Chapter 20 Leaving Beijing
Sima Jun is more difficult to deal with than Cui Pan, and whether Sun Wei can continue to serve as the Princess of Yuzhang depends on this.
After much deliberation, Sun Wei came to Xunyang City in Jiangzhou.
When he saw Sima Jun, he looked at her without saying a word.
The deep gaze made her shudder.
When Sun Wei went to see the Grand Princess, she brought along the palace's eunuchs. She knew that Sima Jun knew everything she had said and done that day.
So, she didn't need to say anything more.
"Your Highness, I was wrong."
Sun Wei looked at Sima Jun with tears in her eyes, looking pitiful, like a child who had made a big mistake and was anxiously waiting to be taught a lesson.
As he spoke these words, Sun Wei inexplicably recalled the heavy rain at the Qingxi Bibo Pavilion. Today was just like that time.
This is also a gamble.
She bet that Sima Jun would still give in to soft tactics rather than hard ones.
Sima Jun continued to look at her for a moment, then asked, "How many things are you hiding from me?"
"there is none left."
Sun Wei said this, lowering her head to wipe away her tears.
There was a moment of silence, and Sun Wei felt as if a lifetime had passed.
When she thought Sima Jun was going to get angry with her, she heard him say calmly, "Go back."
Sun Wei returned to Jiankang.
She was escorted back by the attendants and guards of the Yuzhang Palace. After returning to the Yuzhang Palace, she lived in fear every day, like a death row prisoner waiting for his fate.
One day passed, ten days passed, a month passed.
She discovered that she seemed to have succeeded. The expulsion she feared had never come.
The people in the palace still treated her with respect, followed her orders, and were dispatched by her.
Nothing seems to have changed.
The only person who changed was Sima Jun.
Sima Jun never came back and never said a word to her again.
What’s funny is that Sun Wei often learned about Sima Jun’s whereabouts from other people.
Rumors always appear at the most annoying time. Even though everything was calm in the palace, all kinds of rumors were spreading in the capital. Some said Sima Jun had a mistress, some said Sun Wei had a lover at home, and some said that the two of them were about to divorce.
Sun Wei pretended not to hear and tried hard to maintain a bright appearance.
She told herself not to forget what she wanted.
As long as Sima Jun doesn't let her go, she will be the Princess of Yuzhang.
She attended banquets hosted by the royal family and nobles, discussing secrets of the palace and the government. She was still the highly respected Princess Yuzhang, but when she returned to the palace and looked at Sima Jun's empty study, her heart was always filled with a dark cloud, a loneliness and coldness.
She knew that Sima Jun had saved her dignity, but their marriage was only in name only.
This wasn't a bad thing, she still got what she wanted.
It’s nothing. It’s nothing.
Sun Wei told himself that in royal families, the couples were often not together in spirit. They were just living the life of most people.
Yesterday’s cause, today’s result.
Seek benevolence and you will obtain benevolence. Everything in the world is subject to fate.
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Sun Wei met Sima Jun again eight months later, when the emperor passed away.
In the past, Sima Jun even used military duties as an excuse to stay away from home for a long time. But when faced with a national mourning, there was no reason not to return home.
After not seeing each other for many months, Sima Jun has become thinner and darker.
Sun Wei had someone prepare a bath and food for him, and said to him, "Your Highness must be tired from the journey. Go and rest. I will go to the palace first to deal with the affairs of the royal family."
"Very good."
His voice was calm and natural, as if the two had never been apart.
But Sun Wei could feel the coldness in it.
He had no intention of entering the palace with her and maintaining the appearance of a loving couple in front of others. After returning to the palace, he did not stay in her room, but chose to sleep in another courtyard.
"I have already made the arrangements. Tomorrow, you will leave for Xunyang City in Jiangzhou to stay temporarily. I will also send someone to take your parents and brothers with you."
On the second day, Sima Jun said to Sun Wei.
Sun Wei looked at him, speechless for a long time.
What she feared finally happened. Like a huge rock falling, it crushed everything she had worked so hard to obtain into dust.
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