Sicang looked at her quietly, with some kind of suppressed emotion in his eyes: "Your Highness is not sleeping?"
"Go to bed tonight." Yun Zishu said calmly, "I want to talk to you."
Si Cang hummed: "What do you want to talk about, Your Highness?"
"Sicang, I don't like this feeling." Yun Zishu looked at him seriously, "It doesn't feel good to be kept in the dark and yet be guided to find out the truth on my own."
Si Cang pursed his thin lips and said, "Your Highness."
"What is the relationship between Emperor Wen and Queen Dongshu and us?" she asked lightly, "I always thought that our relationship was due to our dependence on each other when we were young. If there are other things mixed in, I might think that your relationship is not
purely."
Sicang's expression changed suddenly and he shook his head quickly: "I didn't -"
"there is nothing?"
Si Cang pursed his lips and was silent for a long time before whispering: "My feelings for His Highness are not mixed with anything else."
"Then why do you want me to be Queen Regent?"
"Your Highness will become the Lord of Dayong in the future. As Queen Regent, you can have the power to interfere in the government affairs and accumulate a lot of experience in governing the government." Sicang's voice was low, "The civil and military ministers of the DPRK are loyal, some are cunning, and some are tactful.
Accidents require uprightness... His Highness can learn how to deal with them in advance and learn to control people, so that when he returns to Dayong in the future, he will not be tied up and restricted by the courtiers."
Yun Zishu looked at him expressionlessly: "What else?"
Sicang's expression was slightly tense and he looked at her without saying a word.
"Don't look so pitiful, I won't do that." Yun Zishu frowned, "You were thrown to Dayong when you were a child, was it intentional?"
Sicang shook his head: "No."
"Really?"
"Really." Si Cang held her hand, with a bit of uneasiness in his voice, "Your Highness, please believe me, I... I was young at the time and had no memory, how could it be possible..."
Yun Zishu frowned: "Concubine Gua said you should know."
Si Cang was startled, then shook his head: "I don't know, really."
"How many memories do you have that are not your own?" Yun Zishu said calmly, "You should know what I mean by asking."
Si Cang lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then raised his eyebrows: "I...I don't know where to start."
Yun Zishu looked at him calmly.
Sicang couldn't help but tighten his grip on her hand. She was obviously a little woman at this time, not as powerful as her, and she was pregnant, but she could silently reveal a sense of oppression that couldn't be ignored.
Si Cang realized that he was wrong. He should have told her something clearly before coming to Dongyou, even if those memories were incomplete. But at that time, he didn't know how to speak, and now he didn't even know where to start.
"I...had a memory." Si Cang considered the explanation, "It sounds a bit bizarre, a bit like a dream, but it is so real that it feels like it is not a dream..."
Yun Zishu said nothing and looked at him quietly.
Si Cang pursed his lips: "I once thought that marrying Xiao Yunheng would be the best destination for you, and His Highness himself was willing to do so. But later, Xiao Yunheng and his mother were not kind to you. They bullied and insulted you, and even abused His Highness. In the end,
…His Royal Highness was killed by them.”
Yun Zishu was startled. What Sicang was talking about was what she experienced in the Xiao family before she was reborn?
"When did you have this memory?"
"It happened a long time ago, about a few years ago... His Highness was still young at that time, far from the age of getting married. I was not sure whether it would really happen, and I never had the chance to tell His Highness." Sicang frowned.
She pondered, "Later, the emperor granted me the marriage, so I
Knowing that those things are likely to come true, I thought about stopping it when we got married, but I never had a valid reason. I also had many worries. I was afraid that His Highness would not believe me. I just wanted to... think about His Highness seeing Xiao Yunheng's true face, so I
Rescue His Highness..."
Yun Zishu held her forehead, no wonder Sicang came so promptly on the day she was reborn, one step ahead of the imperial doctor and the prince.
So in this life, since she married into the Xiao family, he has always kept an eye on the Xiao family's inner chamber?
"Coincidentally, after I had that memory, I received a strange letter." Sicang frowned more and more, "The person who wrote the letter was from Dongyou, and the letter clearly informed me of his true identity.
And the reason why it was discarded. If it were placed in the past, I might not pay attention to it..."
At that time, Sicang was still a young shadow guard. He had no other thoughts except protecting His Highness, who held the greatest weight in his heart. He practiced martial arts every day and passed through the life and death hurdles in the Shadow Pavilion, making himself stronger and stronger.
For a well-trained shadow guard, a strange letter would not arouse his desire to explore at all, and he would not be easily influenced by outsiders. But with that dream, his desire to protect His Highness became even more intense.
Strong, especially since he knew in his heart that the emperor did not love this daughter at all, and had malicious intentions in giving her a marriage to Xiao Yunheng.
Only by leaving Dayong can His Highness escape temporarily.
So he had the idea of exploring his own life experience.
"When I was a teenager, shadow guards would often go on missions. The higher the level of the shadow guard, the more difficult the missions and the longer they would take." Si Cang held her hand tightly and looked at the back of her hand, "
I took advantage of my mission to sneak into Dongyou quietly to find out my life experience and the identity of the person who wrote the letter."
Under excessive tension, she unconsciously blurted out the word "humble job", which made Yun Zishu temporarily soften her heart.
She frowned and asked: "Even if you are on a mission, there should be a time limit, right? Dayong and Dongyou are far apart. Even if your journey is faster than ordinary people, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth. What should I do if I return to Dayong?
explain?"
"There is no explanation. If you fail to complete the task, you will die. If you complete the task but delay the time, you will be punished." Sicang smiled lightly, with a naturally arrogant tone in his tone, "Later, I directly killed the commander of the Shadow Pavilion, and no one could do it.
You asked about my whereabouts."
Yun Zishu was stunned and speechless for a moment.
After a moment of silence, an unspeakable feeling of distress spread from her heart, and her tone softened involuntarily: "The following offenses are punishable by death."
"It is indeed a capital crime." Sicang said calmly, as if he didn't think it was a serious matter, "But the Shadow Pavilion was originally an environment where the jungle prevailed. The leader was killed because of his own incompetence, and the other shadow guards would only surrender.
The strongest."
Yun Zishu hummed: "So in those years, you often traveled between Dongyou and Dayong?"
"Yes." Sicang nodded, "Once you become the commander, you will have greater convenience. It is not that difficult to hide it from the emperor."