"What are you doing here?" A strange male voice sounded coldly.
Yu Qiuping, who was stroking his work, was shocked. He hurriedly hid the greeting card behind his back and looked at the visitor - none other than the eldest son of Imagawa Yoshimoto, Imagawa Shima - who was looking at Yu coldly.
Qiuping.
"Young Master!" Yu Qiuping hurriedly knelt down to salute. However, before his knees hit the ground, Imagawa Shizhen said with some disgust: "No, get up."
"Young Master, what are you..." Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, wondering why Imagawa was so angry with him.
"You're here to give a gift to my sister, right?" Imagawa asked as he glanced at the greeting card behind Yu Qiuping.
"Young master, you are joking." Yu Qiuping was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm here..."
"Do you think there are really airtight walls in the world!" Imagawa interrupted Yu Qiuping's words, "Or do you think that all my ninjas are vegetarians?"
Yu Qiuping swallowed and his body trembled. His brain was almost disconnected and unable to think. The facts were already very clear. The Imagawa clan had really known about their relationship with Kaede Imagawa through ninja surveillance.
"I'm not here to play Tai Chi with you." Imagawa Shizhen took two steps forward and looked at Yu Qiuping, "I'm here to speak clearly to you!"
"I haven't told my father about this matter yet. You are my favorite youngster. I don't want you to have any conflict with my father because of this matter." Yu Qiuping breathed a sigh of relief at Imagawa's true words, but then he felt heartbroken.
He also raised his voice, "So I will solve this matter."
"Leave my sister." Mr. Imagawa didn't wait for Yu Qiuping to speak, and said viciously: "My sister is young and ignorant, and she was taken advantage of by you, a liar. Don't think that I don't know your plans." Mr. Imagawa is so cold.
He snorted and said, "You hooked up with my sister, became a member of the Imagawa family, and rose to prominence. You, a Ming countryman, have a lot of thoughts!"
"Young Master, that's not the case." Yu Qiuping felt a little tight in his chest and rebutted, "I and Your Highness the Princess are in love with each other and truly love each other."
"What does Kaede know as a child?" Seeing Yu Qiuping dare to talk back, Imagawa became even more angry. "Marriages should always be presided over by the family governor himself. Kaede has delayed it again and again. Recently, she has been uncharacteristically refusing.
I mentioned this to my father." Mr. Imagawa sneered, "I thought why, but it turns out that you, a bitch, was the one causing trouble!"
"I don't!" It was about Imagawa Kaede, and Yu Qiuping also had a temper. "I and the princess really love each other, and I don't have any thoughts of becoming famous! When I fell in love with the princess, I didn't know the princess's identity!" Yu Qiuping said 1510
He explained how he and Imagawa Kaede met, "I have been working hard, and I will definitely climb to a higher position, get the approval of the family governor, and propose to the princess! Please wait and see, young master!"
"You're quite stubborn!" Mr. Imagawa's expression was even more disdainful, "I keep saying that I love each other sincerely, and that's how I win my sister's favor. It's all fake!" Mr. Imagawa sneered, "If it's true,
I really love her, why would I do anything to hurt her!"
"I have never done anything to disgrace the princess." Yu Qiuping pushed back without being humble or arrogant.
"You still said no!" Imagawa raised his hand and gave Yu Qiuping a slap. Yu Qiuping endured the pain and looked at him without showing any weakness.
"You are pestering my sister! You are hurting her!" Imagawa Shizhen scolded, "If you don't urinate and take pictures yourself, why do you, a general, marry a princess? Do you know what kind of person can marry a princess?
?”
Imagawa really opened his fingers and showed them to Yu Qiupei one by one: "Your Highness Sena and His Highness Udono are both family elders, and they are marrying their father's sister. And Matsudaira Motoyasu is the head of the Matsudaira family, so he can only marry
My father’s adopted daughter!”
The Imagawa family looked at Yu Qiuping with disdain, "You are a general! Why should you marry the princess of the Imagawa family! My father, my grandmother, Quan Suruga, and all the people of the Imagawa family, who would agree with this matter! What do you think of Imagawa?
Is the dignity of the family as if it were nothing?"
"I said that I will work hard to achieve a higher status!" Yu Qiuping shouted in a low voice, "I will not always be a general. I will become a general, a city lord, and a family elder until I am worthy of a princess!
"
"You yourself know that there are still so many levels to rise to!" Mr. Imagawa yelled back so viciously, "How many years will it take you? How many years will it take you to rise to the top? Ordinary people will only be a general in their lifetime! Once you have become a general,
How many years will it take to grow old?”
Imagawa Shizhen pointed in the direction of the castle tower, and his arms were shaking with anger, "Kaede is already 16 this year, and will be 17 soon. She should get married a long time ago!" Imagawa Shizhen took a few breaths, and his face turned pale.
Already blushing, "Do you know how much pressure you will bear if you don't marry so late? There are already rumors in the family that the reason why Feng doesn't marry is because she had an affair with a slave!" Imagawa really looked at Yu Qiuping.
His eyes were shaken and surprised, "How much damage will this do to the girl's reputation?"
"You ask her to wait for you, how long do you want her to wait? How long will the family governor allow Princess Feng not to marry?" Imagawa cursed like a barrage: "How can you get married in your twenties?
Just to wait for you to waste your youth in vain and have to endure rumors?" Amid Imagawa's truly angry roar, Yu Qiuping was stunned. Yes, he had never gotten out of this misunderstanding before. In this
In this era, girls should get married long ago. The age of marriage in his mind has always been in his twenties.
"Our martial arts family lives a life of licking blood with the blade of the sword!" Imagawa looked at Yu Qiuping, "You have been on the battlefield twice, so you don't understand the truth of war and danger! If something happens to you, you will
What are you going to do with Feng? You won’t be able to get married for the rest of your life!”
Yu Qiuping's Adam's apple squirmed violently, and his heart felt intense pain as if it was being torn apart. He had to admit that what Imagawa really said was the truth. By acting like this, he was indeed delaying Imagawa Feng's lifelong happiness.
"You can do it for yourself! Leave my sister! If you really love her!" Imagawa Shizhen dropped these words and left without looking back, leaving Yu Qiuping alone, at a loss behind the rockery.
"Hey, Ping!" Imagawa Kaede's silver bell-like laughter suddenly came from his ears, calling Yu Qiuping back from where he was stunned. Only then did Yu Qiuping realize that the agreed time had come. Seeing Imagawa Kaede's smile,
Ruhua and Yu Qiuping tried their best to put on a somewhat exaggerated smile on their faces.
"Ping, you also have dimples." Imagawa Kaede stretched out his fingers, one finger pointed at Yu Qiuping's dimples, and the other pointed at his own, "The child will definitely have dimples too!"
"Feng'er - you -" Yu Qiuping froze on the spot.
She giggled, "No, how is that possible?" She blushed, "We haven't... ever. But it's impossible for us to not have children in the future."
Child. This word struck Yu Qiuping like lightning, and it was particularly painful. His thoughts jumped to the future. Imagawa Kaede became his wife, he became a member of the Imagawa family, and the Yuqiu family will also become the Imakawa family.
The wings of their family. Their children were playing in the courtyard, and he became the lord of a country and a city. He longed for that day in his heart. He loved Kaede Imagawa to be by his side, he loved being able to hold her in his arms, he loved her.
I love her scent and taste, I love her charming smile like silver bells, I love her long satin-like hair, and I love her alluring face.
He loves——
What if he ruined it all.
Because he suddenly realized that the love between the two of them before was just like students who fell in love in the previous life, and did not consider any distracting thoughts. But now he is in the Warring States Period in Japan, and his lover is the princess of the Imagawa family. A series of practical problems such as
It came like a tidal wave and almost defeated him.
She is just a servant general and is not worthy of her. She cannot endure the rumors and wait for the day when he can be worthy of her - even if Imagawa Kaede is willing, her family will not agree.
"It's impossible." He blurted out.
She frowned, "Okay, let's not discuss those things." She squeezed his hand, obviously expecting a reassuring answer.
Yu Qiuping suddenly let go of her hand and took two steps back. She frowned in confusion.
"Ping, what's wrong?"
"Feng'er - we..." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, made up his mind, and suddenly raised his voice: "The difference in status and status is too great, it is impossible."
She suddenly turned pale: "But... you said..."
Yes, he said it, he promised it. The guilt bit him, making him almost breathless.
"I will protect you all my life." He murmured, "From now on, whenever you see the red leaves, you will think of me and my unchanging thoughts. When you see the red leaves, you will not cry, but will only
Smile sweetly."
"Let the everlasting red leaves all over the mountain bear witness," Yu Qiuping lowered his head, looked at the girl, and said in an extremely solemn tone that he had never experienced in his life, "Miss, I love you, no matter what the status difference is, please let me
I will protect you."
"The heart is like the red leaves dyeing the pavilion, and the autumn colors of Changpan are in love with the king's heart." Yu Qiuping said softly, looking at the tears that the girl kept pouring out. "My heart, like the red leaves on the mountain, remains unchanged, dyeing the heart red."
The pavilion will always accompany the autumn colors and protect the young lady’s heart.”
I always keep my word, right? Am I going to break my promise?
Yu Qiuping took Imagawa Feng's hand, her heart was in a mess and her words were incoherent, trying in vain to express the turbulent emotions in her heart clearly: "You are already 17 years old, you can't wait for me to get promoted, you have also reached the age of marriage, Feng
Son, I can't drag you down like this. When I'm with you, I will also bring you those vicious rumors, which will put you under great pressure."
"We can separate temporarily, not a clean break. I will continue to work hard to be promoted to a higher level, high enough to be worthy of Feng'er's status. Feng'er can also follow the advice of the Family Governor's Hall first, and if there is a suitable candidate, please
Get married. If not, and I happen to be able to improve quickly, I will come find Feng'er again. If Feng'er is already married," at this point, Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly throbbed, and his hands began to tremble, "Then
I will also keep my promise and protect the Imagawa family and your happiness for the rest of my life."
She opened her bloodless lips, but couldn't say anything. Yu Qiuping rubbed her weak hands almost frantically.
Feng'er, please, please understand - I don't want to hurt you. Please leave all the pressure and pain to me.
"Is this your birthday gift to me?" Her voice was lifeless, "In order to save me from embarrassment, you had to separate from me, put all the pressure and burden on yourself, work hard to improve, and chase after that.
A slim hope."
"And I just need to stay in my boudoir and wait for my family's arrangements. I don't have to worry about anything. There will be no rumors and my time will not be wasted. Whether it is you or someone else, I will definitely marry a good family. You will bear all the pressure.
Oh, this is your love." Imagawa Kaede's tone was so cold that it made people a little scary. Everything about her, her eyes, posture, face, and voice, all revealed her sadness.
"Feng'er, you will understand me. I can't let you bear so much pain and risk for me." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice.
"It's okay, Ping, I understand. You are willing to bear all the pain in love."
He took a step back, held her shoulders, and glanced into her eyes, "Really?"
She smiled sarcastically, "Do you want to hear the truth? I don't understand at all." She stretched out her hand, fumbled behind her neck for a while, untied the pendant, and stuffed it into Yu Qiuping's hands with determination.
"The heart is like the red leaves staining the pavilion, and the autumn colors of Changpan are in harmony with the king's heart." She whispered, "This is what you have said personally. I should have understood a long time ago that the final outcome is the same." She shook her head, with a smile in her eyes.
Tears, looking at Yu Qiuping with great disappointment, "Up to now, you still don't understand anything? Don't you understand what kind of love I want? You made this decision, which really disappointed me. I thought you
Not that kind of person."
"Feng'er," Yu Qiuping called urgently, wanting to say something else.
"General Yu Qiu." Imakawa Feng's tone suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Yu Qiuping indifferently, "Please don't call me by my first name, please respect yourself." After saying that, she turned and left without looking back at him. The girl
Her tears drifted away in the wind. She tried hard to stop her sobbing so that the boy would not hear her. She walked faster and faster, gradually losing her calmness, until she rushed back to her room in the castle tower and cried loudly.
He was left alone, holding the cold pendant, holding the gift he had not given, and leaning against the rockery. Soon after, it started to rain.
He tied the pendant back around his neck, just like when he first came to this era.