mtl008 Chapter 147 Clarification
Chapter 147 Clarification
Mu Qingchen saw that Qiao Shinian was hiding something, and he nodded, "Is there anything else you like to eat?"
"Forget it, let's not worry so much about food. I want to go out for an hour every day and walk around the street. Is that okay?" Qiao Shinian had already put down his bowl and chopsticks.
Mu Qingchen nodded, "Yingzhu will arrange it for you. So, from today on, you will learn to read for one hour and practice martial arts for one hour every day with me, okay?"
"Okay." Qiao Shinian nodded. She stared at Mu Qingchen for a long time before asking, "Do you like me?"
Mu Qingchen, who was just putting down his chopsticks and preparing to wipe his mouth, was petrified on the spot. He avoided Qiao Shinian's sight and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Don't be nervous. I'm asking you this because I want to know what you want from me by being so nice to me. If it's not about love, I can make a promise and repay you in the future." Qiao Shinian stared at Mu Qingchen and said, "You know, I'm actually quite stupid. I rely on Wen Jiu to support me most of the time. I only have to follow behind him."
Seeing that Mu Qingchen was still looking away, Qiao Shinian continued, "But now Wen Jiu can't take care of himself, and I can't be a burden to him, so I came out. I want to be able to stand on my own, and your social etiquette is still a little confusing to me."
"What I want to say is that you are from Zhou country, and I support Wen Jiu. You know all this, and you are still willing to teach me after knowing this, and you are willing to go against your brother to protect me, so you still need something to support you. I don't know if it's because you like me, or if you think I can help you.
I want to understand, I want to know what you think, so that I can be mentally prepared. "
"What if I like you?" Mu Qingchen raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Shinian, his eyes firm and serious: "I like you, what should I do?"
"That's difficult." Qiao Shinian smiled bitterly, "I wanted to tell you firmly that I won't fall in love here, that is, fall in love with someone else, but feelings are hard to say. If that's the case, will you put aside your country and fall in love with me?"
"Why didn't you leave Wen Jiu and respond to me?" Mu Qingchen asked. His ears were already red and his scarlet eyes looked extremely oppressive.
Qiao Shinian shrugged, "That's why I said it's difficult. Wen Jiu and I share a common destiny. He understands everything about me and he knows what I want to do.
Love between people of different nationalities is very difficult, because we are on two different paths, and I cannot possibly walk down your path and give up my ideals. Therefore, for you, walking down the same path as me is one of my requirements for finding a partner. "
"What is your ideal?"
"I want women to be able to achieve success and gain academic honors just like men. I want the country to establish fair law enforcement agencies that are not afraid of the powerful and protect the weak like me.
Let the people of the world no longer be displaced due to war, hunger and other reasons, that is, the world will be united."
When Qiao Shinian said these words, he was very calm, but very serious: "You can chase me away now because of what I said, but these are what Wen Jiu will do for me in the future."
Mu Qingchen's eyes widened slightly. He had never expected Qiao Shinian's ideal to be so shocking. First, the fact that women could dominate officialdom just like men had already challenged all officials in the court. Then, the fact that they were law enforcers who were not afraid of the powerful was a challenge to all imperial power.
"you……"
“It’s shocking, isn’t it? These things can’t be accomplished overnight, but once the reforms are made, things will get better and better.
I am a weak and timid person, I don’t have the ability to achieve these, but I can help Wen Jiu and let him achieve them for me.”
"What if he doesn't want to in the end?!" Mu Qingchen didn't understand why Qiao Shinian trusted Wen Jiu so much.
Qiao Shinian shrugged: "In fact, there are many capable people in the world. If he goes against me in the end, as long as I stay here, I can find someone else to overthrow him. I have a lot of time to do this, so that the laws of this era will be more perfect and the disadvantaged party can get some fair treatment."
"So, if you are doing this because of feelings, this is something that may not be rewarded." Qiao Shinian stood up, "Do you want to rest? You don't look well."
"Come to the study in half an hour." Mu Qingchen got up and left.
Having said that, Qiao Shinian sat on the bed, hugging his legs and staring blankly. The weather was just right at this moment, without the scorching heat of summer, nor the freezing cold of winter.
Autumn is the transition period between extreme heat and extreme cold.
"Miss, don't you want to take a nap?" Yingzhu came in with the strong tea that Qiao Shinian wanted. She frowned and said, "The prince said that you have the habit of taking a nap at noon. In Miss's words, it's called a nap, right?"
"Yeah." Qiao Shinian looked up at Yingzhu. Looking at this very steady girl, she felt that she was useless. Her eyes turned red as she thought about it. She said softly, "Yingzhu, can you let me hug you?"
"Ah?" Yingzhu put down the teacup in her hand and walked in front of Qiao Shinian, a little at a loss: "Girl, you..."
"I miss my parents." Qiao Shinian bit her lip and whispered, "I can't do anything. Everything I have now is given by others. Before, I relied on Wen Jiu, and now I rely on Mu Qingchen."
She buried her head between her knees as she spoke: "I always comfort Wen Jiu and always use chicken soup to cleanse him, but when something really happens, I can't help at all. I can only pretend to be invisible and not hold him back."
"Hey, girl, why are you crying?" Yingzhu looked at Qiao Shinian's twitching shoulders and gently patted her back, her eyes full of panic: "Hey, girl, who are you thinking about?"
Qiao Shinian felt very uncomfortable when she thought about Wen Jiu being locked up in prison while she was enjoying a good meal in Prince Xian's mansion. She felt a sense of betrayal. Wen Jiu had just celebrated his tenth birthday and was not even eleven yet, but he was in prison.
After the negative emotions passed, Qiao Shinian washed up and went to find Mu Qingchen.
Compared to Mu Qingchen's bloodshot eyes, Qiao Shinian's eyes were red.
"What's wrong?" Mu Qingchen naturally noticed that Qiao Shinian's eyes were red.
Qiao Shinian looked at Mu Qingchen, then looked at herself, and felt extremely funny. She shook her head: "It's okay, I miss home."
After that, he said to Mu Qingchen, "You should rest early today. Look at your eyeballs, they are full of blood."
Mu Qingchen nodded and took a book from the bookshelf: "Learning to read is a boring process. In order to prevent you from falling asleep, let's start with the storybook."
"Okay? But have you read this book? This book is a rare reading material? Is there only one copy? Can I make some marks?" Qiao Shinian raised the pencil in his hand, "I want to mark it, so that I can recognize it faster in my way."