Chapter 31 Whether or not to be dressed
"Back to the prince, Yi Xue can't do it."
Sima Jing's face changed, "Can't do it?" …… Wait a minute...... Snow? …… You're not ......" Sima Jing muttered thoughtfully, reading her name again.
Yi Xue clasped her hands on the ground, kowtowed solemnly to Sima Jing, and said, "Yi Xue deceived the prince, please forgive the prince." ”
Sima Jing's brows instantly frowned into the word "Sichuan" and asked:
"Deception? What do you mean? What have you deceived me? There was a hint of anger in his tone.
Yi Xue straightened up, knelt in front of Sima Jing, and replied:
"I'm not Sima Ji, I'm Ah Ji's sister, Sima Yixue."
Seven years passed, and it was the first time that Yi Xue mentioned her name to others.
Sima Jing looked at Yi Xue suspiciously, and after a while, he said as if he had just woken up from a dream:
"I remembered, it's His Royal Highness Ji's sister, and His Royal Highness Ji is a twin, so ...... Are you his sister? ”
Yi Xue replied: "Exactly, the little girl's name is Sima Xue Xue." ”
At this time, Shen Xing, who was silent on the side, was also startled, and then suddenly walked over, with a little dissatisfaction, leaned down, raised Yi Xue's face, and looked at it, Yi Xue was in pain and had to look up at him.
After just a moment, Shen Xing let go of his hand, laughed dryly, and arched his hand towards Sima Jing and said:
"Tell the prince, it's really a daughter, the candlelight in the house is dim, and the subordinates haven't looked closely, please forgive the prince."
Then he turned around and said to Yi Xue: "I was rude just now, and please don't be strange to the princess." His words were full of disdain for Yu Xue.
Sima Jing's expression suddenly became serious, he looked at Yi Xue incredulously, and asked, "What about His Highness Ji?" Didn't you leave the palace together? There was a tremor in his words.
Yi Xue told Sima Jing about the assassination of the two of them, their separation, their sojourn in the bookstore and the Lotus Picking Festival.
After hearing this, Sima Jing's hand on the table couldn't help but slap it fiercely, his expression was full of anxiety and annoyance, and after a while, he lowered his head again, and his hand rested on his temple, as if he was very distressed.
"So, is His Highness Ji nowhere to be found now?" Sima Jing asked a little unwillingly.
"Yi Xue didn't know, Yi Xue thought that it was the prince's subordinates who rescued Ah Ji, but Yi Xue was also worried about Ah Ji's comfort, if unfortunately he was taken away by the bad guys, if there was an escape, he might return to Kaifeng Town, so he stayed here for seven years." Xue replied calmly.
Sima Jing helped Yi Xue up and said softly, "Princess, you have also suffered." Then he returned to his seat and sat down, as if he had thought of something, and his whole body was immersed in sadness.
On the other hand, Yi Xue's expression was as flat as water, this incident had tormented her for seven years, and the moment she said it, she was relieved.
After that, the three of them did not speak for a long time, and only the sound of candles dripping could be heard in the room.
Suddenly, Sima Jing got up and paced back and forth in the room, and from time to time he would hear a sigh, and glanced at Shen Xing, only to see that Shen Xing was also frowning.
Suddenly, Shen Xing spoke: "Lord Wang, I have a plan below, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”
Sima Jing stopped, turned around and walked towards Shen, sat down again, and said, "If you have something to say, just say it." ”
Shen Xing glanced at Yi Xue, and then said respectfully to Sima Jing:
"This time, we got the news from the emperor's brother Sima Lie to rush here, according to Her Royal Highness the Princess, it can be roughly speculated that Her Royal Highness Ji himself should not be in Kaifeng Town at the moment, and Her Royal Highness the Princess usually shows people in men's clothes, so Sima Lie's people are likely to mistake Her Royal Highness the Princess for Her Royal Highness Ji."
Sima Jing nodded and said, "So what? ”
Shen Xing continued: "And it may be difficult to find His Royal Highness Ji himself at the moment, so the minister has the courage to propose ......"
As soon as the words fell, Shen Xing turned around and knelt down towards Yi Xue, and arched his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, now the situation in the court and China is grim, and the throne is undecided, although the prince is ostensibly fighting against the emperor's younger brother Sima Lie, but Sima Lie has already secretly colluded with the ministers, and the intention of usurping the throne is obvious. Therefore, Shen Xing has the courage to propose a bold idea to Her Royal Highness the Princess-
Please ask the princess to return to the dynasty instead of His Royal Highness Ji and inherit the unification! ”
After listening to Shen Xing's words, Yi Xue suddenly felt like a thunderbolt flashing in front of her, and her brain was buzzing, and she couldn't help but wonder if she had heard something wrong, but the words "inheriting the great unification" really got into her ears.
"Me? …… Inherit the unification? Yi Xue said very slowly and lightly, for fear that she had made a mistake.
"Exactly!"
Shen Xing's words were convincing and loud.
At this moment, the air seems to have stopped flowing, and the atmosphere of the snow does not dare to come out - does that mean that she will continue to pretend to be a man, or pretend to be her own brother, and she will also be the emperor?!
Wouldn't she let her lie to the world?!
Yi Xue's face instantly turned pale, her lips opened slightly, and she couldn't speak in a panic.
Before, she disguised herself as a man just to make it easier to move in the bookstore, although she deceived some visiting scholars and suffered a little in her heart, but it definitely did not cause them any substantial harm. But if she is pretending to be the emperor, not to mention that she doesn't know any way to govern the country and secure the country, if she is discovered, won't it make the entire Dayu lose face? ! ……
There were still too many worries, and Yi Xue felt as if her brain was about to explode, her eyes were empty, she kept shaking her head like a puppet, muttering in her mouth, and whispering: "I can't, I can't......"
Sima Cheng looked at Yi Xue, and also understood her expression, and then glanced at Shen Xing, he really felt that Shen Xing's idea was a little ridiculous, so he said:
"Shen Xing, this plan is too much to mention and take risks, it is a blessing to meet the princess, as for the affairs of the court, you have to think about it in the long run, you get up."
Shen Xing didn't get up, but turned to kneel towards Sima Jing, his eyes were like torches, and his voice was fierce.
"Dare to ask the prince if he still has a plan? Now that he is ready to fly, Sima Lie has made it clear that he wants to kill Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he can burn down the bookstore where the princess lives today, if he is more daring, he can find someone to get a fake corpse tomorrow, hide it from the world, and tell the world that His Royal Highness Ji is dead. Now is not the time to think long-term! Please think twice. ”
Governor Shen knelt down in front of Sima Jing, and when Sima Jing heard this, his expression became more serious, how could he not understand these things.
When Yi Xue's mother, Tao Guifei, risked death to let him send his sister and brother out of the palace, she hoped to keep them away from the right and wrong in the palace and live the life of ordinary children. And now because of the situation, he asked Sima Ji to return to the court, which was already contrary to the promise of the year, and now he had to involve her little daughter, so that she could not bear to be deceived in the middle of the court.
But as Shen Xing said, he and Sima Lie were already at loggerheads, otherwise, he would not agree to Sima Ji's method of inheriting the throne. Finally the war subsided, the people were able to recuperate, if Sima Lie became the emperor, not to mention whether he would treat the people well, no one can guarantee that other princes will not be eyeing each other, only the son of the first emperor to inherit the throne, in order to return a peace to Dayu.
Nowadays, it seems that this is the only way to go.