Chapter 339 True Meaning (4)
At the gate of Tang Garden, Sima Jun was discussing matters with the manager of Tang Garden. He was stunned when he saw Sun Wei bringing Lu Xian out.
Sima Jun asked the steward to step aside and just looked at her.
Sun Wei hesitated for a moment, then walked up to him and said, "I want to take Lady Lu to the palace to stay temporarily. Your Highness, please take a look..."
Seeing Sima Jun's eyebrows slightly raised, Lu Xian hurriedly said, "I promised the prince that I could only stay in Tang Garden and not go anywhere else. But today I don't want to stay in Tang Garden and don't want to see my father. I just want to go back to the palace with the princess. I hope the prince will agree to this for the princess's sake."
Sima Jun glanced at her and said to Sun Wei, "Why not? Let the lady ride in the carriage with the lady."
The tone was quite gentle.
Sun Wei paused.
Lu Xian was delighted and quickly pulled Sun Wei into the carriage.
"The prince can actually laugh?" Lu Xian looked through the lifted curtain at Sima Jun who was mounting his horse outside and asked curiously.
Sun Wei also glanced over there, then looked away and said, "He's a human being, why can't he smile?"
Lu Xian, still full of emotion, said, "The prince is so handsome. Even though his father was a bad man and a fat man, he unexpectedly gave birth to a son who is so handsome. It's truly miraculous."
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Lu Xian was still Sun Wei's cousin. When she arrived at the palace, everyone bowed respectfully to her.
Her mood had improved a lot. Seeing the huge Yuzhang Palace, she became curious and pulled Sun Wei to ask him all kinds of questions.
Soon, Sun Qiao arrived. When Lu Xian heard that he was Sun Wei's biological brother, she smiled and called him "brother".
Sun Qiao frowned, avoided her, and pulled Sun Wei to say, "I can't write these words as well as you, sister. Please write them again so I can see."
Sun Wei was entangled by the two of them, and Sima Jun couldn't even find a chance to speak.
At this time, the attendant came to report that Chu Yue had arrived.
Sima Jun thought about it and asked Deng Lian to invite Sun Wei to the study.
Once the door was closed, it became much quieter.
Chu Yue stood up and greeted Sun Wei: "Princess, it's been a while since we last met. How are you?"
"Thank you for your concern, General. I am doing fine."
Sun Wei looked at Chu Yue and saw that he was still cheerful and carefree. If one didn't know the inside story, one would never have guessed that he had just lost the position of Governor of the Northern Prefecture.
"I'm sorry to trouble you again, General," she said.
"Your Highness, you are being too polite," Chu Yue said confidently, "Taking Guangzhou is no problem. My life was saved by Your Highness and the Crown Prince. If you can be of any use to me, I will do my best to help you."
After exchanging pleasantries, Sima Jun said to Chu Yue, "I've already told you what we're going to do on this trip. I've already captured Li Mo, and Lü Qiuyan has many informants, so he'll surely get the news soon. I've told the Crown Prince to mobilize troops from Jiangzhou and Jingzhou, and march on the border. This is just a bluff. The most important thing for you is a surprise attack. You must act quickly, catch him off guard, and capture him in one fell swoop. I've ordered Yin Wen to continue following Yao Rong; he'll try to locate Lü Qiuyan. Zeng Fang will gather 5,000 elite troops in Jiangzhou and await you in Shixing. Once you arrive, take action without delay."
"Don't worry, I'll leave today. No matter how fast his letter arrives, it still needs someone to deliver it. He's not much faster than me on foot. But..." Chu Yue said, "I don't know when I'll be back. I want to send Afu and her son to Jingzhou and leave them in Xie Xiao's care."
"Don't worry about this," Sima Jun said. "When do you want to leave?"
"The sooner the better."
"Then leave early tomorrow morning. I'll make all the arrangements, don't worry."
The two of them had a tacit understanding, and they had already arranged things without any hesitation.
After everything was finalized, Chu Yue said goodbye to the two of them.
Sun Wei was standing by, not even saying a word, just accompanying him.
When she saw Chu Yue going out, she sent him out.
Just as he stood up, Sima Jun was already blocking the door. He ordered Deng Lian to escort Chu Yue out of the house and left Sun Wei alone in the study.
I suddenly became alert.
Sun Wei said: "Lu Xian is still waiting for me outside, I need to go out."
Sima Jun said, "I just saw her playing with A Qiao. She won't be needed for the time being. I just asked Lu Ming some questions. Madam, don't you want to know what he said?"
Sun Wei looked at him for a moment and asked, "Is this all you said, Prince?"
Sima Jun asked in return, "What did Madam think I was going to say?"
The gaze was straight, and seemed to contain some meaning.
Lu Ming didn't know how long he had been pretending to be crazy and stupid. Now that his true colors were finally revealed, Sun Wei had to listen to what he said.
Sun Wei secretly reminded herself to stay calm, responded, and sat down again.
Sima Jun said slowly, "You and I have almost guessed why Lu Ming came to Jiankang. There's only one thing. Sun Zhi confided in him some time ago, and he mentioned how he was exiled to Kuaiji Mountain, but fortunately, a wise man recommended him to a position in Guangzhou. Kuaiji Mountain is not far from Ruoye Mountain, so I suspect he met Li Mo there, and that Li Mo recommended him to Panyu."
Sun Wei was surprised: "Your Highness, do you mean that Sun Zhi went to Panyu first, and then went to Lingnan to find Lu Ming?"
Sima Jun nodded and said, "What Sun Zhi said should be the truth. Madam helped the Sun family's mistress to expel Sun Zhi from the capital. Sun Zhi was afraid of offending Madam, so he wanted to go to Lingnan to curry favor with Lu Ming. Unexpectedly, he learned the secret of Madam's identity from Lu Ming."
In Sun Wei's mind, this was more of a fate than a coincidence.
Just like Sima Jun and Lu Qiuyan, she and Sun Zhi.
The injustice of the previous life cannot be escaped in this life.
Sima Jun continued, "Lu Ming suffered greatly on his journey north. Fearing he would reveal his wife's secret, Sun Zhi bound his hands and feet, gagged him, and tortured him throughout the journey. Lu Ming then resolved to achieve something on this journey, no matter how difficult it might be. So when Li Mo instructed him to intercept the prince, he resolutely did so."
Seeing her frown, Sima Jun said, "He is a greedy man. It is already the best that he can fall into my hands."
"I don't sympathize with Lu Ming, but I do feel quite guilty. It was because I didn't settle him down that he caused such a big mess."
"Now that things have come to this, Madam, there is no need to look back. Just look at the present."
Sun Wei looked at him and asked, "How does the prince plan to settle Lu Ming?"
"For the time being, I'll just detain him. I'll find him another house to live in, so he doesn't have to be confined to this compound. If he behaves well, I'll give him a house and land and set him free once everything is settled."
Sun Wei was puzzled, "What do you mean by the dust has settled?"
"Since Madam returned the position of Princess to Lu Xian," Sima Jun said, "wasn't that Madam's original intention?"
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