Chapter 436 Hu Shanxiang 27
"Enter the palace? Why? This is different from what you agreed upon!"
Sun Ruowei's first reaction after hearing Zhu Zhanji's message was to refuse. However, when she turned to look at Xu Bin and her adoptive father, her mind suddenly cleared when she saw their pitying gazes.
Her own identity and the secrets she didn't want to know had already trapped her. What seemed like a choice before her was nothing but coercion.
imperial power.
Sun Ruowei was forced to feel it so intuitively.
"...I know. When?"
"There's no rush. You can still go to the palace with Shanxiang like last time if you choose not to be a court lady for the time being."
Seeing that she had understood, Zhu Zhanji, who had been in a very good mood recently, didn't mind giving her some freedom. "The preparations for the capital relocation are almost complete, and many people will stay. So, except for those of the fifth rank, there are vacancies in the Six Shangs and One Bureau. In short, you can choose for yourself."
After casually finishing what his grandfather had asked him to do, he almost couldn't wait to run to Shanxiang's residence.
Passing through the layers of moon-shaped doors, a graceful figure is hidden by the banana and green bamboo under the lattice windows.
"You are so elegant, reading by the window."
Zhu Zhanji walked over, like a playboy who broke in through the wall, clinging to the windowsill with a bright smile that no longer needed to be suppressed, like a fool.
"The Crown Prince has the leisure to sneak into a girl's boudoir."
Hu Shanxiang's eyes never left the book. She casually handed the tea on the table to Zhu Zhanji. After Zhu Zhanji drank it in one gulp, she casually asked, "Why are you here today? Aren't you busy?"
"No matter how busy I am, I can always find time to come and see you." Zhu Zhanji reached out through the window, holding a fish-shaped jade pendant in his palm. "Grandpa gave it to me. I think it looks like a pair with the one you have on."
"Good eyesight. Yin and Yang Pisces, yours is Yang." Hu Shanxiang turned a page of the book in her hand and nodded, confirming his statement.
"Then give me yours!"
Hu Shanxiang didn't say anything about his childish behavior of asking for things. She took off the jade pendant from her waist and threw it over.
Zhu Zhanji happily held the two jade pendants and gestured for a long time. Seeing that they could indeed be put together to form a perfect piece, he picked up Shanxiang's piece with satisfaction and said, "From now on, we will take turns wearing them."
After saying that, he tied Shanxiang's piece around his waist.
Now Hu Shanxiang finally raised her head from the sea of books. Seeing how happy he was, she suppressed the childish words in her throat and took the piece of paper he handed to her.
The two of them were chatting happily across the window, but they couldn't make up their minds. Ruo Wei, who inexplicably wanted to ask Miss Hu, was a little confused.
"Aren't you two tired of chatting like this? Why don't you go in and talk, Crown Prince?" Sun Ruowei walked over and looked up. As expected, she still felt it was strange.
Zhu Zhanji just smiled and said: "Shanxiang, I will come to see you tomorrow."
The voice was tender and gentle, and Ruo Wei got goose bumps after hearing it: "It turns out that guys with lovers are so scary, Shanxiang~ eh~"
Seeing her come in, Shanxiang couldn't help but feel a little funny about Zhu Zhanji's toothache. She patted her head with a book and said, "You are so exaggerated."
"It's obviously more exaggerated than mine!"
Although he looked like he couldn't stand it, seeing Zhu Zhanji's demeanor today made Sun Ruowei feel relieved. In her heart, she always hoped that Miss Hu would be happy.
"But I see that Mr. Xu Bin's sincerity towards you is no less than this." Hu Shanxiang gently bumped her arm and teased.
Sun Ruowei blushed and lowered her head quickly: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's nothing between me and Brother Xu Bin."
"Really?" Hu Shanxiang closed the book slowly. "I don't believe it. I know the way he looks at you so well."
Sun Ruowei's face grew hotter after hearing those suggestive words, but then she smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Hu, please don't say that again. I'm going to be a court lady in the palace, and it wouldn't be nice if this got out."
"Madam? I see. In that case, what are your plans? Six Shangs and One Bureau, have you decided where to go?"
"I just can't make up my mind, so I wanted to ask Miss Hu for your opinion."
Sun Ruowei lay on the other side of the couch. For some reason, she confided all her anxieties to her, "I know nothing about the affairs of the imperial palace, and I'm not good at plotting and fighting. The Crown Prince said I can choose anyone below the fifth rank, but I... don't want to have anything to do with anyone in the palace."
"He also said that if I was willing, I could go with you to the palace, probably to be your maid. But I was afraid of being a drag on you."
"What's the big deal? The harem isn't as complicated as you think. The women officials hold lower ranks and come from clean backgrounds. Honestly, they're the ones least in need of fighting. It's just human nature, and it can't be avoided no matter where you go."
Seeing that she was listless and seemed to have lost all her fighting spirit, Hu Shanxiang understood that she was like this because, firstly, revenge was completely hopeless and she had lost her spiritual goal for the time being, and secondly, she was forced into the palace and had no way to resist, so she simply gave in and made a meaningless struggle.
"Actually, it would be nice if you came with me into the palace. I'm... a little scared too. It's a completely unfamiliar place, and having a friend like you by my side would make me feel much more at ease. But having you serve as a palace maid is not as satisfying as being a female official."
Hu Shanxiang stretched out her hand to her, and when their hands clasped together, it seemed that they both drew strength from each other.
call--
Sun Ruowei took a deep breath, held Shanxiang's hand, and suddenly revealed her carefree smile: "I've made up my mind. People should know their own limitations. If one's virtue is unworthy of his position, disaster will surely follow. I don't understand the palace rules or etiquette. Instead of this, I'd rather stay with you, even if it means being a small maid. I just hope you don't despise me."
After all, she was her biological sister, so she couldn't really say she disliked her. Besides, Sun Ruowei herself hadn't expected it, but Hu Shanxiang had already made up her mind. At most, she would wait until the emperor died. Then she could release her and help her and Xu Bin.
"How could I dislike it? I'm so happy."
Hu Shanxiang looked at her with a smile: "By the way, I remember you once asked me if I had another name."
"Ah, you still remember this? I just asked casually at the time."
"It's strange, but after you told me that day, I often dreamed of hearing someone calling me." Hu Shanxiang smiled and looked out at the clear blue sky as a row of birds flew past. "I suddenly heard it clearly last night."
"She called me Man Yin."
Turning around, their eyes met, Sun Ruowei only saw the other person's surprised expression and his petal-like lips opening and closing.
What is she saying...
She was saying, "Miss Sun, why are you crying?"
Oh, did I cry?
Manyin, am I crying in my dream right now?
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