Chapter 28: Doing My Best (5)
"Naturally, no problem. β
After agreeing to She Ming's request, it was decided that Shang Ying would stay behind to protect She Ming's safety in secret, and Luo Yulun and Ser helped She Ming find someone.
"The first emperor was already very violent and bloodthirsty, but I didn't expect this new emperor to be so brutal and ruthless to his relatives, it's really terrifying!"
"We have such an emperor in Western Chu, how can the people have a good life?"
"Actually, I think General Su Ren is quite capable, and he has great military achievements, since he has launched a palace change, why don't you become the emperor yourself, and you have to elect the second prince to the throne as the emperor?"
"Could it be that the general only wants to overthrow the tyranny of the former emperor, and does not intend to overthrow the regime of the She family?"
"I also heard that on the night of the palace change, only the eldest prince escaped in the entire She family. β
"Can he really get out? Isn't he wanted by the whole country now?"
"You say if he hadn't escaped, would the throne be his?"
"It's hard to say!"
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Since the palace change, the affairs of the She family have become the talk of the people after dinner. She Zhi, who was hiding everywhere, could hear the people's discussions wherever he went.
She Zhi remembered that when his father She Bin was a prince when he was a child, the relationship with Su Ren was like brotherhood and heart.
Even She Zhi learned to ride a horse when he was a child, and Su Ren taught him by hand. In She Zhi's impression, Su Ren treated him much better than his imperial uncles.
Later, the emperor's grandfather was seriously ill, and the princes fought to the death for the throne, at that time, Su Ren absolutely supported his father, helped his father escape countless assassinations and crises, and even protected the safety of She Zhi and She Ming from the enemy regardless of his own safety.
After his father ascended the throne, Su Ren became the most trusted person of his father, and he was even promoted to the knighthood. And Su Ren expanded the territory for his father and made great achievements for the Western Chu State.
But two years ago, She Zhi overheard a fierce dispute between his father and Su Ren in the imperial study because of different political views, and since then She Zhi has vaguely felt that the two seem to have an irreparable estrangement.
In the end, what didn't make She Zhi think was that after that dispute, after two years of fermentation, the two who were originally brothers and sisters finally became enemies due to the breakdown of their relationship, and Su Ren even launched a coup to become She Zhi's father-killing enemy!
"Jin Ning, since I have nowhere to go, shouldn't I go directly to Su Ren for revenge?"
Now the Western Chu State wants She Zhi in the whole country, and Yiyang is even more vigilant in the whole city, and now She Zhi can neither leave Yiyang nor enter the imperial city, like a caged bird trapped in the city.
"Great Prince, we can't act impulsively now!" Jin Ning persuaded, "With our strength, we can't get close to Su Ren at all!"
"Heh," She Zhi smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm still too naΓ―ve. β
She Zhi thought about it for a while before he made up his mind, "Then let's go to the area around Su Ren's General's Mansion and investigate, maybe we can find a suitable opportunity." β
Seeing that She Zhi gave up his impulsive behavior, Jin Ning no longer stopped it, as if he acquiesced in She Zhi's decision, and followed She Zhi quietly to the General's Mansion.
She Zhi, disguised as a beggar, squatted not far from the General's Mansion and watched every move of the General's Mansion.
When it was almost dusk, She Zhi saw a carriage stop in front of him, and only heard the people in the carriage say, "Give the rest of the food to the people who are begging here!"
At that moment, She Zhi couldn't believe it, he seemed to have met the fairy who helped him yesterday again. This voice is too familiar to him, and he can't be wrong!
She Zhi stood up excitedly, originally wanted to greet the fairy, but considering his identity and hesitated, what is there to introduce to him as a down-and-out prince?
By the time She Zhi reacted, the fairy's carriage had already stopped at the gate of the General's Mansion, just in time to meet Su Ren's carriage.
The fairy, who was still dressed in red, got out of the carriage and respectfully saluted Su Ren, "Father!"
"Daughter, you haven't been in good health since you were a child, and you've just returned to Yiyang for a few days, don't run out all day long. β
"Got it, Father!"
She Zhi watched the fairy and Su Ren walk into the general's mansion together. He also clearly heard the fairy call Su Ren his father! She was Su Ren's daughter? Why didn't he know anything about it?
What's even more ridiculous is that She Zhi would fall in love with the daughter of his father's enemy!
Suddenly, She Zhi's spirit also came out of a trance, and in order not to be caught by the patrol, Jin Ning had to take She Zhi to leave first, and then think about it in the long run.
"The eldest prince, are you okay?" Knowing that the fairy was Su Ren's daughter, She Zhi seemed to have lost his soul, and the whole person became very entangled, if he could choose, he would rather never meet a fairy!
"Jin Ning, how could she be Su Ren's daughter?How could she be Su Ren's daughter?" She Zhi seemed to be asking Jin Ning, more like asking himself.
When Jin Ning came back from looking for food yesterday, he saw She Zhi with a smile on the corner of his mouth, this was the first time Jin Ning saw She Zhi smile after the palace change.
Later, She Zhi also told Jin Ning that he had met a fairy dressed in red!
As a bystander, Jin Ning also knew that She Zhi was emotionally attracted to the so-called fairy in red. Obviously, two years ago, the emperor was very anxious about She Zhi's marriage. None of the school-age daughters in the princely minister's family can be seen by She Zhi, so She Zhi's adulthood has been several years, and the marriage has not been settled.
I don't know if it's because of She Zhi, She Ming is not in a hurry about her marriage at all.
But at such an extraordinary time, She Zhi was moved by a woman of unknown origin, and he really couldn't tell the thing of fate.
"The eldest prince, my subordinates have heard rumors about the daughter of General Su Ren. β
"What rumors?"
"I heard that the daughter of General Su Ren was weak and sick because she was born, so General Su Ren sent her to the medical fairy to study medicine while curing her illness, and the medical fairy also named her Su Wen himself. Su Ren also helped her hire a private tutor to accompany her, so Su Wen didn't go to school seriously, so naturally no one knew her!"
"Su Wen?" This can also explain why no one knows Su Wen, and why Su Wen, who is the daughter of a general, doesn't know She Zhi, the eldest prince of the Western Chu Kingdom!
"Because she is a personal disciple of the medical fairy, it is said that her medical skills are also very good, and some people even gave her the title of female medical fairy. β
"I went to his house the day before Su Ren launched the palace mutiny, and I didn't see this Su Wen, it seems that she was only picked up by Su Ren in Yiyang after the rebellion. She Zhi said with a sneer.
It seems that Su Ren should care about this daughter very much, and specially chose to let her return to Yiyang after the rebellion, I am afraid that she does not want Su Ren to enter this palace change. Even Su Ren may have considered that if he failed, he would not implicate Su Wen.
Su Ren is really thoughtful about this daughter.