Resisting the Wind and Splendor

That night, Zisu went to Chu Xiaohe's Qinghui Pavilion.

Chu Xiaohe was still in Tuoba Liuli's bedroom.

The Seventh Princess has been less troublesome lately and seems to have regained some of her rationality. However, she still looks for him at night, but there's nothing special about calling him over, so she just lets him read in his bedroom.

He can read whatever he wants, whether it's military strategy or other miscellaneous books, but he has to stay in his own room.

Now, the news that General Chu stays in the Seventh Princess's boudoir every night has spread throughout the entire capital.

The Emperor had heard quite a bit about it. Although things were relatively peaceful at the Duke's mansion for the time being, Chu Xiaohe himself did not know when another bloody storm would break out.

Since things have come to this point, there's no point in worrying, and it's too late to stop it, so let it be.

"Seventh Princess, it's getting late, you should retire for the night." Every night around this time, about two hours after nightfall, Chu Xiaohe would take his leave.

Tuoba Liuli never stopped him; now it was time for him to go back.

She nodded and lay down on the bed.

Chu Xiaohe noticed that half of her blanket had slipped off to the side of the bed. He wanted to pull it up and cover her back up, but he remembered that he dared not cross the line and could not get close to her bed.

Just as she was hesitating, she heard Tuoba Liuli say, "Brother Chu, let's get married. You go and ask your emperor for my hand in marriage. Ask him to write a letter of marriage proposal to my father. I am willing to marry into the Duke's mansion."

"Princess!" Chu Xiaohe was taken aback, and was immediately at a loss for words: "You are of noble birth, how can you marry into our Duke's mansion?"

"What else can I do? My reputation is ruined by you, who else can I marry if not you?"

“But you are a princess, and I am just a general. Even if it is a marriage alliance, he should be the one to go to Dongzhou.”

But he absolutely cannot go to Dongzhou. If he goes to Dongzhou, what will happen to the Duke's Mansion? What will happen to his grandfather and Ali?

"You haven't asked me to marry you yet because you don't want to go to Dongzhou, is that right?" Tuoba Liuli turned over and looked in his direction.

Although we can't see him, we at least know where he is.

She blinked; her eyes were still bright and captivating, but they were unfocused, and she couldn't see anything.

“I don’t want to go back to Dongzhou either. I’m blind now, and I’ll be bullied if I go back.” She smiled in the direction of Chu Xiaohe, her smile very honest: “I’m doing very well in the Duke’s mansion. You’re very good to me, and Ali is good to me too. No one will bully me, and there won’t be any scheming or backstabbing.”

"but I……"

"Just go and talk to your emperor. As long as you say you want to marry me, he will definitely give you the status to marry me." Tuoba Liuli had already thought about this issue seriously.

"I've thought about it for a long time. The Emperor will probably bestow upon you the title of Marquis, just like your father. When that happens, it will be acceptable for me to marry the Marquis. My third brother will definitely explain my situation to my father after he returns. My father can barely accept a blind princess marrying a Marquis."

Chu Xiaohe didn't speak, he just looked at her.

Tuoba Liuli continued, "If you trust me, the Emperor will definitely bestow upon you the title of Marquis. So, if you marry me, wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone? It would be good for both of us."

"It's not good for you at all." Chu Xiaohe pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and a dark cloud slowly rose in his eyes.

There are some things I've always been unwilling to face, but now I have no choice but to confront them.

"Seventh Princess, I...I am not a normal man. I cannot give you happiness, I cannot marry you!"