Chapter 225: It’s Better to Play than to Watch From Afar

Emperor Zhaocheng and Jiang Yi left quickly without much reluctance.

The four princes who were about to join in the fun stopped when they saw the imperial carriage coming towards them as soon as they arrived at the main courtyard.

"Mother." Yan Zheng stepped forward and saluted Jiang Yi, "Does your sister agree to return to Jin?"

"We'll discuss this later." Jiang Yi said in a light tone, "I have something to do. You four should go back to the posthouse to rest after drinking. Don't make trouble."

Before the four princes had time to say a few more words to their sister, they were blocked by Jiang Yi's words.

The four of them responded respectfully and watched Jiang Yi and Emperor Zhaocheng leave surrounded by guards, and then turned their heads to look at Mu Cang and Yan Li standing on the corridor.

"This is our sister, right?" Yan Yun came over quickly, looking up and down at Yan Li with his burning eyes, his face showing no sign of concealing his surprise, "Sister, you are so pretty! When I got off the sedan just now, I didn't have a chance to take a closer look. Look at this little face, it's really stunning, it's so beautiful that it can make fishes sink to the bottom of the water, geese fall to the ground, the moon hide in shame, and the whole country fall in shame. She is worthy of being our sister!"

"Sister." Yan Zheng came over and looked at her calmly, "I am Yan Zheng, your eldest brother, and I am very happy to see you."

"Sister, I am your second brother Yan Chen." Yan Chen couldn't help but reach out and wanted to pinch Yan Li's delicate face, "This little face is really-"

A pair of hands suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed his impudent wrist.

"Please respect yourself." The cold voice was as hard as iron, revealing a bit of iron-blooded and ruthless taste.

"What are you doing?" Yan Chen raised his eyes and looked at Mu Cang coldly, "Yan Li is our sister, a blood-related sister, we are a family, the Ninth Prince is so presumptuous!"

Mu Cang shook off his hand and pulled Yan Li to his side: "If you have something to say, just say it, and get out of here."

Yan Chen was furious: "You-"

"Second brother, don't be angry." Yan Jin spoke slowly, his eyebrows were elegant and gentle, "It's important to talk to your sister, and you can ignore others."

Yun Chen thought it made sense, so he looked at Yan Li: "I have wronged my sister over the years. When my sister returns to Jin, we will definitely compensate you. If you want the stars in the sky, your brother will not pick the moon for you."

"In that case, pick a star for me now. "Yan Li looked up at the night sky, which was dotted with stars. Her voice was as cold as hers at this moment. "No need for many, just pick one."

Yan Chen's expression froze: "Ah?"

"Didn't you say you could pick stars for me?" Yan Li turned to look at him, frowning slightly, "Are you lying to me?"

Yan Chen choked: "I... I was just making an analogy."

"Sister, what my second brother meant was that as long as we can do it, you can have whatever you want." Yan Jin started to smooth things over, "But stars are too illusory, and picking them is useless."

"If you can't do it, just say you can't do it, don't make so many excuses." Yan Li said indifferently, "Tonight is my wedding night with Mu Cang, you can leave first."

Wedding night?

The faces of the four princes changed in unison: "Sister, you are still young-"

"Come here!" Mu Cang finally spoke, his voice cold and hard, "Send the guests out."

After saying that, he put his arm around Yan Li's shoulders and turned to leave.

Yan Jin said coldly: "The Ninth Prince is already twenty-four. Don't you feel ashamed to bully a little girl at such an old age?"

Yan Chen said angrily: "Old cows eat tender grass!"

Yan Yun insisted, "Sister, he is too old. After returning to Mu Kingdom, we will pick a few handsome young men for you. They must have a good family background and talent!"

"Sister——"

The guards went out together and forcibly and resolutely drove the four princes out of the main courtyard.

As their shouting became smaller and farther away, Yan Li and Mu Cang finally calmed down.

"Old?" Yan Li tilted his head and looked carefully at Mu Cang's handsome face, "Although he is indeed a little older, he is good-looking and powerful, which can offset some of his shortcomings."

Mu Cang pursed his lips: "Four years older is not too old."

Xuanyuan Xihe of the Southern Kingdom is twenty years old, and Mu Cang is twenty-four years old.

It is indeed four years older.

Yan Li walked into the inner hall and suddenly curled his lips in a funny way: "If I use Yan Li's body for too long, I will still be 20 years old when I return to my own body, and you may be 25, 26, 27 or 28 years old, still an old cow eating tender grass."

Mu Cang froze, then pondered: "So should I find a way to let you go back earlier?"

Yan Li looked at his serious look and couldn't help curling his lips: "The God of War, who remained calm when facing a mountain collapse, would feel uneasy because of his age?"

Mu Cang hummed: "I'm worried that I'm too old and you will dislike me."

Yan Li raised his hand and gently stroked his face: "When I first saw this face, I felt that it was not stained by the fireworks of the world, and it made people feel a kind of nobleness that can be admired from a distance but not played with. A sense of transcendence, now that I have watched it for a long time, I actually feel..."

"What do you feel?"

"It's better to play with it than to watch from afar."

Mu Cang suddenly became quiet, and then a subtle blush appeared on his ears: "Tease me?"

"No." Yan Li laughed heartily, "Just telling the truth."

After that, he walked to the brocade couch and sat down: "Stop joking, let's get back to business."

"Have you made an agreement with Jiang Yi?"

Yan Li hummed: "Didn't you say it before? Children's love is too petty, it's more meaningful to unify the world."

"Yes."

"I think you are right." Yan Li leaned against the brocade couch, his voice a little lazy, "Everything Jiang Yi did in Jin was also right."

Mu Cang looked at her without saying a word.

"So my goal is not only to unify the world, I also want all the women in the territory of Jiuzhou to get the respect they deserve. As a woman, I don't want to see women being oppressed, becoming appendages of men, being beaten, scolded, and humiliated, and can only bear humiliation."

"Men can go to the battlefield, can enter the government as officials, they make money to support their families, and on the surface they seem much stronger than women. However, if there are no women to take care of the inner house, serve their parents, and take care of their children, how can they be at ease and enjoy unlimited glory outside?"

"Besides, there are men who are born smart and stupid, and women are the same. Not all women are weaker than men."

"To put it another way, even if women are really not as good as men, it is not a reason for men to trample on them at will. Don't forget who they were born from."

Mu Cang listened to her quietly, slightly narrowing his eyes, with a flood of tenderness in his eyes.

After she finished speaking, he asked gently, "So you have made a decision?"

"Yes." Yan Li nodded, "Whether it is Yan Li or Xuanyuan Xihe, no matter what identity they live in temporarily, the emperor's responsibilities are always there, and what should be done must be done."