Forced to Marry the Enemy Prince

Translator – Xiao He Lian

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The child woke up early. 

Before Xian Sheng woke up, Liu Liu had already opened his eyes. Except when he had special needs, he was basically obedient, so he didn’t make a fuss when he woke up. He opened his eyes to look at the foot of the bed and found that there was an extra foot beside him. Suddenly  he was confused.

Turning his head to look at Xian Sheng, he looked suspiciously at the foot again and then he found that a toe moved, as if seducing him to reach out and grab it.

Zhan Zhen also woke up, noticed Liu Liu’s movements and touched him with his feet on purpose. The little guy quickly got up and crawled on to his legs and tried to snap his toes.

Zhan Zhen suddenly twitched his legs, Liu Liu was caught off guard and was led to lie on the bed with his little face falling on the pillow.

For a moment he wanted to cry but realized that Xian Sheng had not woken up, so he held back again.

“Liu Liu” Zhan Zhen sat up and called him. The little thing finally realized where the foot came from and immediately squeaked and then crawled towards him.

Zhan Zhen took advantage of the situation, hugged the little thing that was pushing him again and then pulled the curtain of the bed to show him: “It’s already dawn.”

Liu Liu is a sensible child. Although he is sometimes stubborn, he is still reasonable.

Zhan Zhen laughed and asked him, “Do you want to go out to play?”

Xian Sheng still didn’t wake up. Liu Liu looked at his father, nodded reluctantly and then hugged Zhan Zhen out.

Although he spent most of the time looking at memorials, Zhan Zhen still had some time to accompany Liu Liu.

*

After Xian Sheng recovered, he slept much better and woke up earlier than before, although he still couldn’t compare with the father and son.

The hair accessories and his regular clothes are much simpler now and the Supreme Emperor and Empress dowager also turn a blind eye, as if they don’t know about it.

Which made things a lot easier.

Outside the house, Zhan Zhen was practicing swordsmanship and Xian Sheng was sitting on the wide chaise longue chair, staring with round eyes.

Xian Sheng’s heart moved, he drew his sword and ran up. Zhan Zhen’s momentum subsided in an instant and dueled with him reluctantly.  Liu Liu clapped his little hands and applauded. Zhan Zhen said: “The gesture of holding the sword is wrong and you dare to attack me.”

Xian Sheng blushed, changed his moves and hit him casually: “Anyway, it’s for Liu Liu to watch and have fun.”

Zhan Zhen stepped back, Liu Liu’s eyes were getting bigger and bigger. He just felt that his ‘mother’  was super powerful. Xian Sheng frowned and said: “You fight back.”

“I can hurt you with 10% of my strength.” Zhan Zhen retreated to the rockery. Xian Sheng realized that he was about to move away from the child’s sight, so he retracted his sword. But before he could speak, his waist suddenly tightened and then his eyes spun for a while. His body pressed on Zhan Zhen behind the rockery and Zhan Zhen kissed his lips.

In the rear, Liu Liu seemed to be puzzled. He was babbling to the palace maid in a milky voice. Xian Sheng suddenly felt ashamed to do bad things behind his back and hurriedly dropped his sword and pushed him: “What are you doing?”

Zhan Zhen, who was pushed away, was reluctant to give up. He touched the tip of his nose and said: “Liu Liu is really annoying.”

“How can you say that to a child?”

“Think about it, since we had him, we have spent a lot less time alone together right?”

“This is true and that thing can’t be done whenever you want to.”

“It’s true.”

Before, Zhan Zhen was afraid that Xian Sheng would hurt his body if he took medicine. So, he went to Qi Sile and asked for the contraceptive pills that he can take. He told Xian Sheng several times that he also took the medicine, but Liu Liu intervened…

Xian Sheng’s eyes were soft: “Wait until he grows up.”

Zhan Zhen looked at him sadly.

Xian Sheng paused and took the initiative to kiss him, and ended up giving him a deep kiss by pressing the back of his head.

Liu Liu was led by someone and walked their way clumsily on tiptoe: “ah, ah nang1He’s trying to say A’Niang which means mother.”

Xian Sheng hurriedly pushed Zhan Zhen away. Seeing his displeased expression, he kissed him on the face again and said, “Be good.”

Zhan Zhen touched the place where he had been kissed, barely feeling better.

*

A hundred officials congratulated at the child’s one year old birthday banquet. The Supreme Emperor asked people to prepare a lot of good things and put them on the blanket, and then put Liu Liu on it and let him catch what he likes.

As soon as the little guy went up, he suddenly stared at something. He is very similar to Zhan Zhen. When he encounters someone or something he likes, he will stare at him very persistently and he will not be distracted by external things, as if he never feels it is wrong to want something.

“What is he looking at?”

Some people follow his line of sight, because there are so many things that they can’t tell the difference for a while.

Then they saw Liu Liu crawl over without hesitation, the momentum was unrelenting. Even though he was surrounded by so many rare treasures, he did not even glance at them and only stared at one.

Xian Sheng was also very curious, but the Supreme Emperor slowly smiled and his eyes curved into a smile along with Liu Liu’s actions and Zhan Zhen also raised his eyebrows.

“He..he seems to be rushing towards the jade seal!”

“It’s really the jade seal, he caught it!”

“In the future, he will be a wise monarch!”

Surrounded by drinking and surprises, the Supreme Emperor laughed . Liu Liu took the big thing in his arms, turned his head to look at the people around him and suddenly stretched out a small paw: “Ah!”

Everyone followed his line of sight to look again and found that he was looking at Xian Sheng, who was also surprised. He walked over and was about to hug him when Liu Liu grabbed him.

“Is this for mother?”

“What do you mean?”

General Jiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, “The country in the left hand, beauty in the right hand. He will have both in the future and the future will be limitless!!”

The Supreme Emperor was also stunned for a moment, then laughed again and continued: “Okay! Promising! As expected of my eldest grandson!”

Xian Sheng reached out and picked him up and helped to hold the jade seal for a while and praised him: “It’s amazing.”

Liu Liu laughed softly.

Zhan Zhen thought about it and realized that if he gets tired of sitting on the throne in the future, he will be able to pass the throne without worry.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Liu is not so useless anymore.

*

Day after day, year after year, the little guy grew up very fast. When he was three years old, his enunciation was still unclear but Zhan Zhen had already regarded him as a little adult and began to teach him martial arts.

Liu Liu is smart and inherits Xian Sheng’s good memory. When the children next to him were still having a headache reciting poems, he was already reciting it fluently and both father and son were shocked. Therefore, the Supreme Emperor loved him more and more and felt that Xian Sheng was an immortal being. 

Liu Liu practiced hard. Empress Xin, who is now the Empress Dowager Xin, often said that Zhan Zhen’s childhood shadow can be seen in him. The only difference is that Zhan Zhen focuses on martial arts and art of warfare but his skill in poetry is a mess. But Liu Liu managed to grasp both of them very well. 

*

The road to Liang Country had already been decided before Emperor Jin (ZZ) ascended but the real construction started after Zhan Zhen ascended the throne.

Jiang Qin seems to have told Zhan Jin about the marriage proposal and the latter went to the Supreme Emperor, asking for the last time to be reinstated but the other side still did not agree.

Xian Sheng happened to go there to pick up Liu Liu that day and met Zhan Jin head-on. The two saluted each other and Zhan Jin left without saying anything.

He agreed to the Jiang family’s proposal and then Zhan Zhen handed over the road repair to Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin took Zhan Jin away from the capital and took full control of the matter.

A’Yin didn’t get married until she was twenty. The Qiu family married the princess and she was very tough in front of the Qi family. It was difficult for Qiu Wu Lun. He tried to please his sweetheart with stories every day that he almost became bald. From time to time, he came to the palace to find Liu Liu, coax him to say something good about Xian Sheng and use them to write good stories. 

Later, he wrote some stories about this beauty and that beauty, all of which were based on Xian Sheng and were widely circulated among the people.

That’s a story for another day

When the Prince of Liang ascended the throne, hearing about Zhan Zhen’s plan to build a road, South Liang also picked out a part of the construction. Zhan Zhen built from his side and they repaired from theirs, which greatly shortened the time originally expected to take.

This road is called the Chengping2Peaceful Road, because it was built by the two countries to facilitate Xian Sheng to visit relatives and it is also called the He Qin3和亲 [hé qīn] – make peace with rulers of minority nationalities in the border areas by marriage Road.

But no matter what name it is called or no matter who it is built for, it is an official road and the people of the world will always benefit from it.

*

It was another winter day and was snowing heavily. This is Xian Sheng’s seventh year in Jin. He has seen such heavy snow every year. He is used to it but his body still found it a little unbearable. Out of the whole family, he wears the thickest clothes.

“Mother Empress!” A voice came from the door. It was Liu Liu, who was already six years old. He had already been named the little Crown Prince. He was agile. As soon as the word fell, he appeared at the door and came towards Xian Sheng. There were several small footprints far away on the snow.

Xian Sheng stepped back and said, “Didn’t you discuss matters with your father in the front hall? Why didn’t you come back with him?”

“Anyway, it is not my turn to make decisions, so it makes no difference whether I listen or not.” Liu Liu took his hand when he entered the room, and he said: “Erchen heard some great news and I can’t wait to tell Daddy.”

“What is it?”

“Chengping Road is completed.” Liu Liu said happily: “I just saw that the father emperor couldn’t sit still and he can’t wait to tell you.”

He was born very good-looking with eyes like Xian Sheng’s and nose like Zhan Zhen’s. He inherited the advantages of husband and wife perfectly. Xian Sheng watched him grow up with his own eyes and he often couldn’t help but search for Zhan Zhen’s childhood shadow on him.

He was also very surprised and his heartbeat could not stop accelerating: “When can I go?”

“We have heavy snow here and it is not good to go. Maybe after the new year when spring comes.”

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to take a piece of cake and said, “Don’t tell your Royal father that I told you or he will punish me again.”

He is old now and Zhan Zhen is no longer at his mercy. If he is unhappy, he will be punished by making him do more homework. If he is too clingy, he will also give him more homework to do.

Liu Liu is a little afraid of him now.

This time Zhan Zhen definitely wanted to tell the happy news in person but Liu Liu also wanted to see Daddy’s surprise appearance, so he took the risk and ran to tell him.

Xian Sheng laughed and promised him: “Today’s snow is a bit heavy, don’t run around casually. Do your homework in the house, if you offend your royal father, he won’t let you out of the palace.”

“Got it!” Liu Liu hugged his neck at once: “Good daddy, give me a kiss.”

Xian Sheng kissed him on the face and the little guy immediately ran away happily.

Xian Sheng looked at the small footprints on the snow and went out with an umbrella to replace his son’s with his own. As soon as he returned to the house, Zhan Zhen came over.

Wearing a black cloak, he stood under the porch. He first glanced at the footprints in the yard, frowned, walked in and said, “Did the Crown prince come here?”

Xian Sheng laughed: “He has so much homework, how can he have time to run here.”

“It’s not the first time you’ve covered for him.” Zhan Zhen glanced at the yellow paper umbrella beside him and said, “You only covered the steps on the yard but there’s still one at the door.”

Xian Sheng was stunned: “He didn’t jump over the wall…”

Before he could finish speaking, Xian Sheng realized that he had been deceived. He met the man’s eyes with a deep smile and angrily reached out and took off his cloak and said, “Yes, he was here.”

“Did he tell you the happy news?”

“You’ve been fighting with your son all these years, your brain is turning faster and faster.” Xian Sheng took him to the brazier. After Zhan Zhen sat down, he took him in his arms and held his hand gently. He said: “It’s a good thing those tonic pills weren’t in vain all these years, your hands have been hot for the past two years.”

After sitting on the throne for a few years, Zhan Zhen has also become dignified. His eyes are less naive and simple. Now he is more mature and stable and his words and deeds have become more and more reliable.

Xian Sheng nodded, kissed him and said, “Thanks to Your Majesty’s love, I can now run half a circle around the palace without any problem.”

Zhan Zhen looked at him, raised his hand and stroked the hair falling on his cheek, and said, “If your health is good then you can visit your family in spring. It would take about half a month to get there. Stay for a month or so. Don’t keep me waiting too long.

Xian Sheng blinked and said, “Aren’t you going?”

“I’m afraid the minister won’t allow me to go there.” Zhan Zhen put his arms around him and looked at the brazier: “You haven’t seen your family for seven years, you must be missing them. Prepare well and see what specialties you can bring to your brothers and sisters there.”

Xian Sheng put his arm around Zhan Zhen’s neck and said, “I haven’t been separated from you since we got married. I hate to part with you”

Zhan Zhen was obviously happy. He smiled and said, “Now you know how good your husband is right?”

“Husband has always been the best.” Xian Sheng rubbed against him affectionately, Zhan Zhen was heartbroken for a while and hugged him hard.

*

After the beginning of spring, the weather turned warm. Xian Sheng said goodbye to Zhan Zhen and took Liu Liu to South Liang.

The official road was broad and leveled, so the carriage was stable. Zhan Zhen specially sent private soldiers along the way to escort, all the way steadily to the border of South Liang.

The group crossed the cliff and they arrived at Nanyang City. By the time they arrived a group of people had been waiting for a long time. Someone spurred his horse over, raised his voice and asked, “Does this carriage belong to the Princess of Great Liang and the Empress of Great Jin?”

This voice was both familiar yet also unfamiliar. Xian Sheng suddenly pushed open the carriage and the next second, his eyes were red: “Second brother…”

With tears in his eyes, behind him, two more carriages followed…..

“Sheng’er?”

“Third brother, fourth brother…”

Xian Ning and Xian Yu also laughed with tears in their eyes. The latter said, “We were in a hurry to meet you. So we’ve been waiting for you at the border for several days.”

“Several days!” Xian Ning said: “It’s clearly several years. From the moment you left South Liang, we were looking forward to your return!”

But Xian Sheng did not.

When he parted with them back then, in fact, he was ready to never come back in this life. He never imagined that he would have such an unforgettable marriage with Zhan Zhen.

The three older brothers planned to escort him back to the capital. When Liu Liu greeted them one by one, the three older brothers were pleasantly surprised and even praised his good looks.

Because he was in a hurry to meet his parents, Xian Sheng gathered up his courage, abandoned his carriage and changed his horse. He went on the road with his brothers. It would take some time to get to the capital from Nanyang City, so he explained things to him along the way.

The buildings in South Liang are very different from those in Northern Jin. Liu Liu couldn’t take his eyes off them and was curious about everything. His second uncle asked him, “Do you prefer South Liang or Northern Jin?”

Liu Liu answered without hesitation: “I like both!”

“Then do you want to be the emperor of Great Liang or the emperor of Great Jin?”

These words were out of line and Xian Sheng interrupted him: “He is the heir of the Great Jin’s royal family, don’t think about digging corners4poaching.”

The fourth brother laughed at him: “Look at you, the elbows started to turn outwards5When a person’s arms are turned inward and drawn back, it means selfishness. The positive meaning of “turning out” means selflessness; the derogatory meaning is the kind of “selflessness” that is not close to people and can’t tell right from wrong..”

The group chatted and laughed but Nanyang was still a day or two away from the capital, so they could only find an inn along the way to rest.

Xian Sheng had never ridden a horse before, so when he arrived at the inn in the evening, he found that his legs were frayed.

He took a shower and hid himself in the bed curtain to apply the medicine. Suddenly, he heard a movement. He hurriedly wrapped his clothes and reached for the dagger under the pillow, holding his breath.

He saw a figure slowly approaching from outside, then stretched out his hand and pulled the curtain of the bed——

Looking at each other, Xian Sheng was stunned: “You.. why are you here?”

“I really missed you, so I claimed to be sick and followed you here.” Zhan Zhen sat in and said, “We should be able to arrive in the capital tomorrow. I will accompany you to meet your father and mother.”

“You are the dignified Emperor of a country…”

“And I’m also your husband.” Zhan Zhen kissed him and said, “The minister refused to let me come because they were afraid that an accident might happen. Since I came, South Liang must also be afraid that something would happen to me… so it will be alright.”

Xian Sheng’s eyes softened, he nodded. Then Zhan Zhen asked: “Worn leg?”

“…ng, it’s hard to ride a horse.”

“It’s better to take the carriage tomorrow. We will arrive there by tomorrow anyway, don’t worry.” Zhan Zhen took the medicine and said, “I’ll help you.”

“The location of the injury is embarrassing, I’ll…”

“Where have I not seen you?”

Xian Sheng blushed.

In the end, he couldn’t get up the next morning. It was the first time that he was separated from Zhan Zhen for so long, let alone Zhan Zhen even he couldn’t hold back.

The next morning, Xian Sheng opened his eyes and suddenly remembered: “Have you taken the contraceptive pill?”

“…” Zhan Zhen was silent for a while. Xian Sheng kicked him and said “Why are you still not sensible at such an old age?”

“I’m only twenty-six.” Zhan Zhen frowned and said, “It’s just once, it won’t be easy to get a hit.”

Of course, he didn’t want Xian Sheng to give birth again. When he was first pregnant, both Xian Sheng and him were tormented. After the child was born, he also wronged him for several years. After he grew up, he could finally live a good life alone with Xian Sheng. Now, he can’t add another troublemaker, just because he didn’t take the medicine once, right?

Xian Sheng glared at him and he also felt that it was unlikely that he would get hit in one go. He called water to wash. His waist was a little soft and the injury from riding was still there, so he simply asked the second brother to take the carriage.

Xian You had no objection. As soon as the arrangement was made, he saw a person walking out behind Xian Sheng.

He had been captured by Zhan Zhen before. He immediately had bad memories when he looked at him and his expression became strange.

Zhan Zhen smiled, cupped his hands, didn’t hold himself back and said, “Second brother.”

Xian Sheng gently tugged at the corner of Xian You’s clothes and the latter returned a salute, “Brother-in-law.”

Not only is he in a weird mood. but the events from seven years ago are still vivid in his mind. Xian Yu and Xian Ning are also not very comfortable, but considering the situation of Xian Sheng in Jin, this discomfort can only be suppressed.

On the way to the capital, the atmosphere was always not right. Fortunately, Zhan Zhen is more eloquent now. Under the hint from Xian Sheng’s eyes, he began to talk about the future trade development between the two countries and finally eased the tense atmosphere.

When he arrived at the capital, Prince of Shang, who is also the current emperor, was waiting at the city gate to personally pick up Xian Sheng and Zhan Zhen and lead them into the palace.

This time, Zhan Zhen has an upright attitude but shows a low profile of being a brother-in-law when it comes to personal affairs. When he meets Xian Sheng’s parents, he also greets them one by one with the attitude of a junior.

Zhan Zhen, as the ruler of a country, was willing to accompany his wife back to her parents’ home for the first time, not to mention the ordinary family. This boldness, courage and affection for Xian Sheng made Empress Dowager Wei and Supreme Emperor of Liang very satisfied.

All of them are very happy.

Because Zhan Zhen performed well in front of his family, at night, Xian Sheng inevitably gave him some rewards.

He leaned against the window, staring at the full moon in the sky and said, “Actually, the moon in the north and the south, both look similar.”

“Both of them are your home, so naturally it’s similar.”

Xian Sheng bent his eyes into a smile, leaned against his arms and said, “Although they are a generation apart, my father and mother also like Liu Liu very much, and let him stay overnight.”

“Old people, they’re all like that.” Zhan Zhen’s chin rested on his shoulder and said, “I just didn’t expect that Liu Liu would be so good at pleasing his elders and not afraid of them at all.”

“I also didn’t expect him to win them over so quickly.”

“After all, they are his blood too.”

Xian Sheng nodded, looked at the moon again and murmured, “That’s nice.”

Everything is well. He never thought that everything would turn out this well. From the day he saw Zhan Zhen, he thought everything would turn into a disaster but in reality, he was stuffed with a big, sweet candy.

Who would have thought that he and Zhan Zhen’s relationship was so deep that their fate was intertwined as early as two or three years old.

He began to feel that the 18 years of suffering were all worth it.

 

……..worth the shit.

Three months later, when Xian Sheng returned to Jin, his body suddenly reacted again. He took his own pulse according to the medical book and he was stunned. 

“Zhan Zhen…Zhan Zhen!!” He called the Emperor’s name directly. Zhan Zhen stepped in, his face unfathomable. He looked at his angry red face and frowned: “What’s wrong?”

Xian Sheng stretched out his hand: “look, what you’ve done!”

Zhan Zhen stretched out his hand hesitantly and touched his pulse——

“!!!!!!”

Another troublemaker?!

No, it’s two.

The birth of a dragon and phoenix child told him so.

 

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1He’s trying to say A’Niang which means mother2Peaceful3和亲 [hé qīn] – make peace with rulers of minority nationalities in the border areas by marriage4poaching5When a person’s arms are turned inward and drawn back, it means selfishness. The positive meaning of “turning out” means selflessness; the derogatory meaning is the kind of “selflessness” that is not close to people and can’t tell right from wrong.