"Hehehe..."

Xia Tian was confident and spoke calmly: "Miss Sima wants to see if I... am as weak and incompetent and as timid as a mouse as the legend says."

"You want to know more... Why am I still doing this when I know that asking to marry you is a dead end?"

Sima Lan was a little surprised, and there was no hint of contempt in his beautiful eyes: "Why?"

Xia Tian restrained his smile and stood solemnly: "I will put myself to death and live again!"

"Instead of lingering in the palace, like a pig being fed by farmers in a pen, with life and death not controlled by oneself, why not get out of the palace and gain a chance of survival?"

“Without freedom, it is better to die!”

Sima Lan's eyes flashed with brilliance: "If you don't have freedom, you'd rather die... That's so well said!"

"So, this is all part of your plan?"

"yes!"

At this time.

There was less contempt in Sima Lan's eyes: "Last night, the imperial edict granting marriage arrived at Prime Minister Zuo's residence. My father wanted to protest the marriage on the spot, but I stopped him. Do you think why?"

"Hehehe..."

Xia Zhizhu was in hand and smiled faintly: "Because, resisting the decree is the last resort!"

"You have a better way, how about becoming my bride!"

Sima Lan's shocked look is also very beautiful...his eyes are fixed and his mouth is dumbfounded, and his small cherry mouth is slightly open, which can fit two quail eggs.

According to rumors in the imperial capital, the Ninth Prince is a nerd who doesn’t understand the world!

Now he looks more like a wise and foolish person!

After a while.

Sima Lan woke up with a start. She bit her red lips lightly and asked with complicated emotions: "What method do you think it is?"

Xia Tian stared at her smart eyes: "Drag the word tactic, drag me to death!"

"You think I can't make it to the fief alive!"

"Or, even if I can make it to the fiefdom alive, in front of the vicious Sirius army, I will be a lamb to be slaughtered and I won't live long!"

"As long as I die, you can regain your freedom. Maybe... you can also escape the Sima family's political marriage and choose the life you want."

Sima Lan was shocked again!

Can he read minds?

"How do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Hehehe..."

Xia Tian smiled wildly and uninhibitedly: "I have read the poems and essays you wrote. The meaning of freedom and freedom is contained in every word."

"There is no distinction between black and white in the world of pride...isn't it your favorite sentence?"

Speaking of this, Xia Tian stared at Sima Lan's beautiful eyes and paused every word: "The most important thing is... you... are also... unwilling!"

"You don't want to do anything in exchange for benefits!"

"You don't want to be an accessory to power!"

"You want to be yourself!"

"This king is your only chance to be free."

When Sima Lan was told the central issue, he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Am I... unwilling to give in?"

Yes.

She was unwilling to do so.

Don’t be reconciled to the fact that all you have learned is of no use!

He cannot pursue a career like a man, and from now on he can only be trapped in the palace, like a caged bird.

Make a beautiful plaything!

The contempt in Sima Lan's eyes disappeared and she looked straight at Xia Tian!

The one who understands her is actually this legendary good-for-nothing prince who is bound to die.

now.

The sun rises from the horizon.

Under the morning sun, a stunningly beautiful girl gazed longingly at a handsome young man, like a pair of golden boys and girls. The picture was astonishingly beautiful.

Sima Lan's heart is in chaos!

She stretched out her jade hand, straightened the scattered hair around her ears, and opened her red lips lightly: "Your Highness, Prince Huang, do you know what the fiefdom of Huangzhou looks like?"

Xia Tian nodded: "I know!"

"Of the nine states in Daxia, Dahuang State is the smallest in area!"

"And it is located in the far west. Most of the state is barren mountains and ridges. 80% of the land is covered by forests. Miasmic poisonous insects are everywhere. The environment is extremely harsh. Throughout the ages, it has been a place where prisoners of various dynasties were exiled!"

"The people there are strong and fierce, and there are many ethnic minorities. They set up strongholds on dangerous peaks and ridges. They are barbaric and ferocious. People often turn into bandits. There are many killings of officials in Dahuang Prefecture!"

"It has only been 20 years since the founding of Daxia, and 20 state officials who went to serve in Dahuang Prefecture have died."

"So, if you go to Dahuang Prefecture to be an official, you will either die... or you will be on your way to death."

Speaking of this, Xia Tian frowned slightly: "In recent years, the imperial court has exiled some prisoners to manage Dahuang Prefecture. As a result, the officials and bandits there have become a bad land."

"The emperor and the prince think that even if I go to Dahuang State, I won't live long!"

"Because the hatred in the hearts of the people of the wilderness for the imperial court will kill me!"

Sima Lan smiled slightly: "Since you know this... aren't you afraid?"

"Hahaha......"

Xia Tian smiled and looked at the rising sun: "Is it useful to be afraid?"

"Are you afraid that these things won't happen?"

"Can you survive if you are afraid?"

Sima Lan shook his head lightly: "I'm afraid not!"

Xia Tian asked back: "Then why should I be afraid?"

"Kekeke..."

Sima Lan smiled sweetly, like a flower in full bloom, as beautiful as any other: "Thinking about it this way, there is really no need to be afraid!"

"His Royal Highness is indeed very wise!"

Xia Tian is very modest: "Miss, you are so complimentary!"

"What else do you know about the matter in Huangzhou?"

It can be seen that Sima Lan has been testing him.

Xia Tian knew it well: "Dahuang Prefecture has no counties, only one state city. According to the latest statistical data in the 20th year of Daxia Kaiyuan, the number of long-term residents in the state city is only 1,000 households and 10,000 people, which is equal to other states...

...People from one county.”

"Of course, those prisoners exiled in the Wilderness State do not count!"

"If included, the population is about 20,000."

Sima Lan put her hands behind her back, raised her toes, and asked delicately: "Then do you know why the population of Dahuang Prefecture is so sparse?"

Xia Tian's eyes suddenly turned sad: "I know a little bit."

"The main reason is... the Great Wilderness State borders the Sirius Empire. Every year, the army of the Sirius Empire rushes into the Great Wilderness State to loot, and brings the captured civilians back to the grassland to be slaves. They call us Daxia people two-legged sheep.

Wanton killing."

"The people of Dahuang State have always lived in the shadow of death."

"The current peaceful and prosperous era of Daxia has nothing to do with them!"

Sima Lan blinked her beautiful eyes and suddenly asked: "If you enter the Great Wilderness State alive... what will you do?"

Xia Tian's eyes were determined, his fists were clenched, and his voice shook the sky: "I will pledge myself to my territory, and anyone who violates my territory - kill!"

"Anyone who bullies my people - kill!"

"Anyone who molests my sister - kill!"

"If you insult my people, they will be killed no matter how far away they are!"

"Kill my people, no matter how strong they are, they will be killed!"

Three kills and two executions illustrate Xia Xia's responsibility and attitude as the king of Huangzhou.

Sima Lan's beautiful eyes shone...he was such an ambitious person!
To be continued...