Chapter 260: Appearance Reflects the Heart
When Xu Hua and his mother fled to Bianzhou, they were still young. Xu's mother was just crazy, not stupid, so of course she would ask General Huo to help her with martial arts in private.
To Xu Hua, General Huo was like a father figure.
If Xu Hua were still alive and in charge of the Huo family army, he might have succeeded in using the emperor to command the princes.
But who could have imagined that human calculations cannot predict human nature?
Grandma Xu is a person who only cares about her own family and has no sense of the bigger picture.
In Mrs. Xu's mind, the continuation of the Hu family line is the most important thing.
Otherwise, Jiang Ruheng would be practically useless now, and Chunzhi would be in charge of a large army. Her successive victories have made her famous. If she were to support a baby from the Jiang family as emperor, would anyone else in the Jiang Dynasty dare to object?
Hu San of Huzhou is a pragmatist and cowardly man. Chen Wa of Fenglin County only cares about inheriting his title; in other words, he doesn't care who the emperor is. Yun Zhou of Chuannan City was originally a captain in the Huo family army. He should understand that Chunzhi, a woman, controls the entire Huo family army, and neither head-on confrontation nor underhanded tactics will be a match for her.
However, Chunzhi's vision was much grander. What was the point of using the emperor to command the feudal lords? She wanted to help the weak and relieve the suffering of all people!
However, Su Zhenzhen did not intend to tell General Huo Chunzhi about his ideals.
After all, General Huo's era has passed, and now the border region only has the female general Chunzhi.
"General Huo, is there anything else you want to say?" Su Zhenzhen asked.
General Huo looked at Jiang Ruheng with a complicated expression. "Your Highness, do you regret it?"
Jiang Ruheng was taken aback. He thought Huo Zhenyue would ask why he didn't trust him and why he allowed the aristocratic families to embezzle military rations.
But to my surprise, Huo Zhenyue asked about him.
Do you regret it?
Which emperor wouldn't be wary of someone whose achievements overshadow his own?
He's just like all ambitious people.
"Then let me ask you, do you regret it? If you could do it all over again, would you still choose to go to the battlefield? With the Huo family's military achievements, you could have stayed in the capital and lived a wealthy and leisurely life."
General Huo's answer was very firm: "Yes, a true man should be honored to die on the battlefield to protect the people and safeguard the land."
Jiang Ruheng gave a slight smile. "If I could do it all over again, I would rather not be born into an imperial family, but just be a country bumpkin, living a peaceful and happy life."
"Tch!" Jiang Sijin scoffed without hesitation. "I gave you a chance, but you were useless. Who forced you to come to the capital? Anyone who isn't blind can see that Old Man Bai treats you even better than his own son. Why don't you stay obediently in Bianzhou? Don't give me any excuses. To put it bluntly, you can't let go of your desire for power."
Yes, having experienced the feeling of ruling the world, who would want to be an unknown ordinary person?
Su Zhenzhen couldn't help but think back to the past, and regretfully asked herself what choice she should make.
What was my answer at the time?
At that time, Su Zhenzhen told Hensheng to follow his heart and that no matter what happened, she would stand by his side.
After much internal struggle, Hensheng finally chose to shoulder the heavy burden.
But the problem is just as Jiang Sijin said: no one ever forced Hensheng to make a choice; everything was caused by his subjective decision.
Su Zhenzhen took out the small boat she carried with her. The moment the boat touched the ground, it grew to a size that could carry one person.
"General Huo, is there anything else you want to say? If not, then get on the ship. This ship will take you to the other side."
General Huo did not hesitate any longer and floated directly onto the ship, his feet landing on the deck three feet off the ground.
The ship seemed to have gained sentience, moving forward on its own and disappearing in an instant.
Su Zhenzhen's gaze fell on Jiang Ruheng.
"Zhenzhen, you can't kill me. Killing me will harm your cultivation."
Jiang Ruheng felt as if Su Zhenzhen's gaze was as cold as ice, and his heart felt as if it were being tightly gripped by a large hand, making it extremely difficult to breathe.
"Zhenzhen, even a day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of kindness."
“Zhenzhen, I am of greater value to you than you are alive. My blood and the imperial dragon aura within me are all beneficial to cultivation.”
Su Zhenzhen remained unmoved; the face of the person before her was simply too ugly.
Hensheng is the bright moon in the clouds, a dignified and elegant gentleman, and a fallen immortal untouched by worldly dust.
Like all emperors of the Jiang clan, Jiang Ruheng was selfish and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
They are the same person, yet they are not the same person.
The only person Su Zhenzhen was ever attracted to was that pitiful, heartbroken country beauty, Hensheng, who cried and sobbed after failing to hang himself.
"You're right. If I kill you, it will harm my cultivation."
Jiang Ruheng has accumulated countless merits and virtues. She was born to a noblewoman destined by heaven, and in this life alone, she saved countless people by going south to control the locust plague. These are all merits she has accumulated.
Jiang Ruheng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
“But—” Su Zhenzhen’s lips curled up slightly, “I can’t kill you, but someone else can, and rightfully so.”
Jiang Ruheng's heart jumped again, and he mechanically turned his head toward Jiang Sijin.
“You’re not entirely stupid.” Jiang Sijin smiled slightly. “I am also a direct descendant of the Jiang royal family. According to your current body, I am your elder. It is only natural and justified for me to kill you.”
Jiang Ruheng's face twisted in disbelief, because he knew that what Jiang Sijin said was true.
Moreover, due to Jiang Sijin's special nature, even killing him would not result in any backlash.
Su Zhenzhen watched coldly from the side, thinking to herself that it was true that one's appearance reflects one's heart; the more she looked at this face, the uglier it seemed.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Sijin displayed the same resolute determination that emperors of past dynasties had shown when ordering their newborn daughters to be thrown into the lake. She unleashed all her dark hair, wrapping it tightly around Jiang Ruheng's neck.
Jiang Ruheng initially had the strength to struggle, but the Heavenly Thunder Rope bound him. When the last bit of strength in his body was exhausted, his eyes widened like a dead fish.
"Crack—"
Jiang Sijin's hair twisted Jiang Ruheng's head off.
Jiang Ruheng's soul floated out instantly, completely different from that ethereal face.
Su Zhenzhen had seen this face in her dream when she first met Jiang Sijin.
It's Jiang Yichun's face.
Strangely enough, Jiang Yichun and Li Xuanji are twins, but Jiang Yichun has no resemblance to Li Xuanji at all, and her facial features can only be described as ordinary.
Could it really be that one's appearance reflects one's inner state?
Jiang Sijin put away her flowing black hair, opened her mouth wide, and swallowed Jiang Yichun's soul whole.
The way the fetal spirit deals with the departed soul is that simple and brutal.
Jiang Sijin burped from her fullness, "This is the first time I've eaten this kind of thing. It doesn't taste good. I wonder if his soul can nourish me?"
Su Zhenzhen rolled her eyes. "Your body is still warm. Why don't you go and take a bite? Sorry, I switched the essence and yang you took earlier."
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