Chapter 280 Ji Yunxie's Soft Heart
Ji Ruxue's face turned pale, and she suppressed her tears: "Cousin, the Queen Mother... the Queen Mother wants to marry me to Zangrong!"
Ji Yunxie was stunned: "Marriage?"
"Is it the Tibetan-Rong envoys who recently arrived in Beijing?"
Ji Ruxue nodded with tears in her eyes, all the color gone from her elegant and handsome face, and she bit her pale lips and spoke.
"The Tibetan Rong envoys came to Beijing for marriage. Looking at the royal family, the other brothers are already married, and the younger brother is still young. Only I am of the right age, and I am the most suitable candidate for marriage."
"But……"
Ji Ruxue's eyes turned red, she clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, and cried with a pale face.
"I heard that the barbarians there are very cruel. They don't regard their husbands as human beings. They only regard men as tools for reproduction and venting. They have no humanity at all."
"Moreover, they would give their husbands away to other people to play with, or even share them with their sisters and their wives. The purpose of men's existence is only to give birth to children, to have children continuously."
"If a man tries to escape, he will be caught and beaten severely. Some even have their tendons cut off and become a male slave for others to vent their sexual desires."
Although Ji Yunxie was calm, his face turned pale: "How...how could this happen?"
If that is the case, then why did Your Majesty send the prince to marry?
Isn't this just sending someone to death?
Although Ji Yunxie didn't say it out loud, his expression showed it.
Ji Ruxue's elegant face showed a bitter smile: "Do you think the Queen Mother wants to?"
"Although my Eastern Zhou is not weak in the eyes of other countries, it is still weaker than the Zang Rong. For hundreds of years, all the empresses have wanted to eliminate the Zang Rong, but the disparity in strength has led to a stalemate, and we have no choice but to negotiate for peace."
"If King Dingbei was still alive, we could still contain them a little bit. But now that King Dingbei is dead, they are starting to stir up trouble again. Now they are sending people to propose marriage. If we don't want to start a war, we can only make peace with them."
Although Ji Ruxue is a man, he can still see the overall situation clearly. However, being able to see the right and wrong of the overall situation is one thing, but he still can't get over it psychologically.
A tear fell from Ji Ruxue's eyes, and she smiled bitterly: "Although I am a prince, enjoying the honor and wealth of the royal family, and I should make sacrifices for the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but I can't get over myself."
"I don't want to marry, I don't want to marry, I don't want to sacrifice my happiness." Ji Ruxue felt sad inside. She grabbed the blanket covering Ji Yunxie's legs, and her handsome and beautiful face was full of sadness.
"Cousin, what do you think I should do?"
Ji Yunxie felt complicated after hearing his words. Looking at Ji Ruxue's pitiful appearance, he felt helpless and confused.
"I...I don't know."
Ji Ruxue knelt on the ground, grabbing Ji Yunxie as if he were a life-saving straw, begging.
"Cousin, since I have helped you before, please help me."
"I……"
Ji Yunxie frowned, looking embarrassed.
To be honest, he did not agree with the idea of the prince marrying off to stabilize peace in the area.
But in the overall situation, we have to say that this is a solution. After all, there is a huge gap in strength between us and the enemy. In order to protect the people from war, marriage is indeed the best way to temporarily avoid fighting.
Just looking at the cousin in front of him, who he couldn't say was close to him, Ji Yunxie felt uncomfortable.
After all, he had spoken for him before, and they were his cousins by blood, so he couldn't bear to see him marry into a place like that.
But, not wanting to marry is not a trivial matter.
It is difficult to avoid this.
Ji Yunxie's crow-like eyelashes drooped slightly, and he glanced at Ji Ruxue and said softly, "How do you want me to help you?"
(End of this chapter)
