I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 445 There are always villains who want to harm me!
When Shangguan Zhi's mother traveled to the capital, she became famous throughout the capital.

Even Emperor Taikang, who lived in the deep palace, heard about it.

But even such a woman, after entering the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, became just an ordinary and nameless concubine.

Even though she relied on her beauty to win some favor from Shangguan Ding.

But what does this temporary favor for the sake of beauty count for?
After the pride accumulated by relying on her stunning appearance was crushed by the noble backgrounds of other concubines in the mansion, the solitary snow lotus that was once famous in the capital and sought after by countless talented people quickly withered.

Shangguan Zhi still remembers that winter day when her mother was bullied and she held her hand tightly, with an unwilling look in her eyes.

"My son, remember this! It is better to be a poor wife than a concubine of a rich family!"

This is the final advice a mother gives to her daughter after seeing through the world's splendor.

Shangguan Zhi always kept it in mind.

It’s a pity that both mother and daughter have forgotten it.

Once you are infected with the wealth and status of a noble family, how can you easily break free?
One day, when she was still young and naive, she expressed her affection and admiration for a talented person from a humble family to her father, the prime minister, who was the most powerful official in the world.

Shangguan Zhi didn't remember what her father said at the time. She only knew that the talented young man from a poor family died in front of her the next day.

By now, too much time has passed and Shangguan Zhi can no longer remember how handsome and elegant that poor boy was. Even his face has become blurry.

The only thing she remembered was the other person's miserable death, which was already beyond recognition.

It was from that day on that she learned to be afraid, to accept her fate, and how to use this cold and indifferent face to hide her timidity and cowardice.

Until that day, he witnessed with his own eyes his mother being beaten to death by his father for the sake of her clan.

And she herself also ushered in her final destiny——

He was treated like an object by his own father and casually placed on someone else's bed in this bitter and cold border area.

……

Some words are like a flood that keeps accumulating, trapped in the heart.

But once the floodgates are opened, there is no stopping it.

Starting from the imperial edict that her mother had been seeking until her death but never got, Shangguan Zhi somehow ended up telling Han Shao so much.

When she realized what was happening, she couldn't help but feel panic in her heart.

He was afraid that Han Shao would look down on him and humiliate him if he knew his true situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He was also worried that his endless chattering would annoy Han Shao, and that he would be rejected and completely ignored.

Thinking this in her mind, Shangguan Zhi suddenly stopped talking and looked at Han Shao cautiously.

"Go on, why don't you say anything?"

"I...I'm done."

"Then tell me about your childhood. I am very interested."

Shangguan Zhi didn't expect that Han Shao was not annoyed by this, but was very interested instead.

I was a little stunned and dazed for a moment.

Seeing this, Han Shao threatened impatiently.

"If you don't continue, your husband will have to continue."

Shangguan Zhi seemed to sense someone's murderous aura and felt frightened.

She really couldn't go on and couldn't hold on any longer.

Therefore, she no longer cared about tearing off the cold and indifferent appearance she had pretended in front of Han Shao, and she began to recount every detail of her life from childhood to adulthood in a wronged manner.

The innocence of catching butterflies in the garden.

She was pitifully bullied by her sisters at home.

After growing up, he was extremely annoyed by being surrounded and admired by those so-called talented people from aristocratic families in the capital.

Many things that should have been buried deep in memory become particularly clear at this moment.

Shangguan Zhi spoke more and more fluently, and couldn't help feeling a joy she had never felt before.

This strange feeling of sharing everything with people close to her even made her a little intoxicated and unwilling to stop.

It was a pity that he was too exhausted by Han Shao's ordeal. He was so tired that he fell into a deep sleep without realizing it.

Han Shao looked at the sleeping woman beside him, his expression complicated and confusing.

Shangguan Zhi's identity and background meant that Han Shao was destined to be wary of her.

Her awkward temperament and cold attitude are even more unpleasant when her beauty is ignored.

But as she completely tore off her disguise and revealed herself just now, this seemingly awkward and indifferent woman gradually became lively and vivid.

She was a woman who could only hide all her joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. In Han Shao's eyes, she looked more like a pitiful person disguised as a hedgehog to protect herself.

Just like she was at this moment, not knowing what she was dreaming about in her sleep, her brows were tightly furrowed.

The twitching of her thin, white eyelids revealed her anxiety and fear.

Han Shao sighed imperceptibly, stretched out his hand to smooth her furrowed brows, and used his divine spirit to soothe her dream that should not have existed in the realm of the soul.

"Don't worry, your husband is here."

Shangguan Zhi, who was immersed in sleep, seemed to hear Han Shao's comfort and actually hummed lightly.

Then she nestled her delicate head completely into Han Shao's arms, like a clingy little kitten slave.

Han Shao smiled and covered her with the quilt.

So as to prevent this beautiful spring scenery as white as snow from being exposed to the cold winter in the north.

After a while, seeing that she was soundly asleep, Han Shao finally broke away from her side.

After standing up and putting on his inner clothes, he took a few paces and put his clothes on neatly again.

I have to say, it is convenient to have this level of cultivation.

Han Shao walked out of the bedroom with a smile on his face, and stopped the night maid outside from saluting.

"Don't disturb the lady's sleep."

After giving a brief explanation, Han Shao disappeared into the side courtyard.

……

The only one who can spread his divine consciousness unscrupulously in the inner courtyard of this mansion is Han Shao, the real master.

As soon as he thought about it, he could see the movements in every part of the mansion clearly, just like looking at the patterns in the palm of his hand.

The same is true for the two guest houses where Gongsun Xinyi and Jiang Wan live.

As expected, both of them have not fallen asleep yet and are still staying together.

This saved Han Shaoxian the headache of deciding who to look for.

"Oh, the two ladies have been up all night, are you waiting for your husband?"

It was almost midnight when a man suddenly appeared before their eyes, but Gongsun Xinyi and Jiang Wan did not show any panic expression.

After hearing someone's shameless words, they all rolled their eyes and snorted coldly.

"Duke Yan, please respect yourself!"

"What do you mean by Madam or not? I am unmarried, so I cannot be worthy of that!"

"Ah!"

"It's a lonely and cold moonlit night. Why is the Duke looking for us instead of going back to enjoy the gentleness of his beautiful wives and concubines at home?"

Well, you guys have changed.

You weren't like this before.

Han Shao touched his nose awkwardly, then shamelessly knelt down between the two of them.

His kneeling etiquette is now completely different from before and appears to be meticulous.

Gongsun Xinyi's eyes softened a little, as if she was recalling the past.

'After all, he is no longer the down-and-out little soldier he once was...'

At this moment, Gongsun Xinyi didn't know whether she should be happy for him or sad that she couldn't have him all to herself.

He turned his head to look at Jiang Wan who was also in a trance and cursed in his heart.

'This greedy little thief!'

Perhaps because she noticed Gongsun Xinyi's gaze, Jiang Wan, who had come back to her senses, did not seem too embarrassed.

A few complaints and ridicules would be enough.

She wouldn't be able to bear any more.

After all, no matter what Shao Ge'er is, he is still her Shao Ge'er.

Even if he had become bad and was not as good as before, it must have been those vixen who took the initiative to provoke him and led her Shao Ge'er astray. But her Shao Ge'er must be good at heart.

How could I really blame him?
Jiang Wan sighed in her heart, stretched out her slender hand, and took the initiative to pour a cup of hot tea for Han Shao.

"It's cold, so drink some hot tea to wash away the smell of dust on your body."

Wan Niang is still the best!
Han Shao picked up the teacup gratefully and was about to drink it when he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what the person said.

Well, dust is dust.

What is the smell of worldly affairs?
Han Shao sniffed lightly and then realized that he had just come from Shangguan Zhi's place, but he forgot about the unique scent of woman's makeup on his body.

"As expected, Wan Niang is still the same Wan Niang, always hiding a knife behind a cotton ball..."

Han Shao smiled bitterly in his heart, then quickly mobilized his magic power to dispel the aura on his body.

"Wanniang is so considerate, and I am grateful to her for that."

As soon as he finished speaking, the teacup in Gongsun Xinyi's hand fell heavily to the ground.

"Han Lang, are you saying that Mulan is ignorant?"

Gongsun Xinyi has never been good at being tactful.

When you dare to love, do it regardless of everything.

But when he was dissatisfied, he did not give Han Shao any face at all.

Of course, this was only when she was alone in her private room. In front of outsiders, she always regarded herself as just a shadow.

This could be seen from what happened on the grassland before.

So Han Shao didn't dare to get angry and could only smile and apologize.

"My husband said something wrong, and Mulan is also a good wife."

"I will have nothing to worry about in the future as you two will be the ones managing my household."

The word "head of the family" finally succeeded in diverting the two people's attention.

Now that the imperial decree granting the marriage has been obtained, the worries, concerns, expectations and desires have finally come to fruition.

It would be a lie for them to say they weren't excited.

Otherwise, why wouldn't you have gone to bed at this time?

Looking at the cruel man in front of them whom they had not seen for a long time and whom they missed bitterly while far away in Zhenliao City, both of them could not help but glare at him fiercely.

"I'm good at making people happy!"

Han Shao pretended to look innocent, but he was actually secretly relieved.

But just when he thought he had successfully passed this level, he saw Gongsun Xinyi's face darken first.

"Tell me, what's going on with that wild girl on the grassland?"

Although she had already heard Gongsun Du's explanation of the cause and effect of the incident with the barbarian woman.

But the anger and indignation are real.

So she wanted to hear this bastard explain it himself.

The same thing happened to Jiang Wan standing beside her.

She didn't care about the beautiful girls around Shao Ge'er, but she couldn't accept that the barbarian girl was pregnant with Shao Ge'er's child.

no! Why!

It is obvious that she and Shao Ge'er have been together since childhood and have never left each other.

But in the blink of an eye, how could someone get ahead of her and give birth to Shao Ge'er's bloodline?
When she first heard the news, she almost couldn't help but kneel down and ask her adoptive father Li Wenjing to get rid of that evil creature for her.

But in the end, she was afraid that this would create a rift between her and Shao Ge'er, so she endured it.

Feeling the cold aura from the two women opposite him, Han Shao was now glad that he had the foresight to not bring Wu Wan and Miyabi back directly.

Otherwise, it would be really difficult to clean up.

After all, this world is not the gentle world of the previous life.

Even though Gongsun Xinyi behaved submissively in front of him, she always put him first in everything.

But deep down, this woman is fierce.

Even now, the scene of Gongsun Xinyi hiding among the remnants of the army and suddenly jumping into the air, drawing her bow and shooting an arrow down into the setting sun is still deeply engraved in Han Shao's mind.

There is also Jiang Wan, the seemingly gentle and lovely girl next door. Now she is studying under the smiling tiger Li Wenjing, and is praised by Li Wenjing for "grasping the essence of Legalism."

Looking at the past and present, how many people who have achieved something in the Legalist school have not become tough guys who have left their names in history?

If they are pushed to the limit, they can really kill people.

Even if they don't do it themselves, given their status and means, there will be people who are willing to sacrifice their lives to do it for them.

Han Shao sighed helplessly in his heart, but he didn't get angry about it.

After all, if you put yourself in his shoes, he is the one who is to blame no matter what.

You have to admit your mistakes and give an explanation for what you have done.

So I confessed it without any concealment.

"This is my fault!"

Han Shao looked sad and blamed himself.

"It's all my fault that I didn't practice enough at the beginning, and I didn't pay attention for a while, so I ended up falling for that old immortal in the Holy Mountain!"

A divine bird entered a dream and transformed into a graceful goddess. Who would use this to test cadres?

Which cadre can withstand such a test?

But Han Shao certainly didn't dare to admit that he was enjoying it after he realized that it was not a dream.

He just pretended to be completely unaware of the situation and let that old immortal from Holy Mountain take all the blame.

After saying this, he glanced at the two men's expressions cautiously and said tentatively.

"In fact, that woman is also a pitiful person."

"The old man of the Holy Mountain does not practice the Nine Realms Taiyi, standing at the pinnacle of the human world!"

"He wants to plot against me, how can an ordinary woman like her resist it?"

Han Shao's attempt to make amends for Wuhuan and Miyabi seemed unintentional, but it actually showed a certain attitude.

Gongsun Xinyi and Jiang Wan are not stupid either.

Naturally, he could hear the protection hidden in Han Shao's words.

Although I was furious, I had to admit that what he said made sense.

How could an ordinary person resist a Ninth Realm Taiyi who stood at the pinnacle of the human world and disregarded his dignity and wanted to plot against someone?

Han Shao, who was only at the Soul Realm, was unable to resist at the time, and the barbarian woman named He Ya naturally could not resist either.

Therefore, if you want to hate someone, you can only hate that immortal old man in the Holy Mountain who doesn’t know how to cultivate!
The Great Witch of the Holy Mountain, who was completely unaware that he had already caused two serious consequences, could not help but shudder.

After a hasty divination, he was helpless as the divine power was obscured and he could not see any clues at all.

"There are always villains who want to harm me!"

The former prince of the Great Chu could not help but roar to the sky, but he did not know that fortune and misfortune in this world are brought upon oneself.

It is also said that misfortune is the foundation of good fortune, and good fortune is the root of misfortune.

There is no such thing in this world that you can take advantage of others without getting beaten.

On the other hand, Han Shao, who was trying hard to pass the blame, faced Gongsun Xinyi's questioning.

"When did that old immortal make his move?"

Han Shao said hurriedly.

"On our way back, when we were returning to Dingbei City!"

Ok!

At that time, she had already returned to Dingbei City first, so the house was not stolen under her nose after all.

Otherwise, this kind of humiliation would really make me angry to death!
Her hatred for the immortal old man in Holy Mountain instantly increased several times.

Gongsun Xinyi's expression softened a bit.

Jiang Wan on the other side was much more rational, and asked a key question in the next sentence.

"What are you going to do with that barbarian girl and the evil... offspring in her belly, Shao Ge'er?"

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(End of this chapter)