"Who are you whipping?"

Gu Bei stood in front of Hong Mei, looked at the smiling Cao Han, raised his eyebrows and asked.

Cao Han stretched out his hands and pulled the riding whip in his hand hard. Hearing Gu Bei's words, he loudly said, "It is used to train the strong horses in the racecourse. If you crack the whip, it will turn the strong horse into a lucky horse."

Then, he looked up and saw Gu Bei's appearance, and hummed, "It's okay to whip people, but I won't dare to provoke him again."

"roll!"

Cao Han didn't care about Gu Bei's rudeness and looked at Gu Fengtuo and asked, "General, when are we going out? I just slipped out and people on the street were saying that the Mobei tribe was going to attack Yumen Pass.

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"I'm almost exhausted in this mansion. It would be great if I could go for a walk around the battlefield! Those Mobei Tatars who were beaten don't dare to invade again."

The riding whip in Cao Han's hand was almost broken by him.

Gu Fengtuo nodded slightly after listening to his words, and then looked at Hong Mei who was blocked by Gu Bei behind him. After a moment, he withdrew his gaze.

"After the matter is settled, come to the study."

"Me?" Tang Ningning pointed at herself, and when Gu Fengtuo nodded, she said hello.

Gu Fengtuo looked at Gu Bei again and said, "Take her to the study, Zidan, you go outside and feed some more poison to the guards watching, so that they can wake up."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Lin Zidan did as he was told.

When Hong Mei saw this, she wanted to run away, but Gu Bei grabbed her back and held her slender shoulders tightly without letting go.

"Don't worry, the general won't do anything to you."

After Gu Bei said with a smile, he held Hong Mei's shoulder and walked back, calling the other people at the same time, "Let's go, come to the study quickly."

Within a moment, Tang Ningning and Tana were left standing on the steps in the courtyard.

Xiao Qing and Aunt Zheng were crying beside the well in the yard.

The waning moon was in the sky, casting a faint silver light under the well water. Tang Ningning was dressed in plain green clothes, demure and elegant. The way she walked slowly made Xiao Qing stop crying.

Beauty, she is just a country woman, but she can be so cold and charming.

Tears hung from the corners of Xiao Qing's eyes, biting her lips tightly, her eyes filled with dissatisfaction.

Tang Ningning looked at her like this and smiled at Aunt Zheng, "Aunt Zheng, please go back and rest first. I'll chat with Xiaoqing for a while."

"this---"

Aunt Zheng was a little hesitant, but Tang Ningning comforted her, "Don't worry, it won't be a big deal if you just say a few thoughtful words."

"Thank you ma'am."

Aunt Zheng sighed, stood up and left.

After the person left, Tang Ningning pulled him up and sat by the well. She also sat there and said to Tana, who was still eating candied haws, "You should go back and rest first."

"good."

Tana left wisely.

"Why, transfer everyone away, do you want to silence them?"

The two were very close, Xiaoqing snorted and sat further away.

Tang Ningning didn't care about her sarcasm and smiled softly, "What do you like about him?"

Xiao Qing was stunned by such a straightforward question and glanced awkwardly in Tang Ningning's direction, "You--you care about me?"

"So, you admit that you insist on staying here because you like Gu Fengtuo?"

After being tricked by Tang Ningning, Xiaoqing's face turned white and green again. It was wonderful.

"Don't be angry, I don't mean any harm."

Tang Ningning lifted up her skirt, looked at the moon above her head, and continued, "If you really like Gu Fengtuo, I won't stop you, but you have to find out, do you really like him in your heart?"

Do you like the general?

Of course she likes it.

Purple clothes and gorgeous fur, high spirits!

The general is the most outstanding general at the border.

Wearing a purple robe, he stood on the city wall, like a unicorn in the sky, displaying his grand ambition and dominance. With only a long sword, he frightened thousands of troops outside the pass.

The whole daughter's family at the border will like the general.

"Of course I like it."

"Then why do you like him?"

Tang Ningning continued to ask questions, Xiaoqing looked at her unwillingly and said, "The general has a grand plan in his heart. He is the God of War in the Great Zhou Dynasty. All the girls in the border areas like the general."

"Are you sure you like him?"

Xiaoqing pursed her lips, "OK."

"Then are you worthy of him?"

Tang Ningning's straightforward question made Xiaoqing blush and said angrily, "Are you humiliating me?"

Tang Ningning looked at the person who suddenly stood up, shook her head lightly, and said, "Xiaoqing, I am the general's wife, and I am the woman he is marrying. I have no reason to humiliate you, and I will not ridicule you."

"I just want you to ask yourself, are you worthy of him?"

Xiaoqing was annoyed, but looking at Tang Ningning who had a calm expression, she fell silent.

She knew that she was not worthy of the general at all, she was just one of the most ants in the sky looking up at the stars.

She was just closer to him.

"He is the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you are just a little girl who wants to climb on the general's bed."

"If things go on like this, you will be disappointed. You will try your best to please him and the wife, and lose yourself."

"Do you want that kind of you?"

Hearing Tang Ningning talk about her future without mercy, Xiaoqing pulled into her fist and asked, "What if I get favored?"

Tang Ningning smiled lightly, "What will happen if you are favored? Thousands of young people will appear, and how long will your appearance keep you favored?"

"Also, I'm particularly curious about a question. If someone doesn't love you, what's the point of coming? Will it make you suffer?"

Tang Ningning looked at Xiaoqing who was silent and continued, "Love doesn't make you lose yourself. There are thousands of men in the world. Why would you find someone who doesn't love you? Now, love is not the only one.

There are too many things in your life, such as responsibilities and missions. To throw yourself into a well for someone who doesn't love you is, in my opinion, extremely stupid."

After a while, Xiaoqing raised her eyes and said slowly, "He is different from others."

The smile on Tang Ningning's lips deepened, "The reason why you think he is different is because you have never walked out of this house and have never seen the prosperity of the world. If you, like the children of Jianghu, have seen the misty rain and flowers in the south of the Yangtze River,

After seeing the desert scenery in the northwest and walking through the smokey willow waves in the southeast, would you still think it is different?"

After Tang Ningning said this, Xiaoqing sat down by the well in frustration and didn't say anything for a while.

Suddenly, she spoke, "You are just a peasant woman, how do you know you are worthy of a general?"

Hearing Xiaoqing's angry question, Tang Ningning looked at her with a smile, "After he became a general, I may not be on the same path as him, but fate made him marry me a long time ago. If he had

Anyone who dares to abandon me is an unkind and unjust man who abandons his wife who is a piece of shit. We are different from the beginning. I am a wife, and you are nothing."

These words were really shocking, and she didn't want to say them, but Xiaoqing had a knot in her head and needed to sort it out.

Xiaoqing's heart was even sadder. In fact, she understood that the lady was as bright as the moon and could follow the general into battle to kill the enemy and fight side by side, but she could do nothing.

The waning moon shone in the sky, hitting Tang Ningning's face. After a moment of silence, Tang Ningning asked softly, "Let's go back to the first question, do you really love him?"

Do you love the general? Confusion flashed in Xiaoqing's eyes.

Seeing no one and saying nothing, Tang Ningning looked up at the moon and said, "The reason why you think the moon is round, big and very beautiful is because everyone thinks so. The reason why you think you love Gu Fengtuo is because everyone

Everyone has high hopes for him, thinking that he is the god of war on the border, and they all admire him from the bottom of their hearts, but that is not love.

"If it's not love, what is it?"

Tang Ningning, "It's admiration and admiration. You admire him for guarding the common people at the border. You admire his martial arts skills for deterring foreign enemies. In the final analysis, you respect him more than you love him."

At night, the wind at the border was still very cold, and Xiaoqing was wearing thin clothes. As she listened to Tang Ningning's words, so many complicated emotions arose in her heart.

She thought about it again and again, she liked the general, but just like the lady said, her admiration was higher than her admiration.

He is the God of War in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and everyone will admire him, but that is not love.

And the madam is right. If you like a man who doesn't love you, she will suffer in the end. She doesn't want to be a concubine, be criticized by others, and never be able to leave the house.

Once the general returns to the capital, she won't get used to it either.

My mother also said that the ladies in the capital are terrible, she will be bullied, and the general will not help her.

and-----

Thinking of this, Xiao Qing looked at Tang Ningning beside her. Her profile was astonishing. She could never compare to such a beautiful and beautiful woman.
To be continued...