Chapter 717: Preparing to Marry

"Oh no, Uncle Qizhao seems to be really angry with me. He just rushed over, wouldn't he want to hit me?"

Jiang Ni looked back at the Chu capital, then said somewhat guiltily.

"No, he wanted to see your mother!"

Lin Fan shook his head, then took a look at the Empress of Great Chu. He still didn't know what the Empress of Great Chu's name was.

"See my mother, so that's it!"

Jiang Ni then reacted. Cao Changqing wanted to see her mother when he rushed over just now, after all, he had admired her mother for many years.

"Jiang Ni, tell me quietly, what is your mother's name?"

Although somewhat impolite, Lin Fan still asked Jiang Ni curiously.

"My name is Bao Si."

Before Jiang Ni could answer, her mother took the initiative to speak.

So it was this name. No wonder many people thought the Empress of Great Chu was the cause of Great Chu's destruction.

Looking so peerless and being named Bao Si, it was hard not to associate it with the allusion of Zhou Youwang lighting the beacon to play with the feudal lords just to make the beauty smile.

As the saying goes, "In the beautiful night, the palace plays the pipes and reeds, for no reason the beacon lights up the dome. Pity the countries running in bitterness, only to win a smile from Bao Fei!"

"Why, does Young Master Tianji also think I am the cause of Great Chu's destruction? A red-faced disaster that brings disaster to the country and the people?"

Bao Si saw Lin Fan stop talking, so she asked with a smile.

"Although Bao Si was as beautiful as a peach and plum back then, she was as cold as frost. After entering the palace, she never smiled once. The foolish and incompetent Zhou Youwang listened to the slander of flatterers and lit the beacon tower to summon the feudal lords to the capital to protect the king. Bao Si smiled because of this, but it caused the feudal lords to be dissatisfied. When the foreign invaders invaded later and the beacon tower was lit again, the feudal lords ignored it, finally leading to the destruction of Western Zhou. It seems that the country was destroyed because of the beacon fire playing with the feudal lords just to win a smile from a beauty. Bao Si was guilty of heinous crimes and can be called a red-faced disaster."

"But in reality? Zhou Youwang himself being foolish and incompetent was the main reason. At that time, the people were complaining, the feudal lords were secretly expanding their strength, and even the army was dissatisfied because the generals deducted rations. Even without Bao Si, Western Zhou would have been destroyed sooner or later. The country was destroyed, but the blame was all placed on a woman. This is a manifestation of incompetence."

"Moreover, you are different from the Bao Si in history. She was just a little woman who didn't know the big picture, while you are wise and have the demeanor of a mother of a country. When the Western Chu Emperor and Cao Changqing were playing chess back then, you saw the Emperor was going to lose, so you deliberately let the cat block the chess game, which both preserved the Emperor's face and avoided the embarrassment of the monarch and minister. With such a big picture, how can you talk about bringing disaster to the country and the people?"

Lin Fan stared at Bao Si with burning eyes and said.

"You know what happened back then? Then do you think I did the right thing back then?"

Bao Si avoided Lin Fan's burning gaze, then couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Whether it's right or wrong depends on the angle. From the perspective of an Empress, what you did was absolutely correct."

"Then from what angle did I do wrong?"

Bao Si was not proud because of Lin Fan's praise, but continued to ask.

"From Cao Changqing's perspective, you did wrong. You disrupted the chessboard and also disrupted his heart. After Western Chu was destroyed, the second half of his life was spent running around to clear your name, wanting to tell the world through the restoration of Western Chu that Western Chu's destruction was not your fault."

Lin Fan felt somewhat emotional. There are always these infatuated people in this world. He himself naturally doesn't count as an infatuated person, but rather a romantic one, but it doesn't prevent him from admiring these infatuated people.

"He likes me?"

Bao Si thoughtfully recalled the scenes of meeting Cao Changqing in the past but didn't find any clues. I don't know if she was too dull, or if Cao Changqing hid it too well, but this actually didn't matter, because she didn't have romantic feelings for Cao Changqing.

"Oh, Lin Fan, why did you come here?"

Jiang Ni discovered that after passing a city, Lin Fan let the crane descend, so she asked curiously.

"Buy some sheep and then buy some red cloth."

Lin Fan hadn't forgotten that he still owed Ah Qing one hundred sheep, nor had he forgotten that he was going to hold a wedding tonight. The last red cloth had been used up, and this time he was going to marry the women again, so he had to remake wedding dresses for them.

After buying one hundred sheep, Lin Fan bought all the red cloth in the city, and only then did he leave the city riding the crane with satisfaction.

"Welcome to my Small World!"

Lin Fan brought Jiang Ni and the others back to the Small World. Jiang Ni and Bao Si were both somewhat dazed. Jiang Ni was okay, she had already heard about Lin Fan having a Small World, but she hadn't been inside personally.

Bao Si was truly shocked. She had been curious before about where Lin Fan hid his cranes and sheep. It turned out he had a Small World of his own.

"Oh, Brother Fan, aren't we going to pick up Jiang Ni? Why did you also take her sister? How should we address her, and why don't you introduce her?" ===== CHAPTER 719 =====