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Chapter 473 The Princess Who Goes Down in History 5

Pei Jin did not answer.

He stared at Shu Jiao, who was not even as tall as him, with a serious look. The bitterness in his eyes gradually disappeared. After a long time, he smiled with sarcasm and helplessness.

"Sometimes, I also want to be like my father."

he whispered.

Like Emperor Kangping, who was fooled by his court officials and thought that the whole country of Xin was at peace.

Like Emperor Kangping, he failed to see that Xin State was surrounded by crises, and thought that even if Xin State was targeted by jackals on all sides, he could still keep Xin State safe by ceding a city today and sending a daughter as a marriage partner tomorrow.

How ridiculous.

How stupid.

He saw it clearly, but didn't know where to start. He hated his own powerlessness, and also hated why he was so clear-headed.

"Brother Crown Prince, please follow me out of the palace for a walk."

Shu Jiao suddenly said.

Pei Jin did not refuse.

The two men went out of the palace one after the other. The streets were bustling with people and noisy, creating a scene of prosperity and greatness.

Pei Jin originally thought that Shu Jiao would persuade him with the righteousness of the people.

But after walking for a quarter of an hour, I didn't hear Shu Jiao speak.

Pei Jin couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Cousin, don't you have anything to say?"

"say what?"

Shu Jiao asked back: "You know the situation of Xin Country better than I do. You also know what this place will become after the country is destroyed. What are you afraid of if you don't take action?"

What are you afraid of?

Pei Jin was stunned for a moment.

"Ha~"

Shu Jiao curled her lips, her eyes full of sarcasm, "Coward. A coward who thinks he is smart but is hypocritical and ridiculous."

"Let me tell you. Why are you unwilling to sideline your uncle and clean up the court even though you clearly have the ability? You are afraid of failure."

"You are afraid of becoming a king who loses his country, you are afraid of becoming a criminal of the Pei family, you are afraid of being criticized by thousands of people, you are afraid of touching the interests of the aristocratic gentry and causing unrest in the country..."

"so!"

"You would rather stand behind your uncle and take action occasionally, then falsely comfort yourself that you have done your best."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Pei Jin clenched her hands subconsciously.

It was as if the hidden ugliness in his heart, which he had deliberately ignored and had been covered up countless times, was suddenly laid bare before the world.

His angry face turned pale in an instant.

If Shu Jiao was not his cousin, just these words would be enough to make her die in the prison eight times.

"Cousin is not convinced?"

Shu Jiao asked again.

Pei Jin smiled bitterly, "Duan Yang, your mouth today seems to be filled with poison."

Really heartbroken.

It sounds really bad!

"Humph."

Shu Jiao squinted at him with contempt, "If you don't dare, wait until I return from my diplomatic mission, and I'll do it."

Pei Jin: ...

How about I just give you my position?

"It's not that I don't dare, I just need to weigh it..."

Without waiting for Pei Jin to explain, Shu Jiao turned around and left, directly interrupting his spell.

"I'm back home, please feel free to do as you please, cousin."

"No, Duan Yang! Listen to me..."

"I don't want to hear it."

Shu Jiao didn't even turn her head, "My cousin now is not worthy of me stopping and obeying him."

Pei Jin:!!!

I am the prince!

Prince!

Please give me some face!

But Shu Jiao disappeared in the crowd in the blink of an eye, and even her guards and maids who had been following her from a distance could no longer be found.

Pei Jin held his breath in his chest, unable to move it up or down, and his chest was aching from holding it in.

When he returned to the palace, he first heard Emperor Kangping pulling him and repeatedly sighing, "Duan Yang has grown up," "Duan Yang is really smart," "If Duan Yang was a few years older, what would happen if she was allowed to attend the court?"...

In fact, Xin State did not prohibit women from taking imperial examinations.

During the reign of the previous emperor, there were women who took part in the imperial examinations and later entered the palace as female officials.

With such a precedent, Shu Jiao would face much less resistance in going to court.

(There were actually records of women taking imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty. Lin Youyu passed the Tongzi examination and was granted the title of Ruren by Emperor Xiaozong of Song.)

Pei Jin felt a headache after hearing this. He turned around to look for the queen, and heard the queen sighing, "If it weren't for Duan Yang, Ning An's marriage would really break my heart!"

"Duan Yang didn't show off in the past few years. He looked quieter, more steady and dignified than ordinary people. It turns out that he has great ambitions and is as capable as any other man in the world..."

Pei Jin: ...

"Mother, I'm going to go see my sister."

"Go ahead. Ning An was also frightened today, ah~"

Amid the Queen's sigh, Pei Jin hurried away and found Princess Ning'an's palace.

He thought he would see a sister who was terrified, but when he went in, he saw Princess Ning'an bent over her desk, flipping through the "National History" in her hand with great concentration.

Pei Jin paused, then stepped in, "What are you doing?"

The sound startled Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning'an raised her eyes and was about to salute with a smile, "Hello..."

Pei Jin stopped her before she could finish her words. "I'm afraid you're distracted by the marriage. What are you doing?"

"Brother, I'm reading a book."

"I saw it, why are you so sudden?"

"Today, I saw Duan Yang at the palace banquet. He revealed the true colors of the Zhugu envoy with just a few words. He was truly domineering and elegant."

Princess Ning'an's eyes were full of longing. "I just realized today that I am a princess who only relies on the power of my father, the emperor, and my mother, the empress. My life is not in my hands. Brother, do you know that I even wanted to die at that time?"

What is the difference between marriage and death?

"If I could be like Duan Yang, could I also control something?"

She doesn't want a marriage.

She doesn't want to be someone's appendage.

She never wanted to experience this helpless feeling again.

"Rather than being attacked by other countries and forced to marry, it would be better for us to have a hundred thousand troops guarding the border one day, forcing them to send a prince to me for marriage!"

Princess Ning'an's ambition, which was hidden deep in her heart, was awakened in advance by Shu Jiao tonight.

Pei Jin: ...

Sister!

My dear sister.

How come you become so similar to your cousin now?

Now that we have locked you two up in one room, are you planning on plotting how to sideline our father and me and change the dynasty from top to bottom?

"Brother Emperor!"

Ning An clenched the book in his hand tightly, and Pei Jin didn't even dare to look directly at the light in his eyes.

“I want to join politics!”

"Like Princess Dingguo!"

Princess Dingguo, the eldest sister of Princess Ning'an's great-grandfather, was a famous princess in power in the history of Xin State, and was feared by all.

Even though he later failed in the political game with Princess Ning'an's grandfather, he still enjoyed his old age and even lived to be 73 years old.

Emperor Kangping died three or four years after he ascended the throne.

If her royal grandfather had not guarded against Princess Dingguo's tricks before his death, Emperor Kangping would have been played like a dog by the other party with just these few tricks.

The existence of Princess Dingguo also gradually changed the royal family's training of princesses towards being virtuous, kind and gentle.

But the wildness in the Pei girl's bones seems difficult to change.

Pei Jin looked at Princess Ning'an, and suddenly an idea popped up in her mind -

If he continues to deceive himself like this, his position as crown prince will be snatched away by his own sister!