novelweb Chapter 228 That day is your 8th birthday
Chapter 228 That day is your 8th birthday
Xiao Yunting put his sword in front of the Taifu with an expressionless expression, and said coldly without any fluctuation in his voice: "The most capable person in the world will be the one who succeeds and loses the bandits."
As long as you are ambitious and courageous, the fastest way to success is to overcome the enemy below.
Hearing this, Ye Lan had a smile in his eyes and felt that Xuan Wuji's choice of Xiao Yunting as the general was the biggest mistake.
This guy seemed to be more cold-blooded than himself, less easily controlled by his original emotions, and he even cut off the heads of courtiers without any hesitation.
Soon, a group of ministers in the palace were controlled, and the news of Liu Yong's death was temporarily blocked in Luminous City.
Then Xiao Yunting ordered his people to lead an army into the city with his tiger talisman and took away the family members of the third-rank and above officials.
On the same day, Ye Lan wrote an edict to launch an army in his vivid royal handwriting, ordering the general to lead the army and expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty while its national power was strong.
When the troops were dispatched, Ye Lan sent Xiao Yunting to Shili Changting. When he saw that there were still many women on the hillside holding sachets and looking forward to it, he couldn't help but joke.
"When the general returns in triumph, I will marry you a man. You can choose whether he is fat or thin."
She had just finished killing someone, the smell of blood was still on her body, and she had not yet changed out of her pink clothes. She was sitting in the carriage, raising the curtain, looking out the window at the man riding a tall horse with a smile.
The corners of Xiao Yunting's silver armor were still stained with blood, and his whole body was so cold that all the horses and horses nearby wanted to stay eight feet away from him.
But he still didn't notice it. He turned his head and glanced at the face of the girl in the carriage with his peripheral vision. His eyes swept over the exposed half of her shoulders, then quickly took it back and said in a cold voice: "It's windy outside."
Don't lift the curtain.
Ye Lan: "..."
On this hot day, don't be fooled by your armor.
When she was about to say something else, she heard the man's indifferent voice with a hint of warning: "You love to laugh, and you also love to talk."
Ye Lan paused, but the smile on his face did not fade, and he said in a casual tone: "No one who is in power will be unhappy. Xuan Wuji's heartache for thousands of years is not the guilt of the ruin of the country and the loss of the family, but the unobtainable ambition. She is unwilling to show off. She is the real her now."
At first, she was like a caged bird, and she was deeply imprisoned by the ideology of patriarchal society. Although she had controlled the real power inside and outside Liuli City, and had enough handles to blackmail the courtiers, she had been slow to take action. Finally, Liu Yongzai's beloved Banshi returned her. Take a stab at that day.
At this point, he was unable to recover, and his resentment could not be dissipated.
Ye Lan was just helping her.
"So if we want to go back, we have to help her fulfill her wish." Xiao Yunting is extremely smart. He understood the cause and effect in a few words, but he still frowned and said with some worry: "The flow of time here is normal. I don't know when I can come back when I go on an expedition. Is it okay for you to be alone?"
If he stayed there for three to five years, he would be afraid that something would go wrong in Liulicheng.
Hearing this, Ye Lan shook his head and said calmly: "It's just a small city. When you come home in triumph, I will definitely put on my dragon robe and welcome you at the city tower."
She promised that on the day when the foreign enemies are eliminated, she will regain the hearts of the people in the world and let her subjects know that she is the monarch of the Ming Dynasty and bow their heads.
Xiao Yunting who was standing immediately couldn't help but look back at her, his deep eyes fell on the girl's peach blossom face facing the wind. Looking at the burning ambition and fighting spirit in her eyes, he suddenly believed that everything she said would be possible. .
After passing Shiliting, the army will officially set off.
Ye Lan suddenly remembered something, "By the way, why did you come to the museum to see me?"
Xiao Yunting, who was about to reorganize the three armies, paused after hearing this, then got off his horse, walked up to the carriage with his head held high, and said in a deep voice: "This is for you."
Ok?
Ye Lan opened the corner of the car curtain and saw a jade pendant in the palm of the other person's hand. As soon as she took it, she felt the huge energy contained in it. It was enough to restore her two powers.
"Why did you give me this all of a sudden?"
She played with the jade pendant, her eyes not filled with surprise, but with a hint of curiosity.
Xiao Yunting was silent, as if suddenly speechless, and then replied: "That day is your birthday."
Birthday.
Ye Lan really didn't react this time. It took him a long time to remember before he remembered that the date of the inauguration ceremony of the golden bowl was indeed the original person's birthday.
"So you came to the inauguration ceremony to give me a gift?"
Even though the answer was obvious, she couldn't help but ask again.
Because of her spiritual practice, her master first taught her that she was ruthless, heartless and desireless. Even though she had been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, no one had ever celebrated her birthday.
This is the first birthday gift she received.
"It's always necessary for adult ceremonies." Xiao Yunting didn't say anything pretentious. He just felt that a jade pendant was a bit shabby. He paused for two seconds and then added: "I'll mend it after I go out."
Have you made up for it?
How did she come here for her last birthday... Oh, it seems that she died due to explosion in the clan war.
Ye Lan rubbed the lines on the jade pendant, and suddenly there was a hint of expectation in her heart, so another smile appeared on her lips, "Okay."
Since a replacement is required, the person must come back safely first.
They knew each other well and did not say goodbye. They each turned their cars around with a tacit understanding after the army set off, one heading outside the pass and the other towards the royal capital, and left in their respective directions.
In the next three years, Ye Lan worked hard to control the court, quickly restore people's livelihood, and deliver various grain and grass supplies to the border. The reputation of the queen among the people was also gradually changing.
Every night in the dead of night, Xuan Wuji would secretly appear and talk to her.
At first, he criticized her for her reckless actions and killing the royal family, but later she became concerned about the war and whether she could win.
Later, she began to humbly ask Ye Lan for advice.
"The water conservancy farming here is your modern technology, right? The irrigation tools are so convenient. It's really a work of art."
Xuan Wuji imagined today's memorial drawings and was amazed when she saw the output of the large farmland above.
Ye Lan stood with his hands behind his hands, observing the sky, while shaking his head and saying: "We are now using machines to automate farming. These things are based on the farming transformation of the other four countries."
So it is still a product of this era.
"It actually existed during the Mingyong period..." Xuanwuji was surprised, lowered her eyes and murmured, lightly stroking the paper with her fingertips.
"Actually, the level of craftsmanship in your era is very high, and the papermaking and alchemy technology is nearly a thousand years ahead of later generations." Ye Lan had become familiar with the mountains, rivers, geography and historical intervals of the Five Dynasties in the past few years. "If you don't destroy this civilization, Future generations will develop faster.”
That's right, this period of history in which craftsmanship far exceeded the level of archaeology was buried by Xuan Wuji, and all the witchcraft books handed down from ancient times were burned by her.
"Really?" Xuan Wuji stared at the paper in a daze, and then sighed softly for a while, "But even if I do it again, I will still destroy everything. I don't want the beautiful rivers and mountains I created with my own hands to be recorded in the history books. She is a demon queen who brings disaster to the country."
At this point, she finally revealed her true feelings.
The destruction of everything was not her wail when she saw her family destroyed or her being forced into a desperate situation, but her unwillingness.