Time travel is risky, and love requires caution
Chapter 74: Neither a hard-earned nor a forced melon is sweet
When Bi Ziwei, the young princess of the Crow Feathers, was fifteen or sixteen years old, her cousin Bi Zixuan was not satisfied with the marriage arranged by her family, so she decided to run away from home to protest. Bi Ziwei was worried about her cousin running away alone, so she decided to go with her cousin and rebel together.
Being young and frivolous, he had no idea how dangerous the world was and unfortunately encountered bandits.
When the bandit saw that they were two weak women, one of whom was very beautiful, he wanted to take both her wealth and beauty.
The two sisters were not good at fighting, but they were calm and collected. When the bandits were careless, they found an opportunity to escape. The bandits were unwilling to let go of the duck that had flown away. So they ran, and they chased, and they could not escape. Just when the two sisters had no way to escape and were almost desperate, they met two Beiwei princes who were secretly investigating the military situation of various countries. One was the fifth prince Ling Zhang, the current Beiwei emperor, and the other was the ninth prince Ling Jue, who now had his own army in the north.
The two princes, who were equally young and energetic, stepped forward when they saw injustice. They not only rescued the two sisters, but also wiped out the bandit's den and the pot.
When a hero saves a beautiful girl, it is very easy to experience what is called the suspension bridge effect in psychology, which will cause the accelerated heartbeat in the dangerous moment to be mistaken for the feeling of heartbeat.
So, the little princess, who didn't know what love was, fell in love with the ninth prince at first sight.
The two brothers were also stunned by Bi Ziwei's stunning beauty, and they couldn't take their eyes off her. So the two brothers escorted the two sisters home, using the excuse that they were worried about their safety.
The daily interactions along the way deepened Bi Ziwei and Ling Jue's mutual understanding, and they became more and more connected and affectionate. This not only made Bi Zixuan a tactless bulb, but also made Ling Zhang a jealous person.
Although the group traveled through mountains and rivers, walked slowly and in circles, they finally returned to the Crow Kingdom.
Ling Zhang and Ling Jue are older than Bi Ziwei, one is ten years older and the other is five years older. They are both married, but although Ling Jue is engaged, he has not yet gotten married.
When Bi Ziwei and Ling Jue parted, Ling Jue promised her that he would tell his father about his feelings after returning, cancel his previous marriage, and marry Bi Ziwei in the spring of next year. He also gave Bi Ziwei a jade pendant as a token of their love.
As time passed, Bi Ziwei endured the pain of missing him and finally waited for the spring to come, but Ling Jue did not come to fulfill his promise. So she waited from spring to winter, but Ling Jue still did not come. She finally accepted the cruel fact that she had made a mistake after all.
In fact, Ling Jue was not a scumbag. After he returned to Beiwei, he proposed to his father to cancel the engagement. Knowing that he wanted to marry a princess of a small country, the Beiwei Emperor naturally did not allow Ling Jue to be willful. In the eyes of the Beiwei Emperor, a princess of a small country could be a concubine, but she was not qualified to be a princess. After all, if the prince inherited the throne in the future, the princess would have to become the mother of a country.
The Ninth Prince's marriage was arranged by Emperor Beiwei after careful consideration. The future Ninth Prince's Consort, Meng, was the daughter of a general. She was infatuated with Ling Jue and would not marry anyone else but Ling Jue.
By marrying her, Ling Jue indirectly gained 500,000 soldiers. For a prince, nothing can establish his authority better than military power. It will definitely be a great help to his future rise to power.
From this, it can be seen that in the heart of Emperor Beiwei, he intended to cultivate Ling Jue. But Ling Jue refused to buy it and wanted beauty instead of the country. Emperor Beiwei was furious and ordered him to be confined to the palace to reflect on his mistakes.
When Meng heard that Ling Jue wanted to cancel the engagement, she almost jumped into the river to commit suicide. General Meng felt sorry for his daughter and therefore developed a grudge against the Ninth Prince.
Seeing that the Ninth Prince was deeply in love and did not change his original intention, the Emperor of Beiwei compromised and persuaded the Ninth Prince to marry Meng and marry another person he liked as a concubine. Ling Jue naturally did not want to let Bi Ziwei down, and continued to stalemate with his father, dragging his feet on the marriage for various reasons, and this dragged on for two years.
In the past two years, the Yahe Kingdom has been facing the crisis of foreign invasion and can no longer accommodate Bi Ziwei's love affair.
Bi Ziwei was forced to ask Beiwei for help and take the initiative to marry. In order to gain a higher status for her country, she asked to be the imperial concubine. The Beiwei emperor was old and would not make a little girl his concubine, so he promised the princess of the Yahe Kingdom to be the future prince's concubine. So whoever the princess of the Yahe Kingdom married would mean who would be the heir to the throne in the future. The apparent peace of the royal family was broken, and the princes were eager to try.
But all the officials knew that the fifth prince Ling Zhang and the ninth prince Ling Jue were the two princes favored by the Northern Wei Emperor. They were not only good at both civil and military affairs, but also had foresight and strategy in governing the country. The two had similar interests since childhood and had the closest relationship among the princes.
But in the imperial family, there is no such thing as family affection that can truly stand the test of time. It is nothing more than the human nature of seeking profit and avoiding harm taken to the extreme.
It is unknown whether Ling Zhang and Ling Jue are fighting for the supreme throne or for the former beloved person of Yahe Kingdom. They have tried every means to get to the throne. The two are equally talented, but the Fifth Prince's Consort is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the dynasty. Although she is a concubine, her future honor and disgrace are also related to the entire family. Therefore, she used her natal family's various complicated relationships in the court to help the Fifth Prince.
The Ninth Prince, however, did not have the support of his in-laws. Emperor Beiwei wanted to reverse the situation, so he directly ordered the Ninth Prince to marry Meng as soon as possible. If the Ninth Prince did not marry Meng, he would lose, but if he married Meng, he would have a chance to win, so he obediently went to the church to get married.
It was originally thought that after the marriage, Meng would be loyal and help Ling Jue, but because he would have to marry the princess of the Yahe Kingdom as a concubine after becoming the crown prince, Meng was a love-minded person. In order not to give her rival the opportunity to win her love, she would rather give up the position of crown princess or even queen. General Meng also knew that even if his son-in-law ascended to the throne, the Meng family might not have a good ending, so he let his daughter do what she wanted.
Seeing that the fifth prince was gradually gaining the upper hand, the Northern Wei Emperor, in order to prevent the situation from evolving into a fratricide and becoming difficult to resolve, sent the ninth prince to guard the northern border and not allow him to enter the capital without being summoned. Before the ninth prince left the capital to take up his post, the emperor publicly granted him a gold medal that would exempt him from death for treason, pardoning all other crimes except treason.
After the ninth prince left the capital, the emperor issued an edict to appoint the fifth prince Ling Zhang as the crown prince, and to choose an auspicious day to marry Ji Bi Ziwei, the king of the Yahe tribe, as his concubine.
On the day when the princess of the Yahe Kingdom got married, she sent someone to return the jade pendant that the ninth prince Ling Jue had given her. From then on, once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and seeing Xiao Lang again is just a passerby.
Later, when the emperor was dying, he asked the prince to swear that he would never harm his brothers and sisters, otherwise there would be no heir to the throne.
After ascending the throne, Ling Zhang, in accordance with the late emperor's wishes, named Ling Jue the Ninth Prince. Both brothers strictly abided by the relationship between monarch and subject, and on the surface, they lived in peace.
Because Bi Ziwei and Ziwei star have the same pronunciation, and "Chen" means Ziwei, the new emperor Ling Zhang, despite the opposition of the empress and her clansmen, insisted on appointing the princess of the Yahe Kingdom as Chen Fei, making her the concubine with the second highest status in the harem after the empress. The new emperor doted on Chen Fei, and the concubines in the harem often stayed alone in the palace.
The Ninth Prince was stationed in the Northland all year round, and he only had his first wife, Meng, by his side, and he never took a concubine. So everyone said that the Ninth Prince and the Princess were deeply in love. It was also said that after the Ninth Prince arrived in the Northland, he personally planted roses in the mansion for the Princess. Every spring and summer, the fragrance of roses filled the courtyard and the Ninth Prince often drank wine and admired the flowers under the moon until midnight.
The three people at that time all found their homes, and they were living a sweet and romantic life.
All of Ling Qiqi's previous knowledge of the story of these three people came from the various morning newspapers and gossips collected over the years by the Qi's pawnshop's news network. Now with the addition of her aunt who was the big lightbulb back then, she has finally pieced together the old story of this love triangle.
Relatively speaking, she prefers the pairing of her mother and the Ninth Prince. It's not that she doesn't favor her father, but her father is weak and has already died. If she continues to support him, it will be like a forced melon, not sweet.
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