The stars in the sky have become sparse, and the east is gradually turning pale.
Wu Yinyu was already fast asleep, with tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes.
Wu Yidao took a piece of clothing and covered his daughter with a smile on his lips. He knew that his story was not very good, and it was the first time that he truly showed another side of a father to his daughter. He knew it was cruel, and he hoped that his daughter would always live in the beautiful world he woven, but he also hoped that her daughter would become strong.
"Your mother told me that it is very important to meet a suitable person."
Wu Yiyi looked at his daughter with kindness on his face: "I have been creating a world for you for so many years, a world centered on you. I am the driving force of this world, and I make this world revolve around you. But , one day the world I created for you will be replaced by another world. Do you know how your father feels when you start to trust another man besides your father?"
"what you do not know."
Wu Yidao shook his head: "But no matter how reluctant my father is, my daughter will still marry. The reason why I don't want an empire is because I will die one day. When I come into contact with the secret of eternal life, I'm really moved... But, I'm afraid that you will be sad. "
"If I rob him of everything, will you bear a grudge against me?"
"I don't need to have an empire myself, but I must give you a mother world."
Wu Yiyi took a deep breath, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.
When his back disappeared into the last sliver of darkness before dawn, Wu Yinyu slowly opened her eyes, looking at the direction where her father was leaving, with tears rolling down her cheeks quietly. Maybe she doesn't understand what kind of temptation a man faces when he can become an emperor, but she understands the courage of a father when he gives up the temptation for his daughter.
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The Black Banner Army's team to aid the eastern border has already set off, but the camp is still busy. The rest of the troops are also preparing for the next march. That place has a very special meaning because it is called Chang'an.
Fang Jie has been busy dealing with military affairs recently, and his target Chang'an is more mentally exhausting than any previous target. That place not only has impregnable walls, but also a great history. Moreover, even if Yang Yi raised the butcher's knife before his death, and even if Yang Jian raised the butcher's knife after his resurrection, there is still an energy in Chang'an that people have to take seriously.
Any family that has existed in Chang'an City for more than thirty years must not be underestimated.
This is an imperial capital with a special meaning, and everyone living here has an explicit and secret relationship with the powerful. Even the most ordinary-looking ordinary people may be relatives of a certain dignitary who did not give uniforms. Therefore, the composition of the people in Chang'an City is actually not as simple as it appears on the surface.
Maybe some people don't understand the meaning of family in this era, even if they are relatives who have never been in contact with each other on weekdays, even if they are relatives who only exist in the theory of genealogy.
The influence of any family in Chang'an City that has existed for more than thirty years cannot be ignored. There are too many families in this place where no one serves in the imperial court, but if the hidden influence is discovered, many people will be shocked.
This is the simplest place, just a capital city.
This is also the most complicated place, because it is a capital city.
If the Black Banner Army wants to attack Chang'an, it's not as simple as raising troops to the north and taking it. There are not only the five thousand Iron Armored Army in Chang'an City, but also various forces that have been waiting for the opportunity to stand up. What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of rebels Gao Kaitai's embarrassing but not to be underestimated outside the city.
However, if Chang'an is captured, it will be of great significance to the Black Banner Army and to Fang Xie personally.
If the Black Banner Army entered Chang'an City, then Fang Jie could at least give orders in a legitimate manner. There has never been a shortage of people in this world who follow the wind. Now there are actually quite a few families who want to attach themselves to the Black Banner Army. It is no secret how many families have sent people to the Black Banner Army to communicate with Fang Jie. Once the Black Banner Army takes over Chang'an, such families will increase exponentially.
Of course, Fang Jie would not expect such a family to become a real help, but a successful person can never be short of flag-waving supporters.
There has always been a joke in the underworld in Chang'an City. Two gangs are negotiating in one place. The important basis for the two sides to decide who is right is definitely not reasoning, but more people than people. The side with more people doesn't need to fight at all, it just needs to put people out and win more than half.
Some people say that this is one of the reasons why the underworld in Chang'an City has not been popular, but once this method of not being popular is used by someone with real strength, it will be very effective.
Fang Jie can decide to attack any place at any time based on his judgment of the current situation, but he will never point his blade at Chang'an City easily.
Once pointing to the past, there may be no way out.
"I've been thinking, since you don't need it, why do you always let me go with the army."
Outside Fang Jie's study, the figure of Yang Qinyan Miaoman, the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty, looked even more perfect under the sunlight of Chu Yang. That gorgeous palace dress made her look not only graceful but also immortal.
Fang Jie raised his head and looked at Yang Qinyan.
"I used to think that I figured it out. The reason why you are doing this is just to pity me."
Yang Qinyan walked into the room and sat down opposite Fang Jie. Her sitting posture is very upright, even the pickiest court etiquette officials can't find any faults. Even though she has been living in an independent world for so many years, she still has not forgotten her identity.
"But now I suddenly understand that my previous understanding was wrong, because people... are the most fickle things in this era. Don't explain to me that you can't help yourself, because of your tens of millions of people, you have to do this Choose because it sounds like sarcasm to me, you just have to tell me that's what you want."
Fang Jie was silent for a while, then turned his eyes away from Yang Qinyan and turned to the window: "I have been thinking about when we should have a serious conversation between you and me. I have never found a suitable opportunity. This opportunity You will believe what I say. And today this conversation comes, but it is not that opportunity... So I have nothing to explain, what do you think, then you think so."
Yang Qinyan couldn't help but sneer: "Father's biggest mistake back then was promoting you."
"Then the most correct thing for him to do was to kill me in the Northwest?"
Fang asked.
Yang Qinyan was slightly stunned for a moment, before she could say anything, Fang Jie's words came like a storm: "Don't talk to me about such nonsense that the ruler wants the minister to die and the minister has to die, it never exists in my mind This kind of thing. The emperor of the Sui Dynasty was kind to me, and I will repay the benefits doubled. If the emperor of the Sui Dynasty wants to kill me, I will not accept it with tears. Maybe I haven’t mentioned it to you, but I can tell you now , I have never been a typical Sui person."
Yang Qinyan's face changed, and the sneer on the corner of her mouth gradually froze: "Don't even bother to find a reason? Just tear your face like this?"
Fang Jie pointed to Yang Qinyan and then to himself: "There is no face-to-face relationship between you and me. I saved you because it was something I thought was right, not for what you thought before. Repaying my kindness, even if the benefits and disadvantages of your father are offset by each other, then the remaining is definitely not a benefit, if you can deceive yourself, try to think that I saved you only to save a friend."
"friend?"
Yang Qinyan was stunned, not knowing how to continue talking. She came because she really couldn't bear the torture. She originally thought that Fang Jie's Black Banner Army could help her restore the land of the Sui Dynasty, but now, the person who has the greatest chance of taking away the land belonging to their Yang family is precisely Fang Jie sitting in front of her.
"It's good for you to be a little more disappointed in the world."
Fang Jie tidied up the things on the table in front of him, and pointed outside: "This place is small, but there is a good breakfast shop in the east of the city, do you want to try it?"
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"Do you know why the food here is delicious? Do you know why the same soy milk and the same scallion pancake taste so different when made by different people?"
Fang asked.
Opposite him, Yang Qinyan, who had changed into another outfit, was eating the golden and crispy scallion pancakes with small mouthfuls, feeling the deliciousness of this simple food hidden on the tip of her tongue. Only by careful experience can we find the different sweetness.
"You can say that it's because people who cook have different understandings of cooking, and it can also be said that they have different talents."
Fang Jie chewed and talked at the same time, which was a very disrespectful thing in the eyes of the princess who had received fourteen years of court etiquette training. However, she doesn't feel disgusted at all. On the contrary, she now realizes that the habits of ordinary people are the closest to nature.
"Why do you say it is?"
She followed Fang Jie's example, talking while eating.
Even such a small matter made her feel a little nervous.
She was afraid that what she did was not natural enough.
"Because of attitude."
Fang Jie wiped his mouth and sat with his legs crossed, his posture was definitely not elegant.
"Attitude is a very difficult thing to describe."
He looked at the busy boss and his wife: "For example, their husband and wife, because they take every scallion pancake and every bowl of soy milk very seriously, that's why there are so many diners now. If they are diners like other shop owners After they get more, they start to have attitude problems, and they gradually become rough and simple when cooking, then they will lose their customers in a short time, and they can only change to a new place if they want to start again."
Fang Jie pointed to himself: "I am also a boss now, if there is a problem with my attitude, what will happen?"
Yang Qinyan sat up straight, looked at Fang Jie and said seriously: "I am the eldest princess of Sui, if my attitude is wrong, what will happen?"
"Women shouldn't face too much cruelty."
Fang Jie shook his head: "This is something I've always thought about... But sometimes women have to face cruelty, for example, you have to face... In fact, there is no Sui anymore in this world."
Yang Qinyan swallowed the last mouthful of food with some difficulty, and drank half a bowl of soy milk in a fit of anger: "Are you trying to convince a person surnamed Yang?"
"No."
Fang Jie looked at Yang Qinyan: "I'm trying to convince a woman who should be happy."