The princess is killing like crazy again

"And from childhood to adulthood, the only people you have come into contact with are those from Zhaoyang, right? Is it because you have met too few people? Do you want me to find a few more and you can try it out to see how it feels?" Cui Ci'an began to think about finding a new way and taking an unconventional approach.

"Are you crazy? I don't want it!" Cui Ci Ning's face darkened.

"Yes, once you meet someone like that, you'll probably never forget him for the rest of your life." Cui Ci'an was still analyzing.

Xiao Yurong is like a symbol of the prosperous Chu music era, she has her own unique beauty.

After all, he was fortunate enough to have seen the peony flower once.

A stunning sight.

Cui Ci'an was moved by such beauty, not to mention Cui Ci'ning who had experienced it so directly.

That year, they looked at each other from afar on the wall. The magnolia flowers and Xiao Yurong's smile became an indelible memory in Cui Ci Ning's mind.

My heart breaks when I see you.

"Then what should we do? I told you, I asked you to apologize but you refused. What happened between you and that person? Did you have a fight or a falling out?" Cui Ci'an asked.

Cui Ci Ning turned his face away tiredly and irritably, "Brother, can you please stop talking? There is no possibility for her and I anymore."

Cui Ci'an was so angry when he saw him like that, "Then why are you so depressed here all day? Pretending to be one of those scholars who is wasting away for her?"

"Let me ask you one question, do you like her or not?" Cui Ci'an asked step by step.

Cui Ci Ning opened his mouth, his expression changed several times, and finally he said firmly: "I don't like it."

"You still don't like her?" Seeing that he still didn't give in even after all this, Cui Ci'an got even angrier. "When did you become so stubborn? You didn't like her, but you chased after her?"

"If you really don't like her, would you pick the flowers on the highest branches to please her? Would you run several miles to buy snacks for her? Would you postpone meeting the army because of her?" He spoke quickly and densely.

"I..." Cui Ci Ning's face turned pale, and he forced a smile, "I just think she is beautiful..."

Cui Ci'an didn't listen to Cui Ci'ning's nonsense at all: "Maybe you thought she was pretty at first, but what about later? Was it simply because she was pretty? If it was just because of this, would you want her so much? There are so many pretty people out there, you should have forgotten her long ago when you saw her, why did you do so much for her?"

"Do you dare to say that you never loved her?" Cui Ci'an asked.

"I, ha...how could I love her? How could I fall in love with her..." Cui Ci Ning pulled the corners of his mouth, his tone changed, and he became hoarse at the end.

How could he fall in love with someone with whom he had a blood feud?

But he and Xiao Yurong were in a love-hate dilemma.

He cannot love Xiao Yurong, and Xiao Yurong will not love him.

He was smiling, but his eyes were more miserable than crying, and tears were flowing as he laughed.

Now that his psychological defenses have been broken, how can he continue to deceive himself?

Every midnight when he woke up in his dreams, he looked at his hands, which were covered in blood.

Cui Ci Ning couldn't tell whose blood it was. Was it from a family member or an enemy?

Is it Xiao Yurong's? Or is it his own?

It doesn’t matter anymore. It doesn’t matter anymore.

After all, he couldn't even tell the difference between love and hate.

"Ci Ning." Cui Ci'an looked at his brother and said, "Father has been in Beijing for so long, most likely he was left behind. Since the emperor is suspicious, marrying into the royal family is also a way out."

He sighed, "Since there is love, it's just right."

"It's not that simple, it's not that simple, brother." Cui Ci Ning shook his head.

It's not just the situation, there are too many unclear emotions between him and Xiao Yurong, and there is also the past life.

Cui Qining laughed at himself: "When nothing came to light, I expressed my intention to marry her to His Majesty. At that time, her father and brother both favored Li Yaozhi, and now they will not think that I am a good match."

"No matter what, there is no way out between her and me." He closed his eyes.

Cui Ci'an didn't understand his younger brother at all. The problems in front of him were obviously solvable, so why was he unwilling to take the first step?

There is obviously no deep hatred between them, and it should be a bright and happy love between a boy and a girl. Why did it become such a mixture of love and hate?

Where does hatred come from, and how complicated is love?

Cui Ci'ning couldn't possibly tell Cui Ci'an about this, and Cui Ci'an wouldn't understand.

The love is separated by mountains and seas, and both mountains and seas can be flat.

Why did Cui Ci Ning, who clearly had the courage to climb over mountains and cross rivers, deceive himself into thinking that mountains and seas could not be leveled?

But Cui Ci Ning had his own ideas.

Cui Qining's eyes flashed with a broken light. He took a deep breath and said, "Brother, don't ask anymore. Don't worry about this anymore."

Too many things were scribbled in tears.

"Okay, I'll think of another way as for Father." Cui Ci'an looked at Cui Ci'ning's tired and desolate eyes and could not say anything else.

Cui Ci Ning returned to the room.

Probably hoping that his brother would be in a better mood, Cui Ci'an got a basket of precious southern cherries. He distributed some to his family members and did not keep any for himself. He asked someone to send them all to Cui Ci'ning.

Its shape is quite similar to a peach, and its roundness is like a pearl in a necklace.

Such expensive fruits are rare.

Cui Ci Ning picked up a cherry, which looked fresh and sweet, but he had seen better ones.

Cui Ci Ning thought of Xiao Yurong. Xiao Yurong loved fresh fruits. Whenever there were new tribute fruits, Xiao Yurong could always get the latest batch.

When Cui Ci Ning was in Yujing, he sometimes felt uncomfortable with the extravagant life in the south.

Although they are all clans, the Cui family, as a family of generals, is less strict and etiquette-based than other noble families, and more warm and casual.

In Cui Ci Ning's memory, his uncle always scolded his father as a poor boy who had lost face, and when he was young, he often took him and his mother back to his mother's family.

There are not so many rules in the family and clan. They prefer to sit around the campfire casually, eating game, drinking strong liquor, laughing and talking about interesting things.

This is what it means to be a family.

The wealth of Yujing is dazzling, and some arrogant children from aristocratic families would even make sarcastic remarks about Cui Ci Ning's incompatibility, saying that the entire Chule civilization is only found in the south.

But Cui Ci Ning felt that he should have adapted to it after so many years.

When he visited Xiao Yurong's house, he felt uncomfortable everywhere.

There were precious flowers and trees in the garden, a gold, jade and pearl curtain in front of the door, an extremely soft embroidered cushion on the couch, and all the servants were very well-behaved.

The cushions were so soft that it made people feel uncomfortable. Cui Ci Ning was still comfortable in front of Xiao Yurong, but Xiao Yurong had other guests at the moment and held a small banquet.

Cui Ci Ning felt somewhat uneasy in front of those young men from aristocratic families.

Pomegranate juice is served with cakes, and wax cherries and cheese are served at the same time.

Fresh cherries are one of the first fruits to ripen in late spring and early summer. They are the first fruit of early spring and the first of all fruits.

My worth is so high that I am rare and precious, and I am ashamed to share the honor with others.

The fruits and vegetables served were so fresh and cold, with water droplets hanging on them, as if they were taken out of an ice cellar.

"The cherries here are still the most delicious, Princess." Wang Wanru praised while eating cherries.

Wang Fuxuan laughed. Due to his personality, everything he said was always sarcastic.

"Our princess has gathered most of Chu Le's treasures here, including all the fine wines and delicacies." He said slowly, "Even the cherries are the best and newest ones, how can they not be delicious?"

Gongsun Qian was only concerned with enjoying the wine and delicacies, while Yu Shu sat there without moving.

Li Yaozhi smiled: "The crabs are coming."

Cui Ci Ning sat there, feeling out of place and uneasy.

He knew that none of Xiao Yurong's friends liked him.

His crab-opening movements were a bit clumsy, which would cause Wang Wanru to laugh at him.

Wang Fuxuan would say a few words in a lukewarm manner, while Li Yaozhi would come to the rescue with a smile.

The crabs are steamed and cooked and served on the table, steaming hot with warm wine.

"Eating crabs and warming wine brings joy to the world." Gongsun Qian exclaimed, "It's not the season for plump crabs, but this crab is still fresh and sweet."

"You're just being polite when you've received favors from others. Cuicui, go get some paper and pen so that our great scholar Gongsun can write an article." Xiao Yurong joked with a smile.

"Isn't this a vacation? Do you still want me to write an article?" Gongsun Qin made a bitter face.

Yu Shu poured a glass of wine, "Just write, write early or late, you have to write. Whenever the master calls, we will be there."

The eight pieces of crab carving are made of silver with exquisite workmanship. The scraper is shaped like a sword, and the lotus leaf plate used to hold the crab meat has a carved dragon on the bottom, which is shiny and lustrous.

Cui Ci Ning didn't eat crabs often, so he was much more unfamiliar with the technique of cutting crabs into eight pieces than the people around him. He used round-headed scissors to cut off the crab claws and legs one by one, and had just started to knock around the crab shell with a waist-shaped hammer.

He smashed the crab shell in one go and paused for a moment.

"Major General, we are having a civilized meal here, why are you acting like you are having a martial arts meal?" Wang Wanru was already chopping the back shell and belly button with a long-handled axe and was amused by the noise.

She was pretty, and when she said this it sounded like a girl's witty remark, not annoying enough.

Eating for the literary is elegant, and eating for the martial arts is refreshing.

Wang Fuxuan used a pick to pick out the crab meat slowly and calmly. "Young General, of course you must have eaten it. Otherwise, why would you smash the crab shell right away?"

Gongsun Qin next to him moved skillfully, using one tool after another in turn. He then uttered two sentences of praise in a rhythmic manner, wiped his hands, picked up the pen and wrote two sentences, eating as he wrote.

The food is interesting and the literati and gourmets are very interesting.

Cui Ci Ning opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know what to say.

He couldn't suddenly turn hostile in such an occasion, as that would make him appear ungrateful, damage Cui's reputation, and make him more hostile to Xiao Yurong's friends.

Even though he felt uncomfortable, he was not good at arguing.

"Okay, eating crabs won't be enough to stop your Wang family from talking nonsense." Xiao Yurong on the top smiled lazily.

The waist is slender, the black hair is like a waterfall, the wine soaks the red lips, flows down the jaw, and sinks into the private area, vivid and fragrant. More beautiful than the morning glow, more beautiful than a hundred flowers.

Wang Wanru stuck out her tongue and said nothing more.

Wang Fuxuan took the white and tender crab meat slowly and put it into his mouth. "Wang is a glutton. How can he fill his stomach?"

"Crabs are found in the south and sheep are found in the north. Yinzhou is in the northern border, so it's normal that the young general is not familiar with how to open crabs. If we go to Yinzhou in the future and make a fool of ourselves because we are not familiar with the customs, the young general will have to help us a lot." Li Yaozhi smiled and put down the eight crab dishes in his hand.

The lotus leaf plate in front of him was filled with the crab meat he had just peeled, as well as the golden and shiny crab roe and the milky and sticky crab paste, all placed neatly with the dipping sauce.

The servant beside him followed Li Yaozhi's instruction and presented the lotus leaf plate filled with crab meat to Xiao Yurong.

"The princess's mansion has so many servants, but she still wants our young master to peel the crabs himself. It really puts a lot of pressure on his precious hands." Wang Fuxuan curled the corners of his lips with a hint of sarcasm.

Xiao Yurong picked up some crab meat and put it in his mouth. It was indeed delicious.

"Shao Yan is really considerate. He doesn't act like a senior brother at all," she said.

Li Yaozhi smiled and said, "It is a great honor for Shaoyan to be able to serve His Highness. How can it be difficult?"

Wang Fuxuan's eyes darkened, "No wonder our Princess Yurong likes you the most, you are good at talking, Junior Brother."

And Cui Ci Ning seemed like an outsider from beginning to end.

It seemed like he would never be able to fit into Xiao Yurong's life.

Yes, there were too many things separating him and Xiao Yurong from the very beginning.

We are not on the same path, so why do we have to force ourselves to walk the same path?

Cui Ci Ning closed his eyes and said, "Send the cherries back, and give some to Xiao Liu."

"Yes." Seeing that Cui Ci Ning did not look very happy, the servant who brought the cherries picked up the basket and walked out.

As soon as that person left, someone else came up and asked Cui Ci Ning to go to the meeting room.

How long has it been since something happened again?

Worried that something serious had happened, Cui Ci Ning hurried to the meeting room.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was silent, and Cui Ci Ning suddenly had a bad feeling.

The messenger conveyed Xiao Yurong's intention.

This was tantamount to telling Cui family frankly that General Cui was detained politely, and now Cui Ci Ning had to rush to Yujing to discuss the matter.

"Too deceiving!"

"This... it's not appropriate to mobilize troops for this matter. The Northern Kingdom is eyeing us covetously."

"What do you mean? Are you going to let the old general be imprisoned and the young general go to die?"

"I didn't say that, stop spitting blood on me!"

"Going to Yujing at this time is tantamount to committing suicide! If I enter the palace under the order of the emperor, I will definitely be secretly eliminated because of my greater achievements than the emperor. I can be safe in Yinzhou, but if I go to Yujing and they need to let go, I will definitely die!"

"Yeah, let's stay in Yinzhou. We can find another way as for the old general."

"Zhaoyang lord was quite friendly to Cui family before, and the royal family may not be friendly to Cui family..."

"Are we going to gamble the future of the entire Cui family on the sincerity of the Xiao family?"

The situation became increasingly intense.

Cui Ci Ning closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and opened them after a long time.

Cui Ci Ning was silent for a moment, "She imprisoned my father, and she wants me to please her?"

The envoy nodded. Since he had come here, he was determined to die.

Cui could kill him, but his mission was to get Cui Ci Ning back to the capital.

He hesitated and said, "This is an order from the royal family, General. If you refuse..."

"I won't refuse." Cui Ci Ning Que said firmly, "If the princess summons me back to the capital, then I will return."

Everyone was stunned. No one expected Cui Ci Ning to agree.

"But I won't be alone." Cui Ci Ning said.

He stood up and walked out of the tent, facing the distant mountains, "Send a message to the Cui family army."