Fang Chuning didn't know why Xie Jue was so stubborn and regarded his jade crown and hairpin as a treasure. He also thought of the crowns and hairpins given by men, queens or elders. He asked tentatively, "Did the Marquis give them to you?"

Xie Jue shook his head.

Fang Chuning took a deep breath, "Then why can't I be one?"

"I don't want to be the one." Xie Jue responded simply. Fang Chuning was almost so angry that he cursed out loud. "Okay, you are noble. If you don't want to be the one, then you can just be hungry. He can eat dry food anyway. He just feels sorry for Xie Jue." He chewed a stick of incense on a dry steamed bun and couldn't eat a beef strip. Why didn't he worry about it?

But after a while.

"Thank you, young master, thank you young master, Your Highness King Yan, you pawned this hairpin and you can redeem it in the future."

"I don't like people touching my stuff."

Fang Chuning, "..."

Okay, so stubborn!

Starve you to death!

Xie Jue really couldn't eat it, so he ate half of the steamed bun and wanted to throw it away, but Fang Chuning snatched it away quickly. He didn't dislike Xie Jue and ate it in two or three bites. "Don't waste food. Maybe we will rely on dry food to survive all the way." Sir, don’t be so extravagant!"

Xie Jue remained in the position where Fang Chuning had taken the bun away. He didn't move for a long time. He stared at Fang Chuning's cheeks that were bulging from chewing. His Adam's apple rolled a few times and he looked away again. He was afraid that Fang Chuning would feel offended. After all, they have nothing to do with each other now. , Fang Chuning had no memory, he just didn't expect that Fang Chuning would eat the leftover dry steamed buns so naturally.

He would never eat anything left by others, except for Fang Chuning. Although Fang Chuning had a free and easy temperament, he was the eldest son who could not be raised by the clan. He had a noble status and naturally had the habits of a young master. Even if he drank and talked with his brothers, , at most they were sharing the food instead of eating what others left, which seemed too intimate and reminded Xie Jue of many past events.

Fang Chuning didn't notice at all.

It was past noon, the sun was scorching, and the two of them had nowhere to go. He was not interested in Pingnan County at all. The two of them sat under the shade of a tree for a while. Fang Chuning asked him to wait where he was while he went to do some errands. Thank you. Jue closed his eyes and fell asleep. This street corner was a dead end. The residents on both sides were closed and not at home. No one was walking, and no one cared about his downfall and embarrassment. Xie Jue relaxed his posture and leaned on the carriage railing to take a nap. After a while, Open your eyes again.

So hungry!

Hungry and heart-burning, it was not that he had never been hungry before. It was just that he had been pampered in the past few years and had never experienced such a life again. It was inevitable that it would be easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it would be difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Xie Jue touched the hairpin on his head. This hairpin was given to him as a birthday gift by Fang Chuning when he returned to Beijing that year. Since then, this hairpin has been on his jade crown. Fang Chuning only thought that it might be a gift from his elders, but never thought that it was a gift from him. Sending a hairpin is of great significance, as it represents the knot of hair and loyalty.

After returning from the Northern Barbarians that year, his birthday had passed and the war was busy, so they had no intention of talking about the Northern Barbarians until the war ended and the Northern Barbarians negotiated peace.

Before returning to Beijing, Fang Chuning gave him this hairpin as a birthday gift.

It is extremely rare for a peer to give a hairpin, even if the relationship is very close. In Beining, it is usually a token given by a man to his future wife after getting engaged. If it is a man, it is usually a gift from an elder, representing the ardent hope of the father.

Therefore, when Fang Chuning sent it to him, he did it secretly and not in front of him. He was afraid that Xie Jue would refuse.

Xie Jue clearly remembered the Ningzhou battlefield that year. The Northern Barbarians had peace talks. His birthday was also spent in the busyness of the war. He only had a few blessings from his father and a bowl of longevity noodles cooked by his brother. The wars were frequent and critical. People would worry about the second young master's birthday, but he didn't care. After the peace talks with the Northern Barbarians, the entire military camp fell into New Year-like joy. There was a sense of celebration everywhere, and some people even set off firecrackers in the camp. Xie Jue was also very happy. At that time, they all felt that the peace talks with the Northern Barbarians had ended, the war in Ningzhou was over, the world was at peace, and they could reunite with their families.

That day, he accompanied Xie Zhang on his inspection tour of the camp. He returned to the military tent just after dawn. There was a small and exquisite rectangular sandalwood box on his desk. That desk was his desk. He usually read books and handled military affairs. He knew that it was Fang Chuning who supplied him with a birthday gift. When he was born, Fang Chuning said that he would give him a gift. However, the war was very urgent at that time and it was not appropriate at the time. Fang Chuning said that he would give it to him after a while.

The Northern Barbarian King was killed, the Northern Barbarians negotiated for peace, and double happiness came to his door. This belated birthday gift was delivered to him.

Xie Jue didn't expect it to be a hairpin.

He also knew why Fang Chuning didn't hand it over to him face to face. He looked at the white jade hairpin and couldn't recover for a long time. The sweet memories of Beiman were flooding in his mind, and he was pressed in his heart, feeling sour and at a loss. They all pretended not to know each other's identities, pretending that nothing had happened. Xie Jue originally only thought that Beiman was a dream, but he was fulfilled in the dream. Even if he no longer has this sincere emotion in this life, he has no regrets. , he did not intend to quarrel with Fang Chuning after returning to Ningzhou.

He is the son of the Marquis, and Fang Chuning is the direct eldest son of the Marquis of the Army. If someone crosses the line between them, it will be shattered to pieces. It will be the beginning of hostility between the two families. It will be a nightmare for many people and it will also become a nightmare for them.

But Fang Chuning didn't say a word, he just gave him a hairpin and asked for a promise in a vague way. Knowing that they were young and couldn't bear the weight of the promise, they still asked for it bravely.

Xie Jue looked at the hosta in silence at the table. He knew that Fang Chuning was waiting outside the tent. When he went out wearing the hosta, they made a tacit promise to each other.

If he doesn't wear it, he refuses.

The military tent in Ningzhou is like a natural chasm, with love at one end and home at the other.

No matter who he chooses, Xie Jue knows that it will be an eternal entanglement.

He thought of his father, mother, the glory of his family, his future life, what he wanted to do and what kind of life he wanted to live after the armistice in the Northern Barbarians. He thought of those days in the Northern Barbarians when there was no doubt about love.

He sat there from dawn to sunset.

Xie Jue finally put on the hosta. When he left the camp, he saw Fang Chuning standing in front, bathed in the moonlight. After seeing the hosta on his crown, the moonlight lit up Fang Chuning's originally dark eyes inch by inch.

He smiled.

Fang Chuning said, "Tingfeng, the moonlight is so beautiful today!"

Yes, the moonlight is beautiful, and people get what they wish for. That was their hottest and craziest wish when they were young. Everything was unspoken. From then on, Fang Chuning never mentioned the hairpin again.

Xie Jue also kept silent, but put one on his crown. Even in the years when he was in Ningzhou and Fang Chuning was in Zhongzhou, and their identities changed and they became enemies, this hairpin never left him.

Only he remembers the promise he made back then, so how could he be willing to pawn it!

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