The group walked very slowly, stopping frequently, and it was estimated that it would take at least half a month to reach the capital.
During this period, King Nan Huai went crazy once and kept shouting at the top of his voice "I did nothing wrong". Zi'an had no choice but to give him some medicine to make him sleep.
Ajing knew that he had had thoughts about Rouyao before, so she was not so polite to him. When they were in the same carriage, she made things difficult for him. Now that he was asleep, Ajing seemed a little bored.
After Rouyao lost her temper that day, she ignored him and kept a cold face no matter how much he begged for mercy.
A Jing was also a person with a bit of bad temper. Seeing that Rouyao ignored him, he also became a little angry. Mainly because he didn't know what he had done wrong.
The two of them were having a bad time and everyone suffered.
For example, when eating, Ajing accidentally sat next to Rouyao, so Rouyao stood up and changed seats. Seeing this, Ajing threw down his chopsticks and left. When Rouyao saw him throw down his chopsticks and leave, she also left. After everyone had eaten, Zi'an and Lingli had to deliver food to their rooms, and then they each listened to a round of complaints.
"You say, he has the nerve to be angry? What is he angry about? I didn't agree to marry him, but he wants to take me back to Beimo in the future? Even if I come from a low-income family, I still have to go through the three letters and six rituals to ask for marriage, right? Moreover, he said in front of so many people that I have promised to spend my life with him privately. Even if I don't have the nerve to do this, my parents will, right? If this word gets out, how can they live? Regardless of other things, my Sun family's family education will probably be whipped, right? Hasn't he ever thought about me? I like him, but when it comes to marriage, I have to do it the way I should. Does he treat me as a frivolous person? Can I be taken home casually? Even if I redeem Qin Lou Aunt, don't I still need her mother's consent? He is bullying me because I have been married once."
Zi'an advised, "Don't make a big deal out of it. There's nothing wrong with his principles. You know his temper. He says whatever he thinks. He really likes you, so he said he wants to marry you. As for the marriage proposal, we haven't returned to the capital yet. Once we return, he might ask Qin Zhou to propose to your parents. As for you saying that he despises you for having been married once, I swear to God, that's not true. You are just imagining things. We all see Ah Jing's character and his feelings for you. It's definitely not what you think."
Over there, Lingli rubbed her ears, frowned and listened to Ajing's booming voice, "What did I do wrong? What did I say wrong? I like her and want to marry her, is that wrong? Don't you have a saying in Da Zhou that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog? If she marries me and follows me back to Beimo, what's wrong with that? Do you want me to be a live-in son-in-law in Da Zhou? What can I do in Da Zhou? Da Zhou will never use the generals of Beimo, right? Do you want me to rely on her for food all my life? Does she like such a wimp?"
Lingli paused for a moment, letting the buzzing sound in her ears disappear, before persuading her: "Didn't I tell you before? You can't just decide on your own. Even in your Northern Desert, engagements have to be done with etiquette, right? To get engaged privately is a shameless act in the Great Zhou. You don't want Rouyao to be criticized, do you? As for you saying that Rouyao won't go back to Northern Desert with you, isn't it too early to say that now? If you want her to really go back with you, you have to move her and make her feel that even if she goes to Northern Desert with you, a place without friends and relatives, she can still feel at ease and happy, and she will naturally go with you."
An hour later, Zi'an and Lingli met in the corridor of the inn. They sighed to each other and shook their heads, "It doesn't make sense yet."
Zhuangzhuang came over and said, "No need to persuade her. It's useless to persuade her. She's not throwing a tantrum at all. It's just that Rouyao still has a knot in her heart that she hasn't resolved yet and hasn't been able to get over it easily. That's why she's making a fuss out of a small matter."
Zi'an nodded and said, "Yes, I know this. To put it bluntly, Rouyao hasn't really made up her mind yet. She was just moved by Ajing and made a hasty promise. Ajing, the fool, took it seriously."
Lingli's expression changed slightly, "Because of Su Qing?"
"Part of it, but there should be more." Zi'an hesitated for a moment, and felt it was not appropriate to say anything, as she was not sure.
Rouyao seems to be bold in love and hate, but that's just talk. She has always been humble about feelings. Now she seems to be a little cruel to Ajing, but that's also because of her lack of self-confidence.
She just said that Ajing said in front of everyone that they had secretly decided to get married. Obviously, this news would not spread because everyone present was their own family, but she still got very angry about it. She even said that Ajing despised her because she had been married once.
In fact, it was not that Ajing despised her for having been married once, but that she despised herself for having been married once. She felt that it was normal for someone like her not to get love and happiness. Although she was touched by Ajing's love confession at the beginning, she became suspicious when she calmed down.
She was inferior and lacked confidence, but she tried hard to act sunny, and even told many people that she liked Su Qing and wanted to marry her, in an attempt to hide this humble emotion.
However, this mentality will be exposed when facing true love.
She felt that it should be related to King Nan Huai.
Something must have happened back then that caused her to marry a dying man regardless of everything. In this era, this might very well mean throwing away her lifelong happiness.
But Prince Nan Huai is now crazy. Even if Rouyao goes to see him, she may not be able to resolve her knot.
Because of the conflict between Ajing and Rouyao, everyone's mood along the way was not as high as before, especially as they got closer to the capital, a depressing atmosphere began to appear.
However, Zi'an had a problem that he could never figure out, and that was the strange heavy rain in the Dragon King Temple. The heavy rain lasted for two consecutive days, Lao Qi's formation, and King Nan Huai's unreasonable madness, where he knelt against the wall and said that he was not wrong. All of these seemed to have become unsolved mysteries.
During dinner that day, she really couldn't help but bring it up for discussion with everyone. No one could put a finger on it, except the old prince, who said nothing and just listened to everyone's heated discussions with a smile on his face.
Seeing his understanding expression, Zian asked, "Old man, do you know something?"
The old prince smiled and pinched his beard, "I know everything."
"If you know, just tell me. It's really keeping us on the suspense." Lingli said.
The old prince laughed, "Maybe it's fate, there is help from heaven."
"You are talking nonsense." Zhuangzhuang said with a smile, "You must know something, tell me quickly."
"I know but I can't tell you. I dare not offend this person." The old prince just drank and waved his hand.
When everyone heard this, they were surprised to find that there really was such a person
Zhuangzhuang asked quickly: "Who is this person? However, no one can be so powerful, right? The wind started to blow out of nowhere, and then there were two consecutive days of heavy rain. And what Zian said about the formation in front of the Dragon King Temple, this is simply weird."
(End of this chapter)