Chapter 74: The Sorrow of the Princess
I don't know if Ying Zheng was suspicious of Fusu and me, but Ying Zheng didn't deliberately talk to me about Fusu, he just listened to me carefully and looked at me naturally.
"Your words today have puzzled the widow, as if another person is talking to the widow."
I said, why does he have to glance at me as soon as I talk to him, it turns out that he is not suitable for my "gentleness".
"Doesn't the king like his concubines to talk well?"
I looked at Ying Zheng in surprise, looking even more puzzled than him.
Ying Zheng gasped and shook his head in denial.
"No, it's just that it's rare for a widow to see a woman of true nature, and she is sensitive and intelligent, and the widow looks forward to your submission from the heart, and not from flattery to achieve your goals."
It turns out that Ying Zheng is so smart, he is sensitive enough to detect that I am acting.
"The concubine has never praised anyone or anything against her will, and her nature is like this, but I am afraid that the king will get tired of the stubbornness of the concubine in the future." My praise for Ying Zheng and the princes of Qin is from the heart, and they have a convincing charm.
"Aren't you afraid that the widow will cure your stubbornness?"
Ying Zheng looked at me, there was no cold light in his eyes, but it made people shudder; There is no banter in the eyes, but it makes people listen to the ease of jokes.
My intuition told me that I can't afford to provoke this person for another two thousand years, and I still don't want to take the initiative to provoke him in the future, I am purely playing with fire to extinguish myself.
"Didn't the king say that he wanted to see a woman with a true temperament, and the concubine had this honor and could not break her temper?"
I carefully raised my throat and showed the most calm face I could show to Yingzheng.
Ying Zheng looked away from my eyes as I waited almost without gasping, without affirmation or denial.
Yes, why should I ask for the affirmation of Yingzheng, I can't even save my life, what qualifications do I have to protect my personality?
There was no sound in the hall for a while, and I habitually began to worry. "Has the king been in see Mrs. Jean lately?" The calmer the atmosphere, the more stiff it became, and I asked for stiffness, so I had to quickly find a topic to bring back to Yuan.
"She's fine."
Fortunately, Yingzheng didn't ignore me.
The concubine hadn't been to see her for a while, "Now that I've said that, I might as well achieve my goal." Glancing at Yingzheng's face, it was not bad, so I plucked up the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, because of the rumors of the Qiyan Alliance, the concubine and Mrs. Rang dare not interact." β
Ying Zheng's chin paused for a moment, and he probably understood what I meant by testing his attitude towards the rumors of the Qi Yan Alliance, so he immediately put down the silver bowl and stopped eating it.
I know that Yingzheng is not happy with my approach of inquiring about him.
"I think Mrs. Jean's belly must have grown a lot, she always said in the past that she wanted to give birth to a son for the king. The concubine guessed that whether it was a son or a princess, according to her talent and temperament, coupled with the king's excellent genes, the little baby must be the dragon and phoenix among people. β
I tried my best to ease the cold scene between us, but Ying Zheng still didn't speak, staring at the silk as if it wasn't looking, and I was bored watching it.
"Your Majesty, the hour is not early, Rong Lu may have something important, the king should announce him in, and the concubine will retire."
didn't stop me from leaving, but Ying Zheng gave me a message when I was about to walk out: "Go and talk to Juan'er." β
That's his attitude, right? No matter what the rumors of the Qi Yan Alliance think of him, Ji Juan and I can come and go freely!
"Seeing that Sister Xi is so beautiful, don't ask, the king will not embarrass you, sister's heart, as long as you don't hear bad news about you, you will settle down a lot."
Ji Juan's belly is indeed bigger, and the smile on her face is still a little tired, but the happiness contained in it is getting higher and higher.
"Sister Wan has the body of the king's heir, the king cares about Sister Juan, and will not punish her, my sister and Sister Wan are in the same breath, and they are stained with Sister Juan's light." I gently touched Ji Juan's belly, respecting the motherhood that gives birth to little life day by day.
"It's the role of the envoy of the Qi country!"
When it came to the arrival of the envoy of Qi, Ji Juan was half happy and half sad, happy that the envoy of Qi showed that Qi had no heart to participate in the war and solved the dilemma of the two of us, and was sad that Qi had a clear attitude, and Yan definitely lost the possibility of forming an alliance with Qi.
I understand the troubles of the princesses: they want their husbands to dominate their country, and they also want their home country to be strong, and as weak women who are despised by the world, they are alone and miserable.
"Sister Juan..."
I want to persuade Ji Juan to let Yan give up fighting against Qin, and I don't know whether to say it or not.
Seeing that I hesitated, Ji Juan put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Why do you talk so much?" β
Looking at Ji Juan's happy smile and heavy tiredness, thinking that she didn't understand but didn't accuse me of understanding when I explicitly said that I was going to serve the Qi Kingdom, I decided not to burden her anymore.
"Sister Juan, do you know who is framing us?" She and I can only talk about this matter and ask if it is suitable for me to babble and speak.
Ji Wan put away her smile, looked into the distance abruptly, and did not speak.
"Sister Wan doesn't want to pay attention to it if she knows, or doesn't she want to know?"
Ji Juan's reaction is not like a normal reaction, normally speaking, shouldn't she be as angry as me?
"Sister doesn't know, and I don't want to know," Ji Juan smiled bitterly and said, "Sister Xi, sister said something inappropriate, sister is still a little grateful for this rumor, if not, Yan Guo is still having illusions about Qi Guo, thinking that they can join forces to protect the country." Scold! Taking a step back, if our king really believes this and sends troops to force Qi, maybe Qi Yan will really be able to hold out with Dai Guo for a little longer. β
Ji Juan's expression became even more sad after speaking, and her eyes flickered with tears of frustration when she looked into the distance.
I was speechless and didn't know how to speak.
It is what I said that Qi would not send troops, and it was also my wish that Ji Juan could be happy, and I could not have both, so I had to be sad and silent.
I can hear that Ji Juan is still lucky about the Yan Kingdom in the war, should I remind her of the fact that the Yan Kingdom is destined to perish?
"Sister Juan, have you ever thought that more time will be more painful, the soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense will be painful, and the people will be even more painful!"
I finished speaking carefully, and Ji Wan's two lines of tears fell.
"Although I know everything, I want to watch my father's army defeat and die-can you understand it?"
She looked at me with a heartbreaking look in her eyes.
However, the reality is cruel, and if she doesn't understand the cruelty of reality, her illusory heart will be tormented even more.
"Sister Juan, do you know why I have always advocated that the Qi Kingdom surrender without a fight? Because I know that resistance is ineffective, my sister may understand? β
I want to say that long pain is better than short pain, but saying this will persuade Ji Juan to accept the early death of her father, and I stabbed her to sΓΉ that it would aggravate her pain.
"I guessed it." Ji Wan lowered her eyes lonely, and suddenly looked at me with bright pupils: "Sister Xi is very good at the destiny of heaven, but she has calculated the final ending?" β
What Ji Juan wants to know should be the evolved war texts written in the history books. I wanted Ji Juan to accept the facts, but I didn't have the courage to say that I calculated it, so I didn't speak.