Chapter 85 Sunset
Princess Wanshou did not speak.
Sun Wei said, "No one is perfect. The Grand Tutor can indeed make the princess happy, but forgive me for being frank, he is indeed not a good husband. And since he chose to leave, it also shows that he does not intend to be a good husband. Since there is no happy ending, why should the princess keep him? Let him go, and let yourself go."
Princess Wanshou looked at the river with a painful expression.
She was speechless for a long time. Suddenly, a maid came from behind the boat and whispered a few words to her. Princess Wanshou restrained her expression and left in a hurry.
Sun Wei accidentally heard the word "Prince" and followed him involuntarily.
The boat swayed gently, and Sun Wei walked quickly, holding onto the railing.
Sima Jun's voice could only be heard from afar: "Even if it's a bottomless abyss, I will defend it until my death. Grand Tutor, ask yourself why you entered the court back then, and what did you uphold? Is this position of Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince a trust from the late Emperor, or is it a joke?"
When I walked to the cabin door, I saw bright lights inside.
Ruan Hui stood in front of Zhou Chang and said to Sima Jun with a sullen face, "Your Highness is wrong..."
But Zhou Chang pushed him away.
"Am I a joke?" Zhou Chang sneered. "The entire court, civil and military officials, watched helplessly as Crown Prince Huaixian died a tragic death, doing nothing. Who condoned this? Crown Prince Huaixian is the crown prince of the Eastern Palace! Even among the royal family, who has ever stood up to speak a fair word for him? This world has long been corrupted. There's no need for you to be so generous. Talking about perseverance now, only to find out in the future that you're nothing but a fool, isn't that absurd!"
After Zhou Chang finished speaking, he covered his chest and gasped rapidly.
Upon seeing this, Princess Wanshou hurried forward to calm Zhou Chang down, completely forgetting the previous argument.
"Stop talking!" she said anxiously, "The prince shouldn't say these things to the tutor."
Sima Jun stood in front of them, his hands hanging by his sides, clenched into fists.
Sun Wei hurried forward and called softly, "Prince."
Sima Jun turned around.
The face was facing away from the light, but Sun Wei could clearly see that the eyes were red and the beautiful eyes were full of unwillingness.
Without asking, Sun Wei also knew what Zhou Chang said to Sima Jun.
Sima Jun wanted Zhou Chang to return to the Eastern Palace, but Sun Wei already knew Zhou Chang's answer.
He had given up long ago. In his eyes, the court's chronic disease was the power of the aristocratic families, and only by eradicating them and changing the dynasty could they avoid the same mistakes as Prince Huaixian.
If we have different ideas, we cannot work together. It is a waste of energy to argue with him.
Sun Wei originally wanted to persuade Sima Jun to leave, but when he met his eyes, his heart sank and he changed his mind.
She walked forward and bowed to Zhou Chang.
"I think what the Grand Tutor said is biased," she said. "When Crown Prince Huaixian met with his misfortune, the Crown Prince had not yet been born. Isn't it unfair for the Grand Tutor to blame him, a descendant of the royal family, for the death of Crown Prince Huaixian?"
Zhou Chang leaned on the bed and looked at her breathlessly.
"Grandmaster, be wise. While the world may be bad, it's not stagnant, but no world will remain bad forever. It's often said that success depends on human effort. Throughout history, whenever there's danger, someone always has to step forward to enforce justice, only then can things turn around. Even if those who uphold justice ultimately perish, their names go down in history. Grandmaster once suffered injustice and fled in anger, a fact known to the world and shared sympathy. It's for this reason that the Crown Prince reveres Grandmaster as a sage and wishes to ask him to save the world. Perhaps, as Grandmaster says, the Crown Prince is indeed a fool, always possessing great ambitions, but they're no more than a mantis trying to shake a tree. But forgive me for being blunt, it's precisely because of fools like these that the world has hope. Grandmaster, on the other hand, despite his self-righteousness, is nothing more than a grouchy woman's lament. If everyone were like you, even if the empire changed, it would only be another absurdity. This time, Grandmaster is wrong."
Zhou Chang glared at Sun Wei and coughed violently a few times.
Princess Wanshou said coldly, "Come here, kick her out!"
Sima Jun immediately pulled Sun Wei behind him.
"Grandma, there's no need to work," Sima Jun said. "We'll leave now."
Then, he looked at Zhou Chang:
"I will never say what I just said again. I was wrong. Master, please have a good rest. Sorry for disturbing you."
After saying that, Sima Jun took Sun Wei and turned to leave.
Princess Wanshou was extremely angry and ordered, "Spread my words. No outsiders are allowed to set foot in this room!"
Zhou Chang drank some water and it took him a while to recover.
He leaned listlessly on the pillow.
Princess Wanshou dismissed everyone, sat down beside the bed, and advised: "They are young and ignorant. As the elder, you should be more responsible."
Zhou Chang sighed deeply, "Young people these days are so impulsive. The world really has changed."
"You're still talking about them?" Princess Wanshou tucked the corner of the quilt for him. "You were even worse than them back then."
"That's right." Zhou Chang waved his hand. "If I hadn't been sick, would that woman have taken advantage of me? If there's a next time, I won't lose to her. You actually called me a shrew..."
Princess Wanshou's mouth twitched, and a pang of bitterness welled up in her heart. Zhou Chang could be naughty to anyone, but he had changed his ways with her.
——"Princess, why do you have to keep him? Let him go, and let yourself go."
It's not difficult to let him go, but how can she be willing to do that?
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Sima Jun let go of his hand immediately after he walked out of the cabin.
"I'm sorry," he said.
Now I say it's rude, but just now I was just as strong as ever.
Sun Wei clenched his wrist and said, "No problem."
Sima Jun walked to the bow and took a deep breath. The cool breeze from the river calmed him down.
"Madam shouldn't have a conflict with Tutor Zhou, especially in front of the princess." After a while, he said.
Sun Wei said: "I am just venting my anger on behalf of the prince."
Sima Jun wanted to say, "Who needs you to vent my anger on me?", but when he turned around and met Sun Wei's eyes, he swallowed the words back.
In fact, what she said was very straightforward.
Especially the sentence "The prince did nothing wrong" actually extinguished his anger.
Sima Jun did not deny it and said, "Thank you, ma'am."
Although the words were brief, they sounded quite sincere, without any trace of the irony from before.
He seemed to really treat himself differently.
Sun smiled and stood by the side of the boat, looking at the sunset on the river.
"Your Highness need not take the Grand Tutor's words to heart. Although he bears the heavy responsibility of being the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, he is only a mortal, unable to withstand the turmoil of the court, and so he has remained in hiding until now. He knows he has failed to live up to the expectations of the world, which is why he speaks so dejectedly. In fact, sitting in his position would be difficult for anyone. Since he no longer wishes to shoulder the responsibility, Your Highness should not have any expectations of him."
Sima Jun stood beside her, silent.
Her voice was unhurried, gentle, but not flippant. Others had said this before, and Sima Jun always refuted it. But coming from her, it seemed quite pleasing.
Even my restless mood couldn't help but calm down.
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