"My little girl has been buried in the sea of fire, and the General's Mansion and Prince Huai's Mansion have nothing to do with each other anymore. What is the prince doing here today?"
Without being invited, Xie Xun did not sit down and stood in front of General Qin.
Upon hearing General Qin's question, Xie Xun replied: "I want something back..."
"Your Majesty's words are really ridiculous! How can my little general's house have anything belonging to your Majesty? Your Majesty thinks too highly of me!" General Qin said with a stern face.
Xie Xun, despite the anger of General Qin, said bravely, "The letters that I exchanged with Rushuang should still be in the general's mansion. I know that Rushuang investigated this matter at the beginning, but later I found out that it was still there.
Some of the letters are indeed in the palace, I think..."
Hearing Xie Xun's words, General Qin was so angry that he smashed the tea cup on the ground. With a bang, the porcelain fell into pieces. The tea splashed at Xie Xun's feet, while General Qin's chest heaved violently with anger.
"What do you think, Your Majesty? Your Majesty, you still have the nerve to ask me for the thing you originally owned?! That thing is my daughter's relic. You killed my daughter and you still want to get it. Let me tell you, don't even think about it!!"
General Qin really hated those letters.
He always felt that all the bad relationships between his daughter and Xie Xun started from these letters that changed the border between Daqi and Qi.
If he could have watched Qin Rushuang and not let her get involved in the border affairs, if he could have cared more about Qin Rushuang and noticed his daughter's little thoughts, if he had stopped the carrier pigeon...
Maybe the border will be lost, but at this moment, as a remorseful father, he can no longer control the affairs of the border. He just wants to go back to the past, protect his daughter, and prevent her daughter from having anything to do with Xie Xun.
In this way, maybe we can go back to the past with our once loving wife, and maybe this daughter who has been strong since childhood, proud and outstanding, can find a good home.
But time cannot be turned back. General Qin hated Xie Xun, but he hated himself even more.
Now that his wife had taken her daughter's ashes to Jiangnan for burial, almost all of General Qin's anger was directed at Xie Xun.
"Even if the prince goes to ask for something from the imperial edict today, I won't be able to give it to you! Please take it back, prince!"
"I beg your father-in-law to make it happen."
Xie Xun made a puff and knelt down in front of General Qin.
Xie Xun has been upright in his entire life. Except for the emperor, the empress, and the emperor, he has never knelt down to anyone. Even when he was married to Qin Rushuang and he was a prince, there was no reason to kneel down to General Qin.
Even since Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang got married, he had never called General Qin his father-in-law. But at this time, because of those letters, Xie Xun called General Qin his father-in-law for the first time.
But the sound of "father-in-law" made General Qin's anger intensify.
"Don't call me father-in-law, I can't afford it! The thing I regret most in my life is getting married to the Tian family. Just for the sake of vanity, I married my daughter into the palace!"
"You killed my daughter. You kneeled down so hypocritically and said a gentle word of father-in-law, and you wanted to send her death away. You are dreaming!"
The anger that had been pent up in his heart for a long time finally burst out this time. General Qin stood up with a roar and rushed forward to beat Xie Xun.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the boy on the side quickly pulled General Qin, "Master! Master! This is the prince, don't be impulsive!"
"Don't pull me, I've never been so awake like now!"
Although General Qin was old, he was a military commander after all. How could a weak and elegant boy hold him back? The boy only pulled him a few times before he was pushed away by General Qin.
He rushed to Xie Xun and kicked Xie Xun with his foot!
General Qin's generals were born with great strength. Ying Er almost immediately ran over to protect Xie Xun, but at the critical moment, he heard Xie Xun shouting fiercely: "Ying Er! Don't come here!"
Xie Xun just knelt on the ground and took General Qin's kick through gritted teeth.
General Qin was just impulsive. When his foot really kicked Xie Xun's body, a trace of fear actually flashed in his heart, but then he felt discouraged and slumped.
"What's the use of asking me for these now? Everyone is already dead... everyone is already dead!"
"You are not a good husband, and I am not a good father. We should all be responsible for her death!"
"But I really regret it, I regret it so much! My only daughter has not been hugged a few times since she was a child. Because of her strength and independence, I have never paid much attention to her."
"She is now separated from me forever. How can I forgive you? How can I forgive myself?! How can I be willing to give you her relics? I can't wait to... I can't wait to..."
He wished he could drag Xie Xun to die together!
Since Qin Rushuang's death, Xie Xun is not the only one who has suffered!
He could always recall that when Qin Rushuang was young, she always liked to call daddy and follow him, making trouble to climb on his neck and ride a big horse.
Mrs. Qin always looked at the father and daughter messing around with a smile.
He was once happy because of Qin Rushuang's birth, and he once cared about Qin Rushuang who was no more than knee high.
But he couldn't remember when he started to gradually ignore the mother and daughter, gradually betrayed his relationship with his first wife, and gradually forgot about his lovely legitimate daughter.
He could never forget the time when he held the little Qin Fanghao's hand and walked to Qin Rushuang, trying to tell Qin Rushuang that this was her sister.
But Qin Rushuang, who was still a child at that time, opened her big eyes and asked him innocently, "Dad, my mother is not pregnant or giving birth. How can I have a sister? Isn't my mother your wife?"
He looked at the child's innocent eyes and almost ran away.
At the same time, a secret shame was exposed by his daughter, and his hypocritical side was revealed. The inexplicable emotion spread in his heart, making him subconsciously ignore Qin Rushuang.
Because those eyes are so clear, it seems like you can see clearly all the sins in the world through them.
And many years later, it was not until General Qin heard the news of Qin Rushuang's death and learned the truth that he finally faced his own hypocrisy for the first time, his betrayal of Mrs. Qin, and the responsibility as a father that he had been evading.
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After venting his anger, General Qin sat back in his chair slumped.
"I don't know...I'm not sure whether Rushuang is willing to give these letters to you."
Xie Xun's throat trembled: "Even...even if it's just one of them. I'm going to the border tomorrow. I don't know if I can come back. I know that if I die, I won't be worthy of being with her."
Buried in one place, not even worthy of being buried with her belongings..."
"If I die one day, I hope that before I die, I can take one last look at the things she left behind, and take a look at her... feelings that she had no grudge against me at the beginning."
Xie Xun had begged so humbly, but General Qin was still unmoved, and he was also very confused.
The two of them stayed like this, one sitting and the other kneeling, in a stalemate in the living room until dark.
"That's all. I'll randomly pick one and give it to you. I'm already half buried in the earth. I hope that when I see Shuang'er in Huangquan in the future, she won't blame me."
"No, even if she blames me, it's okay. She can meet me again in Huangquan, but I'm afraid she won't even want to see me, and will never have any contact with me, or die..."
While talking to himself, General Qin returned to Qin Rushuang's former bedroom and took out an exquisite box from the hidden compartment.
Opening the box, there were several neatly arranged letters inside.
He took out one letter and gave it to Xie Xun.
When Xie Xun raised his hand to take the letter, his hand couldn't stop shaking. When the letter was finally handed to him, he pressed the letter tightly to his chest.
He staggered up and bowed to General Qin, "Thank you, father-in-law."
After saying that, he turned around and left the general's mansion.
It was already the middle of the moon, and Ying Er silently followed Xie Xun.
"My lord...don't you open it and see what is written in the letter?"
