Chapter 156 If
Ji Sheng didn't care about what Zhou Yunzhi said before, but when he heard his last sentence, he looked up at Zhou Yunzhi who had regained his spirits.
"You're not dead."
It is well known that Zhou Yunzhi is the future head of the Zhou family, so how could it fall on Zhou Yunshu?
And it fell on Zhou Yunshu...
Ji Sheng frowned.
Seeing Ji Sheng unhappy, Zhou Yunzhi raised the corner of his mouth, "As long as I'm not dead, I won't delay my sister from becoming the head of the Zhou family."
"My sister is no worse than any other man. She has been your mistress in your backyard for four years. This is truly a waste of her talent."
"Not to mention, you couldn't protect my sister at all, nor did you protect Xixi."
Ji Sheng looked at Zhou Yunzhi across from him and said, "I don't have any."
"Then why did you want to divorce my sister? Isn't it because you think our Zhenbei Palace has fallen and my sister is blocking your way!"
"No." Ji Sheng said, "I made this decision after weighing the pros and cons and considering her wishes."
"I have never thought of divorcing Yunshu. She is my wife and the mother of my child. It is my responsibility to protect her for the rest of her life."
"When the Zhenbei Palace falls, everyone pushes it down. As the son-in-law of the Zhenbei Palace, I will naturally be affected, not to mention Yun Shu who was born in the Zhenbei Palace."
Zhou Yunzhi looked at Ji Sheng with gloomy eyes, "Aren't you saying that our Zhenbei Palace has implicated you?"
"No." Ji Sheng was not affected by Zhou Yunzhi's emotions at all. He just calmly stated his own facts, "Marrying into the Zhenbei Palace is my choice."
"When the Zhenbei Palace prospered, I benefited; when the Zhenbei Palace confiscated my property and exiled me, I should also bear the consequences. Since I can enjoy the benefits that the Zhenbei Palace has brought me, I can naturally withstand the turmoil it has brought me."
"But I am the head of the family, Yunshu's husband, and Xixi's father. I should protect them under my wings."
Zhou Yunzhi sneered, "So this is how you protect them. You let them go into exile with you, let them flee with the refugees, let them suffer. This is what you call protection!"
"Exile and escaping famine are prerequisites for their safe departure from the capital. I have always sent people to protect them closely."
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to let Wei Zhong escort Zhou Yunshu and others to Nanman as a escort team in the name of traveling together, but he did not expect Zhou Yunshu to give him a surprise.
At that time, he wanted to see how many more surprises Zhou Yunshu could give him, so he did not interfere with Zhou Yunshu's arrangements. He just let Wei Zhong protect the mother and daughter and satisfy everything they wanted to do.
Until she dumped Wei Zhong and others.
"So you're saying none of this is your fault."
"no."
Ji Sheng's words made Zhou Yunzhi blush. He knew that he was being unreasonable. He just felt that Ji Sheng didn't care about his sister that much. At most, he only cared about his bloodline.
But for Zhou Yunzhi, compared to Zhou Yunshu's bloodline, Zhou Yunshu is of course more important to him.
"If Yunshu doesn't ask for a divorce, as long as she stays in the palace, I can protect her."
Although Ji Sheng seems to be unsympathetic and cold-tempered, he is actually adaptable.
If he was really like an unbending pillar, he would not have lived to this day. He would have died in his childhood when he was neglected by his mother, mistreated by the palace maids, and toyed with by his brothers...
He needs a weapon and a reason so that after killing the person he wants to kill, he won't die together with the other person.
This is the way of survival he figured out on his own, the way of survival in the royal family.
At that time, the enemy was strong and we were weak, so temporary dormancy was nothing in his eyes. As long as it did not touch his bottom line, he was willing to take a step back.
Taking a step back does not mean surrendering or accepting fate, but is for a better attack and a fatal blow.
"With the fall of the Zhenbei Palace, Cai Chuan's strength is simply no match for the two groups of hungry wolves in the northern border. I can take advantage of this situation and use the name of the Northern Expedition to relieve my predicament in the capital."
As long as he can turn things around, no one will dare to despise or mistreat his wife and daughter.
"And then Shu'er and Xixi will be left at your house, right?"
"The princess has been running the palace for many years and knows it like the back of her hand."
"What about the people outside the palace?"
"When I leave, the mansion will be sealed, and no one outside the mansion can see her."
Zhou Yunzhi looked at Ji Sheng and said, "Your protection means restricting her freedom."
"Freedom is not as important as life."
In other words, for Ji Sheng, nothing is more important than life.
So he was very puzzled as to why Zhou Yunzhi wanted to die so much when he rescued him.
When you die, there is nothing left.
There is no way to avenge the revenge, no way to return home, and dying like this, isn't that exactly what those who destroyed the Zhou family wanted?
At that time, Ji Sheng looked down on Zhou Yunzhi a little.
If the Zhou family had not been kind to him, if he had not been Zhou Yunshu's biological elder brother, he would have thrown a knife in front of him and watched him commit suicide.
Those who do not value life deserve to be abandoned by life.
There was silence in the room, and Zhou Yunshu, who was standing outside the door, was also silent.
"Tired?"
Ji Sheng stepped out of the door and looked at Zhou Yunshu at the door and wanted to hold her arm, but Zhou Yunshu slapped him away.
Ji Sheng looked at the back of his hand that was slapped red, frowned slightly, and looked at Zhou Yunshu in confusion.
"You're angry."
She rarely gets angry, or rather, this is the first time Ji Sheng has seen Zhou Yunshu angry since they got married.
It seems like she is still angry with herself. Why is she angry?
"If, I say if."
Zhou Yunshu stood in front of Ji Sheng, wanting to ask the questions that she had not asked in her previous life in this life.
Ji Sheng really wanted to retort that there is no such thing as an if in the world.
Some things happened and they happened, and if they didn’t happen, they didn’t happen. There is no such thing as if.
But he glanced at the angry Zhou Yunshu and nodded.
"If I really stay in the palace, will you confine me for the sake of others?"
Ji Sheng looked at Zhou Yunshu in confusion, "You are already under house arrest in the palace."
"What I mean is, will you confine Xixi and me to Bamboo Garden in order to marry another woman? Will you?"
"No, it's impossible." Ji Sheng looked at Zhou Yunshu and said firmly.
Zhou Yunshu thought about what really happened in her previous life and he actually told her that it would not happen and it was impossible.
She looked at Ji Sheng and sneered, "Are you so sure it's impossible?"
Ji Sheng thought about it and changed his words.
"I will not easily break a promise I made unless the situation has endangered our lives."
"Promises are not as important as lives."
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