After Zhao Chen sent Mi Zhu away, he drank tea for a while and prepared to get up and wash up.
The guard outside the door hurriedly came to report that a woman who claimed to be the third sister of the Mi family asked to see him.
Before Zhao Chen could respond, Mi Luyun had already trotted into the yard.
The evening breeze blew through her black hair on her temples, and the strands were scattered, gently soothing her rapid breathing.
The guard on the side opened his hands and instinctively protected between Zhao Chen and the woman, and then stared, unable to make a move.
You can't do anything to a gentle and beautiful woman, right?
Zhao Chen looked back at Lu Yun.
As her name suggests, she is dressed in a green smoke dress, swaying gently, sober and moving. In this autumn night, she seems to be a new spring leaf, delicate and green. Her long black hair was gently pulled up with a jade hairpin, which made her face look more delicate, and her graceful figure was really intoxicating.
Just one glance washed away Zhao Chen's irritability and fatigue all day long.
She is indeed a woman who will leave her name in history.
For a moment, Zhao Chen seemed to feel that his decision just now was wrong.
Anyone would hold such a woman in their hands and take good care of her.
"no!"
Everyone has a love for beauty, but the moral bottom line cannot be broken.
Zhao Chen silently denied himself.
Mi Lujun blinked her huge eyes and looked at the man in front of her, who had never been masked before.
With handsome cheeks and well-fitting clothes, he is simple but cannot hide his handsomeness. The young face has a pair of bright eyes, full of wisdom, and a simple short hair, just like the military advisor she imagined.
Is this what the eldest brother calls Kun Xing?
Mi Lujun seems to think that short hair is not as bad as people around her say, but she looks very energetic.
Zhao Chen bowed politely, waved to the guard, and then invited Mi Luyun to sit where Mi Zhu sat before.
After pouring a cup of tea, neither of them spoke, neither of them knew how to speak.
Facing thousands of troops, Zhao Chen has thousands of strategies. But facing such a beautiful woman, Zhao Chen didn't know what to say.
He often talks about marching and fighting, but he has no experience in talking about love, let alone good at it.
Zhao Chen just kept making tea, pouring tea, tasting tea, making tea, pouring tea, tasting tea...
When Mi Luyun was sixteen years old, she had just started to fall in love. At home, all she met were the eldest and second brothers, as well as servants. Faced with the pounding feeling, the words I had thought up on the way had long been forgotten.
After all, imagination and reality are completely different.
Just like a moment ago, I even practiced my breathing repeatedly when meeting, but still couldn't say a word when they met.
On a full moon night, the cool breeze blew slowly, the surrounding area was quiet, and the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.
Zhao Chen cleared his throat and asked cautiously: "I wonder why the Mi family girl came to see me for something urgent?"
You must know that in this era, women were not allowed to go out alone. Seeing a strange man late at night was tantamount to being unruly, disrespectful of etiquette, and degrading to gentleness.
If it wasn't an emergency, I would never risk my reputation.
Mi Lujun calmed down and plucked up the courage to reply: "Military advisor, little girl Mi Lujun, I come here tonight because I hope that I can make my own decisions about the major events in my life."
Zhao Chen's hand in pouring tea slowly stopped. Although he had already guessed it when Mi Lujun entered the door, he still did not dare to face it.
"My little girl doesn't care if the military advisor has a crush on me. As long as I'm not married, I can pursue my own happiness."
Zhao Chen calmed down, facing the confession of such a young and beautiful woman, it would be a lie to say that he was not moved. He was at such a young and vigorous age, so it was inevitable that he would not be able to help himself.
"Sister, a woman can't trust two people in her life, and the same goes for men. Since I already have my heart set on my own, I can't accept you after all. What's more, my lord is a hero of the world..."
Mi Luyun became anxious upon hearing this and raised her hand to interrupt Zhao Chen's words.
"Lu Yun knows that the military advisor is a person who understands the righteousness deeply. He can show pity and care for the people and do his best to save them. He will never sit back and ignore Lu Yun."
Zhao Chen smiled helplessly: "But you are not an ordinary person!"
"How am I different from ordinary people? I can see my fingers when I stretch my hand, walk on two feet side by side, and have long hair wrapped around my head. I am an ordinary woman."
Zhao Chen was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Mi Luyun to be so knowledgeable.
"But you have the Mi family behind you."
"Yes, I was born in the Mi family, and my life is worry-free. My eldest and second brothers also love me very much, but they can't change the fact that I was born a woman. Before I got my hairpin, my elders arranged it, after I got my hairpin, my family arranged it, and after I got married, my husband's family arranged it. It's obviously me. She has lived her whole life, but she has no right to choose her path. Military advisor, what do you think the meaning of a woman’s life is?"
Mi Lujun's words really left Zhao Chen speechless.
As a modern person, Zhao Chen accepts the concept of equality between men and women, and women are no different from men.
But in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no precedent for women to decide their own lives.
At this moment, Zhao Chen seemed to have seen a close friend. Perhaps the appearance of Mi Lujun could alleviate his inner desire for conceptual recognition.
"You're right, but I can't help you."
Zhao Chen was also a little helpless, after all, this was a family matter of the Mi family.
Perhaps it was Mi Luyun's fate, and she had no choice.
Unexpectedly, Mi Luyun said: "Military advisor, all I need is your nod now to change my life."
"My lord Liu Xuande can do the same!"
Mi Lujun stood up from her seat and gritted her teeth and replied: "No, I don't like Liu Xuande, but I like you!"
How much courage does it take to say the words "I like you" from a woman who cannot decide her own destiny.
Zhao Chen paused and threw out his last worry: "But I have someone I like."
"It doesn't matter, I don't care. Military advisor, from the moment I step in the door, I, Mi Luyun, will be yours. If this matter spreads, it will damage not only the reputation of the Mi family, but also the prestige of the military advisor, and even the reputation of the military advisor." Affect Liu Xuande’s reputation.”
Zhao Chen was surprised again. What was surprising was not Mi Lujun's unrepentance, but her clear thinking.
Mi Luyun then said: "Military advisor, Luyun can live in peace with the daughter of a common people in your heart."
At this point, Zhao Chen had no way to retreat.
In battles on the battlefield, the enemy has always fallen into the trap. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen fell into the trap of the woman in front of him today.
"Let me explain in advance that I am away from home all year round and have very few opportunities to go home. Everyone in the family is my family, including you, and we must live in harmony."
Seeing Zhao Chen agree, Mi Luyun nodded happily.
He immediately stood up and said, "Lu Yun, serve the military advisor, wash up and go to bed."
Zhao Chen smiled helplessly.
"Since we belong to the same family, please call me Houde. However, from today until Xuzhou is recovered, I'm afraid you won't be able to show your face. The Mi family has just joined the lord's account and made friends with Chen, which will inevitably make the lord suspect the motives of the Mi family. Forming a clique for personal gain This is intolerable in the eyes of any lord."
"Luyun obeys the order, please rest assured Houde."
Zhao Chen then arranged a room for Mi Lujun, but there was nothing in the room except a mattress.
Mi Lujun called the guards of the Mi family, gave a few instructions, and then asked the guards to go back and report, and conveyed Zhao Chen's words to the eldest and second brothers, so that they would also remember it.
He then stayed in Zhao Chen's courtyard.
Wait until the door is auspicious before showing your face, so as not to be seen by outsiders gossiping.
The night finally passed safely.
