Volume 9: Nine Reincarnations Chapter 1335: Nine Reincarnations! (IV)
In the fourth life, he was a poor scholar and she was the daughter of a butcher.
The two have known each other since they were teenagers. Although they have many differences in status, they get along very well and have become close friends.
However, her father looked down on him as a poor scholar, and would definitely scold him if he saw his daughter getting close to her.
But the two were not stopped by her father, and they continued to get along behind her father's back. He would tell her wonderful stories from books, and she would occasionally secretly bring food and pork to cook for him.
After spending many years together, the two had already developed feelings for each other. When they were in their twenties, they realized each other's feelings and decided to spend the rest of their lives together.
In order to impress her father, he studied even harder and consulted several famous teachers many times. Then he and she went to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
He had already read a lot of books by sages, and this time he passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer. When asked by the emperor where he would like to serve as an official, he requested to become the county magistrate of his hometown.
That day, gongs and drums were deafening and the place was extremely lively. He wore the clothes of the top scholar and brought a pair of men to the butcher's house to propose marriage.
On the way, a large number of villagers followed him, which attracted countless people's attention and made the butcher's house an unprecedentedly lively scene.
When her father saw him wearing the top scholar's uniform, he felt quite surprised and complicated. But when he saw his daughter's expectant eyes, he had no choice but to nod and agree to the marriage.
The reason why I looked down on him before was that I was worried that he, a nerd, would never achieve anything and my daughter would suffer because of him.
Now that I see that he has become the top scorer in the imperial examination and has even been appointed as the county magistrate, I am naturally relieved.
Amid the congratulatory voices of many villagers, her father felt an unprecedented honor, and the eyes looking at him were full of admiration.
A month later, after he had assumed office and had initially settled the county government, he married her in a sedan chair carried by eight men, making her the wife of the county magistrate.
After they got married, she took care of his daily life, and he handled affairs fairly and honestly, becoming an honest county magistrate loved by the people.
The two of them respected each other and were extremely affectionate, which made countless villagers extremely envious.
The imperial court also saw his strong governance ability and wanted to promote him, but he politely declined, saying that he needed to take care of his elderly parents on both sides.
He didn't want to get involved in the disputes among the high-ranking officials of the imperial court. He just wanted to live a peaceful life with her in this small county town.
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In the fifth generation, he was the son of a civil official, and she was a noble princess.
When he first met her at a banquet, he was deeply attracted to her.
He immediately pretended to come to her side unintentionally, and when she was curious about the things at the banquet, he gave her a detailed explanation and even added some humorous remarks, which made her laugh from time to time.
She had also discovered that he cared deeply about her and explained things to her very patiently, with her eyes fixed on him from time to time.
After this banquet, he was completely fascinated by her gentleness, kindness, knowledge and manners, and vowed to marry her in this life.
Upon hearing his idea, his father expressed his strong support, but also told him that if he wanted to marry the princess, he had to make great contributions.
He knew very well that as a princess born in an imperial family, she had no choice but to do things. She had to speed up, otherwise she might be overtaken by others!
From then on, he, who was already a leader among his peers, worked even harder, forgetting to eat and sleep, just to improve himself faster.
Not only that, he also learned martial arts that he had never learned before, so that he could protect the princess he loved in the future.
Five years later, the neighboring country suddenly sent an army of 500,000 to attack the border. They were so unstoppable that they captured two huge cities in just ten days.
The emperor was suddenly overwhelmed. He did not expect the neighboring country to attack suddenly, which made them have no time to prepare and become extremely passive. It was impossible for them to quickly organize a similar number of troops to resist.
Moreover, the enemy's strength is stronger than theirs. All their troops added up are only about 600,000. So under the enemy's surprise attack, they have already suffered considerable losses. Even if all the troops are organized afterwards, they may no longer be the enemy's opponent!
If we continue like this, it will not just be a matter of losing the city, we may even be in danger of extinction of the country!
Faced with such a situation, no military officer in the court even dared to go to war, because they knew that the gap in strength was too great at this moment, and going to war was almost tantamount to committing suicide!
Seeing that many officials remained silent, a minister suddenly advised: "Your Majesty, why don't we make peace with the enemy country to solve the urgent problem now!"
As soon as this person opened his mouth, several ministers immediately reconsidered the idea and felt that this was the best solution at the moment.
The most suitable candidate for marriage now is the princess who is nearly 20 years old. The emperor does not want to sacrifice his daughter's happiness in this way, and the enemy country may also pretend to obey but secretly disobey. This method may not be able to solve the current crisis, so he decided to make a decision at the court tomorrow morning.
After learning that there was an intention to send the princess to marry, he panicked and immediately told his father that he would accompany him to court tomorrow and was willing to lead the troops to resist the enemy.
His father already knew his abilities and his love for the princess, so he nodded in agreement and said solemnly, "It seems that you will need to demonstrate your strength in front of many civil and military officials this time."
At the court the next day, several ministers proposed the marriage again. Since it involved her, the princess was already listening to the court beside the emperor.
The emperor frowned and said, "My dear ministers, does anyone have a better idea?"
His father immediately stood up and said, "My son is waiting outside the hall and is willing to lead the army to resist the enemy!"
Because he was not a court official, he could not enter the court without being announced, so he waited outside the hall.
The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up and he summoned him into the palace. When they saw how young he looked, many civil and military officials immediately expressed doubts about his abilities.
He did not explain in detail, but directly asked several military officers to give him advice. The result left many ministers dumbfounded. They did not expect that he was a man of both civil and military skills, and was even better than the two most outstanding military officers.
Seeing the ability he demonstrated and convincing many ministers, the emperor sent him to lead the assembled 200,000-strong army to the front line to resist the enemy army.
Afterwards, he used the strategy of taking advantage of the enemy's arrogant tactics, set up an ambush, and lured the enemy into deep territory when they were careless. He caused heavy losses to the enemy army in a steep valley, directly reversing the situation and eventually killing the enemy army and making them flee in disarray!
In pursuit of victory , he not only took back the lost cities, but also occupied three cities of the enemy country, making the country's strength stronger than the enemy country!
When he returned to the capital, the emperor was very pleased and appointed him as a general of the first rank. He asked him what reward he wanted. He said that he wanted to use this great victory as a betrothal gift and propose to the princess.
The emperor immediately asked his daughter, and to his surprise she agreed to the marriage without hesitation. The emperor then learned that the two had already loved each other.
Not long after, under the arrangement of the emperor, a grand wedding was held in the capital city, which was announced to the whole country. The general who defeated the enemy's 500,000 troops married the princess and became her husband. A story that people talked about with great relish spread:
The prince consort had not originally shown his abilities in front of others. Only after hearing several ministers suggest that the princess should go to marry the princess did he come forward to show his military talent for his beloved.
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In his sixth life, he was a refugee whose country was destroyed and his family was ruined. When he fled to another country, he met her, the daughter of a nomad.
Seeing how hungry he was, she felt inexplicably distressed and asked her father to take him in.
After that, he began to help her family with farm work, riding horses and herding cattle with her family, and joined the nomadic lifestyle.
He was extremely grateful for her family's taking him in, and worked very hard, so much so that even her father began to admire him more and more.
Because they were together every day and he took good care of her, the two of them had fallen in love with each other. Even their father could see the love in their eyes.
Her father was also very pleased with him. Seeing that the two of them were both hiding their love for each other, he smiled and joked during a casual chat: "Since you two are so close, why not let you choose a date to get married so that you won't be separated in the future."
After hearing her father's words, both of them blushed, but did not say anything to refuse. After looking at each other, they immediately lowered their heads and remained silent.
Seeing the expressions of the two, her father shook his head and smiled, "You two are silent, it seems that you don't agree with this matter, so forget it, your father is just messing around with the matchmaking."
She became anxious after hearing this, and said immediately without any shyness: "It can't be forgotten!"
After hearing this, her father immediately said with a half-smile: "My daughter seems to want to get married, but Xuanfeng doesn't seem to want to marry her."
Hearing her father's words, he was worried that she would misunderstand, so he immediately said, "Of course I want to marry you. I've been thinking about it for several years!"
Just like that, under her father's teasing, both of them expressed their love.
Afterwards, her father asked someone to choose an auspicious day, and two months later, a simple wedding ceremony was held outside the tent.
There were only her parents as witnesses, no relatives or friends were present, and there were a lot of cattle and sheep as a backdrop, but both of them had extremely happy smiles on their faces, and did not mind the coldness at all.
In their view, as long as the person being married is each other, it is enough. It does not matter whether there is a grand banquet or a large number of relatives and friends as witnesses.
After getting married, the two loved each other very much and took care of each other. Although nomadic life was hard, they were still very happy to get along with each other and helped their parents raise cattle and horses.
Because they had no children, the two adopted two orphans they met while nomadic. They took good care of them and raised them while also teaching them how to be nomadic.
More than ten years later, their father was already old, so the two of them let him return to his hometown to spend his remaining years in retirement, while they and their two children lived as nomads on the grassland.
Although nomadic life is extremely hard, the two of them always support each other without any complaints, and their relationship has remained very good for decades.
It was also under the influence of the extremely loving way of getting along between the two that their children also developed excellent personalities, and after getting married many years later, they were also very harmonious with their partners.
