Chapter 587: Chapter 573: Finale_3
She didn’t know when he had arrived.
She bit her lip.
It was an overwhelming sense of grievance.
She didn’t understand why she felt so uncomfortable, but she knew when Cui Yun heard Ji Huo say he wanted to marry her, he had no reaction at all, and it displeased her greatly.
It seemed like he didn’t care at all.
The girl pouted, unhappy, turning her head away.
Cui Yun stepped inside.
"Cui Yun, I... Ah!"
Before Ji Huo could react, he was abruptly thrown out.
The girl’s head was turned back by the person who came.
Her rosy lips were rubbed into a pout, her black glistening eyes dewy.
"Angry?"
"How dare I," she said sarcastically.
Shen Hua: "With so many wallets, why don’t you find a suitable one to wear?"
Cui Yun stared at her for a long time, then suddenly chuckled.
"So, it’s jealousy then."
Shen Hua was startled.
"What am I jealous of?"
While speaking, she pushed his hand away. Word by word, she said, "Ji Huo charged at me like that, you obviously were there, why didn’t you stop him?"
"You will eventually marry someone, I can’t always block your marital fate."
Shen Hua understood.
"I know, last time Cui Rong mentioned, you have someone you fancy."
He replied, "Yes."
Cui Yun’s gaze was deep: "I think, men and women are ultimately different, I’m afraid I can’t continue as before, tirelessly cleaning up your messes, casually taking you around for amusement during my leisure, and casually throwing around those official jewels rich enough to compete with countries, because, after all, once I get married, my bride might feel uneasy."
Shen Hua couldn’t accept it, she kicked him irritably: "No, no, definitely not."
Cui Yun held down her restless legs: "I reckon, you won’t be lacking a brother like me."
"That’s not the same."
"How is it not the same?"
Shen Hua did not know how it was different.
She stood up abruptly.
The girl arrogantly lifted her chin: "Can’t you marry someone broad-minded?"
"Can’t, if I marry her, I have to devote myself fully to her."
In the more than a month since Shen Hua came to Shengjing, although Cui Yun sometimes infuriated her, he took care of her in every detail, and she took it for granted, even more so as a matter of course.
Now, how could he just switch people?
Shen Hua was so upset she almost cried, yet she still stubbornly spoke.
"Fine, I don’t care anyway. Besides, once I get married later, my young man will definitely not allow me to have too much contact with another man like you."
Her wrist was seized.
"I haven’t finished speaking."
"Let go, I don’t care to listen!"
"I actually have a perfect solution."
Cui Yun’s voice was low, slightly coaxing: "You know how I’ve treated you over the years. I wasn’t born just to be your brother. I’m probably tired of that role."
"Shen Hua, how about I marry you?"
"After all, if you marry me, you won’t have to worry about those issues."
The air grew tense.
Shen Hua fell into the pit he had patiently dug by his own hands, inexplicably moved, yet she hesitated slowly: "Wouldn’t I be repaying your kindness with ingratitude?"
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Xie Xun, who was watching the parade, spoke in a calm tone to the following Cui Bai.
"This time it ended perfectly, no one who shouldn’t have died did."
Cui Bai, emotionally restrained, nodded his head. Looking towards Shen Zhi on the horse.
"The key to governing a country lies in eliminating the villainous; the key to eliminating the villainous lies in managing officials; the key to managing officials lies in the right path. When everyone is public-spirited, there will be peace everywhere; when everyone acts out of self-interest, there will be chaos everywhere."
"Some people don’t need others to carve and polish them, they are already fine jade. Two years ago, I said we would take the lead, the rest will eventually meet at the peak, each at the best time and in the best way among the stars."
He smiled: "The new Emperor is diligent in government, sympathetic to the populace."
Mountains do not shun dust, rivers do not avoid overflow. The road of military chaos and aiding disorder, honor and disgrace, rise and fall, setbacks, hardships. Whether downtrodden or astonishing.
It’s not worth mentioning anymore.
What’s important is now.
"From now on, it will only be a prosperous and peaceful era."
—The end—
