Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Why Tuoba Yi insisted on marrying Chu Yueli was a question even those close to him didn't know.

"Third brother, did you know Ali before?" Tuoba Liuli asked, extremely curious.

Tuoba Yi shook his head.

Tuoba Liuli became anxious: "Then why do you want to marry Ali? She looks like you've terrified her!"

"Miss Li is a woman of unparalleled beauty. In all your years in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, when have you ever seen a woman more beautiful than her?"

Tuoba Yi smiled calmly: "A beautiful woman is sought after by a gentleman. What's so strange about me wanting to marry her?"

“How could my third brother be such a lecherous man? If you liked beautiful women, you wouldn’t have sent all those girls back untouched.”

Among those girls, there was no shortage of beautiful women of all shapes and sizes, but the Third Prince didn't even give them a second glance.

Tuoba Liuli always felt that something was wrong with her third brother's sudden announcement that he wanted to marry A-Li.

"Could it be that Ali beat you and you're resentful and want to get revenge on her?"

The more Tuoba Liuli thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

She immediately got angry: "Third brother, Ali is a good girl, how can you bully her like this? Besides, although she won by using skill, she didn't use any tricks. It's just that you're not as good as her... No, that's not what I meant. I mean, she... she didn't use any underhanded methods either, she did nothing wrong!"

"You know her well?" Tuoba Yi frowned, his dark eyebrows furrowing. "If I remember correctly, you've only just met her. How do you know she's a good person? Aren't you afraid of being deceived if you trust others so easily?"

"Why would Ali lie to me? She doesn't even want to be friends with me. I'm the one who kept bothering her!" Tuoba Liuli pouted, somewhat deflated.

"She doesn't want to be your friend?" Tuoba Yi raised an eyebrow.

This is a bit strange.

Chu Yueli's identity makes it all the more beneficial for her to please the Eastern Zhou, yet she seems unwilling, even Liuli can tell.

Ah, this was somewhat expected.

What kind of person is this woman?

"She was just giving me the runaround, afraid that I would cause trouble for her older brother, but I knew that she didn't want to get entangled with me either."

Tuoba Liuli sighed, somewhat helplessly: "But I don't know why, when she's being so perfunctory with me, I actually feel that she's sincere, completely different from the people around me, who are all so hypocritical!"

Tuoba Liuli sat at the table, resting her chin on her hand: "I am a princess, why doesn't she want to be friends with me? What a strange Ali."

Tuoba Yi didn't say anything.

Tuoba Liuli added, "But she's a good person, Third Brother, please don't bully her. She's helpless too. I heard her eldest brother... was injured. He's so pitiful."

"You know again?"

"Of course I know. This matter has been the subject of much speculation. I heard about it as soon as I arrived."

Ah Li's beloved Prince Jin has found a new lover, who even stabbed her elder brother. But Ah Li remained calm and composed, appearing completely unperturbed.

Tuoba Liuli looked at her and felt a special pity for her, though she didn't know why.

Tuoba Yi, however, did not possess her overflowing compassion.

Suddenly, a chill wafted from outside. Tuoba Yi frowned slightly, stood up, and walked out of the room.

"Third Prince..." Wu Dan and Qi Jin rushed over. Wu Dan said urgently, "Third Prince, he...he...Prince Mo..."

"It's Brother Mo!" Tuoba Liuli, who came out a step later, saw the dark figure standing lightly on the treetop and her eyes lit up.

That figure, that slender and awe-inspiring body, was so captivatingly wicked and arrogant that it was dazzling!

"It really is Brother Mo!" Tuoba Liuli's breathing became erratic, but the next moment, she was so frightened that her soul almost left her body: "Brother Mo... what is he holding in his hand?"