Chapter 137 Meeting

Looking at Sima Jun, Sun Wei actually felt a little guilty, as if he had been caught cheating in class.

She uttered an imperceptible "hmm".

"Then, my lady, you need not worry about the fate you learned from the divination," he said proudly. "Nothing in this world is predetermined, and even if it is, I will reverse it."

After all this talk, we still come back to the same thing.

Fortunately, Sima Jun did not object to killing Luqiu Yan.

But even though he didn't like to hear it, Sun Wei still breathed a sigh of relief.

This stubborn guy even lectured her on a lot of moral principles for no reason.

Sima Jun stared at her closely: "Madam, you don't believe it?"

"I believe it." Sun Wei quickly suppressed his expression and said, "Your Highness, what you said makes sense."

Sima Jun finally showed a look of satisfaction.

Sun Wei then said, "In that case, my lord, you can follow my suggestion and use Huan Yi to get rid of Lu Qiuyan."

Sima Jun said, "Madam, your desire to kill Lü Qiuyan is still based on that idiom, right? In your opinion, since Lü Qiuyan will become a tyrant who drives away tigers and devours wolves, then killing him will bring peace to the world."

Sun Wei was speechless for a moment.

Although her desire to kill Lu Qiuyan came from her experiences in her previous life, it was hard to explain in words.

But in the final analysis, it is indeed as Sima Jun said.

Since her rebirth, she has been doing everything according to the principle of "fighting with the enemy with troops and covering with water with earth". She will eliminate anyone who is a threat.

"Madam, have you ever considered that in today's world, the imperial court is declining, and the princes are rising up," Sima Jun said. "It's like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The emperor was powerless to control it, so hegemons took turns to emerge, attacking and annexing territories, and eventually the powerful Qin Dynasty emerged. The Qin Dynasty was not created by Qin itself, but by the chaotic times. Even if someone foresaw the future and took the initiative to eliminate Ying Zheng, or even the Qin Dynasty, wouldn't the powerful Chu and Qi come to seize the Zhou Dynasty's rule? The same principle applies today. The royal family is weak, the world is unstable, and therefore it is destined to give rise to powerful heroes. I will deal with this Lu Qiuyan, but if you think that this will save our lives, that is absolutely impossible. If one Lu Qiuyan dies, the world will create a second and third one. Even if you are extremely powerful, what can you do?"

Sun Wei looked at Sima Jun, speechless.

She thought, this guy has come up with a bunch of reasons for her again.

But what’s even more hateful is that I seem to have been persuaded.

"But he has already done evil, and the prince just said that he will not forgive him," she said.

"I will not forgive him, but not now." Sima Jun said, "Madam, you want to use Huan Yi to kill Lü Qiuyan, but have you ever thought about whether Huan Yi will really kill him after seeing the letter?"

Sun Wei was puzzled: "What does the prince mean?"

"This letter doesn't have Lüqiu Yan's seal, and the envelope and paper are ordinary. There's nothing to prove it was written by him," Sima Jun said. "Huan Yi is a suspicious man, and his relationship with Jiangzhou has always been delicate. If you were him, and received a letter like this from here, wouldn't you first suspect that I forged it to sow discord? Lüqiu Yan was able to become a Chief Secretary at such a young age, which shows that he has considerable connections within the Huan family. If he wanted to argue that this letter was a forgery, he could easily find someone to speak for him. If that happened, not only would this not harm Lüqiu Yan, but it would also cause a rift between the Huan family and the Yuzhang Prince's Mansion. Such a situation must be considered before taking action."

Sun Wei was silent.

Sima Jun's words also calmed her down.

She thought of Huan Lingxian.

Lü Qiuyan could easily find someone to speak up for him. Huan Lingxian was one of them. Huan Yi was very fond of this granddaughter and was likely to listen to her words.

Sun Wei was a little discouraged.

Unexpectedly, Sima Jun actually convinced her.

What surprised her even more was that Sima Jun had such insights into the world.

Sun Wei suddenly felt that she didn't seem to know Sima Jun, her former bedmate, very well.

At the same time, the feeling of powerlessness she had felt before surged back into Sun Wei's heart. Even if she had foreseen the future and put in all her effort, some things still couldn't be easily changed.

Could it be that this is in line with what Sima Jun said, that everything is created by the world and cannot be changed by changing one person or one thing?

"So, what does the prince plan to do?" Sun Wei asked.

Sima Jun's gaze was profound. "Although I can't kill Lü Qiuyan with this letter alone, it's not useless. Make a copy of this letter and give it to Lü Qiuyan. He will come to me."

Sun Wei nodded: "This letter cannot be given to others. I will copy it myself."

After saying that, she unfolded the paper, ground the ink and dipped the brush.

After writing a few words, Deng Lian brought in a letter and handed it to Sima Jun.

Sima Jun opened it, glanced at it, and said, "Madam, there's no need to copy it. Lu Qiuyan wrote to me and asked me to meet her."

Lu Qiuyan actually showed up on his own?

Sun Wei was very surprised.

This didn't make sense. How did Lü Qiuyan know she had evidence against him? After all, only Huan Xiu and Sima Jun had seen the letter.

And if he didn't know that she had something on him, why would he fall into the trap?

However, Sun Wei soon found out the answer.

The next day, the people who followed Huan Xiu to Jingzhou returned to Xunyang and brought back the news that Huan Xiu was dead.

"When Prince Huan passed through Jiangxia, he was so enraged that he threatened to fight Lü Qiuyan to the death, even if it meant they would perish together. Prince Huan's followers dared not disobey, so they stopped the ship in Jiangxia. It was not convenient for us to interfere in Jingzhou territory, so we had to wait on the ship. Prince Huan never returned to the ship, and the next day, news of his death spread from Jiangxia City."

After hearing this, Sun Wei couldn't help but sigh.

Huan Xiu, that fool, his body was already broken, so how could he still fight Lü Qiuyan to death? He was just like a moth flying into a flame, achieving a foolish and tragic feat.

Wouldn't it be better to listen to her, go back to Jingzhou to find Huan Yi, and let Huan Yi avenge him?

Compared to Huan Xiu's death, Sun Wei regretted missing out on an opportunity to have the Huan family deal with Lü Qiuyan. After all, Huan Xiu's words in person were much more credible than the letter in her hand.

Since this happened, it goes without saying that Lu Qiuyan learned about the letter in Sun Wei's hand from Huan Xiu, so he made an appointment to meet Sima Jun.

The guard then handed Sun Wei a letter, saying, "Prince Huan asked me to give this to the princess before he disembarked. He asked her not to forget what she had promised him earlier."

Sun Wei did not forget that she had promised to help Huan Xiu realize a wish.

She opened the letter and found a lock of hair inside.

The letter asked Sun Wei to throw his hair into the sea, hoping that he would not be named Huan in the next life.

Sun Wei was silent for a while.

This was a story she had never known in her previous life. She had no idea what kind of grudge Huan Xiu had with the Huan family that had made him willing to cut off his hair.

However, this also explained to Sun Wei why Huan Xiu did not return to Jingzhou to find Huan Yi, but chose to die alone.

Sun Wei sighed inwardly and put the letter away.

Although she had only met Huan Xiu once, she had to do what she had promised.

Later in the evening, Sima Jun came to tell Sun Wei that Lü Qiuyan and Sima Jun had an appointment to meet in Xiyang County, Yuzhou.

This place is not far from Xunyang and Jiangxia and can be reached within a day.

"Sir, can you take me with you?" Sun Wei asked after pondering for a moment.