RongCheng all of a sudden smiled, saying: "Nonetheless, as for myself, it is imperative to possess... You speak of being unwilling to establish a principal wife, and what of me? Outside of you, I wish not to touch any single person whatsoever. Possessing an inner palace established, is it perchance to let them day and night weep sorrowfully because of being lonely and solitary? Then toward days to come, who can guarantee that you will not, because of jealousy and resentment, because of feeling aggrieved and pitiable, again cast away and depart?"
Unfortunately, if one fine day he stirred affection to love yet one more person, then what would become of him?
RongCheng all of a sudden pulled Shang Yuan into his bosom, saying: "Ah Yuan acts as my wife, toward afterward there is no requirement to secretly steal, nor any requirement to worry or fear those matters further… I will solely establish exclusively you alone, willing to love, cherish, and take care of you up to an entire lifetime, absolutely never changing heart or altering mind. Act as my imperial consort, can it be done or not?"
Shang Yuan remained silent in deep thought for a very long while… a very long while… in the final analysis again saying: "If one fine day when you change heart and alter mind to love another person, then I will instantly depart away."
"Nonetheless, if not, then what? Do you agree to transform to become my imperial consort or not?"
"That affair…" How could the Emperor agree to fulfill and accomplish this wrong marriage affair. Albeit a monarch could solemnly invest a male favorite, nonetheless the situation of RongCheng like that was completely unacceptable. Thinking toward it, Shang Yuan again shook his head: "Pray dream or ponder no further; even if I agree, the Emperor will also never accept or approve."
Hearing thus, RongCheng solely smiled faintly and then kissed upon his hair, saying: "You solely require to agree, that is all; every single affair already has myself to arrange and handle."
Not long after, RongCheng thereupon pleaded to lead troops to go to reinforce General Shi without placing any condition further. Shang Yuan accepted handing over military power into the hands of RongCheng, willing behind to act as a military strategist assisting him to fight the battle.
At the time General Shi had just fallen into defeat, having to retreat back to Ve City, furthermore carrying heavy injuries, at this time RongCheng along with Shang Yuan, the two people, in time came to reinforce.
Thanks to one person possessing talent and wisdom superior to ordinary people pointing out the road and leading the direction, one person towering, heroically brave, and unyielding directing troops and commanding generals to charge into battle, they thereupon consecutively brought back resounding military exploits. The day liberating a few neighboring village settlements near Xiyang, rescuing people out of the plight of slavery, caused the populace to feel exceedingly happy, shouting and cheering in exaltation.
Night drew down, from the Eldest Prince, General Shi, to the talented military strategist, along with tens of thousands of soldiers and the populace, opened a banquet called temporarily celebrating the grand victory, and also the moment of parting farewell, so that tomorrow morning they would step into the life-and-death battle deciding failure or success at Xiyang City.
They, from above to below without distinguishing high or low status, together joyfully laughed and danced celebrating the grand accomplishment, causing the hearts of the populace to feel as though comforted and soothed, feeling immensely attached and loving toward the two commanders and military strategist, placing intense and fierce faith in the future wise and enlightened monarch who could assist them to settle down peacefully and engage in prosperous livelihoods.
That night after the banquet scattered, Shang Yuan and RongCheng, the two people, together exchanged betrothal jade pendants.
The jade remains and the person remains, the jade is lost and the person is lost; toward days to come, if by misfortune one dies upon the battleground, hoping the remaining person will not be excessively sorrowful or pained, imperative to live exceptionally well.
And if capable of writing the song of triumphant return, winning the battle to turn back, then the jade pendant stands in place of a word of betrothal, to for an entire lifetime unite as a harmonious couple.
To let a hundred years tie the fine thread, affection and physical intimacy bound closely with unswerving devotion like glue and lacquer, for an entire lifetime and an entire reincarnation forever not departing far away.
The promise sounded full of arrogant self-importance; affairs of the future, can a person know clearly ah?
Turning back to the affair of today, the person again together along with someone went into life and died into death regardless of danger and peril, together along with him cutting blood and swearing an oath to unite in brotherly affection, the person loving, cherishing, and taking care of him bit by bit, only to now share the same blanket and pillow; then where has that oath of former years been cast away?
Where has the person cast it away?
Suddenly awakening after a nightmare, Shang Yuan sat up abruptly, unceasingly breathing heavily…
At the moment of touching his face, only then did he suddenly discover that tears had soaked wet across both his cheeks.