Ch149 - There is another story set in this world (2/2)
“Huh?”
After the Xian Prince ascended the throne, he tried hard to govern, but because Xue Kingdom’s structure had been fixed in place for a long time and the cracks had existed for so long, it was impossible for it to recover in his lifetime. In addition, as he got older, he began to miss Li Yuan’s love for him more and more, but Li Yuan had died in the cold palace long ago. The more he missed him, the less heart he had to govern. After his death, the next Emperor returned to their previous old habits and indulged in decadence until the Xue Princedom was thoroughly set on the path to destruction.
The time traveler had a special fondness towards this era. He was a student from the Chinese Department, and was rather solitary. He felt that his life should be devoted to his love of words, and his favorite person was actually the Zhennan Prince ‘Ying Sheng’ from the histories. But Ying Sheng’s ending in history was not good – he was assassinated. The chaos that resulted in the south due to his demise accelerated Xue Kingdom’s demise. The time traveler was deeply concerned about his death. Perhaps he felt too strongly about it, because one day, when he woke up, he found that he had crossed over to this period in history.
Ying Sheng was still alive, and the Xian Prince had just ascended the throne. Everything could still be changed, so he started planning to change Ying Sheng’s fate step by step. The fact that he was different from others made Ying Sheng notice him, and they slowly got to know each other and fell in love, but it wasn’t until this military advisor took the brunt of a blow meant for Ying Sheng that they finally abandoned the worries they had in their hearts and got together. Then, they fought their way to the capital, unified Xue Kingdom, and changed history.
Xue Ling took in such a touching love story, and his eyebrows wrinkled in an increasingly fierce frown. “It looks like the author deliberately set Li Yuan up…”
“That’s right. In fact, host’s task is quite special. In order to affect all four of these people, the ultimate key is not Xian Prince, nor is it Li Yuan. The most important person is the Zhennan Prince.”
“Why didn’t you say that before?”
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“… Well, host didn’t ask… You just wanted to know the plot that was related to Li Yuan, and didn’t ask about the Zennan Prince.”
Xue Ling didn’t need to think about it to understand that the system was intentionally increasing his workload. He was too lazy to mess up the system’s fur; he frowned and tried to find a way to deal with this time travelling military advisor.
“Prince Zhennan… I originally thought it would be okay to simply give him the position of Emperor, but now it looks like… I still need to sit in this seat…” In that case, this problem became more complicated. “But this way, there’s nothing I can make use of…”
“Host, why do I suddenly feel so nervous now that you’re contemplating how to handle this task so seriously…?”
“If you didn’t drop me into a trap, would I need to do so much now?” Xue Ling picked up the system and finally buried his entire face in the system’s white fur out of frustration. “Forget it. Even if nothing else works, I still have my charm ability. I don’t believe that I’m unable to deal with a mere Zhennan Prince!”
“Host doesn’t have to be so upset…” The system whispered conspiratorially, “Maybe he’s that person?”
Xue Ling knew what it meant. He tsked and said, “Don’t you think doing it this way is cheating?”
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“Are you still my host? Didn’t you cheat the whole way?!” The system felt a little weirded out with its host behaving so seriously. It was too scary when its host acted like he didn’t even have time to play around with his lover!
“So what if it’s him? There’s already a military advisor who has been around him for a year. Even if I want to get close, the other party still needs to want me. I’m telling you now, if I end up being the mistress, I’m going to get revenge.”
System: “…” How come it could feel a chill running up its spine? He was angry, wasn’t he! Its host was definitely angry!
“Host, maybe they don’t have chemistry and nothing came out of it. After all, if it really is that person, you also know his character…” It had dug so many pits for him, but he never jumped in. How could he suddenly turn around and like someone else in this world?~
Xue Ling sneered. Everything he was doing now was only based on suppositions. Before he genuinely came into contact with the Zhennan Prince, none of this mattered. As a matter of fact, he still needed someone to introduce him… and this person… could only be protagonist shou from the second story.
Now that he had decided to meet that person, Xue Ling tidied up the things in the room, tugged on the cloak that was wrapped around him, and prepared to rest for a while.
This body of his could not afford to go out for a walk after running around all day.
He was resting peacefully at home, but the Zhennan Prince had no way to rest. He also didn’t know that his past and future had possibly been picked clean. Right now, the Zhennan Prince was urging his horse to speed through the countryside in order to calm down his restless heart.
He had been free of desire for so many years that even his subordinates stopped urging him to find a ger he could care of, believing that he might simply not have such needs. But in fact, he just felt that he needed to wait for a certain someone. While waiting for him, he could not be interested in other people, because that person would be very angry. He did not want to bear his anger, so he had kept his heart pure and limited his desires for so many years.
But just now, he clearly felt the aura of the person he had been waiting for… Ying Sheng had not gone forward because he did not want the other person to misunderstand and think he had bad intentions. After all, anyone who went up and started to chatter after a single glance would never leave a good first impression, and he wanted to create a perfect first meeting.
The man that had been standing next to that person said that they were going to Zhanjing to stay with their relatives, right…
In that case, the Lantern Festival held after the New Year would be a good opportunity to meet him. Even people who were new to the city would participate in the Lantern Festival. He could strive to make a good impression on the little ger then.
The Zhennan Prince, who had no idea that the other party had actually come here to find him, was contemplating how to create a perfect first encounter. The best possible outcome would be to have the little ger fall in love with him at first sight…
He knew that many ger had crushes on him, and that his popularity had always been very high, but for some inexplicable reason, he was very worried that the other party would look down on him…