Chapter 218 Xiangying, we can be friends
Without thinking, Xie Chen turned to Xiang Ying and said, "You take the child back to the inn first."
Xiangying frowned slightly: "I'm not afraid of them."
But Xie Chen urged harshly: "Go quickly!"
Xiangying lowered her head, looked at the three little ones blinking next to them, and decided to take the children away first.
Taoxue, Qi Fengyi and Aren all followed her upstairs.
Xiangying returned to the room he had just retreated from. Taoxue was at the window, peeking downstairs through a gap.
I saw that the entire street was being cleared by the Xuanjia Army, whose posture was as if they were about to be killed on the spot!
Jie Chen was talking to the leader of the Xuanjia Army. He was far away and Taoxue couldn't hear what they said.
Suddenly, Taoxue said nervously: "It's over, I saw a brown-robed official getting off the sedan. Could it be another imperial envoy?"
Qi Fengyi clenched his sword: "If they dare to be disrespectful to the eldest princess, we will take action and kill them all!"
Xiangying is very calm.
She was braiding Xiang Xiuxiu's hair, and said lazily: "Don't worry, the dog emperor of South Vietnam is still waiting to get the jade seal from me, and he won't kill us."
Taoxue was confused: "Then what is this posture for? Isn't it to settle a score with Vice General Jie?"
Aren shook his head: "Impossible. Vice General Jie did a great job in suppressing the bandits. Even if it was his fault to accidentally let us go, the merits and demerits now balance out. It must be something else."
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Everyone in the room was immediately alert, and the three little ones quickly gathered around Xiangying, taking full precautions to protect her.
Qi Fengyi opened the door with his sword, expecting that it would be Jie Chen or the imperial minister who came.
However, standing outside the door was Princess Xining.
Princess Xining glanced into the room and smiled: "I was resting next door. I heard that you are back again. Xiangying, I want to chat with you for a few words. Do you mind?"
Xiangying nodded quietly: "Okay."
Princess Xining was originally going to be escorted back to Beijing by Pei Qinglin, but an urgent report came from Beijing in the morning, saying that another team of people would be arranged to pick her up.
So Pei Qinglin left first.
After Princess Xining came in, she took the initiative and said: "I asked my servant to buy some new and interesting things. You can let the children take a look."
Xiangying saw that she wanted to talk alone, so she nodded towards Taoxue.
Aren refused to go far and said: "I will stand outside."
After speaking, they all left, leaving only Xiangying and Princess Xining.
"Princess, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly."
Princess Xining smiled: "There's nothing else wrong with you. It's just that you are agile and calm in times of danger. You are very different from the Princess of the Western Zhou Dynasty that I have heard of."
"To be honest, before you went deep into the bandit's nest to rescue me, I didn't have a good impression of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but after getting to know you, I feel that the Western Zhou Dynasty is not all without merit."
"Xiangying, you have a neat and refreshing personality. General Pei also told me about your performance along the way. Your temper is in line with my taste. I believe we can become friends."
Xiangying raised her phoenix eyes and looked at her, meaningfully: "Princess, you came here specifically to be friends with me?"
Princess Xining pursed her lips, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the group of people below.
"They are coming with force, and I'm afraid they want to treat you badly. If I come forward and forcibly save you, there may be a chance for you to enter the city safely."
The light and shadow in the room are slanted, Princess Xining is standing by the window, and Xiangying is sitting not far away.
"Thank you for your kindness, princess. However, I believe that Vice General Xie will save my life. At least there will be no threats before I enter the Nanyue Palace."
Princess Xining laughed: "That's because you don't know my father's methods. He has many ways to torture people and make life worse than death."
"But..." She changed her voice, "If you can give me the jade seal, then your destiny is not in the hands of others. I will let you control your own life and death."
It turned out to be for Yuxi again.
Xiangying looked at her with interest, his dark eyes filled with water. "With all due respect, is the princess asking for the jade seal to present it to the emperor of South Vietnam to please her?"
Unexpectedly, there was a bit of ridicule in Princess Xining's eyes.
"Please? No one in this world is worthy of me to please."
She turned her head and looked at Xiangying: "Of course I want to use it for myself. To tell you the truth, I have long been tired of the unequal life."
"I have been proficient in civil and military affairs since I was a child. I will not be inferior to my royal brothers in anything I do. I will strive to be the best in everything."
"However, just because I am a girl, my contribution to flood control has become the sixth brother's, and my contribution to quelling the rebellion has become the second brother's. Even if I strictly demand myself and never show weakness at all, they all say My father is so lucky that all the children he has given birth to are dragons and phoenixes among men. Isn’t it ridiculous? ”
"Everyone praises me as the most outstanding princess, but what's the use? In the eyes of my father and brother, the value of the most outstanding princess is that it becomes a better bargaining chip during marriage."
When she said this, she clenched her fists tightly and her eyes flashed with reluctance.
The light and shadow coming from the window intersected on her face, like an angry Bodhisattva in a temple.
"Why should I be the one to get married? Why should everything I do become the glory of my father and brother?"
"So, when I met those gangsters, I was very happy and allowed them to take me away, and I was ready to catch them all. I believe that after seeing my ability, my father will give up the idea of sending me to get married."
Princess Xining turned her head and stared at Xiangying.
"Xiangying, I need the jade seal to pass down the country. With it, I can get rid of my identity as a woman, so that when they look at me, the first thing they think of is not the fourteenth princess of South Vietnam, but the master. The authority, the one who decides their life and death.”
"We are both women, and you must have suffered such grievances. The Western Zhou Dynasty has been destroyed, and you will only be a hot potato with the jade seal. But I promise you, if I get the jade seal, I will not let you become a prisoner."< br>
"If I can create prosperity and peace in the future, I will give you justice! How about it?"
The last sentence is really powerful.
Xiangying could even see the burning ambition in her dark eyes.
It turns out that Princess Xining has even had the idea of becoming a person in power herself.
Xiangying thinks it is enough to praise, but unfortunately...
She shook her head: "I don't have a jade seal."
Princess Xining's eyes suddenly darkened, and then she smiled bitterly: "You refused to give it to me."
Xiangying looked at her calmly: "I really don't have a jade seal. At the moment when the country was broken, my father said that the jade seal was with me to divert the attention of tens of millions of troops and attract enemy troops to humiliate me."< br>
"He took advantage of the opponent's time to attack the city and plunder the harem, and escaped with his beloved concubine and treasure. He even left in a hurry and even broke down the city gate, allowing us to be penetrated directly into the inner palace by the enemy without reservation. ”
Princess Xining opened her eyes slightly when she heard this.
She reacted: "How could there be such a despicable father in the world?! I really want to break his bones with my own hands!"
Xiangying smiled: "As you said, the Western Zhou Dynasty is just yesterday's clouds to me. If I had a jade seal, I would give it to you. It's a pity."
Princess Xining was silent for a moment and showed her confident look again.
"It doesn't matter. If there is no jade seal, I will fight for it myself."
She came over, her eyes bright, and said to Xiangying: "I will remember your kindness in saving me. Xiangying, you have to hold on until the day I take power. At that time, I will definitely let you and your family go." The children left.”
The two people looked at each other, showing sympathy for each other.
Xiangying smiled: "Okay, I will remember it."
I heard someone's footsteps going upstairs, and after a while, there was a voice outside the door.
"Xiangying, the deputy general asked you to go down." It was Su Xiucai.
Xiangying lowered her head: "Princess, I'm leaving first."
Princess Xining stepped forward and hugged Xiangying.
"Take care, see you in Beijing."
Xiang Ying nodded, turned around and left.