Chapter 60 Besieging Her Brother
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Xi's tears fell. She choked for a moment, then immediately put away her fragile expression and said to Xuan Qing, "Where is he now?"
"Princess, my Highness only wishes you to leave the palace as soon as possible." Xuan Qing glanced back, sweat dripping from his forehead. "The Nanzhao King's men are about to attack Chang'an. It will be too late to leave now. Even if Princess doesn't consider herself, she must think of the child in her womb."
Yun Xi covered her stomach, her hair was messed up by the cold wind, blocking her blurry vision.
"Is it for the children?"
If he knew that she was not pregnant at all, would his worries be in vain?
Even though they had already had physical contact, she had never heard him admit that he liked her.
If I had known this earlier, I would have read the letter.
"Send me back to the princess's mansion." Yun Xi calmed down and said calmly.
Xuan Qing's back stiffened, and he didn't know what to say. Instead of turning around, he sped on, "We can't go back to the Princess's Mansion. It's too dangerous."
Yun Xi: "I left something important in the mansion. Maybe it can help you."
Before her father died, he left her an imperial decree to save her life. Now, she can only use this last resort.
Her heart had long since changed. She didn't want Ji Xun to die in Chang'an to protect her, as in the original novel. If she had to live alone, she might as well give it a try.
Seeing that she was determined to go back, Xuan Qing gritted his teeth and said firmly:
"I only obeyed the orders of my highness and escorted the princess out."
"If you don't take me with you, I'll go by myself. Let me go."
Yun Xi loosened the reins. Xuan Qing was worried she would fall, but he didn't know where to put his hands. He could only anxiously say, "Your Highness is already worried sick about you. Why are you doing this?"
"Did he come to Wei just for me? Don't think I can't guess his original intention." Yun Xi said, "If Wei has to rely on an outsider for protection, and I, as the Princess Regent, flee in disgrace, I will be truly failing to live up to my father's dying wishes."
Yun Xi understood that Ji Xun wanted to save her, but she also guessed that he came to Wei not only for her, but more for the benefit of Jin. If he really regarded her as everything, he would not have left her in the first place.
She didn't want to be kidnapped by his "favor" and become a vase under someone's protection. She also loved him and wanted to do her best to protect him.
What's more, she is the princess of Wei and the one who should stand up.
"I'm sorry, but I can't obey your order." Xuan Qing refused with determination.
Yun Xi thought about it and changed her approach: "Then you can go get it for me. I believe your master should have told you where my mansion is."
“…” Xuan Qing was silent.
More than that. During the time his prince had been in Chang'an, except for visiting the palace to discuss official business, he had been practically glued to the princess's residence. He had simply been observing from afar each time without being noticed.
To be honest, he didn't dare to offend the princess of Wei. Although the Jin Dynasty had no precedent of marrying princesses from other countries as crown princesses or queens in order to ensure the bloodline of the emperor's descendants, Ji Xun always did his own thing. After the Wei matter was over, he would return to his country to ascend the throne. If he insisted on marrying her, no one could stop him.
"After I send the princess out of the palace, someone will come to pick you up. Just follow them." Xuan Qing said.
As for the princess's mansion, he was the only one who could make the trip.
After receiving his reply, Yun Xi nodded and then gave him a few instructions.
The two of them rode their horses quickly to the palace gate. Unbeknownst to them, there was no one guarding the gate. Yun Xi took a quick glance and immediately understood. She watched Xuan Qing leave while she waited at the door.
After half a minute, footsteps were finally heard nearby. Yun Xi quickly turned around and saw a very familiar face.
A dozen Jinyiwei saw her and immediately surrounded her with swords drawn. The leader was Ying Nanfeng, who walked towards her with a stern look on his face.
"The palace banquet hasn't ended yet. Where would you like to go, Your Highness?"
A hint of doubt flashed across Yun Xi's eyes. Then, she caught sight of the sword in his hand. The sword emblem had been replaced with a Nanzhao insect carving. She immediately understood: "Ying Nanfeng, my father treats you well, and you actually betrayed him for fame and fortune?"
Ying Nanfeng stared at her with his dark pupils. "Who I turn to has nothing to do with Your Highness. Ever since that day in the Imperial Garden, the only one who can make decisions for me is Your Highness the Fourth Prince."
Yes, he didn't kill her directly. He was willing to talk to her and gave out another traitor in the royal family.
Yun Xi had never expected that Ying Nanfeng would actually take the initiative to surrender to the King of Nanzhao. Everything was developing in a direction that she could not predict.
But she also knew Ying Nanfeng's greatest weakness. "So, you're planning to kill me?" Yun Xi looked at him calmly. "A few days ago, you kept saying you couldn't forget me, but today you're obeying my fourth sister. She asked you to submit to the King of Nanzhao. Do you know what kind of person he is?"
Ying Nanfeng did not answer, but raised his hand with a cold look, signaling the other Jinyiwei to come forward and arrest him.
Yun Xi took a few steps back: "I won't go with you, I want to leave the palace."
"This is not up to you," Ying Nanfeng said. "From today on, you are no longer the Princess of Wei. The King of Nanzhao has promised to give you to me as my wife. Yunxi, I don't want to wait any longer. You should have been mine long ago."
"I'm already pregnant. What's more, you've served my fourth sister..." Yun Xi seized the opportunity and planned to escape.
She didn't see him at the palace banquet, so Ying Nanfeng probably didn't know that the child was fake.
Ying Nanfeng drew his knife and pointed it at her lower abdomen, his voice choking: "Is it his?"
"Did that lowly slave defile you? I don't understand. How is he better than me?"
"I'm the one who grew up with you. I'm the one who protected you for half your life. When you were little, I kept watch over you at night. You were afraid of the dark and asked me to sleep with you. You held my hand and said you would marry me in the future."
"I know I'm of low status and unworthy of you, but I always believed that I was unique in your heart... How could that slave have you so easily? Tell me, was it because of the imperial heir that you gave yourself to him?"
Yun Xi frowned, then suddenly had an idea and began to act out her feelings: "Since you already understand, why ask me again? Do you want me to grit my teeth and explain every word of such humiliation to you?"
Ying Nanfeng's eyes moved slightly, and his wrist trembled a little: "Why don't you choose me?"
"Because he's not the lowly slave you're talking about. He's the Crown Prince of Jin. The Ji Xun you met before and the Ji Huaixu who stood before you that day are the same person." Yun Xi said, "Ying Nanfeng, if it weren't for this child, he wouldn't have returned to Wei. I would die here today."
"My father told me long ago that Chang'an would undergo major changes in the future, and asked me to make plans early. If I can't even survive, how can I talk to you about a long-lasting relationship?"
Hearing this, Ying Nanfeng's eyes turned red and he stared at Yun Xi for a long time, trying to find a trace of lying in her eyes. But after looking for a long time, there were only tears in Yun Xi's eyes.
She touched her belly and wiped away her tears: "You don't like me anymore anyway, so what's the point of telling you this. I'm the only one here now, and I have nowhere else to go. You want to get rid of this child, but I'm powerless to resist."
"Is what you said true?" He put down the knife and couldn't help but walk towards her.
Yun Xi slapped him in the face. "Did the King of Nanzhao ask you to get rid of my child? You want me to go through the gates of hell just to be loyal to him. I really misjudged you."
But no matter how she slapped him, Ying Nanfeng still came to her and knelt down, hugging her waist tightly, but his head gently resting on her belly: "I don't want to hurt you, but when I think about this child being yours and his... Your Highness, will you marry me? I will take you away from here, and I will treat this child as my own in the future."
Yun Xi slowly closed her eyes and stroked Ying Nanfeng's black hair. "A few months ago, my father knew he was about to die. In his final days, he finally let it go and stopped forcing me to bear an heir. Do you know how I became pregnant with this child?"
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Imperial Palace.
The tense atmosphere reached a climax and the palace soon became a mess.
The party headed by the regent was accused of usurping the throne, while a group led by the King of Nanzhao led troops to besiege the city of Chang'an in the name of eliminating traitors.
The entire Chang'an suddenly fell into chaos. The country was without a monarch, and the civil and military officials did not know which side to stand on. Then the King of Nanzhao pointed out that the regent was colluding with the prince of Jin and wanted to divide the Wei Dynasty.
As soon as these words were spoken, most of the officials in the court defected to the King of Nanzhao. After all, the King of Nanzhao was seeking power, but at least he was of the bloodline of the Wei Dynasty. However, the Regent and the Crown Prince of Jin were different.
For a time, Xie Xun, who originally controlled the government, immediately became the target of public criticism. Civil and military officials and the King of Nanzhao forced Xie Xun to the gate of Dongling and demanded that he hand over the imperial seal.
The King of Nanzhao was outside the city gate, and the Imperial Censor went to talk to Xie Xun. The atmosphere was very tense.
"Xie Xun, you colluded with foreign nations and attempted to seize our Great Wei. You have failed the late emperor's trust. Why don't you confess your crime immediately?"
The Regent stood in front of the Qinzheng Hall, remaining calm in the face of danger. "I simply wish to pass the throne to the rightful hands. As for usurping the throne, who is actually pushing for it?"
"You still want to quibble!"
Yun Li looked at the chaotic scene before him, his lips curled slightly. A moment later, a group of Jinyiwei arrived to join them.
Yun Li glanced at it and asked, "Is it done?"
Ying Nanfeng had a cold face, but his eyes were still red. He turned his head and said, "Yeah."
"Are you heartbroken?"
"no."
Yun Li smiled and said, "Then why are you crying? That child isn't yours anyway. When you marry her, you can have as many children as you want. It's not nice for a grown man to cry over a woman."
He patted Ying Nanfeng on the shoulder and said, "After today, I will appoint you as a general. Not to mention Princess Roujia, you can choose any princess from the entire Wei Dynasty."
Ying Nanfeng didn't say anything else, just stood beside him in silence. Yun Li withdrew his hand. He didn't tell the foolish young man that what he gave him was not abortion pills, but death powder.
Aside from the Regent and the seemingly unseen Crown Prince of Jin, Yun Xi was his greatest obstacle. As long as she lived, his throne would remain unsettled.
"My dear colleagues, since you have asked me this, I will not hide anything. I originally wanted to use the joy of General Xie's triumphant return at this palace banquet to announce the late emperor's will, but I didn't expect it to be exploited by someone with ulterior motives."
Xie Xun did not get angry but laughed instead. He took out the imperial edict from his sleeve and asked the people around him to read it aloud.
Yun Li was at ease, waiting to hear what other excuses he had to offer, but after hearing what he said, he suddenly put away his smile.
"...When I was young, I gave birth to a son in Jiangnan. He is the brother of Princess Roujia. His life or death is unknown. In recent years, I have heard that his whereabouts have been found. I have ordered the Prince Regent to go to Jiangnan to search for him. If he is found, the throne will be passed on to him. I decree this."
Eunuch Xu put away the imperial edict, and the entire Dongling Gate fell into a dead silence. Xie Xun looked down at Yun Li from a high position and said, "I went south of the Yangtze River not to recruit troops, but to obey the will of the late emperor. Now that the prince has been found, King Nanzhao, you can rest assured."
Yun Li's face turned pale. "The late emperor's eldest son drowned in Jiangnan when he was young. Where did this prince come from? Xie Xun, you just want to seize power and usurp the throne!"
"Whether it is true or not, please ask this child to have a blood test with Princess Roujia and we will know."
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