This has little to do with Xia Shang, but Xia Shang had received a letter from his family before, saying that his family was planning to come to the capital for a gathering during the Chinese New Year.
Originally, Xia Shang did not agree to do this, because the purpose of letting the family leave the capital was to avoid more worries and restrictions.
But before that, it was just a quick porridge delivery outside Yuzhou City, and the family had a lot of hard work. From the letters, it is not difficult to see that the family just used the New Year as an excuse to make the request to come to Beijing in a logical way. In fact, they had wanted to come to Beijing for a long time.
Beijing.
For more than a year, Xia Shang had almost no contact with his family, so it was naturally difficult to refuse him at this time.
Therefore, after receiving the letter, Xia Shang did not reply, so it was considered that he acquiesced to all this.
In Xia Shang's opinion, if the marriage between the two countries can be settled at a young age, it will be a very enjoyable thing to spend a lively New Year with the family.
I just didn't expect that the wedding date was set on New Year's Eve, and a lot of things happened before that.
This year's Beijing is not much safer than last year's. On the contrary, the situation may be more complicated.
After leaving the palace, Xia Shang followed the Japanese mission back to the Second Prince's Mansion. The Japanese mission no longer asked to bring back the fake princess who had been settled in the Prince's Mansion.
The whole mission became very peaceful.
Xia Shang took advantage of the time when he returned to the Second Prince's Mansion to rest and quickly wrote a letter and sent it home, asking them not to come to the capital yet.
After writing the letter and preparing to go out and hand it to someone he could trust, he found that there was a Japanese woman beside him.
The other party was guarding the door of Xia Shang's room. As soon as Xia Shang opened the door, the other party stood in front of Xia Shang.
This woman was wearing close-fitting clothing with many hidden buttons, making it easy for her to wear various concealed weapons. She covered her face in broad daylight, and her eyes were quite large, with a sense of vigilance.
The most attractive thing is her short hair.
It is not easy to see women with short hair in this era. Regardless of men or women, they still admire women's long hair, so it is estimated that such an abnormality as short hair can only be seen in women who are killers.
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
"The prince has a spirit, you can't leave at will."
Xia Shang frowned slightly: "Do I have to leave?"
With that said, Xia Shang stepped forcefully towards the door.
The woman stepped back, her short legs behind her
The knife was drawn out instantly, and the light of the knife flashed across Xia Shang's feet. Xia Shang instantly felt a cool breeze under his feet.
Looking down, I found that the upper of my shoe had been torn open, and several toes of my left foot were exposed to the cold wind.
The Japanese prince had sent people to monitor Xia and Shang before, but the people who came were just losers, and they were quickly abandoned by Xia and Shang.
It seems that she has learned from experience this time. This woman is completely different from the person who secretly followed Xia Shang before. That single strike made Xia Shang feel a little bit pressured.
"Go back!" the other party said coldly.
Xia Shang looked at the letter in his hand, thought about it and returned to the room.
Just as Xia Shang was about to close the door, the woman outside dodged and went directly into the room.
"What are you doing? If you don't go outside to guard, why are you coming in?"
The woman did not answer, but asked: "What do you want to do? Why do you want to go out?"
"What does this have to do with you?"
"The prince wants me to know your every move."
"What if I don't tell you?"
"I have a way to make you say it!"
The woman's eyes flashed with coldness, but she was also full of confidence.
With a slight hook of her little finger, a small needle on the clothes was removed, and then with a slight pull, the needle was stabbed towards the back of Xia Shang's hand on the door.
The movement was very simple, but very coherent, and extremely secretive and quick. Almost instantly, a thin needle appeared on the back of Xia Shang's hand.
Xia Shang's expression changed: "You...what are you doing?"
"I'll ask you again, why do you want to leave? The prince asked me to monitor you, not to serve you. You'd better tell me honestly. This is not an ordinary needle, and the poison on it will not kill you.
It will definitely make your life worse than death."
"Oh...since it won't kill anyone, then I don't have to be polite."
After finishing speaking, the pained look on Xia Shang's face disappeared instantly. He picked up the hand that had been pierced by the fine needle, put it on the woman's shoulder and patted it gently.
"Why are you……"
As Xia Shang let go of his hand, the woman discovered that the thin needle she had sent out had actually inserted into her body.
In an instant, the woman felt tens of thousands of ants burrowing into her body, and her brows furrowed.
Xia Shang raised his palms and made a clamping gesture: "
You are too young to play with hidden weapons with me, girl."
After saying that, Xia Shang pushed the woman away and strode towards the door.
Seeing that Xia Shang was about to leave, the woman hurriedly went to catch him, but it seemed that the poison on the needle was really powerful. As soon as she moved, she fell to the ground and did not stop Xia Shang at all.
Just like that, Xia Shang swaggered out of the room.
After walking a few steps, he bumped into Lingsi face to face.
The two people's eyes met, and Xia Shang asked: "What? Now I don't even have the right to come and go freely? However, if your people want to keep me, I'm afraid you, the leader, will have to personally monitor me."
Lingsi frowned slightly, as if he didn't know what was going on.
At this time, the woman in the room had already limped out and chased her out. When she saw Ling Si, she bowed first and said, "Four great lords, the prince asked his subordinates to monitor this person, but he was injured by him."
"It's not that I want to hurt her, it's that she wants to hurt me." Xia Shang shrugged, "How can I possibly report my whereabouts to a foreign soldier when I am receiving ministers here?"
After saying that, Xia Shang looked at Ling Si again: "It seems that you don't know about this matter yet. Please tell your prince quickly and stop doing so many things."
Lingsi thought for a while and said to the woman behind Xia Shang: "Just follow him. As for the rest, don't bother."
The woman glanced at Xia Shang angrily, gritted her teeth and nodded.
Xia Shang ignored Lingsi and walked past Lingsi towards the gate.
After leaving the gate, the woman actually followed me.
Xia Shang looked at her: "He recovered very quickly."
The woman looked angry and stared at Xia Shang without answering.
Xia Shang walked around the door a few more times, but did not go far, and then returned to the door.
This time the woman couldn't help it anymore: "What are you doing? What do you want to do?"
"I suddenly don't want to do anything now."
After saying that, Xia Shang returned to his mansion and his room.
Thinking about the letters from home, Xia Shang felt that there was no need to send them out. Sending letters at this time would easily fall behind others. It was better to pretend that he didn't know anything. Even if his family came to the capital, they would rarely see each other. This would at least not let the Japanese country know.
People know that they care about their families.
Xia Shang took out the letter he had just written and put it on the candle to burn.
The woman who followed was not honest and suddenly reached out to grab it.