Marshal, your vest is off

Chapter 28 Confession
In a dark corner of the palace, Cheng Qing was pulled over and fell against the wall.

She raised her eyebrows, folded her hands across her chest, and said with a raised lip, "Isn't a military advisor called a gentleman? How come such behavior is possible?"

Bai Xiuyuan looked at her and said, "You finally admitted it."

Cheng Qing looked into the distance, sighed faintly, and said, "Didn't you already know?"

"Why should a woman disguise herself as a man and enter the military camp?" Bai Xiuyuan really wanted to beat her, but with her face like this, how could he beat her?

"For my brother." Cheng Qing said quietly. She struggled and thought about whether to tell Bai Xiuyuan, but he already knew, so she couldn't hide it from him. They were brothers.

"Your brother?" Bai Xiuyuan asked doubtfully.

Cheng Qing turned back, looked into his eyes, and said: "The Cheng Ran you know is Cheng Yue. He is not my cousin who adopted my father's name. He is my real brother."

Bai Xiuyuan was startled, and asked again: "Then why did you pretend to be his name?"

Cheng Qing glanced at him doubtfully and said, "Didn't you go to the battlefield to recruit soldiers?"

"Conscription? When did it happen?" Bai Xiuyuan asked blankly.

"No wonder you came to ask me." Cheng Qingyou sighed, leaned against the wall again, and told about the past, "I grew up in a family that was not rich, my brother had a congenital deficiency, and my mother died young. Eight years ago, my father became lame because he went up the mountain to cut firewood, so my livelihood fell on me."

"Fortunately, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child and I have a flexible mind. It is not too difficult to support a family. However, the accident happened five years ago, when I was 14 years old."

A flash of hatred and pain flashed in Cheng Qing's eyes, and Bai Xiuyuan's heart tightened as he looked at it, guessing that it would be even worse after that.

Sure enough, just listen to her.

"That year, the border war was tense, and the imperial court urgently recruited soldiers. Every family was required to have a male. In order to gather the number of people, the county magistrate there wrote my brother's name and submitted it to the superior."

"My father knew about it and went to the county government office to cause trouble, but the people in the county government office said that my brother had to go. If he didn't go, he would be punished as a party treason."

"No one knows how chaotic the Zhao country was five years ago than the people living at the bottom. For my brother, I had to disguise myself as a man and go to the battlefield. So I used anesthetic to overthrow my father and brother, and went to the battlefield alone. This time I never thought I would come back alive."

Cheng Qing spoke very calmly, and Bai Xiuyuan was shocked when he heard it.

He had gone to the border out of frustration, and he never thought that there would be people like Cheng Qing who were forced to go to the battlefield.

She is a girl, at such a young age, on the battlefield, how scared must she be?
But he had never seen a trace of fear on her face.

Maybe she was not afraid in the first place, otherwise how could she have the courage to become the supreme commander of the entire army?
Bai Xiuyuan was both distressed and admired. When a woman goes to the battlefield, she has to overcome far more problems than a man.

Not only did she do it all, but she did it exceptionally well.

The two had nothing to say for a long time, Cheng Qing concealed the coldness in his eyes.Things have come to this point, and she doesn't want to go to the county magistrate to settle the score.

"Do you have anything else to ask?" Cheng Qing said. She still couldn't find a better attitude to face Bai Xiuyuan. It was too awkward to get along with him and she didn't want to be like this.

"I..." Bai Xiuyuan wanted to ask her if she had ever hated him for being so venomous, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't ask. What if she really hated him?
Cheng Qing frowned and said, "If you want to ask, just ask. What does it look like to be hesitant?"

Bai Xiuyuan's heart suddenly settled at the familiar scolding. It didn't matter whether Cheng Qing hated him or not, as long as he could take good care of the future. "I want to ask, how could you and the emperor end up like this? Have you met him before?" Bai Xiuyuan asked what he wanted to ask her most when he pulled her out.

Cheng Qing frowned, walked to the pond with his hands behind his back, and said, "It's just the old emperor's wishful thinking."

"Is he really treating you?" Bai Xiuyuan walked to her side and asked nervously.

"He didn't say anything clearly, but I'm afraid, he is determined to win for me." Cheng Qing said solemnly, if she didn't feel this way during the day, then she would understand that with the luminous cup tonight.

"Qing'er, if you don't want to, I can help you." Bai Xiuyuan said solemnly.

Cheng Qing turned his head to look at him, bumped into his gentle eyes, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, turned back, and said: "I have always been curious about your identity, and I am even more curious after hearing what you said, you Who is he?"

"The second son of Bai Haosheng, the head of the Bai family, the richest man in Nanzhou, and a close disciple of Sword Master Qingzhou."

Cheng Qing looked at him in surprise, not expecting him to be so honest. Not only did he tell her who he was, but he also told her where he studied.

Seeing her surprised expression, Bai Xiuyuan chuckled and said, "Surprised? Actually, I don't just want to tell you now, I have always wanted to, but I just didn't find the right opportunity."

Cheng Qing rubbed his nose, and said: "No wonder you dare to say such a big word, the second son of the richest man, it seems that there is really no need to be afraid of the emperor."

"There's no need to be afraid in the first place." Bai Xiuyuan laughed.

His voice was soft and pleasant, and it simply entered Cheng Qing's heart. She turned to look at his fairy-like face, and suddenly felt that the night was a bit charming.

She slowly moved closer...

Bai Xiuyuan's smile slowly faded. Looking at her movements, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

I saw Cheng Qing holding his shoulders, slowly tiptoeing, getting closer and closer, and when he was approaching his lips, he suddenly staggered to his ear, and said softly: "Bai Xiuyuan, look It still makes people want to bully me."

After saying that, he stepped away and laughed.

Although the fragrance dissipated with her movements, Bai Xiuyuan felt a little lost and empty. He didn't know what he was expecting?But Cheng Qing's rogue words made his ears turn red unlike before.

No matter how much she teased him, he couldn't get angry and wanted to laugh with her.

what happened to him?
Putting these aside, Bai Xiuyuan asked, "Cheng Qing, I still have a question for you."

"Ask." Cheng Qing was bigger than him, and he was used to doing this, so naturally he wouldn't feel that there was anything wrong.

"Why did you fake your death to lie to us?" Bai Xiuyuan tried his best to pretend to be calm. Only his ears were particularly red in the night, but the dark curtain made him less obvious.

Cheng Qing touched his chin and said, "There are many reasons for your problem. The most important thing is that I have contributed too much."

"What kind of reason is this?" Bai Xiuyuan almost laughed, she was still so narcissistic.

Cheng Qing raised his eyebrows and said: "Haven't you heard of the master of high merit?"

　good morning
　　
　
(End of this chapter)