16 Chapter 15: Old and New

Chapter 15: Old and New

Ultimately, she abandoned her schemes, relinquished the carefully laid plans of a lifetime, and chose love. She married, lived for love, and was willing to die for love.

可是最後，她放棄了謀略，放棄了精心布置一生心血的棋盤，而選擇了愛，嫁給了愛，為愛而生，也肯為愛而死。

Imperial Noble Consort Cui lamented in frustration as she left, "I truly misjudged her. I thought I had found an unparalleled, gifted beauty, but in the end, she turned out to be the most stupid rock. I wasted half my life nurturing her, truly blinding myself!"

她離開了，崔貴妃憤憤地恨鐵不成鋼道：“本宮真是看錯了人，原以為自己撿了塊天資聰穎舉世無雙的美玉，沒有想到最後是塊最傻最笨的臭石頭，枉費了本宮半生心血一心栽培，當真是自己瞎了眼，瞎了眼啊！”

Upon learning of Cui Yu's departure, Crown Prince Liu Hao wasn't angry but simply said, "I did not misjudge her. She is intelligent and courageous, daring to love and hate, unburdened by status and worldly constraints. The only pity is that I met her too late."

太子劉昊在得知崔玉的離開并沒有生氣，只是淡淡地道：“孤果然沒有看錯她，她聰明果敢，敢愛敢恨，不為身份所累，不為世俗所困，只是可惜的是孤認識她認識得太晚了。”

Liu Hao had never lost to Zhang Guoying. What he failed to was time, the starting point, and the beginning.

他劉昊從來都沒有輸給他張國英，他輸給的是時間，是起點，是開始。

He was well aware that Cui Yu was different from the Imperial Noble Consort in the palace. While Cui Yu inherited the consort's cunning and intellect, she did not possess her ambition. In fact, her true nature was that of a quiet and reserved person. But when such a person truly falls in love, she would remain devoted to the end, facing all challenges willingly unless the person of her affection fails to cherish and appreciate her. Otherwise, no outsider could find an opportunity to take advantage.

因為他很清楚崔玉和宮中的皇貴妃不同，崔玉繼承了皇貴妃的謀略和頭腦，可是卻沒有皇貴妃的野心，她的真性情其實是一個非常冷清的人，只是這樣一個人一旦真的愛上一個人，就會至死不變，上刀山下火海也甘之如饴，除非對方不懂珍惜，辜負了她，若非如此，旁人再無可乘之機。

Liangzhou

涼州

Since his rebellion and escape from the capital, Zhang Guoying had followed his father southward to Liangzhou, beginning a life away from home.

張國英自從叛逃京城後，一路随父親南下逃到了涼州，開始了背井離鄉的生涯。

However, his eyes had grown more indifferent, and smiles were no longer seen on his face. He had always been a man who didn't smile much. In his youth, he had excelled in the academy, emerging as the top scholar.

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可是他的眉眼更淡漠了，臉上再也見不到笑容，他從來就是一個不愛笑的男人，在他的生命中笑的次數也是極少的，年少時入學堂一鳴驚人，一舉奪魁。

Later, his father established the Old Dynasty, and as the eldest son, he was naturally favored by his father, becoming the Crown Prince of the new Old Dynasty.

後來父親建立了舊王朝，自己身為長子也一直受父親看重，所以自然而然地就成了新舊王朝的太子。

He achieved much, overcoming obstacles on the battlefield, fighting fiercely, and addressing corrupt officials and policies in the court. A prodigy at a young age, he was granted the title of Crown Prince, just one step below the Emperor, and ascended to the peak of power.

建功立業、披荊斬棘、戰場上浴血奮戰、朝堂前廢除弊政、改新廢舊、抓貪官污吏……，少年成名，他就是個大才子，成年後又獲封太子，一人之下萬人之上，走上了權力巅峰。

Even after being defeated by his rival and forced to abandon the capital, he remained confident. Although he and his father couldn't unify the entire kingdom, they still had the strength to carve out a piece of land and establish their rule.

即使後來被競争對手打敗，被迫放棄了都城而叛逃，但是他依然成竹在胸，自己和父親雖然不能統一整個王國，但是在這個國家的某一塊地上割地封王，這個實力還是有的。