Chapter 10: Broken Names (I)
Xiao Yi looked at Zhuge and was speechless. The princess of Qi has the child of the monarch of the Song Kingdom? If the old people of Qi heard about it, they would definitely tie her up at the gate of the jade capital and burn her to show the public. How could she forget the hatred of destroying the country and conceive the child of the Song people? What's more, it's not an ordinary Song person, but the son of King Wu of Song who ordered the bloody washing of the Jade Capital, the new monarch of the Song Kingdom? In this way, the last wisp of blood of the Qi royal family was tainted by the Song people, and the descendants of the Qi royal family will have the blood of the Song people. Doing such an outrageous thing, what face does she have to live in the world?
She calmly confirmed, "I'm pregnant? ”
Zhuge also tried to answer calmly: "Yes, Princess of Qi, you are pregnant with the child of King Song." ”
Xiao Yiqian sighed. Ning Guodian saw Liu Ying for the first time, but a few months ago, he was high but elegant and peaceful. On the bank of Peach Blossom Creek, she stayed for him, because his life was short, because she was moved by his tenderness. Now everything is a catastrophe, and the mistakes made can only be offset by death. Even if the bloodline of the Qi royal family cannot be continued, it cannot be defiled.
Xiao Yi said: "Zhuge , thank you for coming to save me, thank you for not forgetting all these years." You are the crown prince of the country, I wish you can one day revive the country, glorify the ancestors, if you can't do so, at least leave a trace of blood for the country. And I'm no longer worthy of being the princess of Qi Kingdom. She snatched the small jade sword from Zhuge Trace's hand and stabbed it resolutely into her throat.
Zhuge escaped and knocked the jade sword down. "Xiao Yi, don't take your own life."
Xiao Yi said: "Only if I die, die in this White Jade Palace, can I block the mouths of the people and be worthy of the century-old foundation of the Qi Kingdom." ”
Zhuge Trace stroked Xiao Yi's pale face, and said softly, "Follow me back to Chu State." The child in your womb, although he is a Song person, is also a Qi person, and he is the only bloodline of the Qi royal family, can you bear to kill him? When the Qi Kingdom destroyed the country, haven't you seen the tragic scene of corpses and bones on the street? I have seen rivers of blood flowing to defend the country, and I have seen those miserable partings of life and death, at that time I was determined not to take my own life, only when I saw the mountains of corpses and bones, I knew the preciousness of life. If you die and there is no successor to the Qi royal family, then you are really sorry for the century-old foundation of the Qi country. For example, I was incognito and secretly living in the Chu State, but I kept a trace of the blood of the Wei royal family. You will live, and your children, and you will live. ”
Xiao Yi said with tears in her eyes: "I don't know how to thank you." ”
Zhuge got up and said, "Don't thank me. I have had a marriage contract with you since I was thirteen years old, even if I don't be your husband, I haven't seen you again for so many years, I have long regarded you as a relative, like an indispensable part of life, as if as long as I complete the marriage contract with you, I can be the prince of the country again. Over the past twelve years, I have traveled around the world, knowing that I cannot return to defend the country, but it has become a habit to seek out you, as if to fulfill the fate of my deceased parents, or to fulfill the words of the matchmaker of Qi and Wei. I found you in Fanjing last year, and you are no longer the ten-year-old female doll in my memory, but the first dancing girl of Chen Guo who dances like an immortal. In my timidity, I disguised myself as a gentleman who was obsessed with writing songs and music to approach you and get to know you, and I thought that even if I didn't have that marriage contract, you would be attracted to my talent. I thought I could take you to the State of Chu, but you asked Li Chen to go to the State of Song to assassinate the King of Song. You dare to do what I dare not do, I don't want to stop it, not to mention that this is your wish for ten years, how can I bear to stop it? But now I regret it. This time, I should stop you. The Song Kingdom is not the King of Song alone, even if you kill him, the Queen Mother Qiao can also support his sons and nephews, and everything needs to be considered in the long run. What's more, if you're pregnant with his child, you won't really bear to kill him. And although I can do it for you, I don't think killing him will do Qi Wei any good in his current situation. Rather than risk being trapped in this White Jade Palace and putting the nine princesses of Chu in a dilemma, it is better to leave as soon as possible. When I was fourteen years old, my father's last words to me were: Only by living can there be hope. ”
When he returned to the White Jade Palace, Xiao Yi disguised herself as Chen Guo's dancing queen, and was able to enter the Ning Guo Palace after many inspections. Unexpectedly, leaving the White Jade Palace was unexpectedly simple. She said that she saw that the palace wall next to the star-picking platform was in disrepair and few people guarded it, so Zhuge and Xiao Yi pretended to be Lin Meiren's slaves and maids, and under Lin Long's escort, they took advantage of the night to climb out of the palace wall. Outside the palace wall, they were greeted by the guards of the Zhuge Mansion of the Chu State, and the group quietly left the jade capital of the Song State without leaking. She remembered that the star-picking platform was taller than the palace wall. In the carriage leaving the White Jade Palace, she lifted the curtain and looked back at the star picking platform that had been renamed by Liu Ying because of her words. She remembered that on the star-picking platform, he had bright eyes, and she had lost her mind for him.
Xiao Yi occasionally felt unwell after she became pregnant, and the group could not rush to Chu quickly, so they had to stop and go in Song Land, moving forward in a roundabout way, covering people's eyes and ears. Xiao Yi knew that Zhuge Escape was Jiang Ji, the prince of Weiguo, but she still called him Zhuge because Zhuge Escape, who Chen Guo knew, was a noble son who didn't seem to care about anything, and she and him were just friends of piano and music, and both sides were calm and simple. She couldn't help but miss the last days in Chen Guo. At that time, with three sisters by her side, and Li Chen and Aunt Su taking care of her, Zhuge added a touch of joy to her life. Now, the three sisters don't know where they were sent by Liu Ying, Li Chen and the Prime Minister's Mansion should have fallen into a crisis caused by sending her to the Song Dynasty to assassinate the King of Song, Aunt Su and the entire dance hall were probably seized by Chen Guo, and the talented handsome son Zhuge Shunji has also become a patriotic prince with a deep hatred of blood.
Along the way, Zhuge Dunji did not mention to her about Qi Wei and Qi Wei again, but just told her about the customs of Chu that she had never heard of like an idle son. After walking slowly for more than half a month, I finally arrived at the junction of Song and Chu - Chu Shui.
The cold air of late autumn hits people, and the red leaves of Chu Realm on the other side are falling, like sparks burned out by the sunset, but the shore of Song Realm is dry leaves. A small boat was waiting for them on the shore. Chu Shui is not turbulent, nor is it wide. Song and Chu have never fought a war, and for a hundred years, the Chu water has only flowed quietly and peacefully, and it only takes a flat boat to cross the river safely.
The autumn wind suddenly rose, blowing Xiao Yi's long hair and the sound of horses' hooves rushing in the distance. Xiao Yi looked back vigilantly, only to see a man in white sitting on a snow-white horse. He has bright eyes.
Xiao Yi was stunned in place, and Liu Ying had already restrained the horse in front of her. He jumped off the horse, grabbed Xiao Yi's hand and said, "Yi'er, don't go to Chu State, come home with me." Wait for me for a year, a year later, I will no longer be the king of Song, and we will travel together in the countries of Kyushu and all over the world. ”