The Caged Bird Is Untamed

Jiang Xiachu had just finished her college entrance examination when she woke up from a dream and became the new Xia Ji sent to the Northern Marquis Mansion. She wears hairpins on her temples and bells on her wrists. Even when she cries, someone teaches her to cry more beautifully. That night, there was a storm and snow on the city, and she was pushed into Wei Yuan's tent. Before dawn the next day, Zhenbei Hou put on his armor and left the customs. Before leaving, he only left one sentence: "Place a partial hospital." I didn't see her for a month after that. Grandma laughed at her for being crazy: "After entering the Marquis' Mansion, you still want to leave?" She lowered her head and hid the pieces of silver one by one in her purse, and said softly: "I want to redeem myself." …… Wei Yuan stopped guarding the northern border and commanded 100,000 frontier troops. He was accustomed to flattering people throughout his life. He didn't take that little concubine seriously at first. Until someone came to report that Xia Ji had pawned the rewarded gold hairpin and replaced it with two fake road guides. Another person came to report that she climbed over the wall in the middle of the night and was picked up by the night patrol sergeant. The third time, she disguised herself as a servant and sneaked into the grain transport convoy, and almost escaped. Wei Yuanding leaned over to look at her: "You want to leave so much?" Jiang Xiachu raised his face, his eyes still stained with snow. "The Marquis has slept with many people, so it won't be a problem if I'm missing one." After that night, whenever Wei Yuanting went out, he would tie Jiang Xiachu to the bedside with a silk ribbon. The more she ran away, the more he stopped her. She wanted to redeem her life, but he tore up the deed paper. When she wanted to leave, he sealed the city gate. The more she refused to bow her head, the more he wanted her to accept her fate personally. Until one day, Jiang Xiachu looked at him: "What Mr. Hou likes is because he sees that I can't escape." Wei Yuanting's expression finally changed. …… Later, for a while, he treated her very well. He taught her to ride a horse, took her to the tower to see the snow, and put his cloak on her shoulders. She cried out cold when she was ill, so he stayed with her all night. She casually said she wanted to study, and the next day he had someone move a room full of books. Jiang Xiachu knew she shouldn't, but she still heard her heart become confused when she returned home from the snow again and again. She hated him for trapping her. I also remember him blocking the knife for her, and remembering him clumsily tying her cloak. I remember him asking her under the lights of the city: "If one day I let you go, will you look back at me?" She didn't answer at that time. Later, she really got the customs clearance documents. The night Wei Yuanting found out, he burned the document to ashes with his own hands. The fire shone on his face, and his voice was as cold as ice: "You want to leave unless I die." Jiang Xiachu looked at the ash falling on the ground, and suddenly realized that the man she had softened her heart to never intended to let her go. …… Later, there was great chaos in the north. Wei Yuanting was impeached for fostering self-respect for the bandits, embezzling military pay, and delaying military flights... All the blood debts in the city were blamed on him. Wei Yuan stopped guarding the isolated city. He was not defeated by the enemy, but he was about to die with a sword behind him. Before leaving, he handed over his personal deed, household registration, road guide, money, and customs clearance order to Jiang Xiachu. The city gates are wide open and the chariots and horses are ready. He stood in the wind and snow, covered in armor and bloody: "Let's go." "This time, I won't stop you." Jiang Xiachu held the customs clearance order and finally got the freedom he had dreamed of. By going south, she could leave the North, leave the Hou Mansion, leave the name Xia Ji, and leave this absurd and painful entanglement. But the sound of drums from the city tower suddenly sounded. She was sitting in the carriage and heard someone shouting in the distance: "The Marquis has left the city to meet the enemy!" Jiang Xiachu clutched the customs clearance order tightly. She knew she shouldn't look back. But she still opened the car curtain and ran into the wind and snow. Purpose: Learn to be yourself before loving others.