Chapter 215 After returning to the palace, we need to think of something fun to do for the Duke of Jing's mansion.
That would be fun.
Um……
Sheng Sheng made a hook with his thumb and forefinger, as if he were thinking.
It seems I'll have to find a way to make things fun for the Duke of Jing's mansion after we return to the palace.
Sheng Sheng's mood inexplicably plummeted, then quickly jumped to a state of playfulness.
But it only took a moment for Sheng Sheng to adjust her emotions.
"By the way, Father, I heard that Brother Pei Ji is going to stay in Yu Kingdom for ten years. It's already the fourth year. When the ten years are up, will Song Kingdom come to take him away?"
Xie Yuxiao paused for a moment: "Since Pei Ji is the ninth prince of Song, there is naturally no reason for him to stay in another country after ten years."
Logically speaking, the State of Song should indeed have done so.
But is that really the case?
Everyone in the palace knew that Pei Ji, this hostage, had traveled thousands of miles to Yu for the sake of his country, but he only brought one servant, Afu, with him. Everyone could see how unfavored he was.
In fact, the Song state didn't even let Pei Ji know about such an important matter as planting spies in the palace.
Logically speaking, even if Pei Ji wasn't the ninth prince of Song, he had been in the Yu palace for three years. If Song wanted to plant spies there, Pei Ji would be quite useful.
But the State of Song didn't have it, which was a slap in the face to Pei Ji.
Is it indifference or distrust?
Not only did it tell others that the Song Kingdom didn't care about the Ninth Prince at all, it also blatantly showed that Pei Ji was a pawn to be discarded.
Yes, his mother was just a palace maid at first, and he was merely the product of the Song emperor's drunkenness. How lowly he was.
Pei Ji was born to be a discarded pawn.
Sheng Sheng clenched her little fists and said angrily, "Brother Pei Ji is not a pawn!"
Although Pei Ji always wore a smile, I knew that he wasn't actually as happy as he appeared.
He knows everything, yet he says nothing.
Actually, Pei Ji is a very gentle person.
When Sheng Sheng was sick, he would give her a very precious Rejuvenation Pill out of concern for her.
Brother Pei Ji has been sick for a long time and hasn't been able to afford to eat!
Sheng Sheng still remembers the first time she met Pei Ji. Pei Ji had a fever. Later, she heard from A Fu that he had been running a fever for several days and it wouldn't go down. A Fu tried to persuade him to take Huichun Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine), but he refused.
But Sheng Sheng only had a cold and fever for one night, so he hurriedly gave her the Rejuvenating Pill.
Brother Pei Ji is smart and hardworking. He has already started learning martial arts from Uncle Xiao. Zhui Feng said that Uncle Xiao is an extremely powerful swordsman. Brother Pei Ji will definitely become a very powerful swordsman in the future.
Moreover, and... and Brother Pei Ji can also grow vegetables, and he even planted a pear tree to make aromatherapy for her.
Such a wonderful Pei Ji is no pawn at all!
As she thought about it, she felt a pang of heartache again, and her eyes welled up with tears. The usually well-behaved, sensible, and considerate little dumpling had inexplicably come to hate a country.
"The State of Song is wicked. Brother Pei Ji is clearly a good person, so why treat him like this?"
When Xie Yuxiao saw that she was about to cry, he felt even more troubled than when he saw Xie Yunqi's answer sheet full of red crosses. He quickly comforted her, "Oh, my little darling, why are you crying?"
Everyone in the palace knows that Sheng Sheng and Pei Ji are friends.
Xie Yuxiao assumed that Sheng Sheng was just being loyal and standing up for his good friend, which was why he said such things in a fit of anger. He was both amused and exasperated: "You can't say such things outside. You might accidentally provoke relations between the two countries."
Well, although the relationship between the Song and Yu states can't be much worse now, since they've already been at war.
But on the surface, things still have to look decent overall.
Although Xie Yuxiao wouldn't interfere with who Shengsheng befriended and appreciated her straightforward emotional expression, he still wanted her to clearly distinguish when Pei Ji was a friend and when he was a hostage from the Song Kingdom.
"Father knows you are friends, but Father asks you, if one day, the states of Song and Yu are forced to become enemies again, and Pei Ji must fight against your state of Yu for the sake of Song, what will you do..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Sheng Sheng called out in frustration, somewhat displeased. "Father, what are you saying? Sheng Sheng is a princess of Yu Kingdom, of course she should choose Yu Kingdom. Sheng Sheng isn't stupid."
However, she still doesn't want that day to come.
Sheng Sheng silently added a sentence in her heart.
Xie Yuxiao nodded in satisfaction, then changed the subject: "However, Pei Ji is a rather pitiful child."
Xie Yuxiao is not a cold-blooded monarch. As I said before, he would not be so foolish as to extend his anger to an innocent child in the struggle between the two countries.
Putting himself in his shoes, if it were his child traveling thousands of miles to an enemy country as a hostage, he would be extremely distressed. He doesn't know what the old emperor of Song was thinking; he was so incompetent and foolish that it's no wonder Song was declining day by day.
Xie Yuxiao would never say such a thing, nor would he allow his child to one day be sent to another country as a hostage.
The father and daughter remained silent for a while, each lost in their own thoughts, until the silence was broken by Eunuch Hou, who came in to announce their arrival.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Prince request an audience."
Xie Yuxiao waved his hand: "Let them in."
With a blink of an eye, it became clear that Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan had gone out on business yesterday, and had come to see the Emperor together early this morning, so they must have something important to discuss with Xie Yuxiao.
"Father, are you going to discuss something? Then I'll be going now."
Seeing that Sheng Sheng was sensible, Xie Yuxiao had no worries: "No need. Didn't you insist on going to that bonfire party tonight? Father will tell the Crown Prince and the Second Prince to take you with them tonight so they can keep you company, how about that?"
Sheng Sheng exclaimed with delight, "Great! Thank you, Father!"
With her older brother, the Crown Prince, and her other brothers by her side, Sheng Sheng can play without worry!
Hehe, maybe she can take this opportunity to invite Sister Yan Yan out to play with her brother, and also observe what's going on between the two of them.
There was a strange feeling between the two of them that always made Sheng Sheng feel uneasy.
However, according to Sheng Sheng's knowledge, Sister Yan Yan seems to only have admiration and friendship towards Xie Yun Chuan.
On the other hand, Xie Yunchuan... well, Sheng Sheng had never seen Xie Yunchuan react like that to any friend before. Sheng Sheng still remembered clearly the day she ate the chicken stew with mushrooms made by Sister Yan Yan. The way her brother acted so awkwardly was really not at all like his usual composed self.
Sheng Sheng became more and more excited as she thought about it, and she was just waiting for night to fall so she could go and find out what was going on.
Excited, she spoke even sweeter: "Hehe, Father is so good, Father is the best father in the world!"
Xie Yuxiao smiled and accepted his daughter's coquettishness completely.
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