However, what she said made Muchuan feel at a loss.
marriage?
Isn’t it just marriage? But Muchuan was not mentally prepared for marriage at all!
In ancient times, men and women could get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. However, in modern fast-paced and high-pressure life, young men and women even have their first marriage at the age of thirty.
Even though Muchuan's mental age is not young, he always feels weird when he thinks that Xin'er is not yet twenty years old. Does this feel like an old cow eating young grass?
Of course, age is also second, and the most important thing is that his mind is not on marriage.
After finally traveling to the Tang Dynasty, Muchuan wanted to restore the country's glory with one person's power.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful era in history. Li Shimin led his cavalry across the entire Asian continent.
But even so, it cannot stop the rise of the West and the coming of disasters hundreds of years from now.
Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese civilization has gradually declined, and Western enemies have been causing harm to one side by burning and looting.
Muchuan traveled here just to change all this, to make the Tang Dynasty move towards a modern civilized system, to stand proudly in the world, and to ensure the happiness and well-being of the Chinese people for thousands of years to come.
At this time, getting married to Xin'er is obviously not in Muchuan's plan, especially after getting married, can he take some time to spend time with her?
If he neglected her because he was busy with official duties, wouldn't it mean that she would be left a widow and miserable?
Muchuan was distressed for a while and didn't know how to respond to Xin'er's feelings.
Xin'er could sense Muchuan's emotions and raised her slender palms to stroke his cheek: "Brother Muchuan... I know what you are thinking."
"Xin'er..."
"I know that my brother is interested in me, but he has many difficulties.
I didn't understand it at first, but gradually I seemed to understand why my brother didn't want to express his feelings to me."
When she first met Muchuan, she thought he was a warm and kind-hearted brother, handsome and talented.
Later, she gradually understood that the man she liked was not an ordinary court official, but a man who could support a country and change the fate of the world with one person.
Such a man should be full of world affairs, working hard for the king, and running around for the country. Naturally, he will not be able to deal with the emotional affairs of his children.
It was precisely because after understanding this point that Xin'er suddenly became enlightened. At this time, she said: "Brother, are you worried that you will treat me badly after getting married?
It doesn't matter, I understand my brother's suffering and I am willing to accept it all."
"Xin'er."
"If my brother doesn't want to get married, then I will wait until he is willing."
Xin'er smiled sweetly, and her face was filled with sunshine.
Like a frozen river welcoming the warm winter sun.
What could a husband ask for when he has such a wife? Muchuan understood Xin'er's thoughts, so he lowered his head and gently kissed her lips.
"Xin'er, thank you for your understanding, let's get married!"
"Brother, is it really okay..."
"Well, I have always wanted to get married. Since I know that my future wife is you, there is no harm in getting married sooner or later."
Muchuan smiled handsomely, knelt down on one knee, and took Xin'er's hand, "Xin'er, are you willing to marry me?
Let’s grow old together and hold hands.”
Xin'er's delicate body trembled slightly, tears welling up in her eyes. She had dreamed many times of the scene where Muchuan made a vow to express his love, and at this moment, it finally came true.
Taking a deep breath, she calmed down and said slowly: "I don't want to."
Hearing these words, it was as if five thunders struck Muchuan and split him into pieces. This was too shocking! She didn't want to?
Did I hear it wrong?
Muchuan asked with a trembling voice, "Xin'er... I seemed to have heard wrong just now. Can you say it again?"
"I do not want to."
"What!"
Muchuan was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. This time he heard clearly that she was unwilling to marry him.
why is that?
She had clearly vowed to marry him before, why did she suddenly go back on her word?
A woman's heart is under the sea?
Uncertain?
But no matter how fickle she is, she would never joke about her wedding, not to mention that Xin'er is not such a person at all.
Muchuan looked at her with fearful eyes: "Xin'er?
Why exactly?"
"I've thought about it. My brother is now a third-rank official in the imperial court, and there will be many promotion opportunities in his future career. It would really be bad if he lingers on the love between his children."
"Didn't you say... that you would be considerate?
And I’m not always busy, so I can take time to maintain our relationship.”
"I know, so let's fall in love freely!"
Xin'er said happily, "Brother, didn't you tell me about 'free love' before?
I want to try this kind of relationship."
Free love was an impossible relationship in ancient times.
Influenced by feudal thought and Confucian culture, women have been subject to the three obediences and four virtues since birth. If they are with a man without a marriage contract, it is a shame and unethical.
It is precisely because of this background that even if Xin'er wanted to have a "free love" with Muchuan, she could not succeed. She was also afraid of being criticized and bringing shame to the family.
But after being with Muchuan for a long time, she seemed to be able to accept Muchuan's modern ideas, and even developed a yearning and courage for "free love", so she mentioned it like this.
This also made Muchuan very happy. When he just heard that Xin'er refused to marry him, he thought she didn't like him. It turned out that she wanted to "love freely"!
But Muchuan also had concerns: "In this case... wouldn't the people around you criticize you?
Will this damage your reputation?"
"It's better if we don't let others know."
She smiled playfully and said affectionately, "It's fine as long as we are as we are now. We don't need to let others know about our feelings."
In this way, wouldn't the two of them become an "underground love"?
Hidden under the sun, unable to see the light.
This is definitely not what Muchuan wants, let alone what Xin'er wants. The reason why she proposed this is entirely because she took his feelings into consideration.
"You stupid girl."
Muchuan flicked Xin'er's forehead affectionately with his finger and praised, "This is not free love at all. Love is not so sneaky that you dare not tell others."
"Isn't that right...Brother, I thought that free love in your hometown means only two people know about it and then don't tell anyone else."
"That's certainly not the case."
Muchuan sighed heavily. It seemed that Xin'er had misunderstood the meaning of "free love".
So Muchuan once again explained that the so-called free love means that two people get along as lovers. If the relationship becomes stable, they will get married so that they can "live together forever and be inseparable."
If two people really can't get along, they will separate and find another relationship that suits them.
