bookcurios Chapter 141 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter
Chapter 141 Young General: It's getting late, and the mountains and rivers are already winter
"Xu Jinhuan, you're back."
At the gate of the Imperial College, the students were about to finish their classes when a sharp yet sweet voice was heard, startling the birds flying around.
The young man in front turned around and met the girl's eyes. The noise around them suddenly stopped, with only the occasional sound of birds chirping across the crumbling red sunset.
"you you,"
Tu Zixian's voice was stuck for a moment.
How to describe it? I just felt that the young man's clear eyes and eyebrows under the setting sun were like the camellia flowers after the Qingming Festival. His dark black pupils were arrogant and wanton, and they were as clear as the warm and cold season, and a sharp red plum blossom suddenly bloomed in the snow in the cold winter.
"Well, I'm back to get married." The boy's voice was as clear as his personality.
The smile on Tu Zixian's face froze for a moment, then he quickly came back to his senses and murmured, "You've been at the border for three years, and you came back this time just for this matter."
Looking at the gentleness in the eyes of the man in front of her, she suddenly didn't know how to start talking. She clenched her hands unconsciously, feeling hesitant and aggrieved.
The young man had been away for three years and had made great military achievements at the border. It was said that he had killed so many people that the enemy was terrified and turned pale at the mention of him.
This time, they defeated the enemy and recaptured two cities. His Majesty specially arranged a marriage for him and the fifth princess.
He came back to marry the princess.
They said they were going to marry a princess, but that was just because they were afraid that he would become more powerful than the emperor, so they found an excuse to transfer him back to the capital. Otherwise, His Majesty should have given him the most favored Princess Qingyang in marriage instead of the insignificant, sickly and timid Fifth Princess.
"Sister Tu, if everything is ok, I will leave first."
Chang Qing was wearing a white student uniform and spoke in a lazy tone. This Tu Zixian used to live next door to Xu Jinhuan's house. The two of them often quarreled when they were young. Later, Mr. Tu was promoted and became an official in Beijing, so he moved to the capital.
The gentle evening breeze blew the black hair at Changqing's temples, and the strands of hair passed through the eyes of the people looking at this place.
"Princess, I thought this General Xu was so powerful. He must be as fierce as the legend says, with broad shoulders and a thick waist. I didn't expect that he didn't have any bloody smell. From what I see, he looks so handsome. He is much prettier than last year's third place winner."
A girl not far away leaned against the window, watching with great interest: "Princess Qingyang refused to marry, and she also spread rumors about General Xu's military affairs everywhere, ruining General Xu's reputation. If she saw it now, I'm afraid she would regret it so much."
"maybe."
The girl next to her put down her teacup and stared at Chang Qing and Tu Zihan.
When Xu Jinhuan left Beijing, he was still skinny and small, and was inconspicuous among the many young masters of aristocratic families. Now that he has returned, he has grown into such a handsome young general.
Her elder sister, who thought highly of herself, would never be willing to marry Xu Jinhuan after hearing some rumors about him, not to mention that she had already fallen in love with someone else.
"Regarding the marriage, let's leave it at that for now. It doesn't matter who I marry. It's no big deal." The fifth princess lowered her eyes slightly, picked up her handkerchief and coughed lightly twice. Her originally frail face became even paler, as if one foot had stepped into the gates of hell.
"Let's go back."
The gentle voice dissipated in the air, leaving only the cup of tea on the table.
After she left, a young man appeared where she had been standing before. He glanced in the direction of the Imperial College, slowly opened the folding fan in his hand, and chuckled softly, "It's getting more and more interesting. The capital city is already undercurrent. I wonder what interesting things will happen when this young general returns this time."
"But this Fifth Princess is somewhat different from what is said in the legend."
Chang Qing didn't know that many people had already set their sights on her after she had only been back in the capital for half a day.
After leaving the Imperial College, Chang Qing decisively returned to the mansion rewarded by the emperor, and then told the housekeeper to reject all the court officials who came to him to establish relations, and stayed in the yard to practice shooting.
The owner of this body was named Xu Jinhuan, a brilliant yet regrettable young general. His fate should have been to die on the battlefield, instead of being blinded in the capital and killed by political schemes.
Originally, after Xu Jinhuan returned to the capital, he accidentally met Princess Qingyang. Princess Qingyang was originally very annoyed with him, but for some reason, she became entangled with him.
He could meet Qingyang when he entered the palace, when he went out for a spring outing, or when he went out to play with friends. In short, he could meet Princess Qingyang wherever he went.
Princess Qingyang was also a stubborn person. She had always been pampered since she was a child. This was the first time she had encountered such a tough guy, so she was thinking about how to encounter him every day.
However, Xu Jinhuan avoided her everywhere because of the Fifth Princess and ignored her at all, so she became more and more excited.
Having never been a bootlicker, Princess Qingyang increasingly felt that Xu Jinhuan was different from those who had tried to please her in the past. However, after a while, she got tired of this unresponsive pursuit.
Since Xu Jinhuan is unwilling to accept her because he already has a fiancée, why not she help him get rid of the engagement?
Princess Qingyang began to plot against her fifth younger sister. She had long been displeased with the fifth princess's sickly, weak and unable to take care of herself appearance.
Xu Jinhuan knew that the Fifth Princess already had a crush on someone and was having an affair with him before marriage. Although he was angry, he still saved the royal family's face and did not make a fuss. Instead, he was ready to help the Fifth Princess and did not do anything to break up the couple. He took the initiative to cancel the engagement.
The young general Xu Jinhuan was too dazzling. His appearance caused panic in many people. Many people wanted him dead, and the princes and dukes all wanted to win him over.
But the young general was too stubborn. He was too pure and too flamboyant. He could not learn how to please everyone. He could not survive in this cannibalistic capital.
Probably, no one in the entire capital city wanted him to be alive.
Those people were not as strong as him, nor as good as him in killing enemies on the battlefield, but they were all good at scheming and scheming, and they easily outwitted him, forcing him to die to prove his innocence, thus saving the General's Mansion and the Xu family army.
He only left one sentence: "If possible, I want to die for the people of the world, die on the battlefield, rather than die for those who play tricks and leave a stigma in the history books. The world is full of green mountains. Wherever a man dies, there he should be buried."