On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Chu Xiling suddenly turned her head and looked at him, her eyes as sharp as torches.

Her hair was a little messy and stuck to her cheeks, but it did not detract from her beauty at all. Instead, it added a sense of messy beauty.

"Will you let me go?" She found Lin Zhen's words unbelievable.

When did this man become so kind?

Lin Zhen stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with her, the sound of rain pattering beside his ears.

Listening to the rain has always been an elegant thing, but Lin Zhen and Chu Xiling did not seem to find it elegant at the moment. Instead, the atmosphere became more depressing.

Lin Zhen met her gaze with an open look.

"That's right. As long as your Chu State is willing to show enough sincerity in this negotiation, you can go back."

"No way, I will never sell out the national interest for my own sake."

"It's not up to you."

"Let me do it! Lin Zhen, if you force me again, I will die in this pavilion!" Chu Xiling's voice sounded even more shrill in the rain, with a bit of resentment.

Su Che looked at her helplessly: "Why are you doing this?"

"What about you? Haven't you done enough for your country? You're even using me as a hostage to threaten my father!"

"I repeat, this is war. It's not up to you, nor is it up to me. If you don't want to leave, I won't force you, but I will still make demands. If Chu doesn't agree, then we'll fight to the bitter end!"

Chu Xiling's figure flashed.

I felt that the man in front of me had a heart made of iron.

I would rather watch myself die in the pavilion than make a request to the State of Chu.

"What do you want?"

"Of course it's ceding territory and paying compensation."

"Impossible! My father will never agree to that!" Chu Xiling shook her head dejectedly.

"He will. Chu Batian has entered his twilight years, and I have crushed his last remaining ambition. He no longer has any intention of heading north. Since he has no intention of doing so, he will naturally choose to divide the country by the river and then pay tribute to my Daqian every year. However, this is not enough."

"Not enough!? Lin Zhen, do you want to annex my Chu State?"

"It's not possible now, but within a few years, I will definitely annex it. This chaotic world has lasted too long, it's time to unify it."

"Just you?" Chu Xiling stared at Lin Zhen, as if waiting for his reply, but also as if mocking him.

Lin Zhen nodded confidently.

"That's right, just me."

"Heh...heh...heh heh heh."

Once upon a time, Chu Batian also had such a grand goal.

But how easy is it to unify the world?

Chu Xiling didn't know where Lin Zhen's confidence came from, nor did she know what Lin Zhen had done during this period.

She stubbornly believed that Lin Zhen was dreaming.

Chu Xiling leaned against the pavilion pillar, her knuckles turning white, letting the raindrops hit her body.

Lin Zhen felt a little reluctant, and his voice softened unconsciously.

"It's the general trend of the times. Your father has done his best."

Chu Xiling's eyes were red and tears were welling up in them, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. "You don't have to pretend like this. You won the battle, so now you come to humiliate me, the princess of the defeated country! Lin Zhen, you are too incompetent."

Lin Zhen did not respond.

There was no point in the two people standing in the pavilion and cursing each other at this time.

After a few seconds, Lin Zhen stretched out his hand to Chu Xiling, palm facing up.

Chu Xiling looked a little puzzled.

But then Lin Zhen said, "Come on, I'll take you out for a walk."

"Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

"Whether you run or not, the Chu State has already been defeated."

"Humph."

Of course Chu Xiling would not hold Lin Zhen's hand. She turned her head away stubbornly and said nothing more.

The rain was still falling, wetting the hearts of the two.

Lin Zhen looked at Chu Xiling's aloof figure, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he sighed softly and gently placed the umbrella on the stone table beside the pavilion.

"If you want to go out, let the guards follow you."

After saying this, Lin Zhen turned around and slowly left.

The rain instantly wet his shoulders, but he was unaware of it. Chu Xiling's cold and stubborn face and the plaintive music she played were still echoing in his mind.

Chu Xiling listened to Lin Zhen's footsteps gradually fading away until they disappeared in the rain, then she slowly turned around.

His gaze fell on the umbrella lying quietly on the stone table, and a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

This umbrella, like Lin Zhen, brought her a touch of unexpected warmth in this lonely palace, facing the cruel reality, but also made her full of vigilance.

"hateful!"

She cursed inwardly, still unwilling to believe the fact that Chu was defeated.

......

Ten days later.

At the foot of Dongting Mountain.

Gu Beichen looked at the lush mountains and smiled miserably.

At this moment, his clothes were ragged, his shoes had holes in them, and his hair was messy like weeds falling on his shoulders.

If it weren't for his handsome face, others would definitely think he was a beggar who had fled from somewhere.

He had never been so embarrassed or miserable before.

But since the day of the bride kidnapping, Gu Beichen found that everything went wrong and he could not accomplish anything.

His most beloved woman, Liu Shuyao, was treated like a plaything by Lin Zhen and was eventually brutally murdered.

His richest property was taken away from him bit by bit by Lin Zhen, and he was finally suppressed by this wealth.

His family background, which he was proud of, was confiscated and exterminated under Lin Zhen's planning. His mother indulged in revelry every night in the Music Bureau, his father died unjustly, and even a housekeeper was thrown into the altar and burned to death by Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen, what is the grudge between you and me? What is the grudge? Why are you treating me like this?

Is it because I touched your wife's hand on your wedding day?

Gu Beichen didn’t know and didn’t understand, but this didn’t stop him from having a tremendous hatred for Lin Zhen.

He looked at Dongting Mountain again, and saw an ancient building halfway up the mountain.

Chu Batian is unreliable and he will die even if he runs back, so he needs to find a helper.

Help him make a comeback.

Gu Beichen climbed up the mountain with difficult steps, step by step, his legs feeling as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

There were steps one after another, long and with no end in sight, but Gu Beichen did not give up, he was still working hard.

Just like he has been through so much and still hasn't given up.

Finally, he reached the halfway point of the mountain.

A four-door door painted vermilion appeared before my eyes.

A servant came over to the door, pinched his nose and looked Gu Beichen up and down, and said with great disdain: "This is the place where the Han family's ancestors practiced in seclusion, leave immediately."

Gu Beichen used up his last bit of strength and finally climbed to the top of the mountain, but the gatekeeper didn't recognize him!

How can I bear this?

"Are you fucking blind?"

"How dare you! How dare you scold me!"

"I'm Gu Beichen!!"

The servant rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat the man, but upon hearing these words, his hands froze in mid-air, and then his eyes widened: "You are... Young Master!?"

"Take me to see my grandfather."

"Oh my god, it's really the young master, someone come quickly! Someone come!!"

.......

In the elegant room, sandalwood curls up from the incense burner.

Gu Beichen was lying on the bed. When he woke up slowly, he saw an old man with a completely white beard sitting beside the bed, looking at him with concern.

"Grandpa..."

"Beichen!" Han Tianxing was almost eighty years old. Seeing Gu Beichen injured like this, his long white beard trembled with heartache. He reached out and helped Gu Beichen up. "Beichen, how do you feel? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

"Thank you, Grandpa. I feel much better now."

"Silly child, what on earth happened? Why are you injured like this?!"

Han Tianxing is Gu Beichen's biological mother and Gu Han's father.

He has loved Gu Beichen since he was a child and personally taught this top scholar. It can be said that among Han Tianxing's many children, Gu Beichen is the one he loves the most and likes the most.

Now seeing his grandson injured like this, the old man was angry.

Gu Beichen gritted his teeth, sat up and leaned against the bed, telling everything that had happened in the past few months.

The old man became angrier and angrier as he listened, and his expression grew worse and worse.

After hearing the last sentence, he took a deep breath, suppressed his anger instantly, and his expression quickly became calm.

Decades of self-cultivation played a huge role at this moment, far beyond what Gu Beichen could achieve.

"So, Shuang'er was taken to the Jiaofangsi?"

"Yes... Grandpa, your grandson is incompetent and cannot rescue your mother..."

"It's okay, child. With me here, your mother will come out soon." After all, she was his daughter and had a noble status. Now that she was imprisoned in the Jiaofangsi, the old man would naturally lend a helping hand.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry for disturbing your meditation."

"Nonsense! You're my grandson, so it's perfectly normal for you to come to me with something. There's no need to bother me. But this Lin Zhenxian is going too far. Since he's so ruthless, I'll personally come forward and ask for an explanation."

"Grandpa? You want to come out in person?" Gu Beichen's eyes lit up.

Han Tianxing is a Chinese master and a role model for literati.

If he showed up in person, he might be able to rescue his mother, and maybe even ask Murong Yan for a pardon.

By then, I will be able to regroup and fight my way back to Daqian!

Although the idea was good, Gu Beichen was not happy at all. He even said with some melancholy: "Grandpa, I'm afraid the Lin family won't give you this face."

Han Tianxing spoke with great dignity, stroking his long beard and saying, "The Lin family won't sell it, and the Murong family won't sell it either?"

Gu Beichen lowered his head, with an expression of unspeakable unwillingness on his face.

If it wasn’t Lin Zhen, then Murong Yan would definitely be my woman!

The emperor.

What a cool thing!

It turned out that Lin Zhen, that stinky bug, got the advantage for nothing.

"Grandpa, the Emperor Daqian... is a woman, and now she has had an affair with Lin Zhen. They..."

"What did you say? The emperor and the prince of the royal palace are having an affair? Are you serious?!" Han Tianxing was not angry. Instead, he stared at her with curiosity in his old eyes, as if he had found some opportunity.

Gu Beichen nodded dully. "Yes, the news was spread by the maidservants around the emperor. It's absolutely reliable. And not only the emperor, but also the imperial concubines who were later conferred by the emperor, and my cousin Concubine Ning, are now Lin Zhen's women."

"Hahahahahaha, Lin Zhen has a good appetite! Not bad, not bad, he has the style of his father back then! Hahahaha." Han Tianxing laughed very happily, and there was no sign of anger towards the Lin family.

At this time, Gu Beichen hesitated again and again, but finally spoke out what was in his mind.