In the large and bright hall, Shi Shi Ge Ge was kneeling on a futon, reading quietly. Across from him, Xiao Wu was lying on the coffee table, flipping through a Chinese literacy textbook, and was learning Chinese.
The rumble of cannons could be heard in the distance, but the two of them seemed to have gotten used to it and didn't pay much attention to it. Only occasionally one or two blasts came closer, and Fourteen Gege trembled slightly, and the book in his hand fell to the floor.
She didn't pick it up, but turned her head and stared out the window. After looking at it for a while, she turned around and looked at Xiao Wu opposite with interest.
Xiaowu looked at the textbook and suddenly laughed out loud. He immediately stopped laughing and looked up at Fourteen Gege. Seeing that Gege didn't take it seriously, he chuckled.
Fourteen giggled and said:
"Can you laugh while reading a textbook?"
Xiaowu giggled and pointed to the word "mother" in the textbook:
"Your Highness, it turns out that 'daughter' in Japanese means 'mother' in Chinese! Haha, their mother is our daughter, so fun..."
Suddenly her voice became softer. She forgot that Her Highness the Princess was not Japanese.
Fourteen Gege didn’t take it seriously and smiled:
"What's strange about this? Between China and Japan, not only words, but also many other things, they all look very similar, but in fact they are very different..."
Another very loud explosion came from the southwest, and the ground trembled slightly, as if it was only a few kilometers away from here. Fourteen Gege frowned as he listened to the sound of the cannon, and a wave of irritation came over him.
Since the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the guards in the mansion have looked at me very unkindly. Although the maids are quite respectful to me, they are very rude when talking to Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu has been angry and cried twice.
But these are all psychologically prepared. Since you were successfully deceived by Xiang Xiaoqiang and chose to live, you must have the consciousness of "forbearance". "Forbearance" can also be understood as when the world does not adapt to you.
When the time comes, you have to adapt to this world.
Shi Shigege believes that she has no shortage of practice in this area. When she was in Japan, the world was cruel, and she worked hard to adapt to the world. Later, when she returned to the Qing Dynasty, the whole world adapted to her. It felt very comfortable.
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But now, I have to adapt to the world again.
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Most of the royal relatives in Nanjing were evacuated to Hangzhou. Originally, Shi Shigege thought that he must be among the first batch of lists. He didn't want to live here until the Qing army crossed the Yangtze River. He stayed in the mansion all day.
There is little news here. Even though she is the princess of the Ming Dynasty, no one comes to interact with her at all. The war has started recently, and even Xiang Xiaoqiang has not come much. Fortunately, Xiao Wu is with her, otherwise she would really be bored to death.
Shi Shigege began to think that they deliberately did not arrange for her, and they were observing her to see how she would react. She boldly called Zhu Yourong and asked to evacuate to the south. But that night, Zhu Yourong called and laughed.
Hehe said that it was a special arrangement to keep her in Nanjing so that she did not have to think too much. If Nanjing was really dangerous, she would be invited to live in the Purple Mountain Fortress together.
The Fourteenth Princess became even more suspicious. What was Zhu Yourong's plan for leaving herself behind in Nanjing where artillery fire was everywhere? When the war was at its worst, he sacrificed himself with a flag to boost morale?... He shouldn't be that stupid. She thought anxiously.
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At this time, there was a loud noise outside, getting closer and closer. Fourteen Gege was surprised to see several guards entering the hall from the outside, surrounded by a girl and a wounded soldier covered in blood.
Xiang Xiaoqiang adopts a rotation system for the guards officers of the Princess Mansion. Every month, he selects a confidant from the headquarters to serve. The officer for the first month is Li Changgui, who is also an old acquaintance in the north.
Li Changgui was at the front. He seemed to know the girl and was very respectful to her. He wanted to stop her but didn't dare to, so he persuaded her:
"Miss Shang...you think you have to let me report it, don't you?...Hey, you just broke in..."
The wounded soldier next to him was also wearing a People's Guard uniform. He had his right hand in his pocket and was close to the girl. His eyes were fixed on the guard next to him. He looked nervous, as if he was about to jump up and hit someone at any time.
Fourteen Princess frowned and asked:
"Changgui, what's going on?"
Li Changgui quickly replied:
"Your Highness, this is Miss Shang, uh... from Mr. Xiang's headquarters... Miss Shang, uh..."
Fourteenth Princess has never met Xiuxiu. She had met all the other eleven people on the Grasshopper, but she had never met Xiuxiu. But now when she heard "Miss Shang from Xiang Your Majesty's Command", she immediately understood who it was.
Yes. It’s the Xiuxiu who pretended to be herself at the sticky pole in Pukou.
"I know... Shang Xiu, Miss Shang, I have been looking up to you for a long time," she stared at Xiu Xiu, then looked at Ha Feng'a next to her, frowned and asked, "This is..."
"This is..." Li Changgui was embarrassed and introduced, "This is Miss Shang's uncle... The two of them said they had urgent matters and asked to see His Highness..."
Halfon'a was almost going crazy now. He was surrounded by a large group of guards, with pistols in his pockets and grenades in his waist. The key was that he was still confused and didn't know whether to go crazy.
When he was at the door, he felt something was wrong, but this little girl said that this was the villa Xiang Xiaoqiang bought for her, and told her to come here directly after being discharged from the hospital, and Xiang Xiaoqiang would come over to have lunch with her at noon and be alone with her.
Yes. Ha Feng'a saw that this house was quite quiet, not mountainous or leaky, and there was no one standing guard inside the big iron gate. He felt that it didn't look like a trap, so he came in with a sudden change of heart.
Unexpectedly, all the people who came in were soldiers of the People's Guard. Hafeng'a immediately felt that he had been trapped. Just when he was about to show off the grenade, Na Nizi opened his mouth and introduced to the guard officer that he was her uncle. They wanted to see His Highness, and then
Pulling himself in, Hafeng'a heard that the girl didn't expose him, and there was no such thing as "Your Highness". He hesitated for a moment, and then followed her in. The guard officer seemed to be quite afraid of this "Mrs. Xiang"
"He didn't dare to stop me, so he just kept barging in.
Ha Feng'a stared at Shi Shi Ge Ge, who was wearing a Hanfu. He felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
When Ha Feng'a didn't react, Xiuxiu cut off the yarn of the grenade in her sleeve. Without even taking off her shoes, she rushed straight into the hall with the sandalwood floor and threw herself at the feet of Shi Shi Ge Ge.
cried:
"Gege, help! Please save His Majesty!"
This sentence shocked everyone.
Ha Feng'a suddenly remembered that the beautiful woman in Hanfu in front of him was the 14th Gege who defected to Nanming! Before participating in the attack on Nanming, each division commander got a stack of photos, which stated that they must be arrested immediately after the invasion of Nanjing.
The important people arrested started from Zhu Yourong, to Shen Rongxuan, to cabinet ministers, to those writers and reporters who often wrote articles criticizing the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Of course, one of the important people among them was Shi Shige Ge.
Only then did these division commanders learn that the legendary Fourteenth Princess had defected to Nanming. Although Fourteenth Princess's defection to Nanming was publicized as a political victory in Nanming, it was a very embarrassing thing for the Manchus, so
After that time, the newspaper wanted fourteen princesses, and there was no news about her. The famous princess of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was persecuted, went into exile in Nanming, and was canonized as a princess by the Ming court. This was a big event internationally, but in Manchuria
Under the Qing's news barrier, the people in Qing had no idea what had happened.
The fourteenth princess in front of her was wearing a pale yellow silk Hanfu, and her hair had grown to shoulder length. She stood tall and graceful in the hall. Although she was far from the image in the photo in which she was wearing a military uniform and a sword, and she was cool and arrogant, she still had a look of astonishment on her face.
, and that look of feeling offended, is the same as in the photo.
For a moment, Ha Feng'a's mind was filled with all the legends of the Fourteenth Gege. The girl in Ming-style palace dress in front of him was actually the highest official in the front stick, the dignified Gege of the Qing Empire?
So what's going on with "Save Your Majesty"?
Xiuxiu threw herself on the floor, pointed at Ha Feng'a and cried:
"Gege, he... he is not my uncle, he is the commander of the Sixth Division of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, his name is Ha Feng'a..."
"ah!"
Everyone was shocked, and several guards immediately pulled out their box guns and pointed them at Hafuna. Hafuna opened his coat and revealed the grenade. He was holding the fuse in his hand and shouted:
"If you want to die, hit here! Let's all die together!"
The guard immediately took several steps away and shouted:
"what are you doing!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
"Protect Your Highness!"
"Protect Miss Shang!"
Xiu Xiu raised her face and cried to Shi Shi Ge Ge:
"Gege, don't let him kill Your Majesty! He...he sneaked into the city to kidnap me, tied a grenade on me, and forced me to take him to see Her Majesty the Queen, wanting to assassinate Her Majesty...I think he is full of
My dear, although you are the princess of the Ming Dynasty, you are also a Manchu, and you are also a princess. The only person in Nanjing who has the qualifications to reprimand and persuade him right now is you! Please persuade him for the sake of Your Majesty!"
"ah!"
"ah!"
Both Ha Feng'a and Shi Shi Ge Ge were shocked. They each said "Ah" and looked at each other.
Although both of them were confused by the sudden change, neither of them were fools. They stared at each other, and both stared at Xiuxiu kneeling on the ground, and they both understood that they were being bagged by this little girl.
Ha Feng'a wanted to say: "Who wants to assassinate the Queen? I just want to kidnap Xiang Xiaoqiang." But it is meaningless to say it. The label of "assassinating the Queen of Nanming" has been slapped on him. If he does not admit it, it will appear
Like a coward. This sentence rolled up in his throat and he couldn't say it out.
Shi Shigege also wanted to say: "Who am I provoking? He came to Nanjing to assassinate someone. What does it have to do with me? He is a Manchu, so why should I bring him here?"
But Xiuxiu kept eating her "Save Your Majesty" every mouthful. There were so many people here, and it might seem that there was something wrong with her position. The words of rebuttal rolled up in her throat, but she couldn't say them out.
Shishi Gege glanced at Xiuxiu at her feet bitterly, and said calmly:
"Okay, it's none of your business. Take her down here."
When Li Changgui heard this, he was relieved. He immediately stepped forward to help the future commander's wife, and several guards sandwiched her between them to go out.
"Stop!" Hafen pulled the fuse and shouted without looking back, "No one is allowed to leave!"
"let her go!"
Fourteen Gege stared at him and ordered.
She was shocked when she said this. She said to herself that since things were coming and she couldn't avoid them, she might as well do it beautifully. Maybe this was an opportunity to win the trust of the Ming court and improve her status.
Hafon'a clutched the fuse tightly, his heart beating wildly, his eyes glancing at the legendary fourteen grids, thinking about how to answer.
She licked her lips, made a conscious effort, stared at Hafon'a, and said slowly:
"You are the commander of the Sixth Division of the Eight Banners? Your name is Ha Feng'a?"
"Yes...it's Hafon'a."
"Hafeng, you are so promising!" Shi Shigege raised the corner of his mouth sarcastically, "The dignified Major General of the Qing Dynasty held a little girl hostage and scared people to tears... You think this is very honorable and adds great value to the Qing Dynasty.
Brilliant, isn’t it?”
Hafeng'a's face felt really uncomfortable when she said that. He raised his head and hesitated for a moment. Then he waved his hand, and a few guards slipped out with Xiu Xiu in between.
Li Changgui supported Xiu Xiu and ran quickly to the outer courtyard and hid behind the sandbags used for air defense.
Xiuxiu's legs were already weak, and now she started to tremble, and she murmured with a pale face:
"Finally...run...run away...she is really righteous..."