After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 143 But You Didn't Treat Me Like Your Husband

Bai Li Ce was very happy to hear the word "go out".

I didn't notice anything was wrong at all.

But she wasn't really good at embroidery patterns. "Should I choose?"

"Shouldn't I just like whatever you arrange?"

Can someone who is imprisoned have such power? She wouldn't stand for it.

Seeing her eager expression, Wang Qingyan found it inexplicably amusing. "You don't need to worry about anything else."

"But you should take a look at what's embroidered on this wedding dress yourself."

boom!

a bolt from the blue!

Bai Li Ce was dumbfounded, staring at him with wide eyes, "..."

Wang Qingyan just smiled meaningfully, "Marriage is something that only happens once in a lifetime. Even if it's just a formality, you still have to go through the motions."

"..." She thought that whether or not they got married was no longer important to him.

"that......"

At this moment, Wang Qingyan's attitude remained gentle. "Hmm?"

Bai Li Ce carefully considered the matter several times, "So-called marriage is nothing more than a formality. You and I are both people of strong character, so there's really no need to care about such things."

"Besides, haven't you already considered me your wife? I don't think we need to do such unrealistic things."

Wang Qingyan slowly wiped his mouth, "But you didn't treat me like your husband."

"......" People can actually laugh when they're speechless.

This bastard is forcing me to buy something!

"you are not willing?"

"Would it make a difference if I didn't want to?"

Wang Qingyan's smile widened even more. "What do you think?"

He laughed like that even when he was killing people.

Bai Li Ce rested his chin on the table and took a deep breath.

Try your best to stretch your lips into the widest possible arc.

The kind that reaches the temples: "I agree to this marriage."

“However…” Before she could leave, Wang Qingyan got up and leaned down to kiss her cheek.

Then he lowered his voice and whispered in her ear, "I'll be back soon. Be a good girl and wait for me at home. Don't try anything funny."

"..." Bai Li Ce had just grabbed his sleeve when his ears started to itch from the hot breath, and he held back what he wanted to say.

"Well, I'll wait for you."

Wang Qingyan paused for a moment... then softly replied, "Okay."

But as soon as he turned around, the smile on his face vanished without a trace.

Who isn't?

She smiled and watched him leave, but as soon as he was out of sight, Baili Ce immediately stopped smiling.

He rubbed his stiff lips.

Completely unconcerned that the white dress she had just changed into was now stained with soup.

Next, he should go and cause trouble for Baili Ming and Lu Jian.

"Send me back."

From the darkness, a low, deathly voice answered her, "Yes."

Judging from the sound, it seemed to be coming from the artificial hill to her left and behind. After thinking about the layout of the courtyard, Baili Cehui had a good idea of ​​what was going on.

When she got back to her room, she wanted to find some books to read, but found that there were only ancient books, so she gave up.

I wanted to practice calligraphy, but then I saw that the ink needed to be freshly ground, so I gave up on that too.

After sitting for a while, I felt quite bored and wanted to go see the flowers.

Gu Wei: "Yes."

She asked, "How far?"

"Two or three hundred meters"

"So far!"

"not going."

Gu Wei, "..."

Finally, he simply lay comfortably on the bed and played with the loose threads on the bed curtains.

She inadvertently noticed the "yin-yuan rope" that had silently grown on her ankle, but she felt little discomfort and began to hum a song "happily".

She wanted to see just how many tricks Wang Qingyan had up his sleeve...

......

Shangyang Palace.

Lin Yuchuan, who had successfully delivered another group of people to the border, was giving his report on his duties.

"Taking the shortcut through Qucheng will reduce the distance by about half, and the high mountains and dense forests along the way will make it easier to defend and difficult to pursue."

"If we can successfully use this route, the subsequent casualties and material losses can be reduced by at least 30%."

Thirty percent?!

Everyone present was shrewd; they could easily calculate how much of an expense this was!

"But Li Yuanzheng, who was guarding the city, was afraid that we were puppets controlled by the Gu poison, so he kept the city closed and did not come out."

"He also refused to negotiate. I was afraid of attracting the attention of the Wang family, so I did not dare to stay for too long and returned first."

Lu Jian shifted to the other side and leaned lightly against the armrest.

This time, he didn't exert any pressure whatsoever. "Li Yuanzheng..."

"Is this the same Li Langtou who, as a civil official, guarded the 'Wolf Doesn't Leave' for three days and four nights, hid the stone in his bundle, and rescued eight children from the clutches of a powerful family?"

"Your Majesty, I guarded the position for five days and six nights, and lost an arm in the process," Lin Yuchuan said with admiration.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jian remembered everything.

"Wolf Does Not Go" is an important pass in the Northwest. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is filled with yellow sand all year round, making conditions harsh.

The garrison commanders there were originally very loyal.

Unexpectedly, his bastard father not only failed to acknowledge their merits but also listened to slander and embezzled their military pay every year!

When foreign tribes invaded, the officials sent to inspect the troops would arbitrarily kill soldiers under the pretext of disrespect.

The generals, having reached their limit of tolerance, killed the high-ranking officials from aristocratic families and rebelled against the Great Wei.

Upon receiving the news, the alien race launched a massive attack.

It was Li Yuanzheng, who was then a minor official of the seventh rank, who led a dozen men and risked their lives to hold off the imperial army for five days and six nights.

However, afterwards, Li Yuanzheng was stripped of all his credit simply because he said, "Those officials are all people who deserve to die."

It's a pity that at that time, various departments were lazy and corrupt, and he was only twelve or thirteen years old, powerless and helpless, unable to help these central officials at all.

"What does Prefect Lin mean?"

"..." Lin Yuchuan silently looked at Li Tong, the commander of the Imperial Guards, who was standing to the side.

Lu Jian also looked over as if he understood something.

Li Tong, clearly confused, paused for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Li Yuanzheng and I do indeed have a history."

"Oh?"

"Thirty years ago, my hometown, Peng County in Liuzhou, took in a group of refugees, and Li Yuanzheng was one of them."

“At the time, my father saw that he was a young man and that we shared the same surname, so he gave him more food and clothing. However, he did not stay in Peng County for long before leaving.”

"I heard it's to go find his family."

“I haven’t seen him since then.”

“So…” Li Tong turned to Lin Yuchuan, his attitude sincere, “I’m not really confident that I can persuade him.”

He can go, but whether he succeeds or not is none of his business.

"Heh," Lu Jian smiled gently, "Why should my dear minister belittle himself?"

Li Tong tried to decline, "But Your Majesty..."

"My dear minister, have you forgotten how brave and fearless you were during the palace coup a few years ago?"

"..." Li Tong looked up at the hope in the eyes of the Emperor.

There was a time when he was decisive, wise, and efficient, but in recent years he has become increasingly hesitant and timid...

As if a flame were rekindling, Li Tong's eyes hardened, "Your subject is willing to give it a try!"

After the court session ended—

"Ouch... Ouch, it hurts, it hurts..." Lu Jian grimaced in pain on the long bench in the back hall.

The imperial physician carefully applied the blood-activating and stasis-removing medicine to Lu Jian, repeatedly saying with trepidation, "It's almost over, Your Majesty, please bear with it..."