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泾渭情殇 Jīng wèi qíng shāng - Clear and Muddy Loss of Love Author: 请君莫笑 Please Don’t Laugh Support the author | JWQS carrd Do not repost this translation anywhere else, do not share this as an epub. For better readability, use browser extension for dark mode or docs app for mobile. Chapter 2: Passionate youths become sworn Andas Before night fell, Sukhbaru went to inspect the livestock pens personally. He instructed the soldiers on night patrol to be more attentive, then he hurried back to the big tent. The livestock ensured the entire tribe’s survival for winter. Whenever this season arrived, Sukhbaru would make inspections every day without fail. It was especially necessary now since the Chengli tribe and the Tuba tribe have continued to struggle both openly and discreetly for the past few years. Although they have yet to officially break relations, the small tribes that depended on the Tuba tribe would frequently provoke the tribes that depended on the Chengli tribe every autumn. How could they have dared to do so without any backing? Sukhbaru snorted coldly. He had torn the marriage of alliance with the Tuba tribe to shreds three years ago. Though apparently, that Princess married a Prince from the Weike tribe instead. Remembering that his wife was waiting for him in the tent, a warm smile beamed on Sukhbaru’s face. He quickened his steps once again. There was still light inside the tent. Sukhbaru took off his chilled coat, then he hung it on the rack by the entrance before he walked inside. Seeing that Furong was still sewing clothes by the light of an oil lamp, he said: “You’re pregnant, just leave these kinds of chores to the other women in the tribe.”
Furong raised her head and gave him a look, then she said quietly without stopping her movements: “Speak a little quieter, Agula has just fallen asleep.” Sukhbaru looked towards the soundly sleeping toddler, then he smiled as he said: “Mei-zi can relax. This child is sleeping so soundly, not even thunder could wake her up.” Hearing this, Furong revealed the expression of a loving mother in her eyes. She put down the half-finished small coat of beast pelt, then she touched her belly bump gently: “I hope that this child will be a son.” Sukhbaru had not picked up on the worry in his wife’s words. He sat down casually, then he said excitedly: “Mei-zi, Agula drew a soft bow and shot the target’s heart five paces away today. I had someone lead a pony for her, but this child actually rejected it; she insisted on riding my Black Wind.” Sukhbaru revealed a proud expression as he continued: “I was only able to draw the soft bow when I was four! Most of the children among the tribe could only draw a bow when they are six. And even if they could draw the bow, they might not shoot the target’s heart. Our Agula is only three! I think that in the future, no one would be worthy of the title of ‘Jebe’ except for her.” Furong sighed quietly: “Isn’t that right. This child is changing every day. The small coat that I made previously has already become somewhat short...” Furong felt her belly bump again: may the heavens ensure that this child is a boy, so that her daughter can recover her identity sooner. “Our child is only three years old. Perhaps you shouldn’t bring her to the meadow?” Sukhbaru raised an eyebrow: “Why?”
Furong was hesitant to speak. Under the patient attention of her husband, she still said it in the end: “Today... Agula saw Guqi’s family’s little son...” Furong’s face reddened. She found it difficult to continue. Sukhbaru asked: “What’s wrong? Did he bully Agula?” “It’s not that... It’s, Agula saw him pass water. When she came back, she kept asking me why they were different there.” Sukhbaru patted his wife’s shoulder, then he assured her: “The Guqi family’s little son is only four years old. And besides, Agula is still a kid, she’ll forget all about this in a few days.” “But I’m still worried! It’s a thousand fortunes that Agula did not say anything about it right away or asked anyone else! Otherwise, what am I to do?” Sukhbaru was quiet for a moment, then he wrapped Furong in his arms. He kissed her smooth forehead while he rested his big hand carefully on Furong’s belly bump: “Alright, I won’t bring her there tomorrow. I know what you’re worried about. Da-ge will guarantee you that those situations will absolutely never happen. The Tuba tribe has been very restless recently, it’s truly not a good time to recover Agula’s identity now. Sorry to make you two go through all this.” Furong shook her head. She leaned on his wide chest, while her delicate fingers rested on the back of her husband’s hand. She had lived very happily for the past few years. Her husband was a noble Khagan, but he only married her, and he treated her with great care and love. Although she was uneducated, she knew that women who married into big families in the Wei kingdom could not easily show their faces outside. But on the grass plains, she was free to go anywhere in the Chengli tribe. Her husband had not just encouraged her to show her face, he would frequently bring her to important events. Furong had lived under the protection of this ‘da-ge’ ever since her youth.
This private address between them had never changed even after so many years of marriage, and Sukhbaru’s treatment towards Furong had never changed either. But one thing would always cause Furong heartache just by thinking about it: one’s body, hair and skin were given by their parents. In the Wei kingdom, only banished criminals were given tattoos. Agula was still a girl! But that wolf king tattoo was branded on her chest, how could she rest assured as her mother? However, she could never say such things aloud, in case it would hurt her husband’s heart. Sukhbaru continued after a moment of silence: “Agula is a lot smarter than average kids. If you have time, it wouldn’t be bad to gradually tell her about her identity. She is still our first Prince in the eyes of other people. And besides, this child was born to race across the grass plains. Once she slowly comes to understand her identity, we can let her go out again. Before that, I will personally teach her how to ride horses and shoot arrows. Us of the Qiyan family cannot leave the horse’s back, no matter man or woman.” ... ... Two years passed in this manner. Agula was now five years old, and the second child of Furong and Sukhbaru was two years old. However, the heavens did not suit the wishes of people; she had given birth to another daughter. Their second daughter was named: Qiyan Nomin, which meant jasper. Sukbaru allowed his beloved wife to give their daughter an infant name of the Wei kingdom’s people: Xiao-Die. (TN: 小蝶 Little butterfly, pronounce by saying dee-eh quickly without the pause) Leading the Chengli tribe’s cavalry, Sukhbaru, the ferocious tiger of the grass plains, chased the Tuba tribe to the Luo riverbank over the past two years. Assessing the situation, the Weike tribe voluntarily delivered a great batch of