"What are you doing here?" A strange male voice rang coldly.

Yu Qiuhei, who was stroking his work, was shocked and hurriedly hid the greeting card behind him. Looking at people - it was no one else, but Imakawa Yoshimoto's eldest son, Imakawa Shima - the latter was looking at Yu Qiuhei coldly.

"Young Master!" Yu Qiuping knelt down and saluted. However, before his knees fell to the ground, Imakawa said with some disgust: "No need, get up."

"Young Master, you are..." Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, wondering why Imakawa was so angry at him.

"You are here to give my sister a gift." Imakawa Masa glanced at the greeting card behind Yu Qiuhei and asked.

"Young Master was joking." Yu Qiuping was shocked and waved his hands in a hurry, "Below..."

"Do you think there are really impenetrable walls in the world?" Imakawa Masa interrupted Yu Qiuhei's words, "Or are ninjas who are the young masters vegetarians?"

Yu Qiupi swallowed, her body trembled for a moment. Her brain was almost broken and she couldn't think. The facts were already clear. Imakawa Shima had already learned about her relationship with Imakawa through the surveillance of ninjas.

"I'm not here to play Tai Chi with you." Imakawa Masa took two steps forward and stared at Yu Qiuping, "I'm here to make things clear to you!"

"I haven't told my father about this matter yet. You are the young man who is optimistic about your father. I don't want this matter to make you have a conflict with your father." Yu Qiuhei breathed a little relieved, but then his heart also raised his throat, "So I'll solve this matter."

"Leave my sister." Imakawa Masashi said viciously without waiting for Yu Qiuping to speak: "My sister is young and ignorant, and she was used by you, a liar. Don't think I don't know your abacus," Imakawa Masashi snorted coldly, "If you hook up with my sister, you will become a member of the Imakawa family in one fell swoop, and you will become a member of the Imakawa family and become a prosperous person. You, a Ming people, have a lot of thoughts!"

"Young Master, this is not the case." Yu Qiuping felt a little stuffy in his chest and confronted him: "I am in love with His Highness the Princess, and I love each other sincerely."

"What does Feng, a child, know?" Imakawa Masaki was even more annoyed when he saw Yu Qiuhei dare to talk back. "Marry should always be presided over by the family governor. Feng has been delaying it again and again. Recently, it has been abnormal and refused to mention this matter to his father." Imakawa Masaki sneered, "I thought why? It turned out that you, a bitch, were causing trouble!"

"I don't!" It's about Imagawa Kaede, and Yu Qiuhei also has a temper. "I love the princess with the princess sincerely, and has no intention of becoming successful! When Iva's love for the princess, I still don't know the princess' identity!" Yu Qiuhei explained the encounter with Imagawa Kaede in a singular manner. "Iva has been working hard and will definitely climb to a higher position, get the recognition of the family governor, and ask His Highness the Princess for marriage! Please wait and see!"

"It's quite tough!" Imakawa's expression was even more disdainful. "I always say that I really love each other. It's just that I can win my sister's favor with this mouth! They are all fake!" Imakawa's sneered, "If I really love her, why do you have to do something that hurts her!"

"I'm asking myself that I have never done anything to the princess." Yu Qiuping rushed back without being humble and arrogant.

"I still said no!" Imakawa Shima raised his hand and slapped Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping endured the pain and looked at him without showing any weakness.

"You pester my sister! You are hurting her!" Imakawa Mama cursed, "If you don't pee, take a look at yourself. Why should you, a general, marry a princess? Do you know what kind of person can marry a princess?"

Imakawa Masato opened his fingers and counted them one by one for Yu Qiuhei: "His Highness Seine and His Highness Udian are both old-age families, and they marry their father's sister. Matsuhei Motoyashi is the head of the Matsuhei family, so he can only marry his father's adopted daughter!"

Imakawa looked at Yu Qiuhei with disdain, "You are a general! Why should you marry the princess of the Imakawa family? My father, my grandmother, Jesuka, and Jeonji, who would agree with this matter! Do you regard the face of the Imakawa family as nothing?"

"I have said that I will strive to achieve a higher status!" Yu Qiuping shouted in a low voice, "I will not always be a general. I will become a general, a city lord, and a family elder until I am worthy of the princess!"

"You know that there are so many levels to rise!" Imakawa yelled back fiercely, "How many years do you need? How many years do you need to be promoted? Ordinary people will be a general in their lifetime! How many years does it take for the general to get old?"

Imakawa Shima pointed to the direction of Tianshou Pavilion, and even his arms were shaking a little angrily. "Qingfeng is already 16 this year, and he is about to 17 soon. He should have gotten married!" Imakawa Shimakawa Shima wore a few breaths, his face turned red, "Do you know how much pressure you will bear if you don't get married so late? There are rumors at home that the reason why Feng didn't get married was because of an affair with his servant!" Imakawa Shimakawa Shima looked at Yu Qiuping and shook his surprised eyes, "How much damage will this cause to the reputation of a girl?"

"If you ask her to wait for you, how long do you have to let her wait? When will the family governor allow Princess Feng not to get married?" Imakawa cursed like a gun, "How can you get married when you are in your twenties? Just to wait for you to waste your youth and endure rumors?" Yu Qiuping was stunned by the angry roar of Imakawa. Yes, he had never gotten out of this misunderstanding before. In this era, girls should have been married long ago. The marriage age in his heart was still in his twenties.

"Our Wu family lives a life of licking blood from a knife!" Imakawa Masa looked at Yu Qiuping, "You have been to the battlefield twice, and you will understand the reason why soldiers are in danger! What if something happens to you, what are you going to let Feng do? Can't you marry for the rest of your life!"

Yu Qiuping's Adam's apple squirmed violently, and his heart felt violently painful as if it was torn. He had to admit that what Imakawa Shi said was the truth. His own way of doing this was indeed delaying Imakawa Kaede's lifelong happiness.

"You are so kind to do it yourself! Leave my sister! If you really love her!" Imakawa Masaki threw down this sentence and left without looking back. Only Yu Qiuping was left, at a loss behind the rockery.

"Hey, Hei!" Imagawa Kaede's silver bell-like laughter suddenly came from his ears, calling Yu Qiuping back who was stunned. Yu Qiuping realized that it had been the agreed time. Seeing Imagawa Kaede's smile as if it was flowers, Yu Qiuping tried hard to squeeze out an exaggerated smile on his face.

"Hai, you have dimples too." Imakawa Kaede stretched out his finger, pointing one hand at Yu Qiuping's dimples, and the other hand at his own, "Children must have dimples too!"

"Feng'er-you-" Yu Qiuping froze in place.

She giggled, "No, how could it be possible." Her face turned red, "We haven't... yet. But we can't have children in the future."

Child. This word hit Yu Qiuhei like lightning, and it was particularly painful. His thoughts jumped to the future, and Imakawa Kaede became his wife, he became a member of the Imakawa family, and the Yu Qiu family will also become the wings of the Imakawa family. Their children are playing in the courtyard, and he becomes the lord of a country and a city. He is extremely eager for that day, he loves Imakawa Kaede to be by his side, he loves her to be able to embrace her, he loves her breath and taste, her gentle smile like a silver bell, her satin-like length, and her face that is magnificent.

He loves—

What if he ruined all this?

Because he suddenly realized that the two of them had a close relationship before, but they were like students who fell in love in their previous lives, without considering any distractions. But he is now in the Warring States Period of Japan, and his lover is the princess of the Imakawa family. A series of realistic problems came like a tide, almost defeating him.

She was just a general and was not worthy of her. She couldn't stand rumors until the day he could be worthy of her - even if Imakawa Kaede wanted to, the family would not agree.

"It's impossible." He said in a lost voice.

She frowned, "Okay, don't discuss those things." She pinched his hand, obviously expecting an answer that would give her peace of mind.

Yu Qiuping suddenly let go of her hand and took two steps back. She frowned in confusion.

"Ping, what's wrong?"

"Feng'er-We..." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, made up a lot of determination, and suddenly raised the volume: "It's impossible to have too much difference in identity and status."

Her face turned pale: "But...you said..."

Yes, he said, he promised that guilt bit him, making him almost breathless.

"I will spend my whole life protecting the lady." He murmured, "Let the lady think of me and my unchanging feelings from now on whenever she sees Hongye, she will not cry, but will only smile sweetly."

"Let the ever-changing red leaves on the mountain testify," Yu Qiuping lowered his head, stared at the girl, and said in an extremely solemn tone that he had never lived in his life, "Miss, I love you. No matter what the difference in identity is, please let me protect you."

"My heart is like red leaves dyeing the divine pavilion, and the autumn colors of the long Pan are in harmony with the heart of the king." Yu Qiuping said softly, watching the tears that kept gushing out of the girl. "My heart, if the red leaves in the mountains are as constant as ever, dyeing the divine pavilion red. It will always be accompanied by autumn colors, protecting the lady's heart."

I always say what I do, right? Am I going to break my promise?

Yu Qiuping held Kaede Imagawa's hand, his heart was in a mess, and his words were incoherent, and he simply wanted to express the surging emotions in his heart: "You are already 17 years old, and it is impossible for you to wait for me to improve. You are also at the age of getting married, Feng'er. I can't drag you down like this. When I am with you, I will also bring you those vicious rumors and put you under great pressure."

"We can separate temporarily, not just one cut and two. I will continue to work hard to improve to a higher level, so high that I deserve Feng'er's status. Feng'er can also follow the opinions of the family supervisor hall first. If there is a suitable candidate, please get married. If not, I happen to be able to improve quickly, and I will come to Feng'er again. If Feng'er is already married," said this, Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly thrust, and his hands trembled, "Then I will keep my promise and protect the Imakawa family for the rest of my life and protect your happiness."

She opened her bloodless lips, but couldn't say anything. Yu Qiuping rubbed her weak hands almost frantically.

Feng'er, please, please understand - I don't want to harm you. Please give me all the pressure and pain.

"Is this the birthday gift you gave me?" Her voice was lifeless. "In order to prevent me from being embarrassed, you must separate from me, carry all the pressure and burden on yourself, work hard to improve, and pursue the slim hope."

"And I just need to wait for the family to be honest and wait for the arrangements of the family. I don't have to worry about anything. There is no rumors and I won't waste my time. Whether it's you or others, I can definitely marry a good family. All the pressure is up to you, and this is your love." Imakawa Kaede's tone was so cold that it made people a little scary. Everything, her eyes, posture, face, and voice showed her sadness.

"Feng'er, you will understand mine. I can't let you bear so much pain and risks for me." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice.

"It's okay, Ping, I understand. You are willing to bear all the pain in love."

He took a step back, held her shoulders, and glanced at her eyes secretly, "Really?"

She smiled embarrassedly, "Do you want to hear the truth? You don't understand at all." She stretched out her hand, fumbled behind her neck for a while, untied the string of pendants, and tucked it into Yu Qiuping's hand resolutely.

"The heart is like red leaves dyeing the temple, and Chang Pan Qiu's color matches the king's heart." She whispered, "This is what you met in person. I should have understood it long ago, and the ending is the same." She shook her head, with tears in her eyes, and looked at Yu Qiuping with great disappointment, "Until now, you still don't understand anything? Don't you understand what kind of love I want? You made this decision really disappointed me. I thought you were not such a person."

"Feng'er," Yu Qiuping called out hurriedly, wanting to say something else.

"Yuqiu serves the general." Imakawa Kaede's tone suddenly became cold, and he looked at Yuqiuping indifferently, "Please don't call me my name directly, please respect yourself." After that, she turned around and left without looking back at him. The girl's tears drifted with the wind. She tried hard to stop the whimpering sounds so that the boy could hear them. The steps under her feet were moving faster and faster, and gradually lost her calmness until she rushed back to her own room in the Tianshou Pavilion and burst into tears.

He was left alone, holding the cold pendant, holding the gift that he couldn't give, and leaning against the rockery. Soon after, it rained.

He tied the pendant back to his neck, just like when he first came to this era.

Everything has returned to the starting point.
Chapter completed!