Chapter 52: Surprise Attack (6)
"Did the prince tell you to say that?"
"Well?"
"Did he threaten you with something again, so you had to say that?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Yin Yin's reaction stunned Shan Zhen. He almost forgot that Yin Yin had lost her memory and had no idea what Zhou Yan had done to her. Yin Yin was not a stupid person. How could she not know the meaning of Shan Zhen's words? According to Shan Zhen, Zhou Yan had threatened her?
"No, I just want to know, are these really your true words?"
Shan Zhen started to change the subject, but Yin Yin couldn't just pretend nothing had happened and was still feeling aggrieved about Shan Zhen's words.
"Why don't you want to go back? Why do you want to go with Prince Jing?"
"I have my own ideas and the freedom I want. I don't want to be manipulated by others anymore. I know that Cheng, you, and others are all doing this for my own good, but I don't want to go on like this. From now on, I want to make my own decisions and do what I want to do. It doesn't matter if he's Prince Jing or not. I just want my own space. If I continue to stay in the palace or the royal city, I'll feel suffocated as long as Cheng is around me."
Faced with Shan Zhen's continuous insults, Yin Yin could only put Shan Zhen's previous words aside and express her inner thoughts to Shan Zhen in one breath. The reason why she expressed her inner thoughts was because Yin Yin felt that Shan Zhen was not the kind of person who was unreasonable or who would force her with force.
Having said that, after hearing Yinyin's answer, Shan Zhen was stunned. No matter whether what Yinyin said was true or false, as long as Yinyin said so, he believed it. Would being in the royal city, in the palace, and by Zhou Cheng's side bring Yinyin unimaginable pain? At least from Yinyin's expression, he could not see any falsehood.
"Is that why you left the emperor's side and went to Weicheng with Prince Jing?"
Yinyin didn't answer, but her expression had already given the answer; if these words came from Zhou Yan, Shan Zhen would definitely not believe them and would follow Zhou Cheng's order to bring Yinyin back. Now he heard and saw with his own eyes that it was Yinyin who said it, and because of this, Shan Zhen was caught in a dilemma: should he follow the order? Or should he respect Yinyin's choice?
"So what do you want me to do?"
Faced with the two choices of loyalty and protection, Shan Zhen asked Yin Yin for an answer. In fact, he already had a clear answer in his heart, but he still wanted to know what Yin Yin meant. Only in this way could he be more sure of what to do.
"……I have no idea."
Yinyin's answer surprised Shan Zhen a little. That was because Yinyin knew the dilemma Shan Zhen was facing. No matter which side he chose, he would suffer from the other side. So how could Yinyin involve Shan Zhen just for her own selfish reasons?
"Oh, are you testing me?"
Shan Zhen couldn't help but feel tortured by Yin Yin's answer. Her answer only made him more at a loss as to what to do. He had clearly made up his mind, but he suffered unexpected torture because of it.
"I don't mean that. It's just that I know you are loyal to the Prime Minister, but you are also concerned about me as your cousin. No matter what I do, it will make you feel embarrassed. I don't want to force you, and all I can tell you is that I don't want to go back now."
Should he be happy that Yinyin can think for him? Yinyin's attitude is so obvious, how can Dan Zhen do something against her will? How can he let Yinyin return to the place where she feels restrained?
"...I know what to do. Rather than letting you go back and suffer, it might be better for you to stay with Prince Jing. But you have to promise me...whenever you want to go back, tell me. No matter where you are, I will come to you as soon as possible."
"…Yeah! Thank you! I'm sorry!"
Yinyin didn't know what mood Shan Zhen was in when he said that, but she did feel Shan Zhen's bitter intentions towards her.
Shan Zhen stood up from his chair and walked to Yin Yin.
"Don't thank me, and don't say sorry. You're not sorry to anyone. The people you should be compared to are us."
This "we" includes a lot of things. For Yinyin who has lost her memory, everything in the past is hard to describe in words, the good, the bad, the happy, the unhappy. Shan Zhen has never thought of escaping from the fact that he had hurt Yinyin, but he doesn't dare to face it either. As long as Yinyin doesn't pursue it, he will find it difficult to speak of it.
"I……"
“There’s an assassin!!!”
While speaking to Yin Yin, the noise of soldiers could be heard outside the tent.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing the soldiers' shouts, Shan Zhen immediately became alert and ran out of the tent. A group of masked men in black appeared from nowhere and were fighting with the soldiers.
"What's going on?"
Yin Yin, who followed Shan Zhen out of the tent, was stunned by the scene in front of her. Another assassin?
"You go inside."
Shan Zhen reacted immediately and pushed Yin Yin into the tent first.
"Don't come out until it's over, understand?"
"Oh, yeah!"
Yinyin knew that she would only be in the way if she went out, so what position did she have to say no? After settling Yinyin, Shan Zhen went out of the tent again. The number of assassins was still increasing, and it was difficult to count. There were at least dozens, or even hundreds...
Zhou Yanzheng was leading his men towards Shan Zhen.
"Where's Yin Yin?"
As soon as he came in front of Shan Zhen, he immediately asked about Yin Yin.
"Inside."
"ah!!!"
As soon as Shan Zhen finished speaking, Yin Yin's cry came from the tent. Shan Zhen and Zhou Yan hurried inside. It turned out that an assassin had entered the tent by opening a hole inside. Zhou Yan rushed to Yin Yin immediately , and Shan Zhen, Zuo Yu and others also stepped forward...
Compared with the group of assassins outside, Shan Zhen clearly noticed that these assassins inside were completely different and not at the same level at all. Could it be that the assassins outside were just used to divert attention, and the assassins in front of him were the real killers? If so, the enemy had more than ten people, while he only had five or six. Not to mention the strength, he was already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and the assassins ' targets were also obvious. He didn't expect the enemy to take the initiative to launch a surprise attack at this time, and also used a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west...
