Xianjin's eyes were bright and a strand of hair fell from his temple.
Princess Bai'an leaned over and held up the strand of hair with a look of pity. She had mixed feelings and no one knew what to feel.
That’s great.
Although the two-year-old babbling child did not grow up in the fertile farmland she expected, he somehow grew up to be tall and straight.
Princess Bai'an still wanted to refuse.
Xianjin said without question: "Just hand over the knife handle and wait for him to make a mistake. How long will it take? Wait until Japan and Tatar catch their breath? Wait until Neo-Confucianism is revived? Wait until the power of the clan grows day by day? If the chronic disease is not cured, how can there be a new life!"
Princess Bai'an stood up after a long pause, and said with all her might, "Since you are brave, let's give it a try and see what Xu Fengxian is really up to! - To avoid alerting the enemy, I will withdraw all the imperial guards and mute guards from you. You must find a way to pass the message on your own. Xu Fengxian is a cautious person, and he will not touch your life-saving talisman until the last moment. You must also trust your aunt, I will not delay this matter until the last moment."
The conversation returned to what it had been before.
Xianjin hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Does King Xiao need to know?"
Princess Bai'an shook her head gently: "No need -" She paused, as if looking for the right words: "His personality is not suitable for these...fights."
.....
Xianjin came back to his senses from his memories, with the words he had just said still lingering between his lips.
Xianjin stared at Emperor Zhaode motionlessly, trying to figure out his intentions from his expression.
Emperor Zhaode's expression remained calm. After a while, he raised his hand and hooked his fingers.
The shadows behind him came forward, one of them held Xianjin down, while the other one groped back and forth on Xianjin's body.
Xianjin pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
Shadow finally took out the ruby and sapphire dagger from Xianjin's sleeve and respectfully presented it to Emperor Zhaode with both hands.
Emperor Zhaode lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at the flying crane on the scabbard, raised the corner of his lips, and threw the dagger back in front of Shadow: "Send this dagger to Prince Xiao's Mansion."
Jin squinted his eyes.
Emperor Zhaode said again: "Write a letter to my dear brother: within three days, if he sees the white silk hanging in Prince Xiao's mansion, I will release Xianjin on the spot; if he does not see the white silk on time, on the fourth day, he must see the head of his only daughter."
Xianjin looked up suddenly.
Emperor Zhaode was in a good mood and added: "If he was a man, he would not tell his sisters about this, right?" Emperor Zhaode's smile faded and he snorted coldly: "If he told his elder sister about this, Xianjin's head would still be waiting for his cries."
Xianjin clenched his hands tightly, and his well-trimmed nails were almost digging into the flesh of his palms.
Emperor Zhaode looked at Xianjin with a happy expression: "When my elder sister helped me ascend to the throne, she made me swear that I would never touch my useless brother in my lifetime, otherwise the throne would be unstable and someone would eventually replace me - I honestly ascended the throne and kept my promise."
"Now that I'm no longer the emperor, I can always kill him, right?"
Emperor Zhaode laughed, and stopped laughing after a long while: "Once the white silk is hung in Prince Xiao's Mansion and the coffin is out, who will care about me? By then..."
Emperor Zhaode glanced at Xianjin and said, "By that time, I will have already run far away - this is what my eldest sister taught me! As long as there is green, there will be no shortage of firewood! The cause of restoring the country can also be done from the outside to the inside! By that time, who will be left in the Xu family? My useless brother is dead, you little girl is dead, the remaining collateral branches are almost out of five generations, and my eldest sister is really too old to have children, right?! By that time, our family will be prosperous and in the prime of life. Won't I still be the one to sit on the throne of the Xu family?"
Xianjin's expression slowly darkened.
This was completely different from what she had expected at first.
Totally different.
Xianjin pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "You think too highly of King Xiao. Thirteen years ago, he fed my mother medicine to keep himself alive; now, how could he be willing to die for me?"
Emperor Zhaode raised his eyebrows.
Xianjin continued, "Besides, hanging white silk is just a funeral ceremony, it doesn't have to be a real death."
Emperor Zhaode smiled: "His body may not die, but once he is hung with white silk and out of the coffin, who will recognize his identity? His bloodline? His surname?"
Emperor Zhaode looked relieved: "If he doesn't die, he will die."
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