A concubine to be married dressed as a prince

Chu Chengji stared at Jiang Yanqing for a while, his gaze was as deep as an ancient well that would not reflect any light.

After a while, he whispered, "Why are you blushing so easily?"

Jiang Yanqing stepped on his foot.

Chu Chengji smiled silently, rubbed Jiang Yanqing's hair, "Go to sleep."

"What about you, is there anything else?" Jiang Yanqing saw Chu Chengji nod his head, so he could only let go of his hand reluctantly, "Then you go, pay attention to your body."

Chu Chengji waited for Jiang Yanqing to lie down before leaving the room.After a while, the charcoal fire of the iron forge in Xiyuan lit up.

Jiang Yanqing was lying on the bed tossing and turning, perhaps full of worries about the upcoming war, he actually felt homesick for the first time after coming here for so long.

In the dream, the kitchen was lit with warm yellow lights, a woman in an apron was flipping a spatula to cook vegetables, and the range hood was making a roaring sound.A man wears glasses and sits on the sofa in the living room watching the news broadcast.A teenager was playing games in the room and talking loudly to his teammates.

This is his home, not his home.

His adoptive parents adopted him, then had a son the following year, and he became dispensable in the family.There is no lack of material, and there is concern, but he always feels that others are the family, and he is getting more and more embarrassed at home.

But even if he is an outsider in this family, this is his safe haven.He has never been so full of fear and insecurity about the unknown future as he is now.

"Speak clearly."

A deep voice called him, although the concern in it could not be heard unless you listened carefully, but it was full of unspeakable peace of mind.

Jiang Yanqing's eyelashes trembled, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw a face with scars.

"Having a nightmare?" Chu Chengji asked in a low voice.

Jiang Yanqing stared at him blankly.

This was the first time Chu Chengji saw Jiang Yanqing who had just woken up. He didn't know that he would be in a daze for a while every time he woke up. Seeing his unreliable appearance in his sleep just now, he thought it was a nightmare, so he grabbed his hand. They clapped their hands, and comforted unfamiliarly: "You just need to stay in the barracks after the expedition, don't be afraid."

Jiang Yanqing nodded in a daze, his eyes gradually regained clarity.He is no longer the outsider in the family, he is now the princess of the palace, maybe he can also have a home of his own.

He sat up and saw the twilight morning light outside the window, "When are we going to march, do we need to prepare anything?"

"Bring some cotton clothes." Chu Chengji touched his forehead, "You don't have to worry about the rest. You have to wait for the imperial decree when you go to war, and it's only a day or two away."

Jiang Yanqing got up from the bed, "Then I'll prepare cotton..."

Halfway through speaking, Jiang Yanqing's attention was suddenly attracted by a suit of armor placed in front of the screen.

It was a set of exquisite and thin silver armor, not imposing, but definitely unique.Jiang Yanqing looked at Chu Chengji with bright eyes, "Is that for me?"

Chu Chengji saw his liking, "Do you want to try?"

Jiang Yanqing immediately jumped off the bed, not caring about putting on his shoes, and ran to the armor, touching it here and there, "I want to try it, it must be very attractive to wear."

"I'll teach you how to wear it." Chu Chengji still remembered that on the day they got married, his concubine tried to put herself into his armor, and as a result, the two had an unpleasant scene.

"What should I wear inside, should I wear a coat?" Jiang Yanqing was still wearing the underwear she wore when she was sleeping.

Chu Chengji nodded, and waited for Jiang Yanqing to put on his coat, put on the heart armor first, then the waist armor, shoulder armor, arm armor, skirt armor, and finally help him button the hand armor.

"Why are there so many parts? I don't think your armor is so troublesome?" Jiang Yanqing moved his arms and took a few steps back and forth, and found that it was not as bulky as imagined, and he moved quite freely.

"I'm afraid you won't be used to it, so I modified it a bit." Chu Chengji took out a black dagger from his bosom again, "Defense yourself."

Looking at the small size of the dagger, Jiang Yanqing questioned it while reaching for it: "It's so small, isn't it an apple peeler?"

Seeing that his fingers were directly touching the blade, Chu Chengji quickly withdrew his hand to avoid it, "Be careful. This dagger can be broken by blowing. Be careful not to injure yourself."

Jiang Yanqing didn't believe it, and pulled a hair out of his hair, "I'll try."

A black hair fell on the blade, nothing happened.Jiang Yanqing raised the corners of his eyes and squinted at Chu Chengji. Isn't this a slap in the face?

Chu Chengji was moved by his eyes, and lowered his head to kiss the corner of his eyes lightly.

Jiang Yanqing was startled, took a step back involuntarily, lowered his head and complained softly: "What are you doing..."

The breath he exhaled when he spoke blew the hair on the dagger, and then under Jiang Yanqing's gaze, it broke into two pieces from the blade and fell leisurely to the ground.

Jiang Yanqing was dumbfounded.

Isn't it an exaggeration to blow hair off?There is really a dagger that can be broken at a blow in this world?

He raised his head in a daze, "Can it cut iron like mud?"

Chu Chengji shook his head, "Cutting iron like mud requires special raw iron, a sharp blade, and the strong arm strength of the knife user. This small dagger can't cut iron like mud anyway."

Even if he can't cut iron like mud, but still has hair to cut, Jiang Yanqing is still very happy.He raised his smiling face and said to Chu Chengji who was explaining seriously: "It's great to blow the hair off, I like it very much, but does it have a scabbard?"

Chu Chengji pulled his left wrist, and inserted the black dagger into an inconspicuous interlayer of the gauntlet.

Jiang Yanqing shook his wrist, the dagger and gauntlets were so natural that there was no trace of them.He carefully pulled out the dagger again, gestured twice in his hand, and then inserted it back into the gauntlet.

Chu Chengji looked at his happy appearance, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes, "Will you follow me to the camp outside the city?"

"Is it the military camp? When are you going?" Jiang Yanqing straightened his back, feeling that a man relies on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle. He should have a bit of a tough guy now.

"After breakfast, I'll take you there." Chu Chengji saw that he was wearing the armor happily, and let him wear the armor to eat breakfast.

After dinner, someone brought Chu Chengji's horse over, and the two of them rode one together and went to the camp outside the city.

At this time, in the Palace of Political Discussion, the atmosphere was tense.

Marquis Yingwu knelt on the ground, his brows were tightly frowned, and his tone was unyielding, "I don't agree."

The young emperor sat on the dragon chair, wishing his eyes could turn into blades and splash Yingwuhou's blood on the spot.

"Why don't you agree?" Cang Jinyu asked angrily.

"Xiling Kingdom has not invaded our country's frontiers. It is easy to misunderstand Xiling Kingdom by sending troops rashly. Our country has just subsided from the war, and now it is the time when the army is exhausted and the treasury is empty. We cannot stand the war anymore!"

Marquis Yingwu spoke with sincerity, but some people didn't like to hear it.

Chu Mou, who was sitting on Cang Jinyu's lower chair, snorted coldly, "According to Marquis Yingwu, is it the emperor's fault for the wars in the past few years?"

The ministers standing on both sides couldn't help but secretly glanced at the only sitting general besides the emperor.No one knows how important this is in the emperor's heart. No matter what, as long as it is a matter of discussion, this general will definitely be present and sit at the emperor's lower seat.

Chu Mou usually does not make a sound, but occasionally, no matter how sharp his words are, the emperor will not blame him for a word.

Everyone was sweating for Marquis Yingwu.

Ying Wuhou is an old minister, but he loosened his brows when he was choked, and pointed the finger at Chu Mou without any trace, "I didn't have this intention, why did the general misinterpret it? We all know that the general is warlike. I don't know why he sent troops to Yanchuan this time." Here, how many layers are there to mean the general?"

It would be disrespectful to refute the emperor's words, but if the courtiers saw tit for tat, that would be political discussion.

What Yingwuhou said inside and outside the meaning is that Chu Mou controls the government and wants to trigger a war according to his own preferences.

Chu Mou tidied up his sleeves, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter how many layers I mean, what matters is the emperor's decision. But you just opposed the emperor's decision ten times and ten times by yourself."

"You!" Although Yingwuhou was angry, but because he was kneeling and Chu Mou was sitting, this anger seemed so weak.He glanced at the group of ministers, and several ministers came out and knelt down on the ground.

"Your majesty, I also object!"

Before Cang Jinyu could speak, Chu Mou sneered, "You really have a tacit understanding."

Cang Jinyu said patiently, "Why do you object?"

"I also have the worries that Marquis Yingwu just said." A person took the lead and said, "Besides, I think it would be very inappropriate to send troops, even the king of Chu."

"Why not?" Cang Jinyu pierced the speaker with sharp eyes.

"Eh..." The man couldn't help trembling, staring at the emperor's murderous eyes and continued: "I think that the king of Chu just got married, and the concubine of Chu was frightened again. Sending the king of Chu to fight at this time may make people feel uneasy. "

Ying Wuhou seemed to have expected that he would say that, his face did not change at all.

It seems that even if they can't stop the emperor from sending troops, they still have to let the emperor send their men to fight.Cang Jinyu squinted his eyes, "Who said I'm going to send the King of Chu to fight?"

The people kneeling on the ground were all taken aback, and one of them said: "Didn't the emperor just say that he would send Prince Chu to fight?"

Chu Mou answered calmly, "You heard me wrong, the emperor is going to send me to fight."

Cang Jinyu opened her eyes and spoke nonsense, denying: "That's right, I said just now that I would send General Chu to fight. Aiqing, aren't you old and your ears are deaf? Why don't you go home and take care of yourself."

"Your Majesty, don't make fun of the old minister." The man hastily kowtowed, "The general is going to fight... This... Xiling is only a small country, how can we use a rare general like the general? In my opinion, it is better to send... "

"Why can't you send me? If I don't go, why don't you want to go?" Chu Mou interrupted.

Seeing that others could not cope with it, Marquis Yingwu went out in person, "Your Majesty, I also think that it is better to send..."

"Aiqing," Cang Jinyu stepped down from the dragon chair, helped Marquis Yingwu up, and said with a smile, "You also think it's inappropriate to send a general, and you should send Prince Chu, right?"

Cang Jinyu's smile didn't reach his eyes, and he rushed in front of Yingwuhou and said: "I know that Yingwuhou understands righteousness, and he will never delay the King of Chu's expedition just because he is worried about the health of the princess. I also understand your love for your son, so , I will let the princess go out with the king of Chu, what do you think?"

Marquis Yingwu was shocked, "This is absolutely impossible! Your Majesty, the general is away, and his family members are staying in the city! Besides, the princess..."

"The concubine is a concubine with a reputation as a first-rank concubine, which can be regarded as half an official position." Chu Mou also stood up from his chair and walked behind Cang Jinyu, like a solid and reliable backer, "Going out with the king of Chu is not a violation of the ancestors. Is it because Marquis Yingwu obstructed you because he didn't want your son to suffer?"

Marquis Yingwu couldn't refute it, so in the end he could only be forced to "put the most importance on state affairs" and watched Cang Jinyu ask someone to transcribe the imperial decree and send it to the Chu Palace.

That night, a fast horse also quietly left the city from Yingwuhou's mansion.