The prince is very fierce

In the dead of night, Chen Sining stood up and put on her shoes. She looked back at Cui Xiaowan and Zhu Manzhi, who were lying on the bed, fast asleep.

In order to prevent waking up the two girls, Chen Sining moved very gently. After putting the dress on her body, she closed the curtain and looked up at the next room with a slightly tangled look in her eyes.

After running out from South Vietnam and traveling all the way to Northern Qi, Chen Sining's original intention was naturally to "sacrifice one's life to feed a tiger" according to his father's wishes.

But this kind of thing is one thing when you are thinking about it in private, and it is another thing when it comes to Xu Buling.

Unspeakable.

Moreover, Xu does not want to mess up the relationship with the women around him...

There was something strange in Chen Sining's beautiful peach eyes, and she didn't know how to evaluate it.

The imperial family was always in chaos, but most of the time it was political marriages, which were forced to happen; unlike Xu Buling, there were three widows, the former empress dowager, the former empress, the aunt, and two pairs of apprentices who should not be touched. Among his disciples, there is also her own teacher; if it were any other man, Chen Sining would 100% think that he would be the kind of licentious and rebellious tyrant who would be reviled in history books for thousands of years. However, the one she knew was Xu Buling, and He is a true gentleman who restrains himself and returns to etiquette, and has no distinction between high and low.

The contrast was so great that Chen Sining couldn't figure out what kind of person Xu Buring was.

Regardless, facts speak louder than words. She also has the blood of the Song family, and is the distant niece of Song Ji Zhenger. If she is getting married to the Xu family, wouldn't she become a bedfellow for three generations...

Chen Sining shivered and had goosebumps. She didn't dare to think about that scene. She stood in the room and hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the curtain and prepared to continue sleeping.

But at this moment, the sound of opening the door came from the next room.

squeak

He's not asleep yet?

Chen Si stared at the door and hesitated for a moment. He was already up anyway, so he thought about it and opened the door and came to the corridor.

The inn was not big, and it was already closed as it got too late. There was only one waiter left in the lobby, sitting behind the counter and warming up the brazier.

Xu Buling had a little sparrow standing on his shoulder and was going down the stairs. When he saw Chen Sining coming out, he said:

"Miss Chen, are you still awake?"

Chen Sining stood by the guardrail, raised her hair around her ears, and nodded slightly:

"I heard some noise and came out to take a look. Well... Mr. Xu isn't asleep either?"

Xu Buring raised his finger and pointed at the little sparrow on his shoulder:

"Yiyi is thirsty, give it some water to drink."

The little sparrow squatted on the shoulder and fell asleep. He heard the chirping and retorted a few words, which should be "Who is thirsty? It's obvious that you couldn't sleep for a long night, and the bully bird can't speak, right?".

Chen Sining couldn't understand what Yiyi meant, so she said 'oh' and looked around:

"I...um..."

Xu Buling knew that Chen Sining was here to see him, so he did not let the girl embarrass himself and continued walking downstairs:

"I haven't slept anyway. If I hadn't had two drinks, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't even have time to say goodbye to Miss Chen last time."

"Oh, okay."

Chen Sining no longer had to make excuses now, and followed the situation down the stairs to the lobby of the inn.

Xu Buling sat down at the wine table, asked the waiter to get a pot of wine, filled a small bowl with some water, and held the little sparrow to the water bowl.

The little sparrow wasn't thirsty at all, but couldn't bear Xu Buling's attentiveness and reluctantly took a few bites.

Chen Sining liked the little sparrow very much. After looking at it for a few times, she said, "Let me feed it."

Xu Buling handed the little sparrow to Chen Sining, then picked up the wine pot, poured two bowls of wine, and asked:

"How is your father's health?"

Chen Sining lowered his head to comb the little sparrow's hair, nodded and said:

"With the prescription left by Sister Zhongli, I am now much better with the medicine. I have to thank Mr. Xu for risking his own life to find the antidote. If not, I would still be kept in the dark."

"Just go with the flow."

Xu Buling picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, and thought about it:

"Miss Chen, you have come all the way from South Vietnam to chase me here. Is there something important? If Ah Qing is just greedy, just wait on the boat. I will be back at the beginning of the new year. There is no need to come to Beiqi."

Chen Sining naturally has something important to do, but she doesn't dare to speak about the marriage now.

Chen Sining also picked up the wine bowl and touched it lightly with Xu Buling:

"Well... I have been in South Vietnam since I was a child and have never left. I just want to come out and gain experience. By the way... I do have something I want to discuss with the young master."

Xu Buling nodded: "We are in a life-or-death relationship, but it doesn't matter."

Chen Sining's thoughts turned secretly, and after thinking about it for a while, she said:

"The young master has helped me several times, saved my father, helped me avenge my blood, and has shown great kindness to me. Even if I risk life and death for the young master, I will not frown. In turn, I have also helped the young master. If I had Even in times of danger, Young Master will help you, just like he did at Yulong Ridge."

Xu Buling nodded and did not deny it.

Chen Sining sat closer and said seriously: "However, these are private friendships. If you and I are just people in the world, and righteousness is our top priority, we will naturally not do anything ungrateful. But the national righteousness is greater than the small personal righteousness, and the shoulders of the young master Carrying the people of the world, sometimes we have to sacrifice small righteousness for great righteousness..."

Chen Sining said a few words and felt that it was a bit convoluted, so she turned to the story she heard on the road:

"When I came over, I heard an old man say. Here in Northern Qi, there used to be Tuoba Royal Court, which was a vassal of Northern Qi and occupied the most fertile grassland in the east. Northern Qi needed a large number of war horses, so they attacked Tuoba Royal Court. Soldiers. Tuoba Ling, the princess of Tuoba Palace, went to the capital of Northern Qi to seek peace and married the son of a prince. The prince's son promised not to attack Tuoba Palace, but the situation changed later and Northern Qi wanted to return. The country cannot live without high-quality horse farms. In the interests of the country, the son of the prince still broke his promise and personally destroyed Tuobaling's family..."

When Xu Buling heard this, he understood what Chen Sining meant. Chen Sining was afraid that after he unified the world, if necessary, he would completely eradicate the unstable factor of the Chen family in South Vietnam.

From a personal point of view, this is very embarrassing for Chen Sining; but from a world point of view, 'compassion does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth, emotion does not establish affairs, kindness does not serve as an official', a woman's benevolence can be applied to national affairs. Above, the disaster will last for hundreds of years.

Regarding Chen Sining's question, Xu Buling was silent for a while and told the second half of the story:

"You only heard half of this story."

Chen Sining was stunned: "Do you know about this?"

Xu Buling, who was guarding the Northern Qi Dynasty, really knew something about this matter. He nodded:

"That prince's son is called Zuo Qiming, the last national preceptor of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Tuoba Ling is Zuo Qingqiu's biological mother. After the two got married, the Northern Qi monarch also gave a golden sword to Tuoba Royal Court, giving Tuoba Royal Court jurisdiction Ling Jinghai along the sea, in order to dispel the worries and alertness of Tuoba Royal Court.

But if they are not of my race, their minds must be different.

Relying on this relationship, Tuoba Royal Court expanded its territory crazily for more than ten years. It even extended its tentacles to Youzhou, contacted the Liaoxi Protectorate, and secretly started a smuggling business, providing war horses to the Liaoxi Army in exchange for copper and iron armor. Do you know what this means? "

Chen Sining didn't expect that there were such things as right and wrong, and she frowned:

"If this is really the case... Tuoba Royal Court has brought its own fault. Poor Tuoba Ling has done so much for the family, but in the end..."

Xu Buling picked up the wine bowl and took a sip:

"Yes. If you dare to challenge the authority of the ruler and secretly support the enemy, if it were me, I would still drive out Tuoba Royal Court. At that time, Zuo Qiming was granted the title of National Master, and it was difficult for the family and the country to protect both. Even if his wife was Tuoba Ling, It’s impossible to be partial.”

Chen Sining pursed her lips: "Even if there were extenuating circumstances, he still broke the promise between husband and wife. How did he treat Tuobaling?"

Xu Buling sighed softly: "All the Northern Qi Imperial Masters are outstanding people. Zuo Qiming knew that he was unworthy of Tuoba Ling. After wiping out Tuoba's royal court, he resigned from his position and went into exile. From then on, there will be no more Zuo Qiming in the world. As for Zuo Qiming, Tuobaling, I don’t know the ending.”

"..."

Chen Sining was silent for a moment, not knowing how to evaluate it.

After Xu Buling finished the glass of wine, he put down the wine bowl and said seriously:

"I know Miss Chen is worried that I will eradicate the Chen clan in the future. She wants me to give the girl a promise, but I can't give her this promise. If the Chen clan is restless and it's time to destroy it, neither I nor the girl will have a choice. Same as Zuo Qiming. This choice is in the hands of the Chen family. It is more useful for you to persuade your father than to persuade me. "

Chen Sining pursed her lips, glanced at Xu Buling, but said nothing more...

I'm taking a day off today, so I just wrote two chapters...