The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cang Yue Kingdom - Suburbs of the Capital - Riverside

Leng Yan and Nangong Chen interrupted Ye Ling's horseback riding, so she could only return to the camp unhappily. What she never expected was that her tent was gone.

Leng Yan, who came back later, was so angry that his stomach ached: "Who did it?"

"I did it." Leng Qingqing walked out of the tent proudly, and was stunned when she saw Nangong Chen.

Zhu Wei quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Greetings to King Beichen, Second Young Master, I failed to stop you, and the young lady had the tent dismantled."

Ye Ling had an indifferent expression: "Cousin, I remember you just said I was willful, right?"

Nangong Chen also looked at Leng Yan, meaning: Tell me, who is willful?

"Ling'er, I'm sorry, I asked them to rebuild it," Leng Yan said helplessly.

"No need." Ye Ling smiled slightly, not angry at all: "Cousin, tell me, you've been bullied to this extent, and you're shameless enough to follow me back instead of leaving?"

"No, Ling'er..."

"Cousin" Leng Qingqing quickly said with a fake smile: "Sister was just joking with you, why did you take it seriously?"

"Yes, yes, Ling'er, Qingqing was just joking with you, you can't take it seriously." Leng Yan quickly went down the slope.

Ye Ling smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's just treat it as a joke!" The reason she did this was to repay Leng Ruxue a favor. Nangong Chen was present at the moment. If this matter got out of hand and spread, it would affect Leng Ruxue. Others would say that it was their family who drove her away. She had to endure it for a while. After tomorrow, they would go their separate ways and have nothing to do with each other.

"General Zhu, quickly have someone rearrange the tent..."

"Cousin" Ye Ling interrupted Leng Yan again: "Don't bother with the tent. I didn't plan to stay here tonight anyway."

"Where are you going if not here?"

"I want to go and accompany my parents. That's it. Jiuyou Qianqing, pull our horses and let's go. Have fun everyone." Ye Ling said and was about to leave without looking back.

Nangong Chen reached out to stop her, "I've only given you a tent. How can you, the orphan daughter of a loyal and renowned general, spend the night in the wilderness? You're in such a state of disgrace under my nose. If word gets out, won't my Nangong family's reputation be ruined?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness..."

"Ye Ling," Nangong Chen interrupted Ye Ling with a serious expression, "It's March, the temperature is very low at night, and wild beasts are rampant in the mountains. No matter how strong you are, you can't withstand the attack of the beasts. You will die. Be obedient."

"Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness. I will not leave and will stay here. But I don't want anyone's tent because in my opinion, it is a kind of charity. I am not yet at the point where I need charity from others." Ye Ling also changed his smile and said seriously.

Nangong Chen smiled and withdrew his hand: "That's no problem."

"Your Highness," Leng Qingqing quickly knelt down and saluted.

"Miss Leng is truly a lady from a noble family, and she's such a joker!" Nangong Chen said as he headed straight towards his own camp: "Shadow Blade, have someone gather some more wood and send it to Miss Ye."

"Yes," Ying Ren, who was watching the show, quickly responded.

As soon as Nangong Chen entered the tent, Leng Qingqing's expression changed immediately. She said angrily, "Ye Ling, you really have a good way! On the one hand, you are chasing the crown prince, and on the other hand, you are flirting with King Beichen. You...you have no shame."

"Yes, I really don't want it, because you just don't have it." Without outsiders around, Ye Ling didn't plan to pretend: "Leng Qingqing, haven't you been wanting to seduce King Beichen for years? What's the matter? You're not qualified, but you don't allow others to come? If you have the guts, show me how to be the Princess of Beichen, otherwise stop making noises here."

"Ye Ling, don't you live by your damn parents? Otherwise, who would take you seriously...ah~"

Before Leng Qingqing could finish her words, Leng Yan slapped her in the face: "Qingqing, you are too presumptuous. Do you dare to let your grandfather hear what you just said?"

Leng Qingqing covered her face, tears streaming down her face. She realized then that she had said the wrong thing out of anger, but she still felt wronged: "Second brother, you hit me? You've never scolded me since I was a child, and today you hit me for a stranger? I want to tell mother that Ye Ling has bewitched all of you. Am I wrong? If it weren't for her parents, would the royal family care about her? Would grandpa take care of her?"

Ye Ling was speechless. "Leng Qingqing, it was my father and tens of thousands of soldiers on the border who sacrificed their lives to bring peace to Cang Yue Nation. They sacrificed their own families for the sake of the greater good."

"What does this have to do with me? Whether they live or die, I can still live without them." Leng Qingqing didn't want to hear anything.

At this moment, Ying Ren, who came to deliver firewood, glared at Leng Qingqing in anger, and then said: "Master Leng has taught his daughter well, I have seen it."

Leng Qingqing knew that Ying Ren was Nangong Chen's confidant, so she didn't dare to refute him. Instead, she turned around and ran back to the tent crying.

"Thank you for the firewood, General," Ye Ling saluted politely.

"No thanks, it's just a piece of cake." Ying Ren asked someone to put down the wood and left.

Leng Yan then spoke: "Ling'er, Qingqing...she doesn't understand the ways of the world, so...don't take it to heart."

"It's okay, cousin, go check on her quickly. Don't worry about me. I've been beaten and scolded since I was thirteen, and I'm used to it." Ye Ling said as he sat on the mat prepared by Qian Qing.

After delivering the firewood, Shadow Blade returned to Nangong Chen's tent and said, "Your Highness, you heard it too, didn't you? She actually said that the lives of the border soldiers were insignificant."

"A woman who carries on the family line, what else do you expect her to do? What can she know?" Nangong Chen said.

"But...Miss Ye knows a lot. Even when being scolded like that, she still keeps smiling." Ying Ren was very confused.

"She is giving face to Leng Ruxue, that's all." Nangong Chen saw it clearly.

At the same time, Qian Qing also asked Ye Ling the same question. Ye Ling's answer was completely different from Nangong Chen's. Her answer was: follow the path of green tea and leave green tea with no way to go.

Soon it was evening, and Nangong Xuan brought Yeyun and Yewen to find Nangong Chen, saying that it was a rare meeting and they wanted to have dinner together.

Just when Nangong Xuan went to Nangong Chen's tent, Ye Yun and Ye Wen came to Ye Ling at the same time.

Ye Yun said in a fake tone: "I saw it was my sister from a distance. Why are you here for the outing today?"

"Today is the anniversary of my master's death," Qian Qing said softly.

"Hehe..." Ye Wen covered her face and smiled: "Second sister, I'm sorry, we... never remember the dead."

The pancake in Ye Ling's hand deformed and broke into pieces. She slowly stood up and, without warning, slapped Ye Wen in the face. "I've told you all a long time ago not to seek death, why didn't you listen? His Majesty has issued an edict severing ties with me, yet you're still calling me sister and sister all the time, making me look disgusting. If you don't remember the dead, then wouldn't you mind being a dead person yourself?"

"Ye Ling, you are so outrageous!" Ye Yun subconsciously stepped back to protect her stomach.

Half of Ye Wen's face was swollen, which showed how ruthless Ye Ling's attack was this time.

"General Ye sacrificed his life for the country. I come here to pay tribute to him every year on the second day of March. Not only are the Ye family heartless and ungrateful and refuse to pay tribute to him, but now they let their children insult them. It's really disgusting," heard Nangong Chen's voice.

Ye Yun turned around and quickly walked to Nangong Xuan: "Your Highness, my sister is still young. She just said something wrong and was beaten by Ye Ling. You have to make the decision for her!"

"Young and ignorant?" Nangong Chen laughed. "Why didn't she say she was young if she was anxious to get married? Or is it because Ye Taibao's daughter couldn't get married, that's why she's so anxious?"

"Okay, let's go and invite the young masters and young ladies from the Leng family. It's a rare occasion to meet them, so let's have dinner together!" Nangong Xuan ignored Ye Wen.

Watching everyone heading towards the makeshift dining table by the river, Ye Ling finally shook his hands and said, "This guy has been slapping me all day long."

"Miss, you can't say bad words," Qian Qing quickly reminded.

"I blurted it out, there's nothing I can do!" Ye Ling continued to sit down and eat the cake.

Leng Qingqing and Leng Yan came out of the tent. Leng Qingqing went directly to the river. Leng Yan came to Ye Ling and said, "Ling'er, don't you want to come with us?"

Ye Ling smiled and said, "Cousin, I am not as high-ranking as you guys. You should just go eat! The prince has invited you, so don't disobey him. Go now!"

Leng Yan felt sorry for the people eating the cakes: "I have some porridge over there, let Qianqing bring it over."

"No, my cousin will say I'm eating her for free. Go ahead and don't worry about me."

Leng Yan was helpless. The other party was the prince, so he had to go over reluctantly and could only turn around and leave.

Jiuyou looked at this scene and felt sorry for his young lady. He couldn't help but say, "Miss, let's leave tomorrow!"

"As you say, tomorrow morning, go to the morning market outside the city and buy a carriage. A single-horse carriage will do. Then wait for us at the intersection leading out of the mountain."

"Yes"

"Miss, aren't we going back to get our property? We also have to take the meat, rice, flour and other things before we can leave!" Qian Qing said.

"This is not something you should worry about." Ye Ling didn't want to say more.

"Yes, I understand."

At this moment, at the makeshift dinner table, Nangong Xuan looked at everyone: "Where's Ye Ling? Why didn't she come?"

"Shadow Blade" Nangong Chen spoke.

Shadow Blade immediately understood, turned around and trotted away.

Ye Yun started to speak again in a teasing tone: "Ye Ling is really something. His Highness and the Prince have to invite us twice. It seems that they have no manners or habits."

"Then what are the rules? You don't remember the anniversary of your elders' death? You still play around after knowing it? Or do you look down on the soldiers who bravely fight on the border? You think their lives are of no concern to you?" Nangong Chen asked five questions in a row, and then continued to talk to himself: "I have also been on the battlefield. If I knew that the people I tried so hard to protect were so heartless, it would be really chilling!"

"Your Highness is right. I know I was wrong." In order to save her image, Leng Qingqing had to admit her mistake quickly.

"It's good that you admit your mistakes." Nangong Chen didn't intend to argue with a woman: "Royal brother, this person, he just can't say it. Some people shed blood and sweat for the country, even sacrificed their lives, but in the end no one cares about them. But some people rely on flattery and treacherous means to get by like a fish in water, don't you think?"

"Seventh brother is right," Nangong Xuan responded perfunctorily.

"Don't mind me, my royal brother. I always like to tell the truth. I don't know how to lie. People who say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs usually don't have a good ending. As the saying goes, God sees what you do. It's not that retribution hasn't come, but that the time has not come. Maybe if you sow the seeds, your children will reap the fruits," Nangong Chen said slowly.

Everyone present was silent, because they had all done bad things, and after hearing what Nangong Chen said, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.