Chapter 63 The Person I Want to Protect
"Who likes him?"
Xiao Yetang refused to admit it, but her attitude was filled with girlish shyness. She snorted and said, "He and I have been sworn enemies since we were little.
I heard that he lost the bet at the banquet, and I was so happy that I wanted to use his winnings to make fun of him."
She asked Song Shiwei: "Can you give me his prize?"
"I'm afraid it won't work."
Song Shiwei rejected her and said, "I promised them that they can redeem their prize within three days.
If I give it away, wouldn’t that be a breach of trust? If Master Qin doesn’t come to redeem it in three days, how about I give it to the princess instead?”
Xiao Yetang looked at her and said, "I know why you have offended so many people."
In the capital, especially when dealing with the powerful, everyone is a smooth person. Flattery, servility, and groveling are very common.
However, Song Shiwei is the only one who sticks to her principles. Women like her are rare in the world, which is why her character is so precious.
Song Shiwei understood what she meant, but if she went with the flow, one day she would lose herself and become the kind of person who would bow her head and kowtow to the powerful.
What's the point of living in such humiliation?
"Then Princess, are you still willing to be friends with me?"
she asked with a smile.
Xiao Yetang raised his eyebrows: "Why not? It's rare to find someone as interesting as you."
She stretched out her hand and said, "Then don't forget, if Qin Muyan doesn't come to redeem it, just give it to me."
Song Shiwei held her hand and said, "Okay."
As she spoke, she leaned close to Xiao Yetang's ear and said, "You just like him, right?"
Xiao Yetang blushed and glared at her, saying, "You are so brave that you even dare to make fun of this princess."
She was afraid that Song Shiwei would continue to ask questions, so she left a sentence: "Don't forget what you promised me."
Then he ran away.
Song Shiwei looked at Xiao Yetang's departing back and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
At the age of first love, a girl’s heart is beating fast, and she has the most beautiful dreams and yearnings.
She had experienced this before, but the love hidden deep in her heart withered before it even blossomed. In the end, she married hastily and died hastily.
Maybe in this lifetime, she will never be able to understand what love feels like?
Suppressing her thoughts, Song Shiwei turned around and walked out of the palace.
She came to the carriage, opened the curtain and saw a person sitting in the carriage, who seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time.
Song Shiwei was stunned for a moment, then went in, and they both spoke at the same time.
"are you OK?"
"The Queen didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
With the same tone and worry, the same concern for each other, they both smiled at each other.
Song Shiwei sat down opposite him and said, "I heard from Eunuch Li that you made His Majesty very angry, it's too risky for you to do this.
Although he is your father and an emperor who holds the power of life and death, do you not want to live anymore?"
Xiao Jingheng asked her: "Do you know why I want to go back to Beijing?"
He laughed at himself and said: "Although the border war has subsided, I have never thought about coming back.
Your Majesty issued several imperial edicts to summon me back to the capital, but I ignored them all.
In order to force me to come back, he withheld the food and fodder sent to the border, hoping that I would submit to him.
This is also the reason why I asked your father for food and supplies. The more he wants me to bow my head, the more I will not bow my head.
The rift between him and me is due to the death of our mother. If he still wants to acknowledge me as his son, he will not have any evil thoughts about you. "
As a son, no one would want another woman to be his mother's shadow. This is what he wanted to say to his father.
If Your Majesty understood, there would no longer be anyone in the harem who is similar to his mother.
Song Shiwei looked at Xiao Jingheng and said, "Actually, you can bow your head and give in.
Your situation in the capital is so difficult, why do you want to fight against His Majesty?"
Jamel Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked her, "What about you? Why don't you learn to bow your head and give in? Why do you have to offend so many people?"
Song Shiwei glared at him and said, "Can I be the same as you?
As long as you bow your head and submit, you will gain the protection of His Majesty and have supreme power.
If I bow my head and give in, I will only be trampled upon and laughed at.
In fact, sometimes it’s not good to be too stubborn. As the saying goes, a strong body is easily broken.
Besides…”
She stretched out her voice and said meaningfully, "I am a very realistic person, and now you are my only supporter.
But if you have no power, then I will have to choose someone else."
Xiao Jingheng was amused by her: "If that's the case, then even for you I have to bow my head to His Majesty."
Song Shiwei curled her lips and retorted: "It's also for your own good."
"Well, for your sake and for my own."
Jamel Xiao agreed with a smile.
Perhaps he should indeed bow his head and submit to His Majesty, because he is no longer alone and has people he wants to protect.
What she does is full of difficulties. If you want to help her, you need to stand at the pinnacle of power and protect her from the wind and rain.
A gentle smile appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Song Shiwei in front of him and said, "Since I have worked so hard, shouldn't you show some appreciation?"
Song Shiwei frowned and asked, "How do you want me to express it?"
Xiao Jingheng touched his waist and said, "Then give me a purse."
Song Shiwei felt that this man seemed to be obsessed with his wallet.
She snorted: "You still say you didn't push me too far."
Xiao Jingheng said with a wronged look: “But you wronged me before and accused me of so many crimes. What’s wrong with me asking you for a purse?”
Song Shiwei: "..."
Why does this tone make me sound like I'm a heartless person?
She was really afraid of Jamel Xiao, and quickly reached out to stop him: "Okay, it's just a purse, can't I give it to you?"
Jamel Xiao curled his lips, and the smile on his face became more charming.
When Song Shiwei saw this, she just wanted to punch him. This man really deserved a beating.
She said, "Just now in the palace, Queen Sun wanted to embarrass me, but fortunately Miss Gu helped me out."
The smile on Xiao Jingheng's face disappeared immediately, he narrowed his eyes and said: "Empress Sun hates my mother very much, she hates everything related to my mother.
You stole the show at the banquet and embarrassed the prince, causing him to lose the bet. How could she let you go?
But she must be the happiest person because I made His Majesty so angry."
Song Shiwei asked, "She must have attacked you a lot, right?"
"Who says it's not?"
Xiao Jingheng said sarcastically: "In order to make me die on the battlefield, she sent countless assassins to take my life, but none of them succeeded.
Later, His Majesty issued several imperial decrees in succession to summon me back to the capital.
She was afraid that I would get in the way of the Crown Prince after returning to the capital, so she tried to kill me on the road, and I almost died in her hands. "
Song Shiwei could easily hear the danger from his few words.
She asked nervously, "Then how did you escape back?"