Chapter 75: Overwhelmed
Murong Xue’s hesitant attitude aroused Jiang Ming’s suspicion!
In his heart he thought, wouldn’t Xue’er also favor her father Khan and persuade him?
“Just speak plainly! I don’t like being hesitant…”
“Husband!”
Murong Xue acted cute and said, “Look, what do you think of my younger brother, A Lie?”
“Your younger brother?”
“Yes!”
Murong Xue said, “A Lie is a fine-looking man, tall, and full of courage. The key is… he listens to his husband, and he will definitely become the husband’s right-hand man in the future…”
“Uh…”
Jiang Ming pondered and said, “A Lie is a good child, so, what exactly do you want to say?”
“Husband!”
Murong Xue rubbed her body against Jiang Ming’s, and continued to act cute, “A Lie has taken a liking to your sister, Nan Xiu, and wants to marry her…”
“Uh…”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming’s eyebrows immediately furrowed.
Actually, he felt this was a good thing, but it was so cheap for Murong Lie, Jiang Ming felt… the cost was a bit low!
Just now Murong Xue was saying that Tuoba Hai, the leader of the Tuoba Tribe, had to achieve three major military merits to marry Dugu Yan!
Therefore, Murong Lie also has to pass a test to marry his own sister!
“Husband, what’s wrong? You don’t seem happy?” Murong Xue asked with some concern.
“Not dissatisfied!”
Jiang Ming pondered and said, “What do you think of Nan Xiu?”
“Good! Like a fairy from the heavens…”
Murong Xue envied and said, “Xiuxiu is the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen… She is also kind, virtuous, smart and clever, and speaks beautifully… If I were a man, I would also admire her…”
“Haha…”
Jiang Ming smiled lightly and said, “My sister, if she marries, she must marry a hero!”
“Pfft!”
Murong Xue laughed and said, “I know! My idea is… After A Lie marries Nan Xiu, I will speak well of him in front of my father Khan, and try every means to make A Lie the heir… In this way, after a hundred years, the Great Khan of the Xianbei will be your brother-in-law, husband! Do you think this arrangement is good?”
Jiang Ming smiled and sighed slightly: “Everything should be like a hidden dragon, don’t reveal the details too early, otherwise you will inevitably be harmed. Your father is a shrewd person, cunning and heartless, and he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals… You shouldn’t let him see your thoughts too early, it will be counterproductive!”
“Oh…” Murong Xue nodded thoughtfully.
“A Lie wants to marry Nan Xiu, no problem! But two conditions must be met!”
“Which two conditions?”
Jiang Ming said: “First, my sister must like him! If my sister is not satisfied, this matter will not work. Although I am her older brother, I will not force my sister to marry someone she doesn’t like. Second, he must perform meritorious service for me, and make me satisfied…”
“Pfft! Giggle!”
Murong Xue laughed and said, “The first one, I think the problem is not big! A Lie has already confessed to Xiuxiu, and also gave her a Dongzhu, Xiuxiu accepted it, it can be considered… a token of love.”
“Dongzhu?”
“Yes!”
Murong Xue said with a smile, “That thing was originally A Lie’s mother Dugu’s side consort’s dowry. His mother loved her son, so she gave it to A Lie, telling him… to give this to the person he loves for life, and he has only one. A Lie gave the Dongzhu to Nan Xiu…”
“Tsk tsk tsk, A Lie is still a love brain…”
“Mhm, A Lie is very devoted!”
Murong Xue said, “As long as you agree for him to marry Nan Xiu, A Lie will swear to die in loyalty to you!”
“A Lie’s mother, is she from the Dugu Tribe? Then, does she have a blood relation with that Dugu Yan?”
“That’s for sure!”
Murong Xue laughed and said, “They are real sisters…”
“Ah?”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming was even more confused!
He felt that the blood relations between these Xianbei people were so chaotic!
He was going to marry the Great Consort of the Changsun Tribe, who was Murong Xue’s aunt.
And the Great Consort of the Tuoba Tribe, was actually Murong Lie’s aunt…
This, this, this, there were two generations between them!
Then what should A Lie call him in the future?
Brother-in-law? Aunt’s husband? Or Brother-in-Law?
“Then you should also call Dugu Yan aunt, why do you call her aunt?” Jiang Ming asked in confusion.
“Giggle…”
Murong Xue laughed and said, “After all, I wasn’t born by the side consort Dugu, and also, Tuoba Hai and my father Khan, have become sworn brothers, so, it’s more suitable for me to call her aunt!”
“Oh, I see!”
Jiang Ming nodded thoughtfully: “Right, what was your aunt’s name again?”
“Changsun Yuenu,” Murong Xue replied.
“Hiss~! This name is really unpleasant!”
Jiang Ming sighed, “Changsun Yue is nice, why add a slave?”
“Pfft!”
Murong Xue laughed and said, “This is our Xianbei language, just like you Qian people call women ‘Ji’.”
“Husband!”
Murong Xue comforted: “After these two elders of mine come, you must quickly have children with them, so that… their wife’s family’s power will be more sincere in their loyalty to you!”
Jiang Ming smiled helplessly: “Your Xianbei people’s relationship is so chaotic, in the future when I see your mother, should your mother call me her son-in-law, or her brother-in-law?”
“Giggle…”
Murong Xue laughed and said: “Of course, it still depends on the husband’s side, of course you have to call you Consort, why? Do you want my mother to call you brother-in-law?”
“No, no, no… That’s really a mess!”
……
The couple were chatting in bed, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent, as if something big had happened!
The distant noise seemed even louder, but it didn’t seem like a war was happening…
Jiang Ming got out of bed, put on his clothes, and went out to take a look, but saw countless lanterns and torches in the distance, covering the sky and the earth, as if a thousand troops were pressing down!
“What’s the situation?”
“Reporting to the Consort!”
The guard at the door replied: “It seems that the people from the Tuoba Tribe have arrived. A few days ago, the Great Khan ordered them to migrate here within a deadline. Tomorrow is the last deadline, and the people from the Tuoba Tribe arrived early…”
“Hiss~!”
Jiang Ming sucked in a breath of cold air, looking at these endless people, with indescribable complexity in his heart.
The Tuoba Tribe has a population of one hundred thousand, and the Changsun Tribe also has seventy or eighty thousand…
This adds up to almost one-sixth or one-seventh of the total Xianbei population.
How to properly govern them in the future is still a big problem!
“Consort…”
Another guard said: “This humble one begs to be excused, according to our Xianbei customs, you are the Great Khan, you should go to welcome them, and the Great Consort.”
“Yes!”
Murong Xue also put on her clothes at this time, and came out of the headquarters, and said: “Husband, didn’t you always want to see Aunt Dugu? She’s here!”
At this moment, a guard ran out from outside the camp, knelt on one knee and reported: “Report to the Consort! A Qian woman named Qiao Hong is outside the camp to see you, saying that something big has happened in your home, and someone wants to kill your wife!”
