Xia Shang arrived in front of Nami and sat down cross-legged across a chessboard. The maidservant just now was very close to her, standing next to the chessboard, just close to the two of them.
Xia Shang looked at her: "Are they too close?"
"The slave must follow the princess at all times and understand the words and deeds of the people around her. This is also the rule of our Japanese country."
Xia Shang smiled: "If you like to stand here, just stand here."
Xia Shang stopped talking to his maid and looked at Nami.
Although the other party still maintains Yoshiko's weak posture, the feigned weakness is different from the inherent weakness. The completely different light in his eyes allows Xia Shang to tell the difference between the two at a glance.
"Sir, if you have anything to say, just say it." Nami stared at the chessboard, not looking directly at Xia Shang.
"Princess likes to play chess?"
"Yes." Nami nodded, then glanced at Xia Shang, "How about you join me for a round of talk?"
"With all the commotion outside, how can the princess still be so leisurely?"
"What's the fuss about?"
"The prince came in person and said that he would take the princess to live in the prince's mansion."
Nami was shocked when she heard this. She put down the chess piece and looked at Xia Shang: "Why is this? How can you be so rude!"
"The prince is also kind-hearted. After learning that yesterday there were thieves ambushing the capital in an attempt to harm the princess, he felt uneasy and wanted to place the princess in the prince's residence for good protection."
"This matter... must not be..."
"It is not the princess's decision to make this matter. It should be decided through consultation between the prince and your country's envoy."
Nami seemed more and more anxious. She knew that her identity was just a fake. If she was sent to the Prince's Mansion, her identity would be easily exposed.
Seeing Nami's expression, Xia Shang said calmly: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. Everything has its solution."
Nami heard the implication of Xia Shang's words: "What can you do, sir?"
Xia Shang glanced at the maid who was following closely.
Nami frowned and said to the maid: "You all go out first."
The two maids at the back had nothing to say and turned around to leave silently. Only the maid from the Japanese country had few feet and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, this is not acceptable."
Xia Shang frowned: "Can any of your Japanese maids disobey the princess's order?"
Nami continued: "You go out first!"
"Princess, if this slave leaves, who will protect you?"
"I believe my lord."
The maid seemed a little embarrassed and stared at Xia Shang for a long time.
Xia Shang was nonchalant and asked, "What? You're not leaving yet? The servants of Japan really have no rules."
The other party said nothing more and finally left the hall slowly.
Seeing the maid leave, Xia Shang regained his familiarity with Nami: "Who is that?"
"Xia, who was arranged by Zero Four to protect me, was I really taken to the Prince's Mansion?"
Xia Shang did not answer directly, but said seriously: "It is not easy to learn another person's life, Miss Nami."
Nami was stunned. She never expected that Xia Shang's first words were like this when there was no one around.
Seeing the fear gradually appearing in Nami's eyes, Xia Shang smiled: "Don't be nervous, I knew you were Nami from the beginning, so you don't have to pretend to be Yoshiko in front of me."
Nami was silent for a long time, then slowly raised her head and asked tremblingly: "You...how did you know?"
"You don't need to know this. I came to see Miss Nami. I just want Miss Nami to leave here with me."
"Leave?! This...this is impossible!"
"You don't care about the safety of the girl?"
Nami looked at Xia Shang carefully, raised her eyebrows, and regained her original cold arrogance: "I don't believe you."
"Does Miss Nami really believe in a group of people who treat you as a puppet?"
"I'm not a puppet! I'm just trying to protect people who are more important than me."
"It seems that Miss Nami has never thought that if all people are created equal, there is no distinction between high and low in life. If girls think that it is natural for them to become bait, then I am afraid that girls will only be able to live in the shadow of others in this life.
It’s down.”
"For the Japanese Empire, so what?"
"Since it is for the sake of national justice, the girl should be more careful and not regard the surrounding wolves as her life-saving straw."
"What do you mean?"
"Have you ever thought about it, Miss Nami? Since there are so many experts in the mission, why should the girl be placed as a substitute? If it is just to protect the safety of the princess,
Is it a bit unnecessary? Did they know from the beginning that the real princess would disappear?"
The frost in Nami's eyes gradually dissipated, and there was a hint of doubt.
Xia Shang smiled: "Looking at Miss Nami's eyes, I knew that Miss Nami was actually a little confused. Your role in the entire team is not obvious, but the mission still brought you here. Now the real princess has disappeared.
, the girl did play her role, but the real princess didn’t disappear? Everything went on smoothly? "
"Just say what you want to say."
"I'm thinking, what if your country doesn't have any sincerity in this marriage? I mean, what if this marriage is a trap and an excuse for your country to start an all-out war with Dahua? Think about it, using a fake princess
His death was used as an excuse to invade other countries. It seems that your country has made a profit from this deal, right?"
"No...impossible!"
"To tell you a bold possibility, if the whereabouts of the real princess had not been unknown, I am afraid that Miss Nami has become the victim of her own family. The girl is just a scapegoat brought by your country. To say that the girl is willing to become a pawn for her country, I have no idea.
You can talk."
At some point, Nami's face was covered with fine sweat: "No... it's impossible..."
Her pause was strange. She didn't know whether she meant "impossible" or "no! possible."
Xia Shang continued: "Think about it, if the girl is locked up in an empty palace, how much news can she get from the outside world? Is all the news told to the girl by people from the mission? If I hadn't taken the initiative to find the girl, I'm afraid that
Even a girl wouldn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince came to invite the princess in person, right?
Just imagine, the Prince of Dahua and the Princess of Japan have an engagement, but the Prince invites the Princess to live in the Prince's Mansion before the marriage is consummated. What a rude request is this? It would be extremely inappropriate for this matter to spread as the Prince's identity.
OK. But the prince still did this, which shows that the prince has received the exact news and believes that it will be very dangerous for the princess to continue to stay here.
We Dahua know that this is a trap by the Japanese country, so naturally we cannot let the Japanese country break the engagement and kill the princess. Naturally, we must try our best to protect the princess, even if we know that the princess is fake, we will not let the princess get hurt at all."
The logic of Xia Shang's words is very clear. For a woman with little information, there is no flaw.
After hearing so much, Nami kept her mouth shut, but her expression had already betrayed her, so she probably believed most of it.