Chapter 791: Died in His Hands
Chapter 791: Died in His Hands
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Don’t be so realistic. At least I share the same body as her, so you should show her some concern!”
Pei Huai thought seriously for three seconds. “I can’t do it.”
Su Ji nodded calmly and did not say a word to persuade him. “Then you should go back. I’ll make use of the time to cultivate a relationship with Prince Huai.
After all, I’ll be staying here forever…”
“I got it.” Pei Huai sighed helplessly. “I’ll try my best.”
Su Ji patted his shoulder. Although she sounded generous, when Pei Huai finally agreed, she raised her eyebrows and added, “just show some concern, that’s all.”
Pei Huai had a half-smile on his face.
He liked hearing this.
He liked it when she was worried about him.
After that, the two of them chatted for a while and sat on the grass. The grass in this era was especially clean, with only a slight moisture from the dew.
The sky was blue, the flowers were pure, the rainwater could be drunk directly, and the hail could be eaten.
His long legs were half-bent as Su Ji sat beside him. Her legs were thin and long, but they were a few sizes smaller than the man beside her.
She said, “it’s fine if I go back a few days later. It just so happens that the two-tax reform is still being implemented. It’s a critical moment now, so I can’t leave.”
When the abolition of the two-tax system was successful, the history of this life would also be rewritten by her.
Although it would not affect her personally, the people could live and work in peace.
Su Ji asked Pei Huai to comfort Madam Xu.
Pei Huai said, “alright.’
When he got up, he subconsciously put his hand into the side pocket of his robe. Unexpectedly, he really touched a hidden pocket, and inside it was a letter folded into a thin strip…
It was the pocket used by Prince Huai to store confidential communications.
Pei Huai took out the letter without hesitation and opened it.
If he read “his” letter, no one could judge him!
He already understood a lot of the Great Shang language. Although some of the grammar was still unfamiliar to him, he could understand the meaning.
Then, his eyes froze.
[ “Zhou Zicheng.” ]
He was the person who wanted to harm Su Ji in the modern world. Pei Huai would never forget his name, let alone mistake it.
When Su Ji heard this name, he also looked over. Prince Huai had always sent people to keep an eye on Zhou Zicheng’s movements, and Su Ji had also heard about it. This was the latest reply he received.
It could be seen from the contents that Su Ji’s proposal to abolish the two-tax system was very popular among the people.
In the past, she was a devil concubine. In the eyes of the people, she was a demoness who took over the government after the death of the emperor.
The reason why Zhou Zicheng was able to call for a hundred people to respond to his uprising was because he took advantage of the misunderstanding the commoners had of Su Ji.
Now that the situation had changed, although the commoners did not understand the matters of the court, they were definitely interested in matters concerning the people.
In order to change the people’s impression of Su Ji, Prince Huai had proposed to abolish the two-tax system.
The news quickly spread among the commoners.
As the first version that Prince Huai released was very beneficial to changing Su Ji’s image, this move was very effective. Now, there were already children singing songs praising the Consort Dowager in the streets.
It was a good thing that the Consort Dowager was loved by the people. However, when they saw the letter sent by Zhou Zicheng’s people, they saw a new drawback.
Su Ji’s reputation had risen in a short period of time, which had clearly shaken the morale of Zhou Zicheng’s men.
Since there were no devil concubine in court, these righteous men had no reason to rebel.
If this continued, Zhou Zicheng was afraid that the dam would burst before he even started.
Recently, he had been making a big move. It seemed that he would not sit still and wait for death.
“Zhou Zicheng.” Pei Huai looked at Su Ji’s expression and frowned. “What did he do to you?”
A person who had appeared in both lives would not be as simple as an ordinary villain.
“Didn’t Officer Zhang report to you what he did?!”‘ Pei Huai said, “I’m talking about this life.”
As he asked, he had a bad feeling.
There had been countless nights where he had been trapped in that dream.
He hugged Su Ji, who was cold, and his entire body trembled. Hatred burst out from his eyes.
A few seconds later, Su Ji frowned. “Can I not tell you?”
She felt embarrassed that she had been tricked by that guy.
Pei Huai looked at her and did not have any intention of giving up.
The surroundings were quiet. No one spoke first. Only the sound of the moon occasionally sounded in their ears.
The stalemate lasted for half a minute before Su Ji lost to him. She brushed the hair on her forehead and looked away. “I died in his hands.”
“I died in his hands.”
Pei Huai’s face darkened almost instantly when he heard that.
Even Moon felt the temperature around it plummet. It tilted its head in their direction in confusion.
He should have thought of this earlier.
Zhou Zicheng was not that simple.
If he had known in advance, he would never have let Zhou Zicheng stay in prison with all his hands and feet intact. He would have done some light labor every day and had his three meals taken care of.
In those nightmarish scenes, he did not dare to look at Su Ji.
He had already changed her into clean clothes, but there was still a large amount of blood seeping out of her chest, as if it was going to drain all the blood out of her body.
In his previous life, Su Ji had died from being pierced by thousands of arrows.
Moreover, she died because of the betrayal of her trusted aide. Someone around her colluded with Zhou Zicheng and set up a trap for her.
The veins on Pei Huai’s forehead bulged.
Su Ji finally said what she had been hiding. Once she started talking, she revealed everything.
She recounted the disgusting things that Zhou Zicheng had done, including altering history, writing himself into a hero, and even stealing her poem. She was so engrossed in her speech that she did not notice that Prince Huai had already returned.
Prince Huai didn’t stop her immediately and listened to her complaints. If the man who occupied his body was him in the future, then it must be a far future.
The reason why he could tell that it was very far away was because Su Ji would say some very unfamiliar words when chatting with that person. Judging from Su Ji’s words, she seemed to know what would happen in the future.
Prince Huai was only listening when Su Ji said that, but when he mentioned that the poem would be stolen by Zhou Zicheng in the future, Prince Huai was furious. “How dare he steal that poem?”
That was Prince Huai’s favorite poem, Su Ji’s poem…