Chu Qiao couldn't help laughing, "Look at your virtue, how can you look like an emperor?"
"Who stipulates that the emperor is not allowed to be stingy? You don't know how poor my life is. If I want to spend a little more money, those old men cry with me all day long, saying that there is a severe drought in the east and people starving to death in the west. I eat cabbage gangs every day, and I don’t have a single good thing. I saved this money from between my teeth. You don’t know how to show gratitude, and you’re still laughing at me here?”
The sky in Bian Tang was extremely clear and cloudless, and the sun shone on Li Ce's fox-like eyes, making him look even more cunning.
She sighed for the civil and military officials of Bian Tang Manchao, "Meeting an emperor like you, I don't know how many lifetimes of misfortune they have suffered."
Li Ce sighed and shook his head, "Qiao Qiao is so cruel, if you leave without saying a word, He Xiao and the others will fight me hard."
When He Xiao was mentioned, Chu Qiao suddenly froze. She thought for a long time before slowly saying: "Li Ce, the soldiers of the Xiuli Army will be entrusted to you."
"They are all men, what did you entrust me with?"
Chu Qiao ignored his nonsense and continued: "In the past few months, I have been thinking, am I wrong? I am too naive. I thought I could change this society and establish a relatively civilized society. Social system. It’s not like the Great Brotherhood said that the world is for the public. I just want the poor to have a bite to eat and don’t have to be slaves. I hope that you who are in power can make a set of laws for those lower-level people, no matter who , don’t kill people casually. I know that society will not advance rapidly by leaps and bounds, but there must always be someone trying to guide it to take a small step. As long as you take a small step, sooner or later you will take a big step.
"At the beginning, I didn't have such a great ideal. I just wanted to escape and live a good life by myself. But I got to know Yan Xun, and when I heard him talk about Yanbei, my heart gradually came alive. I thought, I came to this world, maybe it is valuable, maybe it is God's will. But my wish is still shattered, because I am too arrogant, I think I have great power, I can change a lot, I can Protecting many people. But in the end, I realized that my strength was very small. My relatives and friends left me one by one. Not only could I not protect them, but I also killed many people.”
Li Ce frowned and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Chu Qiao. She looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Li Ce, I am not a good leader. The soldiers of the Xiuli Army have no beliefs, and their belief is me. But my existence makes them fall into danger and war again and again, and makes them Bleeding to death, and the system and life I was promised, I couldn't achieve. I only saved them once, and they shouldn't be so selfish to let them charge with me, scarred. I think now, if I obeyed Yan Xun, disband the Xiuli Army, then maybe many of them will not die, will marry and have children, and live well."
Chu Qiao's voice was a little choked up, she pursed her lips, her eyes were slightly red, but she still smiled and said: "People don't have to do big things when they are alive, marry a wife, have a child, and be happy until they grow old." , is also a way. It's a pity that I woke up too late, they died, no matter what, they will never live again, my hands are bloody, and I can't wash them clean."
"Qiao Qiao?" Li Ce frowned, and said in a deep voice, "This is not your fault."
"But I have a responsibility that I cannot shirk."
Chu Qiao whispered: "They believed in me and followed me, but I couldn't protect them. They died one by one, and I couldn't even bury their bodies properly. Do you know? Every night, I can hear them crying in the cold. Weeping in the wind, they said they wanted to go back to their hometown and meet their elderly parents. They were still so young, some were only fifteen or sixteen years old, they should have acted like a baby in front of their parents, but they died in the desert for me on the ice sheet."
There was no more joke on Li Ce's face, he looked at her worriedly, feeling pain in his heart.
"Li Ce, help me and take good care of them. If you are worried, you can break them up, give them some leisure work, let them marry wives and have children on your land, and live a good life. Don't go to the battlefield again, For soldiers, there is no victory on the battlefield, victory belongs to the generals, and what belongs to the soldiers is only killing and death."
Li Ce nodded with difficulty, looked at the pale and thin woman, and asked softly, "What about you? Do you still hate Yan Xun? Will you come back to him?"
"I don't hate anymore." Chu Qiao shook her head slightly, and smiled calmly, like the breeze by the lake in March, "In fact, you don't know, he is the one who suffers the most. I have seen his hatred with my own eyes. I have seen the humiliation he suffered. Those things are beyond the comprehension of bystanders. I can't measure how much hatred he has in his heart. Now that he has come to this point, even though the way is wrong, it is fate. He was forced to this point. Everyone has the right to choose the path he wants to go, and that is his path. Although I can’t agree with it, I respect his choice. In this world, who can be absolutely right, who can Who is completely wrong? It’s just that we all have our own persistence and bottom line, and we can’t walk together anymore, but it doesn’t mean that we must go against the road and turn against each other.”
"What about Zhuge Yue? Why don't you stay with him? He has done so much for you, don't you love him?"
"Love? Maybe." Chu Qiao smiled lightly, "Actually, I don't know what true love is, but being in love doesn't necessarily mean staying together. Sometimes, letting go is also a kind of love."
Chu Qiao raised her head slightly, and the wind blew on her smooth forehead. At that moment, Li Ce seemed to see a magnificent light flashing through her calm eyes, so dazzling and fascinating.
"After all, he is the elder Sima of Daxia. He is equivalent to the Minister of Defense. How can he be with someone like me?" She murmured, "I know that if I want, he will give up all these honors for me But Li Ce, if that's the case, is it really okay? He has suffered so much, gone through all kinds of hardships, and finally smashed the shame imposed on him, and got everything today. He is different from me, even if the country is corrupt , The family is cold, he is always a man with a family and a country. I understand the sense of responsibility, the burden that overrides love and freedom. If it is just for loving me, let him abandon all these and wander the world with me , Do you think he will really be happy in the future? No, he is a man, and a man should have his own sky. When he matures and grows old, he will understand all this and feel grateful for the choice he made today.
"Besides, I'm tired too." Chu Qiao lowered her head and looked at Li Ce with a smile, "I've worked hard for more than ten years, and I don't have the courage to continue on a path I can't see clearly. I'm also a woman, and I have thoughts. Time to rest."
"Qiao Qiao," Li Ce sighed, and said helplessly, "I can't stop you, can I? You're determined to leave, right?"
"Yes." Chu Qiao said seriously, "Don't worry about me, I will live a good life. In this world, not only the royal family and nobles who hold great power can live, I will be a commoner, without burden, without Live responsibly. Life will be easy, I can do whatever I want, and I can go wherever I want. I have longed for this kind of life for many years."
"Then will you come back? Come back to see me once in a while?"
"Of course." Chu Qiao laughed and said as a matter of course, "You are my most important friend."
Li Ce reached out and rubbed her hair indiscriminately, and said with a wry smile, "You bastard, you made me feel sad."
Chu Qiao stood up and walked to Li Ce. Li Ce also stood up. Chu Qiao embraced him with open arms, and said softly: "Li Ce, I'm leaving, the situation in Simon is getting more and more chaotic, you have to be good, don't let me worry."
Li Ce was very blocked, but he still said in a brisk tone: "What can I do? I am the majestic Emperor Bian Tang, who can do anything to me? Besides, I am so handsome, who dares to bully me? You are such an ignorant person."
Chu Qiao couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, you are so handsome, Leonardo would be ashamed to commit suicide after seeing you."
"Who is Leonardo? What a strange name, fan?" Li Ce asked with a frown.
Chu Qiao couldn't help laughing, "It's a fan, a very handsome fan."
"Nafan compares me with you, and you are out of place."
Chu Qiao laughed, and the laughter echoed in her chest, "It's getting late, I'm leaving."
Chu Qiao no longer rode a horse, but rented a carriage with Mei Xiang.
Li Ce stood under the sycamore tree with a smile. He was dressed in a red robe, and he looked as handsome as he said.
"Qiao Qiao, be careful on the road, you can come back to me if you don't get married before the age of thirty."
Chu Qiao got into the carriage, opened the curtain and waved to him, "With your good words, I will definitely marry myself off before I am thirty."
The carriage gradually drifted away, and the green curtains were finally closed, gradually disappearing at the end of the withered Wutong Road.
"Your Majesty, do you need to send someone to protect Miss Chu?" Sun Di pondered for a while before asking in a deep voice.
"No need." Li Ce shook his head slowly, turned around and walked towards the city gate.
Everyone has the right to choose the life they want, Jojo, let's go. A corner of the tent was raised, and what suddenly flooded in was not only the dazzling sunlight but also the aroma of roasted bacon. Jingjing frowned and turned over, and opened her eyes in a daze, obviously not fully awake yet. There was a hint of refreshing sweetness in the morning breeze, which immediately dispelled the strong medicinal smell in the tent.
Chu Qiao didn't raise her head, she rested her forehead with one hand, and held a black agate chess piece between the index finger and middle finger of the other hand, knocking on the white jade chessboard continuously, making crisp, frequent and monotonous sounds, which were a bit boring. But she didn't seem to realize that the longitude and latitude on the chessboard were full of randomness, but she hesitated and couldn't make a move for a long time.
"Miss, everyone is ready." Mei Xiang stood at the door and said with a smile.
Chu Qiao's brows were slightly frowned, and Mei Xiang's voice quietly echoed in the air, but she didn't respond for a long time. Just when Mei Xiang thought she didn't hear and wanted to say it again, she suddenly pushed the chessboard away, turned her head and said in a deep voice: "Tell everyone, from today onwards, we will travel day and night, get ready. "
Chu Qiao and the others left Xuefu City yesterday, and now they are on their way to Tang Jing.
In a blink of an eye, two years have passed. After leaving Tang Jing that day, he was caught up by Du Ping'an and his younger sister Du Jingjing within a short distance. He had no choice but to take the two children with him.
Because there was a child by her side, Chu Qiao gave up her plan of wandering around, but went to the south of Bian Tang, and found a relatively quiet town with beautiful scenery to live in, where the climate was mild and the life was quiet. Because it is very close to Meishan, the imperial mausoleum of the Bian Tang Dynasty, the law and order has always been very good, and there are few bandits.
Moreover, this place is the hometown of Mr. Mo Mobai, a great Confucian of the Bian and Tang Dynasties, and Mr. Shen’s ancestral house is also here, so the academic atmosphere is very strong. Students who are about to take the exam often come to visit Mr. Shen and visit the landscape and historical sites of this small town.
After a long time, that city was called Xuefu City.