CHAPTER 217: CHAPTER 149: WANTING TO GO TO GREAT XIA TO BECOME THE PRINCE CONSORT

It’s not really fear... it’s just, who hasn’t been brought up by their parents, struggling to survive in this chaotic world?

Yet I forgot one thing... the battlefield has always been about slaughter, devoid of humanity!

If you don’t act, the ones who will die are those dearest to you."

As he spoke here, his voice choked a little, "At that time, there was a child in the camp slightly older than me. When I was injured, that child helped me apply medicine. When I had no food, he would leave half of his rations for me.

During my most difficult times, it was that child who accompanied me.

But because of my moment of soft-heartedness, he was..."

"Husband! I know, you don’t need to say anymore!" Those dark eyes seemed to be suddenly infused with a soul.

Yet that soul carried panic.

Yun Chunnuan snapped back to reality, only to realize what she had done!

She exchanged her own terror... for his pain?!

She just wanted to know if everyone felt like her the first time they killed someone!

She was just...

Her trembling small hand covered his lips.

Yelyu Lie held that little hand in his palm, "Nuannuan, I am grateful to you for giving me a way to express the remorse I have buried in my heart for years."

He chuckled lightly, as if those past memories had truly turned to dust.

He wanted to speak, wanted to tell her.

"That was the first time I killed, blinded by rage, and by the end, I didn’t even know how many cuts I had taken."

I thought if I tried hard enough, that child would come back. But when I awoke, all that was left was nothing but splinters of bones..."

"Why?" Yun Chunnuan didn’t understand the rules of the battlefield. In her impression, sacrificing one’s life for the country should at least earn a dignified burial.

Cremation was considered highly inauspicious in Bianliao, how could it be...

He sneered coldly, "Because in the main commander’s view at the time, that child hadn’t killed anyone on the battlefield and died without fighting back, so he met the same end as deserters. He was thrown in a heap of corpses and burned with a single flame."

"What kind of logic is this!"

Yelyu Lie saw Little Princess restored to her lively demeanor and felt that the pain of the wound was worth it.

He cupped her delicate chin, his voice was filled with affection, "My wife shares my views, so I climbed hard to the top, from a logistics soldier to the rank of main commander, abolishing those inhumane garbage regulations one by one!"

At this point, the pride on the man’s face was unmistakable, "My Bianliao was on the cusp of being devoured by surrounding nations eyeing it, and those unreasonable laws caused disharmony among the soldiers..."

"Because of my husband, Bianliao was preserved, right?"

That pale little face was gradually regaining color.

Yun Chunnuan enjoyed hearing him talk about matters in the army. It made her feel proud and her blood boil!

Yet most of the time, she didn’t dare ask.

She wasn’t sure if it was his sore spot, and didn’t know if it would touch memories he didn’t want to recall.

Today... her mind went blank, and all those concerns were forgotten...

Yun Chunnuan still hasn’t profoundly realized her position in the Barbarian General’s heart.

Since that night when he picked her up from the ruined temple, the only untouchable in his heart was her.

He tightly embraced her gradually warming delicate body, landed a gentle kiss on those plush lips, "That’s right, and that’s why Great Xia attacked us, even though Bianliao remains impoverished..."

"You fool, Great Xia wasn’t targeting Bianliao, but you, Mighty General! Otherwise, why did Great Xia send such a beautiful Little Princess? It’s to seduce you, confuse you with beauty!"

"What to do, it seems they guessed right. This general is being seduced by this little darling, bewildered even considering becoming a Prince Consort in Great Xia."

His forehead lightly touched hers, his tone helpless yet affectionate.

"Hm?"

Yun Chunnuan pondered for a while, something felt off.

Somehow, the General is a cunning fox when it comes to pleasing his wife.

With a soft ’Hm?’, he immediately changed his words, "Pah! Where am I attracted by the beautiful Little Princess? Clearly, it’s..."

"You are! Attracted by her beauty!"

The rosy fingers pointed at his chest, pouting her plump lips discontentedly, "How dare you say you’re not? Since our first meeting, when have you not..."

The voice grew quieter, the little face becoming redder.

From the man’s chest came a muffled sound of suppressed laughter, "Keep talking, I want to see how capable my wife is."

"Go away, go away!" Yun Chunnuan tightly wrapped the fluffy blanket around her, rolling from his embrace to the bed.

Yelyu Lie sat at the bedside, lowered his gaze to look at her, saw the black eyes regain their clarity, and the pale little face became rosy. The big stone hanging in his heart finally settled.

"Nuannuan, sleep now. I’ll just be here accompanying you, sleep peacefully."

He tucked the blanket around her neatly, leaving only the reddening little face exposed.

Yun Chunnuan’s expression stiffened, "You still have to... go out?"

He nodded, "I have no choice but to go. Tonight’s events need to be concluded. If I don’t go and stir up trouble in the Royal Palace, make those scums understand what it means when death looms, how can I dare be your husband, letting you suffer this injustice."

"I’m not suffering..."

The little darling’s voice was soft, "I’m the one who acted boldly, you’re the one who cleaned up the mess, I..."

"You’re the real little fool, always calling me stupid. If it weren’t for me and Mother egging you on today, how would you be the kind to deliberately court attention? If it weren’t..."

"I... actually really..." She sneaked a glance at him, "I originally planned to go to the Royal Palace and act bravely..."