On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Three days passed, and Huanhuan's condition became increasingly miserable.

She was so thin that she looked like a skeleton. Her once shiny black hair was now as messy as dead grass. Her face was sallow and bloodless, her lips were chapped and peeling, and her eyes were sunken, with a look of emptiness and despair.

The tattered clothes on his body hung loosely, and as the stretcher swayed, it seemed as if they would slip off at any time.

Everyone thought that the person being carried in was not a woman, but a female corpse that had starved to death.

In an instant, the noise stopped and everyone's eyes were focused on Huanhuan.

She opened her eyes weakly and searched the room. The moment she saw Gu Beichen, a glimmer of joy suddenly flashed in her eyes. It was the last ray of hope that a dying person grasped.

Her cracked lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to call the other person's name, but because she was too weak, she could only make a faint breathing sound.

"Gu Beichen, do you know her?"

Gu Beichen answered as a matter of course: "I don't know him."

"Oh, you're such a heartless person."

"What did you say!"

"She is the Huanhuan who traveled thousands of miles to be with you."

Gu Beichen was slightly shocked.

Turning around and looking carefully, I found that it was indeed Huanhuan.

But he showed no pity at all, and even frowned, with undisguised disgust in his eyes.

"Gu Lang..." Huanhuan finally shouted out with all her strength.

But Gu Beichen subconsciously shrank back and raised his hand to fan his nose, as if the person in front of him was something filthy.

"How did you become like this?"

Lin Zhen said, "It's all because of you! You took away her innocence and then abandoned her. Gu Beichen, are you still a human being?"

Gu Beichen was scolded in public, and his face turned pale and red.

He gritted his teeth and stubbornly defended himself, "The situation was critical at the time. I couldn't even protect myself, so how could I care about her? Besides, it wasn't me who asked her to come to Xia Pi to find me, nor was it me who took the initiative to sleep with her. Her innocence had been given away to someone long ago. I didn't take it away from her."

There was no bleeding, so Gu Beichen didn't believe that Huanhuan was a virgin, so he always disliked her.

It's a pity that such a good girl was ruthlessly abandoned because of this incident.

Lin Zhen stood up, walked to Huanhuan, squatted down, and said in a gentle tone: "Did you see it? This is the man you like."

When Huanhuan heard this, the only glimmer of hope in her heart was completely shattered.

She used up all her strength to struggle to get up from the stretcher. Her hands trembled as she reached out to Gu Beichen, wanting to grasp the hand that had once given her warmth and promise: "Gu Lang..."

Her voice was weak, like a candle in the wind, which could go out at any time.

However, Gu Beichen showed disgust on his face. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and slammed Huanhuan's hand away: "Get out of here, disgusting thing!"

Those cold and heartless words were like a sharp blade, piercing straight into Huanhuan's heart.

Huanhuan widened her eyes, her eyes filled with disbelief and despair.

Her body swayed, as if the last bit of support had been taken away, and she fell straight back.

After this fall, there was no more movement.

The once vibrant life disappeared before everyone's eyes.

"Hanhuan!" Lin Zhen exclaimed, touched her carotid artery, and found that she was dead.

He slowly stood up, turned around and glared at Gu Beichen: "You beast, you will pay the price for this!"

Lin Zhenxian was so angry that his beard trembled. He slammed the table heavily and said, "How could the Gu family give birth to such a heartless person like you! To protect yourself, you can even abandon your humanity. Today, I have witnessed something."

Gu Beichen simply sneered, his face devoid of any guilt. "Those who achieve great things don't dwell on trivial matters. In these troubled times, romantic feelings are merely stumbling blocks. If I had been soft-hearted, I'd have already lost my life by now, so how could I possibly achieve great things?"

His voice was icy cold, echoing in the teahouse and chilling people to the bone.

There was a dead silence in the teahouse, and everyone was so shocked by this sudden change that they were speechless.

After a moment, Lin Zhen suppressed the grief and anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and sat back in his seat: "Okay, in that case, let's talk business."

His eyes were cold, as if he had become a different person.

Gu Beichen also calmed down a little, sat up straight, and motioned Lin Zhen to speak.

Lin Zhen scanned the room and spoke slowly, "The conditions of our Qian Kingdom are as follows: Chu must cede all cities north of the Yangtze River. From now on, the borders of the two countries will be redrawn with the river as the boundary. Wu County in Chu will be used as a trading port for the two countries, allowing merchants from our Qian Kingdom to travel freely to promote economic exchanges between the two countries. In addition, Chu will offer our Qian Kingdom 300,000 dan of grain, 5,000 pieces of cloth, and various gold, silver, and jewelry every year as a token of sincerity. In addition, every year on the birthday of our Qian Emperor, Chu will send envoys to congratulate him, following the etiquette of a vassal state..."

There was a long list of conditions behind it, and the more Gu Beichen listened, the more his eyebrows twitched.

Damn it, you might as well turn our Chu State into a province of your Qian State.

After Lin Zhen finished speaking, he was silent for a long time before responding: "I, the Chu State, will not agree to any of your conditions."

Lin Zhen raised his eyebrows frivolously: "Oh? What do you mean?"

"Although the current situation of our Great Chu is unfavorable, we will never allow ourselves to be slaughtered. Ceding the cities north of the Yangtze River would be tantamount to cutting off one's own arm; opening the trading ports would harm our Chu's commerce; and as for paying tribute and becoming a vassal, it would even damage our national prestige. This is absolutely impossible."

Lin Zhen snorted coldly, his words full of threats: "Hmph, if you don't agree, then keep fighting. I can order Chen Xiao right now to lead the army to attack your Chu capital from the rear. How long do you think your Great Chu can hold out?"

Gu Beichen's expression changed.

After the flooding of Xia Pi, this bastard Chen Xiao secretly crossed the Yangtze River and went straight to the rear of the Chu State.

Once he launches a surprise attack on Nanjing, Lin Zhenxian will lead his army head-on, and the State of Chu will be attacked from both sides, and the situation will be unimaginable.

But if he agreed to these harsh conditions, how would he explain to Chu Batian?

Could it be that he really wanted to use these conditions to make Lin Zhen his son-in-law, as he said?

"You dare!" Gu Beichen said gritting his teeth, but the confidence in his voice was obviously lacking.

"Why wouldn't I dare?" Lin Zhen pressed on. "If you don't want the war to ignite again, you'd better think twice. When it comes to fighting, I, Daqian, am not afraid of you."

"Lin Zhen, do you really want to fight to the death with me, Chu State?!"

Lin Zhen leaned back, crossed his legs, and said with a relaxed expression, "Haha, the fish must die, but the net will not break. Gu Beichen, you have no other choice but to agree to my conditions."

Gu Beichen clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

grandma's.

Lin Zhen, this bastard, is going too far.

In that case, don't blame me for tricking you into coming to Chu.

Then I'll show you how I'll kill you.

"Okay, I can agree to your terms, but you also have to agree to our demands."

"any request?"

"Be my consort to the Great Chu."