We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?-Chapter 370: Yanhuo and Chu Station Troops at the Border, Intending to Invade
He could not figure it out.
Xiao Mo truly could not figure out what Qin Shengtian was thinking.
Could it be that Qin Shengtian had immense confidence in his own son—believing he would never rebel, and that even if he did, he would have the ability to suppress it?
But His Majesty was not a fool. Xiao Mo felt he definitely understood this matter, and definitely had his own plans.
Not long after, at court, quite a few ministers also remonstrated with Qin Shengtian.
But Qin Shengtian did not listen at all.
However, it was not as if Jin had no response.
The land where Jin bordered Qin had originally been the old territory of Yue State.
It was only that Jin had been a step faster in swallowing Yue State.
Now, Qin and Jin seemed to have completed a transaction: Qin Shengtian enfeoffed Luzhou and Jinzhou to Qin Jingyuan, while Jin, as dowry, gave half of Yue State’s land to its son-in-law.
On the surface, this kind of exchange looked like Qin had profited, because Qin obtained a vast stretch of land.
But all of it was built on the premise that Qin Jingyuan would not stir up trouble.
Xiao Mo did not know what His Majesty was thinking. Perhaps His Majesty truly believed in his own second son.
Very soon, the wedding of the Second Prince, Qin Jingyuan, and Jin’s Eldest Imperial Princess arrived as scheduled.
This two-state wedding was exceptionally grand and solemn.
On Jin’s side, they even dispatched the empress and the prime minister to attend.
The Second Prince’s wedding ceremony was held in the imperial palace.
The civil and military officials sat in the enormous front-palace square, offering congratulations to the newlyweds.
Qin Siyao watched her sister-in-law wearing a phoenix crown and crimson wedding robes, guided by her second brother step by step toward the Heaven-Sacrifice Platform, listening as the two of them bowed and swore vows on that platform before heaven and earth.
Qin Siyao’s eyes were shining.
She even seemed to be fantasizing—fantasizing that next year, when she and Xiao Mo married, it would surely be just as grand.
The month after the Second Prince’s wedding ceremony ended, Qin Shengtian issued an edict—the First Prince, Qin Jingsu, was established as crown prince.
Although from court to common folk, everyone already knew this result, when the edict was announced to the world, there were still many who sighed.
The brothers’ struggle, overt and covert, had finally come to an end.
The crown prince’s position, in the end, still belonged to the First Prince, Qin Jingsu.
Since the crown prince had been established, Qin Jingyuan could not continue to remain in the capital. He had to go to his fief.
Facing this outcome, Qin Jingyuan looked extremely calm. He even seemed to settle into quietness.
In Xiao Mo’s view, for Qin Jingyuan, this counted as a good thing.
At the very least, in the future, he would no longer have to scheme and fight openly and secretly for that position.
On the day Qin Jingyuan left, after bidding farewell to his father and mother and to his elder brother, he came to Frost King’s residence and gave the last azure-glass carp to his younger sister.
Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao then escorted the Second Prince out of the imperial city.
Aside from Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao, there were very few people sending the Second Prince off. Not a single minister from court came—everyone feared ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) the crown prince would misunderstand and think they still had ties to the Second Prince.
“Brother-in-law, little sister—this is far enough. Don’t see me off any further.”
Qin Jingyuan turned around and looked at the couple with a smile.
“Second Brother...” Qin Siyao’s eyes held tears as she handed over the food box in her hands. “This is food Siyao made for you. Second Brother and Sister-in-law can eat it on the road.”
“Thank you, Siyao.” Qin Jingyuan took the food box, feeling the warmth through it. “After today, Second Brother won’t be able to eat food you made anymore. These last few dishes—I’ll savor them properly.”
“Second Brother, don’t say things like that...” Qin Siyao gently wiped the corner of her eye. “As long as Second Brother likes it, Siyao will go to Luzhou in the future and make it for Second Brother to eat...”
“Heh heh heh, alright.”
Qin Jingyuan smiled and nodded, his tone gentle.
“But Siyao—next year you’ll be getting married as well. After you marry, you won’t be a little girl anymore. Your elder brother will become busier and busier, and Second Brother won’t be able to look after you either. That little temper of yours—you must rein it in.
In the days to come, be a good wife and mother. Many things, don’t go sticking your hands into them. Just manage the household in good order.
Do you understand?”
“I understand, Second Brother...” The more she spoke, the more sour Qin Siyao felt. “Second Brother, don’t say things like this either. It’s not like we’ll never see each other again—why are you making it sound like parting in life and death...”
“Hahaha, that’s true.” Qin Jingyuan laughed. “Then I won’t say those things.”
Qin Jingyuan turned his head to look at Xiao Mo. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
“Brother-in-law, my little sister has been spoiled since childhood by us older brothers. But her temperament—though a bit willful—is that of an extremely gentle and kind woman.
If Siyao does something wrong in the future, Brother-in-law, you should bear with her more.
I also know that between husband and wife, it’s hard to avoid quarrels.
Sometimes when Siyao is angry, you just coax her a bit. We men should bear with it more—it’s only right.
Siyao is easy to coax. She’ll stop being angry very quickly.”
“Second Brother, I understand.” Xiao Mo nodded.
“Mhm.” Qin Jingyuan reached out and gave Xiao Mo’s shoulder a firm pat, speaking earnestly. “My worthless little sister... in the future... I’m leaving her to you.”
Xiao Mo cupped his hands and saluted. “Second Brother, please rest assured.”
“Alright. It’s about time—we should go.” Qin Jingyuan took a step back and returned the salute. “You two don’t need to see me off. Second Brother will take his leave here.”
“Second Brother, have a smooth journey.”
Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao both saluted in farewell.
Qin Jingyuan straightened, smiling as he helped his wife into the carriage.
With a swirl of dust settling, the long convoy gradually disappeared from Xiao Mo’s sight.
After Qin Jingyuan left, the crown prince, Qin Jingsu, also moved into the Eastern Palace and became even busier. No one ate the food Qin Siyao made, which left her a bit melancholy.
In the end, Qin Siyao decided to raise a few cats and dogs in the courtyard, as well as some chickens and ducks.
Qin Siyao would cook one meal every day and feed it to them.
Even though after eating Qin Siyao’s food, those cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks would all faint at first—
Qin Siyao felt that once she trained to the point where they could eat it and remain perfectly fine, then she could give it to Xiao Mo to eat!
The steady days passed one by one.
During this period of waiting for their marriage, sometimes Xiao Mo also felt that the days were too good—so good that it made him uneasy.
And then one day, when Qin Siyao was still in the kitchen cooking—
A white-feathered hawk swooped down from the sky.
Xiao Mo’s mind tightened.
There were no white-feathered hawks in Qin’s capital—unless it had flown from the Northern Wasteland.
Xiao Mo extended a hand, and the white-feathered hawk decisively landed on his forearm.
Xiao Mo removed the letter bound to the hawk’s ankle.
The letter was short, but Xiao Mo looked at it for a long, long time—
“Yanhuo and Chu station troops at the border, intending to invade.”
