Chapter 310 Sun Zhi (Part 2)
Sima Jun couldn't help but think of the conversation with Lu Xian that day. He asked Lu Xian what her plans were for the future.
At that time, Lu Xian asked tremblingly: "I have confessed everything to the prince. If the prince does not pursue it, I wonder if there is such a place among your many farms. It doesn't have to be too big, but it can't be too desolate. At least it should have a few maids..."
He asked her impatiently what she was going to say.
She quickly said, "I've been wandering around for the past two years and I'm a little tired. Can you make room for me to rest for a while, Prince?"
Sima Jun couldn't help but roll his eyes. How could there be such a shameless woman in the world?
Thinking back to the present, he said, "Let Sun Zhi come in."
Sun Zhi stepped into the pavilion, feeling a bit trembling.
Rumor has it that this Tang Garden was built for Prince Yuzhang to receive guests, and only Prince Yuzhang's distinguished guests can enter here.
Before Prince Yuzhang passed away, my uncle and father would always speak with bitterness when they talked about the banquet Prince Yuzhang held in Tangyuan and who was invited.
And when he succeeds, he will tell his family what he heard and saw today.
His uncle and aunt would surely look disdainful on their faces, but he knew how could they not feel jealous?
As long as they are unhappy, he will be happy.
The thought flashed through his mind, and he walked around the gauze curtain and saw Sima Jun sitting in the middle.
Although Sima Jun is younger than him, he has fought on the battlefield for many years. He has an awe-inspiring aura and is intimidating without even being angry. His age cannot measure up to his age.
Sun Zhi trembled as he stepped forward to pay his respects. Sima Jun said, "Young Master Sun, you have come a long way and must have worked hard on your journey. There is no need for formalities."
After Sima Jun finished speaking, he asked Sun Zhi to sit down.
Seeing Sima Jun being so friendly, Sun Zhi knew that he was interested in the news he had mentioned.
He began by asking, "I met the prince once last year. I wonder if he remembers me?"
"Of course I remember," Sima Jun said. "Last year, when I visited Yu Boyu, I ran into Sun Qiao outside his private residence. Young Master Sun was there, right?"
"That's right," Sun Zhi said hurriedly. "I have long admired the Crown Prince. When I saw his demeanor, I felt as if I had met a god, and my admiration was even greater. I have often thought that if I could serve the Crown Prince one day, my life would be worthwhile. However, I did not expect that my family would be in trouble and I had to leave the capital, and I have been here ever since."
Sima Jun nodded gently and said slowly, "I know a little about the changes in Young Master Sun's family. It seems that because Young Master Sun's fate is incompatible with that of the Sun family's female leader, his family arranged for him to practice in Kuaiji Mountain. If I remember correctly, your mother did consult the princess for divination, right?"
"Exactly!" Sun Zhi suddenly realized he was too excited. After calming down for a moment, he continued, "I know that because I'm a bastard, the mistress has always disliked me. The so-called incompatibility of fate is just a pretext the mistress made up to drive me away."
"Oh?" Sima Jun asked, "You mean the princess colluded with your mother, fabricated this story, and deliberately drove you away?"
"I dare not!" Sun Zhi said hurriedly, "If there is any mistake, it must be the mistress's fault, and it has nothing to do with the princess!"
Sima Jun remained silent and asked, "When you sent the visiting card, you said you had news about the princess. What was it?"
Sun Zhi glanced at Sima Jun, feeling extremely excited.
He was a little nervous. After a while, he lowered his voice and said, "Prince, you know, the princess in your mansion is fake."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Jun's sharp eyes swept over.
Sun Zhi shuddered with fear and quickly lowered his head.
"Fake?" Sima Jun asked, "Why do you say that?"
Sun Zhi took a deep breath, made up his mind, and decided to go all out since things had come to this point.
"This story all started last year," he said. "When I learned about the princess' fortune-telling, many doubts welled up in my mind. Everyone said the princess came from a family of profound scholars and was incredibly clairvoyant, but she had always only done so for the Crown Prince. Why would she condescend to do a divination for the mistress now? I naturally suspected the mistress was interfering, but I was also afraid that I had acted inappropriately, and that I had offended the princess at some point, earning her resentment. So, at the end of last year, while traveling in Lingnan, I visited the princess's father, Mr. Lu Ming, and asked him to help me resolve my doubts."
When Sima Jun mentioned Lu Ming, he already had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Oh?" Sima Jun asked, "I also visited Lingnan last year and planned to visit Mr. Lu, but Mr. Lu happened to be away."
"I wonder what month the prince will visit?"
Sima Jun thought for a moment and said, "If I remember correctly, it should be August."
Sun Zhi rolled his eyes and gave an unfathomable smile.
"I know the reason. Please listen to my story first, Your Highness."
Sima Jun looked at him expressionlessly.
"Mr. Lu lives alone in the mountains. I brought two jugs of wine up the mountain, intending to visit him. However, when his servants heard I was from Jiankang, they refused to let me in, claiming Mr. Lu wasn't home. I found this strange. I clearly heard someone calling Mr. Lu from outside the house, so why wasn't he home? So I waited outside the house for several days, until the doorman finally came down the mountain to do some shopping and came to visit. Sure enough, Mr. Lu was there. When he heard I was from Jiankang, he burst into tears and asked me to drive away the person watching him so he could live a normal life."
"Watching him?" Sima Juan asked calmly, "Who is watching him?"
"He's the princess's man," Sun Zhi said. "He holds a secret about the princess. The princess is afraid he might reveal it, so she has someone watching him. He's like he's in prison, with no freedom."
"Oh?" Sima Jun asked, "What's the secret?"
"Sir, Mr. Lu said that his daughter died in a flood two years ago, and the princess in the palace now is a fake."
Sun Zhi had imagined countless times what Sima Jun's expression would be like when he told the truth.
He would be surprised, furious, and order the arrest of the woman who pretended to be his stepmother.
Then he will have his revenge.
This woman of unknown origin not only pretended to be the Princess of Yuzhang, but also colluded with the stupid and vicious woman in his family to expel him.
How outrageous!
Today, he will teach her a lesson!
However, Sima Jun's calm expression did not appear in his fantasies.
This calmness made Sun Zhi feel a little uneasy.
After a long silence, Sima Jun finally spoke: "Ever since the princess entered the palace, I've heard similar speculations from time to time, but they all ultimately proved false. Initially, we were also quite suspicious about the princess's identity, so the Crown Prince sent someone to find Mr. Lu and show him the princess's portrait. At that time, Mr. Lu said that the woman in the portrait was his daughter. How come, only two years later, Mr. Lu changed his statement? Or did you help him change his statement? You know, the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne, and making a fuss about this would be a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
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