vrcanaries Chapter 326 There is no if in life
Chapter 326 There is no if in life
Qin Xiuyuan wasn't surprised. The Hu people practiced levirate marriage, whereby a woman's son would inherit her father's inheritance, and her brother's younger brother would marry her father's son. Princess Jieyou of the Han Dynasty married into the Western Regions and married three successive kings, first to her first husband's cousin and then to his son... and even had children. While the siblings' having children was considered despicable, it wasn't shocking.
But the woman was different. "That's terrible!" She changed her mind. "It'll corrupt the children." She nodded at him. "Don't get close to her. There will definitely be idiots in her offspring."
Qin Xiuyuan nodded first, then realized something was wrong and looked at her with a frown. Was he trying to get over this topic or something? "Speak again?"
Let's not talk about it. This man is going to give birth to a son with his armpit. Wangshu loves him and uses her head to coax him. The man plays with the soft flesh on her chest. "She is beautiful, but not as holy as you think. She talks about the mother of the earth. Let's just say that this prince is very promiscuous and doesn't care about men or women."
"Hoo!" Regardless of gender, Wangshu couldn't help but tighten his clenched grooves, "One day, let Zhengda tell me in detail, I love to hear gossip about strangers." But this girl today, "Then today's beauty~~"
"It was originally left to the general." Qin Xiuyuan did not hide from the woman that all he had inherited were scraps left by others. "But the general looked down on this Third Prince, and he couldn't get close to him. He has been hiding secretly until now."
When the stud took control of Chang'an, he, along with his sons and subordinates, had sex with every virgin and beautiful woman in the city, and even abducted many during his retreat. They believed women were a double-edged sword, capable of stabilizing the army and fostering reproduction.
During those two years in Chang'an, only those families with generations of wealth could keep women safe, and women became more and more precious because of their scarcity.
As the two chatted, the man put a soft pillow under his head and went to pull someone, "Accompany me to the palace tomorrow."
Familiar position, familiar gestures, his mind suddenly jumped, no! "Don't do this~" Wangshu refused to turn over, trying his best to stay awake, "I still want to go horseback riding..."
What an obsession. Qin Xiuyuan rode her lightly and shook her, "In the morning you ride my big horse, and at night I ride your pony. Why do we need another horse in between?"
The woman reacted even more strongly to his nonsense, but the man picked out the fragments that fascinated her and told them in detail while panting, emphasizing the words that she couldn't bear to hear, and she was quickly defeated and defeated.
"Shushu's strength is really great." Qin Xiuyuan lazily held her and slowly carried her. He loved the woman who tried her best to tolerate him, and was fascinated by him. He coaxed her, "Wear a small piece of clothing."
He said happily, carrying her to rummage through the closet. After a while, his face turned sour, "Where are the clothes?"
"You made me angry, I dealt with it."
It’s this pot again!
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Wangshu pulled out a pink and purple shawl and hugged the man tightly: "You keep thinking about that broken chair with missing arms and legs every day, why don't you think about making me some new clothes?"
Qin Xiuyuan coaxed the man with just one sentence, and he was so convinced that he promised again and again, "You must dress well when the time comes." He turned around and served the man well with a shawl.
On the second day, taking advantage of the good weather, Wangshu finally saw the "three thousand ruins" of the imperial palace. Zheng Dacheng did not deceive her. He took away what he could take away, smashed what he could not take away, and burned what he could not destroy.
So all she saw in front of her was pitch black with billowing gray smoke. The ruins the man had mentioned had been almost cleared, meaning the corpses, ashes, fallen beams, and broken tiles on the ground had all been cleared away. All she could see were a few tall palace frames, blackened by the thick smoke.
Among them was the dragon throne which had been chopped off with its arms and legs missing, all the pearls of the East China Sea gouged out, and slashed all over with a knife.
"Why keep these dilapidated buildings? They're smoked, and the smell makes me sick, not to mention Mingxi."
Zheng Da on the side nodded repeatedly. He said to clear out everything and rebuild, but the boss was stubborn and insisted on reinforcing and rebuilding. "The smoke-soaked beams are not strong enough."
"If you don't keep it, you'll have nothing..." Qin Xiuyuan saw the man covering his nose and pulled him away, "Just let the smell go."
"What's the point of this rubbish?" Wangshu breathed through his mouth. "Can't we build a big house for our daughter?"
Qin Xiuyuan insisted, "In fact, they are all high-quality golden nanmu..." Where can we find such good wood for reconstruction? Southern Yunnan, which specializes in supplying nanmu, is almost trying to kill him.
"A fallen phoenix is worse than a chicken. Wood burned by fire is just charcoal." Wangshu made the decision, "Zheng Da, push all these away. They're all black and yellow. Mingxi will be scared to tears if she sees them one day."
Qin Xiuyuan didn't say anything. Zheng Da was confused. He turned around and saw Tang Bo nodded slightly. He made up his mind and prepared to retreat and have everyone pushed him down quickly.
"Start another fire and burn it to ashes."
The fire was lit behind them, and the carriage drove steadily out of the palace gate. The man was silent all the way. Wangshu rubbed his back and said, "Don't be sad! Those junks that have passed through countless hands are not worth wasting."
"...Except for a few crazy people, there is nothing. There is no imperial seal, no palace, no throne..."
Qin Xiuyuan covered his face with his hands, his voice tired, "Shushu, if I had chosen a quick and powerful attack..."
"There are no ifs in life. To imagine the past based on the outcome will only waste your energy." Wangshu tried to hold him tightly. "Striving hard will only lead to corpses. Why not wait until it draws its last breath?"
"They took away countless things... I didn't expect him to burn down the palace!" He was so angry that his teeth were itching.
Wangshu wanted to laugh when he saw this. "People who achieve great things are often ruthless. Didn't they want to wipe me out before? Fast forward a few years, and we're all fine now. The same goes for the palace. It's gone, it's gone. Once it's built, it's a whole new world."
Those words suddenly made him see the light. Qin Xiuyuan thought about the suffering the woman had endured with her big belly a few years ago. When Mingxi was born, she was almost... New hatreds and old grudges suddenly emerged from nowhere. He straightened his back again, "Shushu is right. She can't bear to see me doing well, so we must do everything we can!"
The wasteland outside the city was filled with blackened debris that was constantly discarded. Many people came here to pick up the debris and use it as charcoal and bricks for building houses. There was an endless stream of scavengers, and many of them even saw intact nanmu beams.
"...They tore it all down, leaving nothing behind!"
“What a courage!”
"...With soldiers, money, and food, we have enough confidence~"
"We are so different from those barbarians who plundered, slaughtered, and pillaged. We common people have finally come to an end of our suffering. Alas, my poor niece, she's only twelve years old..."
"You're only as good as your life gets, so don't look back! I heard the General's wife is planning to hire 3,000 craftsmen for a massive construction project. Your excellent wall-painting skills will be waiting for you!"
The people around came over after hearing what was said, "Really? Really?" Working for the general not only allows you to have enough food to eat but also get paid. It's such a great opportunity that people would fight for it!
"Just wait and see!"