Drunk Bamboo

"I'm always the one who causes trouble, I..." Hua Qinfeng looked at her gentle eyes, feeling more guilty, and slowly lowered his head.

"Your Highness, you feel uncomfortable because you think I have done too much?" Xie Yuzhu asked with a smile.

"I just feel that I am useless and always make you suffer..." Hua Qinfeng murmured.

Xie Yuzhu was slightly stunned.

It turns out that this is the reason why Hua Qinfeng speaks strangely.

Just because he couldn't do more?

"Is this the reason why the prince doesn't want to tell me the truth?"

"Yuzu, I will never lie to you." Hua Qinfeng did not raise his head, but just repeated this sentence firmly.

Xie Yuzhu looked at the man in front of her who had fallen into her trap. Who would have thought that he would be the feared General Yan Luo?

"In this world, the husband is always the most important person. People think that men are strong and women are weak; men work hard and women stay at home; men should take on everything and women just need to rely on men."

Hua Qinfeng slowly raised his head, not knowing what she meant, but just listened carefully.

Xie Yuzhu smiled faintly and continued, "Your Highness, do you know that I have seen another world in my dreams? In that world, men and women are equal. Women can go out to work and earn money to support the family, while men can do laundry, cook, and do housework. Husbands and wives live together, solve problems together, and share happiness together. No one should do more or less."

"I thought such a harmonious relationship between husband and wife was impossible in real life. I thought I would live the rest of my life as a gentle and virtuous wife contented with her home."

Looking at Hua Qinfeng, her smile deepened: "Until I married into the palace and met the prince. The prince gave me freedom and respect. I am extremely happy both in life and in my heart. I look forward to the days of living with the prince in the future. Whether in the treacherous Zhongdu or in the remote and barren western frontier, as long as the prince is here, he will definitely protect me and keep me at ease physically and mentally."

Hua Qinfeng's eyes trembled slightly: "I will protect you for the rest of your life."

Xie Yuzhu leaned on his shoulder and whispered, "Yes, the prince himself is power and strength. As long as the prince is by my side, I can study medicine if I want to, make poison if I want to, and travel if I want to. No one will stop me, and no one will discuss it, because the prince is here."

The world is no longer strange and cold.

Holding her hand, Hua Qinfeng said very gently: "Yuzhu, as long as I am here, you can be yourself."

She raised her eyes and looked at him: "Helping the prince is being myself. I am willing, I am happy, and I am glad that I can help the prince."

"Your Highness, you don't know that the sky you hold up for me and the things I have done are far from what I can do. Because I also want to give you a free space, a sky without oppression."

So, there is no need to feel that you are incompetent.

Hua Qinfeng's eyes shone with light: "My sky..."

My heart trembled.

No one had ever told him that they would provide him with a roof over his head.

He is the third prince of Rao Kingdom, the god of war general in the west, and the feared King Yama. Some respect him, some fear him, but he never cares.

He is free and easy-going, and he dares to speak out.

He knew the responsibilities he shouldered and he didn't need anyone to understand him, nor did he need to explain himself to anyone.

Guarding the border, fighting against the You army, and protecting the people are what he wants and he is willing to do it.

But no one stood by his side to protect him from the wind and rain, or even to provide him with a sky of freedom.

At this moment, the woman in front of him, his wife, stood shoulder to shoulder with him and said that she would give him freedom.

How much does the word "freedom" mean to him?

He would rather stay in the western frontier than return to Zhongdu, not only for his duty to defend the country, but also for the freedom.

"I still have a lot to do. If Your Majesty can't bear it now, what will I do in the future?" Xie Yuzhu saw that he was in a daze and smiled in her phoenix eyes.

If she hadn't met Hua Qinfeng, perhaps she wouldn't have lived so freely.

The rules and regulations, secular views, and deep-rooted ideas of this world are all obstacles to her free progress.

In the eyes of the Xie family, she was just an outsider.

Only in Hua Qinfeng and in the eyes of the people in the palace, she is the third Miss Nanmi Xie from the scholarly family.

The haze in my heart dissipated: "Then I will be twice as good to you!"

Xie Yuzhu: "Okay, I'll wait for the prince to be twice as good to me."

The feeling of powerlessness and incompetence was transformed into energy because of Xie Yuzhu's words, which continuously strengthened his heart.

Hua Qinfeng was no longer depressed, and his mind gradually became clearer.

"Yuzhu, someone told me that the more you care about someone, the less you should let others know how much you like them. I can't be too nice to you outside, nor can I pamper you too much. But I don't want to do that. I want everyone to know how much I care about you."

Xie Yuzhu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is willing to speak out your true feelings. I believe that Your Majesty will not hide anything from me in the future."

Hua Qinfeng: "I keep my word. My words are as good as gold."

Xie Yuzhu sat up and asked, "These words would not be said by someone who is not truly doing you good. Is that Master Zhang?"

Hua Qinfeng did not deny it: "Although I broke off relations with him, he is a man of deep thoughts and always thinks more than I do. I have certainly considered what he said. After all... I fought side by side with him on the battlefield all those years, and we trusted each other."

Xie Yuzhu: "People are good at disguising themselves. The surface does not represent their true nature. No one knows Mr. Zhang's character better than you, as the prince has personally experienced it. You should trust your own feelings."

"During this trip to Loushan, he and I lived in the same courtyard and worked together to solve cases. It made me feel like I was back on the battlefield. But when I returned to Zhongdu, he showed a strange side of himself. When I left the palace, he said something that made me angry. He knew how to make me angry."

Hua Qinfeng frowned slightly.

Xie Yuzhu continued, "I am not familiar with Mr. Zhang, but I can feel that he is rigorous and upright in his work after meeting him several times. Sometimes, when you walk with him, you feel that you are very similar."

"Very similar?" He looked surprised.

Xie Yuzhu explained, "It's not that you look alike. You and Zhang Xinghe have very different personalities, but you have a similar aura. It's hard to describe, it's just a feeling. It's like you are walking on two different roads, but your destination may be the same, and you will eventually come together."

"Yuzhu, do you really feel this way?" Hua Qinfeng's eyes were filled with doubt and a little expectation.

"Mr. Zhang's unspeakable secrets may not even be revealed to his relatives, so why should Your Highness bear a grudge against him?" Xie Yuzhu leaned back on the soft pillow, "Did Your Highness tell Mr. Zhang everything? Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Everyone should be allowed to have their own little secrets in their hearts."

Hua Qinfeng thought for a while, and did not refute, but continued: "Zhang Xinghe told me that if I don't want to fight for anything, I should just take care of myself and not care about anything. Doesn't he mean that I like to meddle in other people's affairs? Do I turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people? Do I turn a blind eye to the evil deeds of officials?"

"I will not get involved in the fight between the Crown Prince and King Wen, but if it involves anyone in the palace, I will not tolerate it. Even if it means losing my father's favor and being demoted to a commoner, I will accept it."

Xie Yuzhu comforted him, "Your Majesty, I am here and will not let this happen."