“If you sympathize with Zhao Zhang, I will spare his life,” Wei Tingsi said.
Zhao Shu chuckled, "Although I'm still a child, I'm not the kind of person who's soft-hearted. When I was a child, some people also tried to take advantage of me. Although I can't hold a grudge against them, well, I don't want to meddle. Everyone has their own fate. Why bother with so much? There are countless unfortunate people in the world. I'm not a bodhisattva, how can I possibly manage so many?"
She didn't continue, saying that if Zhao Zhang were released, he would become a future threat, and she would have no way to undo her mistake.
"Don't be stubborn. Sympathy is sympathy." Huo Baichuan suddenly came in and threw an imperial edict at him, which was caught by Wei Tingsi. "You're just projecting your own experience onto others and think that Zhao Zhang's situation is similar to yours. Actually, no one will call you stupid if you meddle in other people's business once in a while or do something foolish once in a while. If you keep carrying this burden, you'll age prematurely sooner or later."
Zhao Shu stood up and looked at him questioningly.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Yes, I sent people to kill the King of Shu. That idiot, he has no ability or people, yet he still tries to become emperor and wastes our time. What, she is your clansman, do you want to avenge him?" His tone was quite impolite, as if he had swallowed a bomb and been set on fire. His face was also very cold, completely different from his previous unruly and leisurely demeanor.
Zhao Shu asked suspiciously, "Who upset you?"
"Get out. I have some business with him that I need to take care of." He kicked the door open, his tone very harsh, clearly genuinely angry.
Zhao Shu looked at Wei Tingsi, who calmly said, "I'm fine, don't worry. Go and tell the manager to prepare dinner for us."
"Okay." She wasn't worried about Wei Tingsi; he was skilled, and ten Huo Baichuans wouldn't be a match for him. She was just worried about the source of Huo Baichuan's anger, fearing that something bad had happened.
Upon exiting the door, she found Duozi and Xiaopang guarding the moon gate, preventing anyone from approaching. She closed the gate and continued walking out.
As soon as she left, Huo Baichuan threw a fierce punch at her. Wei Tingsi never expected that a scholar would actually hit someone. The two were not far apart and he couldn't dodge, so he was dumbfounded and got punched.
Having been hit, Huo Baichuan naturally couldn't let it go unpunished. He flipped his hand and threw a punch back, his strength perfectly controlled. Huo Baichuan was only sent flying. Xiao Pang and Duo Zi gritted their teeth and endured the commotion, not going over.
After hitting him, he rubbed his slapped cheek and kept his distance from Huo Baichuan. "Are you crazy?"
"Are you out of your mind to take her to Zhuzhou? Don't you know what Zhuzhou is?" Huo Baichuan's chest heaved with anger. He stood up, pulled up a chair, and sat down. "She wants to die, and you're not even going to stop her?"
"No need for you to worry, I will protect her myself." Wei Tingsi was also very impolite. "But what are you doing in Shu?"
"Don't change the subject. Let me tell you, Mr. Wei, if you can't shoulder the responsibilities of a man, stay away from her. You were lucky this time, but what about next time? What about next time? Can you guarantee you'll be lucky every time? You might be able to protect her once, but can you protect her every time?"
Wei Tingsi frowned. He could forgive Huo Baichuan's rudeness earlier, but his words were too much. Any man with a shred of pride would not tolerate it. He threw the imperial edict on the ground, walked over and picked Huo Baichuan up. "I said, you don't need to bother with this!"
"I don't want to bother, you can see for yourself." Huo Baichuan's eyes fell on the imperial edict on the ground.
Wei Tingsi then took the imperial edict to heart, abandoned Huo Baichuan, picked up the edict from the ground, opened it, and found that it was an imperial edict bestowing a marriage upon him.
"If you can't marry a woman, don't do anything to her. Feelings are too fragile to be hurt." Huo Baichuan threw down these words and slammed the door shut as he left.
However, he ran into Zhao Shu as soon as he stepped out the door. "What did the imperial edict say?" she asked, her gaze firm and her tone resolute.
Huo Baichuan glanced at her and said, “Zhao Shu, do you know that in this world, you can gamble on anything, weigh anything, and use anything, but you can’t use feelings? You think you’re smart and that you can control everything, looking down on everyone like a god. But little do you know, you are the most vulgar one in the dust.”
After he finished speaking, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked past her, and left Yizhou City. He did not reappear until all the descendants of the Shu King were captured.
Seven days later, in the capital, it all began with the Empress Dowager suddenly falling ill. As people get older, they get sick and their resilience weakens. The Empress Dowager was no exception. People hailed her as "Long Live the Emperor," but she could not truly live to be a thousand years old.
The summer heat was intense, and with Prince Yong and Zhao Shu absent, it was inevitable that he would worry. Thinking about it day and night, he was bound to fall ill from worry.
In addition, there are some external factors.
The power dynamics in the capital are incredibly complex. You simply can't tell if the person you're working with today is an enemy spy, nor can you discern whether a sudden event is real or fake.
Upon receiving intelligence that Wei Caitao was trapped and the Bei Zhong family was in grave danger, Yi De decided to sacrifice one of her men. That day, Emperor Mingde was discussing state affairs with his ministers in the Taihe Hall when a messenger arrived with an urgent message: the messenger had died on the palace road, leaving behind only an incomplete sentence, "His Highness Prince Yong is surrounded…..."
The soldier was covered in wounds, clearly having been through a fierce battle. Anyone who had been on the battlefield could tell that this soldier had broken through the encirclement, but his strength was exhausted and his injuries had worsened, which was why he died before reaching Emperor Mingde.
When the Empress Dowager learned of this, she immediately fainted and fell ill.
Upon hearing this, the Empress collapsed to the ground. The Crown Prince was with Prince Yong; if Prince Yong was in trouble, the Crown Prince couldn't possibly be unharmed. She was instantly thrown into disarray.
Emperor Mingde sent people north, but those who went there wouldn't be able to return quickly. Even if they sent messages by carrier pigeon, it would take several days for them to come back.
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com