Chapter 94: United To Survive
Whether the Emperor could tolerate her was a thought that emerged when Miss Yang guessed her own background.
This was also an important reason preventing her from holding the jade pendant and rushing into the Imperial City to directly ask the Emperor.
If the Emperor could not tolerate her and did not recognize her as his daughter, doing so would mean she died directly.
So in the previous life, because she did not know the intentions of Duke Ding’an and his wife, she agreed to let them give her a false identity; in this life, she took the initiative to give herself a false identity.
Not only the one given by Duke Ding’an and his wife, but also the identity swapped with A Sheng.
She apologized again.
“If it is really that the Emperor cannot tolerate me, then I am on a dead end, and if you disguise as my identity, it will be very dangerous…”
Mo Zheng interrupted her.
“Miss, you forgot again. I already told you my identity. I am a mountain bandit.” She said, “I am also an existence that the Emperor cannot tolerate, and moreover, the Emperor had my head chopped off. My identity is also very dangerous.”
Miss Yang was somewhat helpless: “You can stop being a mountain bandit. You, Sister Tao Hua, and the others could really open a butcher shop as a livelihood. You are so smart; you could make a living doing anything. Since you know your future fate is to be a mountain bandit and get your head chopped off, just avoid it.”
Mo Zheng smiled faintly: “I have a reason why I cannot avoid it.”
The reason she could not avoid it made Miss Yang stunned for a moment. Before she could ask, Mo Zheng asked again.
“You talk about me, but what about you? You clearly know your relatives want to harm you, and the Emperor might not tolerate you either. You came back to life once, survived, and still came to the Capital City for what?”
“At that time, you should have taken your family’s money, gone to another place, lived incognito, and lived well.”
Miss Yang was stunned for a moment, then also smiled: “I also have a reason why I do not want to avoid it.”
She wanted to know exactly who wanted her dead, and if she died, she wanted to die knowing clearly.
Moreover, it was not just to die knowing clearly; she also wanted those who harmed her to die together.
Otherwise, would she not be wasting the opportunity Heaven gave her to come back once?
“A Sheng, let’s live on together.” She grabbed A Sheng’s hand; under the dim lamp, her eyes shone brightly. “Whoever wants to kill us, we will kill them.”
Even if that person is the Emperor?
She had said long ago that this young lady was very bold.
Mo Zheng smiled and tightly gripped the jade pendant with the hand held by Miss Yang.
“Of course.” She said, “We must strive with all our might to live.”
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“So, this Miss Yang is actually a Princess!”
After leaving Miss Yang, Mo Zheng did not go straight back but came to Zhang Sheng You and Sister Tao Hua’s side.
After all, suddenly having the two reveal in front of Miss Yang that they were on the same side as her also needed some explanation.
Mo Zheng relayed to them what Miss Yang had said tonight.
Zhang Sheng You was very surprised after hearing it.
“That is truly no ordinary identity.”
Sister Tao Hua did not have much reaction: “She is just a Princess who has not been recognized, has not gone through the official process, and cannot be seen by others.”
What was so surprising about a Princess? Who hasn’t been one.
She looked at Mo Zheng.
The Young Master was also a Princess who could not be seen by others.
She looked at Mo Zheng, more concerned about another matter: “She said the Imperial Court exterminated us? Young Master, you…”
The Young Master died.
The Young Master died.
Hearing Mo Zheng say this, she only felt her mind go blank, unable to recall, even unable to repeat it once.
How could the Young Master die!
And it was five years later!
“How could I not die?” Mo Zheng said, “Miss Yang said we even attacked cities and seized territory. How could the Imperial Court let us go? They sent troops twice and also mobilized the Longxi army to jointly attack…”
At this point, she raised her brow and smiled.
“Sister Tao Hua, Brother Sheng You, we were surrounded and exterminated by three routes of Imperial Court troops, and finally forced into the gorge, where we were defeated because of heavy snow.”
After saying that, she clapped her hands.
“We were really impressive.”
Zhang Sheng You grinned: “That’s right, impressive…”
Sister Tao Hua glared at him: “Impressive what? The Young Master still got…”
This sentence reminded Mo Zheng again: “Speaking of this, Sister Tao Hua, our agreement has also been fulfilled.”
Agreement; Sister Tao Hua was stunned for a moment.
“Didn’t I say before that if one day I died, do not let anyone discover my body.”
“If they discovered I was a woman, who knows what trouble it would cause.”
“First, they would not believe I was real, and would continue searching everywhere for who they thought was the Previous Dynasty Prince, causing more people to suffer.”
“In life, I was used as a decoy by others; after death, I do not want to continue being a decoy flag.”
“Furthermore, my body would inevitably suffer humiliation. Although I would be dead and not care about these things, it is still better to avoid it if possible.”
“So I told you, if it really comes to the final moment, please chop off my head and destroy my body.”
“Moreover, if you take my head to surrender or seek refuge, you can take the chance to chop off some heads.”
At this point, Mo Zheng touched her own neck, her expression excited yet gratified.
“I asked Miss Yang, and she said in that life no one knew I was a woman, which means we succeeded.”
Seeing Mo Zheng’s hand touching her neck, Sister Tao Hua felt a chill down her spine.
She raised her hand and pushed her hand away: “Succeeded what? The person is dead; living is what success is.”
Although the Young Master had said this before, she had only taken it as a joke. She could not imagine how to personally chop off the Young Master’s head!
She dared not think about it!
She would rather die first!
The Young Master was actually so happy about it!
After saying that, tears fell, and she drew the knife from her waist.
“Duke Yongwu and his son are leading troops, right? I will go slaughter them first.” She said through gritted teeth, “Then go to Longxi and slaughter the Longxi Great General.”
Mo Zheng smiled and pulled her back.
“Sister Tao Hua, this is not a problem of any one person.”
“This is a problem of us being exposed. Even if we kill Duke Yongwu and the Longxi Great General, there will still be others coming to lead troops.”
Sister Tao Hua gripped her dual sabers tightly. She knew the Imperial Court would not allow the existence of a Previous Dynasty Prince; they were on a dead end, and they had always known it.
But when really hearing the moment of death, it was still…
“Don’t overthink it first. Miss Yang said this is something that happens in the future. Right now we are still fine, and moreover, what Miss Yang is talking about is the previous time…” Mo Zheng patted Sister Tao Hua’s arm and smiled faintly. “She could come back once; we are also like we have come back. Coming back means the previous result may not necessarily happen.”
Zhang Sheng You also nodded beside her: “Right, right. We know who will harm us; this time we will guard against them well.”
Sister Tao Hua glared at him: “How else to guard? We are already hiding deep in the mountain forest, not seeing the light of day, not appearing in front of people…”
“Then, this time we will not hide deep in the mountain forest.” Mo Zheng took over the words.
Zhang Sheng You and Sister Tao Hua looked at her and asked: “Then where to hide?”
If the mountain forest does not work, then only going out to sea.
Back then, Zhang the Eunuch had indeed scouted a few islands.
But they had never been able to completely shake off the pursuit, fearing that once at sea, if chased up, the chance of survival would not compare to on land.
Mo Zheng looked at them, raised her brow, and smiled: “Of course, the Capital City.”
Capital City?
Zhang Sheng You and Sister Tao Hua exchanged a glance, then looked at Mo Zheng: “Young Master’s meaning is to have everyone come to the Capital City?”
Mo Zheng nodded: “Right, no need to hide in the mountains as mountain bandits anymore. Come down the mountain and enter the capital.” As she spoke, she smiled, her fine brows dancing. “Now I am Miss Yang’s person, so naturally the people following me are also Miss Yang’s people.”
“But this current dynasty Princess is not much better off than you this Previous Dynasty Princess.”
Sister Tao Hua understood Mo Zheng’s meaning. A current dynasty Princess, the Son of Heaven’s daughter, was indeed a very special identity, but this Miss Yang’s Princess identity was not good.
“Not to mention she has not gone through the official process.”
“She herself is in peril, having been assassinated twice already.”
Zhang Sheng You nodded somewhat and followed: “And isn’t it said the Emperor might also want to kill her…”
Then this Princess really is nothing…
Mo Zheng shook her head gently: “Saying the Emperor wants to kill her is a guess. Even if this Emperor truly cannot tolerate his daughter and wants to kill his own daughter, it is not as easy as killing me this Previous Dynasty Prince.”
Not to mention the restraints of great taboos of human relations, she herself was not that easy to kill.
Mo Zheng smiled and looked toward the courtyard where Miss Yang was, with a bit of apology.
Miss Yang had finally been honest with her, but she could not be truly honest with Miss Yang.
Her identity as this fake Previous Dynasty Prince true Princess was the real dead end.
Suddenly, a few bird calls came from the night.
Zhang Sheng You looked at Sister Tao Hua; Sister Tao Hua nodded, turned, and went onto the eaves, disappearing into the night in three steps and two strides. Not long after, she returned.
“Young Master.” Joyful smile bloomed on Sister Tao Hua’s face. “Uncle Hong sent the latest news. As you expected, someone indeed wants to assassinate Ji Ying. They successfully saved the person.”
The young lady dressed as a youth by the stove fire pressed her hands together, her brows and eyes containing a smile: “Amitabha, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.”
