Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 978: Ways to Save Yourself

After Fan Ruru mentioned this, Su Yixin realized that Wu had been in poor health these days.

The Fan family is used to keeping a low profile. Even though several members of the family have become third-rank officials in the past ten years or so, they still maintain their habit of seclusion and rarely show up in public.

When they had some large banquets, Fan would show up and organize some of the banquets in secret, and Wu would also come to help, but her friendship with Wu was not as close as that with Rao.

Wu also knew it.

As she grew older, Mrs. Wu rarely showed up in public. In fact, Su Yixin hadn't seen her for more than a year.

According to Fan Ruru, Mrs. Wu's condition is quite serious.

Although their relationship was not deep, Wu was Gu Qingjue's second aunt after all, so he would go to visit her when he returned to Kyoto.

After dinner, everyone went back to their homes.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Su Yixin was lazily lying on the warm kang eating roasted sweet potatoes when a ball flew in. This time, Gu Qingjue didn't need to take the letter himself. He directly took the mailbox under his feet with his mouth and then threw it accurately in front of Gu Qingjue's desk.

Then it cried a few times proudly and flew away.

Su Yixin laughed.

The red kestrel that has become a spirit is indeed extraordinary.

Gu Qingjue sat down opposite Su Yixin with the bamboo tube in his hand, took out the bamboo tube, unfolded the letter, and then raised his eyebrows and showed the letter to Su Yixin.

"Is the man in black sent by Jiaozhi?"

Su Yixin took a bite of the soft and glutinous sweet potato and said, "Is the emperor of Jiaozhi crazy, or is the person who executed the order stupid? The Great Kyoto is heavily guarded, why would they think of causing trouble at this time?"

"I'm afraid that Jiaozhi is not peaceful."

Su Yixin: "Why is it so unfair?"

"Two years ago, Li Shian was assassinated just after he returned to China. The clues at that time pointed to Tubo. In order to prevent retaliation from Jiaozhi, Ram had to make it clear that she wanted to form an alliance with our dynasty, so she became the Princess of Shun."

"But not long ago, Ram seemed to have found some clues and avoided the eyes of the new crown prince Li Shijie and presented the evidence directly to the emperor. The emperor already knows the truth about Li Shian's death. Madam, tell me, what will be his attitude towards the new crown prince?"

"If his elder brother can be killed, why can't his father be killed? He must be afraid of him."

Fearing the new crown prince's ruthlessness, he will quietly prevent the crown prince's power from growing. Li Shijie may not notice it in the short term, but after a long time, how could he not know that the emperor intends to distance himself from him?
In order to prevent the emperor from deposing him as the crown prince, Li Shijie had only one way to go.

"The Jiaozhi country will be very lively."

"The emperor has a cold attitude towards him. Li Shijie will definitely investigate. Ram is plotting against him behind his back. How can Li Shijie let Ram go? The feud between the two is now irreconcilable." Gu Qingjue paused and continued, "On the surface, this man was sent by Jiaozhi. I guess when they dig deeper, this man in black will definitely have a new identity."

Sure enough, three days later, Gu Yi brought news that the man in black was actually a Tubo assassin.

When Zhao Rui got this result, he immediately summoned Ram to the palace to hold him accountable.

What else could she do except grit her teeth and say she knew nothing about it.

Although His Majesty finally let her leave the palace, Ram already felt that her life was threatened at any time.

Gabu, who had followed Ram since childhood and protected her, said without thinking: "Princess, we don't have to stay in Song Dynasty. You don't like Prince Shun anyway, so why don't we go back to Tubo."

"We can't go back!"

If she had not married Prince Shun yet, she would still have a way out. But now, even if she dies, she must die in the Song Dynasty.

It has nothing to do with whether you like Prince Shun or not.

Gabu said, "As long as the princess is willing, I will do my best to escort you back to Tubo." Ram laughed self-deprecatingly, "Let's not talk about whether the Song Dynasty will release you. Even if the Song Dynasty does, my father will not let me go back."

Gabe asked again without thinking, "Why?"

Cizhen looked at the princess with some heartache.

Gabe couldn't understand it, but she knew why.

Because to them, if the princess could not live to provide them with the information they wanted, then she would be better off dead.

"Princess, don't be discouraged. Things are not the worst yet."

Ram: “Is there anything worse than this?”

If she had known earlier that she could provide clues to the Emperor of Jiaozhi, and let him know that Li Shian was killed by Li Shijie and framed on her, she would have made His Majesty want to kill Li Shijie and make Li Shijie suspicious of her. Then she followed the same method and used a man in black to push her in front of Zhao Rui. Such a powerful tactic put her in such a passive position. She should not have offered this strategy to Li Shijie in the first place.

But there is no way we can know so much in advance in this world.

This is the time when Ram feels the most powerless after all these years. He thought it was a wise decision for him to play the two brothers Li Shian and Li Shijie at his will.

Cizhen didn't know how to comfort her.

They came to the Song Dynasty just for Tubo.

Not only do they need to deal with the Song Dynasty, as long as there is an opportunity to muddy the waters of various countries, they need to spare no effort to do it.

This is Ram's mission.

As Ram's confidant, Cizhen has been trusted by the princess for many years, so she must have some means.

At least Ram, who had been depressed for a few days, gradually calmed down after being comforted by Cizhen several times, and began to think carefully about how to break the predicament next.

After An Lan and Dai Feihe got married, Su Yixin returned to Kyoto with her family. Not long after, Gu Qingjue received information from Jiaozhi that Li Shijie had successfully usurped the throne.

Of course, the popular rumor among the people of Jiaozhi was that the old emperor felt that he was too old and the crown prince was capable of taking on greater responsibilities, so he abdicated early.

In fact, he was put under house arrest by Li Shijie.

Forced to be the emperor.

After Li Shijie took office, he did not affect the cooperation alliance previously signed between the two countries, but vigorously developed trade between the two countries. Because the roads were blocked, Li Shijie even sent troops to help the people open up mountains and build roads, and build bridges over rivers.

People's lives are gradually getting better.

The voices against Li Shijie gradually weakened, and Li Shijie gradually took control of Jiaozhi. As for Ram, who had been two-faced, he sent a large number of assassins to Kyoto to assassinate her.

At this time, it was reported that Ram was pregnant.

Thus, Prince Shun, who was originally only at odds with Ram in appearance, would do his best to protect Ram for the sake of the child in his belly.

Ram used his child to gain a brief chance of survival.

After much thought, Ram finally thought of a way to save himself.

She wrote a letter to her father who was far away in Tubo, telling him her plan. As expected, the Tubo king sent three highly skilled practitioners to protect her safety. He also wrote a letter stating that he wanted to exchange Buddhist culture between the two countries. Their monks had already set out and would arrive in Kyoto in about half a month.

The Tubo King's move was to give Ram the greatest support, both overtly and covertly.

After receiving the letter from my father, I finally felt relieved after being worried for many days.