Chapter 313 Ending 1

Pei Luoshu looked helpless.

"Eleven, didn't I tell you before that I, Master Zhang, will do it myself? You don't need to worry about these things. I still have use for you and him..."

Chen Shiyi was silent for a while.

"I know. I'm sorry to have disturbed your plans."

Pei Luoshu's mind softened and he sighed.

"Forget it, it's alright, it's good to die peacefully."

Chen Shiyi looked at Pei Luoshu quietly.

"A Luo, why didn't you ask me how I contacted Wuxin Pavilion right under your nose and issued a bounty order, how I made Master Zhang insist on seeing me, how I took Master Zhang and jumped off the cliff without any injury, how I returned to the western suburbs of Kyoto and did all this, but didn't get away with it..."

Pei Luoshu explained hurriedly.

"I didn't have time to ask, I..."

"It's okay. I'll tell you now. I've been planning this day since I came back from Qingzhou. Xiao Si brings the words I cut from the sycamore trees to my contact point in Kyoto every day. I use Xiao Si's excuse of going to see the lanterns to find out the direction of the moat and where the barrier net buried at the bottom of the moat is located. I also sent people to find out several places that Master Zhang often goes to, including Lubei Mountain, Jing'an Temple, and Lixiang Manor, and then arranged a large number of people to hide in the dark."

"I know I can't kill Master Zhang, but the endless assassinations have made him sleepless. He was also informed that I was the late Majesty's first wife. He must have wanted to see me and then use his strong attitude to dispel my thoughts. I have been waiting for the day when he will catch me. I wear clothes with Yinyou powder every day. This thing was developed by Doctor Chu. It can attract glowing insects at night through its smell and follow me all the way."

"On the night of the robbery, I had been talking to Master Zhang to buy time, waiting for my people to arrange everything. When I heard the signal, I took Master Zhang and jumped off the cliff. Of course, it wasn't a real jump. A dozen of my people had already hung ropes and jumped onto the prepared bamboo rafts, entered the moat, drilled into the barrier net that had long been destroyed, and entered Hengning Street in the western suburbs of Kyoto."

"In fact, I only need to kill Master Zhang. There is no need to carry his body around. But I just want the Situ family to see Master Zhang's end and let them rest in peace."

Chen Shiyi raised his eyes and met Pei Luoshu's puzzled gaze.

"A Luo, you probably don't know about my big move."

"I…"

"You are right not to know, because you have absolute trust in me. You are very sure that I, Chen Shiyi, will never do anything that is detrimental to you in my life, right?"

"You are my wife, I absolutely trust you."

Chen Shiyi sighed.

"You know when I realized this feeling?"

"When?"

"I thought you were dead and I died for you, but you found me and didn't take me away. You continued to let me live in Wen Zhirou's Pingyuan. That's when I was sure."

Pei Luoshu was silent. He raised his hand, grabbed Chen Shiyi's hand, and pressed her palm.

“It’s been so long.”

Chen Shiyi seemed not to have heard Pei Luoshu's words and spoke to himself.

"I have lived in the Wen family for more than half a year, and I have seen Wen Zhiheng almost every day. Even after you found out, you still chose to let me live in Wen Zhirou's Ping Garden, saying that you were worried about leaving me alone outside. In fact, I could have gone to Cui Yongan's place or lived in Meiyuan. You knew Wen Zhiheng's feelings for me, but you didn't feel jealous or worried at all, and even took him in as your helper to help you ascend to a high position."

"When the fifth prince was killed, you and Wen Zhiheng planned to kill him with 300 men. There were more than 10,000 imperial guards on the hunting grounds. Even if those few hundred men were heavenly soldiers, it would be impossible for them to succeed in assassinating the imperial guards with such a huge disparity in strength. Wen Zhiheng felt that it was not right at the time, so he spontaneously arranged a second assassination plan for you."

"A Luo, there is actually no first option, right? I was on the scene at the time and could clearly feel that in the chaos, there was only the bow and arrow attack, which created a tense situation and made the guards around the fifth prince only pay attention to the assassination outside, leaving the opportunity for Wen Zhiheng in the end, right?"

Pei Luoshu's face was calm, and he replied while bending her fingers.

"Eleven, you know my situation at the time. I could only use the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force."

Chen Shiyi nodded.

"I know. I just want to say that your absolute trust in me is getting stronger and stronger. After I went to Qingzhou, I met Wen Zhiheng. He wrote to me and arranged a banquet for me. You never asked me a single question. I thought at that time, why? Why is A Luo so generous and doesn't mind at all? I was thinking, if a woman showed kindness to you, I would definitely not tolerate it. It's incredible that you trust me to this extent."

"You used to be angry with me for not telling you about my sailing trip, and you kept telling me not to forget you. You also used to act coquettishly and pester me over all kinds of trivial matters. But now you hear the three words "I'm sorry" the most, and then you absolutely trust me."

“Is this right? Why does it feel wrong to me?”

Pei Luoshu felt very flustered when he saw Chen Shiyi's confused look.

"Eleven, I must have not had time to accompany you recently, so you have had an illusion. Don't let your imagination run wild. I will take you back to the palace and we can live together."

Chen Shiyi chuckled.

"A Luo, ever since you became the emperor, you have been worried and distressed, with a bad temper and irritability. In the past, you were gentle and calm, and you were able to handle everything with ease. I have seen you break a teacup, once in Yu's study before I left the palace, and once a while ago, also in Yu's study, when Master Zhang spoke rudely to you."

"You think I've gotten a little mad?"

Chen Shiyi shook his head.

"How can a person's temperament change so quickly?"

"Everyone in the court knows that you are distressed. You want to change but you are powerless. You are helpless in the face of the arrogance of Master Zhang, which makes people think that you are weak and can be bullied. But it is you who, from being constrained at the beginning, finally took control of the government. You took advantage of Tianqi's reluctance to control the army on the southeast border. Taking advantage of the students' trouble, you have completely taken over the Sunan Township Army."

"A Luo, the reason why Master Zhang cannot be killed is not what you said, he is just a chess piece of yours. You pretend to be angry but dare not say anything to him, let him be arrogant, let him be arrogant, let him balance the growing power of Master Hu and Wen Zhiheng, right?"

Pei Luoshu remained silent, holding Chen Shiyi's hand in a daze for a long time.

Chen Shiyi smiled.