Chapter 12: This Zhao Shen must have crawled out of hell
Fortunately, she had already thought about how to answer this question.
She raised her pair of dark, clear eyes and looked directly at Zhao Shen, without a trace of evasion in her gaze: "You may not believe me when I tell you this, but I had a dream."
This was obviously not the answer Zhao Shen had expected. A flash of surprise crossed his face, and then he asked, "Dream? What did you dream about?"
"Everything that happened after I married Zhao Heng, including the tragic deaths of my father and brother, Zhao Heng seized the military power of the Northern Frontier and helped Prince Yong usurp the throne. He rose to the highest position among the officials by relying on his meritorious service."
Regardless of whether Zhao Shen believed it or not, Ji Yunshu simply told him everything he knew.
Anyway, Zhao Shen’s position is not opposed to hers.
No matter what she does next, it will be difficult to avoid Zhao Shen.
What's more, if he wants to deal with Zhao Heng, reverse the entire plot, and save his aunt and the emperor, he needs the power to influence the court.
It's difficult for her to do these things alone.
Zhao Shen was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses. "You said Prince Yong was plotting treason?"
Just care about this?
There were no questions or surprises about anything else.
Ji Yunshu sorted out what he had just said and found that only the incident of Prince Yong's rebellion happened after Zhao Shen's death.
In a flash, an idea popped into her mind.
Following this line of thought, all the things that were wrong with Zhao Shen made sense.
Ji Yunshu thought that since he could even travel through a book, there was nothing that couldn't happen.
She stared at Zhao Shen, not missing any expression on his face: "Oh, I just forgot to say, in my dream, you also died."
After she finished speaking, she saw the other party suddenly look up at her.
The moment their eyes met, Ji Yunshu clearly saw the gloomy coldness in Zhao Shen's bottomless pupils.
Sure enough, how could a born noble and favored son of heaven who fell from the height of his glory and witnessed the fickleness of the world and the indifference of human nature still be a gentleman of integrity and elegance?
And the Zhao Shen in front of him was probably the one who crawled back from hell.
Ji Yunshu didn't feel scared. She let out a long sigh and said calmly, "I don't want to die, and I don't want my family to die."
Zhao Shen stared at her for a long moment before he said, "I don't want to either."
The two looked at each other for a moment, and the tense atmosphere gradually eased.
Zhao Shen knew what Ji Yunshu meant by this and asked directly, "What do you want me to do?"
Talking to smart people saves you trouble.
Ji Yunshu said decisively: "Can you kill Zhao Heng or Prince Yong?"
Since it is destined that either you die or I die, then why bother playing house and palace fighting?
It would be best if it could be solved once and for all.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Shen shook his head and said, “No, I can’t even touch Yao and Yao Ruolan.”
"What do you mean, can't move?"
"Although there's no evidence for my fall from the horse, some things don't actually require evidence. But no matter what I do, the Yao mother and son can get away with it. Sometimes they can even resolve crises without even knowing it. For example..."
Zhao Shen frowned and said something he himself didn't want to believe, "God really is blessing me."
Does he really have the halo of a protagonist?
Ji Yunshu felt a little heavy in his heart.
But then Zhao Shen said, "But you married me."
Ji Yunshu understood the implication of his words. They couldn't deal with Zhao Heng directly, but that didn't mean they couldn't do anything.
She smiled and said, "You're right. If I marry you, everything will be different."
After sharing what was weighing on her mind, Ji Yunshu felt much more relaxed and had a good night's sleep.
I got up early the next morning to practice martial arts.
Every day of life is not easy, so she decided to improve her strength.
During breakfast, Zhao Shen noticed that Ji Yunshu's hands were shaking as he held the chopsticks.
I couldn't help but ask: "Why did you think of practicing martial arts?"
He just saw that Ji Yunshu looked a little unfamiliar, probably because he hadn't practiced for a long time.
But what surprised him was that she had a good foundation in Kung Fu and was quite talented.
He is worthy of being born into a military family.
Ji Yunshu rubbed his wrist and said, "Of course it's for self-protection."
Zhao Shen was silent for a moment, and did not say that he could protect her. Instead, he said seriously: "You have good talent and a good foundation, but the Ji family's kung fu follows a strong and fierce approach, which should be very difficult for you to practice. I have a set of kung fu that may be more suitable for you. Do you want to try it?"
Ji Yunshu nodded quickly: "Of course."
Originally, she was interested in martial arts when she was a child, and she practiced with her brother for a while. Later, her brother went to the military camp, and she also entered the palace. The Queen Mother looked at her like a speck of eyeballs, and was not willing to let her wield a sword, so she gave up.
Ji Yunshu felt that there was no time to lose, so after breakfast he planned to ask Zhao Shen for advice on kung fu.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Zhao Fu, the daughter of the second wife, came to visit suddenly.
Looking at the girl who had obviously dressed up carefully, wearing a pink skirt embroidered with butterfly patterns, she looked pretty and gentle.
Ji Yunshu didn't quite understand what this girl was doing here.
The relationship between aunts and sisters-in-law has always been troublesome. Fortunately, Zhao Shen has no biological sisters, so she doesn't have to deal with these things in the next room.
Facing the existential crisis, Ji Yunshu had no intention of developing feelings with these insignificant people.
Thinking this in her heart, she politely welcomed the person in: "Why are you here, big sister?"
Zhao Fu's voice was as gentle as her person. "Brother and sister-in-law are newlyweds. I know I shouldn't bother you at this time, but I heard from the main courtyard that Auntie is ill, so I thought I'd ask Sister-in-law to accompany me to visit her."
Ji Yunshu really didn't know that Yao was ill, but she immediately understood Zhao Fu's intention.
Perhaps they were afraid that she had just arrived and didn't know the affairs of the main courtyard, and that if they ignored her mother-in-law's illness, it would give people something to talk about.
It's really a good intention.
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "Thanks to my elder sister for reminding me, let's go and take a look together."
When you go to Rome, you have to follow the local customs. In this era, filial piety is more important than anything else.
Even if she wanted to kill Yao in her heart, she couldn't be unfilial to her mother-in-law in public.
Zhao Fu seemed to have not expected Ji Yunshu to be so straightforward and leave as soon as he said he would.
After a pause, he walked out the door and asked, "Brother, aren't you going?"
Logically, Zhao Shen should have gone, but Ji Yunshu felt that since their relationship was not good, they should not bother to save face.
She said casually, "Your eldest brother is not feeling well either. He might be tired from going back home with me yesterday. He didn't eat much breakfast today."
Zhao Fu heard this and asked anxiously, "Brother is sick again? What did the doctor say?"
Ji Yunshu looked at the genuine concern and worry on her face and felt a little dazed. Was this really a deep brother-sister relationship?
But how to say it again?
She said calmly, "Your eldest brother said that he would be fine after resting for two days, and there is no need to call a doctor. I just arrived and don't know. Does the prince get sick often?"
Zhao Fu seemed to realize she had said something wrong and tried to make amends, "No, Big Brother is actually in good health. He just stays in the yard and doesn't like to come out, so people say he's weak. Big Sister-in-law, don't believe those rumors."
"I see."
Ji Yunshu suddenly remembered that in the original book, Zhao Shen was a little sickly, so his death later was natural and there was no doubt about it.
But now, apart from a broken leg, he is in good health. Why are there still such rumors?
As they were talking, they arrived at the main courtyard, and an old lady welcomed them in.
When Yao heard them coming, she asked someone to help her sit up.
She seemed to be very ill, with no strength left in her body, and she leaned on the pillow.
Ji Yunshu hadn't expected Madam Yao to be so seriously ill. She put her best foot forward and asked with concern, "Mother, what's wrong? How did you become so ill after just a few days of not seeing you?"
As soon as she said this, everyone in the room looked at her as if she were a monster.
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