Chapter 27: Coup d’état (3)
"Well, please tell me what you want, Your Majesty the King of Zhao."
After seeing the last maid go out of the tent and lower the curtain, Princess Quan chose the right time to speak.
"...In fact, I have another reason for waiting here for the princess. The princess should be very clear about the purpose of her visit to Zhao State this time."
After hearing what Zhao Ziheng said, Princess Quan fell silent, and looked at him through the veil with a puzzled look. She certainly knew that the purpose of her coming to Zhao State this time was to marry the King of Zhao, that is, Zhao Ziheng, but Zhao Ziheng's tone made her a little confused and puzzled, and even made her doubt whether the reason for coming to Zhao State was true.
"First of all, I want to know if the princess is willing to marry me?"
Princess Quan was silent again.
"If so, I beg the princess for forgiveness. The one who was sent to Han hoping to form an alliance with Han was someone else, and it was not my intention."
"…What do you mean by that?"
Zhao Ziheng directly explained the whole story to Princess Quan one by one. Princess Quan was a little shocked at first, but soon became indifferent.
"So you want me to stop here and go back to Han?"
"That's not what I meant—"
"Then you should explain clearly. I have come all the way from Han State, and I don't want to return home just because of a misunderstanding. You should know that I was sent here because my father wanted to conclude a marriage alliance with Zhao State. If you don't give a perfect reason, not only me, but our Han State will not give up-"
Princess Quan's tone was very calm, and there was a certain sternness in her words. It was hard to imagine that a woman like her could remain calm in the face of such a situation. She was worthy of being a princess of the royal family.
"Princess, do you mean that you will stay in Zhao State no matter what the explanation is?"
“…I came here for this purpose.”
"...I understand. Since you want to marry King Zhao, I will abide by the agreement!"
Zhao Ziheng was very aware of Princess Quan's unshakable determination, so he had no choice but to agree to marry her, because he was also very clear that if Princess Quan married Zhao Zixi, it would only make the situation worse. Since he had already let Yin Yin down, it didn't matter if things got one more time. After giving the promise, Zhao Ziheng immediately turned around and left without staying a moment longer. His decision without hesitation was really straightforward.
Seeing Zhao Ziheng leaving, Princess Quan felt a ripple in her heart.
After stepping out of Princess Quan's tent, Zhao Ziyan immediately stepped forward and followed her.
"Contact Prime Minister Wang and the Royal Palace. I will arrive with Princess Quan and the wedding ceremony will be held today—"
Zhao Ziheng gave orders to Zhao Ziyin while walking towards his own tent. "Your Majesty, are you really planning to marry Princess Quan?"
"The news that Princess Quan is marrying King Zhao should have spread to all countries. If I rashly refuse the marriage, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction in the Han Kingdom, which will only make the situation more chaotic. If I let her marry Zi Xi, there is no doubt that he will take this opportunity to rebel. Since Princess Quan is going to marry King Zhao, then as King Zhao, I am of course obligated to marry her!"
"But King Ling—"
"I know he will not give up, so I will send more people to protect the princess , and also send envoys to the Han Kingdom to find out the king's intentions."
"Your Majesty, have you made a decision?"
At this time, Zhao Ziheng and Zhao Ziyin arrived at the main camp together...
"I am too soft-hearted. The current situation is all my fault, so I decided not to make any more mistakes. Even if I am ridiculed by the world, I can no longer let Zixi do whatever he wants."
From his words, it can be seen that Zhao Ziheng has become extremely fed up with Zhao Zixi. While he was busy with the border war, Zhao Zixi expanded the civil strife in Zhao and even involved other countries. This was no longer a situation he could control. He was confident that he could continue to tolerate the civil strife, but Zhao Zixi ignored his existence and further pulled in other countries' forces in order to become king. For the State of Zhao at this time, those forces that were secretly ready to move would surely take the opportunity to launch an offensive against the State of Zhao, and in this way the State of Zhao would surely be wiped out in one fell swoop. How could he, who chose the lives of the people of Zhao and many ordinary people, allow such a thing to happen?
"So what does the Emperor mean?"
"Notify the Emperor's uncle, I will personally kill my own relatives for the sake of justice—"
"yes!"
，他也叫“我們的情人”。 English: Zhao Ziheng had made up his mind, and Zhao Ziyin took action immediately without saying a word. Zhao Ziyin left, leaving Zhao Ziheng, who was full of worries. The only thing he was worried about now, in addition to Zhao Guo's comfort, was that he could not forget Yinyin and his betrayal of his loyalty to Yinyin. When he thought about the reason why he quarreled with Yinyin in the 21st century was because of his consideration for other women, something happened later that he would never forget. He had already declared his most loyal love to Yinyin, or should be Shu'er, and his love would never betray and would always belong to her. But now, not only did he betray him, he also completely broke his declaration of love for her with his own hands. Even if Yinyin could wake up, he didn't know what kind of mentality he should use to face her, let alone what reason he should use to ask for her forgiveness. What made him prefer to betray Yinyin was that he was carrying so many innocent lives. The identity and position of this era forced him to violate the only declaration of love he had promised at the beginning. Now, he finally understood why in ancient times, especially people of high status and position could not give their love only to the person they most wanted to love, and he also understood what it meant to be involuntarily...
"Shu'er——"
Gently calling out the name in the deepest part of his heart , and then thinking about the current situation that made Zhao Ziheng extremely painful, this was probably the main reason why he had been keeping it in mind all the time for more than half a year and thus had gone through so many vicissitudes of life.
【Zhou Dynasty】Imperial Tomb.
The tombs of the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty are also very famous in various countries. It is said that the internal structure was discovered by the first emperor of the Zhou Dynasty when he was on an expedition to an extremely cold place. In order to preserve his soul after death, he specially transported it from the extremely cold place to the Zhou Dynasty, dug a ten-foot deep ground and used ice to make an ice tomb. The extremely cold temperature preserved the flesh from being corroded, and the flesh of emperors of all dynasties were also preserved. It is the tomb of emperors of all dynasties. Except when the emperor passed away, the ice tomb is usually closed and heavily guarded.
After entering the mausoleum ten feet underground and passing through multiple checkpoints, you will finally arrive at the ice cellar.
The ice cellar was carefully built like an ice palace. There were many ice sculptures inside, from birds and beasts to humans, all lifelike. Although the area was not very large, the structure was extremely complex, with many small houses. Inside the houses were where emperors of all dynasties slept. The larger room inside was where the first emperor slept. However, in one of the rooms, the person lying there was not a person who was in permanent sleep, but a person who was specially sent in and was in a half-dead state, that is, Yin Yin!
There was no one in the room at the moment. Yinyin was lying on the ice bed in a white dress, with her eyes tightly closed as if she was sleeping. Her appearance had not changed at all in the past six months. She was the only one who was not a member of the royal family and was not sleeping here after death. All we knew was that she was still breathing, but since that day more than half a year ago, she had never opened her tightly closed eyes...
She didn't know what the world outside was like now , she didn't know how many people were running around because of her, and she didn't know the fact that the person she loved was still alive in this world. It was as if she was sleeping to follow the person she loved, and she didn't know if she would wake up from her long sleep when she found out that he was still alive?
