me?"

"Did I hear you right? No, can you stop plucking the wool from me? Change another sheep, Yuling'er will be waiting for you to plucking her. Maybe you'll fall in love with her while plucking her. It's quite romantic to marry first and fall in love later."

"If you agree, I can let my aunt and Bu Le go back to Nan Shen."

"Really?"

"kindness."

"But will King Ximo agree?"

"I released him secretly."

"I mean, do you agree that we can get married?"

"It's covered with a veil, so we can replace it with another one. After the ceremony, he will have to admit it even if he doesn't want to."

"By then, King Ximo and Yuling'er will want to kill me."

"Given your identity, they won't do anything to you."

"No, is it so difficult for you to marry Yuling'er?"

"After the marriage, the Crow Kingdom will be returned to you."

"Then what was the point of all this trouble? Aren't you back to square one?"

"If I don't struggle, I won't be able to return to the starting point."

"We shouldn't have gotten engaged in the first place. There are some things that you don't need to go back on, and there are some things that you can never go back on."

"If you don't agree, I will massacre the Crow Kingdom."

"you dare!"

Lu Cheng didn't know how many glasses of wine he had drunk. His face was red, but his eyes were fierce as he said:

"You can try."

"Are you discussing this with me? Humph."

"So you'd better be sensible while I'm still willing to discuss it with you."

"What about after you get married? What are your plans?"

"Destroy Tianyuan."

"And then? Will you kill Ling Yi?"

"If he is willing to divorce you, I can spare his life, otherwise..."

"What happens next?"

"Gradually disintegrate Beiwei."

"You have already deployed your chess pieces in Beiwei, right?"

"Well, although the Northern Emperor has conducted a thorough investigation, fortunately, no damage has been done to the root cause. It was you who asked the Northern Emperor to investigate, right?"

"Who told you to shoot me with an arrow? I have already done my best by not shooting an arrow back at you."

"You're quite vindictive."

"Nonsense, tolerance is used by bad people to PUA good people. If I don't teach you a lesson, others will think I'm easy to bully."

Lu Cheng smiled bitterly and poured himself another glass of wine.

"Drink less, you've almost finished my jar of wine."

"You care about the wine, but not me."

"Have you drunk too much? Your drunken behavior is quite unique. No one else can be jealous of alcohol."

"So do you agree or not?"

"...Can I consider it?"

"I'll give you one night to think about it. If you don't give me the answer I want tomorrow, I'll have someone kill Mianmian first to sacrifice my Ximo military flag."

"Drink your drink."

After tossing and turning all night, Ling Qiqi finally made a decision.

When Lu Cheng came to see her the next night, she said to him:

"I've thought it through. I can help you, but there are conditions."

"It wouldn't be like you if you didn't have the conditions. Tell me."

"Let's send my aunt and Bu Le back to Nan Shen first."

"it is good."

"Don't kill Ling Yi."

"What if he wants to kill me?"

"Self-defense is fine."

"Anything else?"

"Pei Chufeng, you are not allowed to touch him either."

"If he is willing to acknowledge the status of Ximo's suzerain state, I will not touch him."

"If we must fight against Beiwei, please do not harm my father and my brothers."

"I can't kill this, and I can't move that. I'm really asking for trouble."

"It was you who wanted to invade them. You were the one who caused their trouble. What's wrong with me sacrificing my reputation in exchange for their chance to survive? If you think it's not worth it, then don't agree."

"Okay, I promise you, as long as they don't pose a fatal threat to me, I won't easily take their lives if they are willing to submit to me in the future. Is that okay?"

"Do you keep your word? This is unfounded. What if you kill me after you succeed? How can I trust you?"