My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Chapter 184 Lesson 1

"When it comes to life, mercy can sometimes be a sin."

Zhao Poshan and the surviving guards were cleaning up the battlefield.

Dongfang Xun and his sixty shadow guards were standing solemnly about ten feet behind Bai Shaoqiu.

Eunuch Wei looked carefully at Dongfang Xun and the sixty soldiers whose armor was stained with blood.

He didn't ask a single question.

Therefore, he didn't know that it was the shadow guard secretly trained by Dongfang Xun and King Zhenxi.

As a senior eunuch in the palace, he didn't need to know what was happening outside the palace.

Especially the matter of King Zhenxi.

He is drinking soup.

A pot of chicken soup cooked by Xiao Xi.

He looked at Bai Shaoqiu and said:

"You might think I'm capable, that I could kill a few more assassins and keep a few more of those guards alive..."

"That's your bookish nature."

"This kind of bookishness can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad."

"If you were still the Mr. Bai you once were, this kind of scholarly spirit could be called...kindness."

"But now you are the son-in-law of the royal family, a thorn in the side of many people in Kyoto."

"If you continue to hold on to this bookish attitude, it will cost you your life."

Eunuch Wei lowered his head and took another sip of soup. He smacked his lips, turned his head and looked at Xiao Xi with a faint smile:

"Little girl, your soup is really delicious."

Xiao Xi lowered her head shyly, "You are too kind, eunuch. How can the soup I make be as delicious as the one made by the imperial chef in the palace?"

"You're wrong. This chicken soup you made is even more delicious... How should I put it? Well... it probably has a little more of a worldly feel to it."

He looked at Bai Shaoqiu again, "We are all mortals living in the human world. Ultimately, we cannot escape the mundane world."

"I am sixty-three years old this year and have been in the palace for..."

Eunuch Wei counted on his fingers and said, "A full forty-two years!"

"In these forty-two years, I've seen a lot of deception and betrayal, and a lot of swordplay."

"Your best friend can backstab you for a tiny profit."

"My dearest brother, you entrusted your life and property to him, but he sold you to the enemy and took possession of your home, your property, and even your wife with a righteous face."

"So, as for human nature, you can think of it as someone who has stayed in darkness for too long, and their hearts have become dark as well."

"I can certainly help them, but if I go to kill those assassins, there will be assassins coming to kill you..."

"When you are about to die, do you still think that you should help them?"

"Some people say this person's fate is determined by heaven, which makes sense. But in the human world, I think this person's fate is determined by their class."

"You, at least for now, are the prince's son-in-law."

"I don't even need to choose. I know it's better to please the King of Zhenxi than to please those guards."

"Besides, the Emperor admires you very much. If you lose your life on this journey, how can I return to report to the Emperor?"

"Besides...Her Highness the Ninth Princess has you in her heart. If you die, how can my family have a good life in that palace?"

Eunuch Wei put down the bowl, his sparse eyebrows slightly raised, "Look, the result is obvious."

"They can die!"

"You...must not die!"

"Because you are of a higher social class than them, your life is more valuable than theirs!"

"But there are still people who come to kill you. There's nothing to be afraid of. It just means they're afraid of you."

"It's a good thing to be able to scare people."

"But a kind-hearted person will never be frightened."

"They are afraid of you, but they are not afraid of you, but the Zhenxi Palace behind you, or the people related to you who are of a higher class than you."

"Don't think I'm being long-winded. You were ignorant in Xiling City before, and others would just laugh at you. You didn't deserve to be killed."

"Three months ago, you became the son-in-law of the Zhenxi Prince's Mansion... At this time, someone would want to kill you, but in the Zhenxi Prince's territory, only Shangshan would dare to do such a thing."

"You are still safe."

"But then you might not be so safe."

"Fortunately, this first assassination took place in Changting, which is still the territory of the King of Zhenxi."

"How many times will we meet again in the future?"

"Will there be more assassins?"

"This is an open spear. As for an open spear, naturally the guards and the guards that the prince gave you will take action to deal with it."

"But once you arrive in Kyoto, I'm afraid you won't be able to see the obvious attacks anymore. What you'll face are... hidden arrows!"

"If you are too soft-hearted..."

Eunuch Wei patted Bai Shaoqiu on the shoulder and slowly stood up.

He stretched his body and looked at the embers of the entire Changting Station in the fire under the moonlight. He did not say what would happen if he was too soft-hearted.

Because there is no need to say it.

What he said is:

"We've captured a few alive, good. You'll be interrogating them later. After all, they're here to kill you. I'm sure you'd like to know who's so eager to kill you."

Bai Shaoqiu did not feel disgusted by what Eunuch Wei said.

Qin Jingtai, Sili Taohua, Lao Yu, Zou Kongqing and others had told him this when they were in Xiling City.

There is only one thing to worry about -

As a young man who had never set foot out of Xiling City and had never seen the world, he had no idea of the dangers of the world.

It's like a parent's worry about their child who is about to travel far away from home for the first time.

They mean well.

They just hope that they can mature sooner.

Is Bai Shaoqiu soft-hearted?

He was not soft-hearted, but his previous civilization restrained him.

He still believes that all lives are equal.

But reality tells him that equality does not exist in such a world.

He thought of the little fairy.

Her death may be a tragedy in her cognition.

Bai Shaoqiu stood up and bowed respectfully to Eunuch Wei:

"Boy, get a lesson!"

Eunuch Wei waved his hand. "It's not enough to just be taught. You have to see blood, you have to kill, you have to... destroy their hearts!"

"If you want to live a more comfortable life and make sure those people don't dare to do anything to you, you have to scare them!"

"Only when your enemies fear you to the core, even though they want to eat your flesh and drink your blood, they dare not do anything."

"Even in front of you, they have to bow and smile."

“Only when you reach this point will you be truly safe.”

Bai Shaoqiu understood.

I used to think that what a man needs to stand strong is money in his pocket. But in a world without many rules and constraints, what he needs more is power and authority!

Or be a ruthless and powerful official.

Or... become a general who kills without blinking an eye.

In short, literati, even great ones like the most talented people in the world, are useless in this world.

This is why Mr. Si knew it was dangerous for him to go to Kyoto but he had no choice.

Eunuch Wei taught Bai Shaoqiu a very vivid lesson.

Perhaps it was because of this lesson that he abandoned all the unrealistic fantasies in his mind.

The moonlight is still as silver.

The embers still linger.

Zhao Poshan's guards have cleaned up the battlefield.

Forty or fifty people died, and his face looked a little sad.

It's just a little sad.

He came before Bai Shaoqiu and Eunuch Wei, bowed, and said, "Two hundred and sixty-four assassins were killed, and four were captured alive."