Chapter Thirty-Eighth: The Marriage Contract of the Consort
As soon as Jian Xiao got up from the blanket, she found that she was the only one left in the tent. The fragrant milk tea was on the stove. Jian Xiao stretched out and hummed a tune while cleaning up the room. Tuo Jinglie was also a book lover. On the cabinet
The shelves are full of scrolls with Chinese characters and Turkic characters.
In the past two days, Jian Xiao relied on her talent to quickly understand Turkic. Although she can't speak it, if she can understand it, she might be able to find some information in it.
This is an epic written by the Turks themselves. It praises the bravery of their ancestors and it is very unique. Jian Xiao quickly became fascinated by reading it.
The door curtain rang behind him, Tuo Jinglie, why is it so early today? "Are you back?" When he looked back, it was Ba Qin, followed by two maids.
Jian Xiao's smile faded away, "Is it you?"
"I disappoint you," Ba Qinpi said with a smile.
Jian Xiao curled her lips, "What's the matter?" Jian Xiao didn't put down the book. She finished reading it with a little left and couldn't bear to let it go.
"What right do you, a little prisoner, have to ask me?" Ba Qin said arrogantly.
"Prisoner?" Jian Xiao frowned and was about to retort, but then she realized that she was indeed kidnapped. It was normal to be called a prisoner.
"Tell me! What's your purpose in approaching Ariel?" Ba Qin shouted.
"It doesn't matter!" Jian Xiao blurted out
"Huh! It's okay! It's best! Let me tell you, Ariel will be my consort in the future," Ba Qin said with a raised face, "Stay away from Ariel!"
Tuo Jinglie actually had an engagement? Jian Xiao was stunned and saw Jian Xiao's surprised look. Ba Qin was very happy. He walked up to Jian Xiao and said smugly, "We have an engagement appointed by the Great Khan."
"I've already said, it has nothing to do with us!" Jian Xiao replied, raising her voice.
When Ba Qin saw Jian Xiao like this, he took out his beloved riding whip and said, "Look! This is what he made for me with his own hands!" He raised it and the whip made a sound in the air.
He never gave me anything! This was the first thought in Jian Xiao's mind. Jian Xiao felt sour in her heart. "Have you finished what you want to say?" she said lightly.
"Huh?" Ba Qin felt very unhappy that his show off was interrupted.
"I still want to read! Please come back!" Jian Xiao turned her back and said
"Haha, I think you are jealous?" Ba Qin came up to Jian Xiao and grabbed Jian Xiao's right hand. Jian Xiao could not break free and could only look at her.
Ba Qin stared at Jian Xiao's beautiful eyes. She looked like this, making Ba Qin, who claimed to be the pearl of the Turks, a little inferior. "You also like Ariel? Hum, tell you, stop dreaming! Ariel is my consort!"
"What are you doing?" Tuo Jinglie's cold voice sounded, "Princess Princess!"
Ba Qin let go and said softly, "Okay, Prince Consort!"
Hearing Ba Qin's answer, Tuo Jinglie frowned and opened the door. Ba Qin walked out knowingly. Before going out, he looked up and saw Tuo Jinglie walking out of the tent with a somewhat sulky expression.
Tuo Jinglie put down the door curtain and looked at Jian Xiao. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. He walked up to Jian Xiao, stretched out his hands, and wanted to put his hands on Jian Xiao's shoulders. Jian Xiao turned back
He hid, raised his face, and showed an awkward smile, "Are you back?"
Facing Jian Xiao with such a smiling face, Tuo Jinglie was a little at a loss. He could only nod, "Yeah!"
"Then I'm going out first." Jian Xiao picked up a book, "By the way, I'll take this book and read it for a while." After saying that, he took the scroll and walked out.
Tuo Jinglie grabbed Jian Xiao's arm and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Where can't I go? You have a wife, how can I be alone in a room with you?" Jian Xiao felt an inexplicable discomfort in her heart when she mentioned the word "wife"
"I, Tuo Jinglie, have been leading a decent life, how can I get a wife?"
Hearing that Tuo Jinglie refused to admit it, Jian Xiao was a little angry and turned to stare at him, "You have become someone else's consort, why don't you have a wife? I have to wait until you have a child."
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"Jian Xiao, don't listen to her nonsense! The engagement with the consort and everything else was all the Khan had in mind, and I didn't agree," Tuo Jinglie explained.
Jian Xiao pouted and sighed slightly, "Whether you want to be a consort or not, what does it have to do with me? I'm not yours."
"Jian Xiao!" Tuo Jinglie took Jian Xiao's hand. Her hand was cold and her palm was moist. "I have nothing to do with Ba Qin."
Jian Xiao raised her head and looked at Tuo Jinglie. His eyes were sincere, but what he saw in Jian Xiao's eyes was just to cover up. "Why are you telling me this? I have nothing to do with you." After saying that, Jian Xiao walked out of the tent.
Ba Qin was standing there talking to Tuoba Yun. When he saw Jian Xiao coming out listlessly, Ba Qin's face was filled with a smile of victory, and the little riding crop in his hand was spinning more and more joyfully.
There was a "crash", and the sound of something breaking came from the tent behind Jian Xiao. Then came the sound of Tuo Jinglie's low roar. Jian Xiao looked back and did not go in.
Jian Xiao turned around the tent. There was a horse pen next to the camp. There was a maroon pony and it neighed happily when it saw Jian Xiao. Jian Xiao touched the white mane in front of the maroon horse and said, "Huahua, what are you happy about?"
Huahua rubbed Jian Xiao's hand affectionately, and the soft fur made Jian Xiao's frustration disappear a little bit. Jian Xiao particularly liked this pony, maybe because it was still young, so she had not gone out several times. Jian Xiao felt that
The eyes of herbivores are particularly clear, so they like Huahua very much. She is a little mare, but she is very happy. When Jian Xiao is fine, she is willing to stay in the horse pen. When Huahua sees Jian Xiao coming, she will lie down in the grass, and Jian Xiao lies down.
rest on its back
"Huahua, that Ba Qin is so abominable! Prince Consort! Bah!" Jian Xiao imitated Ba Qin's voice and complained, "And that Tuo Jinglie, we are already engaged, but he still pretends to be nice to me! Who cares!" Jian Xiao pouted
Talk with your mouth
Huahua's tail wagged, as if she agreed with Jian Xiao's opinion
I can't blame the pony whip for never leaving my hand. It turned out to be Tuo Jinglie who made it. He didn't want to be someone else's consort, so what kind of gift should he give to someone? Jian Xiao thought gloomily in her heart that suddenly there was a sound of rapid running, and many soldiers rushed to the horse pen, Huahua also
Jian Xiao stood up and made way for a soldier to pull over and asked in broken Turkic, "What happened?"
"The front line is being attacked by Biga Kingdom. The front line is in a hurry! We have to go to war immediately!"
Jian Xiao was stunned for a moment. Isn't this like the practice of the Biga Kingdom? She has known for the past two days that the strength of the Biga Kingdom is not the same as that of the Turks, so why did she set out so hastily?
I remembered a loud whistle in the distance, and a tall gray-white horse neighed out from the horse pen. Jian Xiao recognized it as Tuo Jinglie's horse. She turned around and saw only the back of Tuo Jinglie getting on the horse. Jian Xiao didn't know why.
A great uneasiness arose in her heart. This uneasiness made Jian Xiao watch Tuo Jinglie slowly leave. ""